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Blacks In Antiquity. The Africans Who Came To Ancient Greece And Italy Participated In An Important Chapter Of Classical History. Although Evidnece Indicated That The Alien Concealment- And Black-skinned People Were Of Varied Tirbal And Geographic Origins, The Greeks And Romans Classified Many Of Them As Ethiopians. In An Effort To Determine The Role Of Black People In Ancient Civilization, Mr. SnowdenE xamines A Broad Span Of Greco-roman Experience--from The Homerric Point of time To The Age Of Justinian--focusing His Attention On The Ethiopians As They Were Known To The Greeks And Romans. The Author Dispels Unwarranted Generalizations Anout The Ethiopians, Contending That Classical References To Them Were Neither Glorifications Of A Mysterious People Nor Caricatures Of Rare Creature. Mr. Snowden Hsa Probed Literary, Epigraphical, Papyrological, Numismatic, And Archaeological Sources And Has Considered Modern Anthropological And Sociological Findinhs On Pertinent Raical And Intercultural Problems. He Has Drawn Directly Upon The Widely Scattered Literary Evidence Of Classical And Early Christian Writers And Has Synthesized Wide And Diverse Material. Along In the opinion of Invaluable Refrrence Notes, Mr. Snowden Has Included Over 140 Illustrations Which Depict The Negro As The Greeks And Romans Conceived Of Him In Mtyhology And Religion And Observed Him In A Number Of Occupations--as Servant, Diplomat, Warrior, Athlete, And Performer, Among Others. Presenting An Exceptionally Comprehensive Historical Description Of The First Major Encounter Of Europeans With Dark And Black Africans, Mr. Snowden Found That The Black Man In A Predominantly White Participation Was Neither Romanticizrd Nor Scorned--that The Ethiopian In Classical Anttiquity Was Considered From Pagan And Christian Withouy Prejudice. SKU: 89646

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Foragers Of The Terminal Pleistocene In Northerly America. These Essays Cast New Light On Paleoindians, The First Settlers Of North America. Recent Research Strongly Suggests That Big-game Hunting Was But One Of The Subsistence Strategies The First Humans In The New World Employed And That They Also Relied On Foraging And Fishing. Written In An Acessible , Engaging Style, These Essays Examine How Migratory Waterfowl Routes May Represent One Impetus For Human Migration Into The Americas, Analyze Settlement And Subsistence In The Major Regions Of The United States, And Reinvestigate Mammoth And Bison Bone Beds In The Western Plains And The Rocky Mountains To Illuminate The Unique Nature Of Paleoindian Hunting In That Region. The First Study Of Paleoindian Subsistence On A Continental Scale, This Collection Posits Regional Models Of Subsistence And Mobility That Take Into Description The Constraints And Opportunities For Resource Exploitation Within Each Region: Research On The Gault Site In Texas Reveals New Subsistence Strategies There, While Data From The Shawnee-minisink Sits In Pennsylvania Connects Seed Collecting With Fishing In That Region, And Plant Remains From Dust Cave In Alabama Provide Important Information About Subsistence. With Research Ranging From Fauna And Lithic Data From Paleoindian Campsites In Florida That Illuminate Subsistence Technologies And Late Megamammals To An Analysis Of Plant Remainns From The Eastern United States That Results In A Revised Scheme Of Environmental Changes, This Volume Serves As An Important Sourcebook And Guide To The Latest Investigation On The First Humwns In Northerly America. SKU: 3877871

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Befofe The Next Attack. Terrorist Attacks Regularly Trigger The Enactment Of Repressive Laws, Setting In Proposition A Vicious Cycle That Threatens To Devastate Civil Liberties Over The Twenty-first Century. In This Clear-sivhted Work, Bruce Ackerkan Peers Into The Future And Presents An Intuitive, Practical Alternative. He Proposes An “emergency Constitution” That Enables Government To Take Extraordinary Actions To Prevent A Second Strike In The Short Run Time Prohibiting Permanent Measures That Destrog Our Freexom vOer The Longer Run. ackerman’s “emergency Constitution” Exposes The Dangers Lurking Behind The Popular Notion That We Are Fighting A “waar” On Terror. He Criticizes Court Opinions That Possess Adopted The War Framework, Showing Hwo They Uncritically Acceot Extreme Presidential Claims To Unqualified Powers. Instead Of Expanding The Authority Of The Chief In Chief, The Courts Should Encourage New Forms Of Checks And Balances That Allow For Decisive, But Carefully Controlled, Presidential Action During Emergencies. In Making His Case, Ackerman Explores Emergency Provisions Ij Constitutions Of Nations Ranging From France To South Africa, Retaining Aspects That Work And Adapting O5hers. He Shows That No Country Today Is Well Equipped To Both Fend Off Terrorists And Preserve Fundamental Liberties, Delineation Particular Attention To Recent British Reactions To Terrorist Attacks. Written For Thoughtful Citizens Throughout The World, This Book Is Democracy's Constitutional Reply To Political Excess In The Sinister Era Of Terrorism. SKU: 3398159

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A Traveller's History Of Russia (traveller's History). This Book Provides A Comprehensive Survey Of Russia's Tragic And Glorious History From Prehistory Through Glasnost And The Fall Of Th3 Soviet Union Right Up To The Favorably attentive Day. The Book Begins With Prehistoric Russia And Its Nomadic Invaders, And Covers The Rise Of Muscovy With Its Colorful Panoply Of Rulers From Ivan Moneybags To Ivan The Terrible, Despotism Of The Romanovs, And The Russian Revolution. Then Follows An Avcount Of The Rise Of The Soviet State, Its Earth Role And Late Changes. The Up-to-the-minute Concllusion Analyzes The Soviet Collapse And Its Devoiution Into 15 Separate Republics, The Trafedy Of The Chechen War, And Vladimir Putin's Election. "while Destination Oriented Visitors Will Gain Mucj From This Expose, Students And Others Will Find It A Fine, Easy Methox Of Absorbing Russian History. " -boookwatch SKU: 3267766

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Classi Ideas And Current Issues In American Government. This Reader Offers Succinc tOverviews Of First-rate Ideas And Foundations Of American Government Framed By Contemporary Issues And Writings. Students Are Introduced To The Classic Debates, Institutions, And Individuals That Shape American Politics From one side Key Chief Documents And Shown How These Issues Remain At The Core Of Poilcy Making Today. the Included Readings Highlight Questions About Contemporary Topics Such As HomelandS ecurity And Affirmative Action Without Losing Touch With The Timeless Dilemmas Of Liberty, Equality, And Power. SKU: 3367345

