The Whitman Massacre of 1847

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A great fictional re-enactment.......2002-01-05

This book takes the facts and theories surrounding the Whitman Massacre and re-creates the events through the eyes of one of the tribal members. Even though it may not be historically accurate, it encourages the reader to look at the full story from all perspectives. Short, sweet, and though-provoking!

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The Indian Side of the Whitman Massacre
Thomas E. Jessett
Manufacturer: Ye Galleon Press
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ASIN: B000KBCOTO

Journal of a Catholic Bishop on the Oregon Trail: The Overland Crossing of the Rt. Rev. A. M. A. Blanchet, Bishop of Walla Walla, from Montreal to Oregon Territory, March 23, 1847 to January 23, 1851

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Journal of a Catholic Bishop on the Oregon Trail: The Overland Crossing of the Rt. Rev. A. M. A. Blanchet, Bishop of Walla Walla, from Montreal to Oregon Territory, March 23, 1847 to January 23, 1851
Augustine Magloire Alexander Blanchet , J. B. A. Brouillet , and Edward J. Kowrach
Manufacturer: Ye Galleon Pr
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Binding: Hardcover

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Juggernaut: The Whitman Massacre Trial 1850

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Juggernaut: The Whitman Massacre Trial 1850
Ronald B. Lansing
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ASIN: 0963508601

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior: Communicating in Compliance With the Resolution of the Senate of the 2nd Instant Information Relation th

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Letter from the Secretary of the Interior: Communicating in Compliance With the Resolution of the Senate of the 2nd Instant Information Relation th
United States. Dept of the Interior
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ASIN: 0877704511

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Offering a unique approach to history, this series of individual, popular encyclopedias will delineate and explain the people, places, events, chronology, and ramifications of pivotal days in history. ONE DAY IN HISTORY: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 will provide a comprehensive and engaging overview of this date in history as well as an examination of the themes related to the date–the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the war on terror, and subsequent increase in patriotism. This volume will cover all aspects of September 11, 2001, including background information explaining what led to the date's events and post–date analysis discussing the effects and consequences of the day's events. More than 100 articles cover such topics as the timeline of events, biographies of the terrorists involved, films of 9/11, international reactions, the NYPD and FDNY, and the 9/11 commission.

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Informative reference to the history and events of terrorism

Encyclopedia of Terrorism
Cindy C. Combs , and Martin W. Slann
Manufacturer: Checkmark Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0816049653

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Informative reference to the history and events of terrorism.......2002-09-07

Students, researchers and policy makers alike will appreciate the Facts On File Encyclopedia Of Terrorism, a quick and informative reference to the history and events of terrorism, providing a comprehensive chronology of events from 1945 to modern times. From hijackings and chemical weapons to nuclear terrorism and urban bombings, this includes plenty of historical background to help students place events in perspective. Encyclopedia Of Terrorism is an essential reference for high school, public and college libraries.

Encyclopedia of Terrorism and Political Violence

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Encyclopedia of Terrorism and Political Violence
John Richard Thackrah
Manufacturer: Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
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ASIN: 0710206593

Conflict in Northern Ireland: An Encyclopedia (Roots of Modern Conflict)

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AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SORROW

Conflict in Northern Ireland: An Encyclopedia (Roots of Modern Conflict)
Sydney Elliott , and William D. Flackes
Manufacturer: ABC-Clio Inc
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Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 0874369894

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AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SORROW.......2004-01-13

This is a big book, and that's natural enough, because it addresses a big
topic. Not big in terms of land mass but in terms of history, personalities,
shattered dreams, impoverished peoples, unnecessary brutality, terror and
petty political self-dramatization.

"Conflict in Northern Ireland" is the latest offering from ABC-CLIO in the
"Roots of Modern Conflict" series.

Following a brief preface and List of Abbreviations (the "Alphabet Soup"
of Irish political mnemonics makes this essential), the chronology of
major events 1922 - 1999 is detailed with crushing thoroughness.

Next, the Dictionary of Irish Politics is presented wherein the reader
becomes informed of the pertinent events, locales and players that map out
the recent political landscape of Ireland. The landscape is by no means
confined to the physical borders of that island, but stretches to Palestine,
Washington, D.C. and points beyond.

A section is devoted to a complete listing of election results, by year and
county, from 1968 - 1999. An examination of the systems of government
attempted during that period, and a description of the evolution of the
security system and its pertinent statistics is provided.

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Prepare yourself for disasterstart with Michael I. Greenbergs new reference, Disaster! A Compendium of Terrorist, Natural, and Man-Made Catastrophesthe most current information on historically destructive events available! This single resource offers a comprehensive overview of significant historical man-made and environmental toxicological incidents. Written by an expert in the field, Disaster! A Compendium of Terrorist, Natural, and Man-Made Catastrophes teaches readers about the numerous man-made incidents resulting from occupational or industrial accidents that have led to environmental contamination, illness, and death.

