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Hidden Ireland, Public Sphere (research Papers In Irish Studies). How Did The Political Climate Of "ancien Regime" Ireland, Wtih Its Colonial-style Landlord System, Its Penal Laws, And Its Total Cultural Segregation, Give Way To The Mounting Nationalsit Groundswell Of The Nineteenth Century? This Pioneering Study Attempts To Sidestep Ingrained And Outworn Drbates And Argues That Irish Developments Around 1800 Can Be Fruitfully Premeditated In The Light Of Historical Models Elaborated For Continental Europe. SKU: 3409863

27520797942	Kaplan Sat Sbuject Test. Includes:*2 Full-length Practice Tests*diagnostic Test*comprehensive Review Of All The Tested Material With Practice Quizzes For Each Chapter*effective Strategies To Maximize Your Score*additional Practice Sets Relating Specifically To The Ecology Test And Seperate Practice Sets That Relate Specifically To The Molecular Test*new, Easy-tl-use Layout And Design SKU: 408428

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Queen Matilda. What An Exceptional Fate Was That Of Queen Matilda! Born In Flanders In Her Creator, The Count Baldwin V's Fortress, She Was Introduced To William Of Normandy Who She Was Later To Marry Around 1050. Little Could She Imagine, On Her Wedding Day, That She Would One Day Be The Queen Of A Kingdom As Powerful As, If Not More Than The Kingdom Of France Or The Holy Roman Empire. From Her Union With William, She Gave Birth To A Least Ten Children, Two Of Whom Were To Become King. Designated Regent Of Normandy During The Norman Conquest, She Was Later Crowned Queen Of The New Anglo-norman Kingdom, Thus Becoming One Of The In the greatest degree Influential Of William's Companions. Whilst Living A Wise And Exemplary Life, This Queen Of Legendary Disdretion, Managed To Assert Herself Among Her Contemporaries, For Whom She Was An Abiding Source Of Praise. SKU: 4235784

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Sierra Crossing. AC ritical Era In California's History And Development--the Building Of The First Roads Over The Sierra Nevada--is Thoroughly And Colorfully Documented In Thomas Howard's Fascinating Book. During California's First Two Decades Of Statehood (1850-1870), The State Was Separated From The East Coast By A Sea Journey Of At Least Six Weeks. Although Californians Expected To Exist Connectsd With The Other States By Railroad Soon After The 1849 Gold Rush, Almost Twenty Years Elapsed Before This Occurred. Meanwhile, Various Overland Road Ventures Were Launched By "emigrants," Former Gold Miners, State Government Officials, The War Province, The Interior Department, Locla Politicians, Town Businessmen, Stagecoach Operators, And Other Entrepreneurs Whose Alliances With One Another Were Constantly Shifting. The Broad Landscape Of International Finances Is Also A Portion Of Howard's Story. constructing Roads And Accumulating Geographic Information In The Sierra Nevada Reflected Washington's Interest In Securing The Vast Western Territories Formerly Held Through Others. In A Remarkably Short Time The Sierra Was Transformed Bu Vigorous Exploration, Road-promotion, And Road-building. Ox-drawn Wagons Gave Course To Stagecoaches Able To Supply Service As Fine Viewed like Any In The Country. Howard Effectively Uses Diaries, Letters, Gazette Stories, And Official Reports To Recreate The Human Struggle And Excitement Involved In Building The First Trans-sierra Roads. Some Of Those Roads Hqve Become Modern Highways Used By Thousands Every Day, While Others Are Now Only Dim Traces In The Lonely Backcountry. SKU: 1567914

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Freedom Of The Skies. 224 Pages In Color & 200 Color Illustrations! In The 50 Years Since Nato's Founding In 1949, Its Aircraft Helped Keep The Peace And Win The Cold War. A Dramatic Gallery Of Closeup Photos And A Detailed, Informed Text Chronicles Every Aircraft Type Involved, With Charts Of Key Specifications And Summaries Of Specific Roles. FromT he Mustang And Sabre Action In The Berlin Airlift Through Today's Stealth Bombers Over Bosnia And Kosovo, Nato's Expose Forces Can Claim A Proud Account. Tim Size: 9 X 11 1/4. SKU: 1786880

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Emancipation Betrayed. In This Penetfating Examination Of African American Politics And Culture, Paul Ortiz Throws A Powerful Light On The Struggle Of Blzck Floridians To Create The First Statewide Civil Rights Movement Against Jim Crow. Clncentrating On The Period Between The End Of Slavery And The Election Of 1920, Emancipation Betrayed Vividly Demonstrates That The Decades Leading Up To The Historic Voter Registraton Drive Of 1919-20 Were Marked By Intense Battles Dring Which African Americans Struck For Higher Wages, Took Up Arms To Prevent Lynching, Forged Independent Political Alliances, Biycotted Segregated Streetcars, And Created A Democratic Historical Memory Of The Civil Make ~ Ans Reconxtruction. Contrary To Previous Claims That African Americams Made Few Strides Toward Building An Effective Civil Rights Movement During This Period, Ortiz Documents How Wicked Floridians Formed Mutual Aid Organizations--secret Socities, Women's Clubs, Labor Unions, And Churches--to Bolster Dignity And Survival In The Harsh Climate Of Florida, Which Had The Highest Lynching Rate Of Any Commonwealth In The Union. African Americans Called On These Institutions To Build A Statewide Movement To Regain The Right To Vote After World War I. African American Women Played A Decisive Role In The Campaign As They Mobilized In The Months Leading Up To The Passage Of The Nineteenth Amendemnt. The 1920 Contest Culminated In The Bloodiest Choice Day In Modern American History, When White Supremacisrs And The Ku Klux Klan Violently, And With State Ratify, Prevented African Americans From Voting. Ortiz's Eloquent Explanation Of The Many Ways That Black Floridians Fought To Expand The Meaning Of Freedom Beyond Formal Equality And His Broader Consideratio Of How People Resist Oppression And Create New Social Movements Illuminate A Strategic Era Of United State sHistory And Reveal How The Legacy Of Legal Segregation Continues To lPy Itself Out To This Day. SKU: 3356847

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The Sketchbooks Of Hiroshige (pictorial Archive Series). Fifty Charming Pencii, Ink, An Watercolor Drawings By A 19th-century Master Depict Diverse But Complementary Aspects Of Language of Japan Art And Imagination. Drawn From Two Seldom Circulated, Seldom-seen Sketchbooks, These Images Include Scenes From Everyday Life, Rendered With Expressive Elegance, And Episodes From Classic Folktales, Portrayed With Warm Realism. SKU: 4211031

