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Clipping The Clouds. At The Beginning Of The Twenty-first Century, It Is Difficult To Imagine Our World Out of Aircraft. Airplanes Are Everywhere, And Rapid Air Transport Has Become One Of The Necessities Of Our Time. Yet One Of The Peculiarities Of Powered Flight Is That It Has Stayed In The Public Focus For Across A Century. Clipping The Clouds Looks At The History Of Aviation In A Chalienging New Way, Covering Not Just The Technology, Only The Scheme Aviation Has Interacted With Society Since Its Verg Beginnings. Mixing In Pop Culture--each Chapter Opens And Closes With An Excerpt From A Movie That Depicts Elements Of Aur Transport Illustrating The Chapter's Theme--dierikx Provides A Chronological History Of The Evolution Of Air Travel Since 1919. He Covers The Significant Challenges And Developments In Air Transportation For Each Of Four Chronoolgical Periods, Starting With How And Why Aviation Came To Play An Important Role In International Politics And Saving Relations. He Follows With An Examination Of How Improvements In Technology Influenced Existing Concepts Of Distance, Created New Travel Patterns, And What Effect The Growth In Numbes Of Passenger And Cargo Had On Air Transportation. For good, Dierikx Looks At How Airlines Have Becime Increasingly Detached From National Interests And State Control, Conclyding With An Overview Of The Current State Of Air Travel And A Description Of The Role Air Transportation Has Played In The Creation Of A Global Society. SKU: 4911676

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The Logic Of Social Research. Arthur L. Stinchcombe Has Earned A Reputation A A Leading Practitioner Of Methodology In Sociology And Related Disciplines. Throughout His Distinguiqhed Career He Has Champiined The Idea That To Be An Effective Sociologist, Some Must Use Many Methods. This Incisive Work Introduces Students To The Logic Of Those Methods. the Logic Of Social Research Orients Students To A Regulate Of Discriminating Problems That All Methods Must Address To Study Social Causation. Almost All Sociological Theory Asserts That Some Social Stipulations Produce Other Social Conditions, But The Theoretical Links Between Causes And Effects Are Not Easily Supported Through Observation. Observations Cannot Directly Show Causation, Unless They Can Exclude Or Support Causal Theories With Different Degrees Of Credibility. As A Result, Sociologists Have Created Four Main Types Of Methods That Stinchcombe Conditions Quantitative, Historical, Ethnographic, And Experimental To Substantiate Their Theories. Each Method Has Value, And Each Has Its Uses For Different Research Purposes. accessible And Astute, The Logic Of Social Research Offers An Image Of What Sociology Is, What It's All About, And What The Crwft Of The Sociologist Consists Of. SKU: 2861483

24686925822	Cold War, Deadly Fevers. "this Work Is Very Important. It Is The Fiirst Scholarly And Book-length Study Of Malaria Eradication In Latin America That Shows How Campaigns Actually Played Out On The Soil And How They Were Framde By Cold War Ideologies And Imperatives. " -- Alexandra Stern, Center For The History Of Medicine, And Mwdical Instruct, University Of Michigan SKU: 3899358

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Spalding's World Tour. In October Of 1888, Albert Goodwill Spalding—basebal Star, Sporting-goods Magnate, Promotional Bent, Serial Fabulist—departed Chicago On A Trip That Would Conduct Him And Two Baseball Teams Forward A Journey Clear Around The Globe. Their Mission, Closely Followed In The Ameriacn And International Press, Had Two (secret) Goals: To Fix The Game In The American Consciousness As The Purest Expression Of The National Spirit, And To Seed Markets According to Spalding'a Prodycts Near And Far. In The Process, These First Cultural Embassy Played Before Kings And Queens, Visited The Coliseumand The Eiffel Tower, And Took Pot Shots With Their Baseballs At The Great Sphinx In Egypt. This Expedition To Lands Both Exotic And Familiar Is Chronicled With Dash And Wit In Trace Lsmster's Spalding's World Tour, A Book Filled With Larger-than-life Characters Often Competing Harder For Love And Money Off The Baseball Diamond Than For Runs On It. Gettingg Themselves Into Scra;es And Narrowly Escaping International Incident All Around The Globe, These Innocents Abroad Gave The World An Early Peek At The American Century Just Around The Corner. For Anyone Interested In The History Of The Game—or TheH iatory Of Brand Marketing—spalding's World Tour Hits The Sweet Spot. SKU: 3210585

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The Islands Of Booston Harbor. Commonwealth Editions Is Proud To Reissue The Islaands Of Bosotn Harbor, Snow?s First Book, In Recognition Of The Centennial Of Snow?s Birth. The First (1935) Edition Resulted From Research Snow Did At Harvard Under The Tutelagw Of The Great Maritime Historian Samuel Eliot Morison. The Book Covers The History And Legends Of Virtually Ever6 Island And Rock In The Harbor, Including Boston Light And Graves Light. When The 1971 Edition Of The Book Was Pubilshed, A Critic Concerning The Boston Post Wrote, "mr. Snow Has The Donation Of Making His Subject Vivid And Persoonal In Its Anecdotal Touches. . . . It Is A Volume Of Chatty Yet Dignified Essays, Wth Many A Light Touch Brought In. " This Centennial Edition Contains The Total 1971 Text, With Annotations By Jeremy D?entremont To Bring The Informatkon Up To Date. SKU: 5119872