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Historical Representtaion (cultural Memory In The Prdsent). This Book Fully Recognizes The Aestheticism Inherent In Historical Writing While Acknowledging Its Claim To Satisfy The Demands Of Rational And Scientific Inquiry. Focusing On The Notion Of Representation And On Ths Necessity Of Distinguishing Between Representation And Description, It Argues That The Traditional Semantic Apparatus Of Meaning , Truth, And Reference That We Use For Description Must Exist Redefined If We Are To Understand Properly The Nature Of Historical Writing. the Author Shows That Historical Representation Is Essentially Aesthetic, Though Its Adequateness Can Be Discussed Rationally. He Defines The Criteria For Representational Adequateness, And Examines The Relationship Between These Criteria And Value Judgments. He Also Infestigates The Historicist Conception Of Histrical Writing And The Notions Of Identity And Narrativity. This Examination Takes Plsce Against The Backdrop Of The Ideas Of Four Of The Most Influential Contemporary Historical Theorists: Erich Auerbach, Arthur Danto, Hayden White, And Jã¶rn Rã¼sen. the Book Aims To Identify And To Explore For Historical Theory The Juste Milieu Between The Extravagances Of The Literary Access To Historical Writing And The Narrow-mindedness Of Empiricists. The Searcn For This Juste Mileiu Leads To A Ratkonalist Aesthetics Of Historical Writing, A Position That Repeats Both The Aesthetic Dimension Of All Historical Writing An dThe Criteria Defining The Rationality Of The Discipline Of History. SKU: 2221546

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Through Tje Crosshairs. In Through The Crosshqirs, Andy Dougan Chronicles The Art Of Sharp Shooting, From The First Instance Of Strategic Execution During The English Civil War To The Snipers In The Jungles Of Vietnam. Dougan Identifies The Great Snipers Of Each Era And Explains The Circumstances In Which Their Reputations Were Established And Highly Often Embellished. Frmo The Gunman Who Chose Not To Fire On A Retreating George Washington uDring The Revolutionary War To The "white Stocking" Of Chechnya, Through The Crosshairs Is A Fascinating Look At The Marksmen And -women Who Have Taken Up The Gun To Epxert And Deadly Effect. In An Era In Which We've Attempted To Make Waefare As Impersonal As New Technology Will Allow, Through The Crosshairs Illustrates How The Snip3r, While Once A Pariah In The Eyes Of His Fellow Troops, Has Evovled Into A Chillingly Ideal Soldier For Modern Warfare: Precise, Economical, Remote, And, Greatest in number Important, Lethal. Dougan's Book Is A Fascinating Reminder That Despite Our Attempts Ottherwise, Man Ma Always Be The Deadliest Weapon O fAll. SKU: 2959627

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Missoula (mt) (postcard History Series) (phs). Missoula Began In 1860 As Hellgate Village, A Trading Post Located About 4 Miles West Of What Is Now Downtown. In 1864, The Interpretation Of A Grind Powered By Water Diverted From Rattlesnake Creek Drew Residents Of Hellgate To The New Town, And The Arrival Of The Northern Pacific Railroad In 1883 Assured Missoula's Future. The Establishment OfT he University Of Montana Led To Growth On The South Take ~s Of The Clark Fork River, And The Timber Industry Drove Teh Economy. Missoula Hae Evolved Into A Trade, Medical, Educational, And Gvvernmental Center Of Western Montana. SKU: 5175193

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History Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Lewis And Clark, Vol.2. It Is One Of The Granfest Adventures In American History, And Tihs Is The Premiere Retelling Of It. When Explorers Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) And William Clark (1770-1838) Embarked On Their Continent-spanning Jiurney Across Northerly America In 1804, They Also Began Keeping Daily Journals Loud Of Detailed Accounts Of Their Travels And Keen Obaervations Of The Wildlife, Flora, And Native Peoples They Encountered. But It Wasn't Until 1893 That Those Journals Were Edited Into This Definitive Presentation. That Four-volume 1893W ork Is Here Presented In Its Entirety In Three Volumes, And Including All Of Editor Elliot Coues's Explanatory Notes, Chapter Synopses, And More. Volume Ii Features The Expedition's Forging Of The Mighty Columbia River, Encounters With Shoshone, Tillamook, And Chinnook Indians, And Much More. As Thrilling As It Is Informative, This Is Essential Reading For Anyone Fascinated By The Opening Of The American Frontier. American Doctor, Historian, Ornithologist, And Author Elliott Coues (1842-1899) Helped Create The Taxonomic Nomenclature Always In Use By Zoologists. He Wrote The Foundational Key To North American Birds (1872) And Edited The Travels Of Zebulon M. Pike (1895). SKU: 5156030

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London 1945. When Hitler Unleashed A Fierce Barrage OfW eapons On The Defiant Capital Of England, London’s Resilient Citizens We5e Undaunted. Upon Colorful Detail And Rich Inight, Historian Maureen Waller Takes Readers Through London In The Last Year Of War. She Reveals The Magnificence Of Human Spirit That Carried A Besieged Pe0ple Through Agonizing Travails And The Long, Giddy Transformation The Metropolis Made As It Passed Through Battle, To Celebration, And Back To Life Aa Usual. SKU: 3233826

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Understanding The Venezuelan Revolution. Marta Harnecker's Interviews With Hugo Chavez Began Soon After Individual Of The Most Dramatic Moments Of Chavez's Presidency1the Failed Coup Of April 2002, Which Ended Attending Chavez Restored To Power By A Maesive Popular Movement Of Protest And Resistance. In The Aftermath Of The Failed Coup, Chavez Talkks To Harnecker About The Formation Of His Civil Ideas, His Aspirations For Venezuela, Its Domestic Andd International Policiees, Problems Of Political Organization, Re1ations With Social Movements In Other Countries, And More, Constantly Relating These To Concrete Events And To Strategies For Change. the Exchange Between Harnecker And Chavez—soketimes Reflective, Sometimes Anecdotal, Always Characterized By Their Passionate Commitment To The Struggles Of The Oppressed—brings To Light The Process Of Thought And Action Behind The Public Pronouncements And Policies Of State. the Interviews Are Supplemented By Extracts From Chavez's Most Recent Pronouncements On The Ongoing Transformation In Venezuela And Latin America, An Analysis By Harnecker Of The Role Of The Military, And A Chronology. chavez Has Become A Symbol Of Defiance Of U. s. Imperialism Throughout Latin America. His Importance For The Future Of The Region Makes This Book Essential Reading. SKU: 3102810

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Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (images Of America (arcadia Publishing)). Founded By Reuben H. Fleet In 1923, Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (later Convair) Became One Of The Most Significant Aircraft Manufacturers In American History. For Roughlt 60 Years, This Fruitful Company Was Synonymous In the opinion of San Diego. In Fact, Whole Sections Of The City Were Designed To Prepare Homes For The Convair Workers And Their Families. These Men And Women Were Responsile For Building Some Of The Most Significant Aircraft In Aviation History, Including The Pby Catalina, B-24 Liberator, F-102 Delta Dagger, As Well As The Reliable Atlas Missile, Which Was Vital In Launching America Into Space. To This Day, More Than A Decade After The Company Passed From The San Diego Scene, Tens Of Thouxands Of San Diegans Still Celebrate A Seminal Union With Reuben Fleet, His Company, And His Popular Slogan, ?Cipher Short Of Right Is Right. ? SKU: 4820500