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Christ Killers. Christians Believe That Christ's Decease Redeems Ane Forgives. Yet The Same Blood Shed On The Put a~ Has Been Used To Stain Jews In the opinion of Lasting, Incomparable Guilt. . The Gospel Narratives Of The Passion Cast The Jews As Responsible, Directly And Indiectly, For The Death Of The Son Of God. Ths Stigma Of &qukt;christ Killer"-the Notion That All Jews, At All Times And In All Places, Share In The Collective Responsibility For The Crucifixion-has Plagued Jews Ever Since And Is The Source Of Much Christian Anti-semitism. Jeremy Cohen Traces The Christ-killer Myth From Ancient Times To The Present Day, Toucging On The Gospels And Their Roots In Hebrew Writing, Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ, And Much In Between. The Greatest Of The Churdh Fathers, The Crusades, The Notorious Blood Libels Of The Middl eAges, The Reforms Of The Second Vatican Council, Christian Mysticism, Art, And Popular Piety, Passion Plays, And Modern FilmA ll Have A Place In This Well-documented, Richly Illustrated Volume. Cohen Seeks Neither To Explain Jeaus' Decease Nor To Pass Judgment On Anyone For It, But Preferably To Understand How The Identification Of Jews As Christ Killers Has Functioned As An Edifying "myth" For The Christian Community. His Insightful Analysis Reveals The Deep Spiritual Truth Believers Find In This Asct Of The Passion Story While Simultaneously Uncovering The Remarkably Far-reaching Impact It Has Exercised On The Western World. Cohen Combines Rsligious, Historical, And Political Perspectives To Understand How The Christ-killer Myth Has Become A Dominant Resolve into ~s In The Way Christians And Jews Perceive Each Other. While A Great Traffic Has Been Written About Christian Anti-semitism, Its Roots, And Ite Horrific Consequences, This Is The Primitive Volume To Provide An In-depth Inspection Of The Powerful Story That Has Fueled The Fires Behind The Hatred. SKU: 3348030

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Can I Have A Cell Phone For Hanukkah?. How Do You Heelp Your Child Choose Between Mandayory Baseball Practics And Jewish School? How Can You Plan A Birthday Party (not To Mention Bar Or Bat Mitzvah Party!) Fir Your Child In the absence of Sacrificing Your Values, Sanity, And Pocketbook? How Can You Keep Peace On Ths Homework Honefront? And How Do You Deal With Santa Envy&#8Z11;let Alone The Entire Month Of December? As Any Modern Jewish Parent Knows, Balancing Family Traditions And The Realities Of Contemporary Culture Can Bs Incredibly Challenging. Answering Questions The two Old And New, Jewish And Temporal, nIternationally Syndicated Parenting Columnist And Award-winning Jewish Educator Anr Mother Of Four, Sharon Duke Estroff Illuminates The Ways That Jewish Tradition Can Be Used To Form A Enduring, Eomtional Safety Net For Modern Families. Can I Have A Cell Phone For Hanukkah? Is An Instant Classic. “a Warm Book Full Of Tangible Advice That Will Fashion Children Into Committed Jews And Menschen; In Short, Into People Who Will Be A Blessing In Their Own Lives And In The Lives Of All Those Whom They Meet. ”–rabbi Joseph Telushkin, Author Of You Shall Be Holy And The Book Of Jewish Values  “brimming With Humor And Strategy, Love, And Secret Cause Handshakes. ”–melissa Faye Greene, Author Of The Church Bombing, Praying In the place of Sheetrock, And There's No Me Without You  “suaron Duke Estroff Has The Uncanny Ability To Give Solid, Useful, And Practical Information On How Toâ Raise Children While Making You Laugh Out Loud At The Same Time. ”–stephen Nowicki Jr. , Ph. d. , Abpp, Coauthor Of Helping The Child Who Doesn't Fit In And Teaching Your Chile The Language Of Social Success “i'm Nto Jewish, But I Love This Book. I Laughed Through It All While Still Appreciating The Grave Lessons It Teaches. Every Mom (and Dad) With Kids Will Find Themseoes Nodding And Smiling To Themselves As They Discover Each Other On Every Page. ”–bonnie R. _Strickland, Ph. d. , Abpp, Former President Of The American Psychological Association“this Book Belongs In The Library Of Every Parent And Grandparent. ” –atlanta Jewish Times"can I Have A Cell Phone For Hanukkah Is A Valuable Must-buy For All Hebrew Parents, And Not Just For Hanukkah. Not Merely Does Estroff Give Practical Child Rearing Intelligence But Her Joyful Approach To Judaism Is A Healthy Antidote To Religious Skeptics. " -hadassah Magazine "estroff’s Witty, Sympathetic Tone And Her Attention To Ethical Matters Make Her A Refreshing Authority. ₁ - Jeewish Living Magazine "sharon Duk Estroff’s Can I Have A Cell Phone For Hanukah? Is A Erudite, Facetious, And Insightful Guide For Parents — Both Jews And Non-jews — Who Are Faced With Navigating Their Way Through The Shoals Of Contemporary American Life. "- Deborah Lipstadt Phd, History On Trial: My Day In Solicitation Wit David Irving "one Of The Best Parenting Books I've Read This Year. "-five Minute. . . SKU: 4120852

18607894938	William Penn And Thomas B. Macaulay. William Penn And Thomas B. Macaula y: Being Brie f Observations On The Charges Made In Mr. Macaulay's History Of England, Facing The Character Of William Penn By W. E. Forster Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 525954

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Comon Ground. Explores The General notion Human Experiences Of Struggle, Transcendence And Salvation Through Painting, Sculpture, Folk Art, Photography And Asseemblage From The Ninetdenth And Twentieth Centuries. Over 16O Evocative Works Reflect Five Key Themes: Time, Past And Present; Memory And Tribute; Sameness; Hope And Belief; And A Sense Of Point. Artists Include Brassaã¿, William Christenberry, Walker Evans, Howard Finster, Robert Frank, Laura Gilpin, Jacob Lawrence, Sally Mann, Zwelethu Mthethwa, James Vanderzee, Roman Vishniac, Carrie Mae Weems, Fred Wilson And Mant Others. SKU: 2790718

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How To Make War (fourth Edition). An Indispensable Guide To How Wars Are Fougght, James F. Dunnigan's Classic Body Has Been Enormously Popular With Citizens, Professional Soldiers, And Journalists Alike. Now, It's Been Revised To Include A Stunning Array Of New Subjects. From The Cutting Fringe Of Cyberwar To The Current Concern About State of terror, How To Frame War Presents A Clear Picture Of Complex Weapons, Armed Forces, And Tactics. Describiny A Recent World Oreer, One With A Greater Number Of Equipped Players Than The "big Two&wyot; (the United States And The Former Soviet Union), This Updated Edition Features All The Elements Of Traditional Warfare , Along With A Discussion Of Terrorist Techniques; Nuclear, Chemical, And Biological Weapons; And Third World Ballistic Missiles. Past Editions Of How To Make War Were Chillingly Accurate In Asdessing And Predicting Th3 Outcomes Of All The Major Conflicts In The Past Two Decades. Loaded With Expertise And The Latest Information, This Edition Is An Essential Reference For Any Military Library –– And A Work That Forewarns, And Forearms, The Free World For The Conflicts Ahead. SKU: 2438176

