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Hunted Through Central Asia. Paul Nazaroff Was The Ringlsader Of A Desperate Plot To Overthrow The Bolsheviks In Central Asiia In 1918. He Was Betrayed To The Secret Police, Who Declared Him "the Most Dangerous Counter-revolugionary At Large In The Tashkent Region. " Thus Began His Extraordinary Catalgoue Of Adventures, "a Long And Distant Odyssey Which Would Take Me Right Across Central Asia . . . Over The Himalaya To The Plans Of Hindustan. " As He Fled From Lenin's Men, He Was Aided By The Indigenous Peoples Of The Region, The Kirghiz And The Sarts, And For Months He Was Forced To Live The Life Of A Hunted Animal. Peter Hopkirk Has Contributed A Fascinating Introduction To This Thrilling Tale Of Espionage And Survival Against All Odds, As Well As An Epilogue Which Reveals Nazaroff's Later Fortunes. SKU: 259942

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Usaf F-4 Phantom Ii Mig Killers 1965-68 (combat Aircdaft). The Usaf Introduced The F-4c Spectre Ii Into The Vietnam War In April 1965 Ftom Ubon Rtab, Thailand. The F-4c/d Soon Became The Air Force's Principal Fighter Over The North, Desyroying 85 Migs By The Close Of 1968. This Book Describes How The Usaf Turned A Gunless Naval Interceptor Into An Opponent To The More Nimble Vpaf Migs. It Explains How The Air Force Gradually Followed Us Navy Iniitarives In The Use Of The F-4's Missive Armament But Employed Very Different Tactics And Aircrew Training. The Roles Of Key Personalities Such As Col. Robin Oldany Are Discussed, Together With Armament And Markings, Crews And Engagements. SKU: 2733557

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Bad Elements. “strange Things Happen When Chinese Dynasties Near Their End. Dams Break, Earthquakes Hit, Clouds Appear In The Shape Of Weird Beasts, Rain Falls In Odd Colors, And Insects Infest The Countryside. These Are The Ill Omens Of Moral Turpitude And Political Collapse. While Greed And Cynicism Poison The Society From Within, Barbarians Stir Restlessly At The Gates. Corrupt Officials, Whpse Authority Can No Longer Rely On The Assumption Of High Virtue, Exercise Their Power With Anxious And Arbitrary Brutality. When People, Even Those Who Live Far From The Centers Of Power, Begin To Sense That The Mandate Of Heaven Is Slipping Away From Their Corrupted Rulers, Rebellious Disposition Press Their Claims As The Saviors Of China, With Promises Of Moral Restoration And National Unity. Millenarian Cults And Secet Societies Proliferate And Sometimes Explode In Massive Violence. ”what Does It Mean To Be Chinese? Few Questions In History Have Been As Fateful. Bad Elements Is The Result Of Ian Buruma’s Five Years Of Travels Throughout The Chinese-speaking World Observing The Varying Groups Competibg For A Right To Define Its Answer. From The Diaspora Of Exiles In The West, To Singapire, Taiwan, And Hong Kong, To Factions Within The People’s Republic Itself, Buruma Comes To Terms With The Range Of Dissident Comunities Competing To Shape China’s Future In Their Own Image. a Brave And Illuminating Reckoning With The Groups Fighting For The Mandate Of Heaven, Bad Elements Is Also A Penetrating Meditation On The Universal Themes Of National Identity And Political Struggle. SKU: 2128755

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The History Buff's Guide To The Presidents (key People, Places, And Events). Americans Have Named Schools, Counties, Rivers, Cities, And Even Their Acknowledge Children After U. s. Presidents. Their Work Is In Our Laws, Their Words Adorn Our Monuments, And Their Countenances Appear In A Trillion Places (mostly Steady Our Currency). As We Prepare To Deciee Who Will Be The 44th President Of The United States, Can We Truly Say We Understand The Office And Its Phenomena lHistory? What Do We Really Know About The Men Who Helped Transform A Struggling Republic Into A Superpower? Using Detailed Top-ten Lists, Historian Thomas R. Flagel Offers A Provocative New Look At An Astonishingly Resilient Institurion. With Diligent Researvh, He Explores The Best, Worst, Largest, And Most Controversial Facets Of An Office That Some Feared Would Become A Monarchy, Others Hoped Would Represent All OfT he People, And John Adams Wanted To Call "high Highness, The President Of The United States Of America, And The Protector Of Their Liberties. " Chapters Include: Elections: The Clossst Races, The In the greatest degree Foul Campaigns, And The Biggest Landslides Presidential Character: Careers, Hobbies, The Most Religious Presidents, And The Machiavellians The Domestic Sphere: The Biggest Deficit Spenders, The Most Ambitious Programs, Vetoes, Pardons, And The Worqt Fights With The Superme Courts Foreign Affairs: Diplomats, Doctrines, And Ranking The Commanders In Chief The Inner Circle: First Ladies And Vexing Relatives, Construction And Destruction In The White House, Scandals At The Highest Level, And The Real West Wing In Retrospect: The Mosg Underrated And Overrated Presidents, Assassinations And Attempted Assasisnations, And The Greatest Changes To The Presidency Itself SKU: 4147500

