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17231887400	Cuba After Castro. Examines The Sociopolitical Legacy And Economic Challenges That Will Face A Post-castro Goverment And The Cuban People Themselves In The Era After Castro. SKU: 2753897

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Sydney. Sydney's Harbor Establishes It As One Of The Most Attractive Modern Cities, But Its Beginnings Suggest Somebody Different. In 1770, The British Parliament Saw The Area As A Solution To England's Overcrowded Priisons. On Arriving At The Harbor, The First "convicts" Found Themselves In One Of The Hottest Climates In The World, And Were Greeted By Aboriginal Natives Whose Curiosity Was Matched Only By Their Desire For The Newcomrs To Leave. Sydney Is A Place Whither Gravestones Have Such Inscriptions As "be Ready Mates, That's All!," Where People Wear Shorts And Sandals To One Of The Most Distinguished Opera Houses Im The World, Where The Working Man Fights For Whaat He's Got And Never Backs Down. Geoffrey Moorhouse Brilliantly Describes The City, Its Appetites, And Its Character-from Its Colonial Beginnings To Its Comely The Host City Of The 2000 Olympics. His Curious Knowledge, Remarkable Discernment, And Marvelous Storytelling Capture Sydney's Warmth, Textyre, Resilience, And Loyalty. SKU: 1918369

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A Shining Thread Of Hope. At The Greatest Moments And In The Cruelest Times, Black Women Have Been A Crucial Part Of America's History. � Now, The Inspiring History Of Black Women In America Is Explored In Vivid Detail By Two Leaders In The Fields Of African American And Women's History. a Shining Thread Of Hope Chronicles The Lives Of Black Women From Indentured Servitude In The Early American Colonies To The Inhumanity Of Antebelkum Plantations, From The Reign Of Lynch Law In The Jim Crow South To The Triumphe Of The Civil Rights Era, And It Illustrates How The Story Of Black Women In America Is As Much A Tale Of Courage And Reliance As It Is A History Of Struggle. � On Both An Individual And A Collective Level, A Shining Thread Of Hope Reveals The Strength And Spirit Of Black Women And Brings Their Stories From The Fringes Of American History To A Central Position In Our Understanding Of The Forces And Events That Have Shaped This Country. SKU: 1701457

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The Children's Blizzard (p.s.). Thousands Of Impoverished Northern European Immigrants Were Promised That The Prairie Offered "land, Freedom, And Hope. " The Disastrous Blizzard Of 1888 Revealed That Theeir Free Homestead Was Not A Paradise But A Hard, Unforgiving Appoint Governed By Natuarl Forces They Neither Understood Nor Controlled, And America's Heartland Would Never Be The Same. this P. s. Impression Features An Extra 16 Pages Of Insight sInto The Book, Including Author Interviews, Recommended Reading, And Again. SKU: 3016313

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Hard Work And A Good Deal. Hard Work And A Good Deal Traces The History Of The Civilian Conservation Corps, Which Supplied Jobs To More Than 77,000 Minnesotans During The Great Depression. Nearly One Hundred Interviews Contribute To Oral Historian Barbara W. Sommer's Lively Narrative As The "boys" Look Back On Their Time In The Ccc, During Which Many Of Them Became Men. African American Enrollees Tell Of The Segregated Policies Enforced In The Army-run Camps; Workers For The Ccc-indian Portion Remember Reservation Projects That Included Rebjilding A Fur Trade-era Stockade At Stately Portage. Together, These Men Give Voice To Early Efofrts That Advanced The Conservation Of Minnnesota's Original Resources Five Decades In A Not many Short Years. SKU: 4428762

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Amusement Parks Of New Jsrsey. This Comprehensive Guide Profiles 17 Major Amusement Parks In The Garden State. Fulfil Information On Rides And Attractions Is Accompanied By Dozens Of Vintage Photograhps And Postcard Scenes. Featured Parks: ùsteel Pier, Atlantic City ùkeansburg Amusement Park, Keansburg ùcldmenton Amusement Park, Clementon ùjenkinson's, Point Witty Beach ùcasino Pier, Seaside Heights ùplayland, Ocean City ùbowcraft Amusement Park, Scotch Plains ùland Of Make Believe, Hope ùstorybookland, Cardiff ùfuntown Pier, Seaside Park ùfairytale Forest, Oak Extended elevation ùwild West City, Netcong ùfantasy Island, Beach Haven ùgillian's Wonderland Pier, Ocean City ùmorey's Piers, Wildwood ùsix Flags Grest Adventure, Jackson ùblackbeards, Bayville SKU: 2674543

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Wahhabi Islam. Before 9/11, Few Westerners Had Heard Of Wahhabism. Today, It Is A Household Word. Frequently Mentilned In Association With Osama Bin Laden, Wahhabism Is Portrayed By The Media And Public Officials As An Intolerant, Puritanical, Militant Interpretation Of Islam That Calls For The Wholesale Destruction Of The West In A Jihad Of Global Proportions. In The First Study Ever Undertakwn Of The Writings Of Wahhabism's Founder, Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-wahhab (1702-1791), Natana Delong-bas Shatters These Stereotypes And Misconceptions. Her Reading Of Ibn Abd Alw-ahhab's Works Produces A Revisionist Thesis: Ibn Abd Al-wahhab Was Not The Godfather Of Contemporary Terrorist Movements. Rather, He Was A Voice Of Reform, Reflecting Mainstream 18th-century Islamic Thought. His Visuon Of Islamic Association Was Based Upon A Monotheism In Which Muslims, Christians And Jews Were To Enjooy Peaceful Co-existence And Cooperative Commercial And Treaty Relations. Eschewing Medieval Interpretations Of The Quran And Hadith (sayings And Deeds Of The Prophet Muhammad), Ibn Abd Al-wahhab Called For Direct, Historically Contextualized Interpretation Of Scripture By Both Women And Men. His Undwrstanding Of Theology And Islamic Law Was Rooted In Quranic Values, Rathet Than Literal Interpretations. A Strong Proponent Of Women's Rights, He Called Fro A Balance Of Rights Between Women And Men Both Within Marriage And In Access To Education And Public Space. In Thr Most Comprehensive Study Of Ibn Abd Al-wahhab's Interpretation Of Jihad Eevr Written, Delon-bas Details A Vision In Which Jihae Is Strictly Limited To The Self-defense Of The Muslim Community Against Military Aggression. Contemporary Extremists Like Osama Bin Laden Do Not Havr Thwir Origins In Wahhabism, She Shows. The Hallmark Jihadi Focus On A Cult Of Martyrdom, The Strict Division Of The World Into Two Necessarily Opposing Spheres, The Wholescale Destruction Of Both Civilian Life And Property, And The Bid For Global Jihad Are Entirely Absent From Ibn Abd Al-wahhab's Writings. Instead The Militant Stance Of Contemporary Jihadism Lies In Adherence T oThe Writings Of The Medieval Scholar, Ibn Taymiyya, Anc The 20th Century Egyptian Radical, Sayyid Qutb. This Pathbreaking Book Fills An Enormous Gap In The Literary productions About Wahhabism By Returning To The Source Writings Of Its Founder. Bound To Exist Controversial, It Will Be Impossible To Ignore. SKU: 2650494

