Product Description: Lolek is a celebration of the childhood of Pope John Paul II. He was a little boy who, despite tragedy and oppression in his young life during World War II, was a shining example for his peers and adults alike. Pope John Paul II was a world class freedom fighter, campaigning for world peace as a human rights advocate and defender of the oppressed...read more

Product Description: As volunteer engineers for the Union army, the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics regiment was made up of skilled artisans, craftsmen, railroad men, and engineers whose behind-the-scenes work was crucial to the Union victory. Charged with maintaining the Union supply line in the western theater, the engineers constructed and repaired a staggering number of bridges, blockhouses, fortifications, railroads, and telegraph lines to keep the Union army functioning in the aftermath of battle...read more

Product Description: The proceedings included overviews and recent investigations related to advanced structural metallic, ceramic and composite materials. The topics included innovative processing, phase transformations, mechanical properties and the relationships between processing, microstructure and mechanical behavior...read more

Traces the rock-and-roll icon's Mississippi birth in 1913, his work as a plantation sharecropper, his tutelage under such blues figures as Charlie Patton and Sonny Boy Williamson, his contributions to electric blues, the physical problems that challenged his career, and more. 12,500 first printing.

Product Description: This volume is about the discourse and practice of intervention and non-intervention in international relations. The product of a dialogue between theorists of politics and international relations, it argues that intervention is endemic in world politics but that we need to move beyond traditional accounts of such practices...read more

Presents a complete reproduction of the original 1868 edition, and includes highlights from selected past editions, celebrating 125 years of facts about people, places, culture, sports, and U.S. events

A special commemorative volume celebrates the 125th anniversary of The World Almanac, presents a complete reproduction of the original 1868 edition, highlights from favorite sections of past editions, and reproductions of original artwork and advertisements. Original.