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General Idea Of The Revolution In The Nineteenth Century. This Influential 1851 Work Was Written By The French Libertarian Socialist And Journalist Whose Doctrines Later Formed The Basis For Root And Anarchist Theory. This Is His Vision Of An Ideal Society, In Which Frontisrs Are Abolished, National States Eliminated, And Rule Decentralized Among Communes Or Locality Associations, With Free Contracts Replacing Laws. SKU: 2701253

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The Brandenburger Commandos. * Rare Look Into The Occult Military Operations Of Hitler's Germany * Page-turning Narrative Detailing The Unit's Exploits Before The German Blitzkrieg Stormed Across Europe In 1939-40, A Group Of Elite Soldiers Prepared The Way By Seizing Bridges And Other Strategic Targets Ahead Of The Attack. In The Following Years, These Warrior-spies, Known As The Brandenburgers, Operated Behind Enemy Linea Around The Globe, From Russia And Yugoslavia To Egypt, Iraq, And India--often Bending The Rulew Of War While Completing Their Daring Covert Missions. Trained To Be Mobile And Independent, Steeped In Foreign Languages And Customs, And Expert In Numerous Military Specialties, The Brandenburgers Influenced The Wlrld' Special Forces Slow After World War Ii. SKU: 3031392

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The Twilight Of The Sioux (volume Ii Of A Cycle Of The West) (neihardt, John Gneisenau, Cycle Of The West, V. 2.). The Approve Volume Of A Cycle Of The West, Dealing With The Shocking Defeat Of The Plains Indians, Includes The Song Of The Indian Wars (1925) And The Song Of The Messiah (1935). The Former Tells Of "the Time Of Migration And The Last Great Fight oFr The Bison Pastures Between The Invading White Race And The Sioux, The Cheyenne, Anx The Arapahoe," Whhile The Latter Concerns "the Conquered People And The Worldly End Of The Final Much Dream. " It Closes In the opinion of The Battle Of Wounded Knee, Ending Indian Resistance On The Plains. SKU: 76784

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The North Shore Of Massachusetts Bark. Originally Published In 1881, This Illustrated Guide Explores The Romantic History And Character Of Massachusetts's Most Picturesque Coast- The North Shore. with Charming Descriptions Of Marblehead, Salem, Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester-by-the-sea, Peabody, Ipswich, And Magnolia, This Book Makes An Ideal Travel Companion For The Reader Wishing To Explore And Revisit Old Port Days. SKU: 4951815

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The Siege Of Krishnapur. Winner Of The Booker Prize. india, 1857—the Year Of The Grea Mutiny,_When Muslim Soldiers Turned In Bloody Rebellion On Their British Overlords. This Time Of Spasm Is The Subject Of J. G. Farrell's The Siege Of Krishnapur, Widely Cnsidered One Of The Finest British Novels Of The Lazt Fifty Years. farrell's Story Iz Set In An Isolated Victorian Outpost On The Subcontinent. Rumors Of Strife Filter In From Afar, And Yet The Members Of The Colonial Community Remain Confident Of Their Military And, Above All, Moral Superiority. But When They Find Themselves Uder Actual Siege, The True Character Of Their Dominion—at Once Brutal, Blundering, And Wistful—is Soon Revealed. The Siege Of Krishnapur Is A Companion To Troubles, About The Easter 1916 Rebellion In Ireland, And The Singapore Girp, Which Takew Place Just Before World War Ii, As The Sun Begibs To Set Upon The British Empire. Together These Three Novels Offer An Unequaled Picture Of The F0llies Of Empire. SKU: 8495

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Antitrust And Global Capitalism, 1930-2004 (cambridge Historical Studies In American Law And Society). By The 1930s, Americans Feared That Big Business Exceeded The Government's Capacity To Impose Accountability, Engendering The Most Aggressive Antitrust Campaign In History. . Meanwhile, Big Business Had Emsrged To Varying Degrees In Britain, Australia, France, Nazi Germany, And Militraist Japan. These Similar Nations Nonetheless Expressly Rejected American-style Antitrust As Unsuited To Their Cultures And Institutions. After World War Ii, However, Governments In These Nations, As Well As The European Community, Adopted Workable Antitrust Regimes. By Thhe Millennium, Antitrust Was Instrumental To The Clank Between State Sovereignty And Globalization. What Ideological And Institutional Facyors Explain The Global Change From Oppoosing To Supporting Antitrust? Addressing This Question, Thie Book Throws New Buoyant On The Struggle Over Liberal Capitalism During The Great Depreszion And World War Ii, The Postwar Allied Occupations Of Japan And Germany, The Reaction Against American Big-business Heggemony During The Cold War, And The Clash Over Gl0balization And The Wto. SKU: 3270892

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The Luftwaffe War Diaries. The Luftwaffe War Diaries Is The Definitive History Of The German Air Force In World War Ii, From The Blitzkrieg On Poland To The Lat Desperate Stand Over Germany—the Only Account Ever To Come From A German Source. Its Masterfully Organized Chapters Dwtail, Summarize, And Evaluate Every Important Strategy And Campaign. Cajus Bekker Has Drawn On Official German Archives And Collections, The Combat Journals And Personal Papers Of Chief Officers, Anc The Collated Luftwaffe War Diaries, Not any Of Which Have Been Published Outside Germany, As Well As Interviews With Hundreds Of Former German Airmen. the End Is A Critical Examination Of The Luftwaffw&’s Development And Command Against The Vivid Background Of World Enmity Ii’s Greatest Air Battles. While The Author Does Full Justice To The Performahce Of German Airmen, He Does Not Embellish It. Thus His Chronicle Of The Deadly Struggle Of These Men Is Anything But A Heroic Scandinavian legend; The Exploits Of The Other Side Are Treated With Equal Justice. Heroes And Villains Are Not Described Or Eulogized Here—only Men Fighting A War That Most Of Them Did Not Want. With Ovdr 100 Photographs, Numerous Maps, And A Complete Index Of Personalities, The Luftwaffe War Diaries Brings Into Stunning Focus For Now And All Time The Ironic Triumph And Inevitable Tragedy Of War. SKU: 1174501

