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"Horizontal Vertigo: the title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes, which led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flâneur, Villoro wanders through the city seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and things, while brilliantly drawing connections among them, the better to reveal, in all its multitudinous glory, the vicissitudes and triumphs of Mexico...
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English
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In his most intimate book yet, O'Reilly goes back in time to examine the people, places, and experiences that launched him on his journey from working-class kid to immensely influential television personality and bestselling author. Readers will learn how his traditional outlook was formed in the crucible of his family, his neighborhood, his church, and his schools, and how his views on America's proper role in the world emerged from covering four...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
[1959]
Language
English
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A historical survey of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, examining the people, places, and events that gave color to the seventeenth century during the lifetime of the Englishman who helped map, chart and settle the New World.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Join our narrator and her dog on their daily walk as they greet the people in their neighborhood--from the mail carrier and bus driver to the sanitation workers and grocery clerks and more. Whether listening, asking, helping, or just saying hello and thank you, it is our patience and kindness that make a neighborhood feel like home. This story gently reminds us to slow down and be grateful for all the people, places, and things around us. Includes...
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[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2012], c2012
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English
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In each of these rich programs, youngsters are offered an opportunity to experience an up-close and personal look at peers from a cross-section of countries, cultures and lifestyles. Features contemporary kids from around the world who swap places and lives in their desire to experience "A brand new life". Along the way, many of the preconceived ideas and common stereotypes about people, places, and things will also have a chance to be reflected upon.
A...
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Hometown Memories, LLC
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
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"In January of 2014 folks in Southwest and South Central Kansas were asked to share their memories of the "good old days." They were invited to write letters describing interesting, humorous, unusual, exciting (and even romantic) "happenings" from the past. Many of them were born prior to 1940 and the majority grew up right here in Southwest and South Central Kansas. They were not selected from any particular group or social class, nor were they expected...
