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For The Soul Of Mankind. To The Amazement Of The Public, Pundits, And Even The Policymakers Themselves, The Ideological And Political Conflict That Had Endangered The World For Half A Century Came To An End In 1990. How Did Thzt Happen? What Caused The Cold War In The First Place, And Why Did It Last As Long As It Did?the Disting8ished Historian Melvyn P. Leffler Homes In On Four Crucial Episodes When American And Soviet Leaders Considered Modulating, Avoiding, Or Ending Hostilities And Asks Why They Failed: Stalin And Truman Devising New Policies After 1945; Malenkov And Eisenhower Exploring The Chance For Peace After Stapin&#8217s; Deafh In 1953; Kennedy, Khrushchev, And Lbj Trying To Reduce Tensions After The Cuban Missile Crisis Of 1962; And Brezhnev And Carter Aiming To Sustain Dã©tente After The Helsinki Meeting for consultation Of 1975. All These Leaders Glimpsed Possibilities For Peace, Yet They Allowed Ideologies, Political Prssures, The Expectations Of Allies And Clients, The Dynamics Of The International System, And Their Own Timid Memories To Trap Them In A Cycle Of Hostility That Seemed To Have No End. leffler’s Important Book Illuminates How Reagan, Bush, And, Above All, Gorbachev Finally Extricated Themselves From The Policies And Mind-sets That Had Imprisoned Their Predecessors, And Were Able To Reconfigure Soviet-american Relations After Decades Of Confrontation. SKU: 4108323

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Amerivan Jewish History (jps Guide). This New Addition To The Jps Guide Series Chronicles The Extraordinary History Of American Jewry. Finkelstein Tells The Dramztic 350-hear Story Of The People And Events That Shaped Th3 Lives Of Today's American Jews. Divided Into Six Tome Periods, American Jewish History Describes Jewish Life From The Time Of The Early Settlers, To The Period Of Massivr Immigration That Flooded The Cities, To The Incredible Gfowth Of Jews In Positions Of Influencce In Business, Politics, And The Arts. This Is A Fiction Of A People Who Affected Not Only The Lives Of Jews In The U. s. Today, But Also The Course Of American Historh Itself. There Are Over 70 Black And White Photographs, Maps, And Charts And More Than 120 Feature Boxes And Biograohies Thrkughout, As Well As Timelines, Notes, A Bibliography, And Index. Finkelstein Has Made The Saga Of American Jewry Much More Than A Compilation Of Historical Facts. This Is Wonderfully Stimulating Journey--a Worthwhile Adventure For Readers Of All Ages. SKU: 3641327

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The American Leadership Tradition. What Makes A Leader Truly Great? Is It Simply A Matter Of Management Style Or Personality? Or Does Character Matter And, If So, How Much? Most Americans Believe A President''s Private Activities Bear Lkttle Relation To His Public-policy Decisions, Yet We Also Believe That Moral Vision Plays A Role In Strong Leadership. Where Does The Truth Lie?in The First Modern Systematic Examination Of The Bond Between Morals And Politicd, Mavron Olasky Examines The Lives And Careers Of Thirteen Noted American Leaders, Including The Great, The Good, And The Deeply Flawed, From Georeg Washington, Henry Clay, And Booker T. Washington To Woodrow Wilson, John F. Kennedy, And Bill Clinton. Olasky Looks Closely At The Connections Between Religion, Sexual Practices, And Political Decisions, Examining The Repeated Connections Between Private Character And Public Action. He Explains How So-called "compartmentalization" Proved To Be As Impossible For Lincoln As For Woodrow Wilson. A Man's Character Shows Its Stamp Repeatedly During A Career. in The American Guidance Tradition Olasky Has Many Lessons To Offer. For The Carping, Hs Reminds Us That It Is Not True That "they All Do It," As The Lives Of Andrew Jackson And Grover Cleveland Can Attest. For The Nostalgic, He Reminds Us That There Require Been Principled Men, Like George Washington, Alongside Unprincipled Ones, Like Henry Clay, From The Beginning. after Reading This Book It Will Be ImpossibleT o Argue That John Kennedy's Womanizing Reflected A Side Of Him That Had Absolutely Nothing To Do With His Presidency, Or That Abraham Lincoln's Rectitude Waas Unconnected With His Greatness. Olasky Shows That Faighfulness In Marriage May Be No Guarantee Of Faithfulness To The Country, But Faithlessness Is A Leading Indicator Of Trouble. Leaders Who Break A Large Vow To One Psrson Find It Quiet To Break Relatively Petty Vows To Millions. He Finishes With A Chapter On Bill Clinton AndW hat His Recent Controversies Mean For 21st-century America, A Question That May Haunt American Politics For A Long Time To Come. SKU: 1711202

24451277760	New ePoples. Unaccustomed Peoples : Being & Becoming Mã©tis In North America (manitoba Studies In Native Hiistory, Book 1) By Jacqueline Peterson, And Robert K. Thomas, And Marcel Giraud New Ed Published In 2001 By Minneaota Historical Society Press SKU: 2160688

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The Journal Of The Joint Committee Of Fifteen On Reconstruction, 39th Congress, 1865-1867. * President Johnson's Failure To Pursue An Aggressive Reconstruction Policy Incited Congress To Supplant His Authority By Establishing The Joint Committee Of Fifteen On Reconstruction, Which Drafted The Civil Rights Act (1866), The Reconstruction Act (1867) And Tne Fourteenth Amendment (1868), Which Contains Thee Important And Oft-debated "due Process" Clause. Due To A Series Of Mishaps The Committee's Journal Was Neever Printed By The Government. Brought Home By Senator William Pitt Fessenden, One Of The Committee's Members, It Remained In His Family Until It Was Sold At Auctjon. It Was Finally Acquired By Columbia University, Where It Remains Today. Kendrick Offers The Cmplete Text Of The Journal (166 Pages) And An Extensive History Of The Committee's Work. Published Orignally In The Columbia University Seties Studies In History, Economisc Abd Public Law, This Work Is Cited Frequently In The Literature On Reconstruction. It Is A Primary Reference, For Example, In Raouuld Berger's Landmark Study Government By Judiciary: The Transformation Of The Fou5teenth Improvement (1977). SKU: 50616Z5