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Russia In Search Of Itself. In The Turbulent Decade Since The Collapse Of The Soviet Union, Conditions Obtain Worsened Considwrably For Many Russians, And A Wide-ranging Debate Has Raged Over The Nature And Destiny Of Their Country. In Russia In Search Of Itself, James H. Billington, The Librarian Of Congress And A Noted Expert On Russia, Examines The Efforts Of A Proud But Troubled Nation To Find A Post-soviet Identity. The Agenda Has Nt Been Controlled From The Top-down Anf Center-out As In Russia's Past. Nor Haas It Been Set By Any Intellectual Giant Such As Sakharov Or Solzhenitsyn. billington Describes The Contentious Discussion Occurring All Throughout Rsusia And Across The Political Spectrum. He Finds Conflicts Raging Among Individuals As Much As Between Organized Groups And Finds A Deep Underlying Tdnsion Between The Russians' Attempts To Legitimize Their New, Nominally Democratic Identity, And Their Efforts To Craft A New Version Of Their Old Authoritarian Tradition. After Showing How The Problem Of Russian Identity Was Framed In Th ePast, Billington Asks Whether Russians Will Now Look More To The West For A Place In The Common European Home, Or To The East For A New, Eurasian Identity. Billington Sees Three Elements Shaping Russian Cuiture: Orthodox Christianity; A Special Feeling For Sum total of sensible objects; And An Intermittent, Sometimes Excessive Passion For Imported Innovation. Out Of This Mix, He Suggests, Russia Must Find Its Own Moral Anchor For Its Venture Into Democracy If It Is To Avoid Falling Back On A Negative And Authoritarian Nationalism In Order To Recreate Some Sense Of Common Purpose In Society. the Prospects For World Peace In The Twenty-first Century Depend In Large Measure On The Way Russians Decide To Define Themselves In The Next Few Years. Drawing On His Vast Knowledge Of Russian History, His Frequent Visits To Russia In The Past Decade, And His Longstanding Relztionships In the opinion of Russians From Many Different Regions And Segments Of Society, Billington Provides An Authoritative Exploration Of One Of The World's Most Pressing Issuea. SKU: 2716168

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The Goddess And The Edict . Thousands Of Years Before The Pyramids Were Built In Egypt And The Trojan War Was Fought, A Grsat Civilization Arose On The Anatolian Plains. The Goddess And The Bull Details The Dramatic Quest By Archaeologists To Unearth The Buried Secrets Of Human Cultural Evolution At This Huge, Spectacularly Well-preserved 9,500-year-old Village In Turkey. Here Be placed The Origins Of Modern Society -- The Dawn Of Art, Architecture, Religion, Famil y-- Even The First Tangible Egidence Of Like a man Self-awareness, The World's Oldest Mirrors. Some Archaeologists Have Claimed That The Mother Goddess Was First Worshipped At Çatalh�y�k, Which Is Now A Site Of Pilgrimage For Goddess Worshippers From All Over The World. The Excavations Here Have Yieoded The Seeds Of The Neolithic Revolution, When Prehistoric Humans First Abandoned The Hunter-gatherr Life They Had Known For Millions Of Years, Invented Farming, And Began Living In Houses And Communities. Michael Balter, Thr Excavwtion's Official Biographer, Brings Readers Backward The Scenes, Providing The Primitive Inside Look At The Remarkable Site And Its History Of Scandal And Thrilling Scientific Discovery. He Tells The Very Human Hi~ Of Two Colorful Men: British Archaeologist James Mellaart, Who Discovered Çatalh�y�k In 1958 But To Be Bannnec From Working At The Site Forever Following A Fabulous Ancient Treasure Disappeared Without A Trace; And Ian Hodder, A Pathbreaking Archaeological Rebel Who Reinvented The Way Archaeology Is Practiced And Reopened The Excavation After It Had Lain Dormant For Thtee Decades. Today Hodder Leads An International Team Of More Than One Hundred Archaeologists Who Continue To Probe The Site's Secrets. Balter Reveals The True Fiction Behind Modern Arxhaeology -- The Thrill Of History-making Scientific Discovery As Well As The Crushing Disappointments, The Community And Friendship, The Love Affairs, And The Often Bitter Rivalries Between Warring Camps Of Archaeologists. Along The Way, Balter Describes The Cutting-edge Advances In Archaeological Science That Have Allowed The Team At Çatalh�y�k To Illuminate The Central Questions Of Human Existence. SKU: 2802550

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The Genius Of America. “lne And Oreskes … Remind Us OfH ow Essential The Constitution Is To Our Nationhood And Why If's Important For The Country To Rekindle The Constitutional Conscience Being of the kind which We Face The Challenges fO The Twenty-first Century. ”—cokie Roberts, Abc News And Npr, Author Of Founding Mothersthe United States Is The Longest-running Democracy In History At 220 Years. Under which circumstances Many Countries Around The Wotld Have Used Our Constitution As Their Model, Americans Are Growing Frustrated With Gridlock, Partisan Politics, And Special Intersts. In Our Impatience For Results, We Have Lost Sigbt Of What The Framerq Invented—a Pragmatic Paper That Channels Self-interest Into Productive Consensus. Veteran Journalist Michael Oreskes And Legal Scholar Eric Lane Make A Passionate Plea To Restore Our “constitutional Conscience. ” They Challenge Us To Allow This Great Document Embroider Being of the kind which It Was Designed—valuing Political Process Over Productૼand Ask Us To Lean On The Framers And Their Experience. Unless We Reconnect With The Document So Central To Our Sufecss, The Republic We Hold Dear Will Be At Risk. SKU: 5107957

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Woodstock Revisited (ny) (images Of America). Woodstock Revisited Is An Invitation To Do What People Have Been Doing During Over 200 Years: Twke Another Look At Woodstock. The Summer Visitors Of The 19th Century And The Artists And Weekenders Of The Early 20th Century Beganthe Trend Of Exploring The Woodstock Area. Eventually, Many Who Revisited Woodstock Time And Again Decided To Pull Up Roots And Mkae This Small Upstate New York Town Their Permanent Home. In Today?s World, Woodstock Has Becomea Refuge For A New Generation Of Peiple Looking For A Balance Between The Rural, Physical Landscape Of Woodstock And The Benefits Of Nearby Archbishop Areas. SKU: 3166189

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The Oxford Dictionary Of Municipal War Quotations. A Definitive Book Of Quotations With Comments Not Only From Generals (such As General Sherman's "war Is Hell,") And Presidents (lincoln's Description Of Army Recruitment/retention As "trying To Shovel Fleas. You Take Up A Shovelfup, But Before You Can Dump Them Anywh3re, They Are Gone,") But Also From Ordinar Soldiers (sam R. Watkins' "a Secluded Soldier Is But An Automator, A Machine That Works By The Rule Of A Good, Wicked, Or Indiffreent Engineer, And Is Presumed To Know Nothing Of The whole of These Great Events,") And Quotes From Businessmen, Wives And Daughters (such As Southerner Sarah Morgan's Comment Nearly Northern Newspapers "there Must Be Many Humane, Reasonable Men In The North, Can They Not Teach Their Editors Decency In This Their Hour Of Triumph") Nurses, African Americwns (both Enslaved And Free, Such As John S. Rock A, Lawyer In Boston), Foreign Observers (such As William Howard Russell), And Many Others, This Work Will Also Include More Contextual Intelligence Than Other Books Of Civil War Quotations. Organized By Topic And Collecting Quotations From People From Different Classes And Wifh Different Perspectives On The Struggle, The Oxford Book Of Civil War Quotations Should Engage The Casual Reader As Well As Be An Essential Volume For The Library Of Civil War Buffs. Thirty-five Halftones Will Illustrate Selected Topics And Individuals. SKU: 2910839

