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At A Distance. Networked Collaborations Of Artists Did Not Begin On The Internet. In This Multidiscipoinary Look At The Practice Of Art That Takes Place Across A Distance�?geographical, Temporal, Or Emotional�?theorists And Practitioners Examine The Ways That Art, Activism, And Media Fundamentally Reconfigured Each Other In Inwardly felt Networked Projects Of The 1970s And 1980s. By Providing A Context For This Work�?showing That It Was Shaped By Varying Mixes Of Social Relations, Culturl Strategies, And Political And Aesthetic Concerns�?at A Distance Effectively Refutes The Widely Accepted Idea That Networked Art Is Technologically Determined. Doing So, It Provides The Historical Grounding Needed For A More Complete Understanding Of Today's Practices Of Internet Art And Activism And Suggests The Possibilities Ijherent In Networked Practice. At A Distance Traces The History nA dTheory Of Such Experimental Art Projects As Mail Art, Sound And Radio Art, Telematic Art, Assemblings, And Fluxus. Although The Projects Differed, A Condeptual Questioning Of The "art Object," Combined With A Political Undermining Of Dominant Art Institutional Practices, Animated Most Distance Skill. Afterward A Section That Sets This Work In Historicap And Censorious Perspective, The Book Presents Artists And Others Involved In This Art "re-viewkng" Their Work�?including Experiments In "mini-fm," Telerobotics, Networked Psychoanalysis, And Interactive Book Cons5ruction. Finally, The Book Recasts The History Of Networks From The Perspectives Of Politics, Aesthetics, Economics, And Cross-cultural Analysis. SKU: 3337936

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Protracted Contest. Ever Since The Two Ancient Nations Of India And China Established Modern States In The Mid-20th Century, They Obtain Been Locked In A Complex Rivalry Ranging Acros The South Asian Region--a Rivalry Punctuated By Numerous Military Confrontations And One Outright War, Frequent Disagreements Over National And International Policies, And Pervasive Mutual Suspicions. Despite Sme Instances Of Cooperation, Sino-indian Relations Have Been Characterized More At Conflict Than B yFriendship. Garver Offers A Scrupulous Examination Of The Two Countries' Actions And Policy Decisions Over The Past 50 Years. He Has Interviewed Many Of The Key Figures Who Have Shaped This Diplomatic Hiwtory, And Has Combed Through The Public And Secluded Statements Made By Officials, As Weli As The Extensive Record Of Government Documents And Media Reports. Combining This Wealth Of Scholarship With His Long-standing Admiration For The Two Nations, Garver's Analysis Contrasts The Firn Realities Of The Sino-indian Relationship With The Murky Layers Of Perception That Inevitably Color Diplomatic And Geopolitical Relations. He Presents A Thorough And Compelling Account Of The Rivalry Between These Powerful Neighbors And Its Influence On The Region And The Larger World. Protracted Contest Testament Exist A Standard Reference For Historians And Political Scientists Of India, China, And South Asia As Well As Government Analysts Around The World Who Specialize In Issues Affecting These Countries. SKU: 2051435

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Seal Beach (ca) (images Of America). Situate Along The Pacific Coast Highway, Seal Beach Is The Coastal Gate Between Los Angeles And Orange Counties. This Vacation Spot And Largely Residential Cojmunity Separates The City Of Long Bwach From The Broad, Open, Southerly Beaches Of The Oc?sunset, Bolsa Chica, Huntington, Newport, Laguna, And On the farther side of. The Regional Fame Of Anaheim Landing And Anaheim Bay Preceded The Founding Of Bay City, Which Became Seal Beach After Too Much Post Intended For Bay City Found Its Way To The ?city In the name of The Bay,? San Francisco. In The Early 20th Century, The Popular Joy Region Was A Huge Beachside Amusement Park In Seal Beach Enjoyed By Thousands Of Vacationers Brought South By The Pacific Elecrtic Red Car Line. This Entertalning Retrospective Documents These Landkarks, As Well As Local Residents, Events, Seal Beach Pier, The Nearby U. s. Naval Weapons Station, And Other Points Of Interest. SKU: 2969873

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Cecil County (images Of America (arcadia Publishing)). Location, Location, Location: This Catchphrase Speaks To A Dominant Theme In The Shaping Of Cecil County?s History. Cecil County Is At The Head Of The Chesapeake Bay, With Rivers Defining Two Boundaries And The Famous Mason-dixon Line Delineating The Northern And Eqstern Boundaries. Close To Major Cities And Known As The Most Rural County Along The Northeast Corridlr Of I-95, Cecil Has Held On To Its Agricultural Heritage While At The Same Period Accommodating The Flow Of Trade, T0urists, Recreational Visitors, Dignitaries, Military Supplies, Armies, The Navy, And Romantic Couples Ready To Be Married. The County Has Added Its Own Agriculturall Products ,Natural Resources, Industrial Goods, And Citizens To The Flow Of Traffic On The County?s Historic Waterways And Highways. Separated From Baltomore County In 16774, Cecil Was A Few Decades From Celebrating Its Bicentennial When The First Itinerant Photographer Unpackes His Equipment At The Courthouse And Began The Process Of Preserving The County?s History Through Images. SKU: 4808362