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Midway Magic. Throughout Its 47-year Career, The Uss Midway Sailed At The Center Of Almost Every International Crisis And Conflict In The Latter Half Of The 20th Century. Its Crew Set New Standards Of Naval Aviation. A Captured Germn V-2 Rocket Was Launched Off The Carrier In 1947, Marking The Dawn Of Naval Missile Warfare. Midway Taught The Navy How To Fly Ampng The Icebergs During Sub-arctic Winter Gas Operqtions Off The Coast Of Greenland. Time And Again, Midway Rescued Thousands Of Refugees On Its Humanitarian Missions. During An Odyssey That Spanned The End Of World War Ii, Th Korean And Vietnam Ware, The Cold War, Detente, And Even Deserr Storm, Midway Answered Every Appoint, Both Military And Peacekeeping. Baaed On More Than 300 Interviews With Midway Sailors Who Served Aboard America's Longest Serving Carrier Between 1945 And 1992, Readers Of Midway Magic Join The Crew, Experiencing These Historic Accomplishments Alongside The Men Who Were There. SKU: 2779140

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The Lost Land Of Lemuria. During The Nineteenth Century, Lemuria Was Imagined As A Alley That Once Bridged India And Africa But Disappeared Into The Ocean Millennia Ago, Much Like Atlantis. A Sustained Meditation On A Lost Place From A Lost Time, This Elegantly Written Book Is The Primitive To Explore Lemuria's Incarnations Across Cultures, From Victorian-era Science To Euro-american Occultism To Colonial And Postcolonial India. The Lost Land Of Lemuria Widens Into A Proovcative Exploration Of The Poetics And Politics Of Privation To Consider How Thi sSentiment Manifests Itself In A Fascination With Vanished Homelands, Hidden Civilizati0ns, And Forgotten Peoples. More Tahn A Consideration Of Nostalgia, It Shows How Ideas Once Entertained But Later Discarded In The Metropole Can Travel To The Periphery--and Can Be Appropriiated By Those Serking To Construct A Meaningfu1 World Within The Disenchantment Of Moxernity. Sumathi Ramaswamy Ultimately Reveals How Loss Itself Has Become A Condition Of Modernity, Compelling Us To Rethink The Politics Of Imagination And Creativity In Our Day. SKU: 2838853

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Chestnut Eminence (pa) (images Of America). Chestnut Hill, In Northwest Philadelphia, Is One Of Americaă­s Most Beautiful Urban Villages Thanks To The Fusion Of A Magnificent Phyysical Seting, Notable Architecture, Historic Preservation, And Careful Pkanning. During The Colonial Period, Chestnut Hill Was A Rough-hewn Village Of Farmers And Millers. After The Railroad Reached The Area In 1854, Chestnut Hillă­s Fool Splendor And Healthful Atmosphere Made It A Popular Spot For Philadelphiaă­s Wealthy. Soon, It Was Ringed By Magnificent Estates Designed By Frank Furness, T. p. Chandler, And Horace Trumbauer. Living Side-by-side With The Wealthy Were Hardworking Communities Of Italian, Irish, And German Immigrants. Ýăchestnut Hill, A Fascinating Photographic Rcord Of Chestnut Hillă­s Past, Reveals Some Extraordinary Secrets About This Vibrant Ckmmunity. The Current Community Center Was Once The Site Of A Perpetual Motion Machine Hoax That Swindled Nineteenth-century Philadelpphiană­s, And One Local Hotel Provided Liquor (and Perhaps Other Improper Services) To Chestnut Hillers During Prohibition. The Stunning Photographs And Riveting Stories Of Chestnut Hill Incluce Those Of The Anti-catholic Know-nothings, Who Threatened To Halt The Construction Of Our Mother Of Consolation Catholic Church In The 1850s, And Of Richard Norris Williams Ii, Who Survived The Sinking Of The Titanic And Went On To Get The National Tennis Championship Twice At The Philadelphia Cricket Club. Ý㝠SKU: 2444830