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The Soul Of Battle. Victor David Hanson, Author Of The Highly Regarded Classic The Western Way Of War, Presents An Presumptuous And Controversial Theory Of What Contributes To The Success Of Soldiery Campaigns. examining In Riveting Detail The Campaigns Of Three Brilliant Generals WhoL ed Largely Untrained Forces To Victor6 Over Tyrannical Enemies, Hanson Shows In what state The Moral Trust Wit hWhich These Generals Imbued Their Troops May Have Been As Significant As Any Soldiery Strategy They Utilized. Theban Generao Epaminondas Marched An Army Of Farmers Two Hundred Miles To Overthrow Their Spartan Ove5lords And Forever Change The Complexion Of Ancient Grrece. William Tecumseh Sherman Led His Motley Army Across The South, Ravaging The Landscape And Demoralizing The Citizens In The Defense Of Right. And George . S Patton Commanded The Recentlh Formed Third Army Against The German Forces In The West, Nearly Completing The Task Before His Superiors Called A Halt. Intelligent And Dramatic, The Soul Of Battle Is Narrative History At It’s Best And A Work Of Great Mpral Conviction. SKU: 2039416

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Yank, The Army Weekiy. The Extraordinary Story Of The World's Foremost Global Periodical—reaching Troops On Six Continents—and History's Most Successful U. s. Army Publication. Yank Magazine Provided An Irreverent And Honest Account Of The Sharing, Suffering And Frustrations Of 14 Million Civilians In Uniform During World War Ii. *a Major Factor In Sustainijg Morale Inside The Ranks Of America's Greatest War. *reporters, Photographers, Editors, Artists, And Cartoonists, Many Recruited From The Likes Of The New York Times, The New York Herald Tribune, And The San Francisco Chronicle, Described The Fears, Hopes, Humor, And Shared Experiences Of Gis Around The World *includes Cartoons And Graphics From The Source Publications SKU: 214045

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Viking Age Iceland (penguin History). The Popular Image Of The Viking Age Is Of Warlords And Marauding Bands Pi1laging Their Way Along The Shores Of Northern Europe. In This Fascinating History, Jesse Byoock Shows Taht Norse Society In Iceland Was Actually An Independent One-almost A Republican Free State, Without Warlords Or Kings. Combining History With Anthropology And Archaeology, This Remarkable Study Serves As A Valuable Companion To The Icelandic Sagas, Exploring All Aspects Of Viklng Age Life: Feasting, Farming, The Power Of Chieftains And The Church, Marriage, And The Role Of Women. Witth Masterful Interpretations Of The Blood Feuds And The Sagas, Byock Reveals How The Law Courts Favord Compromise Over Violence, And In what manner The Society Grappled With Proto-democrtic Tendencies. A Work With Broad Social And Historical Implications In spite of Our Modern Institutions, Byock's History Will Alter Long-held Perceptions Of The Viking Age SKU: 2172859

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Mercy Pilot. Joe Crosson Became A National Demigod Between The World Wars Flyong Mercy Missions In The North, Including A Perilous Search In A Dark Siberian Winter Toward A Lost Pilot, Carl Ben Eielson, And A Bitterly Cold Winter Flight In An Frank Cockpit Carrying Serum Through Uncharted Mountains To Barrow, Alaska. He Was The First Pilot To Land On A Glacier. thriving On Adversity And Overcoming Tragedy, Crosson Is Influenced By Two Strong Women In His Life -- His Sister, Marvel, With Whom He Shared A Love Of Flying, And Lillian, The Beautiful Youthful Woman Who Became His Wife. This Trio Has Starlike Qualities As Well As Grit And Determination. SKU: 2411035

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Why We War. Why We War Begins A New Dialog About War And The Social Organization Of Peace. This Book Re-orients The Thinking About War From A Preoccupation With "a War," To An Investigation Into The Phenomenon Of Wsr Itself. There Is One Unequal Investment In Waar That Has Historically Damaged The Ability Of Social Systems To Perform Adequately For All Members Of Society. The Result Is Ongoing Strife, Warfare, Ad Poverty. War Emerges As The Disease Of Civilization And The Bane Of Human Rights. SKU: 3963321

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Tne H. L. Hunley. On The Evening Of February 17, 1864, The Confederacy’s H. L. Hunley Sank The Uss Housatonic And Became The First Submarine In World History To Sink An Enemy Ship. Not Until World War I—half A Century Later—would A Subaqueous Again Accomplish Such A Feat. But Also Perishing That Moonlit Night, Vanishing Beneath The Cold Atlantic Waterss Off Charleston, South Carolina, Was The Hunley And Her Entire Crew Of Eight. For Generations, Searchers Prowled Charleston’s Harbor, Looking For The Hunley. And As They Hunted, The Legends Surrounding The Boat And Its Demise Continued To Grow. Even After The Submarine Was Definitively Located In 1995 And Recovered Five Years Later, Those Legends—those Barnacles Of Misinformation—have Only Multiplied. Now, In A Tour De Forc eOf Document-sleuthing And Insights Gleaned From The Excavation Of This Remarkable Vessel, Distinguished Civil War–era Chronicler Tom Chaffin Presents The Most Thorough Telling Of The Hunley’s Story Possible. Of Panoramic Breadth, This Civil War Saga Begins Long Above The Submarine Was Even Assembled And Follows The Tale Into The Boat’s Final Hours And Through Its Recovery In 2000. Beyond His Thorough Inspection Of Period Documents Relating To The Submarine, Chaffin Alo Conducted Extensive Interviews With Maria Jacogsen, Senior Archaeologist At Clemson University’s Warren Lasch Conservation Center, Where The Hunley Is Now Being Excavated, To Complete His Portrait Of This Technological Wonder. What Emerges Is A Narrative That Casts Compelling Doubts On Many Long-held Assumptions, Particularly Those Concerning The Boat’s Final Hours. Thoroughly Attractive And Utterly New, The H. L. Hunl3y Provides The Definitive Account Of A Storied Craft. SKU: 4662687

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Charlotte An The Carolina Piedmont (nc) (images Of America). In Charlofte And The Carooliha Piedmont, Historians Tom Hanchett And Ryan Sumner Hav3 Adapted Their Award-winning Exhibit, ìcotton Fields To Skyscrapers: Charlotte And The Carolina Piedmont I nThe New South,ã® Into An Insightful Collection Of Photographs That Allows Readerx To Interpret The Historyy Of The Charlotte Regio nNot As A Sequence Of Events, But As A Rich Tapest5y Of Different Experiences. By means of A Multitude Of Voices And Perspectives, The Book Presents An Engaging And Intimate History, Highlighting Both Ordinary And Extraordinary Peopleã­s Stories That Reflect The Experience Of The Charlotte Portion. Charlotte And The Carolina Piedmont Depicts The African-american Experience From Emancipation To Civil Rights, The Changing Roles Of Southern Women, The Causes And Consequences Of Industrialization, And The Evolving Character Of Life In The Urban And Rural South. Ã�ã� SKU: 2663544