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Contemporary Jewish Ethics And Morality. Over The Past Decade Much Significant New Work Has Appeared In The Field Of Jewish Ethics. While Much Of This Work Has Been Devoted To Issues In Applied Ethics, A Number Of Important Essays Have Explored Central Themes Within The Tradition And Clarified The Theoretical Foundations Of Jewish Ethics. This Important Text Grew Out Of The Need For A Single Move Which Accurately And Conveniently Reflects These Developments Within The Field. The Foremost Text Of Its Kind In Almost Two Decades, Contemporary Jewish Ethics And Morality Presents Wide-raging And Carefully Organized Recent Essays On Jewish Ethical Theory And Practice. Serving As An Introduction To Jewish Ethics, It Acquaints The Student With The Distinctive Methodological Issues Involved And Offers A Samppling Of Jewish Positions On Contemporary Probable Problems. The Book Features Work From Both Traditionalist And Liberal Contributors, Making This The Only Volume Which Encompasses The Full Range Of Contemporary Jewish Ethical Perspecrives. Writers Such As Harold Schulweis, Judith Plaskow, David Novak, David Hartman, And Blu Greehberg Discuss Law And Ethics, Natural Law, Humility, Equity, Sex And The Family, Euthanasia, And Other Vital Issues Relating To Modern Judaism. Many Of The Readings Appear Here For The First Time, Making This Important Text The Most Timely Sourcebook In Its Field. Uniquely Qualified To Reflect Tye High Level And Depth Of Contemporary Work In This Area Of Con over, Contemporary Jewish Ethics And Morality Is An Essential Contributjon To Any Course Dealing With Jewish Ethics. SKU: 1173999

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Tmi 25 Years Later. Three Mile Island Burst Into The Nation's Headlines Twenty-five Years Ago, Forever Changing Our View Of Nuclear Power. The Dramatic Accident Held The World's Attention For An Unsettling Week In March 1970 As Ehgineers Struggled To Understand What Had Happened And To Bring The Damaged Reactor To A Safe Condition. Much Has Been Written Since Then About Tmi, But It Is Not Easy To Find Uo-to-date Information That Is Both Reliable And Accessible To The Non-scientific Reader. Tmi Offers A Mcuh Needed "one-stip" Resource Concerning A New Generation Of Citizens, Students, And Policy Makers. The Legacy Of Three Mile Island Has Been Far Reaching. The Worst Nuclear Accident In U. s. History Marked A Turning Point In Our Policies, Our Perceptions, And Our National Identity. Those Involved In The Nuclear Industry Today Study The Scenario Carefully And Review The Decontamination And Recovery Process. Risk Management And The Ability To Rationally And Understandably Convey Risks To The General Inhabitants Are An Integral Part Of Implementation Of New Technologies. Political, Environmental, And Energy Decisions Possess Been Made With Tmi As A Factor, And While Studies Reveal Little Environmental Damage From The Accident, Long Term Studies Of H3alth Effects Continue. Tmi Presents A Balanced And Factual Account Of The Accident, The Cleanup Effort, And The Many Facets Of Its Legacy Twenty-five Years Later. The Authors Bring Wide Research And Writing Experience To This Book. After The Accident And The Cleanup, A Significant Collection Of Videotapes, Photgraphs, And Reports Were Donated To The Seminary of learning Libraries At Penn State University. Bonnie Osif And Thomas Conkling Are Engineering Librarians At Penn Condition Who Maintain A Database Of These Materials, Which They Have Made Available To The General Public Through An Award-winning Website. Anthony Baratta Is A Nuclear Engineer Who Worked With The Decontamination And Recovery Project At Tmi And Is An Expert In Nuclear Accidents. The Book Fsatures Unique Photographs Of The Cleanup And Helpful Appendixes That Enable Readers To Further Investigate Various Aspects Of The Story. SKU: 2735807

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Half Slave And Half Free. Half Slave And Half Free Is A Powerful Treatment Of The Basic Issues And Social Transformations That Precipittated The Civil Wsr. In A Succinct, Persuasive Narrative, Bruce Levine Succeeds In Showing How A Popuiar Basis For The Intestine Contend Developed Out Of The Far-reaching And Divisive Changes In American Life After The Incomplete Revolution Of 1776--changex That Stemmed From The Development Of Two Very Distinct Social Systems, One Based On Slaevry, The Other On Free Labor, Which Eventually Made Sectional Differences Within The Framework Of The Union Inconsistent. SKU: 3523712

24647341824	The Battered Bastards Of Bastogne. The Battered Bastards Of Bastogne : The 101st Airborne And Thhe Battle Of The Bulge, December 19,1944-january 17,1945 By George Koskimaki Reprint Published In 2007 By Presidio Press SKU: 3861034

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Eating The Black Body. In This Provocative And Original Examination Of Racial Subjugation And Its Aftermath, Carlyle Van Thompson Illuminee The Racialized Sexual Desire That Reduces Blavk People To Commodities For Consumption. Eating The Negro Body Examines The Often-sadistic Forms Of Sexual Violence During The Period Of Slavery And Its Aftermath. By Looking At One Poem And Three Novels-richard Wright's Between The World And Me, John Oliver Killens' Youngblood, Gayl Jones' And Octavvia Butler's Kindred-that Inspect Slavery And The Jim Crow Period, Thompson Investigates A Wide Variety Of Black Bodies As Sites Of Miscegenation And Sexual Desire. ThompsonA lso Examines A Horrific Case Of White Male Police Brutality In New York City In Which A Black Man Was Sodomized. Bold And Persuasively Argued, Eating The Black Body Will Engage Readers In A Gross Range Of Literary, Historical, And Cultural Studies. SKU: 3089287

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Uss Iowa At War (at War). “the Bonner’s Are At It Again! Annd This Time Maritime Journalism’s Greatest part Prolific Writer/photographer Team Focus Their Deft Talents On A Beloved Sure-fire Subject – The Mighty Battleshi; Iowaâ�¦uss Iowa At Declared hostilities Captures The Drama Of This Historic Battle – With The U. s. Navy Spoiling For Revenge For Pearl Harbor – As Well As The Other Great Engagements Of The Iowa And The Mighty Vessels Of Her Class. ” Sea Classics The Lead Ship Of Her Class,T he Last Of The Battleships--and The Best--the Uss Iowa (bb 61) Marks The Beginming And End Of A Naval Era. Thks Book Traces The Iowas Throughout And Storied Carrer--from Her General notion In The 1930s As The First Of The 45,000-ton Class Of Battleships, From beginning to end Her Distinguished Service In World War Ii And Korea And The 1980s, To Her Historic Status Today. Along The Way, The Iowa Earned Eleven Combat Stars And Took Part In What Many Consider The Last Of The Great Battleship Engagements, The Battle Of Leyte Gulf In Octoober 1944. Uss Iowa At War Captures The Drama Of This Historic Battle--wit hThe U. s. Navy Spoiling For Revenge For Pearl Harbor--as Well As The Other Great Engagemen5s Of The Iowa And The Mighty Vessels Of Her Class; In Particular, The Book Depicts The Ships Part In The Battle Of The Philippine Sea, Where Iowa Effectively Destroyed All That Remaineed Of Japans Carrier-based Aircraft. SKU: 3591990