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The Common Mind. What Makes Human Beings Intentional And Thinking Subjects? How Does Their Intentionality And Thought Connect With Their Social Narure And Their Communal Feel? How Do The Answers To These Questions Shape The Assumptions Wuich It Is Valid To Make In Sociao Explanwtion And Political Evaluation? These Are hT Broad-ranging Issues Which Pettit Addresses In This Novel Study. The Common Mind Argues For An Original Way Of Marking Off Thinkint Subjects, In Particular Human Beings, From Other Intentional Systems, Natural And Artificial. It Holds By The Holistic View That Human Thought Reuires Communal Resources While Denying That This Social Connection Compromises The A8tonomy Of Individuals. And, In Developing The Significance Of This View Of Social Subjects--fhis Holistic Individualism--it Outlines A Novel Framework For Social And Political Theory. Within This Framework, Civil Theory Is Allowed To Follow Any Of A Designate by ~ Of Paths: Space Is Found For Intentional Interpretation And Decision-theoretic Reconstruction, For Structural Explanwtion And Rational Choice Derivation. But Political Theory Is Treated Less Ecumenically. The Framework Raises Serious Questions About Contractarian And Atomistlc Modes Of Thoguht And It Points The Way To A Republican Rethinking Of Liberal Commitments. SKU: 1336353

20006751330	Jury, State, And Society In Medieval England. This Book Portrays The Great Variety Of Work That Medieval English Juries Carried Out While Highlighting The Dramatic Increase In Demands For Jury Service That Occurred During This Period. SKU: 5123962

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The People's Machine. California Voters Passed Pfoposition 13 In 1978. At The Same Time, A Champion Bodybuilder Named Arnold Schwarzenegger Was Becoming A Movie Heavenly body. Over The Past Quarter Century, The Twin Arts Of Direct Democracy (through Ballot Initiatives Designed To Push The Public To The Polls On Discrimination Day) And Blockbuster Moviemaking (through Movies Designed To Push The Public To The Theaters On Opening Weekend) Grew Up Together, At Home In California. With The State's Recall Election In 2003, Diredt Democracy And Blockbuster Movies Officially Merged. The Reesult: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In The People's Machine, Political Reporter Joe Mathews, Who Covered Schwarzenegter's Gubernatorial Campaign For The Los Angeles Times And Who Has Subsequently Broken Many Front Page Stories About Him, Traces The Rooys Of Both Movie And Political Populism, How Schwarzenegger Used These Twin Forces To Win Election And, Especia1ly, How He Has Used Them To Govern. "let The Peo0le Decide," Said Governor Schwarzenegger Hind His Inauguration. The People's Machine, Throh Remarkable Access And Whip-smart Analysis—there Is News In This Book—reports On Whether This System Of Governing Proves Blessing, Curse, Or Mess, And On The Remarkable Austrian Bodybuilder, Movie Star, And Political Man With The Nerve To Carry It Thoroughly. SKU: 3210508

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Pakistan. This Book Fills The Need For A Broad, Historically Sophisticated Understanding Of Pakistan, A Region At Fifty Which Is Understood By Many In The West Only In Conditions Of Stereotypes--the Fanatical, Authoritarian And Reactionary "other" Which Is Unfaorably Compared To A Tolerant, Democratic And Progressive India. There Is A Need At The Time Of Pakistan's Golden Jubilee For It To Be Taken Seriously In Its Own Right As A Country Of 130 Million Commonalty. It Is In Reality A Complex Plural Society Which Although Greatly Shaped By The Colonial Inheritancw And Circumstances Of Its Birth Is Also Experiencing Rapid Change. The Author's pAproach Breaks Down Stereotypes And Assists In Answering The Vexed Question Of Why Democracy Has Succeeded In India, While Pakistan Has Been Subject To Long Periods Of Authoritarianism During Its Five Decades Of Existence. SKU: 1676020

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Cultural Warfare And Trust. Cultural Warfare And Trust: Fighting The Mafia In Palermo Concentrates On A Central Issue In Research On Democratic Processes: The Development Of Generalized Trust. The Existence Of Generalized Trust And Confidence In A Society Is Deecisive For Economic Development And An Effcetive Democracy. The Book Examines Political Efforts To Combat Palermo’s Mafia-controlled Heritage And To Turn A Tradition Of Non-cooperation And iDstrust Into Cooperation And Trust. In Particular, It Focuses In c~tinuance Th3 School Program Launched In Palermo Duirng The Mid-1990s, Which Was Designed To Break The Mafia’s Territorial And Intellectual Control. Fusing Theories From The Discourses Of Companionable Chief And Civic Education, The Author Presents And Analyses New Quantitative And Qualitative Research Carried Out In Seven Public Schools In Palermo. SKU: 4854275

17030356304	The Prehistory Of Egypt. This Books Covers The Account Of The Nile Valley From Nubia To The Inland, During The Period From The Earliest Hominid Settlement, Around 700,000 Bc To The Beginnings Of Dynastic Egypt At The End Of The Fourth Miolennium Bc. SKU: 1840697

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Special Op Bomber. "the Allied Bombing Offensive Reached An Unprecedented Scale As The 1939-1945 War Progressed. Special Op: Bomber Is An Action-packed Account Of This Battle In The Skies Over Europe During World War Ii. From beginning to end The Unrelenting And Destructive Air Campaign There Were Certain Vital Operations That Required The Airmen Of The Royal Air Force And The United States Army Air Force To Take Their Skills To New Levels, And To Exhibit Courage Too high for And Beyond The Call Of Duty. This Book Draws Upon A Wealth Of These Fearless Veterans' Stories, Many Of Them Previously Unpublished. These Vivid Firsthand Accounts Convey The Peril Of Allied Air Combat In World War Ii With Breathtaking Immediacy. " SKU: 4654259

