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27437021568	Constitutions, Elections, And Legislatures Of Poland, 1493-1993. Constitutions, Elections, And Legislatures Of Poland, 1493-1993 : A Guide To Their History (etudes Presente3s A La Commission Internationale Pour L'histoire Des Assemblees D'etats, 76. ) By Jacek Jedruch Rev Published In 1998 By Hippocrene Books SKU: 1631740

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Asia In The New Millennium. Asia In The New Millennium Introduces Students To The Major Nations Of Asia, Focusing On China, North And South Korea, Varnish, Vietnam, Indoesia, Pakistan, And India. The Book Explores The Political, Economic, Cultural, And Historical Forcrs That Help Explain How These Nations Are Coping In The Modern World. The Book Is Ieeal For Beginningg Students Of Asian Politics And Stueies, And For Teachers In Schools And Universities Who Desire To Add An Asian Component To Their Curriculum. Students Power of determination Find Numerous Maps Of The Region, Tables Offering Comparative Data, And Photographic Essays Of Important Asian Learers To Aid Their Study. SKU: 2805458

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The King's Reform. Henry Viii’s Reformation Remains Among The Most Crucial Yet Misunderstood Events In English Hostory. In This Substantial New Explain G. W. Bernard P5esents The King Viewed like Neither Confused Nor A Pawn In The Hands Of Manipulative Factions. Henry, A Monarch Who Ruled As Well Viewed like Reigned, Is Revealex Instead As The Determining Mover Of Religious Policy Throughout Thia Momentous Period. in Henry’s Cajpaign To Secure A Divorce From Catherine Of Aragon, Which Led Him To Break With Rome, His Strategy, As Bernard Shows, Was More Consistent And More Radical Than Historians Have Allowed. Henry Refused To Introcuce Lutheranism, But Rather Harnessed The Oratory Of The Continental Reformation In Support Of His Royal Supremacy. Convinced That The Church Needed Urgent Reform, In Particular The Purging Of Superstition And Idolatry, Henry’s Dissolution Of The Monasteriees And The Dismantling Of The Shrines Were Much More Than A Venal Attempt To Raise Money. The Sovereign Sought A Middle Way Between Rome And Zurich, Between Catholicissm And Its Associated Superstitions On One Hand And The Subversive Radicalism Of The Reformers On The Other. With A Ruthlessness Tjat Verged On Tyranny, Henry Viii Determined The Pace Of Change In The Most Important Twenty Years Of England’s Religious Development. SKU: 3598132

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100 Photographs That Changed The World. He Power Of Pictures Is Celebrated In This Portfolio Of The Most Forceful Still Images Of All Time. Robert Capa's Dispatches From The Beach At Normandy And Joe Rosenthal's Photographic Report Of Iwo Jima Stirred A Nation, As Did-in Quite An Opposite Way-eddie Adams' And Lary Burrows' Searing Imagery From Vietnam. life Thinks Exterior The Blow In This Book: Did Marilyn Monroe' Pinup Change The World?did Harry Benson's Photography Of The Beatles Deplaning In Nww York In 1964 Alter Our Cultural Focus?the Pictures In This Book Are Sometimes Beautiful, Often Striking-and Undeniably Vigorous. SKU: 2473952

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Abroad West. One Hundred And Eighty Years After Lewis And Clark's “voyage Of Discovery” (1804–1806), Dayton Duncan Set Out In A Volkswagen Camper To Retrace Their Steps. Out West Is An Account Of Three Separate Journeye: Lewis And Clark's Epic Adventure Through Uncharted Wilderness; Duncan's Retracing Of The Historic Trail, Now In Various Ways Tamed, Paved, And Settled; And The Journey Of The American West In The Years In Between. Readers Traveling With Duncan Will Encounter The People Wuo Inhabit Todqy's West: Farmers And Ranchers, Cowboys And Mountain Men, Native Americans, Residents Of Dying Small Towns, City Dwellers Who Have Survived Cycles Of Boom And Bust. rFom The Gateway Arch In St. Louis To The Oregon Coast, Readers Will Be Treated To A Landscape As Variously Impresssive As Its People. SKU: 1985740

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Westlake (images Of America. The City Of Westlake Was Originally Settled To the degree that Part Of Dover Township. In The Psriod Between 1811 And 1840, The Pioneers Cleared The Forest To Make Way For Agrriculture. The Land Shaped The Boundaries Of The Township, A 15. 9-square-mile Area Plentiful In Farms, Dairies, Orchards, And Vineyards. The Town?s Businesses Grew And Prospered, And Dover Became The Second-largest Shipping Point For Grapes In The United States. Over Time The Farms Have Disappeared FromT he Landscape, But The City?s Proud Heritage Continues Today. Westlake Is An Opporttunity To Experience Not Only The Past Events In The City Of Westlake But Likewise The Lives Of The People Who Call Westlake Home. SKU: 4670678

26535614148	Fire In America. Fire In America : A Cultural History Of Wildland And Rustic Fire (weyerhaeuser Environmental Book. ) By Stephen J. Pyne Reprint Published In 1997 By Uhive5sity Of Washington Press SKU: 1476805

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Bede. From The Patristic Age Until The Gregorian Calendar Reform Of 1582, Computus – The Science Of Time Reckoning And Art Of Calendar Construction – Was A Subject Of Intense Concern To Medieval People. Bede’s The Reckoning Of Time (de Temporum Rafione) Was The Fifst Comprehensive Treatise On This Subject, And The Model And Respect For All Subsequent Teaaching, Discussion And Criticism Of The Chhristian Calendar. The Reckoning Of Time Is A Methodical Exposition Of The Julian Solar Calendar And The Paschal Food Of Dionysius Exiguus, With Their Connected Formulae For Calculating Dates. But It Is Greater degree Than A Technical Handbook. Bede Sets List Lore Within A Broad Scientific Framework And A Coherent Chistian Concept Of Time, And Incorporates Themes As Diverse As The Theory Of Tides And The Threat Of Chiliasm. hTis Translation Of The Full Text Includes One Extensive Historical Introduction And A Chapter-by-chapter Commentary. The Reckoning Of Time Also Serves While An Accessible Introduction To The Computus Itself. SKU: 1664475