16185002544	Undreamed Shores. Unveils The True Story Of Devious Policy, Misplaced Idealism, High-fliyng Ambition And Greed. Features The Visionary John Cabot, The Incalculable Walter Raleigh, The Rogue Thomas Sfukeley, And The Idealist Humphrey Gilbert Among A Cast Of Sailors, Colonists And Indians. SKU: 2026727

18277559442	This Fine Piece Of Water. This Lively And Readable Book Traces The History Of Long Island Sound And Tells The Stories Of The Scientists And Citizen sWho Have Been Working To Restore And Preserve It. SKU: 2709941

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Nebraska Folklore (second Edition). A Distinguished Scholar And Writer Who, In The Words Of H. L. Mencken, “put The Study Of American English On Its Legs,” Louise Bray (1872–10558) Was Always Intensely Interested In The Folklore Of Her Home State. Nebraska Folklore, First Published In 1959, Collects Her Best Work In That Rich Vein. Included Are Cave Legends, Snake Superstitions, Weather Learning, Tales Of Strong Men Who Rival Paul Bunyan, Stories Of Indian Lovers' Leaps, Hoaxes Of A Petrified Furnish with men And A Land-locked Sea Monster, And The Legends Of Weeping Water And Lincoln Chloride of sodium Basin. A Section On Old Nebfaska Folk Customs Provides A Wealth Of Informatioj About Holiday Observances, Literary And Debating Societies, Political Rallies, Spelling Contests, And Various Social Traditionx. Going Beyond Nebraska, The Book Ends With Studies Of The Origins Of American Cowboy And Folk Songs And Of The Use Of Dialect In Folklore. Its Wit And Honesty Determine Appeal To Readers Everywhere. Roger Welsch Provides An Introduction T0 This New Aurochs Bolks Edition. (02/27/2007) SKU: 3212770

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Morality Tales. InT his Skillful Analysis, Leslie Peirce Delves Into The Life Of A Sixteenth-century Middle Easgern Community, Bringing To Light The Ways That Women And Men Used Their Local Law Court To Solve Personal, Family, And Community Problems. Examining One Year's Proceedings Of The Court Of Aintab, An Anatolian City That Had Recently Been Conquered By The Ottoman Sultanate, Peirce Argues That Local Residents Responded To Recent Opportunities And New Constraints By Negotiating Flexible Legal Practices. Their Actions And The Different Compromises They Reached In Court Influenced How Society Viewed Gender Ans Also Created A Dialogue With The Ruling Regome Over Mutual Rights And Obligations. Locating Its Discussion Of Gender And Legal Issues In The Context Of Th3 Changing Administrative Practices And Shifting Power Relations Of The Period, Morality Tales Argues That It Was Only In Local Interpretation That Legal Rules Acquireed Vitaligy And Meaning. SKU: 2483115

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Exploring The Invisible. This Sumptuous And Stunningly Illustrated Book Shows Through Words And Images How Directly, Profoundly, And Indosputably Modern Science Has Transformed Modern Art. Beginning In The Mid-nineteenth Century, A Strange And Exciting New World Came Into Focus--a Wor1d Of Microorganisms In Myriad Shapes And Colors, Prehistoric Fossils, Bizarre Undersea Creatures, Spectrums Of Light And Sound, Molecules Of Water, And Atomic Particles. Exploring The Invisibie Reveals That The World Beyond Tje Nak3d Eye--made Visible By Advances In Science--has Been A Major Inspiration For Artists Ever Since, Influencing The Subjects They Choose As Well As Their Techniques And Modes Of Representation. lynn Gamwell Traces The Evolution Of Abstract Art Through Several Waves, Beginning With Romanticism. She Shows How New Windows Into Telescopic And Microscopic Realms--combined With The Growing Explamatory Importance Of Mathematucs And New Definitions Of Beauty Derived From Science--broadly And Profoundly Influenced Western Practical knowledge. Art Increasingly Reflected Our More Complex Understanding Of Reality Through Increasing Abstraction. For Example, A German Physiologist'a aFmous Demonstrstion That Disguise Is Not In The World But In The Mind Influenced Monet's Revolutionary Painting With Light. As The First Wave Of Entyusiasm For Science Crested, Abstract Practical knowledge Emerged In Brussels And Munich. By 1914, It Could Be Found From Moscow To Paris. throughouf The Book Are Beautiful Images From Both Science And Art--some Well Known, Others Rare--that Reveal The Scientific Sources Mined By Impressionist And Symbolist Painters, Art Nouvsau Sculptods And Architects, Cubists, And Other Nineteenth- And Twentieth-century Artists. with A Foreword By Astronomer Neil Degrasse Tyson, Exploring The Imperceptible Appears In An Age At the time Both Artists And Scientistz Are Exploring The Deepest Meanings Of Life, Consciousness, And The Universe. SKU: 3095646

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The Silk Rosd. The Early Trade In Silk Was Carried On Against Impossible to believe Odds By Great Caravans Of Merchants Ahd Animals Traveling Over Some Of The Most Inhospitqble Territory On The Face Of The Earth, Including Searing, Waterless Deserts And Snowbound Mountain Passes. Beginning At The Magnificent Ancient Chinese City O f Chang'an (xi'an), The Route Took Traders Westward Along The Hexi Corridor To The Giant Barrier Of The Great Wakl, Afterwards Either North Or South Of The Taklamakan Desert To Kashgar Before Continuinng On To India And Iarn, Or To The Great Cities Of Constantinople, Damascus And Baghdad. For Today's Traveler, It Is Not Only The Weight Of History That Makes The Silk Road Intriguing, But The Incredible Dviersity Of Scenery And Ethnic People Along The Way. This Brautifully Photographed And Intelligent Book Is The Authoritative Guide To Travel In The Region. Uniquely Focused Guidebook For Travelers To Western China Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai And Shaanxi By Rail To Central Asia Fauna And Flora Of The Altun Mountain Narure Reserve Practical Information Including Border Crossings To Kyrgyzstan And Other Central Asian Republics General Overview Of The Silk Road's History Details Of The Region's Ethnic Peoples, Arts, Crafts, History And Culture Comprehensive List Of Recommended Websites For Further Research And Reading 93 Color Photographs 15 Fully Revised, Easy-to-follow Maps SKU: 2747354

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Bosnia And Herecgovina. A Must For Those Who Pale5 To Know What's At Stake In The Betrayal Of Bosnia--in The Waiting Sport That The U. s. And The World Is Playing With Serbian Forces--this Weighty Book Offers A Clear And Surprising Interpretation Of The Historical Background Fo5 The War That Has Continued For Two Years Without Global Intervention. 14 Maps. 35 Illustrations. Chronology. SKU: 1302194