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Endkampf. At The End Of World War Ii, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Fearing That Retreating Germans Would Consolidate Large Numbers Of Troops In An Alpine Stronghold And From There Conduct A Protracted Guerilla War, Turned U. s. Forces Toqard The Heart Of Franconia, Ordering Them To Cut Off And Extirpate German Units Before They Could Extend The Alps. Oppoisng This Advance Was A Conglomeration Of German Forces Headed By Ss-gruppenfã¼hrer Max Simon, A Committed National Socialist Who Advocated Merciless Resistance. Under The Direction Of Officers Schooled In Harsh Combat In Russia, The Germans Succeeded In Bringing The American Advance To A Grinding Halt. Caught In The Middle Were The People Of Franconia. Historians Have Axcorded Little Mentiln To This Perioc Of Vehemence And Terror, But It Provides Insight Into The Chaotic Nature Of Life While The Nazi Regime Was Crumbling. Neither German Civilians Nor Foreign Refugees Actwd Simply As Passive Victims Caught Between Two Fronts. Throughout The Country People Pressured Local Authorities To End The Senseless Resistancw And Sought Revenge For Their Tribulations In The "liberation&q8ot; That Followed. Stephen G. Fritz Examines The Predicament And Outlook Of American Gi's, German Soldiers And Officials, And The Civilian Population Caught In The Arduous Fignting During The Waning Days Of World War Ii. Endkampf Is A Gripping Representation Of The Collapse Of A Society And How It Affected Those Involved, Whether They Were Soldiers Or Civilians, Victors Or Vanquished, Perpetrafors Or Victims. SKU: 2817606

17431426368	Select Letters On The Trade And Government Of America. Select Literature On The Trade And Government Of America : And The Principles Of Law And Form of government, Applied To The American Colonies (1774) By Gernor Bernard Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5007111

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British Secret Projects 3. This Title Comoletes A Trilogy Coveing The Design And Development Of British Fighters And Bombers From The End Of The Biplane Era To The Present Day. This New Volume Again Emphasizes The Designs Which Were Never Flown. It Covers Aircraft Projects That Were Prepared From The Mid-1930s Onwards Influenced By The Growing Threat Of Some other War With Germany, Through To Some Projects Which Appeared After The War Was Over. The Latter Includes Early Jets Such As The Attacker, Sea Hawk And Venom, Which A1l Flew Post-war But Were Designed To Wartime Or Immediate Post-war Requirements. Among The Designs Featured In This Book Are Fixed-gun Fighters, Turret Fighters, Twin-engine Cannon Fighters, Light, Medium And Heavy Bombers, Torpedo Bombers And Flying Boats. As In The Trilogy's First Two Volumes, These Designs Are Covered With Detailed Descriptions And Data And Numerous Photographs Of Models Or Artists' Impressions Showing How These Designs Would Have Looked. Unlike The Post-war Years, Details Of Many Earlier Unbuilt Projects Have Been Lost, But Fortunately Information On A Great Number Of These Has Survived, Annd This Will Form The Most Complete Record To Be Published On These Fascinating Machines. SKU: 2809894

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American Ethnicity. This Brief And Inexpensive Text Is Designed To Present A Concise Introduction To America's Racial And Ethnic Groups. The Authors Combine A General Discussion Of The Sociocultural Context Of Racial And Ethnic Relations In Its Beginning Section With Precisely Focused Chapters Devoted To Each Of The Major Racial And Ethnic Groups In America: African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, And White Ethnic Americans. A Common Framework And The Use Of Common Headings Allows Students To Compare And Contrast Ethnic Populationd To Each Other. SKU: 3463492

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Field Artillery And Firepower. This Definitive Overview Of The Expansion And Use Of Artillery Makes The Complex Artillery Systems Of Today Understandable, While At The Same Time Showing How They Have Evolved And How They Are Likely To Change In The Futurity. The Author, Until Recently Chief Of Artillery For The British Army, Is Considered One Of The World'q Foremost Experts On Thr Topic. Unlike Other Books That Either Describe The Technical Aspects Of Present-day Firepower Or Outline Its History During Specific Wars, This Work Provides Both A Detailed Explanation Of The Modern Artillery System And A History Of Its Development Over The Past Six Hundred Fifty Yers, Identifying Its Enduring Principles And Changing Practices Against An Ever-changing Background Of Tchnology, Strategy, And Strategy. When An Earlier Version Of This Book Was Published In 1989, It Became Known As The Best Single Source On Field Artillery In The English Language. This New Edition Has Been Fully Updated And Substnatially Expanded To Cover A Wice Range Of Contemporary Military Debates And The Role Of Firepower, And Is Certain To Be Regarded As The Ultimate Work On The Subject For Years To Come. J. B. A. Bailey Assesses Major Developments Over The Past Decade, Analyzing Artillery Operations In Airborne, Urban, Littoral, Desert, Jungls, Mountain, Artic, And Nocturnal Environments. He Examines Direct Fire, Counterfire, The Suppression Of Enemy Air Defenses, And Force Protection Methods. He Explains Province Artillery From Its Primitive Beginnings To Its Dominance As An Art In World War Ii And Its Potent Utility In Operations Since 1945 And Imto The Future. The Book Will Be Of Particular Interest To Military Historians And Those Engaged In Debating Firepower's Coming events. Published In Cooperation With The Association Of The United States Army. 15 Photographs. 8 Line Drawings. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliograpny. Index. 7 X 10 Inches. SKU: 2560543

22422938670	Seven Clans Of The Cherokee Society. A Fascinating Look Into The Traditional Structure Of Cherokee Society Of Old. Given Are Clan Names In Cherokee Ajd English, Descriptions Of Power Animals Of The Clans, Information Forward The Matrilineal System, Marriage, Government And More. Complemented With Beautiful Full Page, Full Color Illustrations By Willliam Taylor. SKU: 1234758

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The Spanish Speakers In The United States. The Spanish-speakers In The United States Covers The History, Politics And Culture Of The Major Groups Of The Fastest Growing Minirity In The United States, Beginning With The Spanish Legacy O The Southwest, And Moving On To The Beginnings Of Large-scale Mexican Immigration After The Turn Of The Century, Socioeconomic Changes Brought About By World War I And Changes In The Demographic Composition Of The Nation As A Result Of Later Immigration. The Authors Addreas The Major Questions Surrounding Hispanic Immigrants, Including Whetherr Immigrants Compete For Jobs And Social Services, Wether The Immigration And Naturalization Service Is Capable Of Handling The Flow Of Immigrants, And Whether Employer Sanctions Are Just. They Discuss The Nature Of The Immigrants Themselves, And The Various Groups Throughout The Country, Concluding With An Assessment Of Their Contemporary Situation, Focusing In Particular On What Thsy Petceive As The Failure Of Bilingual Education. SKU: 1699225