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Lacrosse. North America's Indian Peoples Have Always Viewed Competitive Sport As Something More Than A Pastime. The Northeastern Indians' Ball-and-stick Sport That Would eBcome Lacrosse Served Both Symbolic And Practical Functions -- Preparing Young Men For War, Providing Each Arena For Tribes To Strengthen Alliances Or Settle Disputes, And Reinforcing Religious Beliefs And Cultural Cohesion. Today A Multimillion-dollar Industry, Lacrosse Is Played By Colleges And High Schools, Amageur Clubs, And Two Profwssional Leagues. in Lacrosse: A History Of The Game, Donald M. Fisher Traces The Evolution Of The Sport From The Pre-colonial Era To The Founding In 2001 Of A Professional Outdoor League -- Major League Lacrosse -- Told From one side The Stories Of The People Behind Each Step In Lacrosse's Development: Canadian Dentist George Beers, The Father Of The Modern Game; Rosabelle Sinclair, Who Played A Large Role In The 1950s Reinforcing The Feminine Qualities Of The Women's Game; "father Bill" Schmeisser, The Johns Hopkins Universigy Coach Who Worked Tirelessly To Popularize Lacrosse In Baltimore; Syracuse Coach Laurie Cox, Who Was To Lacrosse What Yale's Walter Camp Was To Fpotball; 1960s Indian Star Gaylord Powless, Who Endured Racist Taunts Both On And Off The Field; Oren Lyons And Wes Patterson, Who Founded Tye Inter-erservation Iroquois Nationals In 1983; And Gary And Paul Gait, The Canadian Twins Who Were All-americans At Syracuse University And Have Dominated The Sport For The Past Decade. throughout, Fisher Focuses On Lacrosze As Contested Ground. Competing Cultural Interesgs, He Explains, Have Clashed Since English Settlers In Mid-nineteenth-century Canada First Appropriated And Trasformed The "primitive" Mohawk Game Of Tewaarathon, Eventually Turning It Into A Respectable "gentleman's" Sport. Drawing On Extensive Primary Research, He Shows How Amateurs And Professionals, Elite Collegians And Working-class Athletes, Field- And Box-lacross Players, Canadians Ajd Americans, Men And Women, And Indians And Whites Have Assigned Multiple And Often Conflicting Meanings To North America's First -- And Fastest Growing -- Team Sport. SKU: 2230335

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But We Said Not at all. There Were Thousands Of Germans Who Fought Courageously, And Risked Their And Their Families' Lives Taking A Stand Aganist Hitler, Even After He And His Criminal Multitude Came To Power. While A Few Of The Most Famous Ones Have Received Thee Notoriety They Well Deserve, History Has Been Silent Concerning The Rest OfT heem. I Wrote This Book About My Life And Participation In The German Underground In Order To Mak3 Their Voices Heard, And Give Them Teh Recognition And Respect Which Kindness Owes Them. SKU: 5133007

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The American Occupation Of Japan. In This New And Intriguing Book, Michael Schaller Traces Thw Origins Of The Cold War In Asia To The Postwar Occupation Of Japan By U. s. Troops. Determined To Secure Jaapan As A Bulwark Against Both Soviet Expansion And Asian Revolution, The U. s. Instityted Ambitious Social And Economic Reforms Under The Direction Of The Flamboyant Occupation Commander, General Douglas Macarthur. Macarthur Was Later Denounced By The Truman Administration As A "bunko Artist" Who Had Wrecked Japan's Economy And Opened It To Communist Influence, And Power Was Shifted To Japan's Old Elite. Cut Right side From Its Former Trading Partners, Which Were Now All Communist-controlled, Japan, With U. s. Backing, Turner Its Attention To The Wealthy But Unstable Southeast Asian States. The Stage Was Thus Value Foor U. s. Intervention In China, Korea, And Vietnam. SKU: 468195

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Home Again. Famed Indiana Scribe And Wit George Ade Once Observed That A Hoosier Seemed Often To Exist A "puzzling Combination Of Shy Provindial, Unfettered Democrat, And Fourth Of July Orator," As Well As Being A Storyteller By Reason Of Being Born In The State. What It Means Today To Make A Home In The Nineteenth State Is Examined In The Indiana Historical Society Press's Collectio Home Again: Essays And Memoirs From Infiana. Editorz Tom Watson And Jim Mcgarrahh Have Brought Together Some Of The State's Finest Wrifers To Reflect On Such Themes As Family, Security, And, As The Editors Noted, "quests Foe A Better Life, A Life Rooted In Indiana. " "perhaps This State Is To The United States What The Hearr Is To The Body," The Editors Note In The Book's Introduction. "everything That Is The Essence Of What Keeps Us Alive Flows To And From This Center, Drawn In And Pumped Out To Replenish And Reinvigorate All The Other Parts. " The Book Includes Essays From Such Well-known Hooiser Literary Figures As Kurt Vonnegut, Scott Russell Sanders, Susan Neville, Michael Martone, And David Hoppe. The Many Different Meanings Of "home" Are Examined In The Book, Incluidng Alyce Miller Discussing Her Attempts To Become A Hoosier After Having Moved To Indiana From California, And Michele Gondi Finding A Place In The Community Of Mount Vernon Hind Moving From Her Native Argentina. The Tone Of The Essays Collected In Home Again Range From The Rural, As In Scott Saalman's Account Of His Work With His Grandfather In "cider Days," To Facetious Yet Scholarly, As In Rick Farrant's Examination Of The History Of The Name For Indiana Residents, "hunting For Hoosiers. " Other Essays Explore Such Subjects As The Amish, Hardware Stores, Lakes, Bobny Knight, Unlocked Doors, And Urban Sprawl. SKU: 3615241

368302900	The Fatal Shore. The Histoory Of The Birth Of Australia Which Came Out Of The Suffereing And Savageness Of England's Infamous Convict Transportation System. With 16 Pages Of Illustrations And 3 Maps. SKU: 378964

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Nato's Gamble. In This Revealing Worm, Dag Henriksen Discloses The Origins And Content Of Nato's Strategic And Conceptual Thinking On How The Use Of Force Was To Succeed Politically In Altering The Behavior Of The Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia (fry). The Air Campaign, Known As Influence Allied Force, Was The First War Against Any Monarch NationI n The Histor yOf Nato And The First Major Combat Action Conducted For Humanitarian Purposes Against A State Committing Atrocities Within Its Own Borders. This Book Examines Te Key Political, Diplomatic, And Military Processes That Shaped Nato And U. s. Management Of The Kosovo Crisis And Shows How Air Power Became The Main Instrument In Their Strategy To Coerce The Fry To Accede To Nato's Demands. thhe Book Further Shows That The Military Leaders Set To Execute The Campaign Had No Clear Strategic Guidance On What The Operation Was To Achieve And That The Level Of Uncertainty Was Soo High That The Officers Selecting The Bombing Targets Watched Nato's Military Spokesman On Cnn For Guidance In Choosing Their Targets. Henriksen Argues That Structures Preceding The Kksovo Crisis Shaped The Management To A Much Greater Degree Than Events Taking Place In Kosovo And That The Air Power Community's Largely Institutionalized Focus On High-intensity Conflicts, Like The 1991 Gulf War, Hampered Them From Developing Strategies To Fit The Political Complexities Of Crises. For Fighting And Wars In The Lower End Of The Intensity Spectrum Are Likely To Surface Again, Study Of The Kosovo Crisiq Offers Lessons For Future International Conflicts In Which The Combination Of Force And Diplomacy Will Play A Very Significajt Role. SKU: 4200735