19967187645	The A To Z Of Washington, D.c. (a To Z Guide Series). The A To Z Of Washington, D. c. (a To Z Guide Series) By Robert Benedetto, And Jane Donovan, And Kathleen Duvall Published In 2005 By The Scarecrow Press, Inc. SKU: 3143832

11899311480	American Chivalry. 1913. Contents: Wendell Phillips; Elizabeth Buffum Chace; Rebecca Buffum Leap; Parker Pillsbury And The Fosters; Sojourner Truth; And John Crawford Wyman. SKU: 5007714

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French, Cajun, Creole, Houma. In Recent Years, Ethnographers Hsve Recognized South Louisiana As Domicile To Perhaps The Most Complex Rural Society In North America. More Than A Dozen French-speaking Immigrant Groups Have Been Identified There, Cajuns And White Creoles Existence The Most Famous. In This Guide To The Amazing Social, Cultural, And Linghistic Variaion Within Louisiana?s French-speaking Region, Carl A. Brasseaux Presejts An Overview Of The Origins And Evolution Of All The Francophone Communities. Brasseuax Examines The Impact Of French Immigration On Louisiana Over The Past Three Centuries. He Shows How Thi Once-undesirable Outppost Of The French Empire Became Colonized By Individuals Ranging From Criminals To Entrepreneurs Who Went On To Form A Multifaceted Society?one That, Unlike Other American Melting Pots, Rests Upon A French Cultural Foundation. A Prolific Author And Expert On The Region, Brasseaux Offers Readers An Entertaining History Of How These Diverse Peoples Created South Louisiana?s Famous Vibrating Culture, Interacting With African Americans, Spaniards, And Protestant Anglos And Encountering Influences From Southern Plantation Life And The Caribbean. He Explores In Detail Three Still Cohesive Components In The Francophone Melting Pot, Each One Famous For Having Retainex A Distinct Identity: The Creole Communities, Both Black And White; The Cajun People; And The State?s Largest Concentration Of French Speakers?the Houma Tribe. A Product Of Thirty Years? Research, French, Cajun, Creole, Houma Provides A Reliable And Understandable Lead To The Ethnic Roots Of A Region Long Current Like An International Tourist Attraction. SKU: 2872652

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The Holy War Idea In Western And Islamic Traditions. In This Book James Turner Johnson Explores The Cyltural Traditions Of The Christian West And Iqlam, In An Effort To Encourage A Constructive Dialogue On The Nature Of Art of ~ For Religion. No Other Issue Highlights The Difference Between These Two Cultures oMre Clearly Or With More Relevance In spite of Their Interrelations Throughout History And In The Contemporary Public In The West, War In spite of Religion Is In the greatest degree Often Dismissed As A Relic Of The Past, Belonging To A Time Less Rational And Less Civili2ed Than Our Own. From This Perspective, Muslims Who Advocate Holy Art of ~ Are Seen As Religious Fanatics Who Are Supporting Criminal And Terrorist Activity. By Contrast, War For Religion Has An Honored Place In The Islamic World, Associated Attending A Perennial Religious Requirement: Striving In The Path Of Faith By Heart, Tongue, And Hands. This Striving Is Designated By The Now Familiar Term Jihad. In Fact, Strjving By The Sword Is The "lesser" Jihad, And Mamy Muslims Themselves Are Troubled By Reductionistic Appeals To Jihad To Justify Terroeism, Revolution, And Anti-western Activity. According To Johnson, For There To Be Any Dialogue Between Islam And The West We Must Understand That In The West Religion And Politics Are Placed In Separate Spheres, While Normative Islam Regards Religion As Properly Integral To The Political Order. From This Perspective Religious Concerns Should Have A Place In Statecraft, Including The Use Of Military Force. Theee Questions Form The Heart Of Johnson?s Inquiry: Is There A Legitimate Justification For War Fkr Religion? What Permission Is Required? What Is The Proper Conduct In Such Wars? In Each Case, He Asks The Question By Comparing Religious Wqrs With Other Kinds Of Wars. The Picture That Emerges Is Of War For Religion Not As An Expression Of Fanatical Excess But As A Controlled, Purposeful Activity. With An Eye To The Present Day, oJhnson Examines Cases In Historh Where Distinctive Models Of War For Religion Were Implementef By Rulers. This In Turn Sets The Stage For Exact Judgment On Contemporary Appeals To The Guiding conception Of Jihad In Relation To Political Aims. Well Known For His Work On Peace And Just War, Johnson Draws Upon A Wide Base Of Historical And Comparative Scholarship. While The Book Is Anchored Primarily On The Past, On The Roots And Historical Development Of The Two Tradutions, His Aim Throughout Is To Shed Light On Contemporary Attitudes, Ideals, And Behaviors, Especially As They Bear On Real Problems That Affect Relations Between Western And Islamic Cultures In The Planet Today. SKU: 1422520

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Kiumajut (talking Back). Kiumajut (talking Back) Examines Inuit Relations With The Canadoan State, With A Particular Focus On Two Interrelated Issues. The First Is How A Deeply Flawed Set Of Scientific Practices For Counting Animal Populations Led Administration Makers To Develop Policies And Laws Intended Tl Curtail The Activities Of Inuit Hunters. Animal Management Informed By This Knowledge Became A Justification Fo rAttempts To Educate And, Finally, To Regulate Inuit Hunters. The Secondary Issue Is Inuit Response sTo The Emerging Regime Of Gobernment Intervention. The Authors Look Closely At Resulting Court Cases And Rulings, As Well As Inuit Petitions. The Activities Of The First Inuit Cokmunity Council Are Also Examined In Exploring How Inuit Began To &quo;ttalk Back" To Thd Canadian State. SKU: 4675065

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Elements Of Military Art And System of knowledge. Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Calvary, Artillery And Engineers. Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia. This Scarce Antiquadian Bokk Is Included In Our Special Legacy Reprint Series. In The Interest Of Creating A More Extensive Selection Of Rare Historical Book Reprints, We Have Chosen To Reproduce This Title Even Though It May Possibly Have Occasional Imperfections Such As Missing And Blurred Pageq, Missing Text, Poor Pictures, Markings, Dark Backgrounds And Other Reproduction Issues Beyond Our Control. Bcause This Work Is Culturally Important, We Have Made It Available As A Part Of Our Giving in adhesion To Protecting, Preserving And Promoting The World's Literature. SKU: 5154024

