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The Civil War: Telecourse Student Guide

By Ken Burns (editor)

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Paperback:

9780939009428 | Howell Pr, June 1, 1989, cover price $14.95

The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

Product Description: "We were patterned after the early church of the apostles. The Book of Acts speaks of the community that anyone could join. They brought their goods with them, to be shared by all, and each shared in everything that was provided. And so that is the basis of our union and our life in community...read more

By Amy Stechler Burns and Ken Burns (contributor)

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Hardcover:

9780517033098 | Portland, November 1, 1990, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: "We were patterned after the early church of the apostles.

Who Invented The Game?: Baseball, The American Epic

Product Description: The story has been told for generations that one summer day in 1839, in upstate New York, Abner Doubleday created a new set of rules for a new game which he called baseball. But the story simply isn t true. Then how did baseball begin? Who played the first real game? The first night game? Who invented the curveball? Why were players once reluctant to use gloves & masks? Why is the pitcher s mound precisely 60 feet 6 inches from home plate? How did baseball evolve from a leisurely pastime into a billion-dollar industry? You ll find the surprising answers to these & many others questions in this highly readable history of the great American game...read more

By Ken Burns, Robert Paul Walker and Geoffrey C. Ward

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Hardcover:

9780756775711 | Diane Pub Co, March 1, 1994, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The story has been told for generations that one summer day in 1839, in upstate New York, Abner Doubleday created a new set of rules for a new game which he called baseball.

Who Invented the Game

Illustrates the history of baseball and how it has evolved into its present form

By Ken Burns, Paul Robert Walker and Geoffrey C. Ward

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Hardcover:

9780679867500 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 1, 1994, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Illustrates the history of baseball and how it has evolved into its present form

Library:

9780679967507 | Random House Childrens Books, August 1, 1994, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Illustrates the history of baseball and how it has evolved into its present form

25 Great Moments

Looks at the major achievements and moments of the sport, both on and off the field

By Ken Burns, Selma Kramer and Geoffrey C. Ward

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Hardcover:

9780679867517 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 1, 1994, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Looks at the major achievements and moments of the sport, both on and off the field

Library:

9780679967514 | Random House Childrens Books, August 1, 1994, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Looks at the major achievements and moments of the sport, both on and off the field

Shadow Ball: The History of the Negro Leagues

Tells the story of the Black baseball teams that played throughout the country before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947

By Ken Burns, Jim O'Connor and Geoffrey C. Ward

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Hardcover:

9780679867494 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 1, 1994, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Tells the story of the Black baseball teams that played throughout the country before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947

Library:

9780679967491 | Random House Childrens Books, August 1, 1994, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Tells the story of the Black baseball teams that played throughout the country before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947

Baseball

An evocative history of America's national pastime explores the ways in which baseball both influenced, and in turn was influenced by, politics, race relations, literature, morality, and more. TV tie-in. Read by Ken Burns. Simultaneous.

By Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780679437987 | Abridged edition (Random House, September 1, 1994), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: An evocative history of America's national pastime explores the ways in which baseball both influenced, and in turn was influenced by, politics, race relations, literature, morality, and more.

9780679435143 | Abridged edition (Random House, September 1, 1994), cover price $22.50 | About this edition: A history of America's national pastime explores the ways in which baseball both influenced, and in turn was influenced by, politics, race relations, literature, morality, and more.

The West: An Illustrated History for Children

Provides a broad outline for young readers on the history of the land beyond the Mississippi, discussing how the West came to be a claimed piece of territory by the Europeans through various struggles, explorations, and other important events. TV tie-in.

By Ken Burns (introduced by), Dayton Duncan and Stephen Ives (introduced by)

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Hardcover:

9780316196284 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 1996, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A presentation, based on a PBS television documentary, of the story of the West, a magnificent but harsh landscape, and the people who have tried to claim it

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

The spoken-word audio companion to the PBS film follows the epic odyssey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean, documenting the varied spectrum of landscapes, people and cultures, and wildlife that they encountered. Read by Ken Burns, with Adam Arkin and others. Book available.

By Ken Burns (narrator) and Dayton Duncan

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Hardcover:

9780679454502 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, October 1, 1997, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: The companion volume to the PBS film follows the epic odyssey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from St.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780739312513 | Abridged edition (Random House, May 1, 2004), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Follows the epic odyssey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from St.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780679460527 | Random House, October 1, 1997, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Follows the epic odyssey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from St.

The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God : The History and Visions of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing from 1774 to the Present

Product Description: We were patterned after the early church of the apostles. The Book of Acts speaks of the community that anyone could join. They brought their goods with them, to be shared by all, and each shared in everything that was provided. And so that is the basis of our union and our life in community...read more

By Amy Stechler Burns, Ken Burns (photographer), Langdon Clay (photographer), Jerome Liebling (photographer) and Bertha Lindsay (introduced by)

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Paperback:

9780893818609 | Aperture, May 1, 1999, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: We were patterned after the early church of the apostles.

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery : An Illustrated History

The companion volume to the PBS film follows the epic odyssey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean, documenting the varied spectrum of landscapes, people and cultures, and wildlife that they encountered. Reprint. TV tie-in. 35,000 first printing.