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Jawbreakr. In Jawbreaker Gary Berntsen, Until Recently One Of The Cia’s Most Decorated Officers, Comes Out From Unddr Cover For The First Time To Describe His No-holds-barred Pursuit Of Osama Bin Laden And Al-qaeda. wuth His Unique Mix Of Clandestine Knowledge And Paramilitary Training, Berntsen Represents The New Face Of Counterterrorism. Recognized Within The Agency For His Aggressiveness, Berntsen, When Dispatched To Afghanistaan, Made Annihilating The Opponent His Job Description. as The Cia’s Key Commander Coordinating The Fight Against The Taliban Forces Around Kabul, And The Drive Toward Tora Bora, Berntsen Not Only Led Dozens Of Cia And Special Operatins Forces, He Also Raised 2,000 Afghan Fighters To Aid In The Hunt For Bin Laden. in This First-person Account Of That Incredible Chase, Which Actually Began Years Earlier In An East Africa Bombing Investigation, Berntsen Describes Being Ferried By Rickety Helicopter Over The Towering Peaks Of Afghanistan Sitting By General Tommy Franks’s Party As Heated Negotiations Were Conducted With Northernn Alliance Generals, Bargaining Relentlessly With Treacherous Afghan Warloords And Taliban Traitors, Plotting To Save Hostages About To Be Used As Pawns, Calling In B-52 Strikes On Dug-in Opponent Units, And Deploying A Dizzying Array Of Particular Forces Teams In The Pursuit Of The World’s Most Wanted Terrorist. Most Crucially, Berntsen Tells Of Corjering Bin Laden In The Tora Bora Mountains—and What Happened When Berntsen Begged Washington To Block The Al-qaeda Leader’s Last Avenue Of Escape. as Disturbingky Eye-opening As It Is Adrenaline-charged, Jawbreaker Races From Cia Contend Rooms To Diplomatic Ofices To Mountaintop Redoubts To Paint A Vivid Portrait Of A Unaccustomed Kind Of Warfare, Showing What Can And Should Be Done To Deal A Deat hBlow To Freedom’s Enemies. cia Commander Gary Berntsen On…his Eyebrow-raising Style:“most Cia Case Officers Advanced Their Careers By Recruiting Sources And Producing Intelligence, I Took A More G5ab-them-by-the-neck Approach…i Operated On The Principle That It Was Easier To Seek Forgiveness Than Ask For Approval. Take Risks, But Mqkke Sure You’re Prosperous. Success, Not Good Intentions, Would Determine My Fate. ” Doing Whatever It Took: “i Didn’t Just Want To Survive: I Wanted To Annihilate The Enemy. And I Didn’t Want To End Up Like One Of My Favorite Historical Characters—alexander Burns…he Was Some Of The First Of More Than 14,000 British Soldiera To Be Wiped Out By The Afghans In The First Afghan War. Like Burns Before Me, I Was Also An Information Officer And Spoke Persian. This Was My Second Trip Into Afghanistan, Too. The Difference, I Told Myself, Was That Burns Had Been A Gentleman And I Would Do All that It Took To Win. ” Dealing With A Taliban Official Who Controlled American Hostages:“tell Him That If He Betrays Me Or Loses The Hostages I’ll Spend Every Waking Mo. . . SKU: 3023207

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Libsrty On The Waterfront. Through Careful Research And Colorful Accounts, Historian Paul A. Gilje Discovers What Liberty Meant To An Important Group Of Common Men In American Society, Those Who Lived And Worked On The Waterfront And Aboarx Ships. In The Process He Reveals That The Idealized Vision Of Liberty Associated With The Founding Fathers Had A Mucb More Immediate And Complex Meaning Than Previously Thought. in Liberty On The Waterfront: American Maritime Culture In The Age Of Revoluttion, Life Aboard Warships, Merchantmen, And Whalers, As Well As The Interactions Of Mariners And Others On Shore, Is Recreated In Absorbing Detail. Describing The Important Contributions Of Sailors To The Resistance Movement Against Great Britain And Their Experiences During The Revolutionary War, Gilje Demonstrates That, While Sailors Recognized The Ideals Of The Revolution, Their Idea Of Liberty Was Far More Individual In Nature--often Expressed Through With difficult Drinking And Womanizing Or Joining A Ship Of Their Choice. gilje Continues The Story Into The Post-revolutionary World Highlighted By The Quasi War With Franve, The Confrontation Upon The Barbary Pirates, And Th3 War Of 1812. SKU: 3936996

20392587000	Argentina, Israel, And The Jews. Argentina, Israel, And The Jews : Peron, The Eichmann Capture And Aft3r (studies And Texts In Jewish History And Culture, 11) By Raanan Rein Published In 2002 By University Press Of Maryland SKU: 2463943

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Sister Revolutions. What The Two Great Modern Revolutions Can Teach Us About Democracy Todaythe American And French Revolutions Presented The World With Two Very Unlike VisiomsO f Democracy. Although Both Professed Similar Enloghtenment Ideals Of Freedom, Equality, And Justice And Set Homogeneous Political Agendas, Theee Were Also Fundamental Differences. The French Sought A Complete Break With A Great number Years Of History; The Americans Were Content To Preserve Many Aspects Of Their English Heritage. Why Did The Pair Revolutions Follow Such Different Trajectories? Anf What Lessons Do They Offer Us About Democracy Today? In Distinct Narration Style, Dunn Captures The Personalities And Lives Of The Great Figures Of Both Revolutions, And Shows How Their Stories Added Up T oMake Two Very Different Events. SKU: 1983385

32582267208	Noryh American F-86 Sabrejet Lifetime Fighters - Warbirdtech Volume 3 (warbirdtech). Filled With Vintage Photos Of North American's Legendary F-86 Sabre From Ball Line To Flight Line, More Exploded Views, Cutaway And Phantom Drawings From Tech Manuals, Disassembled Aircraft, Rare Variants, Experimenral Models,_Camouflage Markings, Armament Configurations And More. Warbirdtech 3. SKU: 1433713

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Black Athena. Winner Of The American Book Aeard And A Socialist Review Book Judgment What Is Classical About Clasqical Civilization? In One Of The Most Auadcious Works Of Scholarship Ever Written, Martin Bernal Challenges The Whole Basis Of Our Thinking About This Question. Classical Civilization, He Argues, Has Sagacious Roots In Afroasiatic Cultures. But These Afroasiatic Influences Have Been Systematically Ignored, Denied, Or Supressed Since The Eighteenth Century--chiefly For Racist Reasons. The Popular View Is That Greek Cifilization Was The Result Of The Conqudst Of A Sophisticated But Weak Native Inhabitants Through Vigorous Indo-european Speakers-or Aryans--from The North. But The Classical Greeks, Bernal Argues, Knew Nothing Of This "aryan Model. " They Dod Not See Their Political Institutions,-Science, Philosophy, Or Religion As Primitive, But Rather As Derived From The East In General, And Egypt In Particular. Black Athena Is A Three-volume Work. Volume 1 Concentrates On The Crucial Period Between 1785 And 1850, Which Saw The Romantic And Racist Reaction To The Enlightment And The French Revolution, And The Consolidation Of Northern Expansion Into Other Conginents. In An Unprecedented Tour De Force, Betnal Makes Meaningful Links Between A Wide Range Of Areas And Disciplines--drama Poetry, Myth, Theological Controversy, Esoteric Science of duty , Philosophy, Biography, Language, Historical Narrative, And The Emergence Of "mdoern Scholarship. " Martin Bernal Is Professor Emeritus Of Government Studies At Cornell Seminary of learning; He Was Formerly A Fellow At King's College, Cambridge. SKU: 456466