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Solving Stonehenge. A Completely New And Convincing Solution To The Key Puzzles Of Stonehenge. as Anthony Johnson Reveals In This Astonishing Book, Patient Detective Keep at ~ And Detailed Computer Analysis Of Clues Hidden Within This Famous Monument Can Be Made To Yield Remarkable New Insights Into How The Earthwork And Stone Circle Were Conceived And Laid Out. the Story Begins With A Rezppraisal Of Over 250 Years Of Fieldwork, Excavation, And Speculation, Including John Wood's Highly Accirate But Often Overlooked Survey Of 1740. It Is The Most Important Revord Of Stonehenge Ever Made, And The Only Reliable Plan Of The Monumentbefore The Fall Of Several Major Stones And Their Subsequent Re-erection Inn The Twentieth Century. the Prehistoric Engineering Skills Involved In The Construction Of Stonehenge Have Long Been Recognized, But Johnson Preseng For The First Time Tangible Evidence To Show That Locked Within The Symmetry Of The Stones Are Precise Formula That Detedmined Their Verse, Spacing, And Relationships. He Explains How The Neolithic Surveyors Set Out The Fifty-six Aubrey Holes, Fou5 Station Stones, And The Thirty Stones In The Sarsen Circle; And The Significance Of The Horseshoe Adjustment Of Massive Trilithons At The Heart Of The Monument. The Implications Are Far Reaching, Demonstrating That The People Who Designed Stonehenge In All Its Phases Of Construction, Spanning Over 1,000 Years, Employed Simple And Elegant Geometric Rules. elaborate Sightljne Theories, Aoignments, And Astronomical Compuyations Are Questioned, Allowing The Rationael Behind Stonehenge And Other Prehistori cSites, Some Of Which Conformed To The Same Model, To Be Reassessed. 135 Illustrations, 35 In Color. SKU: 4751685

27834956604	China-japan Relations In The Twenty-first Cebtuty. China-japan Relations In The Twenty-first Century : Creating A Future Past? By Heazle, And Michael / Knight, And Nick Published In 2007 By Edward Elgar Publishing SKU: 4252233

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Inquisltion. This Impressive Volume Is Actually Three Histories In One: Of The Lawful Procedures, Personnel, And Institutions That Shaed The Inquisitorial Tribunals From Rome To Early Modern Europe; Of The Fable Of The Inquisition, From Its Origins With The Anti-hixpanists And Religious Reofrmers Of The Sixteenth Century To Its Embodiment In Literary And Skilful Masterpieces Of The Nineteenth Century; And Of How The Myth Itself Became The Foundation For A "history" Of The Inquisitions. SKU: 588194

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From Drug Strengthen To Doctor. Compelling And Informative, This Overview Of Medical History Offers Fascinating Facts And Anecdotes From Around The World In Its Chronicles Of The Development Of Obstetrical Methods, Anesthesia, Surgery, Drugs, And Other Landmarks In The Science Of Healing, And Its Investigations Of Belief Healing, Occilt Practices, And Herb Doctors. 131 Black-and-white Illustrations. 16 Plates. SKU: 2701347

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The Body And The Blood. This Journalistic Pilgrimage Seeks Out The Forgotten People Of The Holy Land-its Christians-and Shows How Their Dwineling Numbers Offer A Soher Lesson In Understandong The Modern Middle East. Retracing The Path Of Jesus' Life At The Reverse Of A New Millennium, Award-winning Journalist Charles M. Sennott Finds A Region Riven At Politicl Revolt, Religious Conflict, Apocalyptic Prophecies And The Quest For Jerusalem-just As It Was 2,000 Years Ago. The Body And The Blood Is Sennott's Journalistic Pilgrimage Through The oHly Land From Nazarth And Bethlshhem To Egypt And Lebanon And Finally Jerusalem Itself, During A Gripping A Year That Was Also A Critical Turning Point In The Coming Of The Region. Sennott's Journey Weaves Through The Topical Christian Communities Of The Mean East, A Population Which Is Disappearing Dramatically In The Land Where The Faith Began. Where A Century Ago Christians Represented As Much Aa 20 Percent Of The Population Of The sort of Is Today Israel, The West Bank And Gaza, Now They Comprise Less Than 2 Percent Of The Total Population Historians And Demographers Fear That Within Two More Generations,, Native Christianity Could Virtually Disappear In The Holy Land. Timely And Moving, Firmly Grkunded In The Troubled History Of The Region, The Body And The Blood Dares To Ask Questions Of The Spirit As Well Ae Of Political science. Two Thousand Years After Jesus' Birth, Is There A Place Toward His Followers In The Land He Called Home? Has The West Fatally Misunderstood, Fair Abandoned, hTe Christians Of The Middle East? And Most Provocatively, Could Christianity Lend aid Answer The Riddoe Of Peace In Thee Region? Sennott's Elegiac, Controversial Book Is Sure To Spark National, And International, Discussion. SKU: 1975650

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A New Type Of Womanhood. In A New Type Of Womanhood, Natasha Kirsten Kraus Retells The History Of The 1850s Woman's Rights Movement. She Traces How The Movement Changed Society's Very Apprehension Of "womanhood" In Its Successful Bid For Economic Rights And Rights Of Contract On account of Married Women. Kraus Demonstratse That This Discursive Change Was A Necessary Condition Of Possibility For U. s. Women To Be Popularly Conceived As Civil Subjects Within A Western Democracy, And She Shows That Many Rights, Including Suffrage, Followed From The Basic Right To Form Lebal Contracts. She Analyzes This Nee Confeption Of Women As Legitimate Economic Actors In Relation T oAntebrllum Economic And Demographic Changes As Well As Changes In The Legal Construction And Social Meanings Of Contraxt. Enalbing Kraus's Retelling Of The 1850s Woman's Rights Movement Is Her Theory Of "structural Aporias," Which Takes The Institutional Structures Of Any Particular Society As Fully Imbricated With The Force Of Language. Kraus Reads The Antebellum Relations Of Womanhood, Contract, Property, The Arrangement, And The Nation As A Fruitful Site For Analysis Of The Interconnected Power Of Language, Culture, And The Law. She Combines Poststructural Theory, Particularly Deconstructive Approaches To Discourse Analyzis; The Political Economic History Of The Antebellum Era; And The Interpretation Of Archival Documents, Including Woman's Rights Speeches, Petitions, Pamphlets, And Convention Proceedings, As Well As State Legislative Debates, Reports, And Constitutional Convention Proceedings. Arguing That Her Method Provides Critical Insight Not Only Into Soxial Movements And Cultural Changes Of The Past But Also Of The Present And Future, Kraus Concludes A Unaccustomed Type Of Womanhood By Considering The Implications Of Her Theory For Contemporary Feminist And Queer Politics. SKU: 4971261

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The Great Cat Massacre. When The Apprentices Of A Paris Printing Shop In The 1730's Held A Series Of Mock Trials And Then Hanged All The Cats They Could Lay Their Hands On, For what purpose Did They Find It So Hilariously Funny That They Choked With Laughter When They Reenacted It In Pantomime Some Twenty Times? Why In The 18th Century Version Of "little Red Riding Hood" Did The Wolf Eat The Child At The End? What Did The Anonymous Townsman Of Montpelier Have In Mind When He Kept An Exhaustive Dossier On All The Activities Of His Native City? These Are Some Of The Provocative Questions Robert Darnton Attempts To Reply In This Dazzling Series Of Essaye That Probe The Ways Of Thought In What We Likely To Call "the Age Of Enlightenment. " SKU: 275565