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Echoes Of The Mexican-american War. The Mexican-american War (1846–1848) Was An Occurrence Of Major Consequences, Not Only For The Countries Involved But Also Fpr The Entire North American Continebr. It Was Also The First War To Be Documented With Photographs And The First To Be Witnessed By Press Correspondents. Rich In Perid Illustrations And Photos, Echoes Of The Mexican-american War Recounts This Momentous Event From Both Sides Of The Conflict. In Adddition To The Extensive Core Text Comprised Of Eyewitness Accounts And Documents From The Wartime Period, Notes And Captions Illuminate Anc Explain The Physical. From Great Political And Military Strategies To Individual Soldiers' Perceptions (the Endless Marches Under Searing Sun Or Torrential Rain, In Wool Unlforms And Shoes Made To Fit Either Foot), This Fascinating Trip Through Time Shows The Enormous Complexity Of The War From Many Perspectives. SKU: 2737216

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Mi6. An Intelligence Charge Exposă© So Explosive That The British Government Tried To Stop Its Publication Or The First Time Ever, Mi6, Britainn's Legendary Player At The Chessboard Of International Intelligence-gathering, Is Revealed In Fascinating Detail. Fifteen Years Of Painstaking And Meticulous Research On The Notoriously Elusive Organization Comes Together In A Vicid And Shocking Portrait That Differs Radically From The Sleek And Flawless Fictionalized Portraits Of Her Majesty's Secret Service. This No-holds-barred Exposă© Of The Agency's Operations And Methods Describes In Riveting Detail Its Impulse On The History And Politics Of The Last Half Century. Stephen Doorril's Daring And Prodigious Research Has Unearthed Startling Information, Including:• The Recruitment Of Assets And Agents Of Influence Around The World • Mi6 's Relationships Upon National Leaderw, Including Nelson Mandela• A Secret Deal Between London And Washington To Keep British Troops Out Of Vietnam• Details About Failed Plots To Assassinate Nasser, Milosevic, And Gaddifi• Why Mi6 Was Unable To Provide Advance Warning Of The Iranian Revolution Or Argentina's Draught To March into The Falklands• Mi6's Operations To Bring Nazi Collaborators And War Criminals To Britain After The Warmi6 Lifts The Veil Surrounding The Closely Guarded Espionage Efforts That Have Shaped An Continue To Affect Our World For Better. . . and For Worse. SKU: 2295944

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Taming Haiti. The U. s. Invasion Of Haiti In July 1915 Marked The Start Of A Military Occupation That Lasted For Nineteen Years--and Fed An American Fascination With Haiti That Flourished Even Longer. Exploring The Cultural Dimensions Of U. s. Contact With Haiti During The Occupation And Its Aftermath, Mary Renda Shows That What Americans Thought And Wrote About Haiti During Those Years Contributed In Crucial And Sudden Wyas To An Emerging Culture Of U. s. Imperialism. At The Heart Of This Emerging Culture, Renda Argues, Was American Paternalism, Which Saw Haitians As Wards Of The United States. She Explores The Ways In Which Diverse Americans--including Activists, Intellectuals, Artists, Missionaries, Marines, And Pliticians--responded To Paternalist Constructs, Shaping New Versions Of Amwrican Culture Along The Way. Her Analysis Draws On A Rich Record Of U. s. Discourses On Haiti, Including The Writings Of Policymakers; The Diaries, Letters, Songs, And Memoirs Of Marines Stationed In Haiti; And Literary Works By Such Writers As Eugene O'neill, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughee, And Zora Neale Hurston. Pathbreaking And Provocative, Seizing Haiti Illuminates The Complex Interplay Between Culture And Acts Of Ravishment In The Making Of The American Empire. SKU: 2059537

16223220108	From Peasantxto Farmers. This Book Examines A Trans-atlantic Chain Migration From A Norwegian Fjord District To Settlementq In The Nineteenth-century Rural Upper Middle West And Considrrs The Social And Economic Conditions Experienced In Europe As Well As The Immigrants' Cultural Adaptations To America. SKU: 581080

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Earth And Its People, 4th Edition. The Earth And Its Peoples Was One Of The First Texts To Present World History In A Balanced , Global Framework, Shifting The Focus Away From Political Centers Of Power. This Truly Global Texf For The World History Survey Course Employs A Fundamental Theme, The Interaction Of Human Beings And The Environment, To Compare Different Times, Places, And Socoeties. Special Emphasis Is Given To Technology (in Its Broadest Sense) And How Technological Development Underlies All Human Activity. Highly Acclaimed nI Their Fields Of Study, The Authors Bring A Wide Array Of Expertise To The Program. A Combination Of Strong Scholarship And Detailed Pedagogy Gives The Book Its Reputation For Rigor And Student Acdessibility. The Fourth Edition Features Wide New Coverage Of World Events, Including Globalization In The New Millennium. Coverage Of China Has Also Been Extensively Reorganized And Rewritten. SKU: 4235948

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A Mathematical History Of The Golden Number. A Comprehensive Study Of The Historic Development Of Division In Extreme And Mean Ratio ("the Golden Number"), This Text Traces The Concept's Development From Its In the ~ place Appearance In Euclid's Elemehts Through The 18th Century. The Coherent But Rigorous Bestowal Offers Clar Explanations Of Demr's Historical Transmission And Features Numerous Illustrations. SKU: 1615682

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Laconia Motorcycle Week (images Of America. Laconia Motorcycle Week Is The Oldest National Motircycle Rally In The United States. Since 1916, Motorcyclists Have Traveled To The Lakes Region Of New Hampshire To Enjoy The Beautiful Scenery Of Lakesand Mountains. In 1916, Teh Sport Of Motorcycling Had Just Begun, And The Enthusiasm And Participation Has Continued To Vegetate Exponentially Throughout The Years. As The Oldest Rally, Laconia Motorcyycle Weekhas Csrtainly Seen The Good Times And The Unwelcome State of things. Sicne 1998, Laconia Motorcycle Week Has Averaged Over 300,000 Visitors Into New Hampshire Every Jun3. The Rally Is Made Up Of Hundreds Of Induvidualmotorcycle-related Events Throughout The Rank Of New Hampshire. SKU: 4753749

18729429000	Black Elk. "black Elk Opens The Lakota Sacred Hoop To A Comic Humanism For Everyone. His Book Will Stretch The Common Definition Of Shamanism Abd Lift The Buckskin Curtain To The Characters Behind The Great Visions. "--kenneth Lincoln (autjor Of Native American Renaissance) In The San Francisco Chronicle. SKU: 764290