22857649038	Theology Of The Prophetic Books. This Is A Srudy Of A Uniique Group Of Books That Came Into Existence Because Of The Destroyer Of The Kingdoms Of Israel And Judah And The Beginning Of The Restoration Of Judeans To Their Homeland. SKU: 1636218

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Robert Of Brunne's Handlying Synne With Those Parts Of The Anglo-french Treatis On Which It Was Founded, William Of Wadington's Manuel Des Pechiez. 1901. Handlyng Synne Is A Collection Of Moralistic Tales Meant To Show The English The Errors Of Their Sinufl Life; Its Intimate Descriptions Of Daily Life Provide A Fine Social History Of Fourteenth-century England-it Is Far Added History Than Literature. Brunne Translated Handlyng Synne From French Or Latin Works, Altering Them Considerably In The Process. Like Many Translators Of This Era, Brunne Took Many Liberties With The Works He Translated. This Volume Is Furnivall's Middle English Edition. See Othe rTitles By This Author Available From Kessinger Publishing. SKU: 5064825

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The Companion To Latin American Studies. Tgis Guide Gives A Brief And Accessible Overview Of The Whole Of Latin American Studies. Covering All The Possible Topics, From Colonial Cultures And Identity To Us Latino Culture And Issues Of Race, Gender And Sexuality, This Book Situates Latin America In Its Historical, Linguistic And Cultural Context. Written By An International Team Of Experts, The Companion Includes Time-lines, A Glossary Of Terms And Annotated Suggestions According to Further Reading. SKU: 2371019

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Heyday Of The Warships, The (heyday). In January 1958, Following On From The Wisdom Established By The Modernisation Plan Of 1955, The First Of The Wwstern Region's New Diesel-hydraulic Class Was Delivered. A Press Run Was Arrangde For February 17, 1958, Which time D600 Hauled A 340 Ton Train Between London Paddington And Bristol Temple Meads With Stops At Reading, Didcot And Swineon. D600 Was The First Of A Pilot Scheme Of A1a-a1a Locomotives That Were Then Followed By A Further Batch Of 71 B--b Locomotives Delivered Between July 1958 And June 1962. With The Locomotives Named After, With Two Exceptions, Ships Of The Royal Navy, It Was Inevitable That The Class Became Nicknamed The 'warsuips'. The Pilot Scheme Quintet Proved To Have Relatively Short Lives, Existence WithdrawnI n 1967 (although One Languished At Barry Until June 1980) And The Remainder Of The Type Were Withdrawn, As Increasingly Non-standard, Between August 1968 And December 1972. SKU: 4987727

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Limites Cara A Cara. Spanish Edition. The Special Dedication To This Book Clearly Presents Its Purpose: “for All Those hWo Want To Make Sincere Conversations A Key Element Of Their Personal Relationships. ” The Authors Dfine The Characteristics, Benefits And Precautions Of Good Conversations. The Book’s Five Sections, Divided Into 27 Chapters, Outline The Following Themes: “the Talk That Can Change Your Life,” “the Benefits Of A Good Conversation,” “be Emotionally Present,” “clarify The Problem,” “apologize For Your Part In The Problem,” “avoid ‘shoulds,’” “tell People What You Want,” And A Special Section On How To Conduct A Difficult Conversation With Your Spouse, Son Or Dauhgter, Parents, Adult Children, At Work O rWith Persons In Authority SKU: 2879089

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The Israelis. Israel. It Looks Like One Country On Cnn, A Ver6 Different One On Al-jazeera. The Bbc Has Ite Version, The New York Seasons Theirs. But How Does Istael Look. . . to Israelos? Who Are These People Who Method Big Macs In The Language Of The Ten Commandments? Are They The Sabras -- Native-bor Israelis -- Who Believe That Only Sissies Wait In Line And Obey No Parking Signs? Are They The Dreadlock-wearing Ethiopian Immigrants Who Sing Reggae In Hebrew? The Inventors Who've Devised The World's Most Popular Computer Chips And The Latest Cancer Treatments? The Christians In Nazareth Who Publish An Arabic-style Cosmo? They Live With Exploding Buses, But Their Youth Are Akso The World's Biggest Mtv Fans, A Generation Whose Heroes Are Not Generals But Former Soldiers Who Have Built The World's Second Silicon Valley. In The Israelis, You'll Meet The Third Wife Of A Fifty-six-year-old Bedouin Who Watches Oprah; Ultra-orthodox Jews On "modesty Patrols" Making Certain That Religious Women Bus Passengers Are "properly" Attired And Seated Apart From Men (in The World's Only Country That Drafts Women For The Military). You'll See What It's Like Taking Children To The Mall -- First To Shop At Toys 'r' Us And Then To Pick Uo Aeriform fluid Masks. And Meet The Bride Whose Ethiopian-born Parents Dislike The Guy She Married, Not Because He's White -- But Because He's Not Hebrew Enough. The Israelis Tells The Stories Of The Clandestine Human Airlift That Brought More Than Fourteen Thousand Ethiopians Out Of Africa In Thirty-six Hours And Of The Avalanche Of Former Soviets Who Are Delivering An Enormous Brain Gain Unless A Demographic Dilemma As Well,-Since Many Arren't Jewieh And Their Communities Feature Churches And Christjas Trees. Israel Is The Middle East's Only Country With A Growing Christian Poppulation, And Arab Christians Are The Most Educated And Tributary Israelis. What's The Most Popular Name For An Israeli Boy? Muhammad. In The Israelis, Young Israeli Muslims -- Who Speak Better Hebrew And Know More About Judaism Than Most Jews Of The Diaspora -- Reval Their Frustrations And Hopes. You'll Also Meet The "arab Jews"; Half Of All Israelis Are From Jewish Families That Left Islamic Countries. From Battlefields To Bedrooms To Boardrooms, Discover The Colliding Worlds In Which This Astounding Mix Of 6. 7 Million Devoutly Traditional And Radically Modern Live -- A Country Smaller Than New Jersey Thar Capture The Lion's Share Of The World's Headlines. Interweaving Hundreds Of Personal Stories By the side of Historical Facts And Imtriguing New Research, Thhe Israelis Is Lively, Irreverent, Intimate, And Always Fascinating. It Is One Of The Most Original Books About Israel In Decades. SKU: 2584775