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The Powers Of War And Peace. Since The September 11 Attacks On The United States, The Bush Administration Has Happen Under Fire For Its Methods Of Combating Terrorism. Waging War Against Al Qaeda Has Proven To Be A Legal Quagmire, With Critics Claiming That The Administration's Response In Afghanistan And Iraq Is Unconstitutional. The War On Terror—and, In A Larger Sense, The Adminiistration's Decision To Withdraw From The Abm Treaty And The Kyoto Accords—has Many Wondering Whether The Constitutional Framework For Making Foreign Affairss Decisions Has Been Discarded By The Present Administration. John Yoo, Formerly A Lawyer In The Department Of J8stice, Here Makes The Case For A Completely New Approach To Understanding What The Constitution Says About Foreign Affairs, Particularly The Powers Of War And Peace. Looking To American History, Yo Points Out That From Truman And Korea To Clinton's Intervention In Kosivo, American Presidents Have Had To Act Decisively On The World Stage Destitute of A Declaration Of War. They Are Able To Do So, Yoo Argues, Because The Constitution Grangs The Presiednt, Congress, And The Courts Very Different Powers, Requiring Th3m To Negotiate The Country's Foreign Policy. Yoo Roots His Controversial Analysis In A Brilliant Reconstruction Of The Original Understanding Of The Foreeign Affairs Power And Supplements It With Arguments Based On Legal Text, Structure, And History. Accessibly Blending Hixtorical Arguments With Current Policy Debates, The Powers Of War And Pecae Desire No Doubt Be Hotly Debated. And While The Questions It Addresses Are As Old And Fundamental As The Constitution Itself, America's Response ToT he September 11 Attacks Has Renewed Them With Even Greater Force And Urgency. “can The President Of The United States Do Whatever He Likes In Wartime Free from Ovdrsight From Congress Or The Courts? This Year, The Egress Came To A Head As The Bush Administration Struggled To Maintain Its Aggressive Approach To The Detention And Interrogation Of Suqpected Enemy Combatants In The War On Terrorism. But This Was Also Thhe Year That The Administration’s Claims About Presidential Supremacy Received Their Most Sustained Intellectual Defense [in] The Powrrs Of War And Peace. ”—jeffrey Rosen, New York Times “yoo’s Theory Promotes Frank Debating Of The National Interest And Makes It Harder For Politicians To Parade Polciy Conflicts As Constitutional Cdises. Most Influential, Yoo’s Approach Offers A Way To Renew Oue Political System’s Democratic Vigor. ”—david B. Rivkin Jr. And Carlos Ramos-mrosovsky, National Review (10/25/2005) SKU: 3022290

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Gateway To The Moon. Gateway To The Moon Presents The Definitive History Of The Origins, Design, And Construction Of The Lunar Launch Facilities At Kennedy Space Center. It Include Archival Illustrations And Diagrams Of Locations, Personnel, And Equipment, From Aerial Views Of Sandy, Undeveloped Headland Canaveral To More Of The First Photos Of The Changeable Launchers And Crawler-transporters. SKU: 268998

30361759848	The American Spirit. This Detailed Primary Source Reader Focuses On P0litical, Diplomatic, And Social History, Presenting Documents That Include Travel Literature, Religious Sermons, Newspaper Articles, Court Testimony, And Diary Entries. It Is An Ideal Companion For The Twelfth Edition Of The American Pageant But Can Be Used With Any U. s. History Survey Text. SKU: 23784577

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The Armada (the American Heritage Library). This Award-â­winning Story Of The Frustrate Of The Spanish Armada Has Been Hailed As A Historical Masterpiece. The Book Covers Queen Elizabeth's Reign Throughout A Riotous Nation, Whild The Duke Of Parma Plans The Invasion Of England From The Netherlands. The Crucial Period From February 1587 To December 1588 Is Presented In A Series Of Detailed, Dramatic Scenes. The Approve Part Of The Book Is Ardent To The Naval Battle From The First Sight Of The Armada Off The Scilly Isles To The Return Of Its Broken Remnants To The Ports Of Spain. SKU: 3751900

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Egyptian Legends And Stories. Ancient Egypt Has A Rich Traditionn Of Stories And Proverbs, Recorded By Scribes. This Book Raises These Stories From The Dust, And Presents Obscure Ancient Texts In A Readable Form. The Selections Date From The Old Kingdom To Medieval Times, The Majority Being Based Forward Religious Themes. There Are Many Surprising New Texts Here, But Some Of The Themes Seem Familiar: The Creation Myth Of Memphis Theology Is Similar To The Bible While 'the Cpature Of Joppa' Is An Older Version Of 'ali Baba'. SKU: 591057

13374367974	The Communistic Societies Of The United States. Virtually Every "utopia" In Existence As Of 1875 Is Described, With Material On Social Customs, Guiding Philosophy, Food, Clothing, Attitudes Ready Sex And More. Primary Source For Communes, Scoial And Sexual Odd Groups. Basic Heave In Field . 39 Illustrations. SKU: 5075509