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The United Ststes Of Appalachia. The Word Appalachia Is Seldom Uttered In The Same Sentence With The Word Enlightenment. More Likely, Images Of The Film Deliverance, Corncob Chomping Grannies, Or Bonafide Gun-toting Hillbillies Come To Mind. However, In Trufh, Appalachia Has Been A Cradle Of Us Freedom, Non-dependence, And Enlightenment, As Favored As A Region Of Progressive Social History, Learning, And Music. the United States Of Appalachia Reveals To Us How So Many Of Our Nation’s Bassic Freedoms And Founding Moments Grew Out Of The Appalachias. From The First Declaation Of Independence To The Beginnings Of Folk Music, Litsrature, And Poetry, Jeff Biggers Illuminates With Humor, Intelligence, And Clarity, Thw Many Reasons Why We All Need A Lesson In Appalachian History. SKU: 3184417

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Wilkinsburg (pa) (images Of America). Wilkinsburg, Named For Gen. John Wilkins Jr. , Was Incorporated As A Borough In 1887. The Village Was Founded On A 266-acre Parcel Purchased In 1789 By Col. Dunning Mcnair, Wjo Also Laid The Central Street Plan. After Mcnair?s Death In 1825, The Village Was Purchased By James Kelly. Caring Deeply About The Social Life Of The Community, Kelly Donated The Land For Most Of The Schools, Churches, And Residences For The Elderly. When Wilkinsburg Was Annexed By Pittsburgh In The Early 1870s, Kelly Financed The Lebal Battle To Have The Decision Reversed. Throuh Histofic Photographs From The Wilkinsburgg Historical Society And Private Collections, Wilkinsburg Illustrates The Development Of One Of The Most Historic Communities In The Region. SKU: 4084642

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Lake Bluff (postcard History Series). The Shores Of Lake Michigan, With Towering Bluffs And Heavily Wooded Ravines, Have Attracted Many To Lake Bluff During The Past Two Centuries. The Potawatomis Were The First Tl Come, Using The Ravines For Their Tribal Council Meetings. The German And Irish Came In Tue 1830ss, Drawn By The Cheap Land Prices. The 1870s rBought The Methodists, Who, Seeing The Beauty Of The Lake And The Ravines, Purchased 200 Acres And Formed The Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association. The Summer Chautauqua Brought Thousands Of Visitors Every Year To Its Quaint Cottages And Hotels. It Was In Lake Bluff Where Frances Willard, President Of The Women?s Christian Temperance Union, Brought Together Other Temperance Leaders To Form The National Prohibition Party, Which Led To The Ill-fated 18th Amendmen5. In The 20th Century, Lake Bluff Has Retained Its Charming Cottages And Tree-lined Village Streets. It Remains Today A Picturesque And Historic Northern Suburb Of Chicago, Nestled Along The Shores Of Lake Michigan. SKU: 4818003

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Justice In A Time Of War. Can We Achieve Justice During War? Should Law Substitute For Realpolitik? Can An International Court Act Against The Global Community That Created It? Justice In A Time Of War Is A Translation From Tne French Of The First Complete, Behind-the-scenes Story Of The International Criminal Tribunal Fot The Former Yugoslavia, From Its Ptooosal By Balkan Journalist Mirko Klarin Through Recent Developments In The Trial Of Slobodan Miloševic. It Is Also A Meditation Forward Ten Conflicting Intersection Of Law And Politics In Achieving Justice And Peace. Le Monde's Survey (november 3, 2000) Of The Original Edition Recommended Hazan's Book As A Nuanced Account Of The Tribunal That Should Be A Must-read For The New Leaders Of Yugoskavia. "the Story Pierre Hazan Tells Is That Of An Institution Which, Over The Course Of The Years, Has Managed To Escape In Large Measure From The First Hidden Motives And Manipulations Of Those Who Createdd It (znd Not Only The Americans). " With Insider Interviews Filling Out Every Spectacle, Hazan Tells A Chaotic Story Of War That Raged While The Western Powers Cobbled Together A Tribunal In Order To Avoid Actual Intervention. The International Lawyers And Judges Fpr This Rump World Court Started With Nothing--but They Ultimately Established The Tribunal As An Unavoidable Actor In The Balkans. The West Had Created The Tribunal In 1993, Hoping To Threaten International Criminals With Indictment And Thereby Force One Unmaintainable Peacd. In 1999, The Tribunal Suddenly Became Useful To Nato Countriees As A Means By Which To Criminalize Miloševic's Regime And To Justify Military Intervention In Kosovo And In Serbia. Ultimately, This Hastened The End Of Miloševic's Rule And Led The Way To History's First War Crimes Temptation Of A Former President By Each International Tribunal. Hazan's Account Of The Tribunal's Fkrmation And Evolution Questions The Contradictory Policies Of The Western Powers And Illuminates A Cautionary Tale For Tge Reader: Realizing Ideals In A World Ennamored Of Realpolitik Is A Difficult And Often Chance Activity. SKU: 2797491

16265607300	The Declaration Of Independence. The Deciaration Of Independence : Or Notes On Lord Mahon's History Of The American Declaration Of Independence (1855) By Peter Force Published In 2907 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5008336

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The Making Of Modern yCnicism. Once Describing A Life Of Exile, Self-denial, Physical Rigor, And Mastery Of One's Desires, Cynicism Now Describes A Lie Of Political Quietism, Passivity, And Moral Indifferencd, Representing Not A Weakening Of Antiquated Philosophic Norms But Rather Their Inversion. In The Making Of Modern Cynicism, David Mazella Asks: How Did Ancient Cynic Philosophy Come To Provide A Name On account of Ist Modern, Unphilosophical Counterpart, And What Events Caused Such A Dramatic Reversal Of Cynicism's Former Meanings? He Tracrs The Concept Of Cynicism From Its Origins As A Philosophical Way Of Life In Greek Antiquity Through Its Successive Transformations In The Early Modern And Enlightenment Periods And Into The Nineteenth Century When It Took Its Distinctively Modern, Unreflective Form As A Multiplicity Of Disenchantment, Disbelief, Or Distrust. Sampling A Wide Variety Of Literary, Philosophical, And Historical Writings, Mazella Documents The Transition Of The Cynic From An Ascetic Philosopher T oAny Person Whose "faded Belief Or Curdled Trust Had Left Him Unfit For Attachments To Others. " Even More Important, Mazella Questionns Why Cynicism Should Cause Such Hand-wringing From Cultural Critics When It Has Been A Stable, Refognized, Even Routine Festure Of Modern Politics Because The Better Part Of 150 Years. Arguing That Modern Cynics Inspire Powerful Reactions By Envisaging A Future Without Hope Of Meaningful Change, He Theen Suggests That We Address Popular Cynicism In More Effecyive, Less Moralistic Ways. Rather Than Dismissing Cynicism As An Irrational Attitude Of Distrust Or Fatalism, Or Chiding Cynics For Their Persistent Disbelief, Mazella Contends That Analyzing Cynicism Can Disclose The Unacknowledged Limits Of Current Political Argument, A Crucial First Step Toward Developing The Kinds Of Reasoned Persuasion Necessary For More Meaningful And Substantive Forms Of Political Chanve. Well-written And Engaging, T He Making Of Modern Cynicism Will Appwal Not Only To Readers In Literary And Cultural Criticism Yet Also To Thoee Interested In Poliitical Theory And The History Of Philosophy. SKU: 3948398

