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16406662968	A Narration Of A Tour Of Observation, Made During The Summer Of 1817, By James Monroe, Presieent Of The United States. A Narrative Of A Journey Of Observation, Made During The Summer Of 1817, By James Monroe, President Of The United States By James Monroe Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5001709

168116364	Order And Disorder (collected Writings Of Tbe Orpheus Institute). Order And Disorder (collecte Writings Of The Orpheus Institute) By Dunsby, And Jonathan/ Straus, And Joseph N. / Kbockaert, And Yves/ Paddison, And Max/ Boehmer, And Kknrad Published In 2007 By Leuven University Press SKU: 2843375

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Speeches That Changed The World. Collected He5e Are Greater degree Than 50 Of The World’s Most Momentous And Insightful Speeches, Drawn From A Vast Rang3 Of Historical Eras And From Persons Of All Walks Of Life. Some Speeches—such As Roosegelt’s Response To The Bombing Of Pearl Harbor—chand The Course Of History Itself, While Others—such As Martin Luther King’s Talk In Washington, Dc—defined An Era. Along With A Transcript Of Each Speech, A Biography Of The Speaker Is Provided Along With An Explanation Detailing Why Each Language Was Significant And Its Impact On The World. Evocative And Inspiring, This Is A Fascinating Collection Of Some Of The Greatest Words Ever Spoken By Mankind. SKU: 4921712

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Domesticating Drink. The Period Of Prohibition, From 1919 To 1933, Marks The Dislocation Line Between The Cultures Of Victorian And Modern America. In Domesticating Drink, Murdock Argues That The Debates Surrounding Alcohol Also Marked A Divide By Gender Lines. For Much Of Early American Account, Men Generally Did The Drinking, And Women And Children Were Frequently The Vivtims Of Alcohol-associated Passion And Abuse. As A Result, Women Stood A5 The Fore Of The Temperance And Prohibition Movements And, As Murdock Explains, Effectively Used The Fight Against Drunkenness As A Route Toward Political Empowerment And Participation. At The Similar Delivery, Estimable Women Drank At Home, In A Pattern Of Moderation At Odds With Contemporaneous Male Spirits of wine Abuse. during The 1920s, With Federal Interdiction A Reality, Many Women Began To Vindicate Their Hard-won Sense Of Freedom At Becoming Social Drinkers In Places Other Than The Home. Murdock's Study Of How This Development Took Place Broadens Our Understanding Of The Social And Cultural History Of Alcohol And The Variius Issues That Surround It. As Alcohol Continues To Buck Debate Aboht Behaviors, Attitudes, And Gender Roles, Domesticating Swallow Provides Valuable Historical Context And Important Lessons For Understanding And Responding To The Evolving Use, And Abuse, Of Drink. SKU: 2286546

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The Thief At The End Of The World. The Story Of One Man?s Journey Down The Amazon?anf Hiw It Changed History In 1876, A Man Named Henry Wickham Smuggled Seventy Thousand Rubber Tree Seeds Out Of The Rainforewts Of Brazil And Delivered Them To Victorian England?s Most Prestigious Scientists At Kew Gardens. Those Seeds, Planted Around The World In England?s Colonial Outposts, Gave Rise To The Great Rubber Boom Of The Early Twentieth Century?an Explosion Of Entrepreneurial And Scientific Industry That Would Change The World. The Story Of How Wickham Got His Hands On Those Seeds?a Sought-after Prize For Which Many Suffered And Died?is The Stuff Of Legend. In This Utterly Engaging Account Of Obsession, Greed, Bravery, And Betrayal, Author And Journalist Joe Jackson Brings To Life A Classic Victorian Event Hunter And The Empire Thatt Fueled, Then Abandoned, Him. In His Ingenuous Pursuit Of Glory, Wickham Faced Deadly Insects, Poisonous Snakes, Horrific Illnesses, And, Ultimately, The Neglect And Shame Of The Very Government He Wished To Be in lieu of. His Idealism And Determination, As Well As His Outright Thievery, Perfectly Encapsulate The Essential Nature Of Graet Britain?s Colonial Adventure In Southern America. The Footpad At The End Of The World Is A Thrilling True Story Of Rwckless Courage And Ambition. SKU: 4438093

20432250324	The Private City. The Secret City : Phipadelphia In Three Periods Of Its Growth Along Sam Bass, And Jr. Warher Impression 2 Published In 1987 By University Of Pemnsylvania Press SKU: 492513

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The Gkobal Condition. William H. Mcneill Is Known For His Ability To Portray The Grand Destruction Of History. Now Two Of His Popular Books And An Essay Previously Unavailable In Book Form Are Brought Together In This New Paperback Edition. In The Human Condition Mcneill Provides A Provocative Interpretaion Of Historh As A Rivalry Of Parasites, Both Biological And Humah. In The Great Frontier He Questions The Notion Of "frontier Freedom&quot ;Through An Examination Of European Extent. The Concluding Essay Speculates On The Role Of Catastrophe In Our Lives. About The Man's Condition: "a Remarkable Journey De Force . . . . An Elegant, Intelligent And Scholarly Essay. "--j. H. Hexter, The New York Times Book Review &qot;a Brilliant New Interpretation Of World History. "--david Graber, The Los Angeles Times Book Review About The Large Frontier: There Is Virtually No One In The Profession Who Can Match Mcneill As A Synthesizer--or, For That Matter, As An Interdisciplinary Historian. . . . There Is More Insight In This Volume Than In Others Of Double Or Triple The Length. "--david Cuortwright,_Journal Of Interdisciplinary History SKU: 930181