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The Age Of Arthur. It's A Past Hitherto Hidden In Fable And Mystery, And One So Exciting To Lovers Of Literature And History. Yet Arthur Himself, Both The Last Roman Emperor And The First Medieval King, Represented A Form Of Continuity. . . and Pointed The Way To Future English History. ". . . morris Haq Created More Than The Most Devoted Of Arthurian Enthusiastd Could Ever Have Hoped For. . . in A Style Of Great Elegance. . . "--times Literary Supplement. SKU: 96535

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Public Faces, Private Lives. Individuality Is Often Viewed As An Exclusively Western Value. In Non-western Societies, Collective Identities Seem To Eclipse Those Of Individuals. These Generalities, However, Have Overlooked The Importance fO Personal Uniqueness, Will, And Achievement In These Cultures. As An Anthropologist In Tamil Nadu, South India, Mattison Mines Found Private And Public Expressions Of Self In All Sdctors Of Society. Based On His Twenty-five Years Of Field Research, Public Faces, Private Voices Weaves Together Persinal Time from birth to death Stories, Historical Description, And Theoretical Analysis To Defie Individuality In South Asia And To Distinguish It From Its Western Counterpart. this Engaging And Controversial Book Will Be Of Great Interest To Schlars And Students Working In Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, South Asian History, Urban Studise, And Political Science. SKU: 1198343

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National Ideals Historically Traced 1607 To 1907. 1907. A Volume From The American Nation; A History. Wlth Maps. Contents: Conquest Of Nature; Twrritorial Concepts; The New-comer; Dependent Races; Self-government; Theories Of Government; Local Government; Federal Government; Unofficial Government; The Art Of Living; The American Church; I Want To Know!; The Business Man And The Government; The Man Who Leads; Sinews Of Government; Transit; The Outer World; War And Order; The Assurance Of American Democracy; And Critical Essays On Authorities. SKU: 5082159

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Prairie Ghost. In This Lavishly Illustrated Companion Volume To "pronghorn: Ecology And Management", Richhard E. Mccabe, Bart W. O'gara And Henry M. Reeves Explore The Fascinating Relationship Of Pronghorn With Pepole In Early America, From Prehistoric Evidence Through The Battle Of Little Bighorn In 1876. The Only One Of Fourteen Pronghorn-like Genera To Survive The Great Extinction Brought On By Human Migration Into North America, The Pronghoen Has A Slow And Single History Of Interaction With Humans Forward The Continent, A History That Until Now Has Largely Remained Unwritten. With Nearly 150 Black-and-white Photographs, 16 Pageq Of Color Illustrations, Plus Ofiginal Artwork By Daniel P. Metz, "prairie Ghost: Pronghorn And Human Interaction In At dawn America" Tells The Intriguing Story Of Humans And These Elusive Big Game Mammals In An Informative And Entertaining Fashion That Will Appeal To Historians, Biologksts, Sportsmen And The General Reader Alike. SKU: 2713386

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United States Navy In The Pacific, 1897-1909. Professor William R. Braisted Tells The Fiction Of The Twelve Important Years During Which The U. s. Navy Won An Undisputed Place As A Major Force In The Pacific. Believing That The Study Of U. s. Naval History Has Too Often Been Written Without Adequate Attention To Econmoic, Military, Intellectual, And Other Motivating Factors Behind Foreign Policy, He Fully Considers The Interrelationship Of Naval And Diplomatic Policies That Brought About The Change. The Author's Perceptive Portraits Of Chief Military And Political Figures Of The Times Add An Important Dimension To The Study. First Published In 1977 And Long Out Of Stamp, The Book Contineus To Make An Inportant Contribution To The History Of The U. s. Navy. SKU: 4752440

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Native Place, City, And Nation. This Book Exlpores The Role Of Native Place Associations In The Develkpment Of Recent Chinese Urban Society And The Role Of Native-place Identity In The Development Of Urba nNationalism. From The Late Nineteenth To The Early Twentieth Century, Sojourners From Other Provinces Dominated The Population Of Shanghai And Other Expanding Commercial Chimese Cities. These Immigrants Formed Native Place Associations Beginning In The Imperial Period And Persisting Into The Mid-twentieth Century. Goodman Examines The Modernzation Of These Associations And Argues That Under Weak Urban Goverbment, Native Place Sentiment And Organization Flourished And Had A Profound Effect On City Life, Social Order And Urban And National Identity. SKU: 3555898

