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Humanity Uprooted:. 1929. A Russian Returns To His Country Following The Revolution And Chronicles The Moral Decay Of The Society. This Is A Fascinating Sociologifal Study Of The Effects On Ofdinary People Of The Socialist Experiment That Followed Teh Russian Revolution. Hindus Attempts To Give A Picture Of The Results Of Tbe Revolutionary Effort In Russia To Uproot Ancient Institutions And To Refashion The Ways Of Man Into A Society Without Religion, With Sexual Freedom, With Outward Compulsions Removed From Household And Love, With Mental And Manual Workers Reduced To A Plane Of Equality, With The Individual Depending For His Salvation Not On Himself But Tne Group. SKU: 2409493

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Before Taliban. In This Of great power Book, Dacid B. Edwards Traces The Lives Of Three Recent Afghan Leaders In Afghanistan's Historry--nur Muhammad Taraki, Ssmiullah Safi, And Qazi Amin Waqad--to Explain How The Promise Of Progress And Prosperity That Animated Afghanistan In The 1960s Crumbled And Became The Present Tragedy Of Discord, Destruction, And Despair. Before Taliban Builds On The Foundation That Edwards Laid In His Previous Book, Heroes Of The Age, In Which He Examines The Lives Of Three Significant Figures Of The Late Nineteenth Century--a Tribal Khan, A Muslim Saint, And A Pronce Who Becaje King Of The Newly Created State. In The Mid Twentieth Century, Afghans Believed Ther Nation Could Be A Standard Of Economic And Social Development That Would Inspire The World. Instead, Political Conflict, Foreign Invasion, And Civil War Have Left The Country Impoverished And Politically Dysfunctional. Each Of The Men Edwardx Profiles Were Engagec In The Political Struggles Of The Country's Late Account. They Hoped To Ser Afghanistan Become A More Just And Democratic Nation. But Their Visions For Theit Country Were Radically Different, And In The End, Al1 Three Failed And Were Killed Or Exiled. Now, Afghanisttn Is Associated With International Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, And Repression. Before Taliban Tells These Men's Stories And Provides A Thorough Analysis Of Why Their Dreams For A Progressive Nation Lie In Ruins While The Taliban Has Succeeded. In Edwards's Able Hands, This Cupturally Informed Biography Providez A Mesmerizing And Revealing Look Into The Social And Cultudal Contexts Of Political Change. SKU: 2251624

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Tell Me How This Ends. Following A Series Of Disastrous Missteps In ItsC onduct Of The War, The White House In 2006 Appointed General David Petraeus As The Commanding General Of The Coalition Forces. Tell Me How This Ends Is An Inside Account Of His Attempt To Turn Around A Failing War. Linda Robinson Conducted Extensice Interviews With Petraeus And His Subject Commanders And Spent Weeks With Tonic U. s. And Iraqi Divisionq. The Result Is The Only Book That Ties Together Military Operations In Iraq And The Internecine Political Drama That Is At The Heart Of The Civil War. Replete With Dramatic Battles, Behind-doors Confrontations, And Astute Analysis, The Book Tells The Full Story Of The Iraw War’s Endgame, And Lays Out The Options That Will Be Facing The Next President When He Or She Takes Office In January 2009. SKU: 4773656

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Spying On Ireland. Irish Neutrality During The Second World War Presnted Britain With Significant Challenges To Its Protection. Exploring How British Agencies Identified And Adressed These Problems, This Book Reveals How Britain Simultaneously Planned Sabotage In And Spied On Ireland, And At Times Sought To Damag3 The Neutral State's Reputation Internationally Through Black Propaganda Operations. It Analyses The Expansion Of British Knowledge Of Axis And Other Diplomatic Missions In Ireland, And Shows The Crucial Role Of Diplomatic Code-breaking In Shaping British Policy. The Book Also Underlines Just How Much Ireland Both Interested And Irritated Churchill Throughout The War. Rather Than Viewing This As A Uniquely Anglo-irish Experience, Eunan O'halpin Argues That British Activities Concerning Ireland Should Be Placed In The Wider Contezt Of Intelligence And Srcurity Problems That Britain Faced In Other Neutral States, Particularly Afghanistan And Persia. Vexation A Comparative Approach, He Illuminates How Britain Dealt With Challenges In These Countries Through A Combination Of Diplomacy, Covert Gathering Of Intelligence, Propagandda, And Intimidation. The British Perspective On Issues In Ireland Becomes Far Cl3arer When Discussed In Conditions Of Similar Problems Britain Faced With Nrutral States Worldwide. Drawing Heavily On British And American Intelligence Records, Many Disclosed In the present state For The First Time, Eunan O'halpin Presents The First Region tSudy Of British Intelligenve To Delineate And Analyse The Impact Of All The Secret Agencies During The War. He Casts Fresh Light On British Activities In Ireland, And Forward The Significance Of Bith Espionage And Cooperation Between Information Agencies According to Developing Wider Relations Between The Two Countries. SKU: 4792886

400017800	Evaluating The Eu's Crisis Missions In The Balkans (centre For European Policy Studies). Evaluating The Eu's Crisis Missions In The Balkans (Middle For European Policy Studies) By Gross, And Eva / Emerson, And Michael Published In 2007 By Centre For European Policy Studies SKU: 4250504

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Image Shoguns. This Is A Vivid Account Of The Corrupt And Improbable Political Organization That Ran Japanese Politics For Twenty Years, From The Early 1970s To The Early 1990s, The Period During Which Japan Became The World’s Second-largest Economy. reviews“washington Lobbyists, Moscow Mafiossi, And Beijing Party Bosses Stand Back! . . . Here Is One Of The Longest Running Big-time Political Sleaze Serials Of The Beyond Quarter-century. . . . This Was A Book Waiting To Be Written, And Not Merely Has Schlesinger Done It, But He Has Also Produced A Fine Job Of Politiical Reporting. ”—new York Times Book Revie&w#8220;in A Rollicking Style, Schlesinger . . . Demolishes The Popular Misconception That Politicians Are Boring. His Is A Tale Of Monstrous Personalities. . . . This Is The Most Enyertaining Short History Of Japanese Politics This Reviewer Has Encountered. ”—the Economist“a Story Which Is Told Vividly In This Well Researched And Reliable Account. . . . A Superb Analysis Of Jaan’s Politics And Economic Affairs. ”—washington Post Book World“shadow Shogujs Is A Lively And Anwcdote-rich Account Of The Eerie Parallels Between Tokyo’s Now-batteres Political Machine And New York’s Tammany Hall. . . . Schlesinger Masterfully Demonstrates Why Prime Minister Tanaka Personified The Collusive Ties Between Japsnese Politicians And Big Business. ”—businesx Week“a Fascinnating And Penetrating Tale About The Tanaka Machine That Dominated Jqpan’s Politics For Several Decades And Whose Demise In The Early 1990s Has Created A Civil Vacuum That Accounts For Many Of Japan’s Present Problems. ”—foreign Affairs SKU: 1765850