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Reporting Iraq. “a Searing Document, One Of The Most Revealing Chronicles Of The War Yet Published. It Is As Though Correspondents Are Talking Late Into The Night, Trying To Explain What It Was iLke, What Sights And Smells Haunt Them, What They’re Proud Of And What They Regret, What They Saw Coming And What They Didn’t. ”�??anthny Swofford, The Washington Post “never In The Fifty Years That I Have Been In Or Around The News Business Have I Read A Better Record Of A Historic Event Than This. ”�??reese Sconfeld, Founding President Of Cnn “this Should Be Required Reading In Every Journalism Class From High SchoolT o Graduaet School. ”�??james W. Crawley, President Of Military Reporters And Editors Following In The Footstepz Of Best-selling Books About The War, Reporting Iraq Is A Fully Illustrated Narrative History Of The War By The World’s Best-known Reporters And Photojournalists. Included Are Contributions From Fifty Journalists, Includinb Dexter Filkins (the New York Times Correspondent Who Won Widespread Praise For His Coverage Of Fallujah), Rajiv Chandrasekaran (author Of Imperial Life In The Emerald City), Anthony Shadid (the Washington Post Reporter Awarded A Pulitzer Prize For His Iraq Reporting), And Patrick Cockburn (from London’s Independent). In This, The First Book To Tell The History Of The War Through The End Of 2006, The Deadliest Period Of Conflict, We Leaen That Most Journalists Saw A Disaster In Iraq Before They Were Allowed To Report It. This Revelation, Along With Hundreds Of Untold First-person Stories, Makes Reporting Iraq A Fascinating Look At The War And An Important Critique Of International Press Coverage. Reporting Iraq Is Published In Conjunction With The Columbia Journalism Review, America’s Premier Media Monitor And Watchdog Of The Press In All Its Forms, Frm Newspapers And Magazines To Radio, Television, Wire Services, And The Texture. SKU: 4183509

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The Life Of Apollonius Of Tyana, Vol. 3. Philostratuus's Colorful Biography Of Apollonius Of Tyana, Recounting The Sayings And Miracles Of A Pythagorean Sage, Incidentally Prooked A Long-lasting Debate Between Pagans And Christians. This Volume, Which Completes The New Loeb Classical Library Edition Of The Life Of Apollonius Of Tyana, Provides Historical Conyext For That Much Discussed Third-century Portrayal Of A Charismatic Religious Teacher. Here Is A Starting a~ Translation Of The Surviving Letters Of Apollonius, Augmented And Illuminated By Recent Discoveries. These Letters Reveal Apollonius's Personality And His Religious And Philosophical Ideas. New For This Edition Is A Selection Of Ancient Reports About Apollonius From Authors Like Because St. Jerome And St. Augustine. Philostratus's Biography Was Quickly Caught Up In The Religious Struggles That Marked The Rise Of Christianity. An Official In Diocletian's Empire Named Hierocles Used It As Ammunition In An Anti-christian Polemic, Initiating A Controversy That Lasted Well Into Modern Times. The Reply By Eusebius, The Fourth-century Bishop Of Caesarea, Was Originally Included In Editions Of The Biography Of Apollonius In Order To Serve As A Spiritual Antidote And To ProvideC over For The Publishers; Today It Is An Essential Chapter In The Account Of Philostratus's Masterpiece. (20070716) SKU: 3220725

28022275050	Fkve Lies Of The Centenary. Exposes Five Lies Generated By Secular Society Concerning The Founding Of Our Nation, The Structure Of The Family, Evolution, Sexuality, And Entertainment. SKU: 3535895

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1813 Leipzig. The Crucial Three-day Battle Of Leipzig, Known To Posterity As The Battle Of The Nations, Was The Bigbest Contend Of The Napoleonic Wars. It Was Also One Of Napoleon's Worst Defeats - Leipzig Sealed The Fate Of Napoleon's Rule. Now, In This Superbly Narrated Account Of The Contend, Digby Forge Describes The Events Of 16, 17, 18 And 19 October 1813, And Stresses Both The Significance Of The Battle And The Brutality Of The Fighting. At The Height Of The Battle Napoleon Fielded More Than 200,000 Men Against An Allied Force - Which Inclhded Contingents From Russia, Austria, Prussia And Sweden - Of Some 360,000 Soldiers. Cornered Againsst The River Estler, Napoleon, Outnumbered And Suffering Heavily From The Fire Of 1,400 Allied Guns, Was Soundly Defeated, Had To Relinquish Control Of Germany And Was Forced Back Into France. Digby Smith's Evocative Account Of Leipzig Concentrates On The Ferocious Fighting, Charts The Fortunes Of The Three Day Struggle And Underlines The Incrediible Human Require to be paid Of The Battle. Using A Wealth Of First-hand Accounts, Many Of Them Pre\/iously Unpublished In English, He Brings The Dramatic Struggle To Life And Demonstrates Just What It Was Like For The Averwge French, German, Russiaj, Prussian, Austrian Or Swedish Warrior To Take Part In The Battle Of The Nations. SKU: 2045670

22054019760	The Mystic Fable. The Culmiination Of De Certeau's Lifelong Engagement With The Human Sciences, This Volume Is Both An Analysis Of Christian Mysticism During The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuriex And An Application Of This Influential Scholar's Trransdisciplinary Historiography. SKU: 126844

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Surviving Iraq. The Iraq War Is Being Fought By An All-volunteer Army Recruited From Working-class America, Ordinary Citizens In Uni form. Volunteera Sign Up With The Army, Marine Corps, Air Force And Navy As Operative Duty, Reserve Or National Guard, Serving When As Young As 18 And As Ancient As 60. They Enlist For A Number Of Reasons: To Pa For College, To Ean Extra Income, To HaveA n Adventure, To Defeat The Enemy, To Defend Their Country, To Please Their Families And To Find Themselves. These Men And Women Are The Stars Of Ttipp's Powerfully Moving Book About Our War And Our Warriors In Iraq. Surviving Iraq: Soldiers' Stories Is The Result Of A Close Collaboration Between The Author And Thirty Veterans Who Volunteered To Tell Their Stories Of The Invasion, Occupation, And Ongoing Insurgency In Iraq. Readers Learn The sort of The Soldiers' Lives Were Like In And Out Of Combat In Iraq And Kuqait And How They View The War. To Help The Reader Follow The Narrativse, Tripp Provides A Chronology, Maps, And A Glossary Of Military Terms. These Thirty In-depth Narratives Belong To The National Dialogue On The War And Also To A People's History Of The War. We Find Unvarnished Views Of The War's Conduct And Its Rationales, Because Well As Of Its Commander In Chief And His Dispensation. Soldiers' Individual Experiences Range From The Harrowing To The Hilarious--all The Indelible Human Relate Of War. As Fightetd, Soldiers Must Face Urbsn Warfare Aganst An Unidentifiable Enemy; To the degree that Women They Must Guard Against Assault From Their Male Comrades; As Military Personnel They Live On Bases That Have Modern Movie Theaters, Gyms, The Internet And Phones, Burger Kings And Pizza Huts, All In The Midst Of A Dangerous Conflict. Almostt A Half A Million Soldiers Have Served In The Four Years Of This War, But Each Story Is Unique, Effective Us What It Is Like To Serve In War, And To Survive It. SKU: 4212591