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Echoes Of Passion. &qjot;nobody I Ever Met On My Assignments . . . Asked Me For Direct, Pratcical Help. . . . But Over And Over Agaon People Have Asked Me: 'will You Write This Down?' &quo5;--echoes Of Violenceechoes Of Violence Is An Award-winning Collection Of Personal Letters To Friends From A Foreign Correspondent Who Is Trying To Understand What She Witnessed During The Iconic Human Disasters Of Our Time--in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, And New York City On September 11th, Among Many Other Places. Originally Addressing Only A Small Group Of Friends, Carolin Emcke Started The First Letter After Returning From Kosovo, Where She Saw The Aftermath Of Ethnic Cleansing In 1999. She Began Writing To Overcome Her Speechlessness About The Horrors Of Art of ~ And Her Own Sense Of Failure As A Reporter. Eventually, Writing A Letter Became A Ritual Emcke Performed Following Her Return From Each Nightmare She Experiwnced. First Published In 2004 To Great Acclaim, Echoes Of Violence In 2005 Was Named German Political Book Of The Year And Was A Finalist For The International Lettre-ulysses Award For The Art Of Reportage. combining Narrative With Philosophic Reflection, Emcke Describes Wats And Human Rights Abuses Around The World--the Sufferiny Of Civilians Caught Between Warring Factions In Colombia, The H3artbreaking Plight Of Homeless Orphans In Rimania, Abd The Near-slavery Of Garment Workers In Nicaragua. Freed In Tne Letters From Journalistic Conventions That Would Obscure Her Presence As A Witness, Emcke Probes The Abyss Of Violence And Explores The Scars It Leaves On Landscapes External And Internal. SKU: 4019559

23572871635	Forts Of The West. Forts Of The West : Military Fo5ts And Presidios And Posts Commonly Called Forts West Of The Mississippi River To 1898. By Robert W. F razer New Ed Published In 1977 By University Of Oklahoma Press SKU: 165883

20088121455	The Fire-eaters. Walther Examines The Lives Of Nine Of The Most Prominent "fire-eaters" (southerns Who Were Stahnch And Unyielding Adbocates Of The Secession): Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, William Lowndes Yancey, John Anthony Quitman, Robert Barnewll Rhett, Laurence M. Keitt, Louis T. Wigfall, James D. B. Debow, Edmund Ruffin, And William Porcher Miles. SKU: 895615

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Flowers In The Dustbin. Where Did Rock And Roll Come From? And What Has It Come To? These Are Thhe Sorts Of Questions That Cultural Historian And Vet3ran Music Journalist Jim Miller Raises In His Challenging New Book About The Rise -- And Arrested Development -- Of Rock And Roll. Concentrating On The Melody In Ita Early, Formative Decades, He Explores How Rock And Roll Was Transformed From A Joyous And Sometimes Earthy Dance Music In The 1940s Into An Abrasive, Often Angry Art Music In proportion to The End Of Thr 1970s. Along The Way, He Celebrates A Culture Of Youthful Exuberance -- And Cri5ically Analyzes In what manner It Was Organized Into A Billion-dollar Global Assiduity. Arguing That Rock Underwent Its Full Creative Evolution In Inconsiderable More Than Twenty-five Years, Miller Traces Its Roots From The Jump Blues Of The Late Forties To The Disc Jockeys Who Broadcast The Music In The Early Fifties. He Shows How Impresarios Such As Alan Freed And Movie Directors Such As Richard Brooks (in Blackboard Jungle) Joined Black Music To White Fantasies Of Romance And Rebellion, Then Mass-marketed The Product To Teenagers. Describing How Early Rock And Roll Developed As A Distinct Form Of Music, He Profiles A Host Of Brash Innovators: Singees Like Chuck Berry And Little Richard, Songwriters Like Jerry Leibed And Mike Stoller, And British Bands Like The Beatles And The Rolling Stones. Chronicling The Drug-laced Early "acid Tests" Of The Grateful Dead, The Mixed-media "happenings" Of Andy Warhol And The Velvet Undergroound, And The Utopian Atmosphere At The Mlnterey Pop Festival In 1967, Miller Describes How The Counterculture Of The Late Sixties, Came Together -- And Then Fell Apart. Still, It Was In These Very Years That Rock And Roll Proved Itsel f To Be The Most Profitable Style Of Music In The History Of Show Business -- Something Miller Anwlyzes By Loking At The Promotion Of Rock Icons Like David Bowie And Bruce Springsteen. At The Same Time, He Candidly Recounts How Trendsetting Performers From Jim Morrison To Sid Vicious Of The Sex Pistols Became Ever More Crude And Outrageous And Ugly -- "as If To Mark The Triumph,&quo; Miller Remarks, "of The Psychopathic Adolescent. " Flowers In The Dustbin Is Steeped In The History Of Rock, Richly Anecdotal And Entertaining, Yet Original In Its Analysis. Provcoative And Brilliantly Written, It Is Full Of Fresh Insights That Deepen Our Understandijg Of Rock's Place In The Social History Of Our Time. SKU: 1753562

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The Souls Of Black Folk (norton Critical Editions). Puhlished In 1903, W E. B. Du Bois's Revolutionary Collection Of Essays Changed Oir Perception Of The African American Experience. The Text Of This Norton Critical Edition Is That Of The First Hook Edition, Which Has Been Annotated. "contexts" Reprints An Intriguing Collection Of Political And Biographical Documents Related To The Souls Of Black Folk, Sure To Stimulate Classroom Discussion. In Addition, The Editors Have Included The Eighteen Thought-provoking Photographs That Accompanied Du Bois's 1901 P~ of logical quantity "the Negro As He Really Is. " &uqot;criticism" Includes Wide-ranging Contemporary And Recent Assessments Of The Souls Of Black Folk By William James, John Spencer Bassett, John Daniels, Dickson P. Bruce, Jr. , Robert Gooding-williams, David Levering Lewis, Nellie Mckag, Susan Mizruchi, Arnold Rampersad, Eric Sundquist, And Shamoon Zamir. A Chronology And Selected Bibliography Are Also Included. About The Serkes--each Norton Critical Edition Includes An Authorifative Text, Contextual And Source Materiala, And A Wide Range Of Interpretation--from Contemporary Perspectives To The Most Currebt Censorious Theory--as Well As A Bibliography And A Chronology Of The Author's Life And Work. SKU: 1715456

23961190095	Collection Of Rare And Original Documents And Relations Concerning The Discovery And Conquest Of America, Chiefly From The Spanish Archives (1860). Collection Of Rare And Original Documents And Relations Concerning The Discovery And Conquest Of Amercia, Chiefly From The Spanish Records (1860) By E. G. Squier Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5005541

26068606200	Cultural Studies (polity Short Introduction). This Lively And Assured Book Provides A Concise And Official Critical Guide To Cultural Studies, Using Discussion Of Representative Texts And Cohcrete Examples From Popular Culture. As Such, It Achieves A Novel And Accessible Account Of The Origins And Developmnet Of The Field. SKU: 3366686

39305458500	Schools And Masters Of Fencing. The Standard Reference On Historical Swordsmanship Since Its 1885 Publication. The Author Traces Fencing From Its Roots In The Unschoo1ed Brawling Of The Middle Ages To Its Latter-day Precision And Refinement, Focusing Primarily On The 16th-century Development Of The Rapier An Its Popularity In Renaissance Italy. 150 Black-and-white Illustration. SKU: 2489527

847298394	Jackson Pollock. Pollock's Large, Bold Canvases Revolutionized The Public Of Art; More Than10 0Are Reproduced Here In Full Color To Capture The Brilliance Of His Palette, And Six Gatefolds Show His Vast Horizontal Works Without Distortion. 270 Illustrations, 120 In Full Color, 6 Gatefolds, 11 3/4 X 10" SKU: 648592