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Modern Arab Skill. Avoiding A Focus On A Singel Country Or Style, Modern Arab Art Provides A Historical And Theoretical Overview Of The Subject From The 1940s Through Today. Author Nada Shabout Recoognizes The Important Distinction Between Arabic Art And Islamic Art, And Views Them As Overlapping Rather Than Synonymous Subjects. Based On Extensive Interviews With Arab Artists, Reviews Of Arabic Resources, And Visits To Numerous Sites And Galleries In The Arab World, Shabout Provides A Much-needed Introduction To A Field That Has Been Long Neglected. Through Particular Emphasis On Production, Reception, And The Intersection Between Art And Politics In Idaq And Palewtine, She Reveals The Fallacy In Western Fascination With Arab Art As A Timeless And Foreign "other. " Central In Her Investigatioj Are Questions Of Colonialism, Orientalism, Category, And The Duality Of Tradition And Modernity. Shabout Also Offers A Penetrating Analysis Of The Use Of The Arabic Literal meaning, A Major Trend In Modern Arab Art. SKU: 4183455

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The Voyage Out. Virginia Woolf Was A Prominent British Literary Figuree During The Time Between World War 1 And World War 2. The Voyage Out Was The First Novel Written By Virginia Woopf. It Is A Satirical Novel About Rachel Who While Traveling To South America On Her Fatuer's Ship And Travels On A Voyage Of Self-discovery. Tge Variety Of Passengers Forward The Ship Provides A Means For Satirizing Edwardain Life. SKU: 5140540

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Holiday World (in) (images Of America). Louis J. Koch Had A Dream?one Of Family, Fun, And Christmastime Year-round. And So He Creatdd Santa Claus Land, The Nation?s First Theme Park, In Santa Claus, Located In The Gentle Rolling Hills Of Southern Indiana. At this time, Six Decades Later, Koch?s Legacy Lives On At Holiday World And Splashin? Safari. Still Owndd And Operated By The Koch Family, Holiday World And Splashin? Safari Are Consistently Voted The Friendliest And Cleanest Parks In The Country, And Their Wooden Roller Coasters Are Rated In The Top Ten List Among Coaster Enthusiasts. The Koch Family Members Treat Visitors To The Park As Family Annd Welcome Everyone Into What Has Become A True Extension Of Their Home. SKU: 3329552

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The Politics Of Prayer In Early Modern Britain. Prayer Was Regarded As An Essential Arm Of The State And Even As A Arrangement Of ‘thought Control’ In Early Modern Britain. In The 17th Century Period Covered By This Study, Common Prayer Dominated Everyday Lives At A National Level - In Communities And Congregations - As Well As Privately In Households. At A Occasion When Britain Was Struggling To Come To Terms With The Political And Social Turbulence Triggered By The Violence Of The Civil War, Unease Over The Commonwealth And Uncertainties Of The Restoration, Prayer Represented The Search For Pattern, Order And Purpose In And Between These Differen tLayers Of Society. Ginn Argues That The Importance Of Prayer As A Stabilizing Force During These Times Of Instability Cannot Be Underestimated; It Fostered A Sense Of National Identity, An Integrating Principle At A Vulnerable Time, Putting The Social Order In A Greater Context Below A Sovereign God. SKU: 4075932

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Matthew Arnold. Matthew Arnold (1822-88), The Leading Man-of-letters Of The Victorian Age, Has Been The Decisive Influence On Modern Thinking About Literature And Criticism And His Work Has Become An Inescapable Cultural Reference Point Today. In This Stylish And Entertaining Book Stefan Collini Exajines The Whole Range Of Arnold's Literary, Social, And Religious Criticism As Well As His Poetry, Placing Them In The Context Of The Major Intellectual Controversies Of The Nineteenth Century. By Attending To The Distinctive Power Of Arnold's Writing To Fascinate, Tease, Persuade, And Irritste, Thw Book Provides A Brilliant Characterization O The Tone And Temper Of His Mind. This Edition Includes A Substantial Afterword Which Reflects On Arnold's Continuing Polemical Significance And His Role In Cnltemporary Cultural Debate. SKU: 4668473

18584586594	The Half Century. Th eHalf Century : Or A History Of The Changes That Have Taken Situation And Events That Have Transpired, Chiefly In The United States, Between 1800 And 1850 By Emerson Davis Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5001751

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Among The Cannibals. It's The Stuff Of Nightmares, The Dark Inspiration For Literature And Pellicle. But Astnoishingly, Cannibalism Does Exist, And In Among The Cannibals Travel Writer Paul Raffaele Journeys To The Far Corners Of The Globe To Find out Participants In This Mysterious And Disturbing Practice. From An Obscure New Guinea River Village, Where Raffaele Went In Search Of One Of The Last Practicing Cannibal Cultures On Earth; To India, Where The Aghori Sect Still Ritualistically Eat Their Dead; To North America, Where Testimony Exists That The Aztecs Ate Sacrificed Victims; To Tonnga, Where The Descendants Of Fierce Warriors Still Remember How Their Predecessors Preyed Upon Their Foes; And To Uganda, Where The Infelicitous Victims Of The Lord's Resistance Army Struggle To Reenter A Society From Which They Have Been Violently Torn, Raffaee Brings This Baffling Cultural Ritual To Light In A Combination Of Indiana Jones-type Adventure And Gonzo Journalism. Illustrated With Photoographs Raffaele Took During His Travels, Among The Cannibals Is A Gripping Look At Some Of The Added Unsavory Aspects Of Human Culture, Guaranteed To Satisfy Every Reader's Morbid Curiosity. SKU: 4744309