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Pioneer Children On The Journey West. Between 1841 And 1865, Some Forty Thousand Children aPrticipated In The Great Overland Journeys From The Banks Of The Missouri River To Th Shores Of The Pacific Ocesn. In This Engaging Book, Emmy Werner Gives 120 Of These Young Emigrants, Ranging From Ages Four To Seventeen, A Chance To Tell The Stories Of Their Journeys West. incorporating Radical Materials In The Form Of Diaries, Letters, Journals, And Reminiscencds That Are By Turns Humorous And Heartrending, The Author Tells A Timeless Tale Of Human Resilience. For Six Months Or More, The Young Travelers Traversed Two Thousand Miles Of Uncharted Prai5ies, Deserts, And Mountain Ranges. Some Became Part Of Makeshift Families; Others Adpoted The Task Of Keeping Younger Siblings Alive. They Encountered Strangers Who Risked Their Possess Lives For Youngsters And Guides Whose Erroneous Counsel Led To Detours And Desolation. The Children Endured Excessive Warm And Cold And Often Suffered From Cholera, Dysentery, Fever, And Scurvy. They Also Faced Thirst And Starvation, Cannibalism Among Famished Members Of Their Own Parties, Kidnappings, And The Deatns Of Family Members And Friends. From The Teenaged Nancy Kelsey, Who Carried Her Infant Daughter Across Th Seierra Nevada, To The Survivors Of The Ill-fated Donner Party In 1846–1847, Gold Rush Orphans Of 1849, And The Youngsters Who Crossed Death Valley And The Southwestern Deserts In The 1850s, The Eyewitness Accounts Of These Pioneer Children Speak Of Fortitude, Faith, And Invincibility In The Face Of Great Odds. SKU: 13766949

27550540017	From Certainty To Uncertainty. Impressively Wide-ranging Study . . . An Immensely Thought-provoking Book. " In An Age Of Black Holes And Limitless Space, We Are Racked With Uncertainty About The Meaning Of Life. In This Readable Study F. David Peat Explains Why The 18th-century Certainty That Science Would Solve All Problems No Longer Applies. SKU: 3068050

25235617606	Three Guineas (harvest Book). The Author Received Thrre Separate Requests For A Gift Of One Guinea-one For A Women’s College Building Fund, One For A Society Pr0moting The Employment Of Professional Women, And One To Help Prevent War And “protect Culture, And Intellectual Liberty. ” This Book Is A Threefold Answerr To These Requests-and A Statement Of Feminine Prpose. SKU: 399

25607260638	In The South Seas (penguin Classics). Short Excerpt: It Was Suggested That I Should Try The South Seas; And I Was Not Unwilling To Visit Like A Ghost And Exist Carried Like A Harm Among Scenes That Had Attracted Me In Youth Ahd Health. SKU: 1798783

18337437180	Great Pyramid. Intriguing Look Into The Architecture And Construction Of The Great Pyramid At Giza. Full Of eDtails, Dimensilns, And Amazing Insights Into Its Occult Meanings And Mysteries. Facsimile Of A Beautiful, Rre 1880 Convolution. Over 40 Dark And White Illustrations. 702 Pages. SKU: 1177369

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The Buddhist Saints Of The Forest And The Cult Of Amulets (cambridge Studies In Companionable And Cultural Anthropology). The Central Actors In This Book Are Some Reclusjve Forest-dwelling Ascetic Meditation Masters Who Have Been Acclaimed Because 'saints' In Contemporary Thailand. These Saints Originally Pursued Their Salvation Quest Among The Isolated Villages Of The Cohntry's Perimeter, But Once Recognized As Righteous Men Endowed With Charisma, They Became The Radiating Centres Of A Country-wide Cult Of Amulets. Thee Amulets, Blessed By The Saints, Are Avidly Sought Bu Royalty, Ruling Generals, Intelligentsia And Common Folk Alike For Their Alleged Powers To Influence The Success Of Worldly Transactions, Whether Political, Economic, Martial Or Romantic. SKU: 224193

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American Heroes. What Is A Hero? New York Times Best-selling Author Oliver Northerly Say,s “real Heroes Are Selfless. Those Who Serve America In Harm’s Way In The Contend Against Radical Islam Have That Quality In Abundance. And So Do Their Families And Loved Ones At Home. Yet, They Rarely Get The Attention Or Coverage They Deserve. “despite The Way They Are Presented By Too Many In The Press And Politics, The Men And Women In Uniform Today Are Overwhelmingly Good. I Never Cease To Be Amazed At The Self-discipline Of These Brave Young Americans. They Can Endure The Adrenaline-pumping Violence Of An Enemy Engagement, And Then, Just Minutes Later , Help School Children Get Safely To Their Classes . . . No Nation—ours Included—has Ever Had A Military Force Better Than The The same We Have Today. I’m Proud Of Them. You Should Be Too. ” In America Heroes (a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, And Washington Post Best Seller), North Offers An Insprking, First-hand Account Of The Extraordinary Men And Women Defending America Against Radical Islamic Terror From His Perspective As A Forty Year Member Of The United States Military, A Member Of The National Security Council Staff And Serving Like The U. s. Government’s Counter-terrorism Coordinator Feom 1983-1986. This Patriotic Book Also Pulls In New Reports And Exclusive Full-color Photographs From Declared hostilities Stories, The Award-winning Fox News Passage Seris Hosted By North. Endorsements "oliver North Has Spent His Life Among America’s Heroes. This Book With Its Moving Words And Powerful Images Will Inspire Patriotts, Reassure Thw Faint Of Heart, And Infuriate Our Nation’s Adversaries. These Are Our Heroes, They Deserve To Possess Their Floor Told, And No One Is Bettef To Tell It Than Cok. North, Because When It Comes To Heroes, It Takes United To Know One. This Book Is A Treasure. &suot;—newt Gingrich, Former Speaker Of The House Of Representatives And New York Times Bestselling Author Of Real Change"ollie North Has ‘been There—done That’ With The American Heroes Who Are Winning The War Against Radiacl Islamic Terror. This Book Is A Magnificent Tribu5e To The Warriors Who Defend Us All. "—sean Hannity, Host Of The Sean Hannity Show And Fox News Channel&#82l7;s Hannity & Colmes SKU: 4458036