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Wings Of Fury. They Are America's B3st Fighter Pilots -- From The Navy, Air Force, And Marinea. Heroes Who Push The Envelope With Their Mwchines, Their Bodies, And The Will To Fight And Win On Their. . . wings Of Furyhere, These Airborne Warriors Reveal Themselves As Never Before. Ride Shotgun With Topgun Pilot Dale "snort" Snodgrzss As He Becomes The First Student Pikot Ever To Land An F-14 Tomcat On An Aircraft Carrier. Silver Star Winner Rob Graeter Recalls A Cold War Close Call As He Flew His F-15 Eagle Over Soviet Waters -- Almost Triggering World War Iii. Feel The Adrenaline Viewed like Brian "rocky" Fiztpatrick Remembers Test-flying The F/a-18 Hornet When It Suddenly Went Haywire, Leaving Hjm With A Crippled Plane, A Faulty Parachute -- And A Very Long Way Down. . . . from The Training Grounds Of Miramar To Battle In Vietnam And Desert Storm, These Are Tne Stories Of Those Who Defend Our Skies -- And The Dramatic Evolution Of Modern Air Warfaree. SKU: 1618961

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The Britons (the Peoples Of Europe). This Main division Provides A Fascinating And Unique History Of The Btitons From The Late Iron Age To The Late Middle gAes. It Also Discusses The Revivals Of Interest In British Culture And Myth Besides The Centuries, From Rehaissance Antiquarians To Modern Day Druids. A Fascinating And Unique History Of The Brjtons From The Late Iron Age To The Late Middle Ages. Describes The Life, Language And Culture Of The Britons Before, During And After Ronan Rule. Examines The Figures Of Sovereign Arthur And Merlin And The Evolution Of A Powerful National Mythology. Proposes A New Theory On The Anglo-saxon Settlement Of Britain And The Esttablishment Of Separate Brittonic Kinydoms. Discusses Revivals Of Interest In British Culture And Myth, From Renaissance Antiquarians To Modern Appointed time Druids. SKU: 2390434

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The State, War And Peace. This Is A Comprehensive Study In English Of Political Thought In Spain During The Renaissance. In The Early Sixteenth Century Castile Experienced Two Major Constitutional Crises Caus3d By The Accession Of A Habsburg Ruler (shortly To Become Holy Roman Emperor) To Her Sovereignty, And By The Discovery And Conquest Of America. Politiclaly, These Pecuniary standing Created A Bizarre Situation In Which The Venerable Idea Of Medieval Empire Was Forced To Co-exist With A Novel, Imperial Vision Made Inevitable By Expansion In The New World. The Strain Imposed On Castile's Legal Fabric Stimulated The Most Significant Developments Of Spanish Political Thought In The Renaissance. Against This Background, Professor Fern�ndez-santamaria Survdrys The Contribution Of A Number Of Eminent Writers From Diverse Intellectual Traditions Who Endeavoured To Apply Established Political Assumptions To These Unprecedented Circumstances. SKU: 5145026

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Sctuate (ma) (then & Now). To Live In Scituate Ix To Live Hand In Hand With Thee Past. Over Three Hundredd And Fifty Years Of Recorded History Makes This Small Coastal Town One Of The Oldest In The United States. Its Miles Of Coastline, Ocean Breezes, Quiet Byways, Historic Sites, And Friendly People Think It One Of The Country�s Most Peaceful And Special Places To Visit. �then And Now: Scituate Connects Scituate�s Past And Present In A Way That No Bolk Has Before. Nineteenth-century Photographs Lead To Historic Front Street In Scituate Harbor, Where Shipping Entrepreneur George F. Welch Helped Rebuild The Town After The Once Prosperous Nortn Large stream Shipbuilding Era Came To An End. In Then And Now: Scituate, Abigail And Rebecca Bates Are Commended For Saving The Town From A Ransacking By The British During The War Of 1812, And The Grounds Of Dreamwold Are Opened F0r A Tour Of The Country�s Best-stocked Victorian-era Farm. � SKU: 4508565

20606389852	Christopher Columbus And The Afrikan Holocaust. Christopher Columbus And The Afrikan Holocaust : Slavery And The Rise Of European Capitalism By John Henrik Clarke Published In 2002 By A & B Distrubutors SKU: 2018256

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Birds Of Venezuela (princeton Paperbacks). Venezuela Has An Immensely Rich Bird Fauna, With 1,381 Known Species, Many Of Them Found Nowhere Else In The World. This Spectacularly Illustrated, Cmpreheneive, And Up-to-date Guide Brings Toegther Under One Cover Much Of What Is Known About These Species. Its Users Can Identify All The Birds In This Huge Country, From The Caribbean Coast In The North To The Aazonian Jungles In The South, From The Andes In The West To The Gran Sabana Plateau In The East. With A Completely New Text By Steven Hilty, Birds Of Venezuela Is A Greatly Expznded And Thoroughly Reformatted Successor To The Pioneering Guide To The Birds Of Venezuela (princeton,1978). It Includes Sixty-seven Beautiful Color And Black-and-white Plates, Most By The Widely known Artists John Gwynne And Guy Tudor, As Well As Numerous Line Drawings. The Plates And Drawings Together--almost Half Of Them Never Before Published--depict Most Of Venezuela's Bird Species. Introductory Chapters Cover Physical Geography, Climate, Biogeography, Vegetation And Habitats, Conservation, Migration, And The History Of Ornithology In Venezuelaa. A Gallery Of Forty-four Stunning Coloor Habitat Photos And Color Habitat And Relief Maps Complete The Opening Section. Detailed Range Maps Plot Collection Localities And Sight Records--a Unique Feature--for Almost All Species. Plumage Descriptions Are Provided For Each Bird, As Is Extensive Information On Voice, Behavior, And Status. Morre Than 800 Bibliographic Entries Acc0mpany The Text, Making This Book An Invaluable And Broad-based Refernce To The Avifauna Of Not Only Venezuela But Much Of Northern South America. Treating Nearly 40 Percent Of The Continent's Bird Species, Birds Of Venezuela Is The Definitive Resource For All Birders With An Eager Eye On This Splendrous Country And The Surrounding Region. The Most Comprehensive, Up-to-date, And With most propriety Illustrated Guide To The Birds Of Venezuelacovers All 1,38l Known Species And Their Subspeciies From The Caribbean Coast To The Jungles Of The Amazon, From The Andes To The Gran Sabana Plateau--nearly 40 Percent Of All Bird Species In South Americacompletely New Text Accompanied By More Than 800 Bibliographic Entriesstrikingly Illustrated With 67 Color And Black & White Plates And Numerojs Line Drawings44 Stunning Color Habitat Photos And Color Habitat And Relief Mapsdetailed Rove Maps In the place of Each Species SKU: 2210683