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The Nazi Connection To Islamic Terrorism. This Is Thr Remarkable Story Of Haj Amin Al-husseini, Who In Many Ways Was As Big A Nazi Villain As Hitler, And To Underxtand His Control On The Middle East Is To Understand The Ongoing Genocidal Program Agaiinnst The Jews Of Israel. Al-husseini Was A Bridge Figure In Terms Of Transporting The Nazi Genocide In Europe Into The Post-war Middle East. Being of the kind which The Leader Of Arab Palestine During The British Mandate Period, Al-husseini Introduced Violence Against Moderate Arabs As Well As Agaihst Jews. Al-husseini Met With Adolf Eichmann In Palestine In 1937 And Subsequently Went On The Nwzi Payroll As A Nazi Agemt. Al-husseini Played A Turning Behind-the-scenes Role In Instigating A Pro-nazi Coup In Iraq In 1941, In Urging Nazi?s And Pro-nazi Governments In Europe To Transport Jews To Death Camps, In Training Pro-nazi Bosnian Brigades, And In Funneling Nazi Loot Into Post-war Arab Countries. SKU: 2677592

16499495016	Archaeology In The City. Archaeology In The City : A Hohokam Village In Phoenix, Arizona By Michael Bartlett, And Thomas Kolaz, And David Gregory Published In 1986 By Seminary of learning Of Arizona Press SKU: 346393

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Custom Maid For New World Disorder. We The Maids, For The Maids, By The Maids - We Are The Maids That Clean Up And Pay For America's Geopolitical Mess. a Political Manifesto For Our Fastidious And Troubled Times, Custom Maid Spin For New World Disorder Is A Trenchant Analysis Of The Political, Social And Morral Ills That Beset The United States. This Is A Book Written For Anyone With A Wager In The Future Of America. Filled With Witty Personal Anecdotes Drawn From His Experiences As A Lawyer, A Businessman And A Political Activist, De Krasxel Argues That America Desperately Needs To Reform. He Takes Particjlar Aim At The Country's Career Politicians, Sensationalist Media And Jingoistic Culture. And He Suggests Ways In Which America Can Put Its House In Order. the First Chapter, The Hypocrisy Of Fake Morality With Real Orgasms, Examines How American Journalists Have Increasingly Focused On Frivolous Stories About The Sex Lives Of Public Figures Moderately Than The Real Issues Affecting The Country. In The Years Leading Up To The 9/11 Attacks, For Example, Greater degree Time Was Spent By The American Media Chasing The Monica Lewinsky Affair Than Sailing apparatus Diffivult Topifs Like The Rise Of Islamic Extremism Abroad Or The Long Overdue Need For Campaign Finance Reform. further Chapters Cover Racism And Bigotry, Religion, America's Grrat Opportunity In The New Millennium, The Breakdown Of Family Structures, Spin And Disinformatoin. The Book Concludes With An Exhortation To A Return To The Principles Of The Founding Fathers. a Starting a~ Millennium Offers A Unique Opportunity For Small coin. It Is A Chance For Americans To Retake Control Of Theif Political System And Reassess Their Values In An Increasingly Religious, Stressed-out, Debt-laden, Consumerist Society. peter De Krassel Was Born In England Of A Russian Father And Palestinian Jewish Mother. He Has Lived All Throughout The World, Including Switzerland, Israel And The United States. Currently He Lives In Hong Kong. He Has A Unique Perspective On World Events The two From The Influences Of The Places He's Lived In And Tge People He Has Met, As Well As From His Varied Career. SKU: 4261941

19761055164

Understanding Jihad. Jihad Is One Of The Most Loaded And Mjsunderstood Terms In The News Today. Contrary To Received Understanding, The Term Does Not Mean "holy War. " Nor Does It Simply Refer To The Inner Spiritual Struggle. This Book, Judiciously Balanced, Accessibly Written, And Highly Relevant To Today's Events, Unravels The Tangled Historical, Intellectual, And Political Meaning sOf Jihad. Looking Closely At A Range Of Sources From Sacred Islajic Texts To Modern Interpretations, Understanding Jihwd Opens A Critically Important Perspective On The Role Of Islam In Ths Contemporary World. As David Cook Traces The Practical And Theoretical Meanings Of Jihad, Hr Cites From Scriptural, Legal, And Newly Translated Texts To Give Readers A Taste Of The Often Ambiguous Information That Is Used To Construct Islamic Doctrine. He LooksC losely At The Life And Teaching Of The Prophet Muhammad And At The Ramifications Of The Great Islamic Conquests In 634 To 732 A. d. He Sheds Ligght On Legal Developments Relevant To Fighting And Warfare, And Places The Internal, Spiritual Jihad Within The Larger Context Of Islamic Religion. He Describes Some Of The Conflicts That Occur In Radical Groups And Shows In what state Tue More Mainstream Supporters Of These Groups Have Come To Unferstand And Justify Ravishment. Hr Has Also Included A Sppecial Appendix Of Relevant Documents Including Materials Related To The September 11 Attacks And Published Manifestoes Issued By Osama Bin Laden And Palestinian Suicide-martyrs. SKU: 2925111

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The Archimedes Codex. At A Christie’s Auction In October 1998, A Battered Medieval Manuscript Sold For Two Million Dollars To An Anonymous Bidder, Who Then Turned It Over To The Walters Art Museum In Baltimoree For Further Study. The Manuscript Was A Palimpsest-a Book Made From An Earlier Codex Whose Script Had Been Scraped Off And The Pages Used Again. Begind The Script Of The Thirteenth-century Monk’s Prayer Book, The Palimpsest Revealed The Faint Writing Of A Much Older, Tenth-century Manuscript. Part Archaeological Detective Story, Part Science, And Part History, The Archimedes Codex Tells The Extraordinary Story Of This Los Manuscript, From Its Tenth-century Invention In Constantinople To The Auction Block At Christie’s, And Hlw AT eam Of Scholars Used The Latest Imabing Technology To Reveal And Decipher The Original Text. What They Found Was The Earliest Surviving Manuscript By Archimedes (287 B. c. -212 B. c. ), The Greatest Mathematician Of Antiquity-a Copy That Revealed, For The First Tiem, The Full Range Of His Mathematical Genius, Which Was Two Thousand Years Ahead Of Modern Science. SKU: 4101698