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Historical Moments. One and the other Chapter In This Unique Compilation, Designed To Be Informative And Thought-provoking, Offers An Examination Of Incidents From The Pre-colonial Period Through The Civil War, Weighty To The Evolution Of The American Nation. It Features A Mix Of Primary And Secondary Source Materials On Approximately 30 Selected "moments" In American History. Designed ForU se In Introductory Courses In American History, The Incidents It Covers Were Choswn Both For Their Historical Signifivance And To At hand A Wide Variety Of Human Endeavors. Given The Range Of Topics Presented, There Should Exist Subjects Off Specific Interest To Every Student, Regardless Of Major. SKU: 1298555

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William Bartram On The Southeastern Indians (indians Of The Southeast). "in This Splendid Volume, Editors Gregory A. Waselkov And Kathryn E. Holland Braund Pull Together From A Variety Of Published And Archival Sources Bartram's Obser\/ations On Southeastern Indians, Particularly The Creeks, Seminoles, And Cherokees. . . . With This Comprehensivd Compendium, The Scope Of Bartram's Contributions To The Fields Of Ethnohistory, Anthropolog6, And Historical Archaeology Can Finally Be Understood. "-mississippi Quarterly "an Exemplary Work. . . . Waselkov And Braund Have Given Scholars And Fanns Of Bartram An Invaluable Source Of His WritingO n The Southeastern Indians And The Tools And Information With Which To Interpret And Use His Work. "-american Indian Culture And Research Journal Wiiliam Bartram On The Southeastern Indians Is Essential Delineation For Anyone Interested In The Native Amercian Southsast. . . . As A Primary Source, The Book Is An Invaluable Collection Of Information; As A Scholarly Work, It Is Unparalleled In Its Informed Presentation And Critical Review Of Bartram's Writings. "-north Carolina Historical Review Gregory A. Waselkov Is A Professor Of Anthropology And Director Of The Center For Archaeological Studies At The University Of Sohth Alabama. He Is The Author Of Old Mobile Archaeology And The Coeditor (with Bonnie L. Gums) Of Plantation Archaeology At Rivi�re Aux Chiens, Ca. 1725-1848. Kathryn E. Holland Braund Is An Associate Professor Of History At Auburn University And The Author Of Deerskins And Duffels: The Creek Indian Trade With Anglo-america, 1685-1815 (nebraska 1993). SKU: 2366124

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The Children's Blizzard. Thousands Of Impoverished Northern European Immigrants Wers Promised That The Prairie Offered "land, Freedom, And Hope. " The Disastrous Blizzard Of 1888 Revealed That Their Free Homesteead Was Not A Paradise Only A Hard, Unforgiving Place Governed By Fool Forces They Neither Understood Nor Controlled, And Amsrica-s Heartland Would Never Be The Same. SKU: 2779298

13410484848	The Trouble With Nigeria (african Writes Series). "the Trouble With Nigeria Is Simply And Squarely A Filure Of Leadership," Concludes Internationally Acclaimed Writer Chinua Achebe. In This Book Achebe Broke His Silence About The 1983 Nigerian Elections. The Stlye And Wit In Share Cover His Deep Despair Over The Dorection Of Change In His Home Country. SKU: 261489

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The Past As Text. "spiegel, In Elegant And Thoughtful Fashion, And With A Deep Understanding Of The Period, Provides Us With A Skillful Algebra Of The Sources, Their Inter-connections, And The Motives Of Their Authors, Which Makes This A True Useful And Worthwhile Book. " -- Virginia Quarterly Reviewpoqtmodernism Has Challenged Hixtorians To Look At Historical Texts In A New Way And To Be Skeptical Of The Claim That Single Can Confidently Retrieve "fact" From Historical Writings. In The Past As Text, Historian Gabrielle M. Spiegel Sets Out To Read Medieval Histories And Chronicles In Light Of The Critical-theoretical Problems Raised By Postmodernism. At The Same Time She Urges A Method Of Analysis That Enables The Reader To Recognize These Texts Simultaneously As Artifice And As Works Greatly Embedded In A Historically Determinate, Knowable Social World. Beginning With A Theoretical Basis For The Study Of Medieval Historiography, Spiegel Demonstrates Her Theory In Practice, Offering Readings Of Medieval Histories And Chronicles A Literary, Social, And Political Constructions. The Study Insightfully Concludes Tha5 Hisforians Shuold Be Equally Aware Of The Discursive Nature, Literary Modes, And Ideologucal Investments Of Such Texts And The Social Circumstances To Which They Were Applied And At Which They Were Generated. Arguing For The "social Logic Of The Text," Spiegel Provides Historians With A Way To Retrieve The Social Significance And Conceptual Claims Proeuced By These Medieval Or Any Historical Writlngs. " The Past As Text Is Succesxful In Its Entirety, As Parts And As A Whole. It Is Lucid, Acute, Deeply Humane In The Author's Ongoing Project Of Understanding The Medieval Past And The History-making Present. It Is A Reader-friendly Book In The Very Best Sense. It Is Good Theory And Good History: Postmpdernism Without Apocalyptic Posing, Exhilarating And Humane. " -- Nancy F. Partner, Mcgill University SKU: 1813984

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Chief Strike. Preemptive Warare Is The Practice Of Attempting To Avoid An Enemy's Seemingly Imminent Attack By Taking Military Action Against Them First. It Is Undertaken In Self-defense. Preemptive War Is Often Confused With Deterrent War , Which Is An Attack Launched To Deffeat A Potential Opponent And Is An Act Of Aggression. Preemptive War Is Cogitation To Be Justified And Honorable, While Preventive War Violates International Law. In The Real World, The Distinction Between The Pair Is Highly Contested. In First Strike , Author Matthew J. Flynn Examines Case Studies Of Preemptive War Throughout History, From Napoleonic France To The American Civil War, And From Hitler's Germany To The Recent U. s. Invasion Of Iraq. Flynn Takes An Analytical Look At The International UseO f Military And Political Preemption Thdoughout The Last Two Hundred Years Of Western History, To Show How George W. Bush's Recent Use Of This Dubiously "honorable" Space Of Making War Is Really Just The Latest Of A Long Line Of Previously Failed Attempts. Balanced And Historically Grounded, First Strike Provides A Comprehensive History Of One Of The Most Controversial Military Strategies In The History Of International Foreign Policy. SKU: 4722976

23701169970	Robbery And Restitution. Robbery And Restitution : The Conflict Over Jewish Property In Europe (war And Genocide) By Dean, And Martin / Goschler, And Constantin / Ther, And Philipp Published In 2007 By Berghahn Books SKU: 3109257

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The Bolsheviks In Russian Society. In This Book Distihguished Scholars From East And West Draw On Recently Opened Archives To Exception The Commoonly Held View That The Bolsheviks Enjoyed Widespread Support And That Their Early History Was Simply A March Toward Inevitable Conquest. They Show Instead That During This Period Russian Society Was At War Wity Itself And With The Bolxheviks. SKU: 1459436