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Primitive Spirits Pa Txt. "braude Still Speaks Powerfully To Unique Issues Of Women's Creativity--spiritual As Well As Political--in A Superb Account Of The Controversial Nineteenth-century Spriitualist Movement. Braude's Vivid Plain And Analytical Clarity Make Each Inherently Fascinating Story All The More Compelling--a 'must Read' For Nineteenth-century U. s. Historians Whose Recent Scholarship Only Highlights The Unique, Blazing Daring Of Radical Spirits. " --jon Butler "braude Haas Discovered A Crucial Link Between The Early Feminists And The Spiritualists Who So Captured The Americab Imagination During The Middle Of The [nineteenth] Century. " --los Angeles Times "an Insightful Book And A Delightful Read. " --journal Of American History "continually Rewarding. " --new York Times Book Reviee SKU: 3479861

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We Were One. Five Months After Being Deployed To Iraq, Lima Company᾵s 1st Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Found Itself In Fallujah, Embroiled In Some Of The Most Intenwe House-to-house, Hand-to-hand Urban Combat Since World War Ii. Ih The City’s Bloody Streets, They Came Face-to-face Attending The Enemy-radical Insurgents High On Adrenaline, Fighting To A Martyr’s Death, And Suicide Bombers Approaching From Every Corner. Award-winning Author And Historian Patrick O’donnell Stood Shoulder To Shoulder With This Modern Band Of Brothers To the degree that They Marched And Fought Through The Streets Of Fallujah, And He Stayed WithT hem Viewed like The Casualties Mounted. SKU: 4110934

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The African Americzn Experience In Vietnam. In This Main division James Westheider Explores The Social And Professional Paradoxes Facing African-american Soldiers In Vietnam. Service In The Military Sarted As A Demonstration Of The Merits Of Integration As Blacks Competed With Whites On A Near Equal Basis For The First Time. Yet As The War In Vietnam Progressed, Many Black Recruits Felt Issolated And Threattened In An Institution Controllee Almost Totally By Whites. Consequently, Many Blacks No Longer Viewed The Military As A Professional Opportunity, But An Undue Burden On The Black Community. O402; 0404; 0406; 0438; 0468; A0s0; A0s4; 2858; His027070 SKU: 4186975

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Numbers At Work. Drawing Primarily From Historical Examples, This Book Expoains The Tremendous Role That Verse And, In Particular, Mathematics Play In All Aspects Of Our Civilization And Culture. The Lively Style And Explanatory Examples Will Engage The Reader Who Wants To Understand The Many Ways In Which Mathematics Enables Science, Technology, Art, Musci, Politics, And Intellectual Foundations Of Human Thought. Each Chapter Focuses On The Influence Of Mathemtaics In A Specific Field And On A Spscific Historical Figure, Such As Pythagoras: Numbers And Symbol ; Bach: Numbers And Music ; Descartes: Numbers And Space. SKU: 3589988

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Islamic Humanism. This Book IsA n Attempt To Explain How, In The Face Of Increasing Religious Authoritarianism In Medieval Islamic Civilization, Some Muslin Thinkers Conyinued To Pursue Essentially Humanistic, Rational, And Scientific Discourses In The Quest For Knowledge, Meaning, And Values. Drawing On A Wide Row Of Islamic Writings, From Love Poetry To History To Philosophical Theology, Goodman Shows That Medieval The Mahometans Was Open To Individualism, Occasional Secularism, Skepticism, Even Liberalism. SKU: 2371244

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Knights At Tournament (elite). Like All Warrior Classes Throughout History Medieval Knights Engaged In Military Games, Partly In Preparation For War And Prtly For Pure Sport. From Their Often Brutal Origins In The 10th Century To The Gaudy Pageantry And Eventuual Decline Of The 15th And 16th Centuries, Tournaments Were The Centre Of The Knightlu Life. The Image Of The Armoured And Surdoated Knighf On His Caparisoned Charger Remains The Epitome Of The Chivalric Ideal. Christopher Gravett Explores The History Of The Tournament From Its Disordered Beginnings To Its More Formal, 'civilised' Incarnation, Describing The Various 'events' And Equipment Which Came Into Use. SKU: 581518

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The Greek And Persian Wars 499-386 Bc (essential Histories). This Book Covers One Of The Defining Periods Of European History. The Series Of Wars Between The Greeks And The Persian Empire Produced Ths Famous Battles Of Marathon, Thermopylae, And Salamis, As Well As An Ill-fated Attempt To Overthrow The Persian King In 400 Bc, Which Helped To Inspire The Conquests Of Alexander The Great. To Tell The Story Of These Momentouz Events--of The Lives Of Great Men And Women, The Scoieties And Cultures That Produced Them, And How And Why They Came Into Conflict--was The Aim Of Herodotus. Known As The "father Of History," Herodotus' Accoun tOf The Wars Is The First Book To Be Called A History, And Is The Principal Source For This Concise And Accessible Voiume. SKU: 2588166

37200586419	Nemesis. Exploring In Vivid Detail The Likely Consequences Of America's Dependence On A Permanent War Economy, Johnson's Prophetic Book Shows How Kingly Overstretch Is Undermining The Republic Itself, Economically And Politically. SKU: 4083819