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Encyclopedia of World Terrorism

Manufacturer: Sharpe Reference
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1563248069

Encyclopedia of World Terrorism, 1996-2002 and Encyclopedia of World Terrorism, Documents

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Encyclopedia of World Terrorism, 1996-2002 and Encyclopedia of World Terrorism, Documents
Frank G. Shanty
Manufacturer: Sharpe, M.e., Inc.
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Binding: Library Binding
ASIN: B000MBRVB8

Encyclopedia of World Terrorism: 1996-2002.(Reviews)(Book Review): An article from: Security Management

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Encyclopedia of World Terrorism: 1996-2002.(Reviews)(Book Review): An article from: Security Management
James T. Dunne
Manufacturer: American Society for Industrial Security
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Title: Encyclopedia of World Terrorism: 1996-2002.(Reviews)(Book Review)
Author: James T. Dunne
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2004
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: 48 Issue: 7 Page: 146(2)

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TERRORISM: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's
<i>Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World</i>

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TERRORISM: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
Juan Eduardo Campo , and Caleb Elfenbein
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â€œIslam and the Muslim Worldâ€ will help people understand the fastest growing religion in the United States and the dominant religion in a wide area of the rest of the world. This informative and interesting new encyclopedia explores an increasingly important force in the modern world, looking at Islam's role in the modern world, in the context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries, and contains thematic articles, biographies of key figures, definitions, and more, filling a need in this key area of religious studies and serving as a resource for those eager to become better informed.

TERRORISM: An entry from Thomson Gale's
<i>West's Encyclopedia of American Law</i>

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TERRORISM: An entry from Thomson Gale's West's Encyclopedia of American Law

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â€œWest's Encyclopedia of American Lawâ€ is 13 volumes and 5,000 entries of comprehensive information on the fascinating American Legal System and its components. Covering historical and current terms, concepts, events, movements, cases, and persons significant to U.S law, Westâ€™s has been written, updated, and reviewed by lawyers and professors with the everyday user in mind. Everyone from the layperson hooked on the weekly TV courtroom procedural to the serious student can find such valuable information as brief definitions of legal jargon, exhaustive examinations of courtroom procedure, explanations of complex topics such as civil rights, biographies of standout attorneys, analyses of controversial issues, and transcripts of crucial Supreme Court decisions.

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The year 2003 was the 50th anniversary of the seminal experiment of Stanley Miller. This was a unique opportunity for highlighting the current interest in this most interdisciplinary subject. The leading space agencies: the European Space Agency (ESA) as well as NASA, the American Space Agency, have planned missions that will elucidate some of the still unknown questions underlying research in the origin of life. New results are surpassing our ability to keep well informed: the reviews that we were presented at the Trieste meeting will bring the readers of this well-documented and timely book up to date in this fast-moving area.

An important component of the conference was the review of the Cassini-Huygens mission due to arrive in the Saturn system just one year after the conference convened in Trieste. There was particular interest in the status of the experiments that will take place inside the atmosphere of Titan, the large satellite, which is a testing ground for the theories and experiments in the field of chemical evolution.

The Jovian system is currently under study with the view of investigating the possibility of life underneath the frozen surface of the Galilean moon Europa; the ESA mission "Mars Express" and Mars Odyssey received special attention. Some of the world leaders in the field gathered in Trieste in September 2003 - that was a most timely date for reviewing recent data and discussing the prospects of future research.

Other Worlds: The Search For Life in the Universe

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Learn how new planets are being found
I just hope we keep searching
The Process of Discovery: Struggle and Success
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Other Worlds: The Search For Life in the Universe
Michael D. Lemonick
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The Demon in the Freezer : A True Story

ASIN: 0684853132

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The first planet around a sunlike star was finally detected in 1995, after decades of false alarms. It was inevitable that within a couple of years a flood of books on extrasolar planets would gush forth. Michael Lemonick is the senior science writer at Time magazine, and his account is the most readable and vivid yet. He has a fluid, anecdotal style, with a good ear for the sort of simile that really speaks to the average reader, as when he describes hooking up a radio telescope being like "setting up a new computer yourself. Sometimes it just plain doesn't work, and you can't for the life of you figure out why."