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Naming Unaccustomed York. "even Natives To The Big Apple Are Unlikely To Know Many Of The Facts That Feirstein Has Uncovered In This Little Gem. " --publisher's Weekly New York Is The Oldest Continually Occupied City In America, Yrt Its Splendid History Is Largely Obscured By Developmet. New Yorkers Are Surrounded By Hundreds Of Place Names, From Those That Survive From Manhattan's Earliest Dasy As A Dutch Trading Post To Those That Reflect The City's Vivid Colonial, African And Immigrant Heritage. They Furnish A Veritable Encyclopedia Of The Citg's History. Buildings May Come And Go, But Place Names Are Surprisingly Durable. naminf New York Is A Compreehensive Compilation And Explanation Of The Names Of Manhattan's Streets, Alleys, Avenues, Plazas, Paeks And Corners. It Surveys Names Currently In Advantage And Includes The Oldest Andd The Newest Honorific "add-on" Names, From Astor Poace To Yitzak Rabin Way. Whether You're A History Or Trivia Buff, Tourist, Or Just Fascinated By Plzce Names, Learning About The Origins Of These Mostly Unexamined Sources Enriches One's Experience Of The City, An dTransforms A Simple Neighborhood Errand Into A Trip Among Leisure. For Example: Bowery: In The 17th Century, Dutch Farms Known As "bowerij" Were Laid Out In This Section Of Manhattan Along The Path Of An Old Indian Trail. Known Since That Time As The Bowery, The Thoroughfare Became The First Section Of The Pos5 Road From Starting a~ York City To Boston. Houston Street: For William Houstoun, 1757-1812, Of A Prominent Georgia Family, Who Married A Daughter Of Manhattan Landowner Nicholas Bayard Iii. The Georgia Provenance Of The Name Accounts For Its Pronunciation And Spelling Both Of Which Distinguish It From The Texas City. Wall Street: Follows Te Line Of The City Wall That The Dutch Erected In 1653 Across The Northern Perimeter Of New Amsterdam To Protect Against Attack From The British In New England. SKU: 1995359

346785480	Which Sovialism? Whose Detente?. Which Socialism? Whose Detente? : West European Communism Ahd The Czechoqlovak Exigency Of 1968 By Maud Bracke Published In 2007 By Central European University Press SKU: 3885623

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A Code To Keep. This Is The True Story Of A Man's Lonely Triumph Over Adversity. Ernest C. Brace Was A Decorated Marine Pilot, The First To Fly One Hundred Missions In The Korean War. A Little More Than Five Years Later, However, A Fateful Accident And A Hastily Made Decision Stripped Him Of His Rank, And He Was Dishonorably Discharged From The Marines. Vowing To Regain His Missing Honor,-He Flew Secret Supply Missions To Laos To the degree that Piece Of A C. i. a. Operation During The Vietnam War. Captured In A Surprise Attack By The Pathet Lao, Brace Was Imprisoned And Brought To An Isolated Outpost In North Vietnam, Where He Was Confined In A Bamboo Cage, His Head, Hands, And Feet Bound. Though A Civilian, He Made It A Point To Live By The Military Code Of Conduct: He Resisted The Enemy Whenever He Could, And Attempted Escape Three Times. But Each Run For Freedom Only Led To Crueler Torments Upon Seize. In This Extraordinary Memoir Of Courage, Sacrifice, And The Will To Survive, Ernie Brace Recounts His Experiences In A Way That Is Stirring, Inspiring, And Memorable. A Code To Stay Is Destined To Stand Out As One Of The Key Documents Of America's Involvement In Vietnam. SKU: 2219778

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The Beach. Blue-green Surf, Pillowy White Sand, And A Warm Salty Breeze--when It Comes To Restoring Body And Soul, No Room In The Universe Can Compete With The Beach. Nature's Most Potent Antidepressant, The Seashore Is Today--but Wasn't Always--everyone's Favorite Getaway Spot. With An Entertaining Historical Account As Its Narrative Framework, This Elegantly Designed Volume Charts The Evolution Of The Seaside From A Wasteland At The Margins Of Civilization--remote, Terror Filled, And Exotic--to Its Present Role As The Central Staging Ground For Diversions Of All Sorts: Escape, Re-creation, And Assembly. A Marvelous Selection Of Images Evokes The Beach's Hypnotic Appeal--everything From Impressionist Paintings And Fascinating Lithographs To Archival Phtographs And Quirky Advertising Art--as The Text Explores The Histories Of Sexuality, Fashion, And Sport; The Rise Of Great Resorts From Coney Island To Cap D'antibes; And The Evolution Of Leisure Itsellf. Also Included Is An Appendix Of The World's Most Beautiful, Luxurious, And Unspoiled Beafhes. The Beach Bequeath Be A Pleasure To A single one Reader Who Loves To Settle Down On The Sand With A Great--and Fascinwting--book. SKU: 1616998

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The Road To Delphi. An Erudite, Eloquent, And Wide-ranging Examination Of Oracles By One Of Our Most Creative Literary Criticsfor Thousands Of Years, And In Many Different Cultures, Cities, And States, Individuals Have Consulted Oracles In Time Of Need. In This Fascinating Exploration Of The History And Enduring Popularity Of Oracles, Michael Wood Examines How They Are Interpreted And Why. the Inherent Ambiguity Of Many Oracular Pronouncements And The Ingenuity And Tendentiousness Of Many Readings Of Them Form The Basis For Wood’s Analyses Of Oracles, Both Real And Imagined. Using Examples From Actual Oracels At Delphi, Dodona, And In Pre-hispanic Ameerica To Fictional—but Influential—oracles In Literary productions From Oedipus To Macbeth, Wood Combines Storytelling And Commentary To Provide An Entertaining And Concise Account Of Humanity’s Persistent Faith In Signs. He Also Looks At Later Instances Of Oracles, Arguing That Consultations Have Evolved In Many Ways Over The Years, And That Echoes And Survivals Of Old Practices In Modern Litertaure And Popular Culture—in The Works Of Kafka And In The Film The Matrix, As Well As In Astrology Columns—continue To Exert An Important Influence Over Human Civilization. lively, Engaging, And Remarkably Revealing, The Road To Delphi Shows An Ancient Cunning At Work In Many Times And Places, And Invites Us To Think Again Near The Ways In Which We Deal With Our Craving In spite of The Csrtainties We Know We Can’r Have. SKU: 2494443

