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The 1928 Book of Common Prayer 4 reviews
Oxford University Press, USA, 2007
I'm a newer continuing Anglican - this is a good book !
I spent a while on an Amazon waiting list trying to get an Oxford Press 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Since that didn't work out, I spent some time looking on eBay for a used copy - and saw all of the legitimate 1928 BCP's getting snapped up by others at $30 or more for particularly fine versions. After observing this demand for months, I was dismayed to find out that with the millions of volumes ...
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Philco Radio 1928-1942: A Pictoral History Of The World's Most Popular Radios 3 reviews
Ron Ramirez, Michael Prosise
Schiffer Publishing, 2006
This book is a "must-have" for collectors of anitque radios
Ron Ramirez (Mr. Philco to radio collectors) has compiled one of the finest books of its type. Focusing solely on Philco radios, he traces the evolution of the Philadelphia Storage Battery Co. from its roots to PHILCO, one of America's leading manufacturers of home radios. The book is organized chronologically by model year and includes a photograph and text explanation for virtually every ...
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The Maginot Line 1928-456 reviews
William Allcorn
Osprey Publishing, 2003
Great Summary of a Major Fortification
Having just recieved a series of books on fortifications early this week, I have found this to be a delightful account of the Maginot LIne briefly describing its history and operations and certainly well illustrated. There are an interesting selection of wartime photos plus Osprey's famous 3 dimensional drawings. Great Buy!
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Killer 'Cane: The Deadly Hurricane of 1928 10 reviews
Robert Mykle
Taylor Trade Publishing, 2006
Forgotten tragedy
I grew up in this area during the forties and fifties.I attended high school with many decedants of the victims and survivers of this disaster.The book seems to be quiet accurate and hits the nail on the head .It amazes me that it has to be the best kept secret of all diasters.I live in the neighboring state of Georgia,and when I ask people in this area about the storm no one has a clue.At the ...
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The 1928 Book of Common Prayer13 reviews
Oxford University Press, USA, 1993
A book to behold and to hold!
I'm absolutely thrilled to discover this book in print once again! This is the cherished Book of Common Prayer I was raised with as an Episcopalian, and when the Episcopal Church abandoned this version for its contemporary revision, it cast aside one of the most beautiful works of literature ever printed. I am able once again, as an Anglican in America, to enjoy the 1928 BCP in my worship, ...
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Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Fedorovna (1847-1928)10 reviews
Coryne Hall
Holmes and Meier, 2006
Five Stars
This was the hardest book to find it after five years of searching and two failed attempts I finally found it. It was certainly worth the wait. It was well researched and written. The Empress Marie certainly had anamazing life and one of the few to survive the Russian Revolution which most ofher family was killed including two of her children and five grandchildren. Even though she went to her ...
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The 1928 Book of Common Prayer6 reviews
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press, USA, 1993
A strong tradition...
For many Episcopalians (the American version of official Anglicans), the 1928 version of the Book of Common Prayer is still the most prized worship and liturgical form around. When the 'new' Book of Common Prayer was adopted in 1979 (merely the latest in a lengthening line of Prayer Book revision done by the church in America in the past three hundred years), whole parishes balked (and walked) ...
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An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928 (History of the American Cinema, ...3 reviews
Richard Koszarski
University of California Press, 1994
An Incredibly Thorough Look at the Silent Film
Don't be fooled by the slimness of this book. It is packed with information and is extremely useful in giving the reader a view of the American film industry in the heyday of the silent era. One can read not only about popular genres and movie stars, but about how the studios came into existance (and Koszarski presents this in a clear, understandable way), and how movies were shown to the ...
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Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928 (Texas a and M Southwestern Studies)1 review
Norman D. Brown
Texas A&M University Press, 1984
A well written account of Texas in the 1920's.