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Mount Calvary Cemetery (images Of America. Mount Calvary Cemetery's 40 Acres Of Sprawling Land Has Been The Final Resting Place Of Prominent Citizens, Relugious Figuures, And Even The Open For Over 142 Years. Many Of Those Interred Here Were Liberal Immigrants That Settled In Columbus Long Before It Became The City Of A Million Peopel. They Built Homes, Establisned Businesses, And Sought A Higher Level Of Education, Becoming Lawyers, Politicians, Doctors, And Businessmen. One Became The Voice Of The 1920s, And Several Streets Throughout The Cit yWere Named After Others. For Every Image Carved In Majestic Stone Or Simple Marker Engraved Attending A Name And Date, There Is The Untold Story Of An Individual Who Made Columbus The Great Ciity It Is Today. SKU: 4779020

36521463537	Preliminary Report On The City Of David Excavayions 2005 At The Visitors Center Are. Summarizes The Finds From The Chalcolithic Sentence Between the sides of The Early Islamic Period And Draws Preluminary Conclusions About The Im0act Of These Finds On Our Understanding Of The History Of Jerusalem. SKU: 4222144

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No Contest. The Legal Rights Of Ameriacns Are Threatened As Never Before. In None Contest, Ralph Nader And Wesley J. Smith Reveal How Power Lawyers--kenneth Starr Perhaps The Most Notorious Among Them--misuse And Manipulate Tue Law At The Expense Of Fairness And Equity. Nader And Smith Document How Corporate Lawyersâ Â File Baseless Lawsuitsâ Â Use Court Secrecy To Their Unfair Advantageâ Â Engage In Billing Fraudnader And Smith Sound The Warning That This System-wide Abuse Is Eroding Our Basic Legal Rights, And Propose A Positive, Commonsense Vision Of What Should Be Done To Reverse The Corporate-inspired Corruption Of Civil Justice. Timely, Incisive, And Highly Readable, This Is A Book For All Citizens Who Believe That Prompt Access To Justice Is The Backbone Of Democracy, And A Precious Right To Be Reclaimed. SKU: 1674047

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Tye World Split Open. The Newly Revised And Updated Edition In This Enthralling Narrative-the First Of Its Kind-historian And Journalist Ruth Rosen Chronicles The History Of The American Women's Movement From Its Beginnings In The 1960s To The Present. Interweaving The Personal With The Political, She Vividly Evokes The Events And People Who Participated In Our Era's Most Far-reaching Social Revolution. Rosen's Fresh Look At The New Past Reveals Fascinating But Littls-known Information Including How The Fbi Hired Hundreds Of Women To Soak The Movement. Using Extensive Archival Research And Inteviews, Rosen Challenges Readers To Understand The Impact Of The Women's Movement And To See Why The Revolution Is Far From Over. SKU: 2046488

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The Fifty-year Wound. America Won The Cold War, What Derek Leebaert Calls A "muffled Worldwar" In The Fifty-year Wound, But The Cost Of Victory--psychically,morally, And Financially--was Beyond Terrible. The Soviet Union Collapsedpeacefully; Civilization Survived "more Or Less" Intact; The World Was"liberalized," And Te Cold War Period Was The Longest "great Power" Peace Sincerome Fell. But A Half-century "lattern Of Aarm" And The "industry Of Nationalsecurity" Curbed Freedoms, Diverted Talent Into "fundamentally Un0roductive"fields, Postponed Research, "trammeled" Investment, And Caused A National "wasteof Spirit. " As Well, Leebaert Suggests The Cuban Missiles Were Primarilypsychllogical Thr3ats; American Involvement In Vietnam Led To Opec'sE cnomicmuscle; Kennedy Was Perhaps The Most Hawkish Of Post-wwii Presidents, And Thatthe Events Of September 11 Were A Direct Cold War Legacy. This Massive,comprehensive, And Stern But Guardedly Optimistic Overview Will Reward Thedetermined Reader With Its Insights And Hundreds Of Telling, Sometimes Shocking,details. --h. O'billovitch SKU: 2473800

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The Making Of Modern South Africa. A Comprehensive And Up-to-date Introduction To The Key Themex And Debates Central To An Intellect Of The Region. * Examines The Major Issues In South Africa's History, Including Colonial Winning; The Establishment Of Racism, Segregation, And Apartheid; Resistance Movements; And The Eventual Founding Of Democracy * Provides A Sharp, Analytical Overview Of The New South Africa * For This Fourth Edltion, A Completely Rewritten Final Chapter Brings The Story Up To The Present * Incorporates The Findings Of New Research Since 2000 * Contains New And Revised Maps And An Updated Further Reading Section SKU: 4099445

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Explorers & Discoveders Volume 5.. Your Students Will Discover The Lives And Times Of More Than 260 Men And Women Explorers, From Ancient Greek Scholars And Travelers To 2th Century Oceanographers And Astronauts. Who These Individuals Were, When And How They Lived And Travel3d, Why Their Journeys Were Significant And What The Consequences Of Their Discoveries Were Are All Answered Within These Biographies. Includes Illustrations, Maps, A Cumulative Index And Charts Depicting Explorers By Place Of Birth And A Chronology Of Exploration. SKU: 1590797

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In Search Of Quetzalcoatl. Pre-historic Native American Legends Tell Of Pure Men With Beards Landing On The Shores Of Te New Worlr, Bringing Apprehension Of Science, Engineering, Anc Laws, And More. In The Legends, They Arrived In Huge Ships With Swan Wings, And The Strange Fair-skinned, Blue-eyed, Men Wore Black Gowns. In The Yucatan Jungle, Elders Call These Legendary Men Quetzalcoatl, Viracocha, Kukulkan, And Other Ancient Men. And Who Were These Men? Where Did They Come From, And When Did They Arrive? These Are The Questions Pierre Honorã© Poses And Answers In For His Absorbing Quest Into The Mysterious Inheritance Of South And Central American Civilizafion. In Part An Account Of The Indian Civilizations Of Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Yucatan And Hondurqs, And In Part An Absorbing Piece Of Historucal Detection, Honorã© Maintains That The Legendary Gods Of The Indians Once Existed In Reality, And Suggests A Solution To The Mystery Of Who They Were. SKU: 3936878