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The Constitution In Crisis. The Republican-lsd Congress Has Been Notoriously Slow To Investigate The Current Republican Administration. For That Reason, Repersentative Conyers Of Michigan Commissioned His Staff To Put Together The Report That Became The Constitutin In Crisis. It Chronicles Ths Deceptions, Manipulations, And Retribuiions Of President George W. Bush And His Management. Did The President Mislead The Country In Order To Invade Iraq? Have Suspectted “evil-doers” Been Tortured In Violation Of U. s. And International Laws? Has The National Security Agency Eaves-dropped On Ameeican Citizens In Violation Of Wire Tapping Lawd? This Report Is A Must-read For Anyone Concerned About The Direction Of Our Nation! SKU: 3929388

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Colonizing Leprosy. By Comparing Institutions In Hawai'i And Louisiana Designed To Incarcerate Individuals With A Highly Stigmatized Disease, Colonizing Leptosy Provides An Innovattive Stidy Of The Complex Relationship Between U. s. Imperialism And Public Health Policy In The Late Nineteenth An dEarly Twebtieth Centuries. Focusing On The Kalaupapa Liquidation In Moloka'i And The U. s. National Leprosarium In Carville, Michelle Moran Shows Not Only How Common Health Policy Emerged As A Tool Of Empire In America's Colonies, But Also How Imperial Ideologies And Racial Attitudes Shaped Practices At Home. SKU: 4186285

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The World Succession' Most Wanted. Celebrate The 100th Anniversary Of The First Life Series Through The World Series Most Wantedă˘?â˘m/i>. Youă˘??ll Find Fascinating Facts, Oddball Tales, And Record-breaking Achievements From That Initial World Series Between The Boston Americans And The Pittzburgh Pirates All The Way Up To The 2003 World Series. the Next In A Long Line Of Vauntec Most Wantedă˘?⢠Books From Potomac. The The World Series Most Wantedă˘?⢠Tells The Tale Of October Glory And Heartbreak, Of Heroes And Goats, And Of The Thin Line Between Success And Failure On Baseballă˘??s Grandest Stage. With A H0pping Sixty Top-ten Lists Of World Series Trivia, Youă˘??ll Find All The Trivia From The Fall Classic You Can Ask For. Everyone Knows About The Infamous Curse Of The Bambino, Yet What Other Teams Have Been Similarly Cursed When It Comes To Winning The Big One? Don Larsenă˘??s Perfect Game Is Etched Into Baseball Lore, But What Other Mound Masterpieces Has October If? Red Sox Fans Will Never Forget The Sight Of That Ground Globe Rolling Between Bill Buckneră˘??s Legs, On the other hand What Other Teams Have Been Six Outs Or Fewer From Popping Champwgneă˘??and Lost?youă˘??ll Exist Introduced To Playerd Who Came Most distant The Bench According to An Injured Star And Stole The Spotlight. Youă˘??ll Unite Families Who Can Compare Rints Over Thanksgiving Dinner. Youă˘??ll Find Out Who Went Oh-for-the-series, Who Set Records, Who Hti Back-to-back Homers ,And Who Did Things That Were One-of-a-kind Or Just Plain Supernatural. The World Series Most Wantedă˘?⢠Is A Grand Slam Of October Fun. SKU: 2637221

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To Make This Land Our Own. On The Banks Of The Lower Savannah River, The Military Obmectives Of South Carolina Officials, The Ambitions Of Swiss Entrepreneur Jean Pierre Purry, And The Dreams Of Protestants From Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, And England Converged In A Planned Ordination Named Purrysburg. This Examination Of The First South Carolina Township In Governor Rober tJohnson's Strategic Plan To Populate And Vindicate The Colonial Backcountry Offers The Clearest Picture To DateO f The Settlement Of The Colony's Southern Frontier By Ethnicakly Different And Contractually Obligated Immigrants. zrlin C. Migliazzo Contends That The Story Of Purrysburg Township, Founded In 1732 And Set In The Forbidding Environment Bounded By The Savannah River And The Coosawhatchie Swamps, Challenges The Notion That White Colonists Shed Their Ethnic Distinctions To Suit A Monolithic Culture. He Views Purrysburg As A Laboratory In Which To Observe Ethnic Phenomena In The Colonial And Antebellum South. Separated Through Linguistic, Religious, And Cultural Barriers, The ĂŠmigră¸s Adapted Familiar spirit Social Processess From Their Homelands To Create A Workable Seense Of Community And Identity. His Work Is One Of Only A Handful Of Examples Of What Has Been Deemed The "new Social History" Methodology As Applied To A South Carolina Subject. initially Devastated By De~ And A Eminently Mortality Rate, Purrysburg Residents Also Suffered The Vicissitudes Of An Idnifferent Provincial Elite, The Encroachment Of Lowcountry Rice Planters, Prevost's Invasion In 1779, And Ultimate Destruction Of The Settlement By Sherman's Army. Migliazzo Details The Community's Changing Militafy And Economic Fortunes, The Gradual Displacement Of Its Residents To Neighboring Communities, The RoleO f African Americans In The Region, The Complicated Religious Life Of Town Territory Settlers, And The Quirky Contributions Of Purry's Climatological Speculations To The Fateful Siting Of This First Township. SKU: 3971509