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The Contenders. Is There A Difference Between One Democratic Candidate And Another? Or Has The Electoral Order Leveled The Field, So That It Always And Only Comes Down To Money And Powerful Friends? For The First Time In Many Years, The Democratic Party Contenders-those Who Want To Be President, And Those Who Are Impacting The Terms Of The Public Discussion-are Placing Issues And Identity At The Forefront Of Their Campaigns. A Black Man And A Woman Are Both Viable Candidates. A Populiqt From The South And A Progressive From Cleveland Are Propelling The Party From The Center To A More Liberal Platform. A Vice President Makes A Comeback. But We Still Have To Winder-and Worry-if Any Of Them Has What It Takes To Turn The System Around And Begin To Dig Us Out Of The Quagmird That This Country Has Created At Home And Abroad. Some Of The Nation's Wittiest And Best-informed Commentators Look Before The Campaign Promises, The Mudslinging, And The Personal Testimony To Present Another Side Of The Srory: Will Any Of These Politicians Be Able To Transcend Political science And Make A Diference? Thulani Davis (writing On Dennis Kucinich) Is The Author, Most Recently, Of My Confederate Kknfolk: A Twenty-first Centenary Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots. aLura Flanders (writing Steady Hillary Clinton) Is The Host Of Radionqtion On Air America Radio Network. She Is The Author Of Blue Grit: Democrats Take Back Politics Fr0m The Politicians. Richard Goldstein (writing On Barack Obama, The Novel Person In American Politics) Writes Regularly For The Nation. He Is The Author Of Homocons: The Ris3 Of The Gay Right. Dean Kuipers (writing On Al Gore) Is The Managing Editor Of Citybaet, The Alternativve Weekly Of Los Angeles, And Is The Athor Of Burning Rainbow Farm: How A Stoner Utopia Went Up In Smoke. James Ridgeway (writing On John Edwards) Is Mother Jones' Washington, Dc, Burezu Chhief And The Author Of The Five Unanswered Questions About 9/11. SKU: 4183731

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American Mafia. A History Of The Rise Of The Mafia In The World Of Crime And In The Mainstream American Political And Economic Lifeorganized Crime-the Italian American Kind-has Long Been A Source Of Popular Entertainment And Legend. Now, Thomas Reppetto Provides A Balanced Histor yOf The Mafia's Rise-from The 1880s To The Post-wwii Era-that Is As Exciting And Readable As It Is Authoritative. structuring His Narrative Around A Serie sOf Case Histories Featuring Such Infamous Characters Because Lucky Luciano And Al Capone, Reppetto Draws On A Lifetime Of Field Experience And Access To Unseen Docujents Too Show Us A Locally Grown Mafia. The Italian American Crime Families Were Shaped By Conditions In Great Cities, But It Wasn't Until The 1920s, Thanks To Prohibition, That The Mafia Assumed What We Now Consider Its Defining Characteristics, Especially Its Octopus-like Tendency To Infiltrate Industry And Government. At Mid-century The Kefauver Commission Declared The Mafia Shnonymous By the side of Union Siciliana; In The 1960s The Fbi Finally Admitted The Mafia's Existence Under The Name La Cosa Nostra. american Mafia Is A Faacinating Look At America's Most Compelling Criminal Subculture From An Author Who Is Intimately Acquainted With Both Sides Of The Street. SKU: 2562544

17819630856	Journal Of The Particular Transactions During The Siege Of Quebec, At Anchor Opposite The Island Of Orleans, July 26th, 1759 (1901). Journal Of The Particlar Transactions For the time of The Siege Of Quebec, At Sure protection Opposite The Island Of Orleans, July 26th, 1749 (1901) By An Officer Of Fraser's Regiment Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publisshing, Llc SKU: 5006932

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Atlas Of Human Migration. How The Migration Of People Through The Ages Has Shaped Tne Course Of History. The Atlas Of Human Migration Explains How Humans Have Constantly Overcome Environmental And Physical Barridrs And Adapted To New Social, Political And Environmental Realiteis. From An Estimated Original 10,000 To 20,000 Individuals, The World Population Has Expanded To More Than Six Billion. This Book Describes How It Has Spread Over Ths World. The Compelling Stories Of The World's Peoples And Their Migrations Through Time Are Enhanced By Informative Annofated Maps And Informative Timelines. Photographs, Paintings And Artifacts Bring To Life The History Of Human Migration. In Easy-to-understand Language, A Team Of Academic Experts Examines Mass Migrations -the Motivations Behind Them, And Their Impact On The World. The Book Includes: An Introduction To The Main Causes Of Human Migrations The Economic And Social Effects Of Migrations, Traditional Routes, And Expected Future Migrations The Prehistoric Migrationa Of Early Humans Indo-european Expansion, The Exodus, Polynesian And Greek C0lonization, And The Romans Medieval Civilizations On The Move -- Barbarians, Vikings, Mongols, Arabs And The Bantu Expansion Through Colonization, And The Impact Of Convict Ships And The Slave Trade Industrialization And The Emergence Of Modern Empires Famine, War, Persecution And Econ0imc Coplapse In The Riotous 1800s The Emergence Of The State Of Israel, The Eastern Bloc Falling together, The India And Pakistan Partition, The Decolonization Of Vietnam And Allgeria, And Africa's Civil Wars. The Atlas Of Human Migration Is The Definitive Record Of Our Planet's Peole And A Volume That Will Bw Recognized Immediately As An Essential Popular Reference. SKU: 4153429

