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1) A history of US

Author

Hakim, Joy

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

c1993-<c1994 >

Language

English

2) Making thirteen colonies

Author

Hakim, Joy

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

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Presents the history of the United States from the colonization of the New World through the middle of the eighteenth century.

3) Newton at the center

Author

Hakim, Joy

Publisher

Smithsonian Books

Pub. Date

2005

Language

English

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Reveals and explains the central breakthroughs of four hundred years of math and physics, including Newton's insights into gravity, motion, and light, etc.

4) An age of extremes

Author

Hakim, Joy

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

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Covers the period of American history from the 1880s to World War I.

5) War, terrible war

Author

Hakim, Joy

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

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Describes the American Civil War, focusing on its causes, events, and consequences.

6) Aristotle leads the way: Aristotle Leads the Way

Author

Hakim, Joy

Publisher

Smithsonian Books

Pub. Date

2004

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English

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Presents the influence of of ancient Greek, Hindu, and Arab thinkers on the evolution of science in the fields of math, astronomy, and physics, with charts, diagrams, and excerpts from the writings of scientists.

7) Liberty for all?

Author

Hakim, Joy

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

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Discusses the period of growth in American history prior to the Civil War, describing the lives of people from a variety of backgrounds, including Jedediah Smith, Emily Dickinson, John James Audubon, and Sojourner Truth.

8) Freedom: a history of US

Author

Hakim, Joy

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

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A companion to the PBS series explores the history of freedom and the battle to uphold the ideal of freedom in America from revolutionary days through abolition to the present.