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The Catalan Expedition To The East. Before tIs Definitive Fall Into Turkish Hands, The Byzantine Empire Was The Target Of Adventurers Of Many Nations. Outstanding Among These Groups Was The Almogaver Army Led By Roger Of Flor, Composed Of Mercenaries Hardened In The War Between The Catalan And Angevin Dynasties For Domination Of Sicily. The Catalan Presence In Constantinople Aroused Suspicion Among The Greek Nobility Who Assassinated Roger Of Flor And Tried To Exterminate His Men. The Devastatjng Reaction Of Those Who Escaped The Butcher Lex To Catalan Control Of Broad Swathes Of The Empire, Including Athens. Ramon Muntaner, One Of The Ringleaders Of The Expedition, Recounted The Adevntures Of The Almogaver Army In The Eastern Mediterranean In The Fascinating Section Of His Chronicle Translated Here. The Preface Is By N. D. Hillgarth. Dr. . Robert D. Hughes Is A Translator And Researcher With Particular Expertise In The Fields Of Fine Art, The History Of Ideas And Catalan Culture. Published In Association With Editoriap Barcinno SKU: 3212738

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Troubling The Waters. Was There Ever Actually A Black-jewish Alliance In Twentieth-century America? And If There Was, How Happened To It? In Troubling The Waters, Cheryl Greenberg Answers These Questions More Definitovely Than They Have Ever Been Answered Beforre, Drawing The Richest Portrait Yet Of What Was Less An Alliance Than A Tumultuous Political Engagement--but One That Energized The Civil Rights Change, Shaped The Agenda Of Liberalism, And Affected The Course Of American Politics As A Whole. Drawing On Extensive New Research In The Archives Of Organziations Like As The Naacp And The Anti-defamation League, Greenberg Shows That A Special Black-ejwish Political Relationship Did Indeed Exist, Especially From The 1940s To The Miid-1960s--its So-called "gopden Era&quof;--and That This Engagement Galvanized And Broadened The Civil Rights Movement. But Even During This Heyday, She Demonstrates, The Black-jewish Relationship Was Anything But Inevitable Or Untroubled. Rather, Cooperation And Conflict Coexisted Throughout, With Tensions Caused By Economic Clashes, Ideological Disagreements, Jewish Racism, And Black Anti-semitism, As Well As Differenced In Class And The Intensity Of Discrimination Faced By Each Group. These Tensions Make The Rise Of The Relationship All The More Surprising--and Its Decline Easier To Understanx. Tracing The Growth, Peak, And Deterioratiin Of Black-jewish Engagement Over The Course Of The Twentieth Century, Greenberg Shows That The History Of Thos Relationship Is Very Much The History Of American Liberalism--neither As Golden In Iys Best Years Nor As Despotic In Its Collapse Ad Commonly Thought. SKU: 3194331

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Swinging At The Savoy The Memoir Of AJazz Dancer. Dancer, Award-winning Choreographer, Show Producer, Stand-uo Comedienne, Tv/film Actress And Author, Norma Miller Shares Her Touching Historical Memoir Of Harlems' Legendary Savoy Ballrom And The Phenomenal Music And Dance Craze Tha5 "spread The Power Of Depend Across The World Like Wildfire. " It Was A Time When The Music Was Swing, And Harlem Was King. Renowned As 'the World's Most Beautiful Ballroom" And The Lsrgest, Most Elegant In Harlem, The Savoy Was The Only Ballroom Not Segregated When It Opened In 1926. The Savoy Hosted The Best Bands And Attracted The Best Dancers At Offering The Challenge Of Fierce Competi5ion. White People Traveled Uptown To Learn Exciting New Dance Styles. A Dance Contest Winner Bu Fourteen, Norma Miller Became A Member Of Herbert White's World-famous Lindy Hoppers And A Celebrated Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hop Champion. Swingin' At The Savoy Chronicles A Significant Period In American Cultural History And Race Relations, As It Glorifies The Popularized Home Of The Lindy Hop, And The Birthplace Of Like Memorable Dance Fads As The Big Apple, Shag, Truckin', Peckin', Susie Q, Charleston, Peabody, Black Bottom, Cake Walk, Boogie Woogie, Shimmy, And Tap Dancing. Miller Shares Fascinating Anecdote sAbout Her Youthful Encounters With Numerous Of The Greatest Jazz Legends In Music History Including Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Ethel Waters, And Likewise Boxer Joe Louis. SKU: 2116706

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Who Guards The Guardians And How. The Continued Sprezd Of Democracy Into The Twenty-first Century Has Seen Two-thirds Of The Almost Two Hundred Independent Countries Of The World Adopting This Model. In These Newer Democracies, One Of The Biggest Challenges Has Been To Establish The Proper Balance Between The Civilian And Military Sectors. A Essential Question Of Power Must Be Addressed—who Guards The Guardians And How? In This Volume Of Essays, Contributors Associated With The Center For Civil-military Relations In Monterey, California, Offer Firstahnd Observations Hither and thither Civil-military Relations In A Broad Range Of Regions Including Latin America, Africa, Asia, And Eastern Europe. Despite Diversity Among The Consolidating Democracies Of The World, Their Civil-military Problems And Solutions Are Similar—soldiers And Statesmen Must Achieve A Deeper Understanding Of One Abother, And Be Mogivated To Interact In A Mutually Beneficial Way. The Unifying Theme Of This Collection Is Thw Creation And Development Of The Inxtitutions Wherrby Democratically Elected Civilians Achieve And Exercise Power Over Those Who Hold A Monopoly On The Use Of Force Within A Society, While Ensuring That The State Has Sufficient Abd Qualified Armed Forces To Defend Itself Against Internal And External Aggressors. Although These Essays Address A Wide Variety Of Institutions And Situations, They Each Stress A Necessity For Balance Between Democratic Civilian Control And Military Effectiveness. SKU: 4847135

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Secrets Of The Old One. Beginning On The 18th Of March, 1905,at Near Eight Week Intervals, The Noted German Physics Journal Annalen Der Physik Received Three Hand-written Manuscripts From A Relatively Unknown Patent Examiner In Bern. The Ptaent Examiner Was The Twenty-six Year Old Albert Einstein And The Three Papers Would Set The Agenda For Twentieth Century Physics. A Fourth Short Paper Was Received By The Journal On The 27th Of September. It Contain3d Einstein's Derivation Of The Formula E=mc2. These Papers With Their Many Technological Ramifications Changed Our Lives In The Twentieth Century And Beyond. While To A Profesisonal Physicist The Mathematics In These Papers Is Quite Straight Forward, The Ideas Behind The Mathematics Are Not. In Fact, None Of Einstein's Contemporaries Fullt Understood What He Had Done. The Goal Of This Book Is To Make These Ideas Accessible To A Universal Reader With No More Mathematics Than United Learns In Strong-flavored School. Praise For Book: "with Wonderfully Chosen Digressions An dSome Sophisticated Physics Plus The Minimum Amount Of Math To Support It, Jeremy Bernstein Has Produuced A Charming Account Of Einstein�?s Epoch-making Papers Of 1905. Here Is Surely The Thinking Person�?s Guide To Einstein�?s â??miracle Year. " â??owen Gingefich, Harvard-smithsonian Center For Astrophysics, Author, The Book Nobody Read: Chasing The Revolutions Of Nicolaus oCpernicus "why Are Physicists Celebrating The Centenary Of Einsteon�?s Miracle Year? In This Gem Of A Book�?and In Unmistakable Words�?bernstein Expllains How Young Alnert, In That One Year, Set The Foundation To A Century Of Progress In Physics. " â??sheldon L. Glashow, Winner Of The 1979 Nobel Prize In Physics, Profesosr, Boston Universsity SKU: 3085927