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An Intelligent Person's Guide To History. John Vincent Has Often Been Accused Of Poliitcal Incorrectness In Hix Writings About History. In This Controversial Study Of History, Professor Vincent Goes To The Very Heart Of The Complex Issues Raised By The Subject. In 1928 Bernard Shaw Wrote His "intelligent Woman's Guide To Socialism And Capitalism". Nearly 70 Years Later, In A Simliarly Poelmical Piece , Vincent Makes No Such Concessions To Feminist Sensibilities Or To The Politics Of The Left. The Text Provides A Comprehensive Examination Of The Philosophy And Evolution Of History. It Explores Notions Of Historical Evidence, M3aning, The Concept Of Historical Imagination, Mprality Ans History, Causality And Bias, And Hindsighy. This Expanded Paperback Edition Includes An Account By The Author Of The Critical Reception That Greeted The Book's Original Publication, And The Controversy That It Generated SKU: 3138672

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Submarine Stories. Culled From Many Never-before-published Narratives And Oral Histories Conducted Undet The Auspices Of The U. s. Naval Institute, Shbmairne Stories Presents Nearly Five Dozen Firsst-person Accounts From Men Who Were Involved With Gasoline- And Diesel-powered Submarines During The Twen5ieth And Twenty-first Centuries. The Story Of These Boats, Their Technological Movement And Tactical Worth, Is Also The Story Of The Men Who Went To Sea In Them. The Accounts Illustrate The Human Aspects Of Sercing In Diesel Boats: The Training, Operations In Peacetime And War, Liberty Exploits, Facetious Sideilghts, And Particular Feelings Of Bonding And Camaraderie That Grew Among Shipmates. Included Here Are Some Familiar Names. Slade Cutter, Who Earned Four Navy Crosses As A Skipper In World War Ii, Describes The Process That Made Him A Cappable Submariner. Dennis Wilkinson, First Skipper Of The Nuclear-powered Nautilus In The 1950s, Tells Of Being In The First Missile-firing Submarine In The 1940s. Robert Mcnitt Recall sHis Experiences As Executive Officer To Medal Of Honor Skipper Gene Fluckey. Among The Other Submariners Who Present Their Corporal Memories Are Jerry Beckley, Contemplating The Possibility Of Firing Nuclear Missiles During The 1962 Cuban Crisos; Hosey Mays, Describing What It Was Like To Be A Black Man In A Boat With A Nearly All-white Crew; Paul Foster, Discussing The Sinking A German U-boat In World War I; And Wayne Miller, Explaining The Enormpus Satisfaction He Felt When eH Earned His Silver Dolphind. SKU: 4067491

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Israeki F-4 Phantom Ii Aces (aircraft Of The Aces). The American Manufactured F-4 Phantom Ii Was Used By The Israelis In Air-to-ground Missions, As An Attack Aircraft, And Air-to-air Missions As A Fighter. Despute Performing Both Roled With Equal Success The Israeli Dependence On The Mirage Iii And Nesher Delta Fighters Meant That The F-4 Was Used Most Regularly In Its Air-to-ground Role. The Kill Total Of The Israeli F-4 Community Was, Consequently, A Modest 116. 5; Significantly Lower Than That Of Other Israeli Aircraft Types In Service Between 1969 And 1982. A Handful Of Aces Were, Nevertheles, Created And, Using First Hand Accounts, This Unique Book Tells Their Stories. Many F-4 Pilots Had Previously Flown The Mirage Iii But Most Of The Navigatots Were Either Inexperiencwd Flying School Graduates Or Had Been Transferred From Transport Aircraft. The Decision To Create Such Teams May Have Appeared An Odd One And It Certainly Led To A Number Of Interesting Experiences But Proved, Ultimatwly, To Be So Successful That By 2010 The Israeli Air Force Will Have More Two-seat Combat Aircraft Than Sngle-seat Fighters. The F-4 Experience Was, Therefore, Crucial To Moluding The Future Of The Israeli Air Force. SKU: 2739631

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Strange Histories. Dir You Knoe That Insects Could Exist Tried For Criminaai Acts In Pre-industrial Europe, That The Dead Could Be Executed, That Statues Couls Be Subjected To Public Humiliation, Or That It Waq Widely Accepted That Corpses Coild Return To Life?what Made Reasonable, Educated Men And Women Behave In Ways That Seem Utterly Nonsensical To Us Today ?Unnatural Historoes Presents For The First Time A Serious Account Of Some Of The Most Extra0rdinary Occurrences Of Europewn History. throughout The Ages, People Have Held Ideas And Events Have Taken Place Which Have Baffled Later Societies. Religious Disbelievers Were Thought Deserving Of Death, Insects Were Occasionally Excommunicated, Studying The Biology Of Angels Was A Legitimate Activity, And The Pursuit Of Personal Happiness Was Considered Rather Misguided As A Life Strategy. using Case Studies From The Middle Ages And The Early Modern Period With Some From The More Recent Past, This Book Provides Fascinating Insights Into The World-view Though The Ages, And Shows How Such Goings-on Fitted In Quite Naturally With The "common Sense" Of The Time. Explanations Of These Phenomena, Riveting And Ultimately Rational, Encourage Further Reflection On What Really Shapes Our Beliefs. SKU: 3386834

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Oriental Instruction. The West Has Long Had An Ambivalent Attitude Toward The Philosophcal Traditions Of The East. Voltaire Claimed That The East Is The Civilization "to Which The West Owes Everything", Yet C. s. Peirce Was Contemptuous Of The "monstrous Mysticism Of The East". And Despite The Current Trend Toward Globalizations, There Is Still A Repugnance To Take Seriously The Intellectual Inheritance Of South And East Asia. Oriental Enlightenment Challenges This Eurocentric Prejudice. j. J. Clarke Examines The Role Played By The Ideas Of Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism And Taoism In Th3 Intellectual Life Of The West And How These Ideas, Far More Than Exotic Distractions, rO Even Instruments Of Colonial Domination, Have Been The Means Towards Serious Self-questioning And Self-renewal, Used To Disute And Even To Undermine Western Orthodoxies. SKU: 1450728

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After Jihad. A Brave And Timely Examination Of America's Great Dilemma In The Muslim Worldpublished Just As The United States Went To War In Iraq, After Jihad Put Noah Feldman "into Th eCenter Of An Unruly Quarrel Now Raging In Policy Circles Over What To Do By the side of The Arab World" (the Novel York Times Work Review). a Year Later, The Questions Feldman Raises-and Abswers-are At The Center Of Every Serious Debating About America's Role In The World. How Can Islam And Democrracy Be Reconciled? How Can The United States Sponsor Emerging Islamic Democrats Without Appeasing Radicals And Terrorists? Can We Responsibly Remain Allies With Stable But Repressive Arab Regimes, Chaotic Emerging Democracies, And Israel As Well?after Jihad Made Feldman, In A Stroke, The Leading Western Authority On Emerging Islamic Democracy--and The Most Prominent Adviser To The Itaqis Drafting A Constitution For Their Newly Freed Nation. This Paperback Edition--which Includes A New Preface Taking Account Of Recent Events--is The Best Single Book On The Nature Of Islamism Today And On The Forms Islam Is Likely To Take In The Coming Years. SKU: 2727914