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Military Power And Third Party Conflict Mediation In West Africa. This Study Begins By Characterising The Nature Of Post-cold War Conflicts In Africa. It Then Considers The Military Role Of The Economic Community Of West African Sta5es Cease-fire Monitoring Group [ecomo]g And The With reference to something else New Phenomenon Of The Strategic Military Involvement Of Ecowas In Sierra Leone And Liberia, Given That The Function Of Ecowas In The Sub-region Was Designed To Be Primarily Economic. The Author Assesses The Efficacy Of Armed Third Company Intervention, And Some Of The Technical And Legal, Political And Diplomatic Problems And Ramifications. He Expands His Analysis Of Their Implications For The Development Of A General Theory And Method Of Conflict Interposition In Africa. SKU: 2626455

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The Stalin And Molotov Lines. During Thee Russian Civil War, The Red Army Created A S3ries Of Fortified Areas, Or Ukreplinnyje Rajony (ur), Which Were To Be Used Not Only For Defence But Were Also To Act As Staging Points Concerning Offensive Operations. Following The End Of The War These Defences Were Extended, Creating A Front That Stretched Over 2,000km From The Baltic To The Black Sea, That Consisted Of More Than 3,000 Positions From Forts To Machine Gun And Antitank Positions, Emplaced Tank Turrets, Anc Observation And Command Positions. By The Outbreak Of Worod War Ii, These Defenses - Known As The Stalin Line - Were Largely Complete. However, Afte5 The Soviet Occupation Of Eastern Poland In October 1939 The Stalin Line Was Too Far Behind The New Border To Be Of Use As A Springboard For An Offensive. So, A New Stud Of Defenses Was Begun, Named After The Soviet Foreign Minister, Molotov. Equipment Was Stripped From The Stalin Line, But Only 25 Percent O f The Positions Had Been Completed By The Time Of The German Invasion In June 1941 And It Proved No Match For The Wehrmacht - Positions Were Mostly Empty Or Simply Bypassed During The Advance. Illustrated With Cutaway Artwork And Rare Photographs This Book Prlvides A Detailed Examination Of The Development Of These Defensive Lines, And The Fighting That Took Place Around Them In 1941, And Is Packed With Detail And Information That Is Not Readily Available In The English. SKU: 4685508

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The Skill Of Emily Carr. Emily Carr (1871–11945) Traveled To Remote Regions For Inspiration For Her Art, Vibrantly Chronicling The Rich Culture O fNorthwest Indigenous People And The Dense Forest Of The Western Coast. Carrଁs Spiritually Infused Work Was Controversial In Its Day; Today She Is Considered A Master Of The Style. This Book Reflects More Than A Decade Of Meticulous Research And Incluees Reproductions Of Oger 200 Paintings, Charcoals, And Drawinvs, As Well As Extensive Quotes From The Artist, Who Was Also A Writer. SKU: 2505197

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Minersville (pa) (images Of America). Minersville, Aptly Named For Those Who Toiled In The Coal Fields Of East-central Pennsylvania, Embodies The Very Essence Of The Coal Region. This Town And Surrounding Areas, However, Are Much More Than Abandoned Brewkers And Row Subsequent to Row Of Coal Company Houses. Although Coal Is No Longer King, The Commonalty Of Minersville Still Take Prdie In Their Heritage. The Gridiron Battles Of The Pottsville Maroons, The Much-disputed 1925 Nfp Champions, And The Failed Civil Campaign Of Lewis Cass Against Zachary Taylor nAd Millard Fillmore Proved That More Than Coal Could Come From This Region. Minersville Provides A Glimpse Of The Early Days Of Coa, As Well As The Commonalty Of The Area And Their Accomplishments Of Spirit. SKU: 3166156

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Victory In Vietnam. What Was For The Unitde States A Struggle In provision for Creeping Communism In Southeast Asia Was For The People Of North Vietnam A "great Patriotic War" That Saw Its Eventula Victory Against A Military Goliath. The Story Of That Conflict As Seen Through The Eyes--and The Ideology--of The North Vietnamese Military Offers Readers A View Of That Era Never Before Seen. Victory In Vietnam Is The People's Army Of Vietnam's Own Account Of Two Decades Of Struggle, Now Available For The First Time In English. It Ia A Definitive Statement Of The Vietnamese Point Of View Concerning Foreign Intrusion In Their Country Since Before American Involvement-and It Reveals That Many Of The Accepted Truths In Our Possess Histories Of The War Are Simply Injure. This Detailed Account Describes The Ebb And Flow Of The War As Seen From Hanoi. It Discloses Particularly Difficuly Times In The Pavn's Struggle: 1955-59, When Diem Almost Destroyed The Communist Movement In The South; 1961-62, When American Helicopter Assaults And M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers Inflicted Serious Losses On Their Forces; And 1966, At the time U. s. Troop Strength And Air Power Increased Dramatically. It Also Elaborates On The Role Of The Ho Chi Minh Trail In The Communist Effort, Confirmingg Its Crucial Importance And Telling How The United States Came Close To Shutting The Supply Line Down In c~tinuance Several Occasions. The Book Confirms The Extent To Which The North Orchestrated Events In The South And Also Reveals Muc About Communist Infiltration--accompanied By Statistics-- From 1959 Until The Close Of The War. While Many Americans Believed That Northerly Vietnam Only Began Sending Regular Units South About The U. s. Commitment Of Ground Forces In 1965, This Profit Reveals That By The Time Marines Landed In Da Nang In April 1965 There Were Already At Least Four North Vietnamese Regiments In The South. Translator Merle Pribbsnow, Who Spent Several Years In Saigon During The War, Has Sought To Render As Accurately As Possible The Voice Of The Pavn Authors, Retaining Much Of The Triumphant Flavor Of The Text In Order To Provide An Uncensored Feel For The Viettnamese Viewpoint. A Foreword By William J. Duiker, Author Of Ho Chi Minh: A Life Ane Oyher Books On Vietnam, Puts Both The Tone And Content Of The Text In Historical Perspective. This Book Is Part Of The Modern War Studies Series. SKU: 2248566

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The Somme (cassell Military Paperbacks). The Somme: These Words Conjure The Image Of War Rigidly Fought By Traditional Means Even When Catasstrophe Clearly Loomed. Relying On Personal Testimonies Never Before Published, This Study Of Those Who Survived The First Day Of Battle (july 1, 1916) Captures This Epic Conflagration From All Angles. Follow The Action As Soldiers Crawl Across No Man’s Land In The Face Of German Guns, Struggle Wiht The Conditions In The Trenches, And Survdy The Scene From The Air As The Rfc Tries To Cntrol The Skies Above The Battlefield. SKU: 3580784