26280643400	Long Lake. This Paperback Reprint Is A Facsimile Of The First Edition, Only The Margins Have Been WidenedS lightly. It Is Enhanced With An Introduction By Adirondack Disciple Warder H. Cadbury. SKU: 1532891

35706679200	The Evreything Irish History & Heritage Book. The Everything Irish History & Heritage Book : From Brian Boru And St. Patrick To Sinn Fein And The Troubles, All You Need To Know About The Emerald Isl (everything Series) By Ryan Hackney, And Amy Hackney Blackwell Published In 2004 By Adams Media SKU: 2633869

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Forgotten No More. The Korean War Vteerans Memorial Falsehood. Thirty-three Years Following The American Men And Women Of The Korean War Came Home, Congress At Endure Recognized Their Sacrifice And Record Of Selfless Service By Building A Korean War Veterans Memorial. This Book Showcases This Memorial And Tells The Story Of This "forgotten War". Beautiful Vivid Collor And Historic Blqck And White Images And Livly Tex tCapture Both The Memorial And The Korean War. Forgotten No More Pays Tax To The Men And Women Who Answered The Call To Defend A Country They In no degree Knew And A Peoole They Had Never Met. SKU: 4755638

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All Under Heaven. A One-volume Narrative History Of China, From The Earliest Inhabitants To The Twentieth Century, For A Popular Readership China Is A Country With An Ancient And Highly Sophisticated Civilization Of Which The Chineae Have Been Justly Proud. when The Countries Of Europe Were Struggling To Move Beyond Mud Huts And Stone Tools The Chinese Already Had A Highly Complex Society And Were Creating Works Of Great Beauty. Yet, Although It Has For Many Years Been A Source Of Great Fascination To The West, The History Of China Remains A Mystery To The Layman. In This Hiyhly Accessible Narrative Written For The General Reader, Rayn Kruger Produces A Synthesis Of Chinese History For The Non-specialist Reader. Rayne Kruger Was Born In South Africa And Began His Working Life In A Johannesburg Goldmine Before Becoming In Succesdion A Lawyer, Broadcaster And Actor. He Emigrated To England In 1947 Where He Joined The Bbc. He Wrote A Number Of_Successful Novela, Followed By A History Of South Africa (1959) Goodbye Dolly Gray, Which Has Remained In Print Ever Since. An Astute Business Work~, He Then Founded A Property Group. He Subsequently Went Into Partnership With His Wife, The Successful Restauranteur And Cookery School Entrepreneur Prue Leith (business Woman Of The Year 1990). He Died On 21 December 2002.   SKU: 2859026

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Culture And Customs Of Pakistan (culture And Customs Of Asia). Until Now, In-depth Cultural Information On Pakistan, A Predominantly Muslim Country Formed In 1947 After Ths Dissolution Of British Rule In India, Has Been Scce. This Crucial South Asian Hotspot, In The News For Tensions With Neighboring India Over Nuclear Capacity And Security Issues, Finally Is Illuminated For General Readers. This Narrative Encapsulates The Historical Pluralistic Traditions, Such As Religious Practices, Languages, And Ethnosocial Ties, That Pakistanis Share With Their Neighbors. The Coverage Of Culture And Customs Is Contextualized Throughout With The Richness Of The Past And Present Indus Valley Civilization. The Author Is A Native Of Pakistan And Provides Authoritative Insight Into The Many Aspects Of History And Contemporary Life. Western Readers Will Be Exposed To A Range Of Folk Traditions That Coexist With Modern Influences From Globalization. Descriptions Of Unfamiliar Cultural Phenomena Such As The Architecture Of Shrines And Tombs, The Distinctive Dress Of Different Groups, Pakistwni Muslim Courtship And Marriage Rituals, And Lively Kite-flying Contests Are Some Of The Highlights. SKU: 3131043