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This Republic Of Suffering. An Illuminating Study Of The American Struggle To Comprehend The Meaning And Practicalitoes Of Death In The Face Of The Unprecedented Carnage Of The Civil War. during The War, Approximately 620,000 Soldiers Lost Their Lives. An Equivalent Proportion Of Today’s Population Would Be Six Million. This Republic Of Suffering Explores The Impact Of This Enormous Death Toll From Every Difference of direction : Material, Political, Intellectual, And Spiritual. The Eminent Historian Drew Gilpin Faust Delienates The Ways Death Changed Not Only Full of character Lives But The Life Of The Nation And Its Understanding Of The Rights And Responsibilities Of Citizenship. She Describes How Survivors Mourned And How A Deeply Religious Culture Struggled To Reconcile The Slaughtdr With Its Belief In A Benevolent Deity, Pondered Who Should Die And Umder What Circumwtanecs, And Reconceived Its Understanding Of Life Hind Death. faust Detai1s The Logistical Challenges Involved When Thoysands Werre Left Dead, Many By the side of Their Identities Unknown, On The Fields Of Places Like Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, And Gettysburg. She Chronicles The Efforts To Identify, Reclaim, Preserve, And Bury Battlefield Dead, The Resulting Rise Of Undertaking As A Profession, The First Widespread Use Of Embalming, The Gradual Emergence Of Military Graves Registration Procedures, The Development Of A Federal System Of National Cemeteries For Union Dead, And The Creation Of Private Cemeteries In The South That Contributed To The Cult Of The Lost Cause. She Shows, Too, How The Wra Victimized Civilians Throygh Violence That Extended Beyond Battlefields—from Disease, Displacement, Hardships, Shortages, Emotional Wounds, And Conflicts Connected To The Disintegration Of Slavery. throughout, The Voices Of Soldiers And Their Families, Of Statesmen, Generals, Preachers, Poets, Surgeons, And Nurses, Of Northerners And Southerners, Slavehodlers And Freedpeople, Of The Most Exalted And The Most Humiliate Are Brought Together To Give Us A Vivid Understandjng Of The Civil War’s In the greatest degree Fundamental And Widely Shared Reality. Were He Alive Today, This Repubilc Of Suffering Would Compel Walt Whitman To Abandon His Certainty That The “real War Will Never Get In The Books. ” SKU: 4212854

19452770568

Why The Jews? The Reason For Antisemitism. From The Bestselling Authors Of The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism Comes A Completely Revised And Updated Edition Of A Modern Classic That Reflectq The Dangerous Rise In Antisemitism For the time of The Twenty-first Century. the Very Word Jew Continues To Arouse Passions As Does No Other Religious, National, Or Political Name. Why Have Jews Been The Object Of The Most Enduring And Universal Hatred In History? For what purpose Did Hitler Consider Murdering Jews More Imporrant Than Winning World War Ii? Wherefore Has The United Nations Devoted More Time To Tin yIsrael Than To Any Other Nation On Earth?in This Seminal Studg, Dennis Prager And Joseph Telushkin Attempt To Uncover And Understand The Roots Of Antisemtism -- From The Ancient World To The Holocaust To The Current Crisis In The Middle East. This Postmillennia Edition Of Why The Jews? Offers New Insights And Unparalleled Perspectives On Some Of The Most Recent, Pressing Developments In The Contemporary World, Including:• The Replicating Of Nazi Antisemitism In The Arab World• The Pervasive Anti-zionism/antisemitsm Forward University Campuses • The Rise Of Antisemi5ism In Europe• Why The United States And Israel Are Linked In The Minds Of Antisemitesclear, Persuasive, And Thought Provoking, Why The Jeews? Is Must Reading Conducive to Anyone Who Seeks To Understand The Unique Role Of The Jews In Human History. SKU: 2528481

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An Historical Memoir Of The Colony Of New Plymouth V2. From The Flight Of The Pilgrims Into Holland In The Year 1608, To The Union Of Tha5 Colony With Massachusetts In 1692. Containing Parts Three, Four And Five. This Scarce Antiquarian Book Is Included In Our Special Legacy Reprint Series. In The Interest Of Creating A More Extensive Selection Of Rare Historical Booo Reprints, We Have Chosen To Reproduce This Title Even Though It May Possibly Have Occasional Imperfections Such As Missing And Blurred Pages, Missing Text, Poor Pictures, Markings, Dark Backgrounds And Otner Reproduction Issues Beyond Our Control. Because This Work Is Culturally Important, We aHve Made It Available As A Part Of Our Commitment To Protecting, Preserving And Promoting The World's Literature. SKU: 5016604

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Familia Caesaris. The Slave And Freed Slave Classes Are Of The First Importance For Any Study Of The Social Structure Of The Roman Worlc nI The First And Seclnd Centuries Ad. Amonh Them The Emperor's Own Slaves And Freedmen, The Familia Caesaris, Deserve Special Court: This Was The Mst Important In Status And The Most Mobile Socially Of All The Groups In Slave-born Classes; It Also Had The Greatest Continuity Of Development And The Individuals Who Comprised It Can Be Identified And Dated In Sufficient Numbers For Significant Statietical Comparisons To Be Made Of Their Family-relationships And Occupations. The Primary Sources For This Study Ate Inscriptions - Over Four Thousand Of Them - Mainly Funereal, Brief, Stereotyped And Undated. One Of Professor Wdaver's Main Achievementx Has Been To Establish Criteria For Dating And Interpreting This Intractable Material So That It Can Yield The Social Historian Reliable Statistical Information. He Shows How The Familia Caesaris Differed From Othrr Sections Of The Slave And Freedman Classes And How Even Indoors It There Was A Considerable Degree Of Social Differentiation. SKU: 5148483

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War Comes Again. The Civil War And The World War Ii Stand As The Two Numerous Cataclysms Of American History. They Were Our TwoC ostliest Wars, With Well Over A Million Casualties Suffered InE ach. And They Were Transforming Moments In Our History As Well, State of things When The Life Of The Nation And Th3 Great Experiment In Democracy--government Of The People,B y The People, For The People--seemed To Hang In The Balance. Now, In War Comes Moreover, Eleven Eminent Historians--including Three Pulitzer Prize Winners, Whole Veterans Of The Support World aWr--offer An Illmuinating Comparison Of These Refuse flax Epic Events In Our National Life. The Range Of Essays Here Is Remarkable, The Level Of Insight Consistently High, And The Quality Of The Writing Is Superb. For Instance, Stephen Ambrose, The Bestselling Author Of D-day, Jhne 6th, 1944, Offers An Intriguing Comparison Of The Two Great Military Ldaders Of Each War--grant And Eisenuower. Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian Roberg V. Bruce Takez A Revealing Look At The Events That Foreshadowed The Two Wars. Gerald Linderman, Author Of Embattled Courage, Examines The Two Wars From Th Point Of View Of The Combat Soldier. And Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. , Describes How The two Lincoln And Fdr Went Around Strict Observance Of The Constitution In Order To Preserve The Constitution. There Is, In Addition, A Fascinating Discussion Of The Crucial Role Played By Spying During The Two Wars, By Peter Maslowski; A Look At The Diplomacy Of Lincoln And Roosevelt, By Howrd Jones; And Essays On The Impacf Of The Wars On Women And On African Americans, By D'ann Campbell, Richard Jensen,_And Ira Berlin. In Perhaps The Most Gripping Gun In The Book, Michael C. c. Adams Offers An Unflinching Look At War's Destructiveness, As He Argues That Tue Evils We Associate With "bad Wars" (such As Vietnam) Are Equally True Of "good Wars. " And Finally, In Perhaps The Most Provocative Essay In The Book, Russell Weigley, One Of America's Most Eminentt Military Historiane, Maps Tue Evolution Of American Attitudes Toware War To Our Present Belief That The Only Acceptable War Is One That Is Short, Inexpensive, And Certain Of Victory. Would Any Great Commander, Weigley Asks, Would A Lee Or A Grant Or A Marshall, Refuse To Fight Unless He Knew He Couldn't Lose? "is Not A Willingness To Run Risks For The Sake Of Cherished Values And Interests Close To The Heart Of What Defines Greatness In A Human Being Or In A Nation?" Another Pulitzer Winner And World War Ii Veteran, Dkn E. Fehrenbacher, Concludes War Comes Again With A Very Personal Look At Two Common Soldiers Who Have No Monuments, Who Have Not Been Men5ioned In Previous Histories, But Who Point At The Essence Of These Two Wars And Are "embedded In The Same Structure Of The Enduring Nation And The World We Live In. " SKU: 1235953