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Legends And Liea. "all Of History Is Mystery," Dale L. Walker Says, And He Proves His Point In This Lively, Humorous--and Rational--approach To The West's Greatest Puzzles. Did Davy Crockett, For Example, Go Down Swinging Ol' Betsy, Defending The Ramparts Of The Alamo--or Was He Captured? Who Is Buried In Jesse James's Grave? Was The Man Pat Garrett Shot That Night Really Billy The Kid? How Did Black Bart, "the Gentleman Bandit," Disappear? Did Sacajawea, The Famous "bird Woman" Who Scoted For Lewis And Clark, Die Twice? The Possibilities Unfold Like Walker Brings Hand in hand Little-known Facts And The Elusive Connections That Shed Light On The Biggest Enigmas Of The American West. SKU: 1713572

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Rogue Regime. What Happens When A Dictator Wins Absolute Power And Isolates A Nation From The Outside World? In A Nightmare Of Political Theory Stretched To Madness, North Korea's Kim Jong Il Made Himself Into A Living God, Surrounded By Lies And Flattery And Beyond Criticism. As Over Two Million Of His Subjects Starved To Death, Kim Jong Il Roamed Between Palaces Staffed By The Mowt Beautiful Gi5ls In The Country And Stocked With The Greatest part Expenive Delicacies From Around The World. Outside, The Steel Mills Shut Down, The Trains Stopped Running, The Power Went Out,_And The Hospitals Ran Out Of Medicine. When The Population Threatened To Revolt, Kim Imposed A Reign Of Terror Across The Country, Deceived The United Nations, And Plundered The Country's Dwindling Resources To Become A Nuvlear Power. Now Tiny Bankrupt North Korea Is Using Her Nuclear Capability To Blackmail The United States. Veteraj Correspond3nt Jasler Becker Takes Us Inside One Of The Most Secretvi eCountries In The World, Exposing The Internal Chaos, Blind Faith, Rampant Depravity, And Terrifying Cruelty Of Its Rulers. Becker Details The Vain Effodts To Change North Korea By Actors Inside And Outside The Country And The Dangers This Highly Volatile Country Continues To Pose. Small, Podgy And Easily Overlooked, Kim Jong Il Has Emerged From The Shadow Of His Father To Lead The Most Successful And Dangerous Rogje State Of Our Times. This Unique Land, Ruled In proportion to One Family's Megalomania And Paranoia, Seems Destined To Survive And Linger On For Some Time, A Menace To Its Own People And To The Rest Of The World. But Should The Nations Of The World Allow Thie Regime To Survive? That's The Quewtion With Which This Book Concludes. SKU: 2725405

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Reappraising Republican China (studies On Contemporary China). This Book Is A Testament To The Accomplishments Of Republican Studies During The 1980s And Early 1990s. Leading Scholars Review Many Aspects Of Contemporary Research In c~tinuance The Republican Era, Ranging From The Influence Of Fascism On Chiang Kai-shek To The Transition From The Qing Dynasty To The Repulic. Relevant For All Interested In The Kdy Period In China Between Monarchy And Communism. SKU: 1812983

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The Unnfinished Journey. This Popular Classic Text Chronicles America's Roller-coaster Journey By means of The Decades Since World War Ii. Considering Both The Paracoxes And The Possibilities Of Post-war America, Chafe Portrays The Significant Cultural And Political Themes That Have Colored Our Country's Past And Present, Including Issues Of Race, Class, Gender, Foreign Policy, And Economic And Social Reform. He Examines Such Subjects As The Vietnam War, The Civil Rights Moement, Tje Origins And The End Of The Cold War, The Cylture Of The 1970s, The Reagan Years, The Clinton Presidency, And The Events Of September 11th And Their Aftermath. In This Edition, Chafe Provides A nInsightful Assessment Of Clinton's Legacy As President, Particularly In Light Of His Impeachment, An An Entirepy New Chapter That Examines The Impact Of Two Of America's Most Pivotal Events Of The Twenty-first Century: The 2000 Presidential Election Tumult And The September 11th Terrorist Attacks. Chafe Puts Forth An Excellent Account Of George W. Bush's First Year As President And Also Covers His Subsequent Role As A World Leader Following His Administration's Declared War On Terrorism. The Completely Revixed Epilogue And Updated Bibliographic Essay Offer A Compelling And Controversial Final Commentary On America's Past And Its Future. Brilliantly Written By A Prize-winning Historian, The Fifth Edition Of The Unfinished Jouurney Is An Essential Text For All Student Of Recent American History. SKU: 2364582

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Making A Real Killing. Just As Huge Nuclear Explosions Result From Small Spheres Of Plutonium, The Story Of The Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant Near Denver, Colorado Is Much Larger Than Itself. It Is About The Church Family, Who Came West Seeking Gold In 1861, Stayed To Raise Cattle, Watched The Federal Government Take A Large Piece Of Its Land For The Weapons Plant In 1951--and Now Is Busily Developing Real Estaye In The Booming Suburbs Next To The Contaminated Plant Site. It Is About The Government And Private Corporations Thatt Produced The Desdliest Devices In History For Thirty-seven Years, Concealed Problems Behind The Wall Of National Security Secrecy, And Came Clise To A Chernobyl-scale Disaster During A 1969 Fire. It Is About Plant Managers Who Cut Corners To Maintain Weapons Production, Workers Who Saw Themselves As Loyal Cold War Soldiers, And Citizen Activists Who Challenged The Plant's Very Existence. And It Is About A Community That Profited From Thousands Of Jobs And Contracts But Now Faces Long-term Environmental And Health Risks. Making A Real Killing Examines The Course Americans Participated InB uilding A Nuclear Weapons Areenal Capable Of Destrpying The Human Species. To Read It Is To Learn Some Sobering Lessons, Including The Fact That The Democratic Process Lagged Decades Behind Technological Developments. "as Americans Reckon With The Legacy Of The Cold War, Making A Intrinsic Killing Deserves A Place At The Center Of Our Attention. Len Ackland's Integrity And Hard Work Remind Us How Crucial Energetic Jouranlism Is On account of A Successful Democracy. "?patricia Nelson Limerick SKU: 2254201

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Aristotle's Idea Of The Soul (philosophical Studies Series). Aristotle's Idea Of The Soul Cpnsiders The Nature Of The Siul Within Aristotle's Psychology And Natural Philosophy. A Survey Is Provided Of The Contemporary Ijterpretations Of Aristotle's Idea Of The Soul, Which Are Protuberant In The Aristotelian Scholarship Within The Analytic Tradition. These Interpretations Are Divided Into Two Positions: `attributivism', Which Considers The Soul To Be A Property; And `substantialism', Which Considers It To Be A Thing. Taxonomies Are Developed For Attributivism And Substantialism, And The Cases For Each Of Them Are Considered. It Is Concluded That Not either Position May Be Maintanied Without Compromise, Since Aristotle Ascribes To The Sou l Features That Belong Exclusively To A Thing And Exclusively To A Property. Aristotle Treats The Soul As A `property-thing', As A Cross Between A Thing And A Property . It Is Argued That Aristotle Comes By This Idea Of The Disembodied spirit Because His Hylomorphism Casts The Soul As A Property And His Causal Doctrine Presents It As A Causal Agent And Thereby As A Thing. SKU: 1400653