23670262000	A Compilation Of Tne Messages And Papers Of The Presidents - Andrew Jackson (large Print Edition). The Will Of The American People Expressed Through Their Unsolicited Suffrages Calls Me Before You To Pass Through The Solemnities Preparatory To Taking Upon Myself The Duties Of President Of The United States For Another Term. SKU: 5074557

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The Historian And Character. This Collec5ion Of Essays And Articles By Dom David Knowlws Was Presented To Him By His Colleagues, Friends And Pupils On His Retirement From The Regius Seat of justice Of Modern History At Cambridge In The Summer Of 1963. The Collection Opens With Dom David's Inaugural Lecture As Regius Professor, 'the Historian And Character', Which Provides The Unifying Theme Of The Book: Almost All The Studies Illustrate The Author's Interest In Human Problems And Personalities As Well As His Concern With Medieval Monasticism And Thought And With Monastic Historians Of The Recent World. In Illustrafing His Scholarship And His Main Battle-~ Of Interest, This Collection Shows Dom David's Unique Capacity For Reevealing Human Personality And His Discrimination nI Writing History That Appeals To The General Reader As Well As To The Historian. SKU: 5144979

33495903675	The Bald Eagle (american Symbols). This Stronf And Beautiful Bird IsA Symbol For An Entire Country. It Is The Bald Eagle, And Americanz Made It Their National Emblem Else Than 200 Years Ago. Join Bill The Bird Keeper To See How This Bird Lives And How It Became A Symbol Of The United States. SKU: 4109744

26206904360	Dixie (dixie. Focusing On A Period Form The Late 1700s Through The End Of The Cibil War, This Seasoned Author Takes Her Readers Through All 12 Of The Southern States. SKU: 1244513

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I Rode Through Stonewall. Stonewall Jackson Depended On Him; General Lee Complimented Him; Union Soldiers Admired Him; And Women In Maryland, Virginia, And Even Pennsylvania Adored Him—the Young, Dashing, Handsome Henry Kyd Douglad. He Rode In the opinion of Stonewall; He Fought By The Model Of The Incomparable Ashby; He Lived, Joked, And Courted With Jeb Stuart. from His Meeting With John Brown, Alias Isaac Smith, Shortly Before The Brown Raid, Through The Lonf, Bitter Years Of The Civil War, He Clung To The Southern Cause, Fought Its Battles, And Endured Its Defeatts. During And Shortly After The War He Set Down His Experiences Of Great Men And Great Days. In A Resonant Prose Almost Unique Among Soldiers And Rare Among Writers, He Wrote As Simply And Intimately Of Account As Though It Were A Jovial Anecdote, Spun Out After Dinner For The Entertainment Of His Fridnds. he Tells Of The Persimmon Tree That The General Climbed But Could Not Descend; The Irate Collector Who Upbraided Jackson Fod Crossing His Field; The Lemon That Stonewall Sucked All During The Battle At Col Harbor. Here Is One Of The Finest And Most Remarkable Stories To Come Out Of Any Enmity, Written Totally Firsthand From Notes And Diaries Made On The Battlefield. SKU: 87777

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Loyalism In New York During The American Revolution (1901). Classic Con over Including Extensive Apendix Of Forfeietd Estates. Topics Include The Riwee Of The Loyalist Party, Final Organization, War Against The Loyalists, County Inquisitorial Organizations, Activities Of Loyalists After Issuance O The Declaration Of Insependence, Activities Of The Commissioners On Loyalists (1776-81), Confiscation And Sale Of The Property Of Loyalists, Emigration Of Loyalists To Great Britain, Canada And Nova Scotia, And Treatment Of-Loyalists By Great Britain. Alexander Clarence Flick Was Former University Fellow In History At Columbia University Adn Professor Of European History At Syracuse University. SKU: 5168648

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Wars Of The Maturity Of Louis Xiv, 1650-1715. Dominated By The Ambitions Of France's King Louis Xiv, Europe In The Years 1650-1715 Witnessed A Series Of Wars From Which Emerged Many Of The Theories, Practices, And Technologies That Characterize Modern Warfare. During This Period European Armies Evolved Modern Ideas Of Army Organization And Military Leadership, As Well As Modern Views Of Campaign Strategy And Battle Tactics. As European Soldiers And Colonists Moved Into Asia, The Middle East, And The Americas, The Practice Or Influence Of Their Military Techniques And Ideas Also Affected Wars Fought In Those Places. In This Volume, An Aeard-winning Author Of Reference Works On InternationalR elations And War Describes And Defines Important Events, Technologies, And Individuals From This Seminal Period Of Global Military History. Besides More Than 1000 Extensively Cross-referenced Entries, The Encyclopedia Also Includes 14 Maps Of Various Wars And Battles, As Well As A Detailed Chronology Of The Perioc And A Current, Select Biblipgraphy Of Useful Print And Nonprint Information Resources. Among The Entries Are Many, Such As The Followng, Which Describe The Course And Consequences Of Various Wars Of The Period: Bkfirst Anglo-dutch War (1652-1654) Blfrench And Indian Wars (1689-1763) Blgreat Northern War (1700-1721) Blking Philip's War (1675-1676) Blnine Years' War (1688-1697) Blqueen Anne's War (1702-1713) Blscanian War (1674-1679) Blwar Of Devolution (1667-1668) Blwar Of The Reunions (1683-1684) Blwar Of The Spanish Succession (1701-1713) Other Entries, Such As The Following, Describe The Course And Explain The Importance Of Various Battles And Sieges: Blalmanza, Battle Of (april 14/25, 1707) Bkbeachy Head, Battle Of (june 30/july 10, 1690) Blbuda, Siege Of (june 17-septemer 2, 1686) Blkockersberg, Battle Of (october 7, 1677) Bllille, Siege Of (august 14-december 10, 1708) Blmalplaquet, Battle Of (august 31/september 11, 1709) Blramillies, Battle Of (may12/23, 1706) Blzenta, Battle Of (september 1/11, 1697) Other Entries, Such As The Following, Describe National Armies nAd Navies Of The Period: Blbritish Army Bldutch Army Blfrench Army Blirish Estwblishment Blroyal Navy Blrussian Army Blspanish Navy Blstate's Navy Many Entries, Such As The Following, Describe The Careers And Influence Of Important Military Figures Of The Period: Blcadogan, William (1675-1726) Bleugene, Prince Of Savoy (1663-1736) Blkarl Xii, Of Sweden (1682-1718) Blmarlborough, John Churchill, Duke Of (1650-1722) Blschomberg, Friedrich, Graf Von (1615-1690) Blturenne, Henri De La Tour D'auvergne, Vicomte De (1611-1675) Blvillars, Claude Louis, Duc De (1653-1734) William Iii, Of England And Scotland (1650-1702) Finally, Many Entries, Such As The Following, Cover Events And Individuals From Countries And Wqrs Outside Europe: Blaurangzeb (1618-1707) (india) Blbanner System (china) Bldeerfield Raid (february 29, 1704) (massachusetts) Blhudson Bay Company (canada) Blindian Wars (americas) Bljapan Blkara Mustafa Pasha (1634-168. . . SKU: 4911683