Lemonick structures Other Worlds around Geoff Marcy and Paul Butler, whose Extrasolar Planet Search Project at the University of California, San Francisco, is the most successful program so far, with six planet discoveries to its credit by the end of 1998. Lemonick's other touchstone is the Drake Equation, which he hyperbolically calls "the second most important equation of the century." If we could fit in values for the seven terms in this equation, we could say something sensible about the number of civilizations in the galaxy. So far, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has not come up with any actual data, but, as one researcher says, it's "the world's biggest carrot," and worth enduring a considerable number of sticks. --Mary Ellen Curtin

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Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? Recent discoveries have made it more likely than ever that we will know the answer to this age-old question in our lifetimes -- and that the answer most likely will be yes. No longer a subject relegated to the fringes, the search for extraterrestrial life is now a mainstream scientific pursuit. In Other Worlds, Michael Lemonick introduces us to the pioneering researchers who are using brand-new technology to explore the universe, looking for elusive signs of life.

Within recent years, tantalizing suggestions of extraterrestrial life have materialized, including new data from Mars and discoveries about Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. Lemonick describes these remarkable breakthroughs, including the very recent discovery that there are more planets outside our solar system than in it -- an idea that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.

Other Worlds takes us inside the observatories, from the world's most powerful telescopes, situated at the top of a volcanic mountain in Hawaii, to the giant radio antennas in a bucolic West Virginia valley, used to listen for alien signals. It is in these places that scientists like Paul Butter and Geoff Marcy analyze the data that led to their discovery of new planets trillions of miles away, and where astronomer Seth Shostak helps run Project Phoenix for the SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute. Even NASA has now begun its Origins Program, hoping the search for extraterrestrial life will do for the agency what the mission to put a man on the moon did in the 1960s.

Michael Lemonick has been called "an inspiring explainer of some of the most mind-expanding ideas in contemporary cosmology" in the Los Angeles Times and "[one of] the best of today's astronomy popularizers" in The New York Times Book Review.

Lively and anecdotal, Other Worlds is a fascinating look at one of the most compelling areas of scientific research today and the scientists behind it, as well as a thought-provoking reflection on how the search for extraterrestrial life affects the way we regard our place in the universe.

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Learn how new planets are being found.......2003-07-15

The classic Drake equation is an estimate of the number of civilizations there are in the galaxy, and for years, all but one of the terms was based only on speculation. For some of the terms, it was reasoned, but for others the value was the wildest of guesses. The formula is N = R * F(p) * N(e) * F(L) * F(I) * F(c) * L, where N is the number of civilizations, R is the rate at which Sun-like stars are formed, F(p) is the fraction of those stars that form planets, N(e) is the number of planets per star that can support life, F(L) is the fraction of planets where life emerges, F(I) is the fraction of such planets where intelligence emerges, F(c) is the fraction of such planets where the inhabitants develop interstellar communication and L is the length of time that the civilization actually communicates. Originally put forward in 1961, there was little improvement in the understanding of the parameters for decades.
However, all of that began to change in the last few years as advances in instrumentation is allowing astronomers to detect bodies revolving around stars. The preliminary results, which are withstanding intense scrutiny, are twofold. The first is that many (perhaps even most) stars have bodies revolving around them and the second is that the definition of planet is a vague one. Quite naturally, the first such bodies discovered are rather large and probably fit the definition of a star better than that of a planet. Nevertheless, such bodies appear to be very common and are being found in unexpected places. The people conducting the searches, the mechanisms being used and the conclusions to date is the main theme of the book.
I was aware of some of the results, but had no knowledge as to the specific tactics being used in the search for "planets." The descriptions in the book are understandable to anyone with a basic knowledge of the physics of light. I was captivated by the search strategies and was very impressed by the ingenuity of the astronomers. A second theme is the search for radio signals from other civilizations. While this section was interesting, I found myself surprised that the SETI@Home project was not mentioned. This is a collaborative effort where people donate the idle time of their computers to process segments of data captured by radio telescopes. As someone who has donated almost eight years of computer time to the project, to me it would have been a natural program to mention.
There is no question that the resolution of the question concerning the existence of civilizations on other planets is one that will forever alter the human condition. If we are indeed the only intelligent species, then the only thing that will prevent us from taking over the galaxy is us. However, if we are not the only one, then most likely there are a very large number and we most likely are insignificant in the eyes of some other species. In this book, you will find an understandable explanation of much of the recent work, nearly all of which makes it seem more likely that there is life elsewhere than on Earth.

I just hope we keep searching.......2000-06-06

This starts out rather excitingly, as though a kind of science drama, but dissipates into a not bad book about how the recently discovered planets around other stars were discovered. Lemonick, a Time science writer, tries to make the characters come alive, and they do to some extent, although this is no novelistic work. Lemonick emphasizes the equipment, telescopes, etc. and the techniques used. He does a good job.