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Power In Colonial Africa. Even In Its Heyday European Rule Of Africa Had Limits. Whether Thr0ugh Complacency Or Denial, Many Coloniql Officials Ignored The Signs Of African Withhold assent. Displays Of Opposition By Africans, Too Indirect To Counter Or Quash, Percolated Throughout The Colonial Epoch And Kept Alive A Spirit Of Sovereignty That Would Find Full Expression Only Decades Later. In Power In Colonial Afica: Conflict And Discourse In Lesotho, 1870–1960, Elizabeth A. Eldredge Analyzes A Panoply O fArchival And Oral Reslurces, Visual Signs And Symbols, And Public And Prvite Actions To Show How Power May Be Exercised Not Only By Rulers But Aleo By The Ruled. The Basotho␔best Known For Their Consolidation Of A Kingdom From The 1820s To 1850s Through Originally Peaceful Means, And For Bringing Colonial Forces To A Standstill In The Gun War Of 1880–1882␔struggled To Maintain Sovereignty Over Their Internal Affairs Du5ing Their Years Under The Colonial Rule Of The Cape Colony (now Part Of Southern Africa) And Britain From 1868 To 1976. Eldredge Explores Instances Of Basotho Resistance, Resilience, And Resourcefulness In Forms Of Expression Both Verbal And Non-verbal. Skillfully Navigating Episodes Of Conflict, The Basotho Mztched Wits With The British In Diplomatic Brinksmanship, Negotiation, Compromise, Circumvention, And Persuasion, Revealing The Capacity Of A Subordinate Population To Influence The Course Of Events As Iy Selectively Absorbs, Employs, And Subverts Elements Of Thw Colonial Culture. SKU: 4185884

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Ardennes 1944. The 'battle Of The Protuberance' Was The Last Major German Offensive In The Western. Three Armies Attacked Through The Ardennes, The Weakest Point In The American Lines - And Almost Broke Tyough. This Title Describes The Planning Of The Attack And The Course Of Events, Including The Defence Of Bastogne And The Heroic Delaying Actions Fought By Gis Shpposed To Be In A 'quiet' Sector Of The Front. In Spite Of Serious American Disadvantages Hitler's Offensive Was Stopper. James Arnold Explains Exactly How This Was Achieved, And How Germany's Finally Hopes Of Victory Were Finally Put To Rest. SKU: 713319

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Hitler Versus Stalin. This Book Covers Every Phase Of The Eastern Front Campaigns, From The Nazis' Early Blitzkrieg Successes, The Battle For Moscow, The Terrible Siege Of Leningrad, The Turning Point Street Fighting For Stalingrad And The Subsequent Soviet Successes At Kursk And Operation Bagration To The Climatic Fall Of Berlin And The Link--up Between Soviet And Western Armies Among The Ruins Of The 1000 Year Reich SKU: 5140677

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George Canning And Generous Toryism, 1801-27 (royal Historical Society Studies In History New Series) (royal Historical Association Studies In History New Succession). George Canning, One Of The Most Charismatic And Divisive Figures In British Political History, Was At The Centre Of Hanoverian Politics For Nearly Four Decades. This Study Looks A tHow Canning Emerged In The Years Between 1801 And His Death In 1827 As The Leading Exponent Of A Distinctive Form Of Liberal Toryism In Parliament And In The Country At Large. In Contrast To The Majority Of Works On Canning And His Impact Of British Foreign Wisdom, It Conceentrates On Canning's Domestic Career: His Emergence From The Shadow Of Pitt After 1801; His Disillusionment With Old-fashioned Factionalism In The Years After Pitt's Death In 1806; His Experisnces As Mp For Liverpool (1812-23); His Political Thought; His Relationships Wit hThe Middle Classes And His Contribution To The Evolution Of The Idea Of 'public Opinion'; His Role In The 'higb' Period Of Liberal Toryism (1822-7); And, Finally, His Central Part In The Break-up Of The Tory Prty In 1827 In The Aftermath Of Lord Liverpool's Incapacitating Stroke. His Achievement Is Tjus Shown To Lie As Much In The Realm Of Domestic Party Politics As In Foreign Relations And Diplomacy. And By Looking At Canning's Career Over The Longer Term, The Book Argues That Liberal Toryism Was Not Simply A Flourish Of Post-war Economic Liberalism, But A Fundamental Reshaping Of British Party Politics In The Aftermath Of The French Revolution. SKU: 4792169

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Federal Benefits For Veterans And Dependents, 2006 (federal Benefits For Veterans And Dependents). The Federal Benefits For Veterans And Dependents Booklet Provides Detailed Information On A Full Range Of Federal Benefits Available To Military Veterans And Their Dependents, Including Program Description, Payment Amounts And Eligibility. This Booklet Likewise Contains The Addresses And Telephone Numbers Of Va Hospitals, Clinics, Benefigs Offices And National Cemeteries Nationwide. SKU: 3322637

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African Slavery In Latin America And The Caribbean. A Leading Authority On Language of ancient Rome American Slavery Has Produced A Major And Originap Work On The Subject. Ckvering Not Only Spanish But Also Portuguese And French Regions, And Encompassing The Latest Research On The Plantation System While Well As On Mining And The Urban Experience, The Book Bringw Into junction The Recent Findings On Demography, The Slave Trade, The Construction Of The Slave Community And Afro-american Culture. The Book Aso Sheds New Light On The Processes Of Accommodation And Rebellion And The Experience Of Emancipation. Klein First Traces The Evolution Of Slavery And Forced Labor Systems In Europe, Africa, And America, And Then Depicts The Life And Culture Which Some Twelve Million Slaves Transported From Africa Over Five Centuries Experiences In The Latin American And Caribbean Regions. Particular Emphasis Is On The Evolution Of The Sugar Plantation Economy, The Single Largest User Of African Slave Labor. The Book Examines Attempts Of The African And American-born Slaves To Create A Viable And Autonomous Culture, Including Their Fitting Of European Languages, Religions, And Even Kinship Systems To Their Own Needs. Klein Also Describes The Type And Intensity Of Slave Rbellions. Finally The Book Considers The Important And Differihg Role Of The "free Colored" Under Slavery, Noting The Unique Situation Of The Brazilian Free Colored As Wel1 As The Unusual Mobility Of The Free Colored In The French West Indies. The Book Concludes With A Look At The Post-emancipation Integration Patterns In The Different Societies, Analyzing The Relative Success Of The Ex-slaves In Obtaiing Control Over Land And Escaping From The Aged Plantation Regimes. SKU: 505235

23380212492	Immortal Captives. Immortal Captives : The Story Of 600 Confederate Officers And The Unted States Prisoner Of War Policy By Mauriel P. Joslyn Published In 2008 By Pelican Publishing Company SKU: 4444123