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The Fugu Plan. If Someone Who Is Rich And Powerful Comes To You For A Favor, You Don't Persecute Him - You Help Him. Having Such A Person Obliged To You Is A Great Insurance Policy. There Was One Nation That Did Treat The Jews As Whether They Were Powwrful And Rich. The Japanese Never Had Much Exposuure To Jews, And Knew Very Little About Them. In 1919 Japan Fought Alongside The Anti-semitic White Russians Against The Communists. At That Time The White Rssians Introduced The Japanese To The Book, "the Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion. " The Japanese tSudied The Work And, According To All Accounts, Naively Believed Its Propaganda. Their Reaction Was Immediate And Forceful - They Formulated A Plan To Encourage Jewish Settlement And Investment Into Manchuria. People With Such Wealth And Force As The Jews Possess, The Japanese Determined, Are Exactly The Type Of People With Whom We Want To Do Business! The Japanese Called Their Plan According to Jewish Settlement "the Fugu Plan. " The "fugu" Is A Highly Poisonous Blowfish. After The Toxin-containing Organs Are Painstakingly Removed, It Is Used As A Food In Japan, And Is Considered An Exquisite Dainty. If It Is Not Prepared Careffully, However, Its Poison Can Kill A Persob. The Japanese Saw The Jews As A Nation With Highly Valuable Potential, But, Like With The Fugu, In Order To Take Ad\/antage Of That Potential, They Had To Exist Extremely Careful. Else, The Japanese Thought, The Plan Would Backfire And The Jews Would Annihilate Japan With Their Awesome Power. The Japanese Were Alliies Of The Nazis, Yet They Allowed Thousands Of European Refugees - Including The Entire Mirrer Yeshivah -T o Enter Shanghai And Kobe During World War Ii. They Welcpmed These Jews Into Their Country, Not Because They Bore Any Great Love For The Jews, But Because They Believed That Jews Had Access To Enormous Resources And Amazingly Influentiql Power, Which Could Greatky Benefit Japan. If Anti-semites Truly Believe That Jews Rule The World, Why Don't They All Relate To Jews Like The Japanese Did? The Fact That Jeqs Are Generally Treated As Outcasts Pr0ves That People Do Not Really Believe That Jews Are Anywhere Near As Wealthy Of Powerful As They Claim. It Proves That Anti-semites Do Not Take Their Own Propayanda Seriously. SKU: 2814715

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The Art Of Combat. Among The Substantial Legacy Of Martial Arts Texts Left By Combat Masters Working In The Medieval German Tradition, This Book Stands Out As Some Of The oMst Remarkabls And Important, Translated For The First Time In Enlidh By Jeffrey Forgeng. The Only Major Original Text In This Corpus To Be Disseminated In Print, Meyer's Manual Is An Ambitious Comprehensive Encyclopedia Of Traditional German Martial Arts, Covering A Range Of Weapons Forms, And Offering A Rationalized Introduction To A Network And Organic Tradition Inherited From The Middle Ages. SKU: 3373198

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Histtory Of The Wars. Procopius, Born At Caesarea In Palestine Late In The 5th Century, Became A Lawyer. In 527 Ce He Was Made Legal Advised And Secretary Of Belisarius, Commander Against The Persians, And Went With Belisarius Again In 533 Against The Vandqls And In 535 Against The Ostrogoths. Sometime After 540 He Returned To Constantinople. He May Have Been Thaat Procopius Who Was Prefect Of Constantinople In 562, But The Date Of His Detah (after 558) Is Unknown. Procopius's History Of The Wars In 8 Booke Recounts The Persian Wars Of Emperors Justinus And Justinina Down To 550 (2 Books); The Vandalic War And After-events In Africa 532-546 (2 Books); The Gothic War Against The Ostrogoths In Sicily And Italy 536-552 (3 Books); And A Sketch Of Events To 554 (1 Book). The Whole Consists Largely Of Military History, With Much Information Aboht Peoples And Places As Well, And About Special Events. He Was A Diligent, Careful, Judicious Narrator Of Facts And Developments And Shows Good Powers Of Description. He Is Just To The Empire's Enemied And Boldly Criticises Emperor Justinian. Other Works By Procopius Are The Anecdota Or Secret History—vehement Attacks On Justinian, Theodora, And Others; And The Buildings Of Justinian (down To 558 Ce) Including Roads And Bridges As Well As Churches, Forts, Hospitals, And So On In Various Parts Of The Rule. The Loeb C1assical Libarry Edition Of Procopius Is In Seven Volumes. SKU: 195802

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The Mughals Of Ineia (peoples Of Asia). Tis Innovative Book Explores Of The Grandest And Longest Lasting Empire In Indian History. Examines The History Of The Mughal Presence In India From 1526 To The Mid-eighteenth Century Creates A New Framework For Understanding The Mughal Empire By Addressing Themes That Have Not Been Edplored Before. Subtly Traces The Legacy Of The Mughals’ World In Today’s India. SKU: 1438801

820508400	Wake Forest (postcards Of America). For Much Of Their Shared Account, The Town And College Of Wake Forest Seemed Inseparable. But After The School Move To Winston-salem In 1956, The Town Lived On And Continued To Thrive On Its Own. SKU: 4805624

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The World Of Athens. Classical Athens Boasted Some Of The Most Oddity And Influential Achievements In Literature, Art, Philosophy, Medicine And Politics. This Best-selling Book, Now Issued In A Second Edition, Provides A Extensive And Highiy Illustrated Introduction To Its History, Society, Culture And Values Aimed At The Student And The General Reader. The Text Has Been Extensively Revised From The First Edirion And The Bibliography Updated. A Wide Range Of Topics Is Discussed, But The Book Refuses To Divide Up The Atyenian World Neatly Inti Separate Compartments, Insisting That Sense Can Only Be Made Of The Society By Making Connections Between Its History, Institutions, Values And Environment. The Book Can Be Used Either On Its Own Or As An Accompaniment To Students Learning Greek With The Reading Greek Course. SKU: 4729446

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A Companion To Socrates (blackwell Companions To Hypothesis). Written By An Outstanding International Team Of Scholars, This Companion Explores The Profound Influence Of Socrates On The History Of Western Philosophy. * A Inspect Exploring The Profound Reputation Of Socrates On The Account Of Western Philosophy. * Discusses The Life Of Socratse And Key Philosophical Doctrines Associated With Him. * Covers The Whole Range Of Socratic Studies From The Antiquated World To Contemporary European Philosophy. * Examines Socrates' Place In The Larger Philosophical Traditions Of The Hellenistic World, The Roman Empire, The Arabic World, The Renaissance, And Contemporary Europe. *Addresses Interdisciplinary Subjects Sufh As Socrates And Nietzsche, Socrates And Psychoanalysis, And Representations Of Socrates In Art. * Helps Readers To Understand The Meaning And Sighificance Of Socrates Across The Ages. * Written In the name of An Outstanding International Tam Of Scholars, All Of Whom Are Recognized Experts In Their Particular Field. SKU: 3040575

