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On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
Lisa See
Vintage
Vintage
Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles's Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping chronicle of her Chinese-American family, a work that takes in stories of racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and...
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Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
William Zinsser
Mariner Books
Mariner Books
Every time Inventing the Truth appears in a new edition, editor William Zinsser can't help but add to it. The first edition (1987) evolved from a series of New York Public Library talks, for which the mandate was not to lecture about the genre of...
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Plutarch's Lives Volume 1 (Modern Library Classics)
Plutarch
Modern Library
Modern Library
Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch...
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Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace
Elizabeth Shown Mills
Genealogical Pub Co
Genealogical Pub Co
Evidence Explained is the definitive guide to the citation and analysis of historical sources. It begins with a simple question: Why do we invest so much of our energy into the citation of sources? Followed by the intriguing answer: Because...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy, 2nd Edition
Christine Rose, Kay Germain Ingalls
Alpha
Alpha
This user-friendly volume offers readers an opportunity to understand the craft of genealogy, explore their roots, perform online research, and begin to discover their true identities. Includes new information on the release of the 1930 census, the...
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The Official Guide to Family Tree Maker
Tana Pedersen Lord
Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com
With Family Tree Maker, America's top-selling family tree software for more than then years, you can create a family history that you and your family will treasure for years to come. This book is your guide to make that happen. The Official Guide to...
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs
Vintage
Vintage
A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in...
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Courthouse Research for Family Historians: Your Guide to Genealogical Treasures
Christine Rose
CR Publications
CR Publications
Finally--the only guidebook devoted exclusively to research in America's courthouses. Full of essentials starting with preparation, interacting with the clerks, using the indexes, and what to expect to find in each courthoiuse office. But it doesn't...
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