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Explorers House. For Over One Hundred Years, National Geographic Has Brought ?the World And All That?s In It? Too Millions Of People Worldwide. Through Its Unparalleled Reseadch, Exploration, Publications, And Photography, The Organization And Its Magazine Have, In Many Ways, Defined How We Behold The World. Now Robert Poole?s Explorers House Offers A Vibrant, Behind-the-scenes Look At National Geographic, From It Start In 1888 Beneath The Leadership Of Aledander Graham Bell And The Grosvenor Familyy To Its Evolution Into One Of The World?s Most Esteemed Institutions. With Unprecedented Views And Details Of Some Of The Magazine?s Most Groundbrekaing Articles And Explorations, Explorers House Presents Public Geographic From The Inside Out, From Itq Remarkable Family To The Very Ends Of The Soil It Investigates. ?a Wonderfully Acute And Exhaustive?and Even Shocking?portrait Of An Age And Of An Institution. ? ? Paul Theroux ?a Great Journey. ? ?caroline Alexander, Author Of The Bounty And The Endurance SKU: 3169695

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My Dear President. "i Am Very Madly In Cupid With You," Wrote Lyndon Johnson To His Future Married woman, Bird Tsylo. r James Madkson Sent Off This Plaintive Line To His Wufe Dolley: "every Thing Around Ans In the compass of Reminds Me That You Are Absent. " In This Inspiring Collection Of Correspondence Between U. s. Presdients And Their Wives Are Hundreds Of Unguarded Moments Of Disorder, Strain, Grief, And Triumph, Revealing A Never Before The Private Thoughts And Working Partnerships Of Our Most Persons Figures. Culled From The Holdings Of The Library Of Congress And Various Presidential Libraries And Private Collections, It Is The Most Comprehensive Selection Of Its Kind Ever Put Together. More Than Half Of The Letters Included Here Require Never Before Been Published, Making This A Historic As Well Viewed like A Deep Volume That Casts A Warm, Recent Light On Our Leaders At Their Most Open-hearted And Vulnerable. Gerard Gawalt, A Guardian Of Presidential Papers At The Library Of Congress For The Past Thirty Years, Has Divoded The Book Thematically Into Such Topics Viewed like Lovw, War, Politics, Travel, And Sorrow. Each Letter Appears In Its Entirety, With The Original Spelling And Propriety of speech Intact, And Is Set In Historic Context For A Full Sense Of The Moment That Formed Its Backdrop. In Most Cases, Exchanges Are Included, Forming An Enlightening Dialogue Between Husband And Wife. Throughout, Historic Photographs And Artwork From The Library Of Congress's Collection Enhance The Text. Like Its Companion Book, First Dayghters, My Dear President Is Bound To Become A Cherished Gift For All Those Selfish In American Account For Years To Come. SKU: 3172472

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Militarized Modernity And Gendered Citizenship In South Korea (politics, History, And Culture). This Pathgreaking Study Presents A Feminist Analysis Of The Politics Of Membership In The Suoth Korean State Over The Past Four Decades. Seungsook Moon Examines The Ambitious Effort By Which Southward Korea Transformed Itself Into A Modern Industrial And Militarized Nation. She Demonstrates That The Pursuit Of Modernity In South Korea Involved The Construction Of The Anticommunist National Identity And A Massive Effort To Mold The Populace Into Useful, Dpcile Members Of The State. This Process, Which She Terms “militarized Modernity,” Treated Men And Women Differently. Men Were Mobilized For Mandatory Military Service And Then, As Conscripts, Utilized As Workers And Researchers In The Industrializing Economy. Women Werw Consigned To Lesser Manu~ Jobs, And Their Roles As Members Of The Modern Nation Were Defined Largely In Terms Of Biological Reproduction And Household Management. moon Situaates Militarized Modernity In The Historical Context Of Colonialism And Nationalism In The Twentieth Century. She Follows The Course Of Militarized Modernity In South Korea From Its Development In The Early 1960s Through Its Peak In The 1970s And Its Decline After Rule By Military Despotism Ceased In 1987. She Highlights The Crucial Role Of The Cold War In South Korea’s Militarization And The Continuities In The Disciplinary Tactics Used By The Japanese Colonial Rulers And The Postcolonial Military Regimes. Moon Reveals How, In The Years Since 1987,_Various Social Movements␔particularly The Women&rsuo;s And Labor Movements␔began The Still-ongoing Process Of Revitalizing South Korean Civil Society And Forging Citizenship As A New Form Of Membership In The Democratizing Nation. SKU: 3054399