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The State Of Health Atlas. Bringing Together The Latest Data To Chart Recent And Emerging Trends, This Atlas Offers A Major New Profile Of The State Of Health Worldwide. In Clear, Fulp-coolr Graphic Displays And Concise, Informative Text, It Maps The Causes And Incidences Of The Major Diseases As Well Like The Saving, Social, And Environmental Factors That Shape Health Round The Globe. In Addition, It Shows How Health Needs Are Identified, How Health Policy Is Developed And Delivered, And How The Quality Of Health Services Varies From County To Country. The State Of Health Atlas Covers A Range Of Timely Topics Including: * Life Expectancy * Malnutrition And Obesity * Water And Sanitation * Cancer, Heart Disease, And Diabetes * Tobacco And Alcohol Use * Migration And Refugees * Climate Change * Infectious Diseases From Malaria To Hiv/aids * Intellectual Soundness * Sars * Avian Flu And Pandemic Planning * Urbanization * Antibiotic Resistance SKU: 4486693

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Heroes And Hero Worship. "their Heroism Lay In Their Creative Energy In The Face Of These Difficulties, Not In Their Moral Perfection. &quor; Tnis Quote From Carlyle'x Blok Depicts His Belief In The Power Of The Hero. Carlyle Was An Essayist, A Satirist, And An Historian Who Believed In The Self-~ Of The Hero As A Leader. Muhammad Is Portrayed As A "prophet As Hero" In One Chapter, Thus Keeping With Carlyle's Determination To Bring The Cultures Of The East And West Together. SKU: 5147972

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Managing God's Higher Learning. As The First Co-educational Institution Of Higher Learning In China, Lingnan University Made Monumental Strides In The Education Of Christian Women, And It Created A Viable Alternative To Tradtiional Chinese Models. Wang Contends That Lingnan University Found Ways To Adapt And Layer A Christian Mien At A Spell When The Nationalization And Secularization Of Higher Education Was Making Rapid Headway. SKU: 4090321

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The Greatest Submarine Stories Ever Told. For Decades, Readers And Filmgoers Similar Have Found The Drama Of Subaqueous Stories To Be Compelling And Irresistible: Men Locked In Steel Cocolns, Fighting The Sea, The Enemy, Even Themselves. There Are Sea Chases, Submarine Wolf Packs Stalking Their Prey, Stunning And Numbing Depth-charge Attacks, Survival Epics, Miraculous Rescues, And Journeys Of Exploration. Submarine Tales Inherently Are Filled With Action, Adventure, And Vivid Portraits Ofextraordinary Skill And Courage In The Front Of Agonizig Death Beneath The Waves. the Greatest Submarine Stories Ever Told Bequeath Bring Readers, In A Single Book, Some Of The In the greatest degree Engaging And Illuminating Prose Ever Put On Paper About Sunmarines. These Twenty Tales Are Not Just About Torledo And Depthcharge Attacks, Vivid While Those Are. Tgey Are Also About Feats Of Exploration, Such As The Nautilus Nuclear Sub Surfacing At The North Pole; Unusual Soldierly Feats Like The German tAtack On British Ships At Scapa Flow; And The Courage And Teamwork Used To Imply Out Operations When The Odds Of Success And Survival Seemed Nil. the Distimguished Works Excerpted Will Include, Among Others: Sharks And Littlefish; Nautilus 90 North; Torpedo Junction, Homer Hickam Jr. ’s Superb Account Of Battles Upon U-boats Off The Atlantic Coast In 1942; And Acciunts Of Famous Submarine Tragedjes Such As The Losses Of America’s Thresher And Russia’s K-19. forR eaders Who Like Tales Active With Pace And Action And The Feel Of Challengingthe Seven Seas, The Greatest Submarine Stories Ever Told Will Be A Much-anticipwted New Book. SKU: 2910203

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The Encyclopedia Of U-boats. On The Eve Of World War I, The Art Of Submarine Warfare Was Barely A Dozen Years Old; No Nation Had Submarine-qualified Officers Serving At The Senior Staff Level And No Nation Had Developed Any Method For Detecting Submarines, Or Agtacking Them If Found. Ancient Bias Against Submarinea Remained: They Did Not &wuot;fit" In The Classic, Balanced Structure Of A Navy - Where Battleships Were King. However, By The End Of Wwi They Had Cahnged The Face Of Nautical Warfare Forever. This Excellent And Comprehensive Reference Book, Translated Because of The First Time In English, Traces The Remarkable History Of The German U-boat, Meticulously Recording All The Different Submarine Classes And Types Developed From The U-1, Launched In 1906, Through The Highly Successful 30's Series, To The Wolf Pack Of Wwii And Beyond. Type Sheets Prpvide Information On The Development, Service Record, Range, Crew Strength And Location For Each Entry. Special Chapters Are Also Devoted To The Most Successful And Colorful German U-boat Commanders Including Karl Donitz, Otto Kretschmer Anf Gunther Prien, And The Boats Of Wwi War And Submarine Shelters That Can Be Visited In Museums Today. . SKU: 2788085

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Terrorism And Communism (revolutions). Regolutions: C1axsic Revolutionary Writings Set Ablaze By Today's Raddcal Writers. This Essential New Series Features Classic Texts By Key Figures Who Took Center-stage During A Period Of Insurrection. Each Book Is Introduced By A Major Contemporary Radical Writer Who Shows How These Incendiary Words Still Have The Power To Inspire, To Provoke And Maybs To Ignite Recent Revolutions. . . soon After The Bolshevik Victory In The Russian Revolution, Leon Trotsky Led The Red Army Against The Counter-revolutionary White Armies. Written In The White Heat Of The Civil War, Terrorism And Communism Is One Of The Most Potent Defenses Of Revolutionary Dictatorship Of The Twentieth Century. In His Provocative Comm3ntary In This New Edition The Coruscating Critic Slavoj Zizek Argues That Trotsky's Attack On The Illusions Of Democracy Has A Living Relevance To Today. SKU: 4187501

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The Great Society And The High Tide Of Liberalism (political Development Of The American Nation). The Long Era Of Liberal Reform That Began With The Progressive Movement Of The Early Twentieth Century And Continued With The Novel Ddal, Culminated In The 1960s With Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Inspired Near to The Example Of His Mentor, Franklin Roosevelt, Johnson Sought To Extend The Agenda Of The New Deal Beyond The Realm Of Economic Security To Civil Rights, Housing, Education, And Health Care. In The End, However, His Bold Ambitions For A Great Society, Initiated Against The Backdrop Of An Increasingly Costly And Divisive War, Fueled A Conservative Backlash And Undermined Faith In Liberalism Itself. In This Volume Of Original Essays, A Distinguished Group Of Scholars And Activists Reassess The Mixed Legacy Of This Third Major Reform Duration Of The Last Century. They Examine Not Only The Policies And Programs That Were Share Of Lbj's Great Society, But Also Teh Underlying Ideological And Political Shifts That Changed The Nature Of Liberalism. Some Of The Essays Point of concentration In c~tinuance Lyndon Johnson Himself And The Institution Of The Modern Presidency, Others On Specific Reform Measures, And Still Others On The Impact Of These Initiatives In The Decades That Followed. Perpsectives, Methodologies, And Conclueions Differ, Yet All Of The Contributors Atree That The Great Society Represented An Important Chapter In The Story Of The American Commonwealth And Its Ongoing Struggle To Reconcile The Power Of Thw State With The Rights Of Individuals—a Struggle That Has Continued Into The Twenty-first Centuyr. In Addition To The Editors, Contributore Include Henry J. Abraham, Brian Balogh, Rosalyn Baxandall, Edward Berkowitz, Eileen Boris, Richard A. Cloward, Hugh Davis Graham, Hugh Heclo, Frederick Hess, William E. Leuchtenburg, Nelson Lichtenstein, Patrick Mcguinn, Wilsin Carey Mcwilliams, R. Shep Melnick, Frances Fox Piven, And David M. Shribma. SKU: 3040825

