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1) 1776
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Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. But it is the American commander-in-chief...
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"More dramtatic than fiction ... THE GUNS OF AUGUST is a magnificent narrative--beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained ... The product of painstaking and sophisticated research." CHICAGO TRIBUNE Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its...
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Thomas Paine's Rights of Man argues that human rights are inherent. As such, they cannot be conferred on citizens by their governments because to do so would mean that these rights can be revoked by that same government. Paine further suggests that government is responsible for protecting the rights of men, and therefore, the interests of governments and citizens are united. Within this context, Paine argues that revolution is acceptable when the...
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As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, historian Adam Goodheart presents an original account of how the Civil War began. 1861 is an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. Early in that fateful year, a second American revolution unfolded, inspiring a new generation to reject their parents' faith in compromise and appeasement, to do the unthinkable in the name of an ideal. It set Abraham Lincoln...
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Health watch volume no. 104
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2018.
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For years, Colorado has been labeled the "leanest" state in the United States for having low adult obesity prevalence. The adult obesity prevalence has been rising in the U.S. over the past three decades. Colorado is not immune from this trend. One theory is that the influx of migration to Colorado has brought in heavier people and contributed to the increasing obesity trend. The purpose of this report is to explore this theory by estimating the...
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[2021]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"By December of 1773, American colonists had grown increasingly frustrated. Among their complaints was that the British government had imposed a tea tax on colonists. The Americans objected because it was taxation without representation-that is, they had no say in who was elected to parliament. As tensions grew, plans formed to protest the tax by pouring hundreds of containers of tea into the Boston Harbor. One of the first acts of protest in America,...
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2024.
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"On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson...
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2011.
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The Colorado Trauma Registry Manual is designed to assist Level I-III trauma centers in Colorado with collection of accurate trauma data. The Manual may also help Level IV and V Colorado trauma centers in making decisions regarding what data could be collected by their trauma programs.
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Health watch volume no. 105
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2018.
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Excessive alcohol use contributes to an estimated 1,633 deaths annually in Colorado, which is an average of almost five deaths each day. A portion of these alcohol-attributable deaths include deaths by suicide. Research has shown that excessive alcohol use is associated with increased suicide risk. Suicide continues to be a critical public health concern both nationally and in Colorado.
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"Due to Jack Stapleton's ongoing recovery from his near-death confrontation with a serial killer, his wife Laurie Montgomery, the NYC chief medical examiner, is carrying the load both at work and at home. When she insists an underperforming pathology resident named Ryan Sullivan assist her on a suicide autopsy, Laurie unknowingly provokes an emotional storm in the trainee. So, when Ryan himself appears on the medical examiner's table days later, an...
14) North and South
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From America's master storyteller and writer of historical fiction comes the epic story of two families -- the Hazards and the Mains. Separated by vastly different ways of life, joined by the unbreakable bonds of true friendship, and torn asunder by a country at the threshold of a bloody conflict that would change their lives forever....
15) Prelude to war
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Seven chapters and picture essays describe conditions and situations contributing to the beginning of World War II.
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2018-
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This report provides insight into the prevalence of drug-involved driving by examining toxicology information associated with individual DUI court cases. Prior to this publication, data regarding impaired driving in Colorado have been available for only the aggregate number of case filings, the presence of Delta-9 THC in some toxicology samples, and impaired driving fatalities.
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[2022]
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On a cold, misty Sunday night, two women are alone in the offices of fashion conglomerate Claudine de Martineau International. One is the company's human resources director. Impeccably dressed and perfectly coiffed, she sits at her desk and stares somberly out the window. Down the hall, her colleague, one of the company's lawyers, is buried under a pile of paperwork, frantically rushing to finish. Leaving at the same time, the two women, each preoccupied...
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2016.
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Injuries are common, costly, and preventable. In Colorado, injury (including unintentional injuries and violence) is the third leading cause of death, ranking below cancer and heart disease. Injury is the leading cause of death for Coloradans ages 1 to 44 years old. Each year, 3,700 Coloradans die from injuries, a loss that affects the individuals, their families and friends, their community and society. In addition to the human toll, injury deaths...