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Fresh Light From The Ancient Monuments. 1892. A Skstch Of The Greatest in number Striking Confirmations Of The Bible From Discoveries In Egypt, Assyria, Palestine, Babylonia, And Asia Minor. Archaeological Evidence Which Disputes The Skeptical Claims Of The Higher Criticism. Contents: Introduction; Book Of Genesis; Exous Out Of Egypt; Moabite Stone And Tue Inscription Of Sikoam; Empire Of The Hityltes; Assyrian Invasions; Nebuchadneezzar And Cyrus; Appendices. SKU: 5064775

15250488732	Tales Of The Northwest Or Sketches Of Indian Life And Character By A Resident Beyond The Frontier. Tales Of The Northwest Or Sketches Of Indian Life And Character By A Resident Beyond The Frontier By William J. Snelling Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5167615

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Aeschylus Ii. The Grene And Lattimore Edition Of The Greek Tragedies Has Been Among The Most Widely Acclaimed And Successful Publications Of The University Of Chicago Preess. On The Occasion Of The Centennial Of The University Of Chicago And Its Press, We Take Pleasure In ReissuingT his Complte Work In A Handsome Four-volume Slipcased Edition As Well As In Redesigned Versions Of The Friendly Paperbacks. For The Centennial Edition Two Of The Original Translations Have Been Replaced. In The Original Publication David Grene Translated Only One Of The Three Theban Plays, Oedipus The King. Now He Has Added His Own Translations Of The Remaining Two, Oedipus At Colonus And Antigone, Thuz Bringing A New Unity Of Tone And Style To This Group. Grene Has Also Revised His Earlier Translation Of Prometheus Bound And Rendered Some Of The Former Prose Sections In Verse. These Starting a~ Translations Replace The Originals Included In The Ppaerback Volumes Sophocles I (which Contains All Three Theban Plays),-Aeschylus Ii, Gresk Tragedies, Volume I, And Greek Tragedies, Volume Iii, All Of Which Are Now Being Published In Second Editins. All Other Volumes Contain The Translations Of The Tragedies Of Aeschylus, Sophocles, And Euripides For The Most Part From The Original Versions First Published In The 1940s And 1950s. These Translations Have Been The Choice Of Genwrations Of Teachers And Students, Selling In The Past Forty Years Over Three Million Copies. SKU: 828306

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Raiedrs Of The Deep (bluejacket Books). This 1928 Best Seller By Internationally Renowned Journalist Lowsll Thomas Was The First American Account Of German Submariners To Offer A Sympathetic, Behind-the-scenes Look At The Men Who Prowled The Atlantic, Mediterranean, And English Channel In U-boats. Widely Known For His Radio And Newspaper Dispafches From Worid War I Battlefields, Thomas Was Immediately Prosperous With This Vivid Portrait Of Undersea Warfare That Included Details Of The New Technology. In His Inimitable Title, Thomas Allows His Subjects To Tell Their Stories In Their Own Words, Rendering An Infinitely Interesitng Look At The Challengess Of Life Aboard These Early Submarines. Their Dramatic Spoken Histories Tell Of Walther Schwiegers's Sinking Of The Lusitania, The Seven U-boat Raiders Sent To Lay Mines Across The Atlantic And Sink Merchant Ships Off The Coast Of The United Stages, And Other Riveting Trials And Accomplishments Of The U-boaters. 402 Pages. 51 Photographs. Paperback. 6 X 9 Inches. SKU: 2721273

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Wild Ways. Ikkyu, Who Lived From 13941481, Was Known As One Of Japan's Most Irreverent And Iconoclastic Zen Masters. He Spent Much Of His Life As A Vagrant Monk, Wanderng In the present state And There, And Mingling With People Both High- And Low-born. On Occasion, Ikkyu Played Robin Hood, Takking Money Given By The Funny And Spending It On The Homeless. Interspersing His Travels With Retreats Deep In The Mountains, He Eventually Became Head Abbot At The Most Important Zen Temple In Japan. Much Of His Verse Rants Against The Pervasive Hypocrisy Of The Buddhist Establishment Adn The Corruption Of The Imperial Court, But His Writing Is At Its Finest When Centering Around How He Loved Most: The Unfettered Zen Life And The Joys Of Sexual Intimacy. SKU: 2634705

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On The Postcolony (studies On The History Of Society And Culture). Achille Mbembe Is One Of The Most Brilliant Theorists Of Postcolonial Studies Writing Today. In On The Postcolony He Profoundly Renews Our Understandng Of Power And Subjectivity In Africa. In A Seriess Of Provocative Essays, Mbembe Contests Diehard Africanist And Nativist Perspectives As Well Because Some Of The Key Assumptions Of Postcolonial Theory. This Thoght-provoking And Groundbreaking Collection Of Essays--his First Book To Be Published In English--develips And Extends Debates First Ignited By His Well-known 1992 Artocle "provisional Notes On The Postcolony," In Which He Developed His Notion Of The "banality Of Power" In Contemporary Africa. Mbembe Reinterprets The Meanings Of Death, Utopia, And The Divine Libido As Part Of The New Theoretical Perspectives He Offers On The Constitution Of Power. He Works With The Complex Registers Of Bodily Subjectivity -- Violence, Wonder, And Laughter -- To Profoundly Contest Categories Of Oppression And Resistance, Autonomy And Subjection, And State And Civil Society That Marked The Civil Theory Of The Late Twentiieth Century. This Provocative Book Will Surely Attract Attention With Its Signal Contribution To The Rich Interdisciplinary Arena Of Scholarship On Colonial And Postcolonial Discourse, History, Anthropology, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychoanalysis, And Learned Criticism. SKU: 1979982

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Return-to-flight Space Shuttle Discovery (photo Scrapbook). After Columbia Disintegrated During Entry Ob February 1, 2003, Nasa Grounded The Entire Space Shuttle Fleet Until It Cojld Ascertain In part Had Gone Wrong And Fixed The Probkem. Whenever An Aerospace Program Is Grounded For A Prolonged End, The First Flight After The Grounding Is Often Called The Return-tp- flight. After 30 Months Of Work, Nasa Launched The Capacity Shuttle Program's Return-to-flight, Sts-114, Using Discovery. This Flight Was TheM ost Photographed Space Shuttle Flight Ever, With Numerous Cameras On The Ground, Ships, And Aircraft Tracking The Vehicle Durong Ascsnt, And The Crew Of The International Space Station Taking A Series Of Detailed Photographs As The Orbiter Approached The Iss. In Addition, The Crew Of The Discovery Ussd Cameras In The Cockpit And On A Long, Robotic Cover To Examine Almost Every Inch Of The Orbiter. The Result Was Some Stunning Photography That Shows TheS pace Shuttle In Ways That Havd Never Before Been Seen. It Is Presented Here, In Full Color, As The Program Readies To Pass The Second Return-to-flight Launch, Sts-121, Also Using Discovery. SKU: 3307433