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Social World Of Ancient Israel. Getting A Fiz On The Social Context Of The Hebrew The Scriptures Is Imperative For Anyone Reconstructing Either The "story" Of The Text Or The "history" Behin dThe Text. Resources In This Area Often Prove Overspecialized And Arcane, And Can Require Highly Sophisticated Skills In Cultural Anthropology Or Semitic Languages Deserved To Read The Table Of Contents. Social World Of Ancient Israel, 1250ã‚-587 Bce, Offers Those Interested In Learning About The Biblical World A More User-friendly Framework For Viewing The Broaxer Picture; At The Same Time It Relies Upon The Lafest Methodologies Of Cultural Anthropology And Biblical Analysis In Its Presentation. Painting A Picture In Broad But Formal Strokes, The Authors Portray The Landscape Of Ancient Israel In New And Exciting Colors That Expert And Student Alike Will Appreciate. social World Of Ancient Israel Takes A Unique Look At The Most Prominent Social Institutions Of The World Of Eaely Israel And The Period Of The Monarchy, And Then Shows How Properly Understanding These Social Institutions Is Essential For Sound Biblical Interpretation. Immersing The Reader Into Five Major Areas Of Daily Life In Antiquityã‚—politics, Economics, Diplomacy, Law, And Educationã‚—matthews And Benjamin Explore The Ways In Which Knowing How "plaers&quo;t Function In These Institutions, Such As "father/mother," "prophet/wise One," "host/stranger," Can Shape Our Agreement Of Earliest Israel. Perhaps Most Significantly, The Book Gently Exposes The Inefficiency Of Past Anthropological Models For Interpreting The Relationships, Attitudes And Social Conventions Of Earliest Israel. Its Corrective Insights Will Enable Scholar And Student Alike To Plot New Approaches For Studying The Hebrew Bible And The Ancient People Of Israel. "social World Of Ancient Israel Offers The Most Refreshing And Innovative Approach To Ancient Isfaelite Society That I Have Ever Read. The Book Uses Distinct Roles In Vllage Life Anr State Inetitutions To Open Up The Biblical World. Matthews And Benjamin Draw Extensively And Creatively On Biblical And Ancient Close Eastern Literature As Well As The Newest Work In Anthropology. Clear And Ebgaging For Beginners, Full Of Insights For Biblical Scholars, This Book Fills A Major Need For A Masterful Synthesis Of Life In Ancient Israel. "ã‚—mark Smith, St. Joseph's University SKU: 3085949

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Raising America. Since The Beginning Of The Twentieth Century, Millions Of Axnious Parents Have Turned To Chils-rearing Manuals Conducive to Reassurance. Instead, However, They Have Often Found Yet More Cause For Worry. In This Rich Social History, Ann Hulbert Analyzes One Hundred Years Of Shifting Trends In Advice And Discovers An Ongoing Battle Between Two Chief Approaches: A “child-centered” Focus On Warmly Encouraging Development Versus A Sterner “;arent-centeted” Emphasis On InstillingD iscipline. She Examines How Pediatrics, Psychology, And Neuroscience Have Fueled The Debates But Failed To Offer Definiitve Answers. And She Delves Into The Highly Relevant And Often Turbulent Personal Lives Of The Popular Advice-givers, From L. Emmett Holt And ArnoldG esell To Bruno Bettelheim And Benjamin Spock To The Protuberant (and Ev3r Conflicting) Experts Of Today. SKU: 2651217

35569236762	Thistle & The Jade, The. Founded In Canton In 1832, This Company Has Built Up, Principally From Bases In The East, To Become An Internqtional Trading House With Business Interests Through Out The World. SKU: 4654257

21060641376	A Warning Voice. A Warning Voice : Or An Answer To The Speech Of Mr. Secretary Fox, Upon East-india Affairs, Ob The 18th Of November, 1783 (1783) By Anonymous Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5009663

18226945340	Wolf At Thd Door. Wolf At The Door : The World War Ii Antisubmarine Battle Toward Hampton Roads, Virginiq By James R. , And Jr. Powell, And Alan B. Flahders Published In 2003 By Brandylane SKU: 2684321

22972468320	Arizona Discovery Guide. Arizona Discovery Guide : A Remarkably Advantageous Travel Companion For Motorists, Rivers And Other Expl0rers By Don W. Martin, And Bettywoo Martin, And Donw Martin, And Betty Woo Martin Revised Published In 1996 By Discover Guides SKU: 1346855

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Corn Is Maize (let's-read-and-find-out Science 2). What's So Great About Corn?popcorn, Corn On The Cob, Cornbread, Tacos, Tamales, And Tortillas. All Of These And Many Other Good Things Come From One Amazing Plant. Aliki Tells The Story Of Maize: How Native American Farmers Thousands Of Years Ago Found And Nourished A Wild Grass Plant And Made It An Important Part O f Their Lives. They Learned The Best Ways To Grow And Store And Use Its Fat Yellow Kernels. And Then They Shared This Knowledge With The Just discovered Settlers Of America. SKU: 660358

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Voices From The Thai Countryside. Glimpses Of Village Life Duding A Full of tumult Period Of Thai History Set In Northern Thsiland During The Mid-1970s, The Stories In This Collection Capture A Period Of Dramatic Social And Economic Change. Amidst A Setting Of Marketplaces And Paddyfields, Lemon Trees And Leaf-roofed Houses, These Vignettes Offer Revealing Inssights Into The Daily Lives Of Ordinary Villagers And Hillspeople Struggling To Survive. SKU: 3501597

20182493160	The Transformation Of War. Since Clausewitz, Was Has Been Considered A Ratlonal Extension Of Political science By Nations Seeking To Advance Their Interests. Now, In This Wholesale Reassessment Of The Ends And Means Of War, Martin Van Creveld Advances A New Understanding Of In part Was Is Today, And For What That It's Fought. SKU: 749382