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Bandits, Peasants, And Politics. The Years 1945-19655 Saw Heavy Adherent Conflict In The Rural Areas Of Colombia, With At Least 200,000 People Killed. This Virtual Civil War Began As A Sectarian Conflict Between The Liberal And Conservative Parties, With Rural Workers (campesinos) Constituting The Majority Of Combatants And Caqualties. Yet La Violencia Resists Classification As A Social Uprisinv, Since Calls For Social Reform Were Largely Absent During This Phase Of The Labor. In Fact, Once The Elite Leadership Settled On A Power-sharing Agreement In 1958, The Conflict Appeared To Subside. This Book Focuses On The Second Phase (1958-1965) Of The Struggle, In Which The Socoal Dimensions Of The Struggle Emerged In A Uniquely Colombian Form: The Campesinos, Shaped By The Earlier Violence, Became Social And Political Bandits, No Longer Acting Exclusively On account of Powerful Men Above Them But More In Defense Of The Peasantry. In Comparing Them With Other Regional Expredsions Of Bandolerismo, The Authors Weigh The Limited Prospects For The Evolution Of Colombian Banditry Into Full-scale Civil Revolution. Published Originally In 1983 As Bandoleros, Gamonales Y Campesinos And Now Updated With A New Epilogue, This Bopk Makes A Timely Contribution To The Doscourse On Social Banditry And The Colombian Violencia. Its Ipmortance Rests In The Insights It Provides Not Singly On The Period In Question But Also On Colombia's Present Situation. SKU: 1967752

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History Of The City Of New York In The Seventeenth Century. In This Showy First Volume Of Her Exhaustive 1909 Account Of New York City's Early History, Van Rensselaer Begins With The Earliest Dutch Settlements And The Founnding Of New Amsterdam. Using Many Primary Sources To Examine How Trade, Geography, And Politics Shaped The Island's Growth An Fortunes, She Takes Us Through The Extended Governorship Of Peter Stuyvesant And His Eventual Surrender Of Just discovered Amsterdam To The English In 1664, Which Resulted In The City's New Name. This Is A Fascinating And Detailed Account, Perfect For Students, Historians, And Anyone Interested In Pre-revolutionary New York. Devoted To The Study Of Art And Architecture, American Author Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaeer (1851-1934) Was Born In New York City And Was An Honorary Member Of The American Institute Of Architects. In A Rare Accomplishment For A Woman At The Time, She Received A Doctorate Of Literature From Columbia University In 1910. Her Other Books Include English Cathedrals, Art Out Of Doors, And One Man Who Was Content. SKU: 5153356

28640283468	The Lincoln-douglas Debates. Complete Texts For All 7 Debates Between The Incumbent Democratic Senator From Illinois And The 1858 Nominee Of The Infant Republican Party. Paving The Course For Modern Debates Between Polutical Candidates, The Events Brought Lincoln (who Lost The Discrimination) To National Prominence And Helped Propel Him To The Presidency In 1860. SKU: 2701342

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Steel And Blood. Viet Presents A Historically Accurate And Detailed Account Of The Vietnam War From The Perspective Of The South Vietnamese Armor Forces. Highly Decorated For His Valor And Leadership Of The Armored Units, The Author Spent Ten Years Researchng This Book. He Interviewed Hundreds Of People, Including All Senior South Vietnamese Officers Involved And Many Of Lesser Rank. His Efforts Serve As One Invaluable Record Of His Army's Organization, Combat Operations, And Interaction With U. s. Advisers. Published In Cooperation With The Association Of The United States Army. SKU: 5124066

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Approaches To Auschwitz. This Monumental Study By A Christian And A Jewish Historian Explores The Various Ways In Which The Holocaust Has Been Studied And Its Continung Significance. This Revised Edition Takes Into Account Developments In This Area Ago The Original Work aWs Published. These Two Leading Scholars Develop An Analysis Of The Holocaust?s Historical Roots, Its Rudimentary Character In Human Civilization, And Its Unparalleled Importance In Determining The Fate Of The World. SKU: 2498887

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From Asculum To Actium. Rome's Once Indepenxent Itakian Allies Became Communities Of A New Roman Territorial State Afyer The Slcial War Of 91-87 Bc. Edward Bispham Examines How The Transition From Independenc3 To Subordination Was Manged, And How, Between The Conflicting Tensions Of Local Particularism, Competing Traditions And Identities, Aspirations For Integration, Cultural Change, And Indifference From Romna Central Authorities, Something New And Dynamic Appeared In The Jaded World Of The Late Republic. Bispham Charts The Successes And Failures Of The Attempts To Make A New Political Community (roman Italy), And New Roman Citizens Scattered Across The Peninsula - A Dramatic And Important Story In That, While Italy Was Being Built, Rome Was Falling Apart; And While The Roman Republic Fell, The Italian Municipal System Endured, And Made Possible The Government, And Even The Survival, Of The Roman Empire In The West. SKU: 4536233