I read this book the semester before I met Dr. Brown and it was the main reason I took his classes. The time period he writes about is full of villians and demagogues with the occasional hero inserted for dramatic effect. Dr. Brown is an avid student of Robert Penn Warren and the deceased professor's influence is obvious in Dr. Brown's writing style. I recomend this book to anyone interested ...
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Domus 1928-1999. Vols. 1-122 reviews
Taschen, 2006
In the Pantheon of great design books, this is Zeus
The greatest design magazine abridged from 1928-1999. If you're interested in design, architecture etc, sell a kidney and get it...
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The Disney Sketchbook 1928 - 2008
The Disney Animators
Disney Editions, 2009
The Disney Sketchbook 1928-2008 is a glorious, collectible coffee-table book showcasing the rich visual development art by Disney animators over the more than eighty-year history of the Walt Disney Animation Studios (originally Disney Feature Animation). The sketchbook appears as if Disney's animation artists have passed it among each other through the years, from the early beginnings of the Studios' work, through the present day. Frequently, ...
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The Best of Lowell L. Bennion: Selected Writings, 1928-19881 review
Lowell Lindsay Bennion
Shadow Mountain, 1988
The Comprehensive Collection of Bennion's Essays
Someone once said that the essay was *the* essential form of Mormon writing because it so nearly matched our tradition of testimony-bearing and Nephi's standard of "glorying in plainness." This book is the essential collection of Lowell Bennion's work, stretching from his earliest contributions to published church manuals to late in his life (though he managed to complete several small ...
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The Book of Common Prayer: As Amended in 1928
The Church of England
Canterbury Press, 2008
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The Stalin and Molotov Lines: Soviet Western Defences 1928-41 (Fortress)1 review
Neil Short
Osprey Publishing, 2008
A Good Look Inside Stalin's Border Defenses
Osprey's Fortress No. 77, The Stalin and Molotov Lines: Soviet Western Defences 1928-41 written by Neil Short, provides a great deal of fresh information about some of the least well-known fortifications of the Second World War. In that these two fortified lines were overrun by the Germans in the early weeks of Operation Barbarossa in 1941, they generally get little more than a nod from most ...
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Black Cloud: The Great Hurricane of 19285 reviews
Eliot Kleinberg
Basic Books, 2004
Need to Know. Need to Remember.
Hurricanes are part of the natural landscape of Florida. Having not grown up in this state (CA native), I was unaware of the historic frequency of storms and the consequences to so many unassuming souls who fell victim to the times, before technology such as we have on our laptops: timely and accurate information, could have given them a fighting chance.
This book is hugely worth reading. I ...
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Locke 1928: A Novel3 reviews
Shawna Yang Ryan
Penguin Press HC, The, 2009
Water Ghosts--Who Knew?
Having just put this book down, I am still slack-jawed at the richness of Ms. Ryan's descriptions. Her characters can almost be felt with my own hands. I can most certainly smell them, hear their voices whispering in my ear...
I knew nothing of this time and place before I read this book and I now feel like I have a deep understanding of yet another story of how our country was built on the ...
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Barcelona, Berlin, New York: 1928-1931: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Fortress Press, 2008
The period 1928 to 1931, which followed completion of his dissertation, was formative for Bonhoeffer's personal and pastoral and theological direction. Almost all of these nine hundred pages of writings appear in English here for the first time. They document the intense four-year period that includedp preparation of his postdoctoral thesis; a vicarage in Barcelona; occasional lectures; his postdoctoral academic year at Union Theological ...
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The Society of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt: The Rise Of an Islamic Mass Movement 1928-19428 reviews
Brynjar Lia
Ithaca Press, 2006
al Banna did not approve Noukrashi assassination
Hassam al Banna never approved the assassination of Noukrashi Pasha (Egypt's Prime Minister during the life and rein of King Farouk I), it was the military arm of the Movement that decided and carried it out, without Banna's explicit approval.
Banna was as shocked as the King.
Latest interviews with contemporary ex-members of the Brotherhood in Egypt who were close to Banna testified that the ...
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