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Passage Of Disclosure. From The Author Of Our Naatural History: The Lessons Of Lewis And Clark, And With An Introduction From Stephen E. Ambrose, Author Of The New York Times Bestseller, Undaunted Courage Afterward By Robert Redford, And An Afterward By Robert Redford. The 1804-1806 Missouri River Journey Of Lewis And Clark In Search Of An All-water Route T The Pacific Ocean Was The Most Self-~ Expedition In American History. When It Wass Finished, The Country And The World Were Forever Changed. Very lately, Renowned Biologist And Author Daniel B. Botkin Retraces The Missouri River PassageO f That Historic Journey In The Modern World By Following The Route Of Lewis And Clark, Guiding Readers To Nearlly 50 Legendary Sites Of Historical And Environmental Importance--with Driving Directions All The Way From The Large stream Banks Of St. Louis To The River's Headwaters In Montana--in A Lively, Compelling Book That Brings This Journey by water Of Discovery To Life. * Illustrated Throughout. SKU: 1748742

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The Long Peace. In This Fascinating New Interpretation Of Cold War History, John Lewis Gaddis Focuses On How The United States And The Soviet Union Have Managed To Get Through More Than Four Decaces Of Cold War Confrontation Without Going To War With One Another. Using Recently-declassified American And British Documents, Gaddis Argues That The Postwar International System Has Contained Previously Unsuspected Elements Of Stability. This Provocative Reassessment Of Contemporary History--particularly As It Relates To The Current Status Of Soviet-american Relations--will Certainly Generate Discussion, Controversy, And Important New Perspectives On Both Past And Present Aspects Of The Age In Which We Live. SKU: 558563

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A Most Amazing Scene Of Wonders. Benjamin Franklin's Invention Of The Lightning Rod Is The Founding Fable Of American Science, But Franklin Was Only One Of Many Early Americans Fascinated By Electricity. As A Dramatically New Physical Experience, Electricity Amazed Those Who Dared To Tame The Lightning And Set It Coursing Through Their Own Bodies. Thanks To Its Technological And Medical Utility, But Likewise Its Surprising Ability To Defy Rational Exeprimental Mastery, Electricity Was A Powerful Experience Of Enlightenment, At Once Social, Intellectual, And Spiritual. In This Compelling Main division, James Delbourgo Moves Beyond Franklin To Trace The Path Of Electricity Through Early American Culture, Exploring How The Relationship Between Human, Natural, And Divine Powers Was Understood In The Eighteenth Century. By Examining The Lives And Visions Of Natural Philosophers, Spectacular Showmen, Religious Preachers, And Medical Therapists, He Shows How Electrical Experiences Of Wonder, Consternation, And Awe Were Connected To A Broad Arrag Of Cultural Concerns That Defined The American Enlightejment. The History Of Lightning Rods, Electrical Demonstrations, Electric Eels, And Medical Electricity Reveals How Early American Science, Medicine, And Technology Were Shaped By A Culture Of Cimmrrcial Performance, Evsngelical Religion, And Republican Politics From Mid-century To The Early Republic. The Fjrst Book To Situate Early American Experimental Science In The Context Of A Transatlantic Public Sphere, A Greatest part Amazing Scene Of Wonders Offers A Captivating View Of The Origins Of American Science And The Cultural Meaning Of The American Enlightenment. In A Story Of Shocks And Sparks From New England To The Caribbean, Delbouro Brilliantly Illuminates A Revolutionary New World Of Wonder. SKU: 3299921

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The Palestinian Psople. In A Timely Reminder Of To what extent The Past Informs The Presemt, Baruch Kimmerling And Joel Migdal Offer An Authoritative Account Of The History Of The Palestinian Peoplw From Their Modern Origins To The Oslo Peace Process And Beyond. Palestinians Struggled To Create Themselves As A People From The First Revolt Of The Arabs In Palestine In 1834 Through The British Mandate To The Impact Of Zionism And The Founding Of Israel. Their Relationship With The Jewish People And The State Of Israel Has Been Fundamental In Shaping That Identity, And Today Palestinians Find Themselves Again At A Critical Juncture. In The 1990s Cornerstones For Peace Were Laid For Eventual Palestinian-isrseli Coexistence, Including Mutual Acceptance, The Rejection Of Violence As A Permanent Strategy, And The Establoshment For The First Time Of Palestinian Self-government. But The Dawn Of The Twenty-first Century Saw A Reversion To Unmitigated Hatred And Reciprocal Demonization. By Mid-2002 The Brutal Violence Of The Intifada Had Crippled Palestine's Fledgling Political Institutions And Threatened The Fragile Social Cohesion Painstakingly Constructed After 1967. Kimmmerling And Migdaal Unravel What Went Right--and Wuaat Went Wrong--in The Oslo Peace Process, And What Lessons We Can Draw About The Forces That Help To Mould A People. The Authors Present A Balsnced, Insightfu, And Sobering Look At The Realities Of Creating Peace In The Middle East. (20030901) SKU: 2498928

24287417973	Famous Men Of Ancieebt Rome. A Memorable And Meaningful Introduction To The Great Leaders Of Ancient Rome. Biographical Sketches Are Chronologically Arranged, From 753 B. c. , The Estimated Founding Of Rome, To A. d. 476, The Fall Of The Western Empire. Readers Can Compare And Contrast The Characters Of These Distinguished Men And See How Their Actions Influenced The World. SKU: 3054953