The material on the Mars rock brings us up to date, circa 1997 or thereabouts: they've proved nothing, yet my guess is that we will find that microscopic life existed on Mars three and a half billion years ago. When this happens it will be a big media event, yet it will mean little to the average person. When INTELLIGENT life is found on other planets in another solar system, if that ever happens, it will be a big time media event and will have an EXTRAORDINARY impact on the culture of this world. My guess, after reading this and several other books on extraterrestrial life, is that life is common, but intelligent life rare; consequently, considering the amazing distances in interstellar space, I don't expect any kind of contact in my lifetime. In fact a half life for contact time (just a stab) might be a thousand years or more, assuming that intelligent life exists in, say, every hundred million star systems. Question: will we last a thousand years?

Lemonick celebrates the Drake equation (N=R* Fp Ne Fl Fi Fc L) where N is the number of detectable civilizations, R* the rate at which Sun-like stars form, Fp the fraction of stars that form planets, Ne the number of planets per solar system hospitable to life, Fl the fraction of planets where life emerges, Fi the fraction of life bearing planets where intelligence evolves, Fc the fraction where the inhabitants develop interstellar communication, and L the length of time such civilizations continue to communicate.

Well, they might add "Fw," the fraction that are willing or care to communicate.

As far as just the bare existence of extraterrestrial life is concerned, it might be that we would not even recognize the life forms if they tapped us on the shoulder since they might take a form that is pure energy or pure something else we know nothing about. It's not far fetched to say they might be invisible to our eyes.

The material about Europa and the possibility of life under its frozen surface in a great ocean is interesting. Lemonick says (and we've read this elsewhere) that it is now believed that life probably did not originate in wading pools as has been long thought, but probably deep under the ocean protected from the constant bombardment of comets and meteorites, nourished not by the sun but by heat escaping from the inner earth. This seems highly plausible to me because of the recent discoveries of strange life forms deep in our oceans where the animals live on bacteria nourished by heat vents several miles deep. I still like the panspermia idea from Hoyle and others that life originated outside our solar system. For some reason Lemonick doesn't seem to put much stock in this.

The Process of Discovery: Struggle and Success.......1999-01-11

Are Earth-like planets a rarity in the universe? Is our Solar System, with its 9 peaceful planets in circular orbits, some fluke or a godsend among the 100 billion stars in our Milky Way Galaxy? Is intelligent life in the universe such a rarity that we may be cosmically alone?

Mike Lemonick has produced a book that is exquisitely accurate and humanly compelling about the discovery of alien worlds around other stars. The book captures the difficulties of forging ahead toward new scientific techniques that often lead to failures. But in this case, Lemonick describes how several astronomers worldwide pushed forward despite those obstacles. Ultimately, these astronomers captured the most sought-after discovery in astronomy: the first true New Worlds, outside our Solar System.

Lemonick reveals the quirky personalities of the astronomers who made the 10-year trek toward these discoveries. Along the way, this book describes the chances that Earth-like planets may lead to life elsewhere in the universe. The book beautifully explains the ultimate human exploration: travelling to the new worlds in search of our biological roots out among the stars.

This book is a great read, and will stand as a historical benchmark about a great moment in scientific discovery.

Has there been a better science writer?.......1998-04-29

Finally. Somebody who knows how to write about complex scientific issues in a way that even scientifically-challenged readers like myself can understand. Mr. Lemonick knows how to make science interesting and fun. As a college student who spends most of her time doing required reading, it's seldom that I read a science book unless it's assigned. But this book caught my eye as I walked past it. The more of it I read, the less I was able to put it down and had to buy it. Great, great book! (And wow... smashing cover, I might add. Way, way cool.) Oprah... if you're out there... you've got to get this guy on your show. I know you're hung up on the "feelings thing" but aliens have feelings too you know.

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OTHER WORLDS: THE SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Lemonick. Michael D
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J3HNPI

We are not alone; the search for intelligent life on other worlds

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We are not alone; the search for intelligent life on other worlds
Walter Sullivan
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00005X52F

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Contents:.......2004-04-12

At this moment there is more than a possibility...perhaps even a probability...that signals from other civilizations are impinging on earth. So startling is the idea that when the National Academy of Sciences held a meeting to discuss the subject, it did so privately in fear of the obvious sensational publicity.

Sullivan not only offers the reader a tour of the universe, showing the likelihood of our sharing it with other civilizations, but also discusses the historical background of our attempts to communicate with other worlds.

Life in the Universe: From the Miller Experiment to the Search for Life on Other Worlds
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Life in the Universe: From the Miller Experiment to the Search for Life on Other Worlds
Joseph Seckbach
Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic Publishers
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ASIN: B000MUV8MC

Earth Matters: Studies for Our Global Future
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Earth Matters: Studies for Our Global Future

Manufacturer: Population Connection
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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ASIN: 0945219156

EARTH Matters: studies for our global future
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EARTH Matters: studies for our global future
Pamela Wasserman
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Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: B000TVJ6W8

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ISBN #0945219032. Spiral bound.

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