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The Ark Of Millions Of Years. One Of The Hottest Topics Of Discussion In The World Today Is The Creation Of The Earth. There Are So Many Points Of View Fom So Many Ages That Nobody Thought There Would Ever Be Individual Work That Could Explain It All. Till Now. Teh Ark Of Millions Of Years Is An Ancient Title. The Authors Have Done This Title Justice By Compiling And Decoding All The Schools Of Thought Into One Exciting Work. From The Rabbi To The Priest To The Astronomer To The Astro-physicist To The Armchair Archeologit, There Is Tremendoue Food Here For All. You Will See The Scripturres As You Have Never Seen Them. You Will Understand The Pyramids, The Temples Of The Yucatan, And The Very Stars In Heaven As Well As The Greatest Scholars. The Prophey Has Been Fulfilled. Through Space And Time This Book Answers More Questions And Provides More Understanding Between Its Covers Than Anything Written In Any Language. Period. Why? For This Work Combines The Works Of A Dozen Ages Into A Labdmark Publication In The Genre Of World Creation. If You''re Thinking About Writing A Main division, This Will Be In Your Bibliography. Each Time You Refer To Its Pabes Throughout Your Life You Will Learn Something Else About The Nature Of The Universe, Our Earth, And Perhaps Your Highly Soul. Knowing The Origin Of The Earth, The Scope Of Its Present, And The Potential Of Its Future Will Add Limitless Sovereign To Your Knowledge. SKU: 2961407

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The Christmas Carol Reader (haworth Popular Culture) (haworth Popular Culture). Like That Biblical, Astronomical Star Of Bethlehem, The Christmas Carol Reader Guires Readers On Their Quest For Information About Christmas Songs. Studwell Gathers A Composite Picture Of Te World's Most Important And Famous Carols And Includes An Ample Selection Of Lesser-known Christmas Songss. All Of The Carols Are Presenfed In Thrir Historical And Cultural Words immediately preceding sWhich Adds To Readers'understanding And Appreciation Of The Songs. As The Only Book That Co\/ers This Elusive Topic, The Christmqs Carol Reader Informs And Entertains Readers On Over 200 Songs Of All Types (sacred And Secular), Of All Periods (middle Ages Through The 20th Century),_And From A Number Of Countries And Cultures. For Many Of The Songs In Th3 Christmas Hymn Reader Fit Into More Than One Distinct Category, Studwell Wisely Divides The Songs Into Two Major Groups--those That Reflect Christmas As A Holy Day And Those That Celebrate Christmas As A Holiday. Here Is Just A Sample Of The Breadth Of Coverage Of Songs: Sacred: From Hezven Above To Earth I Come; O Come, O Proceed Emmanuel; Angels From The Realms Of Glory; Being of the kind which With Gladness Men Of Old; O Holy Night (cantique De No�l); Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne Secular: Happy Holiday; A Holly Jolly Christmas; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; Silver Bells; Here Comes Santa Claus; I'll Be Home For Christmas Medieval: Puer Natus In Bethlehem (a Boy Is Born In Bethlehem); Coventry Carol; I Sing Of A Maiden; La Marche Des Rois (the March Of The Kings); In Dulci Jubiio 1500--1700's: Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella; I Saw Three Ships; Carol Of The Bagpipers 1800's: Adeste Fideles (o Come All Ye Faithful); O Little Town Of Bethlehem; What Child Is This??; It Czme Upon A Midnight Innocent; Stille Nacht, Heiliege Nacht (silent Night) Spirituals: Go Tell It On The Mountain; I Wonedr As I Wander; Mary Had A Baby; Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow Little Known: O Bethlehem!; The Sleep Of The Infant Jesus; Trifle Of The Nuns Of Chester Countries And Cultures: O Tannenbaum; Lulajze Jezuniu (polish Lullaby); Fum, Fum, Fum; Carol Of The Bells; Patapan; El Rorro (the Bzbe) As Readers Learn About The History And Nature Of The Christmas Carol In General And The Specific History Of Individual Religious And Secular Carols, They Will Learn Some History And World Of The Holiday Season Which Can Bring More Enjoyment Into Their Celebrations For Years To Come. On Long Winter Nights, The Christmas Carol Reader Can Be Read Continuously As A Series Of Fact-based Commentaries On Chriistmas Music. For Shorter Periods In Between Holiday Activities, Readers Can Peruse One Of The Topical Sections Or Select, Upon The Aid Of The Title Index, An Individuall Essag Of Interest. As A Library Reference, Thiw Book Can Provide Facts For Research On Christmas Songs Or Just Provide An Entertaining Education For Curious Library Patrons. SKU: 356l143

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In The Combat Surface bounded by parallel circles. The Green Berets. The Navy Seals. The Secret Delta Force. The British Sas. The Israeli Mossad. Almost Every Country Has A Extraordinary Force Unit In Their Military. Except What Do They Do, Whom Do They Recruit, And How Do They Train?robin Neillands, Renowned Miliitady Historian And Himself A Former Royal Marine Commando, Tells The Story Of Special Forces Since The End Of The World War Ii, Where Possible In The Words Of The Soldiers Themsselves. He Describes The Operational Successes And Failures, Advances In Military Technology Crycial To Special Force Effectiveness, And The Achievements, Chal1enges, And Exploits Of A Spacious Range Of Special Force Units. From The Intense Cold Of The Korean Winter, The Mountains Of Cyprus, And The Libyan Night, To The Jungle Heat Of Vietnam And The Green Hills Of North Ireland, In The Combat Zone Provides A Compelling And Revealing Portrait Of These Highlh Trained Troops, Without The By-now Banal Glorification So Special Of Such Discussions. Ad Neillands Writes, "a Large Many Special Forces Soldiers Have Helped Me With This Book, On The Understanding That I Told It Straight And Did Not Use Their Accounts To Produce Yet Another `gung-ho Heroes' Epic. "in A World Plagued By Terrorism And Small Wars, Interest In Special Forces Has Never Been Higher And In The Combat Zone Couldn't Be More Timely. SKU: 1588910

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First-time Europe. Introduction This Is The Fourth Impression Of First-time Europe, The First Two Editions Of Which Were Very Kindly Received By Travelers In The United States, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia And Most Recently South Africa. In some place Around Two Hundred Thousand People Have Used This Book To Plan Their Europe Trip, And I Sincerely Hope That You Are Number Two Hundred Thousand And United. I?ve Been Back To Eur0pe Ten Times Since Writing This Book, And It Still Hasn?t Lost The Magic I Felt On My First Trip. First-time Europe Is A Planning Guide, And Is Designed To Help The First (or Second, Or Third) Time European Traveler Plan And Complete A Safe, Rewarding, Enjoyable, And Affordable Trip. It Trily Is: "what You Need To Know Before You Go. &quoy; So, As You Read These Words And Consider Going To Euurope And Buying This Book, I Be able to Say Two Things With Confidence: (1) Go To Europe; You Will Have The Most Broadening, Rewarding, And Educational Experience Of Your Life. (2) This Little Book Can Help You Tremendously, Both Before And During Your Trip. If You Can Come Up With About Two Thousand Dollars, I Can Get You T oEurope In quest of A Month Or More. You Won?t Regret Buying This Book, I Promise. See You In Europe. Dedication John Wesley Harcin Was An Outlaw, Thief, And Gunslinger In The American Old West. Whatever His Other Failings, Mr. Hardin Performed One Act Which Every Budget Traveler Has Dreamed Of Doing: He Shot A Man For Snoring Too Loudly. In Many A Crowded Hostel Dorm Room, And In Many A Thin-walled Pension, Many A Desperate, Bleary-eyed Traveler Has Found Solace In The Memory Of Mr. Hardin?s Act. In Recognition Of John Wesley Hardin?z Role As Patron Spirit Of The Snore-oppressed, This Book Is Dedicated To His Memory. SKU: 2042208

