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This collection of photographs captures the moments that changed our modern world. The pictures are sometimes beautiful, often striking - and undeniably powerful.

100 Photographs That Changed the World

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The Nineteen Ninety-Two U. S. A. Basketball Team

For years the USA was the team to beat in Olympic Basketball competition. Then came the Olympics of 1972 and defeat by the Russians in the last heartbreaking and highly disputed seconds. Boycotts and another defeat in 1988 followed. Now, with the historic decision to allow our greatest NBA stars to compete for the first time, the Dream Team is set to go for the gold in Barcelona. 275 full-color photos and illustrations.

America's Dream Team

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A Year-By-Year History of Major League Baseball

20th Century Baseball Chronicle

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A History of the Game

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A Commenorative Edition

Welcome Back Michael

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Michael on Michael

Complete before his resignation from basketball, Jordan discusses his love of the game, his family, and his competitiveness

Rare Air

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Sporting News Chronicle of Baseball

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Introduction by David Halberstam Foreword by Chris Berman The biggest stars, the greatest games, the most stupendous moments in world sport are all contained here in this beautiful volume which celebrates sport, in its many forms, throughout the twentieth century. Packed with essays from some of the world's best sports writers and illustrated throughout in full-colour, this is the ultimate guide to the greatest sports moments of the last millennium.

ESPN Sports Century

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The Authorized Pictorial History

This authorized, illustrated biography follows Wayne Gretzky from the early days of discovering his passion for hockey to becoming one of the world's most successful, respected & admired celebrity athletes - the reigning hero of a generation. This stunning book provides a unique & original perspective about Wayne Gretzky by emphasizing his amazing professional career & off-ice personality through an insightful text & a compilation of outstanding visual material, much of it seen here for the first time. Written by sports biographer Jim Taylor, the text is complemented by dozens of interviews with a wide selection of people whose lives have intertwined with Wayne's from his early days in the backyard rink to his modern day position as hockey's "Great One." The book showcases a fascinating collection of photographs, important artifacts, mementos & trophies, assembled from the Gretzky family archives & personal friends & associates, The Hockey Hall of Fame, internationally acclaimed sports photographs & the archives of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. Finished with an up-to-date statistical appendix detailing the over 60 NHL records Gretzky holds as he single-handedly redefines the game of hockey, this remarkable gift volume will be a lasting legacy to the Gretzky legend for generations to come.

Gretzky

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A History of the Professional Game

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40 Years

A panoramic compilation of sports photography features 150 classic images from the photographer's more than four-decade career, with portraits of such sports figures as MIchael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Muhammad Ali, and Joe Frasier.

Athlete

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Highlighted by dozens of photographs, a celebration of America's college and professional basketball captures the great teams, players, games, memorabilia, artifacts, and important moments throughout the more than one hundred years of basketball history.

The Basketball Book

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Photographs of winning moments in NBA history and portraits of its stars are accompanied by descriptions of game highlights, profiles of players and coaches, and quotations.

The NBA at 50

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A History of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture