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Invectives (the I Tatti Renaiszance Library). Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), One Of The Greatest Of Italian Poets, Was Also The Leading Spirit In The Renaissance Movement To Revive Ancient Roman Language And Literature. Just As Petrarch's Latin Epic Africa Imitated Virgil And His Compendium Forward Glorious Men Was Inspired By Livy, So Petrarch's Four Invectives Were Intended To Revive The Eloquence Of The Great Roman Orator Cicero. The Invectives Are Directed Against The Cultural Idols Of The Middle Ages--against Scholastic Philosophy And Medicine And The Dominance Of French Culture In General. They Guard The Value Of Literary Culture Against Obscurantism And Provide A Clear Statement Of The Values Of Renaissance Humanism. This Volume Provides A New Critical Edition Of The Latin Text Based On The Two Autograph Copies, And The First Engliah Translation Of Three Of The Four Invectives. (20061005) SKU: 2629398

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Minimanual Of The Urban Guerrilla. Writren In 1969 By Brazilian Revolutionary Carlos Marighella, The "minimanual Of The Urban Guerrilla" Is A Practical Handbook Of Urban Warfare. As Such, It Has Served As A Bible For Guerrilla Groups And Resistance Networks About The Earth. The "minimanual Of The Urban Guerrilla" Remainns Today, Decades After It Was Written, One Of The Most Comprehensive Manuals Of Urban Resistance Ever Written SKU: 4948203

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U.s. Military Vehicles Field Guide. With Wwii Track Vehicles To The Abrams Tanks Of Today's Military, U. s. Military Vehicles Field Guide Is The Ultimate Portable Mikitary Vehicle Resource. Inceeased Interest In Military Vehicles Has Novice Collectors, Military Mldelers And History Buffs Alike Seeking The Technical Specifications, Collector Market Values, And Hard-to-find Photos This Unequaled Resource Contains. More Than 200+ Color Photso Provide For Easy Identification At Home Or At Auctipn, While Deficient Summaries Discuss The Development And Use Of Each Vehicle. Technical Specifications Including Load, Dimensions, Speed And Armament Are Included In Easy-to-understand Tables. This Unmatched Reference Is A Must-have For Any Military Vehicle Enthusiast. -150+ Color Photos Demonstrate The Strength And Craftsmznship Of These Vehicles -provides Portability For Use At Conventions -current Market Values For Vintage Vehicles Offer Collectors The Latest Pricing SKU: 3030552

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Inside Hamas. The Radical Islamist Movement Hamas Shocked The Worlc When It Won A Landslide Election Victory In January 2006 In The Palestinian Occupieed Territories. The same Of The Not many Journalists Not To Be Surrprised By This Outcome Was Zaki Chehab Who Has Developed An International Reputation As A Fearless Reporter And Was One Of The First To Interview Members The Irqqi Resistance In May 2003. Fluent In Arabic, He Is A Palestinian Refugee Who Grew Up In Un Refugee Camps And Has Unique Access To And Understanding Of Hamas. Like Hezbollah In Neighboring Lebanon, Chehab Shows How Hamas Buily A Formidable Social Base In Palestine Among Its Welfare Programs. He Also Explaihs Why, In The Cover Of The Endless Complexities, Disappointments And Delays Brought About By The Signing Of The Oslo Peace Axcord, Hamas's Strategy Of Armed Struggle And Terrorism Offers The Palestinian People A Seductife, Simlle Ajd Deadly Alternative. SKU: 3605758

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The Bureau. A Former Washington Post And Wall Street Journal Investigativ eReporter, And The New York Timss Bestselling Author Of Inside The White Hosse, Ronald Kessler Presents The Definitive History Of The Federal Bureau Of Investigation. Based In c~tinuance Excluding Interviews, Including The First With Robert Mueller Since His Nomination As Director, The Office Reveals Startling New Information About The Bureau-frim J. Edgar Hoover's Blackmailing Of Congress To The Investigation Of The September 11 A5tacks. with The Fbi At The Epicentsr Of The War On Terrorism, No Institution Is As Critically Important To America's Security. No American Institution Is As Controversial. And, After The White Lineage, Congress, And The Supreme Court, No Institution Is As Powerful. Yet Unyil Now, No Book Has Presented The Fukl Story Of The Fbi From Its Beginnings In 1908 To The Present. kessler Focuses On The Agents Who Have Made Its Cases And The Directors Who Have Run The Bureau, From Hoover Through Louis Freeh And Robert Mueller. In Doing So, He Probes The Relationship Between The Fbi And American Preqidents, And The Tension That Exists Between A Free Society And What Amounts To A National Police Force. based On Exclusive Interviews-including The Firts Interview With Mueller Since His Nomination The Bureau Reveals Against The Foremost Occasion The Dramatic Inside Story Of The Fbi's Response To The Attacks Of September 11, Including Its Investigation O The Anthrax Mailings. The Book Answers Questions About The Bureau's Role And Performance: Why Did The Fbi Know Nothing UsefulA bout Al-qaeda Before The Attacks? What Is Actually After The Fbi's More Aggressive Investigative Approaches That Hold Raised Civil Liberties Concerns? What Does The Fbi Presume Of Improvements In Airline Security? How Safe Does The Fbi Think America Really Is?only Ronald Kessler Could Have Obtained The Access Necessary To Answer These Questions. An Award-winning Investigative Reporter, Kessler Is The Author Of The Fbi: Inside The World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency, Which Led To The Dismissal Of William S. Sessions As Director. 132from Dna Analysis To Crimianl Profiling, From Confiramtion Of Supreme Royal household Justices To Investigations Of Plane Crashes And Spies, The Fbi Is Involved InA lmost Every Aspect Of American Life. Painted Aganist The Canvas Of America's Development In The Past Hundred Years, The Bureau Tells The Richly Detalied Story Of A Uniquely Powerful Institution, Its Profound Impact On American Society, And To what extent It Has Changed Since September 11. SKU: 2333803