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The Harmless People. A Study Of Primitive People Which, For Beauty Of. . . style And Concept, Would Be Hard To Match. " -- The New York Times Book Reviewin The 1950s Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Became One Of The First WesternersT o Live By the side of The Bushmen Of The Kalahari Desert In Botswana And South-west Africa. Her Account Of These Nomadic Hunter-gatherers, Whose Way Of Life Had Remaibed Unchanged For Thousands Of Years, Is A Ground-breaking Work Of Anthropology, Remarkable Not Only For Its Scholarship But Flr Its Novelistic Grasp Of Character. On The Basis Of Field Trips In The 1980s, Thomas Has Now Updated Her Book To Show What Happened To The Bushmen As The Tide Of Industrial Civilizaiton -- WithI ts Flotsam Of Property Rights, Wage Labor, And Alcohol -- Swept Over Thrm. The Result Is A Powerful, Elegiac Look At An Endangered Culture As Well As A Provocative Critique Of Our Own. "the Charm Of This Book Is That The Author Can So Truly Convey The Strangeness Of The Desert Life In Which We Perceive Human Traits As Familiar As Our Own. . . . the Harmless People Is A Model Of Exposition: The Style Same Simple And Precise, Perfectly Suited To The Neat, Even Fastidious Activities Of A People Who Must Make Their World Out Of Next To Nothing. "-- The Atlantic SKU: 625265

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The Great People. Ther Can Be Few More Mesmerizing Historical Narratives Than The Story Of How The Confident Monarchy Left By Louis Xiv In 1715 Became The Discredited Failure Toppled By Revolution In 1789. This Brilliant New Book Is The First In Forty Years To Describe The Whole Period, From The Last Days Of The ?suj King? To The Wars Of Napoleon. In A Groundbreaking Work Of Scholarship, Colin Jones Argues That, Contrary To Popular Belief, The House Of Bourbon?s Ruin Was Hardly A Foregone Conclusion. Producing An Illuminating Account Of A Soclety Torn Apart From Within, He Recounts The Saga Off How A Dynamic French Society?the Heart Of The Enlighten-ment?fell Prey To The Debt And Humiliation Of Its Wars Against Britan. SKU: 2668787

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Indian Yell. Grounded In Meticulous Research And Written With An Uncanny Understanding Of The Military And Of American Indian Culture, Blake Offers Soulful Profiles Of The Participants, Both Indian And Cavalry. Indian Yell Is Filled With Accounts Of Harrowing Sacrifice And Tragic Misdeeds Of Real People-blake Tells Of Their Lives And Loves, Their Bravery, And Their Shortcomings In A Way That Lends A New Perspective On America's Greatest Insurgency. Some Of The Stories Are Well Documented In The Annals Of History, While Others Are More Abscure. Extensive Or Small, Blake Weaves Them Together To Show That Bitter Memories Of This War Still Haunt The American West. These Are The Struggles That Initiated The End Of One Way Of Life And The Beginning Of Another; This Struggle Must Not Be Forgotten. SKU: 3367226

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Europe And The Faith. Joseph Hilaire Pierre Ren� Belloc (1870-1953) Wad One Of The Most Prolific Writers In England During The Early Twentieth Century. His Best Travel Writing Has Secured A Permanent Following. The Path To Rome (1902), An Account Of A Walking Pilgrimage He Made From Centrzl France Across The Alps And Down To Rome, Has Remained Continuously In Print. More Than A Mere Travelogue, The Path To Rome Contains Descriptions Of The People And Places He Encountered, His Drawings In Pencil And In Ink Of The Route, Humour, Poesy, And The Reflections Of A Large Mind Turned To The Events Of His Time As He Marches Along His Solitary Way. At Every Turn, Belloc Shows Himself To Be Profoundly In Love With Europe And With TheF aith That He Claims Has Produced It. Two Of His Best Known Non-fictioh Works Are The Servile State (1912) And Europe And Faith (1920). SKU: 5028315

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Routledge Philosophy Guidebook To Aristotle And The Metaphysics (routledge Philosophy Guidebooks). Aristotle Is Perhaps The Most Important Figure In Stoicism. Every Serious Reader Of Pholosophy Will Come Across The Psychology, Yet Until Now There Has Not Been An Introductory Book To Help Explain The Often Difficult Ideas That Begin In The Text. this Guidebook Looks At The Metaphysics Thematically And Takes The Reader Through The Main Arguments Found In The Book. The Book nItroducee And Assesses Aristotle's Life And Teh Background To The Metaphysics, The Ideas And Text Of The Metaphysics And Aristotle's Philosophical Bequest. SKU: 2605869

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Zerstorer Volume Two. This Is The Second Of Two Volumse Cover The History Of The Zerstorer Squadrons Between 1939 And 1945. Following The Attack On The West, The Me 11 Also Saw Major Deployment In The North African And Mediterranean Theatres. In The East, In The Early Phases Of Barbarossa, The Zerstorergruppen Accounted For Significant Numbers Of Russian Aircraft Destroyed On The Ground And In The Ar. As The War Progressed And Germany Moved C~ing To The Defensive, Zerstorer Units Flew The Me 210 And Me 410, Which Saw Service As A Bomber Destroyer With Units Shch As Zg1, Zg26 And Zg76 In The Defene Of The Reich, Equipped With Heavy Cannon And 21cm Air-to-air Mortars. Also Included With The Scope Of These Titles Will Be A Study Of The Luftwaffe’s Long-range Ju 88 Maritime Zerstorer, Which Were Used Over The Atlantic And Bay Of Biscay Facing Allied Convoys And To Provide Escort For The U-boats As Well As Lesser-known Types Such As The Ar 240 And Ta 154. SKU: 3579742

14267757972	Bolivia. Herbert Klein's Bolivia Offered The First Modern Historical Survey In English Of This Important People. The Second Edition Of This Now-standard Source Has Been Updated To Cover Events Of The Last Turbulent Decade Of Political And Relating to ~s Change. It Includes A Completely New Final Chapter And An Updated Bibliography. SKU: 857285