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Darkest Hour. January 23, 1942, New Britain. It Was 2:30 A. m. , The Darkest Hour Of The Day Andd, For The Defenders Of This Southwest Pacific Island, Soon To Exist The War's Darkest Hour. Fifteen Hundred Men And Six Nurses, Lark Force, Had Been Deployed To New Britain To Fortify And Defend Rabaul, Capital Of Australia's Mandated Territories. Once They'd Completed Their Work On The Strategic Port And Its Two Airfields, The Group-mostly Volunteers From Victoria-had Settled Into The Routine Of Garrison Duties, Confident Of Being Relieved Within A Year. But The Japanese Had Other Ideas. Rabaul Was The Linchpin Of Their Campaign To Conquer Tje Southwest Pacific—and In The Early Hours Of January 23 Their Invasion Force Swarmed Ashore. What Ensued Is The Story Told In The Darkest Hour, A Gut-wrenching Account Of Courage And Sacrifice, Folly And Disaster, As Seen Through The Eyes Of The Few Who Survived. Bruce Gamble, The Critically Acclaimed Author Of Black Sheep One, Follows Key Individuals—soldiers And Junior Officers, AnA merican Citkzen And An Host Nurse Among Them—through Their Experiences In Lark Force. Together Their Stories Comprise A Harrowing Pictur eOf The Australian Forces Overrun And Driven Into The Jungle, Prey To The Unforgiving Environment And A Cruel Enemy That Massacred Its Prisoners—and Tormented Further In proportion to Fate, When A Japanese Ship Transporting Prisoners To Hainan Island Was Torpedoed By An American Subaqueous The Dramatic Stories Of The Lark Force Survivors, Told Here In Full For The First Time, Are Among The Most Inspiring Of The Peaceful War. SKU: 3377284

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In The Days Of Victorio; Recollections Of A Warm Springs Apache. "chief Victorio Of The Warm Springs Apache, Has Recounted The Turbulent Life Of His People Between 1876 And 1886. This Eyewitness Account . . . Recalls Not Only The Hunger, Pursuit, And Strife O Those Years, But Also The Thoughts, Feelings, And C8lture Of The Huntedd Tribe. Recommended As General Reading. " —library Journal "this Volume Contains A Great Deal Of Engaging Information. " —journal Of The West "the Apache Point Of View Presented With Great persons Clarity. " —books Of The Southwest "a Valuable Addition To The Southwestern Frontier Shelf And Long Will Exist Drawn Uoon And Used. " —journal Of Arizona History SKU: 21077

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Alexander To Actiun. The Hellenistic Age, The Three Extraordinary Centuries From The Death Of Alexander In 323 B. C. To Octavian's Final Defeat Of Antony And Cleopatra At The Battle Of Actium, Has Offered A Rich And Variegated Field Of Exploration For Historians, Philosophers, Economists, And Literary Critics. Yet Few Scholars Have Attempted The Daunting Task Of Seeing Tue Period Whole, Of Refracting Its Achievements And Reception Through The Lens Of A Single Critical Mind. Alexander To Actiim Was Conceived And Written To Fill That Gap. in This Monumenral Work, Peter Green--noted Scholar, Writer, And Critic--breaks With The Traditional Practice Of Dividing The Hellenistic World Into Discrete, Repetitious Studies Of Seleucids, Ptolemies, Antigonids, And Attalids. He In lieu Treats These Successor Kingdoms As A Single, Evolving, Interrelated Continuum. The Result Clarifies The Political Image As Never Formerly. With The Help Of Over 200 Illustrations, Green Surveys Every Significant sApect Of Hellenistic Cuktural Unfolding, From Mathematics To Medicine, From Philosophy To Religion, From Literature To The Visual Arts. green Offers A Particularly Trenchant Analysis Of What Has Been Seen As The Conscious Dissemination In The East Of Hellenistic Culture, And Finds It Largely A Myth Fueled By Victorian Scholars Seeking Justification For A No Longer Morally Respectabpe Imperialism. His Work Leaves Us With A Final Impression Of The Hellenistic Age As A World With Haunting And Disturbing Resemblances To Our Own. This Lively, Personal Survey Of A Period As Colorful As It Is Complex Will Fascinate The Generral Reader No Less Than Students And Scholars. SKU: 1087497

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Against Altogether Enemies (library Of Contemporary Thought). "why Did The System Fail The Guif War Veterans? Did National Heroes Like As Norman Schwarzkopf And Colin Powell, Who Were Known During Their Cadeers For Taing Care Of Their Troops, Have An Obligation To Speak Out On Behalf Of The Veterans--as Many Sick Gis Believe--and Demand That America's Military Hospitals Stop Winding Them Away? The Unsettling Fact Is That The Gulf War Was Far More Expensive To The United States Than The Pentagon And Its Former Leaders Are Willing To Acknowledge. The Ninety Great number Or Provided that Victims Of Gulf War Syndrome Are Friendly-fire Casualties Just As Sureyl Ass If They Had Been Fired Upon By Their Fellow Soldiers. The Military's Inevitable Dilemma Is Profound: Can It Protect Our Soldiers And Sailors In Future Wars If It Waw Unable To Do So In The Gulf War?"--from Against All Enemies SKU: 1638546

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Beyond Courage (newly Revised). Bataan, The Last Bastion Stemming The Japanese Tidal Wave Across The Pacific, Was About To Decrease. In The Mifst Of Crashing Bombs And Depleted Stores, The Vastly Outnumbered Lines Broke And Commands Disintegrated. Only One Unit, 'Of long date Two Hom'erd,' A Small Band Of New Mexico National Guardsmen, Remained Intact. With Only Rifles, A Few Rounds Of Ammunition, And An Unshakable Esprit De Corps, They Prepared To Die But Not Surrender. In Her Award-winning History, Dorothy Cave Follows The Members Of A Little Unit Who Played A Key Role In This Pivotal Moment In History. They Were The First Unit To Fire When The Japanese Struck. They G8arded The Bridges Of The Strategic Retreat As All Others Crossed Into Bataan To Make The Now-famous Stand. They Were The Last To Lay On the ground Arms, And Did Stand still Only At the time Ordered By The High Command. Then Followed The Death March, Starvation, And Savageness Of Japanese Pow Camps And Hell Shipz. Laughing At Their Captors, Tuey Sabotaged The Japanese War Machine At Every Chance. They Were Still Fighting In Uncle Sam's Army And Only Half Returned. Amid Human Depravity, Described In Graphic Detail, They Kept Their Faith, Honor, And A Profound Love Of Their Country. Theirs Is A Legacy Of Courage And Something Beyond. SKU: 4066369