By Stephen E. Ambrose, Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Erica Funkhouser and William Least Heat-Moon

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Paperback:

9780375706523 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 1, 1999, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The companion volume to the PBS film follows the epic odyssey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from St.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Profiles the great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, brilliant but constantly embroiled in scandal.

By Ken Burns

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Hardcover:

9780780621763 | Turner Home Entertainment Co, August 1, 2000, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Profiles the great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, brilliant but constantly embroiled in scandal.

Jazz: An Illustrated History of America's Music

By Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward

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CD/Spoken Word:

9780375742774, titled "Jazz: An Illustrated History of America's Music" | Abridged edition (Random House, June 1, 2001), cover price $39.95 | also contains My Friend Is Buddhist

Mark Twain: An Illustrated Biography

By Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan and Geoffrey C. Ward

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Hardcover:

9780756783808 | Diane Pub Co, August 30, 2001, cover price $40.00

Mark Twain

Integrating material from his literary works, diaries, and letters with 150 photographs, this illustrated portrait of one of America's greatest writers follows Mark Twain from his Hannibal, Missouri, childhood, through his travels throughout the world, to his career as a journalist and author, accompanied by essays on Twain by contemporary scholars and authors. 100,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan and Geoffrey C. Ward

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Hardcover:

9780375405617 | 1 edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 2001), cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Integrating material from his literary works, diaries, and letters, this illustrated portrait of one of America's greatest writers follows Twain from his childhood, through his travels thoughout the world, to his career as a journalist and author.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780375420481 | Unabridged edition (Random House, November 1, 2001), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A companion to the PBS miniseries presents material from the great writer's literary works, diaries, and letters, and follows him from his Hannibal, Missouri childhood to his career as a journalist and author, accompanied by essays on him by contemporaryscholars and authors.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780375420474 | Unabridged edition (Random House, November 1, 2001), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A companion to the PBS miniseries presents material from the great writer's literary works, diaries, and letters, and follows him from his Hannibal, Missouri childhood to his career as a journalist and author, accompanied by essays on him by contemporaryscholars and authors.

Jazz 2003 Calendar

By Ken Burns

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Paperback:

9780789307422 | Wal edition (Universe Pub, August 1, 2002), cover price $13.95

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

Product Description: The companion volume to the PBS documentary film about the first—and perhaps most astonishing—automobile trip across the United States.In 1903 there were only 150 miles of paved roads in the entire nation and most people had never seen a “horseless buggy”—but that did not stop Horatio Nelson Jackson, a thirty-one-year-old Vermont doctor, who impulsively bet fifty dollars that he could drive his 20-horsepower automobile from San Francisco to New York City...read more

By Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan (narrator)

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780736694803 | Unabridged edition (Books on Tape, August 1, 2003), cover price $28.00 | About this edition: The companion volume to the PBS documentary film about the first—and perhaps most astonishing—automobile trip across the United States.

The Civil War

Portrays the lives of politicians, soldiers, and slaves during the Civil War (view table of contents)

By Ken Burns, Ric Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward

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Paperback:

9780679755432 | Mti edition (Vintage Books, September 1, 1994), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Portrays the lives of politicians, soldiers, and slaves during the Civil War

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780679424246 | Random House, March 1, 1993, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Integrating CD digital sound with state-of-the-art electronic books, this multimedia history chronicles the people, issues, and events of the American Civil War.

The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945

Highlighted by more than four hundred maps, photographs, and illustrations, a companion volume to the fall 2007 PBS television series chronicles the American experience of World War II, both on the battlefields and on the home front, as chronicled in the voices and experiences of ordinary men and women from four towns across the country, from 1941 to 1945. Simultaneous.

By Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward

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Hardcover:

9780307262837 | 1 edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 4, 2007), cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Highlighted by more than four hundred maps, photographs, and illustrations, a companion volume to the fall 2007 PBS television series chronicles the American experience of World War II, both on the battlefields and on the home front.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780739357286 | Random House, September 11, 2007, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the American experience of World War II, both on the battlefields and on the home front, as chronicled in the voices and experiences of ordinary men and women from four towns across the country, from 1941 to 1945.

The War: An Intimate History 1941-1945, Library Edition

Product Description: The vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experiencedâand helped to winâthe most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost...read more

By Ken Burns (narrator)

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Miscellaneous:

9781602527348 | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, October 1, 2007), cover price $39.99 | About this edition: The vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars.

The West: An Illustrated History

By Ken Burns (contributor)

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Miscellaneous:

9780316055970 | Back Bay Books, December 21, 2008, cover price $14.99

All You Really Need to Know: A Student Success System for the Community Colleges

All you need about success in community colleges!

By Ken Burns

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Hardcover:

9780757559792, titled "All You Really Need to Know: A Student Success System Designed for the Community College Learner: Including a Specific Section for the Distance Learner" | 4 lslf edition (Kendall Hunt Pub Co, April 28, 2010), cover price $57.32

9780757509803 | 3 lslf edition (Kendall Hunt Pub Co, January 30, 2007), cover price $43.78 | About this edition: All you need about success in community colleges!

The Civil War: An Illustrated History

By Ken Burns, Ric Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward

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Hardcover:

9780681401129 | Borders Group Inc, August 3, 2009, cover price $19.99

The National Parks: America's Best Idea: An Illustrated History