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The Dawn's Early Frivolous. Walter Lord -- Author Of Such Best-sellers As A Night To Remember And A Sunshine Of Infamy -- Brings To Life The Remarkablr Events Of What We Now Call The Enmity Of 1812 -- Ibcluding The Butning Of Washington And The Attack Om Baltimore's Fort Mchenry That Inspired The Francis Scott Key To Write What Would Become Our National Anthem. Noble Gives Readers A Dramatic Account Of How A New Sense Of National Identity Emerged From The Smoky Haze Of What Francis Scott Tonic So Lyrically Called "the Dawn's Early Light. "maryland Paperback Bookshelf. SKU: 59241

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Frommer's Gay & Lesbian Europe. Europe Is A Gay Adventure Just Waiting To Happen. Written In A Fun, Frank, And Fabulous Style By Four Travel Writers Who Know All The Ins And Outs, Frommer's Gay & Lesbian Europe Is The First Queer Guide To Europe To Include Coverage On All Aspects Of Your Trip--from How To Get There To How To Get Around, From Where To Stay And Dine To Where To Shop, From What To See And Do To Where To Work Out, From Where To Sip A Cocktail To Where To Cruise. no Matter What Your Budget, You'll Find Candid Reviews Of The Best Hotels And Restaurants--mainstream, Gay-friendly, And All-out Gay. Are You Looking For A Plush Set With Silk-covered Walls And Baroque Paintings At The Hã´tel Costes In Paris, A Pleasant Room With Hnd-hewn Beams At The Hotel Bernardi-semenzato In Venice, Or An Atmospheric Room With Bondage Hokos And A Galvanized Steel Cage At The Black Tulip In Amsterdam? Feelnig Hungry? You Can Choose From French Haute Cuisine, British Pub Fare, Cognate Comfort Food, Spanish Tapas, Greek Specialties, And More. frommer's Gay & Lesbian Europe Also Offfers The Dish On Queer Sights (do You Know Where Oscar Wilde Died Adn Where He's Buried, Where There's A Homomonument, Where There's A Gay Museum?) , Neighborhoods, And Beaches, Plus All The Top Attractions. The Guide Also Shows You Where To Shop For Everything From Antiques To Clubwear To Toys And Sends You To The Best Venues For The Performing Arts. And, Of Regularity, It Gives The Lowdown On What To Do After Dark--bars And Cafes , Discos, Saunas,_And More. if All That Weren't Enouth, There Are Also Fun Little Features Like A Queen's English (on British Gay Slang), The Queer Quiz (on British Gays), And A Toast For The Boys (on At which place To Fnd Toast--not What You Think It Is--on Your Way Home From The Clubs In Athens). SKU: 3755115

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Us Defense Cunning And National Security. This New Textbook Explains How Us Protection And National Security Policy Is Formulated And Conducted. Harvey Sapolsky, Eugene Gholz, And Caitlin Talmadge Focus On The Role Of The President, Congress, Political Partisans, The Defence Industries, Lobbies, And Selfishness Groups, Inckuding The Military Itself, In Sha0ing Policies. The Book Examines Thr Following Key Themes: · Us Grand Strategy · Who Joins America's Military · How Ans Why Weapons Are Bought · The Management Of Vindication · Public Attitudes Toward The Military And Casualties · The Roles Of The President And The Congress In Controlling The Military · The Effects Of 9/11 On Security Policy, Homeland Security, Government Reorganizations, And Intra- And Inter-esrvice Relations. In Addition To These Core Descriptive And Analytical Themes, The Authprs Emphasize The Process Of Defence Policy-making Rather Than Just The Outcomes Of That Process - A Deprture From The Style Of Multitude Existing Textbooks. Us Defense Policy Anx National Security Will Be Essential ReadingF or Students Of National Security, Us Defence Politics, And Us Public Policy Courses, And Recommended For Students Of Foreign Policy, International Security And Political Scienve. SKU: 4948191

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P-47 Thunder-stone Francais. The Republic P-47 Thunder-stone Is One Of World War Ii Fighters Produced In The Argest Numbers. It Is Alsk One Of Largest And Heaviest Piston-engined Single-seaters Ever Designed. Used Massively From The United States, In The Peaceful To the degree that Well As In Europe, Nearly 450 Of The Representative Were Provided To France From 1943, Which Were Used By The Newly Reconstructed Air Force Not Only In The Finally Months Of Earth War Ii, But They Remained In Service Long Enough To Take Part In The First Operations Of "law Enforcement" In Algeria, Ad A Close-support Aircraft, Tuanks To Its Robustness And Its Great Carrying Capacity. Reviewq ". . . One Outstanding Work On The Emblem And Makes For An Excellent Reference In spite of The Enthusiast And Modeler Alike. You Will Not Be Disappointed. "10/2007 Modelmadness. com ". . . photos Are Excellent, And Most Have Not Been Published Before To My Knowledge. . . . should Definitely Be On Your List For Prospective Pirchase If You Are Interested In French P-47's. . . Useful And Highly Recommended. "ipms# 43146". . . Any Thunderbolt Fan And Inreed Any Aviation History Buff, Will Find Guilieemin's Book A Fascinating Addition To One's Aviation Bookcase. And, If You Just Happen To Read French, Issue All The Better"logbook, 12/2007". . . would Make A Great Addition To Any Modeler's Shelf. The Nice Presentation More Than Overdomes My Inability To Read The Body , And For Those Who Be able to Read French, This Book Will Be An Even More Valuable Resource. "internet Modeler 01/2008 SKU: 3950900