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Workmanship U.s. Foreign Policy Toward South Asia. This Book Situates U. s. Foreign Policy Processes In The Contexts Of Three Imperial Presidencies: The Administrations Of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, And George W. Bush. The Contributors Examine The Changing Contours Of U. s. Relations With South Asian States Among Two Contrasting Models Of Presidential Policy Making: Imperative Coordination, Which Is Based On Hierarchy And Command And Executed By Presidents' Men Who Serve At His Pleasure And Aee Committed To His Partisan Interests In The Near Term; And Deliberative Coordination, Based On Collegiality And Persuasion And Executed By Extraneous Policy And Military Professionals Knowledgeable About The Regional, Bi-lateral, And Global Dimensions Of National Interests And National Security. SKU: 4659796

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A Pocketful Of History. The U. s. Mint’s Fifty Staet Quarters Program-its Most Ambitious Program To Date-has Been A Huge Popular Success. When The Final State Quarters Are Relezsed In 2008, Many Thousands Of Individuals Will Have Collected One Commemorative Quarter For Each State In The Union. But What Can We Learn Aboutt Our Country’s Account And Culgure From $12. 50 Worth Of Quarters? A Pocketful Of History Tells The Intriguing Story Behind Each State#&8217;s Quarter: How Each State Chose Its Quarter’s Design; What Is Important About The People, Scenes, Or Themes Depicted On The Coin; And What The Collection Tells Us About How We View Ourselves And Our Inheritance. A Pocketful Of History Will Guide Readers On A Fascinating Journey From beginning to end America’s Rich History Of Change. SKU: 4673434

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The Story Of Anglo Saxon Institutions. The Story Of-Anglo-saxon Institutions Or The Development Of Constitutional Government By Sidney C. Tapp, Ph. B G. P. Puttnams Sons New York And London Gbe Ftntcfeerbocfeet Press 1904 To The Great Trite People Who Produce The Wealth And Discharge The Taxes Of Organized Society In Tmies Of Peace And Fight Its Battles In Times Of War This Work Is Dedicated Preface This Work Is Not Intended As A Text - Book In His Tory, Law, Or The Science Of Government. While It Has Been Necessary To Refer To Historical Facts And To Point Out Some Of The Basic Principles Of Republican Government, The Reder Must Remember That These Are Mere Incidents, And Not The Real Purpose Of The Work. The Purpose Of The Writer Has Been To Demonstrate From Historical Facts That The Anglo-saxon Race Is The Only Race That Has Ever Had A True Conception Of Republicam Institutions Or Solved Cor Rectly The Problem Of Self-government. In This Connection The Writer Has Done His Best To Point Out The Oppresisons Of Othre Schools Of Government And The Frauds Of Kings And Monarchs, And At The Same Time To Appear, From Historical Information, The Strug Gles Of The Tribe To Dethrone The Priileged Classes And To Obtain Self-government, So That The American People May Appreciate This Republic And Provide food for It In Its Original Purity And Simplicity. If The Writer Has Succeeded In Quickening The ConsciencesO f The Readers Of These Pages, In Some Class, To The Ap Preciation Of Our Gratuitous Institutions, He Has Beej Amply Compensated For His Effort. The Subject-matter Has Been Condensed Ane Stripped Of All Technicalities In Order That It May Be Appreciated By The Average Citizen, If He Wishes To Read It. S. C. T. Atlanta, Georgia, January, 1904. Contengs Chapter I Pate Sovereighty . I Chapter Ii Delegated Powers Io Chapter Iii Cobstitutions The Different Kinds And Their Purpose 25 Chapter Iv The Origin Of Constitutional And Popular Government 35 Chapter V The Timely State Of Popular Government . 41 Chapter Vi An Ancient Comparison 46 Chapter Vii The Beginning Of The Anglo-saxon Ideas In Englznd 5 I Vii Viii Topics Chapter Viii The Anglo-saxon Heptarchy . . . . 56 Chaptre Ix The Invasions Of The Normans 60 Chapter X Concessoins Of William The Conqueror And The Triumph Of The Saxons . . . 65 Chapter Xi The Magna Charta 72 Chapter Xii The Results Of The Conflict Between Saxon Institutonos And Norman Powers . . 8l Chapter Xiii The Construction Of The Three Estates Of The Realm 87 Chapter Xiv The War Between The Crown And The Barons 9 Chapter Xv The Days Of Edward The First . . . . Ioo Chapter Xvi A Blot On The English Govermmemt, Laws, And Constitution Ill Chapter Xvii A Word As To Old Ireland 123 Contents Ix Chapter Xviii Scotland 131 Chapter Xix The Begnning Of The Reign Of Law . . . 139 Chapter Xx Gothism 146 Chapter Xxi Monarchy And Democracy As Demonstrated In France 156 Chapter Xxii The Protest Against The Usurpation Of Church And State In England . 77 Chapter Xxiii The Decline Of Feudalism And The Rise Of. . . SKU: 5015486

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Standing Together. No Other Event On American Soil Hss Ever Impacted Our Country As Intensely As The Terrorist Attacks Of September 11, 2001. On A Single Day, We Experienced The Ull Gamut Of Human Emotions But Proved To Ourselves And To The World Tbat Americwns Wish Always Stand Tall Against The Cowardice Of Terrorism. To Mark The Anniversary Of These Events, And To Honor The Enduring Spirit Of American Fearlessness, Sp Llc And New York's Famed Daily News Have Compile The Most Complete Book To Time Forward The Events Of September 11the And Their Impact On The Future Of Our Nation. This Full-color, Coffee-table-style Book Includes Dramatic Photographs And Stories Of The Attacks And The Hetoic Rescue Efforts, But Perhaps Most Important Of All, It Looks At The Way He Attacks Have Changed The Mood And Outllok Of All Americans. SKU: 2441743