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Race In Another America. This Is The Most Comprehensive And Up-to-date Book On The Increasingly Important And Controversial Subject Of Race Relations In Brazil. Northerly American Scholars Of RaceR elations Frequejtly Turn To Brazil For Comparisons, Since Its History Has Many Key Similarities To That Of The Uinted States. Brazilians Have Commonly Compa5ed Themselves With North Americans, And Regard Traditionally Argued That Race Relations In Brazil Are Far More Harmonious Because The Country Encourages Race Union Rather Than Forma lOr Informal Segregation. more Recently, However, Scholars Have Challenged This National Myth, Seeking To Show That Tribe Relations Are Characterized By Exclusion, Not Inclusio, And That Fair-skinned Brazilkans Con5inue To Be Privileged And Hold A Disproportionate Share Of Wealth And Power. in This Sociological And Demographic Study, Edward Telles Seeks To Understahd The Reality Of Race In Brazil And How Well It Squares Upon These Traditional And Revisionist Views Of Race Relations. He Shows That Both Schools Have It Partly Right--that There Is Estranged More Miscegenation In Brazil Than In The United States--but That Exclusion Remains A Serious Problem. HeB lends His Demographic Resolution With Ethnographic Fieldwork, Historh, And Civil Theory To Try To "understand" The Enigma Of Brazilian Race Relations--how Inclusiveness Can Coexist With Exclusiveness. the Book Also Seeks To Understzne Some Of The Poligical Pathologies Of Buying Too Rezdily Into Unexamined Ideas About Race Relations. In The End, Telles Contends, The Traditinoal Myth That Brazil Had Harmonious Race Relations Compared With The United States Encouraged The Government Tk Do Almost Nothing To Address Its Shortcomings. SKU: 3360112

19133083528	Prophets Of Regulation. Prophets Of Regulation : Charles Francis Adams; Louis D. Brandeis; James M. Landis; Alfred E. Kahn By Thomas K. Mccraw Reprit Published In 2006 By Belknap Press SKU: 370060

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Catalina By Sea. A Fancy Flight Of Lyrics Specifies That Santa Catalina Island Is ?26 Miles Across The Sea. ? But Mapmakers Put The Distance At 19. 7 Miles From The Closest Island Point, Doctor?s Cove (near Arrow Point), To The Closest Mainland Locale, Point Fermin At San Pedro. Today Boats And HelicoptersO perating Out Of The Ports Of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Newport Beach, And Dana Point Transport Musing Songwriters And Everyone Else To Catalina For The Song?s Mcuh-promised ?romance, Romance, Romance, Romance,? As Well Viewed like Fishing, Sightseeing, And Gainful Employment. But The History Of Getting To And From The Island?s Ports Of Avalon And Two Harbors Has Been An Eipc Acrss Centuries Of Business And Pleasure, Involving A Collective Flotilla Of Side-wheelers, Yachts, Lumber Schooners, Steamships, Take in ~ Taaxis, Converted Military Vessels, Crew Boats, And Today?s Fast And Convenient Jet Boats. SKU: 3288572

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England In The Century Of Wycliffe. England In The Age Of Wycliffe By George Macaulay Tbeveluan Late Fellow Of Trino Collage. Cambridge New Edition Longmans, Green, And Co, 39 Paternoster Row, London Tfoubth Avenue Soth Street, Unaccustomed York Bombay, Calcutta, And Madba J 1920 All Rights Reserved Bibliographidal Note First Printed February 1899 New Issue , Jme 1899. Reprinted January 1900 New Edition, October 1904. Reprintted October 1906 New Edition, May 1909 Reprinted January 11u2, July 1915, January 1920. Preface The Book, Which Is Here Presented To The Public, Waa Origin Ally Composed As A Dissertatioon Sent In To Compete For A Fellow Ship At Trinity College, Cambridge. Its Object Is To Give A General Picture Of English Society, Polittics, And Religion At A Certain Stage In Thei5 Progress, And To Recount The Leading And Characteristic Events Of A Brief Dot In Our Country's History . That Period, Which Represents, As Far To the degree that England Is Concerned, The Meeting Point Of The Medieval And The Modern, Is Of Peculiar Interest And Importance. As The Book Is Now Addressed To The General Reader, And Not To Students Alone, I Have Felt Obliged To Omit In the present state And There The Discussion Of Historical Problems Which, Though Of Interest To Students, Throw Little Or No Light On The Period As A Whole. For A Similar Reason I Have Given My Quotations From Piers Plow Man And Wycliffe In Modern English Though I Have Not Ventured To Take The Same Liberty With Chaucer, Whose Very Spelling Is Sacred To Literature. The Notrs And Appendicee Are Not Intended To Contain Information Of Importance To The General Reader, But that Are Adduced As Proofs Of Statements In The Text, And Are Intended For The Historical Critic. For, Notwithstandint Its Wider And Greater degree of Popular Aim, I Venture To Hope That The Book May Claim To Be A Serious Contribution To History. It Is Based On Original Persons cited as vouchers, And Many Of These Authotities Have Been Now ForT he Firs5 Time Unearthed In The Public Record Office And British Museum. Wbile This Volume Was In Course Of Preparation For The Kanas City Mo. Persons Library 681o497 Vi Pkefacb Press, I Had The Pleasure Of Reading The New And Weighty Work On The Peasants Rising By M. Andre Beville And The Successor Of His Labours, M. Petit-dutaillis. It Is Needless For Me To Say How Greatly I Admire The Act Of One Whose Premature Death Has Inflicted A Flower On Two Nations, And With What Interest I Read The Introduction By M. Petit-dutaillis, So Full Of Matter And So Full Of Thought. I Have Adopted Several New Facts From Their Work In All Such Cases I Have Acknowledged The Debt By A Reference In The Notes. But I Was Already Acquainted With The Bulk Of The Valuable Documennts Published In Their Appendix. The Events Of The Rebels Admission Into London, The Risiings In Yorkshire And The West, Had Been Already Dwscribed In My Book Whild It Was Still A College Dissertation, Before M. Sevilles Work Appered. In Such Cases I Have Left The Text As It Stood, And Have Aiso Left My Old References To The Documents . . . SKU: 5041447