V. THE RENAISSANCE. 19. The Dawn of Individualism in Italian Art — The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. 20. The Early Renaissance in Italy —The Fifteenth Century. Architecture in Florence and North Italy. Sculpture in Florence: The Early Fifteenth Century. Painting in Florence: The Early Fifteenth Century. Painting in Florence and Central Italy: The Mid-Fifteenth Century. Sculpture in Florence at Midcentury. Painting and Sculpture in Florence and Central Italy: The Later Fifteenth Century. Painting in North Italy and Venice. 21. The Early Renaissance in Northern Europe. Netherlandish Art in France. Netherlandish Panel Painting. Painting in German-Speaking Lands. Painting in France. 22. The High Renaissance in Central Italy. Leonardo. Michelangelo before 1516. Bramante. Raphael. 23. Michelangelo and Mannerism. Michelangelo after 1516. Painting. Women Artists of Northern Italy. Sculpture in Tuscany. Architecture. 24. The High and Late Renaissance in Venice. Painting. Architecture. 25. The High and Late Renaissance Outside Italy. Germany. France. The Netherlands. Spain. VI. THE BAROQUE. 26. The Seventeenth Century in Italy. 27. The Seventeenth Century in Catholic Europe Outside Italy. France. Flemish Painting. Spanish Painting and Sculpture. 28. The Seventeenth Century in Protestant Countries. Dutch Painting. English Architecture. 29. The Eighteenth Century. Italy. France — The Rococo and Classicism. Austria and Germany — The Baroque and Rococo. England. Painting in Colonial America. VII. THE MODERN WORLD. 30. Neoclassicism. Architecture. Painting. Sculpture. 31. Romanticism. Painting and Sculpture on the Continent. Painting in England. Architecture. 32. Realism. Photography. Painting in France. Metal Architecture. Painting in the United States. The Pre-Raphaelites. 33. Impressionism. Manet and Monet. Morisot. Pissarro and Renoir. Degas and Caillebotte. Whistler, Cassatt, and Sargent. Sculpture. 34. Post-Impressionism. Cézanne. Seurat and Neo-Impressionism. Toulouse-Lautrec. Gauguin. Van Gogh. Symbolism. Forerunners of Expressionism. Rousseau. 35. The Fauves and Expressionism. Matisse and Derain. Rouault. Expressionism. 36. Cubism and Abstract Art. Picasso, Braque, and the Cubist Style. The Influence of Cubism. Cubism and the First Abstract Sculpture. Futurism. Rayonnism, Suprematism, and Constructivism. De Stijl. 37. Fantastic Art, Dada, and Surrealism. Fantastic Art. Dada. Surrealism. 38. The Spread of Modernism. Abstract Expressionism. The Reaction to Abstract Expressionism. American Sculpture from the 1960s to the Early 1980s. Conceptual Art and Performance Art. The Women's Movement. Recent Painting and Sculpture. Twentieth-Century Photography. 39. Modern Architecture. Richardson, Sullivan, and the Chicago School. Art Nouveau and Expressionist. Architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright. The International Style. The Skyscraper — Romance to Internationalism and Return. Countercurrents. Glossary. Books for Further Reading. Index. Credits.

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TIME Life Book Series

The Fabulous Century

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A Pictoral visit

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The Men Who Started the American Revolution

A narrative history of the figures and drama of the American Revolution offers portraits of George Washington, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry

Patriots

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A History, 1974-2008

An appraisal of American politics in the aftermath of Watergate surveys the conservative movement throughout the past four decades, evaluating the fortieth president's role in conservatism's success while surveying how Reagan's predecessors influenced his administration. 75,000 first printing.

The Age of Reagan

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A Biography

As politician and diplomat, writer and lover, but above all as a military genius, Julius Caesar is one of the perennially fascinating figures in history--Boswell called him ”the greatest man of any age.” Christian Meier’s authoritative and accessible biography is the definitive modern account of Caesar’s life and career, setting Caesar’s life story against the rich political and social background of the Late Roman Republic.

Caesar

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Draws on personal correspondence and period diaries to present a history of the American Revolution that ranges from the siege of Boston, to the American defeat at Brooklyn and retreat across New Jersey, to the American victory at Trenton.

1776

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A History

"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced account we have."-Boston Globe. "Superb, balanced in interpretation... immensely readable and full of new and interesting detail."-George Herring, Univ. of Kentucky.

Vietnam

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The Martial Artist's Guide to Training Alone

Loren Christensen shows you over 300 ways you can add variety to your daily martial arts training routine. Whether you are a student looking for fun new solo drills to spice up your home training or an instructor in search of new ways to pump up your classes, you won't be disappointed. This incredible collection of drills, techniques and exercises will take your workouts to the next level. Learn to: Organise your solo workouts to the get maximum results from even the shortest training session; Improve your speed and power with dozens of inside tips and tricks; Beat boredom and get excited about your solo training sessions; Become a well rounded fighter by adding essential skills that your instructor may not be teaching you; Safely experiment with new techniques to find your ideal personal style of training; Get an edge on your opponents with training methods that will make you unstoppable in the ring or on the street. Not only will you learn enough new training strategies and methods to keep you busy for years, but Loren Cristensen's no-nonsense writing style will get you up and moving even on the days you rather skip your solo workout. Packed with solid advice and kick-butt motivation, this book will become your favourite training partner.

Solo Training

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In the century since the establishment of the world's first national park at Yellowstone, no individual has rivaled Ansel Adams in his unceasing effort--through both his photographs and writings--to support the philosophical essence and practical evolution of the "national park idea". Here are his greatest images of more than 40 national parks and monuments. 78 duotones.

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