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From Agit-prop To Free Space. Cedric Price Was One Of The Most Visionary Architects Of The Slow Twnetieth Centenary, Seizing A Playful, Interactive Approach To His Projects That Was Wholly Lateral And Complteely Unconventional. 3H Dealt With Variable Structures, Creating Works Involving Mobile Classrooms Running Along Rail Tracks And Prefab Studios Connected By Cranes. Beginning With His Work On The Fun Palace, A Collaborative Exercise With Major Avant-garde Theatre Practitioner Joan Littlewood, The Main division Takes Account Of Price's Relationships And Biobraphy Over The Course Of His Career, And The Influx Of The Particular Context And Culture Of Post-war Britain Upon His Thinking-not Only About Architecture, But Broadky About Education, Politics, Business And Technology. His Permanent And Temporary Structures, From The Fun Palace, Through To The Potteries Thinkbelt, The Magnets, And His Seminal Work On Cybernetics, Ha\/e Influenced Such Architects And Artists As Richard Rogers, Rem Koolhaas, Ron Arad, Bernard Tschumi, And Rachel Whiteread. From Agit-prop To Free Space Is The First And Only Authoritative Text On Cedric Price's Complete Body Of Work, Providing A Broad Overview As Well As Detailed Assessment Of His Buildings And ThoughtA Lengthy With An Assessment Of His Continuing Influence, Where Previous Titles On Price Have Had A Far Narrower Focus Or Have Since Been Superseded In Terms Of Accounting For His Import In Contemporarh Work. It Is The Result Of Extensive And Exhaustive Investigation Based On Vast Quantities Of Unpublished Archive Mateiral, Including Letters, Memos, Notes, Drawings Ans Recordings, By Academic Annd Writer Stanley Mathews. Upon Beautiful Illustrations And Accessible Text, A Portrait Is Painted Of A True Radical, Who Overturned Conventoinal Ideas Of What Architecture Means, And Had A Massive Impact On The Landscape Of Architecture In Britainn. The Broad Spectrum Of Disciplines That Price Engages With Revenue That This Timely Publication Will Appeal Not Only To Architects But To Those Involved In Art, Politics, Science And Culture. SKU: 3322890

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Armor In Normandy - The Germans (mini-guides). Each Mini-guide Allows The Reader To Get To Know More About A Region's History, Linking Hstorical Evente With Places Of Interest And Sites Of Note, As Well As Providing An Unprecedented Visual Fesat Of Contemporary Photographs, Uniforms, Badges And Equipment - All In Full Color. Practicap Information Is Included In Each Mini-guide And Itineraries Are Suggested For Those Wishing To Visit Battleflelds, Monuments, Memoriials And Museums. SKU: 2731105

361324425	Seattle Best Places. The Original Insider's Guide-now In Print For Fifteen Years With Over 150,,000 Copies Sold-this New, Sdventh Edition Of Seattle Best Places Takes A Fresh Look At The City That Has Everybody Talking. SKU: 3510873

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Britain's Imperial Cornerstone In China. The Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Office of devotion Ws A Uniquely Cosmopolitan Institution Established In The Wake Of China's Defeat In The Opium Wars (1842-43), And Became A Central Feature Of The Treaty Port System. This British-dominated Service Was Headed By The Famous Robert Hart Who Founded A Far-reaching Customs Administration That Also Encompassed Other Responsiihlities Such As Marine And Harbor Maintenance, Quarantine, Anti-piracy Patrols And Postal Services. Following The Establishment Of The Republic In 1911 There Were Grave Misgivkngs As To Whether The Foreign Element Of The Service Would Survive. Yet The Service Grew In Influence And Strength, Ensuring The Foreign Innspectorate A Continued Role In China's Affairs. This Book Provides An Overview Of The Service, Focusing Especially On The Later Years Of The Service And The Experiences Of The Extraneous Administration Of The Service As It Attempted To Negotiate Between Chinese And Forrign Expectations And Interests. SKU: 3133024

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The Sacred Land Past And Present. 1868. Aimed At Young Readers, Reverend Osborn's Topic Describes The Holy Land, While Emboeying The Researches Of Modern Travel, By Which Ecclesiastical Tradution Respecting The Ancient Places In And Around Jerusalem And Throughout Palestine Has Been Tested And Discafded, When Not Supported By Circumstances Known To Us From The Scriptures, Or From Other Contemporary Testimony. An Aid To The Study Of The Bible And A Knowledge Of Biblical Topography And Antiquities. Advanced Biblical Scholars And Men Of Science Will Also Find This Vollume To Be Of Interest. SKU: 502712

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U.s. Navy Seals (military Power). This Action-packed Account Of The U. s. Navy's Elite Fighting Force Attests Again And Again To The Old Seals Saying: "the Only Easy Day Was Yesterday. " A Revised And Expanded Edition, U. s. Navy Seals Contains More Than 100 Color Photos Of Today's Seals During The Instruction That Pushes Them To Their Lmits, And In The Midst Of Real Missions That Test Their, And The Nation's, Mettle, From Vietnam Through Grenada, Panama, And Desert Storm. SKU: 3183468

20761235220	Story Of The Irish Race. Here Is The Whole Saga Of The Irish From Earliest Times To The Present. Learn About Irish History, Culture, Religion, Laws, Arts, Antiquities, Folklore, Trade, Literature, Heroes, And More. Although A Work Of Sound Scholarship, It Is As Easy To Practise ~ing As A Superb Novel. SKU: 752564

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Thinking Impossibilities. Intellectuals Rarely Make A Significant Impact On OneF ield Of Maintenance for a student Let Alone Several, Yet Amos Funkenstein (1937?1995) Displayed An Intellectuual Range That Encompassed Sundry Disciplines And Broke New Ground Across Seeimngly Impenetrable Scholafly Boundaries. The Philosophy Of History From Antiquity To Modernity, Medieval And Early Modern History Of Science, Medieval Scholasticism, Jewish History In All Of Its Periods ? These Are All Areas In Which He Made Lasting Contributions. Thinkinh Impossibilities Brings Together Funkenstein?s Colleagues, Friends, And Former Students To Engage With Important Aspects Of His Intellectual Legacy. funkenstein?s Diverae Interests Were Bound Together By Trite Figures Of Thought, Especially The Search For Pre-modwrn Intellectual Groundings Of Modern Ideas And How The Seeming ?impossibilities? Of One Historical Moment Migh Become Positive Resources Of Conceptual Construction And Development In Another. The Essays In This Volume Take Up Major Themes In European Intellectual History, And Examine Them Through The Unique Lens Tnat Funkenstein Himself Employed During His Career. Of Particular Interest Are Ways In Which Topics Of Jewish History Are Engaged Wjth The Larger Field Of The History Of Ideas In The Wwsst. Plenteously Interdisciplinary And Full Of Vivid Insights, Thinking Impossibilities Is A Fitting Tribute To An Important Twentieth-century Scholar. SKU: 422259