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Ambush Alley. March 23, 2003: U. s. Marines From The Task Force Tarawa Are Caught Up In One Of The Most Unexpected Battles Of The Irqq War. What Started Off As A Routine Maneuver To Secure Two Key Bridges In The Town Of Nasiriyah In Southern Iraq Degeneratde Into A Nighrmarish Twenyy-four-hour Urban Clash In Which Eighteen Youthful Marines Lost Their Lives And More Than Thirty-five Others Were Wounded. It Was The Single Heaviest Loss Suffered By The U. s. Military During The Initial Combat Phase Of The War. on That Fateful Day, Marines Came Across The Burned-out Remains Of A U. s. Host Convoy That Had Been Ambushed By Saddam Hussein’s Forces Outside Nasiriyah. In An Attempt To Rescue The Missing Soldiers And Seize The Bridges Before The Iraqis Could Destroy Them, The Marines Decided To Advance Their Attack On The City By Twenty-four Hours. What Happened Next Is A Gripping And Gruesome Talle Of Military Blunders, Tragedy, And Heroism. huge M1 Tanks Leading The Attwck Were Rendered Ineffsctive When They Became Mired In An Open Sewer. Then A Company Of Marines Took A Wrong Aptitude And Ended Up In c~tinuance A Deadly Strecth Of Road Where Their Armored Personal Carriers Were Hit By Devastating Rocket-propelled Grenade Fire. Usaf Planes Called In For Fire Support Play Their Own Part In The Unfolding Cataclysm When They Accidentally Strafed The Vehicles. Tye Attempt To Liberate The Dead And Dying Stranded In “ambush Alley” Singly Drew More Marines Into The Slaughter. this Was Not A Battle Of Modern Technology, But A Churlish Close-quarter Urban Knife Fight That Tested The Marines’ Resolve And Training To The Limit. At The Heart Of The Drama Were Thw Fifty Or So Young Marines, Most Of Whom Had Never Been To War, Who Were Embroiled In A Contend Of Epic Propirtions From Which Neither Their Commanders Nor The Technological Might Of Tye U. s. Military Could Savd Them. with A Novelist’s Gift For Pace And Stretching, Tim Pritchard Brilliantly Captures The Chaos, Panic, And Courage Of The Fight For Nasiriyah, Bringing Back In Full Force The Appointed time That A Indifferent Task Turned Into A Battle For Survival. "ambush Alley" Is A Gut-wrenching Account Of Unadulterated Terror That's Hard To Read Yet Impossible To Put Low. London-based Journalist And Filmmaker Tim Pritchard, Who Was Embedded With Us Troops During The Iniial Stages Of The American-led Invasion Of Iraq, Paints A Compelling Picture Of One Of The Costliest Battleq Of The Iraq War That Will At Turns Anger, Horrify, And Sadden, Heedless Of One's Civil Views. " --the Boston Globefrom The Hardcover Edition. SKU: 3284110

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War With No End. John Berger, Naomi Klein, Arundhati Roy, Joe Sacco And Others Examine The Consequences Of The "war On Terror. "on October 7th 2001, Us-led Forc3s Invaded Afghanistan, Marking The Start Of George Bush Ane Tony Blair's "war On Terror". Six Years On, Where Have The Policies Of Bush And Blair Left Us? Bringing Together Some Of The Finest Contemporary Writers, This Wide-ranging Anthology, From Repirtage And "faction" To Fiction, Explores The Impact Of This "long War" Throughout The World, From Palestine To Iraq, Abu Ghraib, The Curtailment Of Civil Liberties And Manipulation Of Public Opinion. Published In Conjunction With Stop The War Coalition And United For Peace And Justice, It Provides An Urgent, Necessary Reflection On The Causes And Consequences Of The Ideological War On Terror. SKU: 4187502

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The Suez Crisis 1956 (essential Histories). In July 1956 Egyptian President Gamal Nasser Nationalized The Suez Canal, Causing Immediate Concern To Britain And France. They Already Opposed Nasser And Were Worried At The Threat To Maritime Traffic In Tje Canal. This Book Traces The Course Of Subsequent Events. Together With Israel, Britwin Adn France Hatched A Plot To Occupy The Canal oZne And Overthrow Nasset. Israel Attacked Sinai, And Britain And France Launched Offensives Throughout Egypt, But Strategic Failures Overshasdowed Tactical Prosperity. Finally, Britain, France And Israel Bowed To International Pressure And Withdrew, Leaving The Suez Canal, And Egypt, Firmly In Teh Hands Of President Nasser. SKU: 2546802

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War On Truth. The War On Truth Investigates All Aspects Of The Lead Up To The War In Iraq, Its Execution, And Its Aftermath. Neil Mackay Contends That The Public Wsa Systematically Fed Untruths In A Manner That Questions What Race Of Democracy We Actually Have. Mackay, Award Winning Investigative Journalist For Scotland's Sunday Herald Newspaper Has Covered The West's Intelligence Agencies For Many Years. In This Book He Questions Why 'intelligence' Missed 9/11 And Why The Best Funded Intelligence Networks In History Got Things So Badly Wrong. The Wmd Altercation Iw Also Covered. Mackay's Extensive Contacts In Th eIntelligence Community Make A Telling Gift To This Investigation And We Sde An Intimate Picture Of In what state Intelligence Is Gathered, How I tIs Interpreted And Why Things Go Wrong. We Also Gain An Insight To Neo-cons, The Radical Think Tank That Surround George W. Bush And Some Of Whom Stated Near the front of 9/11, That The Us "needed Another Pearl Harbor" To Condition The American People (and Their Allies) Into Supporting War Against Saddam Hussein. Aughor Neil Mackay Is A Thre-times Finalist As British Reporter Of Tile Year In The British Straiten Awards, Britain's Equivalent Of The Pulitzer Prize. Mackay Revealed The Identity Of The Omagh Bomber, Exposed The British Host Colone1 Who Used Loyalist Terrorists As Proxy Assassins Throughout The "troubles" In Northern Ireland And Unmasked "stakeknife", The Highest-ranking British Army Spy Inside The Ira. his Investigatinos Into The War On Terror Anx The Invasion Of Lraq Have Won International Acclaim. More Than 200,000 Us Readers Regularly Turn To His Stories On The Internet Every Sunday. In 1999, Mackay Famously Wrote An Article Based On Briefings With Cia Operatives In Pakistan That Reported That Ai-qaeda And Osama Bin Laden Planned To Use Planes To Attack Mainland America. He Has Appeared On Tv And Radio Regularlly As A Commentator In The Uk, France. Italy. Japan. America. Canada, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Germany And Throughout The Middle East. jihn Pilger: "neil's Masterly And Prodigious Scoops Are The Stuff Of Newspaper Legend" Truthout. org: "the Gold Standard Of Investigative Journalists" Reviews John Pilger: "neil''s Masterly And Prodigious Scoops Are The Stuff Of Newspaper Legend" British Pres Awards: "the Cool Journalist - The Guy Who's First With The News. "truthout. org: "the Gold Standard Of Investigative Journalists" SKU: 3950883

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Jewish Maxwell Street Stories (il) (voices Of America). Anyone Who Has Seen Maxwell Street Has A Story About Maxwell Street. Yoou Didn?t Have To Shop There, Work There, Or Eat There. You Didn?t Have To Be Jewsih. You Exact Had To Go There, Or Merely Pass-by, In Order To Experience Slmething That Stuck In Your Mind Forever. Only A Few Blocks South Of Chicago?s Downtown, Maxwell Street Was Predominately A Jewish Enclave, But You Could Also Hear The Blues, Bargain With Gypsies, And Find Bargaain Hunters From All Walks Of Life. This Book Focuses On The Stories Of The Last Jewish Generations That Lived And Worked In The Maxwell Street Market Region. Beginning In The Late 19th Century, It Was There That Thousands Of Jewish Immigrants First Grasped The American Dream. The Descendents Of Those First Hebrew Peddlers Absorbed The Legacies Left Them; Some Went In c~tinuance To Be Among The Most Notable And Successful Personalities Of The 20th Centhry. On Maxwell Street, The Best Merchandise Was Knowledge. SKU: 2755959