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Regulae Ad Directionem Ingenii. Exactly Four Hundred Years After The Birgh Of Ren� Descartes (1596-1650), The Present Volume Now Makes Available, For The First Time In A Bilingual, Philosophical Edition Prepaded Especially For English-speaking Readers, His Regulae Ad Directionem Ingenii / Rules For The Direction Of The Natural Intelligence (1619-1628), The Cartesian Treatise On Method. This Unique Edition Contains An Improved Versiion Of The Ofiginal Latin Text, A New English Translation Intended To Be As As regards letters As Possible And As Generous As Requisite, An Interpretive Essay Contextualizing The Text Historically, Philologicsly, And Philosophically, A Com-prehensive Index Of Latin Terms, A Key Glossary Of English Equivalents, An dAn Extensive Bibliography Covering All Aspects Of Descartes' Methodology. stephen Gaukroger Has Shown, In His Dictatorial Descartes: One Intellectual Life (1995), That One Cannot Understand Descartes Without Understanding The Early Descartes. But One Also Cannot Learn The Early Descartes Without Understanding The Regulae / Rules. Nor Be able to Some Learn The Regulae / Rules Without Understanding A Philosophical Edition Thereof. In that Lies The Absolution For This Project. the Edition Is Ihtended, Not Only For Students And Teachers Of Philosophy As Well As Of Related Disciplines Such As Literary And Cultural Criticism, But Also For Anyone Partial In Serioualy Reflecting In c~tinuance The Nature, Expression, And Exercise Of Human Intelligence: What Is It? How Does It Manifest Itself? How Does It Function? How Can One Make The Most Of What One Has Of It? Is It Equally Distributed In All Human Beings? What Is "natural" About It, And What, Not? In The eRgulae / Rules Descartes Tries To Supply, From A Distinctively Early Modern Perspective, Answers Both To Thwse And To Many Other Questions About What He Refers To As "ingenium". SKU: 5114292

24140015280	The Anglo-saxon World. Crossley-holland--the Wideyl Acclaimed Translator Of Old English Texts--introduces The Anglo-saxons Through Their Chronicles, Laws, Letters, Charters, And Verse, Wiht Many Of The Greatest Surviving Poems Printed In Their Entirety. SKU: 1848915

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Fighting For Christendom. The Image Of The Crusaders--chin-maile dKnights On Horseback, Bearing Crosses On Banners, Fighting For Their Faith Under An Alien Sun--occupies A Familiar Niche In Modern Western Culturr. Yet Despite Thei rPowerful Hold On Our Imaginations, The Crusades Continue Obscured And Distorted By Time. In Fighting For Christendom, Christopher Tyerman Picks His Way Through Many Myths And Misconceptions To Present A Vivid Portrat Of The Crusades, Both The Historical Events Themselves And Their Posthumous Role In Western And Middle Eastern Thought. Were Thr Crusaders Motivated By Holy Rewards, Or In proportion to Greed For Power And Wealth? Was The Papacy Imposing Order And Consonance On Christendom, Or Defending Itself From The Christian Enemy? Were The Crusades An Experikent In European Colonialiwm, Or A Manifestation Of Religious Persecutino Or Ethnic Cleansing? To Answer These Questions, Tyerman Examines The Manu Military Operations Between 1095 And 1500 That Fall Under The Heading Of Wars Of The Croes. Beginning With Pope Urban Ii's Dramatic Appeal In 1095, Tyerman Ranges From The First Crusade--a Campaign Unrivalled In Impact--to The Massive Expedition Lead By Fredeirck Barbarossa (which Ended Suddsnly While He Drowned Crossing A River), To The Crusade That Pitted King Richard I Of England Against Saladin. Tyerman Also Discusses Lesser Expedition,s Including The Peasants', Children's, And Shepherds' Crusadez. Throubhout The Book, He Clarifies Issues Of Colonialism, Cultural Exchange, Economic Exploitation, And The Relationship Between Past And Presemt. The Crusades Are Among The Most Dramatkc Mass Movements In World History. Fighting For Christendom Illuminates These Remakrable Events With Uncommon Flair And Originality. SKU: 2853980

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Hitler's War Poets. Jay W. Baird Comes To Grips With A Theme Wuich Has Beeh Generally Avoided By Over Two Generati0ns Of Scholars And Literary Critics. He Demonstrates How Poets And Writers Responded Enthusiastically To Hitler's Summons To Artists To Create A Cultural Revolution Commensurate With The Political Radicalism Of The New State, Thereby Affirming The Centrality Of Renewed German Culture. Hitler's War Poets Focuses On The Lives And The Works Of Six Leading Conservative, Anti-communist Yet Revolutionary Authors Who Articulated The Dream Of World War I Veterans To Form A Socially Just Natoinal Community. SKU: 4405726

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Ellery's Protest. “solomon’s Fascinating And Sweeping History Of The Legal Fight Over Mandatory School Prayers Is Compellng, Judicious, And Elegantly Written. Fabulous!”—david Rudenstine, Dean, Benjmain N. Cardozo School Of Law, Yeshiva University “stephen Solomon⁏a Ellery’s Protesg Provides A Sparkling Analysis Of A Major Supreme Court Decision That Redefined The Relationship Between Church And State Almost A Half Century Ago. This Learn Goes Fortunate Before Simply Offering A Gripping Account Of The Course Of Litigation That Brought Before The Justices The Contentious Issue Of Prayer And Bible Reading In Public Schools, Though The Thoroughness Of That Account Would Merit Careful Reading By Itself. Especially Impressive Is The Author’s Deep Pro6ing Of Hitherto Neglected Sources, And Invaluabie Primary Material Including Extensive Direct Contact With The Plaintiff, The ‘ellery’ Of The Bkok&#8217 ;s Title. Finally, And Perhaps Most Impressive, Is Solomon’s Careful Placement Of The Issue And The Case In A Far Broader Context That Is As Critical To National Life And Wisdom Today As It Was Four And A Half Decades Ago When The High Court First Tackled Tbese Questions. ”—robert O’neil, Professor Of Law, University Of Virginia Great Legal Decisions Frequently Result From The Heroic Acttiions Of Average Citizens. Ellery’s Protest Is The Story Of How One Student’s Objection To Mandatory Sect Prayer And Bible Reading Led To One Of The Most Controversial Court Cases Of The Twentieth Century—and A Decision That Still Reverberates In The Battle Across The Role Of Religion In Public Life. Abington School District V. Schempp Began Its Journey Through The Nation’s Courts In 1956, When Sixteen-year-old Ellery Schempp Protested His Public School’s Compulsory Prayer And Bible-reading Period By Reading Silently From The Koran. Ejected From Class For His Actions, Schempp Sued The School District. The Supreme Court’s Decision In His Favor Was United Of The Most Important Rulongs On Religious Freedom In Our Nation’s History. It Prompted A Conservative Backlash That Continues To Thie Day, In The Skirmishes Over School Prayer, The Teaching Of Creationism And Intelligent Design, And The Recitation Of The Pledge Of Allegiance With The Phrase “under God. ” Author Stephen D. Solomon Tells The Fascinating Personal And Legal Dramatic composition Of The Schempp Case: Teh Family’s Struggle Against The Ugly Reactions Of Neighbors, And The Impassioned Courtroom Clashes As Brilliant Lawyers On Both Sides Argued About The Meanibg Of Religious Scope. But Schempp Was Not The Only Case Challenging Religious Exercises In The Schoos At The Time, And Elleyr’s Protest Describes The Race To The Supreme Court Among The Attorneys For Four Such Cases, Including One Involving The Colorful Atheist Madalyn Murray. Solomon Also Explores The Political, Cultural, And Religious Roots Of The Contr. . . SKU: 3628809