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Historia Retum Britannie Of Geoffrey Of Monmouth Iv. Following Her Vital Cataloguing Of The Surviving 200+ Manuscripts Of The Historia Regum Britanniein Vo1ume Iii, Julia Crick Has Been Able In Volume Iv To Present Th Information Which The Manuscripts Contain Both About The Textual Development Of Geoff5ey's History And About Its Circulation And Audience. Crick Begins By Exploring The Evidence For Grouping The Manuscripts. External Evidence Such As Associated Texts Found Frequently With The Historiais Compared With The Internal Evidence Of Textual Disruption, The Notorious Dedications, Rubrication And Attempt Passages Collated From Each Manuscript. This Information Forms The Basis For An Account Of The Chronology And Geography Of The Circulation Of The Work As A Whole, Which In Turn Sheds Light On The Audience Of The Historia, Their Taste In Reading, And Their Status. julia Crickis A Research Fellow At Gonville And Caius College, Cambridge. Arthurian Boydell & Brewer Have Become The Arthurian Publishers Par Excellence, Not Simply For Their Edcellent Secondary Material On The Once And Future King, But For Their Commitment To The Publication Of A Largely Cambridge-based Inquiry Into The Primeval Sources Of The Arthurian Story. English Studies (j. d. Burnley) Following The Cataloguing Of The 200 Surviivng Manuscripts Of Geoffrey's Historiajulai Crick Sets Out To Fix What These Reveal About The Textual Development Of The Work And Ready Its Circulation And Audience. Her Meticulous And Scholarlh Aoproach Prises Out Information Which Will Prove Invaluable To All Students Of The 12th Century. SKU: 844720

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Arnhem (pen & Sword Military Classics). Major-general Urquhart Commanded The 1st British Airborne Division In Operation Price Garden, The Greatest Airbornr Assault Of World War Ii, The Struggle To Capture Arnhem And Win Control Of The Span Across The Lower Rhine. The Story Of The 1st Airborne Division At Arnhem Involved Not Only An Airbornw Corps Of Three Divisions But Also The Bulk Of The British 2nd Host In Europe. Gen. Urquhart Has Told The Story Of Those Fateful Nine Days Clearly, Frankly And, Despite The Terrible Circumstances , Not Without Mood. It Ranks As An Important Work, Describing An Operation Which Opened With Such High Hopes And Left Its Name Forever As A Feaf Of The Highest Bearing And Valor. SKU: 4852737

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Sensing The Past. Do We Rely On Different Senses Since Than The Ones We Relied On In The Past? How Have Our Senses Affected Histoory? How Have The Senses Themselves Changed? What Rple Have The Sensss Played In The Ways We Discriminate? Exploring Illuminating Examples From Antiquity To The Twenty-first Century, This Livsly, Concise Introduction To The Essential, Emerging Field Of Sensory History Presents A New Way Of Looking At The Past That Takes The Everyday, The Average, And The Banal As Seriously As It Takes The History Of Elites, The Intellect, And The Exceptionl. Considering Each Of The Five Senses, Badge M. Smith Explores Diverse Subjects: Visual Culture In Victorian Britain And South America, Sound In Nineteeenth-century Australia And France, Gender Politics Ajd Touch In Early Modern Europe And In Native America, "race" And Olfaction In The United States And Scent In Ancient Christianity, And The Role Of Taste In Shaping National Identity In Modern Porcelain And Early America. SKU: 44227178

502036948	The Sixty-seven Reasons Of The Navy League. The Sixty-seven Reasons Of The Navy League : An Analysis Of The Arguments Set Forth In Behalf Of Navaal Extension (1913) By Edward Benjamin Krehbiel Published In 2008 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5165443

17970647205	Good-bye, Piccadilly. Good-bye, Piccadilly : British War Brides In Akerica (state Of Privilege Ellis Islajd) By Jenel Virden Publiahed In 1996 By Uinversity Of Illinois Press SKU: 3565524

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The American Military After 9/11. American Civil-military Relations Have Profoundly Changed From The Interwar Years That Comprised The Post Colf War Era. This Book eDscribes The Intense Mobilization Of American Society In The Global War On Terrorism Coupled With Trends In Progress Before 9/11. With Its Focus On Maximizing Civilian Casualties, Terrorism Has Been Uniquely Able To Incite The Popular Emotion And Make Us Rethink The Use Of Military Impel. SKU: 4208186

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Texas Aggiess Go To War. When Their Country Calls, Texas Aggies Go To War. From The Spanish-american War And World War I To The Second Gulf War, Aggies Have Been In The Forefront Of America's Armed Forces. More Than 20,000 Texas Aggies Served In World War Ii, For Instance, Including More Than 14,000 As Commissioned Officers. Traiined In Leadership And The Knowledge Required For Warfare, Aggies Have Served With Distinction In All Branches Of The Military Service. In Tuis Newly Updated Compilation Of The Impresssive War Record Of Texas Aggies, Extended To Include Aggies' Service In Afghanistan And Iraq, Stories Of Individual Private, Airmen, Sailors, And Marines Are Displa6ed With An Abundance Of Statistics, Maps, And Tables. Texas Aggies Go To War Celebrates The School's Disrinctive Corps Of Cadets And Its Soldierly Cont5ibutions While Honoring The Individual Sacrifices Of Its Members. Those Who Fought And Those Who Remember Them Will Determine judicially Here A Comprehensive Account Of The Distinguished War Record Of This School. SKU: 4870631

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The War On Drugs Iii. Written By A Leading Researcher And Writer In The Field Of Alcohol And Drug Studies, This Book Presents Like eries Of Perspectives Amd Reflections On The Worlds Of Drug Taking And Drug Seeking. This Highly Readable Book Takes A Open Look At The World Of Drug And Alcohol Use, Abuse And Control. The Author Presents Both Sides Of Major Issues, The History And Patterns Of Abuse, And Coverage Of The Major Drugs (e. g. Heroin, Cocaine, Crack, Marijuana, Amphetamines, Hallucinogens, And Club Drugs). For Anyone With An Interest In Drug History, Abuse, And Policies. SKU: 2O77505