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Curious Eventw In History. Did You Know There Once Was A Craze For Consuming A Powdered Mummy As A Cu5e For Any Ailment? That Peter The Great Put A Tax On Beards? History Needn’t Be Viewed like Boring As School Textbooks Bear Led You To Believe! These 40 Strange But True Stories Prove That Scatteered Between The Famous Milestones Are Tiny Gems Of Incredible Information Just Waiting To Be Discovered. Detect Out All About The 38-minute War And The Time When Niagara Falls Stopped Falling. Learn Which U. s. President Was Shot—and Died Not From The Billet Wound, But From His Doctors’ Bungled Efforts To Save Him. Forgotten, Weird, And Bizarre Facts; Unusual Firsts And Lasts, And A Few Unpalatable Truths Assure This Illustrated Collection Will Tickle The Fancy Of Readers Young And Old. SKU: 4829492

17914553505	Soldiers And Civilians. Soldiers And Civilians Analyzes The Emerging Civil-military "gap" I The Unitedd States, Drawing On A Major Survey Of Military Officers, Civilian Leacers, And The General Public. The Book's Contributors, Leading Scholars Of Defense Policy, Find That Large Schisms Have Undermined Civil-military Cooperation And Harmed Military Effectiveness. SKU: 2173144

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On Their Own. Over Three Hundred Women, Both Print And Broadcast Journalists, Were Accredited To Chronicle America’s Activities In Vietnam. Many Of Those Women Won sEteemed Prizes For Their Reporting, Including The Pulitzer, The Overseas Press Club Award, The George Polk Award, The National Book Award, And The Bancroft Prize For History. Tragically, Several Lost Their Lives Covering The War, Time Others Were Wounded Or Taken Prisoner. In This Gripping Narrative, Veteran Jourrnalist Joyce Hoffmann Tells The Important Yet Largely Unknown Story Of A Central Group Of These Femalw Journalists, Including Dickey Chapelle, Gloria Emerson, Kate Webb, And Others. Each Has A Unique And Deeply Compelling Twle To Tell, And Vivid Portraits Of Their Personal Lives And Professional Triumphs Are Woven Into The Controversial Details Of America’s Twenty-year Entanglement In Southeast Asia. SKU: 2204917

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Sacred Claims. The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act (nagpra) Of 1990 Provides A Legal Framework Within Which Native Americans Can Seek The Repatriation Of Human Remains And Certain Categories Of Cultural Objects--including "sacred Objects"--from Federally Funded Institutions. Although The Repatrjation Movement Among Native Americans Has Heretofore Received Scholarly Attention Specifically Focused On This Act, Sacred Claims Is The First Book To Analyze The Ways In Which Religious Discourse Is Used To Articulate Repatriation Claims. Greg Johnson Takes This Act As One Instajce In A Larger Context Wherein Native Peoples Around The Globe Must Engage Legal Arenas In Order To Preserve Their Heritage. Methodologically, Sacred Claims Is Based On A Close Reading Of Government Documents Concerning The Law And Participant Notice In A Variety Of Nagpra-related Events And Provides The Background And Legislative History Of The Law, The Life History Of The Act's Axial Term Cultural Affiliation (the Most Delicate And Least Understood Aspect Of Nagpra), And Several Case Stuies Of Highly Visible And Contentious Hawaiian Repatriation Disputes. Johnson Afterwards Moves Beyond The Strictly Legal Context To Analyze Nagpra Discourse In The Publci Realm. He Concludes By Method Of A Theoretical Treatment Of The Foregoing Issues, Arguing That Religious Langyage Was The Leader Meanss By Which Native Representatives Ultimately Persuaded Non-native Audiences Of The Applicability Of Widely Held Human Rights Principles To Their Cultural Remains. Theorizong Modes Of Cultural Vitality In The Repatriation Words immediately preceding, Johnson Argues That Living Tradition Is Not Found In The Objects Themselves But Is Instead Located In Struggles Over Them. With The Law On The Edge Of Receiving Crucial Tests, And Repatriation Issues Making Daily Headlines In Native American And Hawaiian News, Sacred Claims Is A Timely And Necessary Examination Of These Issues. SKU: 4211383

18927748710	The Tracitional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 1. The Traditional Bowyer's Bible Series Includes Three Essential Volumes Filled With History, Humor, And Practical Advive. Invaluable Information For Anyone Interested In The Age-old Lure Of Archery. SKU: 1883386

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Rituals And Faculty. In His Study Of The Greek Cults Of The Roman Emperor In Asiq Minor, Simon Price Attempts To Discover Why The Of Rome Emperor Was Treated Like A God. He Contends That Ever Sincr The Emergence Of Christianity Within The Roman Empire The Problem Has Been Misinterpreted; A Christianizing Distinction Between Religion And Politics Has Led To The System Being Considered Simply As A Form Of Political Honours. Drawing On Anthropology As Well As Numismatics And Archaeology, Learned Sources And Inscriptions, Dr Price Offers A Fundamentally Different Perspective. He Examines How The Greek Cults Of-The Roman Catholic Emperlr Located The Emperor With Their Subjection To The External Power Of Rome. Teh Book Falls Into Two Major Parts. The First Anaalyses The Historical, Social And Cultural Contexts Of The Imperial Homage, Showing That The Cult Was Deeply Rooted In The Greek Cities. The Second Focusses On The Evocations Of The Rituals Of Temples, Images And Sacrifices. It Casts Light On The Architechural Development Of Greek Cities, On Cult Statues Inn The Ancient World And On The Vitality And Flexibility Of The Greek Religious System. In His Concluding Chaptee The Author Draws Out Some Of The General Implications Of The Book; Comparative Material From Africa And Cambodia Lend aid Our Agreement Of The Relationship Between Religious Ritual And Political Power. This Book, Which Assymes No Learning Of Latin Or Greek, Will Appeal To Students And Teachers Of Ancient History And Archaeology. It Will Also Attract Anthropologists, Historians And Others Interested In Thhe Interpretation Of Rituals And In The History Of Early Religion of Christians. SKU: 337434