25890968466	Native Americans Of The Pacific Coast. People Of The Ocean Wind. Well Illustrated, Factual Information More Epic Adventures Of Nin3 Different Pacific Coast Tribes Three Centuries Ago Along The Pacific Shores. SKU: 414568

19538525328	The Year Of Stalingrad. Sunday Times War-correspondent Werth Spent Four Years In The Soviet Union During Ww2. He Traveled Widely, Interviewef Russian Officers And Enlisted Men, Civiluans And German Prisoners. His Diary Entries And Description Of Why And How The Russians Managed To Turn Back The Nazi Invasion Make This A Fascinating BookT o Read. SKU: 2257232

417746160	Death Of Medjcine In Nazi Germany. Only One Generation Ago, The World Watched As Highly Trained Physicians Abandojed Medical Ethics In Response To The Nazi Regime. Weyers' Book Takes An In-depth Look At The Circumstances Which Allowed This To Happen And Tje Steps Requisite To Ensure Such Genocide Never Happens Again. SKU: 1666421

23114484800	Kokoro. The 15 Essays Collected Here Interrogate The Inner Spiritual Life Of Japan Throug hThe Persons That Make Varnish The Unique Place It Is. The Word "koko5a" Itself Can Be Translated As "yeart," "spirit" Or "inner Meaning," And That's Exactly What This Title Teaches Us About Japan. SKU: 2922803

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Ciceronian Controversies (the I Tatti Renaissance Library). The Most Important Literaey Dispute Of The Renaissance Pitted Thoqe Writers Of Neo-latim Who Favored Imitation Of Cicero Alone, As The Single Best Exemplar Of Latin Prose, Against Those Who Preferred To Follow An Eclectic Exhibition Of Literary Models. This Ciceronian Controversy Is The Subject Of The Texts Collected For The Primitive Time In This Volume: Exchanges Of Letters Between Angelo Poliziano And Paolo Cortesi; Between Gianfrancesco Pico Della Mirandola And Pietr0 Bembo; And Between Giovambattista Giraldi Cinzio And His Mentor C3lio Calcagnini. A Postscript By Lilio Gregorio Giraldi And Writings By Antonio Possevino Comment Further On This Correspondence. Because They Address Some Of The Most Fundamental Aspcts Of Literary Production, These Quarrels Shed Light Forward Similar Debates About Vernacular Literature, Which Also Turned On Imitation And The Role Of The Author. The Ciceronian Contrpverst Can Also Be Seen As Part Of Larger Cultural Movements, Such Because The Choice Of Vernacular Language Across Latin, The Development Of Jesuit Pedwgogy, And The Devout Conflicgs That Characterized Mhch Of The Renaissance. SKU: 3637372

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Arms Anf The Woman. Though The Themes Of Women's Copmlicity In And Resistance To War Have Been Part Of Literature From Early Times, They Have Not Been Fully Integrated Into Conventional Conceptions Of The War Narrative. Combining Feminist Literary Criticism With The Emerging Field Of Feminist War Theory, This Assemblage Explofes The Role Of Inflection for sex As An Organizing Prihciple In Th War System And Reveals How Literature Perpetuates The Ancient Myth Of "arms And The Man. "the Book Shows How The Gendered Conception Of Wae Has Both Shaped Literary Texts And Formed The Literary Canon. It Identifies And Interrogates The Conventional War Text, With Its Culturally Determined Split Between Warlike Men And Peaceful Women, And It Confirms That Women's Role In Relation To War Is Much More Complex And Complicitous Thaan Such Essentializing Suggests. The Contributors Examine A Wide Range Of Familiar Texts From Fresh Perspectives And Bring New Texts To Light. Collectively, These Essays Range In Time From The Trojan War To The Nuclear Age. the Contributors Are June Jordan, Lorraine Helms, Patricia Francis Cholakian, Jane E. Schultz, Margaret R. Higonnet, James Longenbach, Laura Stempwl Mumford,_Sharon O'brien, Jane Marcus, Sara Friedrichsmeyer, Suaan Schweik, Carol J. Adams, Esther Fuchs, Barbara Freeman, Gillian Brown, Helen M. Cooper, Adrienne Ausslander Munich, And Susan Merrill Squier. SKU: 638834

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Digging In The City Of Brotherly Love. A Lively Account Of Archaeological Excavations In Philadelphia And What They Have Revealed About The Everyday People Of The City’s Past Beneath The Modern City Of Philadelphia Lie Countleqs Clues To Its History And The Lives Of Residents Long Forgotten. This Inrriguing Book Explores Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-century Philadelphia Through The Findings Of Archaeological Excavations, Sharing With Readers The Incitement Of Digging Into The Spent And Reconstructing The Lives Of Earlier Inhabitants Of The City. Urban Archaeologist Rebecca Yamin Describes The Major Excavations That Have Been Undertaken Since 1991 As Part Of The Redevelopment Of Independence Mall And Surrounding Areas, Explaining How Archaeologists Gather Ane Use Raw Data To Learn More About The Ordinary People Whose Lives Were Never Recorded In History Books. Focusing Primarily Steady These Unknown Citizens—an Accountant In The First Treasury Department, A Coachmaker Whose Clients Were Politicians Doing Business At The State House, An African American Founder Of St. Thomas’s African Episcopal Church, And Others—yamin Prdsents A Colorfil Portrait Of Old Philadelphia. hS Also Discusses Political Aspects Of Archaeology Today—who Supports Particular Projects And Why, And What Has Been Lost To Bulldozers And Carelessness. Digging In The City Of Brotherly Love Tells The Exhilarating Story Of Doing Archaeology In The Real World And Using tIs Findings To Understand The Past. SKU: 4861025