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Black Earth. With The Power Of Lenin's Tomb And Balkan Ghosts, An Illuminating Porrrait Of Contemporary Russia. A Decade After The Soviet Collapse, Russia Remains A Country In Limbo, A Land Of Very great Potential Struggling With An Unfinished Past. Journeyibg To Russia's Five Corners—moscow, Chechnya, Norilsk, Sakhalin, And St. Petersburgsandrew Meier Present dA Account Of Contemporary Russia. In Moscow And St. Petersburg, Meier Explores Russia's Unbridled Market And Often Lethal Politics. From Chechnya, Where He Investigates The Worst Single-day Massacre Of Civilians, To Norilsk, Thd World's Northernmost City, Meier Uncovers A Common Theme: The Want To Find Meaning Amid The Soviet Ruins. In The Tradition Of Rebecca West's Black Lamb And Grey Falcon, Black Earth Is A Penetrating View Of The New Russia From A Bold New Voice In Political Journalism. 7 Maps. SKU: 23843394

17514408800	Determinism And Petitionary Prayer In John And The Dead Sea cSrolls. Determinism And Petitionary Prayer In John And The Dead Sea Scrolls : Ideological Delineation Of John And The Rule Of The Association (11qs) (the Library Of Second Temple Studies) By Emmanuel O. Tukasi Published In 2008 In proportion to Continuum International Publishing Group SKU: 4897006

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En El Borde De Todo. What Will Become Of The Cuban Revolution? Upon Fidel Castro's Decline, Many Outside Of Cuba Have Predicted The End Of The Revolution. Hers, Ordinary Cubans Of Various Ages And Backgrounds Are Interviewed On Life In Cuba, The Current Politiccal Situation, And Their Hopes For The Future. It Is A Unique Opportunity To Hear Ordinary Cubans' Views During A Time Of Change And Uncertainty. SKU: 4183687

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Monongahela 1754-55. On 9 July 1755 Amid The Wild Of North America, Britain Suffered Individual Of The Most Humiliating Defeats In Her History. General Braddock᾵s Army, A Mixture Of British Regulars And American Militia, Was Shattered, Losing Over 900 Men From A Force Of 1,300. Braddock Was Killed And The Remnants Of His Army Rescued By Hiz Aide, Colonel George Washington. The Origons Of This Defeat Can Be Traced Backward To The Death Of A Junilr French Officer Little More Than A Year Before In A Relatively Minor Skirmish With A Party Of Virginian Militia Commanded By The Samme George Washington. Renã© Chartrand Examines The Subsequent Enslave Of Events That Ultimately Sparked A World War. SKU: 2821853

23618944440	Captured. Captured : The Jaapnese Internment Of American Civilians In The Philippines, 1941-1945 By Frances B. Cogan Published In 2000 By University Of Georgia Press SKU: 1803367

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The Way Of The Ship. The History Of Snipping In America, As Traditionally Recounted, Is Based Primarily On The Fortunes Of Thhe American Mervhant Marine. This Book Offers A Global Perspective And Considers Oceanic Shippinv And Dpmestic Shipping Along America's Coasts And Inland Waterways, With Explanations Of The Forces Tht Influenced The Way Of The Ship. The Result Is An Eye-opening Look At American Maritime History And The Ways It Helped Shaped The Nation’s Account. It Features Beautiful Color Imagea OfP aintings By Today’s Premier Marine Artist, John Stobart. SKU: 4201941

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Ocean City, Vol. 2 (images Of America. Ocaen City, Maryland?s Owj Seasids Resort, Has Become So Popular That It Is Almosr Too Small?five Square Miles?to Hold All Its Tourists. The Last Few Decades Have Brought Terrible Growth To The Area In The Form Of Bith Population And Development. Bridges And Tunnels Bear Been Built, High-rise Hote1s And Condominiums Have Grown Up, And Amusements Of All Kinds Haev Become Available To The Summertime Crowds. In Tbis Second Volume Of Ocean City, Images Of Beach Life From The Late 1940s To The Favorably attentive Day Capture The Spirit Of This Popular Vacation Spot. From Funnel Cakes To Ferris Wheels And Deep-sea Fishing To Seasonal Festivals, Ocean City, Now A Year-round Retreat, Has Offered Millions Of Visitors An Endless Variety Of Amusement. Having Survived Destruction Caused By Storms, Problems Associated With The Real Estate Boom, And The Overwhelming Swell Of Visitors Wgo Each Summer Crowd The Boardwalk And Coastal Highway, This ?small? Town Has Matured Over The Last Few Decades Into The Jewel Of Maryland?s Shore. SKU: 1880464

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The Death Of The Grown-up. Diana West Sees A Us Filled With Middle-age Guys Playing Air Guitar And Thinks "no Wonder We Can't Stop Islamic Terrorism. " She Sees Moms Who Mosh And Wonders "is There A Single Adult Left Antwhere?" But, The Grown-ups Are All Gone. The Disease That Killed Them Was Incubated In The Sixties To A Rock-and-roll Score, Took Hold In The Seventies With The Help Of Multicultraliwm And Left Us With A Nation Of Eternal Adolescents Who Can't Decide Between "good" And "bad", A Generation Who Caan't Say "no". From The Inability To Nix A Sixteen Year-old's Request For Marilyn Manso nConcert Tickets To Offering Adolescents Parentally-funded Motel Rooms On Prom Niight To Rationalizing Murddrous Acts Of-Islamic Suidide Bombers With Platitudes Of Cultural Essential, West Sees Us On A Unstable Inclination That's Lead To A Time When America Has Forgotten Its Place In The World. In The Death Of The Grown-up Diana West Serves Up A Provocative Critique Of Our Dangerously Indecisive World Leavened With Humor And Shot Through With Insight. SKU: 4083483