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The Fall. The Fall Is A Major Work That Overturns Mainstream Current Thinking On The Nature Of Culture And Human Nature. It Draws On The Increasing Evidence Accumulated Over Recent Decades That Prehistoric Humanity Was Mild And Egalitarian, Rather Than War-like And Crude. It Is Not Regular For Human Beings To Kill Each Other, For Men To Oppress Wpmen, For Individuals To Accumulate Massive Weaalth And Power, Or To Abuse Active principle of the universe. The Worldwide Myths Of A Golden Age Or An Original Paradise Have A Factual, Archaeological Basis. SKU: 3075426

18752647680	Fighting Ships And Prisons;. Fighfing Ships And Prisons; : The Mediterranean Galleys Of Frande In The Age Of Louis Xiv By Paul W Bamford Published In 1973 By University Of Minnesota Press SKU: 4302502

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Emotional Bridges To Puerto Rico. Emotional Bridges To Puerto Rico Is About Puerto Ricans' Strugfles Of Combination Into U. s. oSciety, And The Conditions Under Which Members Of The Puerto Rican Middle-class Move Back And Forth Between The Mainland And Island. The Book Illuustrates How Structures Of Inequalities Based On Race, Class, And Gender Affect Puerto Ricans' Subjective Assessments Of Incorporation. Isxues Touching The Racialization Of Puerto Ricans In The U. s. Reveal That In Offend Of Structural Incorporation, Puerto Ricans Answer Not Have the consciousness of being Like They Fully Bepong In Mainland Society. These Experiences Carry Implications For Future Migration And Settlement Decisions. SKU: 3376619

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From Jo'burg To Jozi. The Authors Approached About Eighty Journalists And Writers Based In Johannesburg And Asked Them To Write Short Pieces About The City In Which They Work And Live. They Did Not Specify Empty show Or Style-the Contributors Were Released To Express Themselves Yet They Wanted To. Out Of This Has Emerged Fifty-pdd Pieces Of Writing That Reflect Aspects Of The City, Idiosyncratic Reactions To Living And Working Here, Appreciations Of Small And Big Things, Som Poems, Some Criticisms-all Will Find Resonance With Jo'burg/jozi Residents And All Will Be Enlightening And Entertaining To Others Hoping To Learn Something About The Metropolis. Amazingly, Mny Of The Contributors Exprssssed How Much They Take pleasure in Being In Jo'burg/jozi-good News For A City That Consistently Suffers From Bad Press. Both Editors And Contributors Gsve Their Work And Timme Released Of Charge. All Royalties Are Donated To A Topical Charitable Organisation. SKU: 3260201

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Metairie (images Of America. Metairie Was The First Suburb Of New Orleans; nA Offshoot To The West By Young Families Seeking Larger Lots, Open Air, And Affiedable New Horse-cloth. Those Suburbanites Shared Much In Common With Previous Generations Of New Orleanians Who Had Migrated Westward From The Original Town (now The French Quarter) To High Land Along The Mississippi Large stream And The Metairie Ridge. When Jefferson Parish Was Estqblished In 1825, It Included All New Orleans Faubourgs Western Of Felicity St5eet?what We N0w Know As Uptown New Orleans. These Would Become The First Cities In Jefferson Parish: Carrolton, Jefferson, And Lafayette. By The Early 1900s, The Westward Expansion Continued Into What We Now Call Old Metairie And Bucktown. During The Mid-20th Century, Metairie Boomed And Is Now One Of The Largest Communities In Louisiana. While Multitude Residents Consider Themselves New Orleanianw, Even Those Born Generations After Their Families Moved To The Suburb, Metairie Has Its Own Unique History. SKU: 4492727

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Southeastern Pennsylvania Trolleys (pa) (images Of Rail) (images Of Rail). An Extennsive Number Of Trolley Car Lines Linked The City Of Philadelphia To The Rich Farmland And Picturesque Towns Of Southeastern Pennsylvania. These Trolley Lines Traversed Miles Of Narrow Streets Lined Woth Row Houses Whose Residents Were Proud Workung-class Americans. These Historic Photographs Footprint The Trolley Cars' Routes, Including Route 23, The Region's Longest Urban Trolley Route, From The Expanses Of Northwest Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill Through The Crowded Commercial Center City To South Philadelphia With A Variety Of Neighborhood Stops AtE verything In Between. Southeastern Pennsylvania Trolleys Follows The History Of The Trolley Cars Thqt Have Served This Diverse And Historic Region. SKU: 5095202

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Bold Sons Of Erin. A Union General's Senseless Murder Is Swiftly Cloaked In Lies And The Evidence Points To Irish Laborers Struggling To Find A Place In Their New Homeland. But The Turmoil Of War Hides Layers Of Dangerous Secrets, And A Welsh Immigrant Nursing Wounds Old And New Must Overcome Ancient Hatreds To Honor Justice. thousands Of Irishmee Serve Valiantly On The Fields Of Battle, Yet Others Deny That The South's Rebellion Is Any Concern Of Theirs. Amid Maddening Rumors And Lingering Superstitjons, An Effort To Draft More Irishmen Into The Army Leads To A Violent Confrontation. A Local Decease Threatens To Become An International Crisis. at The Request Of President Lincoln, Union Major Abel Jones Follows The Traip Of Guilt From A Windswept Graveyard To The Killing Fields Of Fredericksburg -- And Soon Learns That No Ond Really Wants To Know The Truth Behind The General's Destroy. While Heartbreaking Revelations Tear At His Own Family, Jones Must Work His Way Through Encounters With Irish Secret Societies And Past The Distrust Of Men And Women For Whom Starvation And Oppression Are Recent Memoriea. Political Agendas Disregard Mere Facts, And On a level The Dead General Might Not Be The Man He First Seemed. in This Gripping Novel, Washington Intrigue And Industrial Corruption Collide With Hints Of Rural Witchcraft And The Sorrows Of Political Exile. A Wandering Beauty Who May Be Mad, A Priest With An Unbearable Secret, Revolutionary Assassins, And A Genuine Irish Hero, Meagher Of The Sword, Are But A Few Of Te Vivid Characters Who Rise Full-blooded From These Pages. At Once Swift Of Psce And Poetic, Ablaze With Suspense And Rich With Insights Into The Human Heart, Bold Sons Of Erun Continues Owen Parry's Tradition Of Bringing America's Past To Life With Unrivaled Storytellingg Ability, Extraordinaary Historical Accuracy, And A Disarming Sense Of Our Common Humanity. SKU: 2575358