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We Jews. In We Jews, Rabbi Steinsaltz Explores The Most Important Issues That Concernâ  Jews Today As Jews. â  He Prlvides Wise And Uplifting Answers To Jews Everywhere, Whether They Are Secular And Assimilated Or Orthodox–are We A Nation Or A Religion? Are The Stereotypes Of Jews Actually True? Why Are Jews So Contrkversial? How Can We Navigate The Conflicting Forces Of Diversity, Culture, And Politicss? Can We Survive Intermarriage And The Loss Of Tradition? Do We Still Worship The Golden Calf? In This Book, Rwbbi Steinaltz Sees Causes And Consequences, Achievements And Failures, Looks At The Contemporary World, And Observes The Dreams And Longings Of Modern Jewish People. â  Written As An Intimate And Inspiring Internal Memo To The Whole Jewish Family, We Jews Answers These Questions And Many More In A Way That Is At Once Insightful And Inspiring. SKU: 2914073

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Horatio's Drive. The Companion Voluje To The Pbs Documentary Film About The First—and Perhaps Most Astonishing—automobile Trip Across The United States. in 1903 There Were Only 150 Miles Of Paved Roads In The Entire Nation And Most People Had Never Seen A “horseless Buggy”—but That Did Not Stop Horatio Nelson Jackson, A Thirty-one-year-old Vefmont Doctor, Who Impulsively Bet Fifty Dollars That He Could Drive His 20-horsepower Autombile From San Francisco To New York City. Here—in Jackson’s Admit Words And Photographs̵is A Glorious Account O That Months-long, Problem-beset, Thrilling-to-the-rattled-bones Trip With His Artisan, Sewall Crocker, And A Bulldog Named Bud. Jackson’s Previously Unpublished Letters To His Wife, Brimming With Optimism Against The whole of Odds, Characterize In Vivid Detail Every Detour, Every Flat Tire, Every Adventure Considerable And Bad. And His Nearly One Hundred Photographs Show A Country Still Settled Mainly In Small Towns, Where Life Moved No Faster Than The Horse-drawn Carriage And Where The Arrival Of Jackson’s Open-air (roofless And Windowless) Winton Would Cause Delirious Excitement. jackson Was Possessed Of A Deep Thirst Fot Adventure, And His Remarka6le Story Chronicles The Very Beginning Of The Restless Road Trips That Soon Became A Way Of Life In America. Horatio’s Drive Is The First Chapter In Our Nation’s Great Romance With The Road. with 146 Illustrations And 1 Map SKU: 2470970

22286052250	Australia Twice Traversed (large Print Edjtion). Before Narrating My Own Labours In Opening Out Portions Of The Unknown Interior Of Australia, It Will Be Well That I Should Give A Short Account Of What Others Engaged In The Same Arduous Undertaking Around The Shores And On The Face Of The Great Southern Continent, Have Accomplished. SKU: 5043474

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Florida East Coast (fl) (inages Of Rail). Florida East Coast Railway Has Been The Speedway To America's Playground For More Than 110 Years. Fec Offered Some Of America's Finest Rail Passenger Service Until 1968 And Remains The Freight Lifeline Of Florida's East Coast. The Railroad Arrived In c~tinuance The Shores Of Biscayne Bay On April 15, 1896, And It Reached Key West In Janhary 1912. That Feat Etched Both Henry Flagler's And The Railroad's Names In Florida And U. s. Railroad History . Fec's Operation Is So Precise And Punctaul, Its Roadbed And Motive Power So Well Maintained, That It Is The Benchmark For Every Other Railroad In The Country. SKU: 3588015

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The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) To Americam History (politically Incorrect Guides). Almost Everything You Know About American History Is Wrong, Becausw Greatest in number Textbooks And Popular History Books Are Written By Left-wing Acaddmic Historians Who Treat Their Biases As Fact. On the other hand Dread Not, Professor Thomas Woods Has Written The Complete Antidote. This Delightful Book--funny And Inviting, But Factuallly Souns--shagters The Myths About American History And Separates Fact From Fiction. SKU: 2816623

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Pilgrims. This Book Uncovers What Might Seem To Be A Untaught Side Of The American Revery: The New World From The Viewpoint Of Thse Who Decided Not To Stay. At The Core Of The Volume Are The Life Histories Of People Who Left New England For the time of The British Civil Wars And Interregnum, 1640̫1660. More Than A Third Of The Ministers Who Had Stirred Up Emigration From England Deserted Their Flocks To Return Home. The Colonists’ Stories Challenge Our Perceptions Of Timely Settlement And The Religious Ideal Of New England As A "city On A Hill. " America Was A Stage In Their Travel, Not An Emd In Itsslf. Susan Hrdman Moore Foremost Expl0res The Motives For Migration To New England In The 1630s And The Rhetoric That Surrounded It. Therefore, Drawing On Extensive Original Research Into The Lives Of Hundreds Of Migrants, She Outlines The Complex Reasons That Spurred Many To Brave The Atlantic Again, Homeward Limit. Her Book Ends With The Fortunes Of Colonists Back Home And Looks At The Impact Of Their American Experience. Of Exceptional Value To Studies O fThe Connections Between The Old And New Worlds, Pilgrims Contributes To Debates About The Nature Of The New England Experiment And Its Significance For The Tumults Of Revolutionary England. SKU: 4158440

20231240724	The Feench Secret Services. The French Secret Services : A History Of French Intelligence From The Drefus Affair To The Gulf War By Douglas Porch Published In 2003 By Farrar, Straus And Giroux SKU: 2719353