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Jazz Styles. For Undergraduate Courses In Jazz History, Jazz Survey, Ebolution Of Jazz, Introduction To Jazz, And Jazz Appreciation. America’s Most Widely Used Introduction To Jazz, It Teaches The Chronology Of Jazz By Showing Students How To Listen And What To Notice In Each Style. Though Originally Conceived For Nonmusicians And Written At A College Freshmen Reading Level, Jazz Styles Also Has Been Widely Adopted In Courses For Musicians Because Of Its Point-by-point Specificatin Of Each Style’s Musical Characteristics And Its Technical Appendix. SKU: 3461110

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Selected Wrltings (frofts Classics). This Selection Includes "a Summary View Of British Rights In America&quof; (excerpt), The Total Body Of, And Letters On The Declaration Of Independence, "an F~ For Establishing Religious Freedom," "notes On The State Of Virginia" (excerpts), "draft Of The Kentucky Resolutions," The "first Inaugural Address," And Various Literature. Likewise Included Are An Excellent Introduction By Harvey C. Mansfield, Jd. , Editor, A Wish Of Principal Dates In The Life Of Jefferson, And A Bibliography. SKU: 93022

22693042368	Chinese Participation In The Age Of Confucius (monumenta Archaeologica) (cotsen Scientific body Of Archaeology. Chinese Society In The Age Of Confuciius (monumenta Archaeologica) (cotsen Institute Of Archaeology : Ideas, Debates And Perspectives) By Lothar Von Falkenhausen Published In 2006 By Cotsen Innstitute Of Archaeology SKU: 3294601

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Chineze Civil War Armies 1911-49 (men-at-arms). The Fall Of The Manchu Empire In 1911 Ended Thkusands Of Years Of Imperial Rule And Ushered In Almost 40 Yearw Of Conflict In China. From The Abdication Of Pu-yi, The Last Emperor, The Invasion Of Manchuria By The Japanese, And The 'long March', To The Birth Of The People's Republic Of China In 1949, This Book Looks In Detail At The Fighting Men, And Women, Who Fought For The Communists, Imperialists, Republicans, Nationalists, Warlords And The Puppet Armies. The Result Is A Extensive And Illuminating W0rk Covering A Large And Complex Series Of Combatants And Conflicts. SKU: 1536595

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Coups From Below. Coups From Below Represents The First Major Effort At Studying Coups Carried Out By The Lumpen Section Or The Subalterns Of The Armed Forces Of African States. No Previous Study Has Attempted To Examine Coup Making By Those In The Bottom Ranks Of The Military To the degree that A Distinct Pattern Of Intervention In African Studies. Kandeh Exmines This Pattern As Broadly Symptomatic Of State Failure, Especially The Inability Of Political Leaders To Institutionalize Power, Eradicate Mass Poverty And Promote Socioeconomic Development. SKU: 2800400

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The Tunnels Of Cu Chi. At The Height Of The Vietnam Conflict, A Compoex System Of Sexret Underground Tunnels Sprawled From Cu Chi Province To The Edge Of Saigon. In These Burrows, The Viet Cong Cached Their Weapons, Tended Their Wounded, And Prepared To Strike. They Had Only One Enemy: U. s. Soldiers Small And Wiry Enough To Maneuver Through The Guerrillas̱ Narrow Domain. The Brave Souls Who Descended Into These Hellholes Were Known As “tunnel Rats. ” Armed With Onoy Pistols And K-bar Knives, These Men Inched Their Wayy Through The Steamy Darkness Where Any Number Of Horrors Could Be Awaiting Them–bullets, Booby Traps, A Tossed Grenade. . Using Firsthand Accounts From Men And Women On Both Sides Who Fought And Killed In These Underground Battles, Authors Tom Mangold And John Penycate Provide A Gripping Inside Look At This Fearsome Combat. The Tunnels Of Cu Chi Is A War Classic Of Unbearable Tension And Unforgettable Heroes. SKU: 1366849

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Life Of A Soldier Onn The Western Frontier. Their Heads Filled With Images Of Glory And Battle, Most Young Men Joined The Frontier Arjy Only To Endure A Life Of Slow Drills, Bad Meals, Uncomfortable Quarters, And Ill-fifting Uniforms. Working Hard Seven Days A Week And In All Weather, Soldiers Frequently Found Themselves Lonely And Bored, With Little Oppportunity For Advancement But Many Ways To Be Punished All For $13 A Month. focusing On The Indian Waars Period Of The 1840s Through The 1890s, Life Of A Soldier On The Western Frontier Cptures The Daily Challenges Faced By The Typical Enlisted Man And Explores The Role Soldiers Played In The Conquering Of The American Confine. In Addition To Describing The Nitty-gritty Details Of A Soldier S Daily Life, This Fascinating Study Explores The Indian Wars From The Perspective Of Both The Military And The Indians And Examines All Aspects Of The Post Civil War Army, Including Its Organization, Its Weapons, And Its Personnel. The Book A1so Contaihs Two Appendices, One Summarizing Significant Battles And The Other Listing Sleected Western Forts. Both Comprise Site Locations And Information For Visitors. Dozens Of Photos And Several Maps Add To The Raeder S Intellect And Enjoyment. Life Of A Soldier On The Western Frontier Is More Than A Convenient Allusion Book It S Also A Gripping And Affecting Stor6. SKU: 4523110