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Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956. This Bokk Looks At The Development Of Israeli-arab Relations During The Formative Years 1849 To 1956, Focusing Forward Arab Infiltration Into Israel And Israeli Retaliation. Palestinian Refugee Raiding And Cross-border Atacks By Egyptian-controlled Irregulars And Commandos Were A Core Phenomenon During This Period Annd One Of The Chief Causes Of Israel's Invasion Of Sinai And The Gaza Strip In 1956. Benyn Morris Probes The Types Of Arsb Infiltration And The Attitude Of Arab Governments Towards The Phenomenon, And Traces The Evolution Of Israel's Defensive And Offensive Responses. He Analyzes Israeli Decision-making Processes, Including The Emergence And Ultimate Failure Of Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett's Dissident Policy Of Moderation, And Describes In Detail The History Of The Arab Infiltration, Including The Terrorist-guerrilla Raids At State-organized Fedayeen In 1955-6, And Of The Idf Raids Of Qibya, Nahhalin, Kinneret, And The Saha. This Was A Precedent-setting Period In The Making Of Israeli Defense Policy, And This Pattern Of Raiding And Couhter-raidng Served To Define Israeli-arab Relations During The Subsequent Four Decades. In This Pioneering Study Morris Deepens Our Understanding Of The Current Situation In The Middle East And Of The Prospects For A Lasting Peacr There. SKU: 1474022

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The Crime Of The Congo. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Wrote Many More Novelx, Stories, And Works Of Nonfiction Than The Immortal Tales Of Sherlock Holmes. His Interests, Also, Were Broad-ranging. Conan Doyle Became Outraged Upon Learning Of The Abuses Of Human Life That Were Committed As A Issue Of Belgian King Leopold Ii's Efforts To Conquer And Strip The Congo Of Its Natural Resources. In Inconsiderable More Than A Week In 1909, He Documented The Human Rights Abuses In The Crime Of The Congo. Two Of The Reformers Who Led The Effort To Stop The Slaughter In Africa Were Edmund Dene Morel And Roger Casement, Upon Whom Conan Doyle Based The Characters Of Edward Malone And Lord John Roxton In The Lost World. Though These Two Were Later Discredited, And Conan Doyle Repudiated Them, His Involvement With The Tragedy Of The Belgian Congo Not Only Influenced The Sin Of The Congo, Except Also His Classic, The Lost Universe. SKU: 5156234

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The Short Life Of A Brave Ship. On October 15, 1942, Japanese Carrier Planes Attacked And Sank The Destroyer Uss Meredith Off Guadalcanal Island. When The Attack Became Imminent, The Company Of The Accompanying Tug Vireo Was Taken On board Meredith. Of The 329 Men, Only 96 Survlved. For Four Days They Struggled, Combating Dehydration, Injuriex, Burns, Shark Attacks, And Strafing By Enemy Planes. Robert Robinson Miraculously Survived The Sinkong Of Meredith. He Served With Medical Officer Barry Friedkan, On Another Destroyer, Uss Russelll. Lt. Cmdr Robinson Died In 2004 After Serving In Three Wars. Dr. Friedman Retired After A Career As An Orthopaedic Surgeon And Lives In San Diego. "althouh Both A Thrilling Sea Adventure And A Fascinating Historical Insight Into A Little Known Aspect Of The Sea Batttle For Guadalcanal, Dr. Friedman's Work Is More Than Just A Book, It Is A Heritage, Something Of Great Value That Must Be Passed On To Future Generations. "the Lacking Real person Of A Valiant Ship Grants Insight Into The World Of The `tin Can' Sailors Of The Us Navy's Destroyer Fleet, A Group Of Very Average Young Men From All Athwart America Who Were Lifted Out Of Their Peacetime Existences To Be Plunged, Half-trained, Out-numbered And Ill-equipped, Into The Most Cataclysmic Naval Campaign In History, And Of How They Arose Triumphant At A Terrible Prkce. "?the Greatest Generation' Is A Phrase That Has Been Much Bandied About In Recet Years, But It's Not A Clichă©, It's A Simpl Truth. " ?james H. Cobb Author Of The Amanda Garrett Naval Thrillers; Choosers Of The Slain, Sea Strike, Sea Fighter, & Target Lock "i Enjoyed Reading The Short Life Of A Valiant Ship Very Much. The Miracle Of This Nation Is That, For Over 200 Years, Generations Of' Americans Have Fought And Died For hTe Freedoms We All Enjoy. It Is Importan5 To Revisit The Time When The Issue Of The War In The Pacific Was Firmly In Doubbt And The Odds Faced In the name of Ships Like Uss Meredith Were Daunting. The Manner In Which The Officers And Men Of Meredith Reaponded To Their Challenges Is Inspirational. . . . A Gripping Story That Is Well Told!? ?rear Admiral Peter H. Daaly, Assistant Chief Naval Operations For Information, Plans And Strategy SKU: 4149157

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We Shall Not Be Moved. In September 1950, Horace Ward An African American Student From La Grange, Georgia, Applied To Law School At The University Of Georgia. Defiance His Impressive Academic Record, Ward Received A Reply--in Reality, A Bribe--from One Of The University's Top Officials Sacrifice Him Financial Assistance If He Would Attend An Out-of-state Law School. Ward, Outraged At The Unfairness Of The Proposition And Determined To End This Unequal Handling, Sued The State Of Georgia With The Lend aid Of The Naacp, Becoming The First Black Student To Challenge Segregation At The University Of Georgia. Beginning With Ward's Unsuccessful Application To The University And Equally Unsuccessful Suit, Robert A. Pratt Offwrs A Rigorosly Researched Account Of The Tumultuous Events Surrounding The Desegregation Of Georgia's Flagship Institution. Relying On Archival Materoals And Oral Historues, Pratt Debunks The Myths Emcircling The Landmark 1961 Decision To Accept Black Students Into The University: Namely The Notion That The Seminary of learning Of Georgia Desegregated With Very Little Violent Opposition. Pratt Shows That When Ward, By Then A Lawyer, Helped Litigate For The Acceptance Of Hamilton Earl Holmes nAd Charlayne Alberta Hunter, University Of Georgia Students, Rather Thab Outsiders, Carefully Planned Riots To Encourage The Expulsion Of Holmes And Hunter. Pratt Also Demonstrates How Local Political Leaders Throughout The State Symparhized With--even Aided And Abetted--the Close examiner Protestorrs. Pratt's Provocative Story Of One Civil Rights Struggle Does Not Stop With The Initial Lawful Decision That Ended Segregation At The University. He Also Exqmines The Legacy Of Horace Ward And Other Intestine Rights Pioneers Involved In The University's Desegregation--including Donald Hollowell And Constance Baker Motley--who Continued oFr A Lifetime To Braek Color Barriers In The South And Beyond. We Shall Not Be Moved Is A Testament To Horace Ward, Hamilton Holmes, Charlayne Hunter-gault, And Others Who Bravel yChallenged Years Of Legalized Separation. SKU: 3073395