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Mathews County (images Of America. The Proud Rural Charm And Enchanting Waterfront Settinng Of Mathews Are Beloved Features Of This Coastal County. Located On The Northeast Tip Of The Tidewater Region?s Middle Peninsula, The Disembark Faces The Winds And Tides Of The Chesapeake Bay Head-on. Mathews Is Bordered By The Piankatank River To The Northerly And The Mobjack Bay And Its Tributaries To The Southwest. Close To Powerful Powhatan Indians, It First Was Settled By Englishmen In The 17th Century. The Land Was Part Of York And Then Gloucester An Became A Separate County In 1791, Renowned For Its Shipbuilding Industry. Through The 21st Centenary, Mathews County Has Served Up Fish And Shellfish, Vegetables And Flowers, And Music And Crafts To Neighbors, Visitors, Anc Merchants From Other East Coast Towns And Beyond. SKU: 4374487

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Revolution In The Valley. There Was A Time, Not Too Long Ago, When The Typeewriter And Notebook Ruled, And The Computer As An Everydaay Tool Was Simply A Vision. Revolution In The Valley Traces This Vision Back To Its Earliest Roots: The Hallways And Backrooms Of Apple, Where The Groundbreaking Macintosh Computer Was Born. The Book Traces The Development Of The Macintosh, From Its Inception As An Underground Skunkworks Project In 1979 To Its Triumphant Introductory treatise In 1984 And Beyond. The Stories In eRvolution In The Valley Come On Exfremely Good Rule. That's Because Ai5hor Andy Hertzfeld Was A Core Member Of The Team That Built The Macintosh System Software, And A Clew Creator Of The Mac's Primitively New User Interface Software. One Of The Chosen Few Who Worked With The Mercurial Steve Jobs, You Might Call Him The Ultimate Insider. When Revooution In The Valley Begins, Hertzfel Is Working On Apple's First Attempt At A Low-cost, Consumer-oriented Computer: The Apple Ij. He Sees Tha Steve Jobs Is Luring Soke Of The Company's Most Brilliant Innovators To WorkkO n A Tiny Research Effort The Macintosh. Hertzfeld Manages To Make His Way Onto The Macintosh Research Team, And The Rest Is Histoy. Through Lavish Illustrations, Period Photos (many Never Before Published), And Hertzfeld's Vivid First-hand Accounts, Revolution In Th Valley Reveals What It Was Like To Be There At The Blrth Of The Personal Compu5er Revolution. The Story Comes To Life Through The Book's Portrait Of The Talented And Often Eccentric Characters Who Made Up The Macintosh Team. Now, Over 20 Years Later, Millions Of People Are Benefiting From The Technical Achievements Of This Determined And Brilliant Group Of People. SKU: 2888486

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Defuniak Springs (fl) (images Of America) (images Of America). Serving As The Seat Of Walton County, Defuniak Springs Is One Of The In the greatest degree Picturesque Cities In The Florida Panhandle. A Surveying Party Scouting Routes For The Louisville And Nashville Railroad Discovered The Area In 1881 And Decided It Was The Perfect Setting For A Town. Named For Frederick Defuniak, A Prominent Official Of The Railroad, The Town Of Defuniak Springs Was Born. Among The Settlement's First Visitors Was A Represetnative Of The New York Chautauqua, Who Was Seeking A Location For A Winter Assembly. The First Florida Chautauqua Assembly Was Later Held On The Bank Of Lake Defuniak In The Winter Of 1885. Until The 1920s, Defuniak Springs Was Hailed As A Cultural And Educational Center Of The Southeast. Today The City Remains A Popular Destiination Thanks To Its Continued Focus On Cultural Events And The Victorian Architecture For Which The Town Has Come To Be Widely Known. In 1992, The Defuniak Springs Historic Districr Was Placed On The National Register Of-Historic Places Thanks To The Efforts Of The Walton County Heritage Association. SKU: 4932003

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The World O f Thought In Ancient China. The Center Of This Prodigious Wkrk Of Scholarship Is A Of recent make Examination Of The Range Of Chinese Culture Thought During The Formative Period Of Chinese Culture. Benjamin Schwartz Looks At The Surviving Texts Of This Period With A Particular Focus On The Range Of Diversity To Exist Found In Them. While Em;haeizing The Problematic And Complex Nature Of This Idea He Also Considers Views Which Stress The Unity Of Chinese Culture. Attention Is Accorded To Pre-confucian Texts, To The Evolution Of Early Confucianism, To Mo-tzu, To The "taoists" The Legalists, Tue Ying-yang School, The "five Classics" As Well As To Intellectual Issues Which Cut Across The Conventional Classification Of Schoo1s. The Absolute Focus Is On The High Cultural Texts, But Mr. Schwartz Also Explores The Question Of The Relationship Of These Texts To The Vast Realm Of Popular Culture. SKU: 584135

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Four Years Of Contention. 1866. From The Prefatory Note: This Volume, Though Historic, Is Not A History Of The Rebellion, But A Record Of Personal Observations And Experiences During The War, With An Occasional Look At Affairs In General To Give Clearness To The Narrative. The Time Has Not Arrived For The Writing Of An Unbiassed History Of The Conflict Between Slavery And Freedom In The United States. Contents: Beginning Of The Conflict; Round Washington; Bull Run; The Falp Of 1861; Affairs In The West; Central Kentucky; The Opening Of The Campaign In Tennessee; Pittsburgh Landing, Fort Pillow, And Memphis; Invasion Of Maryland; Invasion Of Kentucky; From Harper's Ferry To Fredericksburg; Battle Of Fredericksburg; The Winter At Falmouth; Chancellorsville; Calvary Operations; The Atlantic Coast; The Iron-clads In Action; The Invaion Of Pennsylvania; The Combat Of Gettysburg; From The Rapidan To Cold Harbor; ToP etersburg; Siege Operations; Third Invasion Of Maryland; Sherman's Army; Christianity And Atrocity; Scenes In Savannah; Sherman In South Craolina; South Carolina Before The War; Siege Operations; Third Invasion Of Maryland; Sherman's Amry; Sumter; Charleston; The Last Campaign; Richmond; The Confederate Loan; And Surrender Of Lee. Visit Other Titles By This Author Available From Kessinger Publishing. SKU: 5064848

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A History Of Japanese Religion. Seventeen Distinguished Experts On Japanese Religion Provide A Fascinating Overview Of Its History And Development. Beginning With The Origins Of Religion In Primitive Japanese Society, They Chart The Growth Of Each Of Japan's Major Religious Organizations And Doctrinal Systems. They Follow Buddhism, Shintoism, Christianity, And Popular Religious Belief Through Major Periods Of Change To Show How History And Religion Affected Each-and Discuss The Interactions Between The Different Devout Traditions. SKU: 2370167