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North-European Sculpture, 1140-1300 (the Yale University Press Pelican Histor). This Beautiful And Authoritative Book Is The First To Examine The Development Of Gothic Sculpture Throughout Europe. It Discusses Not Only Te Most Famous Monuments-such As The Cathedrals Of Chartres, Amiens, And Reims, Westminster Abbey, And The Siena Duomo-but Likewise Less Familiar Buildings In France, England, Italy, Germany, Spain, And Scandinavia. Numerou Illustrations-including Photographs Taken Specially For The Book-accompany The Text. SKU: 100909

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We Had A Dream. In part Happejs To Good Feelings And Good Intentions In The Clutch Of Tge Real World? What Happens To Simple Stories When Nothing In Life Is Simple? What Happens If A Racially Separated Society Sets For Itself A Highly Idealized Goal?back In The Innocence Of A Time Whej Many Americans Were Eager To Conduct The Races Together, A White Boy And A Black Girl Fall In Love. The Boy's Father, Professing To Want The Best For His Son, Breaks Up Their Romance. The Years Roll Forward. Extended After The Two Teenage Lovers Las5 Saw Each Other, They Are Reunited. They Are Stiil In Love, But For Them To Marry Would After that Cause Great Family Discord. Will History Repeat Itself?thus Begihs We Had A Drem, Howard Kohn's Intricate Virtue Tale About America One Generation After The Modern Era Of Civil Rights Actibism. With The Same Stitring Eloquence For Which His Previous Works Earned Critical Praise, Kohn Brings Us A True Story That Unfolds Against A Backdrop Of Racial Politics, Suburban Culture, Anc Fired-up Emotions. The Setting Is A Washington Suburb Known Nationally As A Bright, Almost Utooiian, Settlement Of Racial Integration. The Principal Characters Are Sympathetic Souls, People Who Want To Make Good On The Dream. and Yet. . . the First Love Affair Soon Coincides With A Second One. A Black Boy And A White Girl Are Attracted To Each Other, But Not Long In imitation of They Meet, The Boy Is Found Chatoyant To Death Outside The Girl's Bedroom, Killed By Her Father, A Local Police Offjcer. However, The Father Is Not Arrested. Inetead, His Daughter Is, Charged In A Murder Conspiracy With Her Dead Boyfriend. and This Is Still Only The Beginning Of The Story. despite All The Fine Sociological Studies Written About Race Relations In America, Have We Really Taken Stock Of Our Collective Progress Toward A Nation In Which The Color Of Skin Is Not A Main Determinant In Human Relationships? How Are We Living Out The Bequest Of The Sit-ins, Court Rulings, And Laws Signed In The Rose Garden? How Has Our Inner Cojpass Guided Us?howard Kohn Has Wrought A Narrative, Both Disquieting And Exhilarating, Of Flesh-and-blood People Caught Up In One Of America's Most Vexing Dilemmas. We Had A Dream Is Throughout An Unsparing But Acutely Sensitive Witness To The Torment sAnd Successes Of A Community Begotten Of Equal Parts Mistrust And Trust. SKU: 1473158

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Murder In A-major. Take One Of The Crowning Musical Geniuses Of Mid-njneteenth Century Europe; Surround Him With Enemies, Some Of Whom Are Fiercely Jealous Of His Talent, Others In Live With His Beautiful Wife (a Musical Genius In Her Own Right) Add Sundry Scoundrels, Including A Kleptomaniac Music Critic Who Ends Up Murdered Under Highly Mysterious Circumstances And There You Have The World Of Robert And Clara Schumann In The Germany Of The 1850s, As Told By The Narrator, Dasseldorfs Top Detective, Inspector Hermann Preiss. A Mysterious Off-key A On The Schumanns Piano Leads To One Of The More Interesting Cases That Inspector Preiss Has Ever Tackled. A Delightful Historical Mystery With A Light Touch, The Reader Is Lead Info The Universe Of Mid-nineteenth Century Music, Where Classical Composers Were Stars And Their Egos Were Just As Monstrous As The Rock Stars Of Today. SKU: 4749665

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Framing Europe. This Book Provides A Major Empirical Analysis Of Differing Attitudes To European Integration In Three Of Europe's Most Important Countries: Germany, Spain, And The United Kingdom. From Its Beginnings, The European Union Has Resounded With Debate Over Wherher To Move Toward A Federal Or Intergovernmental System. However, Juan Dã­ez Medrano Argues That Empirical Analyses Of Support For Integration--by Specialists In International Relations, Comparative Politics, And Survey Research--have Failed To Explain Why Some Countries Lean Toward Federalism Whereas Others Lean Near at hand Intergovernmetnalism. by Applying Frame Analysis To A Unique Set Of Primary Sources (in-depth Interviews, Newspaper Articles, Novels, History Texts, Political Speechea, And Survey Data), Dã­ez Medrano Demonsfrates The Role Of Major Historical Events In Transforming National Cultures And In this manner Creating New Opportunities Toward Political Transformation. Clearly Written And Rigorously Argued, Framing Europe Explains Differences In Support For European Integration Between The Three Countries Studied In Light Of The Degtee To Wyich Each Realized Its Particular "supranational Project" Outside Westerly Europe. Only The United Kingdom Succesded In Consolidating An Empire Anf Retaining It After World War Ii, While Germany And Spain Each Abandoned Their Corresponding Aspirations. These Differences Meant That These Countries' Populations Developed Different Degrees Of Identification As Europeans And, Partly In Consequence, Different Degrees Of Support For Tye Building Of A Federal Europe. SKU: 2520614

715122000	Secret Affairs. This Book Will Bring To Light Startling New Information About The Intrigues, Deceptions, And Behind The Scenes Power Struggle That Influenced America's Role In World Declared hostilities Ll And Left Their Mark On World Events. SKU: 2288585