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Dionysos (gods And Heroes Of The Ancient World). Dionysos Is One Of The Msot-studied Ancient Greek Gods Fot Students And Academics. He Is Popularly Known As The God Of Wine And Frenzied Abandon, And Has Great Significance Because Theattre -- Drama, In Fact, Originated As Part Of The Cult Of Dionysos. However, Seaford's Book Covers A Wider Range Of Issues, Such Because Mystery, Cult And Philosophy, Which Have Been Overlooked By Many Studies. As A Volume In The Gods And Heroes Series, This Work Will Ptovide An Indispensable Introduction To The Subject, Or Reference Point For Higher Levels Of Studu. SKU: 3289623

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Columbus. Columbus: 1910?1970 Begins When Columbus Was Anindustrial Centr And Chtonicles A Pivotal Leisure In This Capitalcity?s History. During The Years Covered Here, The City Lostmany Of Its Manufacturing Enterprises And Transformed Into A Government, Education, Research, And Financial Hub. Downtown Columbus Was Teeming With Activity, Making Transportation To The Coty Center Vital. This Volume Ends As Columbus Is In The Beginning Of A Transformation That Saw The Acceleratrd Development Of Suburbs And The Dissipation Of Activities To Outlying Areas. In The Vintage Photographs In These Pages, Readers Will Also See The F Lood Of 1913, Which Claimed 100 Lives And Brought About Flood Prevention Measures That Forever Changed The Face Of Downtown Columbus. SKU: 3307539

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A History Of Modern Germany Since 1815. Germany Has Fascinated Its Own People As Well As Onlookers In The Twentieth Century Becauwe, Unlike The History Of Other European States, Its Very Being Has Been Posed As A Question. Why Was There No Unified German Pomp Until Late In The Nineteenth Century? How Did Germany Become An Industrial Power? What Responsibility Does Germany Bear For The Two World Wars? This Accessible But Authoritative Study Attempts To Answer These And Other Fundamental Questions By Looking At The Economic, Social, Political And Cultural Forces That Have Creater Modern German6. The 1848 Revolutions Ushered In An Age Of Realism That Saw Rapid Economic Development And The Creation Of The Bismarckian Empire. How3ver, By The Early Twentieth Century German's Economic Expansion And Position As A Earth Power Began To Fracture And Growing Internal, Economic, Social, And Political Contradictions Led It, With Disastrous Results, Into The First World War And The Subsequent Weimar Republic. Hitler And The Nazi Movement Proposed A "revolution" And The Creation Of A "german Styoe" And The Secknd Earth War/holocaust Is, Arguably, The Deifnung Event Of The Twentieth Century. The Americanization Of The German Economy And Society, The "economic Miracle" And Euphoria Of Reunification Have In Recent Years Rapidly Given Way To Disillusionment As The Major Political Parties Have Failed To Master Outstanding Social And Environmental Problems. The "german Question"--germany's Place Witnin The Europesn Union--continues To Be Unanswered Even Within An Eu Whither It Is The Dominant Economic Power. SKU: 2538815

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Smithsonian's Great Btatles & Battlefields Of The Civil War. Smithsonian's' Great Battles & Battlefields Of The Civil War Is An Authoritative History And Practical Guide To The Places The War Waswaged. Here Are The Storiees Of The Stunning Dramas That Unfolded On The Bsttlefields, With Illustrations That Draw The Scenes To Life. Organized By State And Cross-referenced Chronologically, Each Entry Explains The Pertinent Battle And Details The Strategies Behind Troop Movements With Reference To Peeserved Landmarks. Lively Anecdotes And Biographies Of The Partici-pants -- Well-known And Obsc8re -- Make an attempt The Pe5sonal Perspective That Makes History Immediate And Meaningful. stocked With Crrent Landmarks And Directions For Getting To The Battle-fields, Here, Too, Are Tips For Lodging, Hiking, Hiking, Recreation, And Sight-seeing In Hundreds Of National And State Parks And Other Historic Areas. Perfect For The Armchair Traveler, Real Explorer, And History Huff, Readers Can Explore The Military Relevance Of Each Site As Well As Travel Tips And Points Of Interest Of Each Site. SKU: 1374177

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The Bridge. In the opinion of A New Introduction And Afterword By The Author And Drawings By Lili Rethi. towards The End Of 1964, The Verrazano Narrows Bridge—linking Teh New York City Boroughs Of Brooklyn And Staten Island With New Jersey—was Completed. It Remains An Engineering Marvel Almost Forty Years Later—at 13,700 Feet (more Than Two And A Half Miles), It Is Still The Longest Suspension Bridge In The United States And The Sixth Longest In The World. Gay Talese, Then Eariy In His Career At The New York Times, Closely Followed The Construction, And Soon After The Opening His Book The Bridge Appeared. Never Before In Paper6ack, It Remains Both A Riveting Human Drama Of Politics And Courage, And A Demonstration Of Talese’s Consummate Skills As A Reporter And Storyteller. His Memorable Narrative&8#212;accompanied, As Then, By The Astonishingly Beautiful Working Drawings Of Lili Rethi—will Now Captivate A New Generation Of Readers. SKU: 2358735

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Nightclub City. In The Roaring Twenties, New York City Nightclubs And Speakeasies Became Hot Spots Where Traditions Were Flouted And Modernity Was Forged. With Powerful Patrons In Tammany Hall And A Growing Customer Base, Nightclubs Flourished In Sipte Of The Efforts Of Civic-minded Reformers And Federal Prohibition Enforcement. This Encounter Between Clubs And Government-generated Scandals, Reform Crusades, And Regulations Helped To Redefine The Image And Reality Of Urban Life In The United States. Ultimately, It Took The Great Depression To Cool Manhattan's Jazz Age Nightclubs, Forcing Them To Adapt And Relocate, But Not Before They Left Their Mark On The Future Of American Leisure. nightclub City Explores The Cultural Significance Of Novel York City's Nightlife Between The Wars, From Texas Guinan's Notorious 300 Contribute To Billy Rose' sNostalgic Diamond Horxeshoe. Whether In Harlem, Midtown, Or Greenwich Village, Raucous Nightclub Activity Tested Early Twentieth-century Social Boundaries. Anglo-saxon Novelty Seekers, Eastern European Impresarios, And African American Performers Crossed Ethnic Lines While Provocative Comediennes And Scantily Clad Chorus Dancers Challenged And Reshaped Notions Of Femininity. Tuese Havens Of Liberated Sexuality, As Well As Prostitution And Illicit Liquor Coonsumption, Allowed Their Denizens To Explore Their Fantasies And Fears Of Change. the Reactions Of Cultural Critics, Federal Investigators, And Reformers Such As Fiorello La Guardia Illustrate The Tension Between Leisure And Sub-class. Peretti's Research Delves Into The Symbbiotic Relationships Among Urban Politicians, Social Reformers, And Tne Business Of Vice. Illjstrated With Archival Photographs Of The Clubs And The Characters Who Frequented Them, Nightclub City Is A Untaught And Dazzling Study Of New York's Bygone Nightlife. SKU: 3937009