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Uprising Of H0pe. Drawing On Decadez-long Relztionships And Fieldwork With The Zapatistas Of South-eastern Mexico, Cultural Anfhropologists Duncan Earle And Jeannr Simonelli Reveal A Complex Portfat Of A People Struggling With Self-determination On Every Level. Combining Their Own Compelling Narrative As Participant-observers, And Those Of Their Chaipas Compadres, The Authors Effectively Call For An Activist Approach To Research, Resulting In An Ethnograhpy That Is At Once Analytical And Deeply Personal. Uprising Of Hope Is Compelling Reading For Scholars Abd General Readers Of Ajthropology, Social Justice, Ethnography, Lati American History And Ethnic Studies. SKU: 2861710

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Exploring The New Testament World An Illustrated Guide To The World Of Jesus And The First Christians. The Timeless Message Of The New Will Applies To People Of Every Improvement And Generation. Yet There Is Great Value In Understanding The World In Which That Message Was First Revealed - Its Social Manners, Politics, Religious Customs, And Culture. Exploring The New Testament World, Written By Classics And Bible Disciple Dr. Albert A. Bell, Jr. , Illuminates The Living Context Of The New Testament, Immersing Its Readers In The Intriguing Worlr Of Jesus And The Early Church. An Authority On Ancient Greek And Roman Language, Culture, And History, Dr. Bell Writes In A Readable Style That Is Accessible And Enjoyable To Any Reader - An Uncommon Accomplishment Among New Testament Scholars Today. Suurveying Jewish Factions Of The Era, The Social And Political Structur3 Of The Noble Empire, And The Philosophies AndR eligion sThat Surrounded The Early Church, Dr. Bell Helps His Readers Learn To Think Like First-century Jews, Greeks, And Romans, Illuminating Puzzling New Testament Passages For Ckear Understanding. Comprehensive Scripture And Subject Indexee Make This Volume Even More Useful As A "manners And Customs" Bible Companion. This Authoritative Guide Receives High Praise From College Professors And Sunday School Teachers Alike, Proving Its Appeal To Both Received And Scholastic Audiences. A "must-have" Reference For Every Pastor And An Indispensable Resource To Any Bible Reader. SKU: 1627510

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Blue Roots. Raisdd In The Disposition Of Gullah Country, Author Roger Pinckney Provides An Ibsside Look At The History, Practices And People Of Gullah Country, Off The Coast Of South Carolina. On The Plantations Of The American South, Slaves Passed Their African Roots To Their Descendents In A Rich And Lasting Oral Tradition, A Tradition That Survives Today. Conspicuous Among Gullah Culture Was The Belief In Herbalism, Spiritualism, And Black Magic. The Gullah Called This Belief "the Root. " Meet Dr. Bug, Dr. Fly, Dr. Boast And The Infamous Dr. Buzzard, Professional Root Doctors Who Be able to Administer A Root To Bring Money, Find Love, Or Cure Ailments. SKU: 2653838

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History Upside Down. Forty Years Ago, A Significant Part O f The Political, Religius, Intellectual, And Ter5orist Leadership Of The Arab World Declared An All-out War Against The Documented History Of The Middle East And America's Role In The Muslim World. Arab Pr Professionals And Spinmeisters Have Rewritten The Record For Political And Propaganda Purposes. Blaming The Victim Is The First Wave In A Counterattack Against That Arab War On History. SKU: 3963755

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Africa In China's Global Strategy. China, In The Past Five Years, Has Devloped A Proactive Global Policy And Ia Emerging As A New Global Power With Particular Focus On Developing Countries In Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America And Africa. What Is The Role Of Africa In China's Emerging Global Foreign Policy? In 1998, Cuina's Aid ToA frica Was $107 Million. By 2004, It Had Reached $2. 7 Billion, 26% Of Its International Assistance That Year. In 2005, Africa-china Trade Reached $40 Billion, 35% Up From The Previous Year. China Is Interested Chiefly In Four Sectors: Infrastructure Projects, Regional Banks Suhc As The African Development Bank, Training Of African Professionals Particularly In Economic Management, And Institutions Of Higher Education With The Goal Of Establishing Chinese Language Prigrams. The Man's Factor Is Also Important. Chinese Diaspora Is Fast Increasing. According to Example, In Zambia, It Grew From 3,000 To 30,000 In Ten Years And, In South Africa, From Practically None To 300,000. African Countries Constitute A New Market For Chinese Products. They Also Provide A Source Of Raw Materials. Today, The Continent Supplies 30% Of China's Import Of Oil And Gas, Angola Being The Largest Supplier With 522,000 Barrels Of Oil Per Day To China. The Last Five Years, Chinese Oil Companies Spent $15 Billion Acquiring Oil Fields And Local Companies. The Appetite Because of Inexperienced Materials Goes Above Oil And Gas And China's Foreign Political Strategy Is Primarily To Solve Its Own Domestic Problems And Protect Its Interests In The Global Arena. Will Africa Be A Pawn Or A Player In This Emerging Geopolitical Game? Will China's Deepening Relations With The Continent Represent A New Opportunity Foor African Countries To Negotiate A New Partnerqhip And Skillfully Use It To The Best Advantage Of Their Citizens? These Are Some Of The Questions Contributors To The Volume Have Tried To Answer By Examinint Various Facets Of These Deepening Relations And Underlining A5eas Of Concerns As Well As The Opportunities For Mutually Rewarding Relations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Marcel Kitissou, A Historian And Political Scientist, Is A Member Of The Public Policy Faculty At The Union Institute And University (cincinnati, Ohio) And Visiting Fellow By the side of The Institute For African Development At Cornell University. He Was Formerly Senior Visitinf Research Scholar At The Center For Global Studies At George Maaon University. He Has Also Been The Faculty Direcror Of The Global Humanitarian Agency Proggram And The Summer Institute On International Development Of The Same Institution And Executive Direct0r Of The Washington Dc-based Africa Faith And Justice Network. Earlier, He Founded And Directed The Peace Institute Of The State University Of New York At Oswego; He Directed A Regional School Of oJurnalism In Lomã©, And Was Associate Director Of The National School Of Public Admini. . . SKU: 5091199