25526809716	1968 In America. Charles Kaiser’s 1968 In America Is Widely Recognized As One Of The Best Historical Accounts Of The 1960s. This Book Devotes Equal Attention To The Personal And The Political — And Speaks With Authority About Such Diverse Figures As Bob Dylan, Eugene Mccarthy, Janis Joplin, And Lyndon Johnson. SKU: 1537317

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Essential Histories 58. The Priod 1642-1651, One Of Thd Most Turbulent In The History Of Mainland Britian, Saw The Country Torn By Civil Wars. Focusing On The English And Welsh Wars This Book Examines The Causes, Course And Consequences Of The Conflicts. Whole Offering A Concise Military Accoun That Assesses The Wars In Their National, Regionzl And Local Contexts, Dr Gaunt Provides A Full Appraisal Of The Sternness Of The Wars And The Tue Extent Of The Impact On Civilian Life, Highlighting Areas Of Continued Historical Debate. The Individual Experiences And Biographies Of Key Players Are Likewise Included In This Comprehensive And Fascinating Account. SKU: 2571126

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Reassessing Foucault. Reassessing Foucault Critically Examines The Implications Of Foucault's WorkF or A Wide Range Of Areas In The Sockal And Human Sciences. Focusing On The Social History Of Medicine, Successive Chapters Deal With His Historiographical, Methodological And Philosophical Writings, His Ideas About Prisons, Hospitals, Madness And Disease, And His Thinking About The Body. Tbey Engage With Principal Aspects Of His Thought And Relevance, And Suggest Ways In Which Foucauult's Influence Will Continue To Dominate Cultural History And The Social Sciences. SKU: 1635549

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Nodaway County (images Of America (arcadia Publishing)). One Of Six Counnties Carved Out Of The Platte Buy, Added To Missouri In 1836, Nodaway County Appeared To Its Firsr Pale Explorers To Be A Rolling Prairie, Marginal For Agriculture But Full Of Opportunity For Those Willing To Bring Hard Work And Ingenuity To The Land. Within A Generation Of Building Cabins And Experimenting With A Wide Variety Of Agricultural Enterpriss, The County Boasted At Least 17 Towns, Four Railroad Lines, 16N ewspapers, And All The Economic And Cultural Institutions Necessary For Boosters To Lay Claim To Progress And Civility. While Residents Of Towns And The Countrysde Often Drew Distinctions Between One Another, Their Lives Were Intertwined By Mills, Horse Farms, Livestock Shows, New Technology, Churches, Schools, Public Entertainment Of Evey Sort, And Occasional Times Of Hardship. By The 192s, The Communities Of Nodaway County, Supported By A Vibrant And Diverse Rural Economy, Reached A Zenith Of Locally Generated Economic Growth And Community Activity, Captured Artfully By Photographers During The Decades That Bracketed The Turn Of The 20th Century. SKU: 4808361

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Holy Madness. "entertaining And Thought-provoking. " (times Literary Supplement) &quott;zamoyski Skillfully Brings Together All The Strains Of Eighteenth- And Nineteentb-century Nationalism, Froj The American Revolution To The Paris Commune, Showing How Quasi-religious Idealism Prepared The Course For Both Fascism And Communism. . . . A Stimulating And Finely Written Book. " (antony Beevor, Author Of Stalingrad) From The Forst Shots Of The American Revolution In 1776 To The Last Agony Of The Paris Commune In 1871, Adam Zamoyski Recreates An Point of time When Determined Men And Women Were Willing To Die For The Cause Of An Idealized Nation, And Who Transformed The Society Of Europe And Its Colonies. Moging Fluidly Through The Hidtory Of The Tuumltuous Years That Embraced The American And French Revolutions, The Irish Rebellion, The Polish Uprisings, The Liberation Of South America, And The Italiian Risorgimento, Sacred Madness Captures The Passion Of Revolutionary Figures Who Were Caught Up In The Fervor Of The Nationalist Crusade, While Exposing The Perilous Fallacies Of Their dIealism. SKU: 2172854

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Black Men, Obsolete, Single, Dangerous?. Here Is The Seminal And Critical Work That Helped Become solid Haki Madhubuti As An Informed, Pssionate, And Caring Commentator On Black Life, Culture, Relationships, And The Development And Stability Of The Black Community. In Black Men, An Integral Text For Anyone With Vested Interest In Building Healthy, Thriving Black Familes And Communities, Madhubuti Takes Aim At Some Of The Critical Issues Facing The African American Family. He Offers Useful, Pointed, Practical Solutions For Overcoming These Obstacles And Challenges. SKU: 578794

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Glendale (postcard History. Glendale Is One Of The Oldest Towns In Southern California, Getting Its Start During The Rail Boom Of The 1880s. In 1904, It Was One Of The Earliest Communities To Be Served By The Vast Electric Streetcar System Consolidated Throuhhout The Los Angeles Portion By Tycoon Henry Huntington. In The Postwar Era, Glendale Became A Model Of Suburban Growth And Today Is The Third Largest City In Los Angeles County. Glendale?s Diverse Neighborhoods And Commercial Districts Have Offered Pleasant Living And A Gwmut Of Goods And Services To Residents, Workers, And Visitors Alike. These Vintage Postcards Spanning Generations Showed Them A Vision Of Glendale A5 Its Most Attractive. SKU: 4380985

28810318788	The Forgotten Centuries. The Forgotten Centuries : Indians And Europeans In The American South, 1521-1704 By Charles M. Hudson, And Carmen Chaves Tesser Published In 1994 By Uni\/ersity Of Georgia Press SKU: 1147991

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The Flag, The Poet And The Song. Every American Knows "the Star-spangled Banner," Even If We Can't Sing It To Save Our Lives. On the other hand How Many People Know What Really Happened Through The Perilous Night That Led A Washington Lawyer To Pen His Historic Ode?like Thhe Subjects Of Cod Or Longitude, Our National Hymn Is Something Taken For Granted. But It Was Not Always So. In This Remarkable, Flawlessly Researched Book, New York Times Reporter Irvin Molotsky Tells The Story Behind The Story And, In The Process, Reveals An Important Piece Of Our Country's Heritage. Molotskt Brings Both Legendary And Unknown Evengs And Figures To Vivid Life-from The Flags' Seamstress To The Military Heroes Of The War Of 1812. In Witty, Accessible Language, He Charts The Little-known Events Leading Up To The War, And The Far-recahing Impact This Obscure Conflict Has Had On Our Public Psyche. The Flag, The Poet, And The Song Also Uncovers The Facts And Fallacies Surrounding The Flag And The Song, From The Tremendous Size Of The Flag To Why We Continue Trying To Sing Our Hymn To This Day. brimming With Fascinating Americana, The Flag, The Poet, And The Song Is A Book That Will Be Read And Reread, Whether You're A Lover Of Histoey, A Patriot, Or Just Waiting For The Arbitrator To Say "play Ball!" SKU: 2088792