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  • The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II

    by William C. Meadows ...
    The true story of the US Army's Comanche Code Talkers, from their recruitment and training to active duty in World War II and postwar life.Among the allied troops that came ashore in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, were thirteen Comanches in the 4th Infantry Division, 4th Signal Company. Under German fire they laid communications lines and began sending messages in a form never before heard in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Handgame of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache

    Spirited Competition on the Southern Plains

    by William C. Meadows ...
    Series series Swaim-Paup Sports Series, sponsored by James C. '74 & Debra Parchman Swaim and T. Edgar '74 & Nancy Paup
    The North American handgame has a long lineage, attested in the myth, oral traditions, and archaeological records of Native American people. In The Handgame of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache: Spirited Competition on the Southern Plains, noted scholar William C. Meadows examines the game’s history, evolution, and practice from origin accounts to the present day among people of the Southern Plains ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Kiowa, Apache, & Comanche Military Societies

    Enduring Veterans, 1800 to the Present

    by William C. Meadows ...
    For many Plains Indians, being a warrior and veteran has long been the traditional pathway to male honor and status. Men and boys formed military societies to celebrate victories in war, to perform community service, and to prepare young men for their role as warriors and hunters. By preserving cultural forms contained in song, dance, ritual, language, kinship, economics, naming, and other ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The First Code Talkers

    Native American Communicators in World War I

    by William C. Meadows ...
    Many Americans know something about the Navajo code talkers in World War II—but little else about the military service of Native Americans, who have served in our armed forces since the American Revolution, and still serve in larger numbers than any other ethnic group. But, as we learn in this splendid work of historical restitution, code talking originated in World War I among Native soldiers ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Kiowa Ethnogeography

    by William C. Meadows ...
    Examining the place names, geographical knowledge, and cultural associations of the Kiowa from the earliest recorded sources to the present, Kiowa Ethnogeography is the most in-depth study of its kind in the realm of Plains Indian tribal analysis. Linking geography to political and social changes, William Meadows applies a chronological approach that demonstrates a cultural evolution within the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Greatest Historical Romance Novels of All Time

    70+ Books in One Edition

    by Jane Austen, Guy de Maupassant, Sabine Baring-Gould, Eliza Haywood, Maria Edgeworth, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mrs. Olifant, William Makepeace Thackeray, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Henry James, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Thomas Hardy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Grace Livingston Hill, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Fanny Fern, Lady Charlotte Bury, D. K. Broster, Mary Angela Dickens, Robert Williams Buchanan, Georg Ebers, Philip Meadows Taylor, Gilbert Parker, Anthony Trollope, F. Scott Fitzgerald, María Ruiz de Burton, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Mary Hays, Louis Hémon, Madame de La Fayette, Lady Sydney Morgan, A. E. W. Mason, Georgette Heyer ...
    e-artnow presents to you the collection of the great love stories of the past, the best historical novels in one edition: Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt (Georg Ebers) The New Abelard: Love in the Times of Cathedrals (Robert Williams Buchanan) Hildebrand: The Days of Queen Elizabeth (Anonymous) Love-at-Arms (Rafael Sabatini) The Making Of A Saint (W. Somerset Maugham) The Cloister and the Hearth ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Greatest Historical Romances of All Time

    70 Books Collection

    by Georgette Heyer, W. Somerset Maugham, Jane Austen, Guy de Maupassant, Sabine Baring-Gould, Eliza Haywood, Maria Edgeworth, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mrs. Olifant, William Makepeace Thackeray, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Henry James, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Thomas Hardy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Grace Livingston Hill, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Fanny Fern, Lady Charlotte Bury, D. K. Broster, Mary Angela Dickens, Robert Williams Buchanan, Georg Ebers, Philip Meadows Taylor, Gilbert Parker, Anthony Trollope, F. Scott Fitzgerald, María Ruiz de Burton, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Mary Hays, Louis Hémon, Madame de La Fayette, Lady Sydney Morgan, A. E. W. Mason ...
    Encapsulating the essence of love, conflict, and societal norms through the ages, 'The Greatest Historical Romances of All Time' is a profound anthology that showcases a diverse array of narratives and stylistic approaches spanning several centuries. This collection brings together seminal works that have shaped the romantic genre, blending historicity with tales of affection and human condition. ... Read more

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  • Southern Appalachian Celebration

    In Praise of Ancient Mountains, Old-Growth Forests, and Wilderness

    by James Valentine, Chris Bolgiano ...
    With this stunning collection of images of the Southern Appalachians, James Valentine presents an enduring portrait of the region’s unique natural character. His compelling photographs of ancient mountains, old-growth forests, rare plants, and powerful waterways reveal the Appalachians' rich scenic beauty, while Chris Bolgiano’s interpretive text and captions tell the story of its natural history ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Through Indian Sign Language

    The Fort Sill Ledgers of Hugh Lenox Scott and Iseeo, 1889–1897

    Edited by William C. Meadows ...
    Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    Hugh Lenox Scott, who would one day serve as chief of staff of the U.S. Army, spent a portion of his early career at Fort Sill, in Indian and, later, Oklahoma Territory. There, from 1891 to 1897, he commanded Troop L, 7th Cavalry, an all-Indian unit. From members of this unit, in particular a Kiowa soldier named Iseeo, Scott collected three volumes of information on American Indian life and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Inclusion in the American Military

    A Force for Diversity

    by Morten G. Ender, Ryan Kelty, David E. Rohall, Michael D. Matthews, Michelle A. Butler Samuels, Karin De Angelis, Hise Gibson0, JooHee Han1, Janice Laurence2, Katie E. Matthew3, William C. Meadows4, Kris J. Moore5, Richard E. Niemeyer6, Judith E. Rosenstein7, Michelle Sandhoff8, Deenesh Sohoni9, David Smith0, Liat Shapiro1, Eiko Strader2, Jae Yu3 ...
    The US military is one of the largest employers in the country and is a relative microcosm of American society, bringing in people from diverse backgrounds and history to defend the nation from all enemies. Military and civilian leaders address the same challenges as those found in the civilian world, including diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging. The US military has both led and followed ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Shakespeare's Tales: Hamlet

    by Samantha Newman, William Shakespeare ...
    Narrated by Mark Meadows ...
    Series Audiobook 8 - Shakespeare's Tales Retold for Children

    Unabridged

    43 min

    Prince Hamlet's father is dead. Hamlet believes he was murdered, and that he knows the culprit. The only problem is it's his uncle, the new king - and Hamlet has no proof.ABOUT THE SERIES: Shakespeare's Tales brings the Bard's timeless stories to life for a younger generation, with wit and panache. Samantha Newman's cleverly reworked text retains many of Shakespeare's own inimitable turns of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Technosleep

    Frontiers, Fictions, Futures

    by Catherine Coveney, Michael Greaney, Eric L. Hsu, Robert Meadows, Simon J. Williams ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book draws on a variety of substantive examples from science, technology, medicine, literature, and popular culture to highlight how a new technoscientifically mediated and modified phase and form of technosleep is now in the making – in the global north at least; and to discuss the consequences for our relationships to sleep, the values we accord sleep and the very nature and normativities ... Read more

    $31.99 USD