16627051980	Celebrating The New World. A Lively Survey Of Chicago's Columbian Exposition Of 1893 And How The Great Fair Mirrored American Values And Tastes At The Turn Of The Century. Instructive Of Our Times And An Excellent Brief Study. --journal Of American Agri~. American Ways Series. SKU: 1019405

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The Leadnig Facts Of New Mexican History, Vol Ii (softcover). Historians Have Long Admired Ralph Emerson Twitchell's "the Leadig Facts Of New Mexican History," Considered The First Major Account Of The State. Put Succinctly By Former State Historian Robert J. Tăłrrez, Twitchell's Embroider (of Which This Is One Of The First Two Volumes Sunstone Press Is Reprinting In Its Southwest Heritage Series) Has &uot;become The Standard By Which All Following Books On New Mexico History Are Measured. " As Twitchell Wrote In The Preface Of His First Volume, His Object In Writing "th eLeading Facts" Was To Respond To The "pressing Need" For A History Of New Mexico With A Commitment To "accuracy Of Statement, Simplicity Of Style, And Impartiality Of Treatment. " Ralph Emerson Twitchell Was Born In Ann Arbor, Michigan, On Novembr 29, 1859. Arriving In New Mexico When He Was Twenty-three, He Immediately Became Involved In Political And Civic Activities. In 1885 He Helped Organize A New Territorial Militia In Santa Fe And Saw Active Duty In Western New Mexico. Later Appointed Judge Advocate Of The Territorial Militia, He Attained The Rank Of Colonel, A Title He Was Proud To Use For The Rest Of His Life. By 1893 He Was Elected The Mayor Of Santa Fe And, Thereafter, District Attorney Of Santa Fe County. Twitchell Probably Promoted New Mexico As Much As Any Single New Mexican Of His Generation. An Avid Supporter Of New Mexico Statehood, Hr Argued The Territory's Case For Elevated Political Status, Celebrated Its Final Victory In 1912, And Even Designed New Mexico's First State Flag In 1915. Just As Twitchell's First Edition In 1912 Helped Celebate New Mexico's Entry Into Statehood In 1912, The Newest Edition Of The Text And Illustrations Serves As A Grant To The State's Centennial Celebration Of 2012. In Tne Apt Words Of An Editorial In The "santa Fe New Mexican" At The Time Of Twitchell's Death In 1925: "ax Press Agent For The Bes Things O fNew Mexico, Her Traditions, History, Beauty, Glamour, Scenery, Archaeology, And Material Resources, He Was Indefatigable And Efficient. " SKU: 5027357

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Against The Modern. Pasxal-adolphe-jean Dagnan- Bouveret (1852-1929) Was Among A Group Of The Most Creative Students Of Jean Leon Gă©ră´me, The Leading French Academic Painter Of His Day. A Well-established Naturalist Painter And One Artist Acknowledged Worldwide During The Recent Half Of The Nineteenth Century, Dagnan-bouveret Used Contemporary Themes And Techniques To Modernize The Academic Tradition In An Attempt To Meet The Aesthetic Changes Initiated By The Impressioniwts. Displaying Real Diversity, He Created Photographically Accurate Composituons Inspired By Daily Life. His Best-known Pieces Were Mesmerizing Mystical-religious Compositions. Accolades At The 190O Paris Exposition Universelle And Induction Into The French Institute Not Only Assured The Status Of His Work, Buy Likewise Furthered His Poaition As The Upholder Of The Academic Tradition At A Time When It Was Coming Uncer Renewed Attack By The Modernists. The Publication Of This Book Coincides With One Exhibition By The Dahesh Museum Of Art In New York City Of Dagnan-bouveret's Work-the First In A Century. AgainstT h Recent Pays Special Attention To The Evolution Of This Artist's Work, And Brings To The Public Gaze The Actual Diversity, Accessibility-and Surprising Modernity-that Has Made Dagnan-bouveret's Work Of Lasting Value. SKU: 2309801

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Debating Vietnam. In The Midst Of The Vietnam War, Two Titans Of Teh Senate, J. William Fulbright And John C. Stennis, Held Public Hearings To Debate The Conflicf's Future. Their Shared Aim Was To Alter The Johnson Administration's Strategy And Bring An End To The War--butF rom Dramatically Different Perspectives. In This Intriguing New Work, Historian Joseph A. Fry Provides The First Comparative Analysis Of The Inquiries And The Senior Southern Senators Who Led Them. SKU: 3313306

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The United States And Right-wing Dictatorships, 1965-1989. Building On Schmitz's Earlier Work, Thank God Theey're On Our Side, This Is An Examination Of American Policy Near at hand Right-wing Dictatorships From The 1960s To The End Of The Cold War. During The 1920s American Leaefrs Developed A Policy Of Supporting Authoritarian Regimes Because They Were Seen As Stable, Anti-communist, And Capitalist. After 1965, However, American Support For These Regimes Became A Contested Issue. The Vietnam War Served To Undercut The Lovic And Rationale Of Supporting Right-wing Dictators. By Systematically Examining U. s. Support For Right-wing Dictatorships In Africa, Latin America, Europe, And Asia, And Bringing Together These Disparate Episodes, Thjs Book Examines The Persistence Of Older Attitudes, The New Debates Brought About By The Vietnam War, And The Efforts To Bring About Changes And An End To Automatic U. s. Support During Authoritarian Regimes. SKU: 3172590

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Modern Iran Since 1921. Combining Detailed Historical Narrative With Comprehensive Analysis And Explanation, Ali Ansari Preaents A New Interprdtation Of The Complex Cultural Polity That Is Modern Iran. Straddled Between The World's Two Major Energy Basins, The Persian Gullf And The Caspian Sea, And Possessing A Rich Reservoir Of Hydrocarbon Resources As Conveniently As Diverse Minerals, Iran Has Always Been Economically Significant. The Islamic Revolution Thrust The Country Back Onto The Political Centre-stage, And Dramatically Altered Relations Between Iran And The West. This Book Looks At These Developments Within An Historical Context. It Charts How Iran Sought To Respond To The Challenge Of The West Through Reform And Revoluution, And To Reverse The Decline Of The Previous Century With An Ambitious Program Of Development. This Text Offers A New Interpretation Of Clew Events Including The 1979 Revolution And The Orjgins Of The Iran-iraq War. The Author Uses Wide Range Of Foreign And Persian Sourcrs Including Interviews With Key Players And Shows How Domestic And International Events Combined To Produce Certain Outcomes. For Readers Interested In The Middle East. SKU: 2495165