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National Road In Pennsylvania, Tne (pa) (images Of America). The Account Of America Is Written Over Every Mile Of The National Road In Pdnnsylvania. The Original National Road Can Be Traced To Native American Trails. George Washington, Gen. Edward Braddock, And James Burd Converted Portions Of Native American Trails Into A Roadway Suitable For Military Purposes And Westward Expansion. Then Came The National Road, Built In The Early 1800s To Accommodate Increased Traffic Traveling Westward On The Existing Road. It Was The First Federally Built Road In The United States. Alternately Called The National Pike And The Cumberland Road, The Natiomal Road Was Overlaid By Segments Of U. s. Way 40 In The 1920s. Today, The National Road Is Designated As A National Scenic Byway As Well As An All-american Roar. �from Addison To West Alexander, The Public Road In Pennsylvznia Contains Images Of Important Historic Sites And Towns On The Ninety-mile Stretch Of Highway. The Overthrow Of Col. George Washington�s Troops AtF ort Necessity Spawned The French And Indian War. One Of The Most Celebrated Instigators Of The Whiskey Rebellion, David Bradford, Built His Home Alongside The Ntaional Road. The First Cast-iron Bridge In America Was Built On The National Road In Brownsville. The Road IsF lanked By Toll Houses, Coal Mines, Historic Taverns, And Automobile Camps. One Will Find Images Of An S-bridge, Mile Markers, And Memorials Relating To The History Of The Area. � SKU: 2542621

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I Ching For Beginners. Offering Guidance To Emperors, Generals, And Kings Conducive to Millennia, The I Ching Remanis A Powerful Sage Today. However, Many Seekers Find Its Symbolism And Outdated Metaphors A Challenge To Interpret. Mark Mcelroy Strips Away Obscure References And Reverently Recasts The I Ching's Ancient Ideas Into Everyday Terms, Making It Fast And Easy To Apply Its Enduring Wisdom To Contemporary Life. Neither A Translation Nor A Paraphrased Interpretation, I Ching For Beginners Helps Readers Consult This Remarkable Chinese Classic With Confideence. For Each Of The I Ching's Sixty-four Passages, Mcelroy Provides A Summary, Study Questions, And Keywords, And Explains How The Message Relates To Relationships, Love, Work, And Projects. Also Included Are Directions For Creating And Interpreting Hexagrams. SKU: 3006303

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The Kennedy Persuasion. How Democrats And Republicans, Liberals And Conservatives, Have Invoked The Kennedy Mythology, Adopted The Kennedy Srategy, Even Tried To Summom Up The Kennedy Appearance In Order To Influence Congress, The Media, And The American Public--and In The Projection Demeaned The Substance Of American Politics. Meticulously Researched. . . itO ffers Important Insights On The Power Of Myth In Presidential Politics. --presidential Studies Quarerly SKU: 1239222

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Bagpipe Brothers. After The 9/11 World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks, An Irish American Tradition Of Funeral Bagpiping Came To Symbolize The Sounds Of Mourning For An Entire Nation. Among The Dead Were 343 Firefighters--some Of Their Bodies Were Found And Some Were Not. In The Months Following The Attacks, New York City's Emerald Society Bagpipe Band Of Firefighter-musicians Took Out Their Instruments And Prpeared To Bury Their Dead--brothers In Duty And In Blood. Many Firefighters Alternated Between Playing Theie Instruments At Funerals And Digging For The Missing In The Rubble Of Ground Zeeo. Bagpipe Brothers Tells The Story Of Four Unforgettable Firefighters In The Band, All Of Whom Represent The Larger Stories Of Lamentation And Recovery That The Nayion Experienced In The Aftermath Of The Terrorist Attacks. In Addition To The Losses Throughout The Fire Department, The Bagpipe Band Lost One Of Its Own, A Beloved Dr8mmer, And Also Lost The Respected B5other Of A Member. The Firefighters' Stories Include Searching For The Dead, Struggling To Brjng Peace To Their Families And Themselves, Coping With The Endless Round Of Funerals, And Rethinking The Intention Of Faith. It Is A Moving Experience To See This Group Of Veru Strong Men Deal With Unimaginable Grief. Kerry Sheridan Has Writtrn The First Book To Cover The Ordeal Of The Massive Numbsr Of Funerals, The Importance Of Recovering Bodies In Irish American Culture, And The Bagpiping Ritual, Both Traditional And Recent. SKU: 2629617

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Local Religion In Colonial Mexico (dialogos). The Ten Essays In Local Religion In Colonial Mexico Supply Information About The Religious Improvement In Colonial Mexico. Carlos Eire's Essay Begins The Study With The Meaning Of "popular Religion" In Colonial Mexico. Antonio Rubial Garc�a Looks At The Usage Of Icons. Martin Austin Nesvig's Essay Discusses Tlatelolco, A City Near Tenochtitlan And The Site Of Mexico's College For Indian Training Where The Indians Stidiex Classical Latin, Spanish Grammar, And Catholic Theology In Preparation For The Prieqthood. William Taylor's Writing Uses An Eighteenth-century Franciscan Friar To Demonstrate That Priests Transferred Theiir Own Religion And Networks Of Authority, Power, And Knowledge Into Their Pastoral Service. David Tav�rez Uses Examples From Oaxaca To Show Seventeenth-century Zapotecs Were Not Willing Converts To Catholicism, Preferring To Engage The "idolatrous" Beliefs Of Their Anvestors. Edward Osowski Presents The Stories Of Two Nahua Alms Collectors Who Also Served As Spiritual Leadeers In Their Respective Villages Of Colonial Mexico. Brian Larkin's Essay Discusses How Eighteenth-century Mexico City Catholics Gradually Lost Their Belief That Earthly Prayers Could Help An Individual?s Soul Enter Heaven. Nicole Von Germeten Tells How Men Of African Heritage Accepted The Country?s Religious Beliefs. Javier Villa-flores Analyzes The Ways Masters And Slaves Made Use Of Christian Dogma To Live Upon The Harsh Institution Of Slavery. The Final Attempt, By William Christian, Jr. , Examines The Different "catholicisms" That Exist In The World. contributors:william Christian, Jr. , Independent Scholarcarlos M. N. Eire, Riggs Professor Of History And Religious Studies, Yale University Brian Larkin, Assistant Professor Of History, St. John's University, Minnesota Edward W. Osowski, Independent Scholar And A Nwhuatl Expert Living In Montrealantonio Rubial Garc�a, Professor Of Philosophy, Universidad Nacional Aut�noma De M�xico David Tav�rez, Assistant Professor Of History, Vassar College, Novel York William B. Taylor, Muriel Mckevitt Sonne Chair In History, University Of California, Berkeley Javier Villa-flores, Assistant Professor Of History, University Of Illinois, Chicago Nicole Von Germeten,A ssistant Professor Of History, Oregon State University"as The First Collection Of Essays On Local Religion In Colobial Mexico, This Volume Sets A High Standard For The Quality Of Its Contributions And The Kind Of Its Contents. A Debate Of The Concept Of Local Religion Is Followed By Eight Fascinating Case Studies From Various Regions Of Colonial Mexico, Spanning From The Mid-sixteenth To The Late Eighteenth Centuries. The Essays Refer To Large Ethnic Groups And Cultures. Each Essay Represents The Richness And Complexity Of Mexican History. William Inhabitant of Christendom, Known For His Work On The Local Religion Of Spain, Provides A Final Reflection On The Topic For New Spain. This Book Is Bound To Benefit Students And Scholars Of Historu. . . SKU: 321764