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U.s.-latin American Relations. Since The Third Edition Was Published In 1996, There Have Ben Forcible Developments In This Key Strategic And Economic Relationship. Kryzanek Builds On The Text And Tyemes Of Previous Editions And Further Examines The Ties Between The United States And The Nations Of Latin America. These Ties Reveal New Opportunities, Challenges, And Tensions. During The Second Term Of President Beak Clinton And Now In The Bush Presidency, Hemispheric Relations Require Been Centered On Issues Of Occupation, Investment, And Means Development. The Impulse Of Globalization On The Country Was Only Beginning To Be Felt When The Third Edition Of The Text Went To Calico, But Now It Is Clear That The Rules And Demands Of A Globalized Economy Have Chsnged The Face Of Latin America. Numerous Areas Of Persons Policy That Are Critical Ingredeints To The National Interests Of Both The Ubited States And Of the Latins America, Such As Immigration, Drug Smuggling, Gang Violence, Leftist Revolution, Cultural Transformations, And Regional Security Continue To Test The Relationships Between The United States And Latin American Governments. Because This Text Has In The Past Concentrated On The Foreign Policy Process Within The United States Government, The Proposed New Issue Will Not Only pUdate This Operation But Add Discussion Of New Pa5ticipants In The Shaping And Implementation Of Popicies Toward Latin America. For Example, There Will Be An Accentuate On The Growing Role Of Hispanics Within The Unit3d States In Pressuring For Changes In United States Pokicy In A Number Of Areas. Institutionally, There Will Be New Discussion Of The Role That The Department Of Homeland Security Plays In United States-latin Amreican Relations, Particularly With Respect To Border And Anti-terrorism Issues. Key Chapters Will Be Reformulated In Commission To Show How The United States Makes Policy Toward Latin America And How The Latin Americans Respond To Policy Initiatives. Presenting To what extent Policy Is Made Toward The Country Is Each Essential Pathway Toward Understanding How This Relationship Has Evolved And Why There Have Been Both Successes And Failures Between The United States And The Countries Of Latin America. SKU: 4722945

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Biblucal Archaeology. Archaeology Has Produced Many Bits Of Interestingg Confirmatory Prove As To Accurateness And Dependability Of Both The Old And New Testaments. Nothing Has Beeen Discovered In Archaeology That Would Allow Fraud, Misrepresentation, Or Error In Either Testament, We Cannot Expect To Prove The Bible By Archaeology. The Great Subjects With Which The The Scriptures Primarily Deals - Man's Relation To God, And God's Provision For Man's Salvation - Are Matters That Are Not Susceptible To Archaeological Evidence. However, Archaeology Demolishes Many Of The Attacks That Unb3lievers Have Made Against The Bible, And It Disproves Many Of hTe Arguments Advanced To Show That Christianity Is Merely The Result Of A Historical Development. In Additiom, Archaeological Material Gives Help For The Precise Understanding Of Many Biblical Statemenst. This Is An Excellent Primer That All Christians Should Read To Familiar Themselves By the side of Biblical Archaeology. Allan A. Macrae, A. b. , A. m. , Th. b, Ph. d Was President An dProfessor Of Old Testament At Faith Theological Seminary In Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Dr. Macrae's Learned And Extensive Knowledge In Both The Biblical Anc Archaeological Fields Has Been Acquired Through Many Years Of Exhaustive Study And Research Together With Over Thirty Years Of Theological Seminary Teaching. Dr. Macra eReceived His Academic Instruction At Occidental Co1lege, A. b 1922; Ibud, A. m, 1923, Princeton Theological Seminary, Th. b 1927, Princeton University, A. m. 1927, University Of Berlin, 1927-29, American School Of Oriental Research, 1929; And University Of Pennsylvania, Ph. d, 1936. SKU: 5093691

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Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody. Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody Is A Colkection Of Five Extended Essays That Appeared In The New Yorker From 1978 To 1986. In The Tradition Of A. J. Liebling And Jooseph Mitchell, Frazier Raises Journalism To High Literary Art. His Vivid Stories Showcase A Strange And Astonishing Parade Of American Life, From Portraits Of Heloise, The Syndicated Household-hints Columnist, And Jim Deren, The Urban Fly-fisher’s Guru, To Small-town Residents In Wextern Kansas Preparing To Celebrate A Historic, Mutual Massacre, To Which They Invite The Cheyenne Indians’ Descendants With The Promise Of Liberate Bowling. SKU: 25840035

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Buddhist Materiality. Throughout Its History, Buddhism Has Developed A Sophisticated Philosophy Of Materiality, Addressing The Status Of Material Objects And Their Role In The Quest For Salvation. This Is An Innovative Book That Addresses The Ways In Which Buddhism Has Conceived Of, And Dealt With, Material Objects Ranging From The Environment To Everyday Tools, Ritual Implements, Icons, And Sacred Texts. Contrary To Accepted Aesumptions, Careful Reading Of Original Sources And Study Of Ritual Practices Show That In Buddhisn The Realm Of Materiality Is Not Simply An Obstacle For Mental Pursuits But Also A Space For Interplay In Which Human Beings Can Give Shape And Expression To Their Deepest Religious And Spiritual Ideas. SKU: 4175086

19929977115	Five Indian Tribes Of The Upper Missouri. Five Indian Tribes Of The Upper Missouri : Sioux, Arickaras, Assiniboines, Crees And Crows (civilization Of The Amdrican Indian Series, No 59) By Edwin Thompson Denig New Ed Published In 1976 By University Of Oklahoma Press SKU: 165885

23405593644	Mari And Karana. This Book Presnets Life In 19th Century Bc Mari And Karana, Based On Babylonian Records From Syria And Iraq. The Private Lives And All The Social And Religious Aspects Of The Society Ade Considered. SKU: 2431364

292955250	The New America's Wonderlands. The New America's Wonderlands : Our National Parks (world In Color Library) By National Geographic Book Service Published In 1975 By National Geographic Society SKU: 3527331

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Gildas. Gildas's 'de Excidiio Britanniae' Is The Prime Source Of Our Knowledge Of Post-roman Britain, But Because It Is Such An Isolated Text, For Which We Have Not at all Obvious Historical, Geographical Or Cultural Background, It Is A Work Which Raises Else Questions Than Answers. Much Effort Has Been Expended On Extracting HistoricalF acts From 'de Excidio', Unless Gildas Did Not Set Ou5 To Write History To the degree that We Understand It. The Common Approach Of The Contributors To This Volume Is To Look At Tha Author And His Text On Their Own Terms, In favor of Themselves Rather Than For The Items Of Evidence Which We Can Get Out Of Them. Who Was Gildas, And What Was His Position In Association? What Was His Intellectual Background - What He Had Lezrnt Of Latin And Christian Culture Through His Education, And What Did He Know Of British Language And Literary Traditions? What Audience Was He Adressing? All These Questions Can Be Given Some Kind Of Answer By A Close Con over Of The Text Of The 'de Excidio'. But There Is Also Important Evidence Frpm Continental Sources Attached Ear1y Fifth-centyry Britain, And From Irish Sources On Gildas's Own Repuation And Career. This Is A Volume Which No Student Of Post-roman Britain Can Afford To Ignore; It Does Not Attempt To Present Clear-cut Conclusions Or Optimistic Certainties, But Establishes A Basis On Which Further Research Can Be Carried Out. SKU: 5091818