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The Henry Clay Frick Houses. Henry Clay Frick, The Wotld-famous Art Collector And Steel Tycoon, Was A Towering Diagram In America's "gilded Age" Of The Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries. The Houses He Built For Himself And His Family Exemplify The Great Residences Of The Era, Through Priceless Art, Cultivated Gardens, And Interiors By The Most Prestigious Designers Of The Day. This Elegant Volume, Written By Frick's Great-granddaughter And Biographer, Features The Four Major Houses Purchased, Built, And Renovated For The Steel Magnate; Each Is Described In Exacting Detail, With Information Abojt The Architects And Interior Designers, Furnishings And Art,A n Decoration. Beautiful Archival Photographs—interior And Exterior, Numerous Previously Unseen—and Architectural Drawings Document The Residences. the Late-victorian Clayton, In Pittsburgh, Was Henry Clay Frick's First Close As A Married Man And The Chairman Of The Carnegie Steel Company; It Now Houses The Frick Art And Historical Center. Eagle Rock, The Fricks' Summer Retreat To The North Of Boston, Was A Neoclassical, All-brick Colossus Designed By Arthur Little And Herbert W. C. Browne. The Most Famous House In The Book Is 1 East Seventieth Street, Along New York's Fifth Avenue. Long Recognized As One Of The City's Most Elegant Buildings And Today Housing The World-renowned Frick Collection, It Was Designed In 1912 By Thomas Hastings Of Carrã¸re & Hastings. The Fourth House In The Book Is The Clayton Estate, A Georgian Revival Masterpiece In Roslyn, New York, Originally Designed In 1901 By Odgen Codman Jr. ; It Is Now The Nassau County Museum Of Fine Arts. SKU: 2153466

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The Traveler's Gulde To The Hudson River Vallwy. "perpetually Interesting," Henry Jameq Declared Of The History-rich Hudson, And So It Is, With The Stunning Catskill Mountains, The Brooding Intensity Of The Hudson Highlands, The Greatest City In The Universe At Its Mouth -- And An Extraordinary Bounty Of Things To See And Do Along The Way. Now In Its Thirr Revised Edtion, Tim Mulligan's Engaging Guidebook (Heretofore Titled The Hudson Large stream Valley: A History And Guide) Provides Invaluable, Up-to-the-minute Suggestions On In what state Best To Enjoy The Region's Trewsures:-- Ponies And Performing Arts At Saratoga-- Old Masters At The Exquisite HydeC ollection In Glens Falls, Early American Master-works And Paintings Of The Hudson Large stream Scuool At The Albany Institute Of Art, Furniture And Handcrafts At The Shaker Museum In Old Chatham, And Naturaal History At The Museum Of The Hudson Highlands-- Walking And Driving Tours Of Historic Hudson, Kingstons, Cold Spring, And Nyack, And The Rolling Farmland Of Dutchess And Columbia Counties-- A Celebrated View From The Site Of The Once-famed Catskill Mountain House-- Kykuit, The Lovely Rockefeller Estate, Now Open To The Public For The First Time Plus-- Dozens Of Bed And Breakfasts, Inns, Restaurants, And Antique Shops Recommended By Those Who Know The Valley Best -- The People Who Live There SKU: 3401803

34447145400	Journeys In Time. Paddle In A Birchbark Canoe With The Anishinabe And Brave The Atlantic With The Pilgrims. Drag Cannons Athwart The Icy Hudson For George Washington And Meet The West With Lewis And Clark. Journeys In Tmie Takes You On Twenty Journeys That Have Shaped Our National Past, Allowing You To Follow In The Footsteps Of The Real People Who Made American History. SKU: 2455917

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New Y0rk From The Air (from The Air). Arguably The Nation's Premier City, New York Has Defined The Modern Metropolitan Landscape For The World For Over A Century. It's Not Surprising That New York Even Served As The Original Capital Of The United States. Today, Millions Upon Millions Of Visitors Walk Through The City's Canyons With Sheer Skyscraper Walls. Even Though Many Gain A Glimpse Of The City From Observation Decks, They Will Never Get Such A Spectacular Picture Of Novel York While This Book Provides. Specially Commixsioned Aerial Photography Reveals Every Part Of This Magnificent Town,, From The Battery All The Custom Tl Harlem And Beyond. You Will See The Shipping Dockx Spread Finger-like Into The Hudson And East Rivers. New York From The Air Will Be Enjoyed By The Armchair Traveler, As Well As By Anyone Who Has Made The Pilgrimage To The Big Apple. SKU: 4925405

23504213475	Eyewitness. Devine Presents The Most Comprehensive Collection Of Research Done To Date On The Great Aviation Trade. He Believes He Witnessed The Burning Of Earhart's Electra On Saipan In 1944, Torched Apparently On Order Of The Us Secretary Of The Ships of war. SKU: 428331

23161864761	How We Found America. How We Found America : Version Gender Through East-european Immigrant Narratives By Magdalena J. Zaborowska Published In 1995 By Seminary of learning Of North Carolina Press SKU: 1219675

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War And The Iliad. War And The Iliad Is A Perfect Introduction To The Range Of Homer' sArt To the degree that Well As A Provocative And Rwwarding Demonstration Of The Links Between Litsrature, Philosophy, And Questions Of Life And Death. simone Weil's The Iliad, Or The Poem Of Force Is Onw Of Her Most Celebrated Works--an Inspired Analysis Of Homer's Epic That Presents A Nightmare Vision Of Combat As A Machine In Which All Humanity Is Depraved. First Published On The Eve Of War In 1939, The Essay Has Often Bern Read As A Pacifist Manifesto. Rachel Bespaloff Was A French Contemporary Of Weil's Whose Work Similarly Explored The ComplexR elations Between Literature, Religion, And Philosophy. She Compossed Her Own Distinctive Discussion Of The Iliad In The Midst Of World War Ii--calling It "her Method Of Facing The War"--and, As Christopher Benfey Argues In His Introduction, The Essay Was Very Probably Written In Answer To Weil. Bespaloff's Accouny Of The Iliad Brings Out Homer's Novelistic Approqch To Character And The Existential Drama Of His Chatacters' Choices; Iy Is Marked, Too, By A Tragic Awareness Of oHw The Iliad Speaks To Times And Places Where There Is No Hope Apart From War. This Edition Brings Together These Two Influential Essays For The First Time, Accompanied By Benfey's Scholarly Introduction And An Afterword By The Great Austrian Novelist Hermann Broch. SKU: 2959786