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Crago-Schneider, Kierra, PhD. Munster, Irene. Falk, Nickolas. Rufus, Leah., The Era of the Holocaust 5, The Universities at Shady Grove, 2016-11

Describes the experiences of Jehovah's Witnesses in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s.

Tags: 1930s, 1940s, Europe, Holocaust, Jehovah's Witnesses

Munster, Irene., Library History 90, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2010-10

A child of European Holocaust survivors growing up in Latin America during periods of dictatorship, she shares her baggage with her characters who…

Tags: Argentina, Europe, Holocaust, immigration, Irene Munster, Jewish, Latin America

Negro, Toni. Salas, Steven., Library History 75, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2015-11

The International Games Day Celebration took place Thursday, November 19, 2015 with a series of hands-on events and presentations. There were…

Tags: abalone, Africa, Al-Qurna, Ardshir, Asia, Backgammon, ball and racket, battleship, buraco, candy land, carrom, changes, chatranj, chaturanga, checkers, chess, China, Chinese set, Choctaw, cribbage, crokinole, curling, dominoes, draughts, duodecim scripta, Egypt, Europe, fanorona, five or six men's morris, France, french, go, history, India, International Games Day, jeu force', Karnak, lacrosse, library, ludo, Luxor, magical and mystical rites, mah jongg, mancala, medicine men, monopoly, Moors, Native Americans, North America, origins, pachisi, Persia, Philippe the 11th of Orleans, pieces, Polish checkers, Priddy Library, Red Sea, risk, Romans, rummy, scrabble, seega, senet, settlers of catan, Shady Grove, shamans, shogi, soule, South America, Spain, styles, tables, tabula, third century A.D, trivial pursuit, truco, umlabalaba, USG, Vikings, wei-ch'I, western set, xianqi

Falk, Nickolas, International Games Day 10, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2015-11

Explores the origins of dominoes in Europe and Asia and the differences between the two styles.

Tags: China, Chinese set, dominoes, Egypt, Europe, history, International Games Day, western set

Falk, Nickolas, International Games Day 7, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2015-11

Describes the history behind the board game backgammon.

Tags: Ardshir, Backgammon, duodecim scripta, Europe, history, International Games Day, origins, Romans, tables, tabula, third century A.D

Falk, Nickolas, International Games Day 4, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2015-11

Shows the popular games played in Europe.

Tags: abalone, checkers, chess, cribbage, Europe, five or six men's morris, International Games Day, settlers of catan