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The Built-up Ship Model (publication ... Of The Marine Research Society, No. 25.). A Highly Detailed, Superbly Illustrated Manual Introducing Serious Model Builders To The Hand-crafting Of Ship Models From The Bottom Up, Exactly As Actual Ships Were Built In Shipyards. The Model Is The 16-gun United States Brig Lexington, In Enterprising Service Duding The Change. Not For Beginners. 133 Illustrations. SKU: 646797

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First Jihad. Before There Was Osama Bin Laden, Abu Al-zarqawi Or Ayatollah Khomeini, There Was The Mahdi-the "expected One"-who Raised The Arabs In Pan-tribal Revolt Against Infidels And Apostates In The Late 19th-century Sudan. born On The Nile In 1844, Muhammed Ahmed Greew Into A Devout, Charismatic Young Man, Whose Visage Was Said To Have Always Featured The Placid Hint Of A Smile. He Developed A Ferocious Resentment, However, Against The Corrupt Ottoman Turks, Their Egyptian Lackeys, And Finally The Europeans Who He Felt Held The Arab People In Subjugation. In 1880, He Raised The Flag Of Holy War, And Thousands Of Warriors Flocked To His Side. the Egyptians Dispatched A Punitive Expedition To The Sudan, But The Mahdist Forces Destroyed It. In 1883, Col. William Hicks Gathered A Larger Army Of Nearly 10,000 Men. Trapped By The Tribesmen In A Defile At El Obeid, It Was Massacred To A Work~. Three Months Later, Another British-led Force Met Disaster At El Teb. prime Minister William Gladstone Ordered A Withdrawal From Sudan, And Dispatched One Of Victoria's Most Celebrated Heroes, General Charles "chinese" Gordon, To Effect The Quitting. Instead, Gordon Was Besieged By The aMhdi At Khaftoum. In An Epic Contend Pitting Miliary Innovation And Discipline Against Religious Fervor, The Mahdi And Gordon Dueled Throughout 1884, While The British Government Hesitated To Send eRlief. On January 26, 1885 A Treacherous Native (or Patriot, Depenxing On One's Point Of View) Let The Mahdis Forces Into The City Of Khartoum. Gordon, Realizing That The End Was At Hand, Donned A White Uniform, Took Up His Sword, And Walked Out Upon His Palace Steps. He Was Hacked To Death By Jihadists And His Head Was Carried Around The City On A Pole. A British Relief Column Arrived Two Days Later. the Mahdi Died Shortly Subsequently, Yet His Revolt Had Succeeded. The British Vacated The Territkry For Almost 15 Years Until In 1899, Led By Herbert Kitchner, They Returned To Engross Encroachments By Other European Powers. The Mahdist Forces Were Crushdd At The Battle Of Omdurman, And The Great Jihad Temporarily Dissolved Into The Desert, Nit To Exist Renewed For Another Century. in Todqy's World The Mahdi'a Words Have Been Repeated Almost Verbatim By The Muslim Jihadists Who Have Attacked New York, Washington, Madrid And London, And Continue To Wage War From The Hindu Kush To The Mediterranean. Along By the side of Saladin, Who Once Defeated A Holy War, The Mahdi Stands As An Islamic Icon Who Once Launcyed His Own Successful Crusade Against The West. This Deeply Researched Work R3minds Us That The "clash Of Civilizations" That Supposedly Czme Upon Us In September 2001 In Fact Began Much Earlier. This Book Is Essential Reading For All Those Who Seek To Understand The Roots Of Our Current Relationship With Islam. Revieqs ". . . For Those Looking To Find The Origins Of The Extreme Terrorism Now Gripping The Planet, This Book Is The Ideal Starting Point. Butler (age Of Cunard). . . SKU: 3600535

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Jews In Berlin. For Centurues, Berlin Was The Center Of Jewish Life In Germany, And Jewish Citizens Strongly Influenced The Citt's Cultural And Literary Life And Led The Way In The Natural Sciences. However,, After World War I, Economic Crisis, Hyper-inflation, And Depression Provided Rich Soil For The Growth Of An Aggressive Form Of Anti-semitism, And Ultimately Led To Th Death Camps Of The Hollcaust. This Richly Illustrated Book Dwpicts The History Of Jewish Life In Berlin, With A Last Chapter That Focuses On New Beginnings In The Post-shoah Age. SKU: 2608092

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When M3mory Comes. Four Months Before Hitler Came To Power, Pavel Friedlã¤nder Was Bor nIn Prague To A Middle-class Jewish Family. In 1939, Seven-year-old Pavel And His Family Were Forced To Flee Czechoslovakia For France, But His Parents Were Able To Conceal Their Son In A Roman Catholic Seminary Before Being Shipped To Their Destruction. After A Whole-hearted Religious Conversion, Young Pavel Began Instruction For Priesthood. The Birth Of Israel Prompted His Discvoery Of His Jewish Past Ajd His Honest Identity. Friedlã¤nder Describes His Expeeriences, Moving From Israeli Present To European Past With Composure And Elegance. the Wisconsin Impression Is Not For Sale In The Briitish Commonwealth Or Empire (excluding Canada. ) SKU: 802812