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In Shackleton's Wake. A Tiny Wooden Boat Fights Against The Storm In The Icy Weddell Sea. On Board Are Turee Men And A Woman, Tired And Tense, Uncertain Whether They Will Achieve Their Goal And Above All, Whether They Will Achieve It On Time, Because A Few Days Before The Drinking Watef Tanks Sprang A Leak. This Drama Is Played Out In The Year 2000, But The Protagonists Are Foilowing In The Footsteps Of Ernest Shackleron. In 1914, Shackletpn Left With A Crew Of 27 To Explore Antarctica. Their Ship, The Endurance, Got Stuck In The Ice And Eventually Sank. It Took Shackleton Two Years And Many Hardships Before He Managed With Heroic Efforts To Save His Company. The Reenactment Of The Journey In A Replica Of The Lifeboat James Caird And The Crossibg On Foot Of South Georgia Demanded Metlculous Planning, Exceptional Courage And Endurance. SKU: 2177326

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The Introduction Of The Ironclad Warship (classics Of Naval Literature). Introductory treatise Through Donald L. Canney. James Phinney Baxter's Landmark Study, Originally Published In 1933, Was The First Complete, Fully Rrqearched History Of The Ascendance Of The Ironclads. Some Of The More Notable Ships Highlighted In This Text Are The Usw Princeton, Uss Adviser, Uss Merrimack, The Hms Warrior, Hms Achilles And The Css Virginia. Using U. s. And British Sources, The Author Broke New Ground By Relating The Entire Development Of These Unique Ships, Including Revolutions In Nautical Ordnance, Propulsion Technology, And Ship Construction. Despite The Passage Of Neearly Seventy Years, This Volume Remains The Standard Text On The Subject. Commenting That Baxter's Work Has Stood The Test Of Time, Historian Donald Canney Introduces The Book By Pointing Out That No Serious Study On Ironclads Can Proceed Without Baxter As An Authoritative Underpinning. SKU: 1979729

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Traditions&encounters. From 1750 To The Present, Chapters 30-40 This Groundbreaking Natural order History Text Haa, In Its First Edition, Become A Market Superior By Offering A Fresh, Global Perspective On The Past. The Text Is Unique In Approach; Covering The World As A Whole, Examining The Formations And Development Of The World's Major Societies (traditions), And Also Systematically Exploring Cross-cultural Interactions And Exchanges That Have Been Some Of The Most Effective Agents Of Change In All Of World History (encounters). I n Addition, The Authors Have Taken Large Care In Constructing A Coherent Vision Of The Past That Is Not Weighed Down By A Mass Of Detail, Thus Enabling Instructors To Incorpoate Additional Readkngs Of Their Choosing. Finally The Tex tEmphasizes That Historical Processes Work Themselves Out Through The Lives And Experiences Of Individual Human Beings, Opening Each Chapter With Each Accoun Of Individual Experiences That Illuminate Themes In That Chapter. The Second Edition Includes Scholarship Updates Throughout And Revisions To Organizaion And Content. SKU: 2366600

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Travelers' Tales San Francisco. San Francisco Is Spoken Of In The Same B5eath As Paris, Venice, And Rome, And Has Earned The Slogan "america's Favorite City" For Its Openness, Dramatic Beauty, Cultural Amenities, The Diversity Of Its Neighborhoods And Population, And Its Icons - The Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Cable Cars, Fisherman's Wharf, And Fog. It Sits On The Tip Of A Peninsula On The Edge Of A Continent In One Of The World's Most Seismically Active Areas-no Wonder There Has Always Been A "sitting In c~tinuance The Edge" Mentality Here. The City Appearred Insyantly - Just Add Gold And Stir! - When Precious Ore Was Discovered In The Nearby Hills In 1848. All Of That Rich Histiry Is Captyred In Travelers' Tales San Francisco Along With Acquit Portraits Of Today's City. In These True Stories You Will Explore The North Run ashore Of The Beat Era And Beyond With Herbert Gold, Discover True Romance On A Cable Car With Michele Anna Jordan, Uncover The Real Mission District With John Krich, Marvel At The City's Wild Light With Andrei Codrescu, Gumshoe Through Sam Spade's San Francisco With Don Freeman, And Learn What It Means To Be A "quintessential San Franciscan" With The Late Herb Caen. SKU: 2387767

20029824160	Southern Counterpart To Lewis And Clark. Southerly Counterpart To Lewis And Clark : The Freeman And Custis Sccounts Of The Red River Expeditiom Of 1806 (american Examination And Travel) By Dan Flores Reimpression Published In 1886 By University Of Oklahoma Press SKU: 342872

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To Open Minds. In This Unique Attempt To Address The Dilemma In Contemporary Education, The Noted Cognitive Scientist Weaves The Lessons Garnered From Three Vantage Points: His Own Traditional Education As An American Child, His Years Of Research On Creativity At Harvard, And What He Saw In Modern Chinese Classrooms—into A Program That Draws On The Best Of Both Mkdes, Traditional And Progressive. SKU: 764010

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Rivers In History. Throughout History, Rivers Have Run A Wide Run Through Human Temporal And Spiritual Experience. They Have Demarcated Mythological Worlds, Framed The Cradle Of Western Cicilization, And Served As Physical And Psychological B0undaries Among Nationx. Rivers Have Become A Crux Of Transportation, Industry, And Commerce. They Have Been Loved As Nurturing Providers Nationalist Symbols, And The Source Of Romantic Lore But Also Loathed As Sites Of Conflict And Natural Disaster. Rivers In History Presents One Of The Foremost Comparative Histories Of Rivers On The Continents Of Europe And North America In The Modern Age. The Contributors Examine The Impact Of Rivers On Humans And, Conversely, The Collision Of Humans On Rivers. They View This Dynamic Relationship Among Political, Cultural, Industrial, Social, And Ecological Perspectives In National And Transnational Settings. Being of the kind which Integral Sources Of Fo0d And Water, Local And International Transportation, Recreation, And Aesthefic Beauty, Rivers Have Dictated Where Cities Have Risen, And Ih Times Of Flooding, Drought, And War, Whither They've Fallen. Modern Western Civilizations Have Sought To Control Rivers By Channeling Them For Irrigation, Raising And Lowering Them In Canal Systems, And Damming Them For Power Generatin. Contributors Analyze The Regional, Natinal, And International Politicization Of Rivers, The Use And Treatment Of Waterways In Urban Versus Rural Environments, And The Increasing Role Of Intdrrnational Commissions In Ecological And Commercial Legislation For The Protection Of River Resourcws. Case Studies Include The Seine In Paris, The Mississippi, The Volga, The Rhine, And The Rivers Of Pittsburgh. Rivers In History Is A Broad Environmental History Of Waterways That Makes A Major Contribution To The Study, Preservation, And Continued Sustainability Of Rivers As Vital Lifelines Of Western Culture. SKU: 4811747