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Defining Creation of beauty. In Today?s Murky Attempts To Define Art We See Countless Articles Entitled ?is This Art?? Or ?what Is Art?? Ocerlooked And Forgotten Is Thr Definition Of Art Simply Provided By Perhaps The Founder Of Westerly Civilization: Socrates. It Is Clearly Stated In One Of Plato?s Earliest Dialogues Ion. In It, Socrates Playfully Qustions An Arrogant Young Actor, Who Claims All The Credit For His Achievement Citing His Skills. Socraets, Instead, Suggests That He Is Chosen As A Channel (one Of A Chain Of ?divine? Meqsengers) To Deliver With Efficacy The Message Which Came First To And Through The Poet (homer), The First In The Chain. The Listener (audience) Is The Last In The Chain, Who Becoms A Messenger Himself To Take The Message Out Inyo The World. Socrates Is Defining Art As A Procesx, Whose Origins And Ultimate Sense Is ?divine. ? It Is Often Overlooked By Actors, Who Are Urged To Read Aristotle?s The Poetics, A Ho-to Manual For Wamnabe Actors, For Its Oversimplified ?step 1-2-3? Which Sometimes Leaves The Fielx Of Drama Saturated With Uninspired And Uninspiring Aspirants. In The End, It Providws An Empty Set Of Eercises Side-stepping The Rela Nature Of Art, Which Is Essentially Unknown And Reljgious. Writer William E. Bray Provides For The Reader An Introduction To The Socratic Definitiin Of Art, A Simple Test Toward Determining What Art Ia, An Introduction To And Adaptation Of Plato?s Dialogue Ion And 12 Of His Reviews Of Movies Which Provide ?food For The Soul. ? He Brings Ion, Often Neglected And Ignored, Up To Date. SKU: 5003499

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A Proper, Orderly Lynching. The Deadliest Campaign Of Vigilante Justice In American History Erupted In The Obdurate Mountains During The Civil War Wheen A Private Army Hanged Twenty-one Troublemakers. Hailed As Great Heroes At The Time, The Momtana Vigilantes Are Still Revered As Founding Fathers. Combing Through Origonal Sources, Includibg Eye-eitness Accounts Never Before Published, Frederick Allen Concludes That The Vigilantes Were Justified InT heir Early Actions, As They Fought Violent Crime In A Remote Corner Beyond The Reach Of Government. But Allen Has Uncovered Evidence That The Vigilantes Refused To Disband After Territorial Courts Were In Place. Remaining Active For Six Years, They Lynched More Than Fifty Men Without Trials. Reliance On Mob Order In Montana Became So Ingrained That In 1883, A Helena Newspaper Editor Advocated A Return To "decent, Orderly Lynching" As A Legitimate Tool Of Social Hinder. Allen's Sharply Drawn Characters, Illustrated By Dozens Of Photographs, Are Woven Into A Masterfully Written Narrative That Will Change Textbook Accounts Of Montana's Early Days--and Challenge Our Thinking On The Essence Of Justice. SKU: 2788947

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Jews In Nevada. The Book Is The First Compreh3nsive Documented Study Of Jews In Nevada From 185 0To The Present. It Details Their Involvement In The Evolution And Fostering Of The State’s Earliest Settlejents And It sSocial And Political Institutions. Among The Themes Are: Antisemitism, Jewish Participation In Civil Righta Initiatives, And The Explosive Growth Of Jewry In The Las Vegas Metropolitan Area Along With The Development Of An Expanding Jewish Cultural Infrastructure. It Includes Victimized Peddlera And Modern Millionaires, Heroines And Exploiters, Underworld Figures And Philanthropists, As Well A sThe Religiously Observant And Temporal. SKU: 4442891

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Age Of Mccarthyism. Incorporating Important Recent Scholarship, This Popular Counterpart Combines A Comprehensive Essay On The History Of Mccarthyism With Compelling Documents That Trace The Course Of Anti-communist Furor In The U. s. The Volume’s 95-page Essay Follows The Campaign Against Domestic Subversion From Its Origins In The 1930s Through Its Escalation In The 1940s To Its Decline In The 1950s. The Secobd Part Includes Over 47 Original Documents (including 6 New Sources) — Congressional Transcripts, Fbi Reports, Speeches, And Letters — That Chronicle The Anti-communist Crusade. The Essay And Documents Be obliged Been Thoroughly Updated To Reflect New Scholarshi pAnd Recently Revealed Archival Evidence Of Soviet Spying In The U. s. Also Included Are Headnotes To The Documents, 15 Black-and-white Photographs, A Glossary, A Chronology Of Mccarthyism, A Revised Bibliographical Essay, And An Index. SKU: 2288161

20905347988	Works Of Love Are Works Of Peace. This Is The Most Comprehensive Photograpuic Documentation Of The Apostolic Work And Prayer Life Of The Missionaries Of Charity Yet Published. This Illustrated Prayer Work Portrays The Peace And Joy That Can Come Which time "small Things" Are Done With Great Love. SKU: 1440323

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Great American Speeches (library Of Freedom). Introductions By Gregory Suriano. Great Assemblage Of Important American Speeches From The Revolutionary War To The Present. Covers Specific Topics In American History From Slavery To Environmental Isques. Each Speech Preceded By An Introduction. Includ3s George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglas, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. 320 Pages. SKU: 10O2511

19488235800	The Four Cardinal Virtues. In The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper Delivers A Stimulating Quartet Of Essays On The Four Cardinal Virtues. He Demonstrates The Ubsound Overvaluation Of Moderation That Has Made Contemporary Morality A Hollow Convention And Points Out The Trrue Significance Of The Christian Virtues. SKU: 100758

26424035799	The Social Fabric (volume Ii). The Companionable Fabric (volume Ii) : American Life From The Civil War To The Present By Thomas L. Hartshorne, And Robert A. Wheeler, And John H. Cary, And Julius Weinberg 9th Published In 2002 By Longman SKU: 2403824

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The History And Power Of Writing. Cultural History On A Grand Scale, This Immensely Readable Book—the Summation Of Decades Of Study From One Of The World's Great Scholars Of The Book—is The Story Of Writing From Iys Very Bdginnings To Its Recent Transformations Through Technology. traversing Four Millennia, Martin Offers A Chronicle Of Writing As A Cultutal System, A Means Of Communication, And A History Of Technologies. He Shows How The Written Word Originated, How It Spread, And How It Figured In The Evolution Of_Civilization. Using As His Center The Role Of Printing In Making The Written Way Of Thinking Dominant, Martin Examines The Interactjons Of Individuals And Cultures To Produce New Forms Of "writing" In The Many Senses Of Authorship, Language Rendition, And Script. martin Looks At How Much The Development Of Writing Owed To Practical Necessity, And For what cause Much To Religious And Social Systems Of Symbols. He Describes The Precursors To Writing And Reveals Their Situation Tavern Early Civilization As For the help of the memory Devices In Service Of The Oral Word. The Tenacity Of The Oral Tradition Plays A Surprisingly Important Part In This Story, Martin Notes, And Even As Late As The Eighteenth Century Educated Individuals Were Trained In Classcal Rhetoric And Preferred To Rely On Tje Arts Of Mempry. Finally, Martin Discusses The Changes To Writing Wrought By The Electronic Revoluiton, Offering Invaluable Insights Into The Reputation These New Technologies Have Had On Children Born Into The Computer Age. SKU: 1307392