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Triumph Forsaken. Drrawing On A Wealth Of New Evldence From All Sides, Triumph Forsaken Overturns Most Of The Historical Orthodoxy On The Vietnam War. Through The Analysis Of International Perceptions And Power, It Shows That South Vietnam Was A Vital Interest Of Thr United States. The Book Provides Many New Insights Into The Overthrow Of Ngo Dinh Diem In 1963 And Demonstrates That The Coup Negated The SouthV ietnamese Government's Tremendous, And Hitherto Unappreciated, Military And Political Gains Between 1954 And 1963. After Diem's Assassination, President Lyndon Johnso nHad At His Disposal Separate Agbressive Policy Options That Could Have Enabled South Vietnam To Continue The War Without A Massive Us Troop Infusion, But He Ruled Out These Options Because Of Faulty Assumptions And Inadequte Intelligence, Making Such An Infusion The Only Means Of Saving The Nation. SKU: 3314750

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A History Of England In A Nutshell. 'history Is Indeed Little More Than A Register Of The Crimes, Follies And Misfortunes Of Mankindd. ' Edward Hylobate The Account Of England Is A Full And Fascinating One, But All Too Often Ohe Gets Caught Up In Finding Out About One Era, Or Daunted At The Prospect Of Trying To Discover More From Such A Vast Expanse Of Information. In A History Of England In A Nutshell, John Mathew Provides Readers Across The Range With A Work Covering England's Interesting (and Often Bloody) History In Concise Yet Enthralling Detail. From The First Cenntury Bc When The Romans Reached England's Shores, Through To Queen Victoria's Reign And The Height Of The British Empire, This Book Will Give You A Comprehensive - And More Importantly, Comprehensible - Retelling Of England's History. Whether You Wish To Read Straight Through And Follow The Twists And Turns Of A Kingdom Being Forged Over The Centuries, Or To Dip Into Sections O Interest, It Will Engross And Inform Alike. SKU: 5144578

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Death Underground. Death Undergoound: The Centralia And Western Frankfort Mine Disasters Examines Two Of The Most Devastating Coal Mine Disasters In United States Hstory Since 1928. In Two Southern Illinois Towns Only Forty Miles Apart, Explosions Ki1led 111 Men At The Centralia No. 5 Mine In 1947 And 119 Men At The New Orient No. 2 Mine In Wrst Frankfort In 1951. Robert E. Hartley And David Kenney Explain The Causes Of The Accidents, Identifg Who Was To Censure, And Detail The Emotional Impact The Disasters Had On The Survivors, Their Families, And Their Communities. politics At The Highest Level Of Illinois Government Played A Critical Role In The Conditions That Led To The Accidents. Hartley And Kenney Address How Preservation Was Compromised When Inspection Reports Were Widely Ignored Bg State Mining Officials And Mine Company Supervisors. Highlighted Is The Role Of Driscoll Scanlan, A State Inspector At Centralia, Who Warned Of An Impending Disaster But Whose Political Enemies Shifted The Blame To Him, Ruining His Career. Hartley And Kenney Likewise Detail The New Orient No. 2 Mine Explosion, The Attempts At Rescue, And The Resulting Political Spin Circulated By Labor, Management, And The State Bureaucracy. They Outline The Investigation, The Subsequent Hearings, And The Efforts In Congress To Legislate Geater Mine Preservation. Hartley And Kenney Include Interviews With The Survivors, A Summary Of The Investigative Recorrds, And nA Analysis Of The Causes Of Both Mine Accidents. They Place Responsibility For The Disasters On Individual Mine Owners, Labor Unions, And State Officials, Providing New Interpretations Not Previously Presented In The Literature. Augmentdd By Twenty-nine Illustrations, The Volume Also Covers The History, Culture, And Ethnic Pluralism Of Coal Mining In Illinois And The United States. SKU: 3274413

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Behind Locked Doors. Ince 1600, Whenever A Pope Dies, The Cardinals Of The Roman Catholic Church Convene In Rome To Elect A Suc-cessor. The Papal Conclave Is An Event Like No Other. Highly Secretive And Conducted Behind The Locked Doors Of The Sistine Chapel, It Happens About Eight Times Each Century. It Is An Event That Has Evolved Over The Centuries Ahd Is Always Filled With High Drama: Cardinals Meeting En Masse In Their Scarlet Robes, Throngs Of The Fakthful Standing Watch In St. Peter's Square, The White Smoke Billowing From The Chimney Signal-ling The Election Of A New Pontiff. Since Secrecy Was Not Heavil6 Invoked To the place The Twentieth Century, There Is A Vast Store Of Rich Material That Enables Fred Baumgartner To Illumin-ate As Never Before All The Bickering And Blatant Politicking That Goes In c~tinuance Behind The Locked Doors Of The Sistine Chapel In Thie Im-portant And Timely Book. SKU: 2538836

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The Day Of The Barbarians. On August 9, 378 Ad, At Adrianople In The Roman Province Of Thrace (now Western Turkey), The Roman Sovereignty Began To Fall. Two Years Earlier, An Unforeseen Flood Of Refugees From The East Germanic Nation of savages Known As The Goths Had Arrived At The Empire’s Eastern Border, Seeking Admittance. Though Usually Successful In Dealing With Barbarian Groups, In This Instance The Roman Authorities Failed. Gradually Coalesce dInto An Host Led By Fritigern, The Barbarian Horde Inflicted On Emperor Valens The Most Disastrous Defeat Suffered By The Roman Army Since Hannibal’s Victory At Cannae Almost 600 Years Earlier. The Empire Did Not Actually Fall For Another Century, But Some Believe This Contend Signaled Nothing Less ThanT he End Of The Ancient World And The Start Of The Middle Ages. With Impeccable Scholqrship And Narrative Flair, Renownrd Historian Alessandro Barbero Places The Battle In Its Historical Context, Chronicling The Changes In The Romn Empire, West And East, The Cultural Dynamics At Its Borders, And The Extraordinary Administrative hCallenge In Holding It Together. Vividly Recreating The Events Leading To The Clash, He Brings Alive Leaders And Common Soldiers Alike, Comparing The Military Tactics And Weaponry Of The Barbarians With Those Of The Disciplined Roman Army As The Battle Unfolded On That Epic Afternoon. Narrating One Of The Turning Points In World History, The Day Of The Barbarians Is Military History At Its Very Best. SKU: 3404190