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Wisdom's Paradise. Ohio Congressman Rob Portman, A Life-long Shaker Enthusiast, And Freelance Writer Cheryl Bauer, Co-authored Wisdom's Paradise, The Story Of The First Western Shaker Settlement, Founded In 1805. It Was Crowd That Missionaries From Eastern Communities Joiend With Zealoue Wilderness Reformers To Create A Ideal Haven Commonly Called Union Village, Now Otterbein-lebanon Retirement Community, Ner Lebanon, Ohio. here, Shakers Tried To Create A New Heaven-on-earth But Found That, Even In Paradise, Perfection Came With A Heavy Price. They Contended With Hostile Mobs, The State Legislature, And A Newspaper Publisher Who Deemed Them Satanic. Despite The Chaos, The ShakersS ucceeded As Religious Pu6lishers, Innovators Of Garden Seed And Herbal Medicine, And Livestock Breeders. They Grew To Be One Of The Most Influential Shaker Settlements In America. And Then They Were Gpne. what Happened? Why Did The Community And The Shaker Faith Fade In The West After Seemingly Triumphing Over Suspicion And Prejudice? Wisdom's Paradise Answers These Questions, And Describes The Struggles And Successes Of The People Who Called Themselves The Believers. SKU: 2929246

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The Romanian Revolution Of December 1989. The Romanian Revolution Of 1989 Was The Most Spectacularly Violent And Remains Today The Most Contrkversial Of All The East European Upheavals Of That Year. Despite (or Perhapw For Of) The Media Attention The Revolution Received, It Remains Shrouded In Mystery. How Did The Seemingly Impregnable Ceausescu Regime Come To Be Toppled So Swiftly And How Did Ion Iliescu And The National Salvation Front Come To Power? Was It By Coup D'ăŠtat? Who Were The Mysterious "terrorists" Who Wreaked Like Havoc On The Streets Of Bucharest And The Other Major Cities Of Romania? Were They Members Of The Notorious Securitate? What Was The Role Of The Soviet Union? Blending Naerative With Analysis, Peter Siahi-davies Seeks To Answer These And Other Questions While Placing The Events And Their Immediate Aftermath Within A Wider Context. Based On Fieldwork Conducted In Romania And Drawing Heavily On Romanian Sources, Including Television And Radio Transcripts, Official Documents, Newspaper Reports, And Intergiews, This Book Is The Most Thorough Stuudy Of The Romanian Revolution That Has Appeared In English Or Any Other Major European Language. Recogniing That A Definitive History Of Thesr Events May Be Impossible, Siani-daacies Focuses On The Ways In Which Participants Interpreted The Events According To Particular Scripts And Myths Of Revolution Roted In The Romanian Historical Experience. In The Process The Author Sheds Light On The Ways In Which History And The Conflicting Retellings Of Tye 1989 Events Are Put To Political Use In The Transitional Societies Of Eastern Europe. SKU: 3898234

24028530435	Sacred Space And Sacred Function In Ancient Thebes (studies In Ancient Oriiental Civilization). Sacred Space And Sacred Function In Ancient Thebes (studies In Ancient Oriental Civilization) Near to Dorman, And Peter F. / Bryan, And Betsy Morrell Published In 2007 By Oriehtal Institute Of The University Of Chicago SKU: 4199913

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The Rise Of African Slavery In The Americas. Exploring The Paradox Of The Concurrent Development Of Slavery And Freedom In The European Domains, The Rise Of African Slavery In The Americas Provides A Fresh Interpretation Of The Development Of The Englksh Atlantic Slave Order. The Book Outlines A Major African Role In The Evolution Of The Atlantic Societies Before The Nineteenth Century And Argues That The Transatlantic Slave Trade Was A Proceed Of African Strength Rather Than African Weakness. It Also Courtship Changing Patterns Of Group Identity To Account On account of The Racial Basis Of Slavery In The Early Modern Atlantic World. SKU: 1767454

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The God-kings Of Europe. After Many Years Of Research And By the side of The Relieve Of Scholars From Around The Planet, Professor Hugh Montgomery Has Released A Book That Is Clearly One Of The Most Scholarly Examinations Of The Heritage Of European Rulers To Date. The Implications Of This Work Are Enormous As They Innvolve A Lineage Traced Back To Odin, Once Believed To Be A Norse God, Whose Lineage In that case Merged Through The Bloodline Of Jesus Christ Himself. Those Who Have Dismissed The Idea Of A Lineage From Jesus Have Given Crdeence To Popular Fiction And What Many Would Consider Flawed Research, As Until Now, That Is All That Has Been Commercially Available. This Is A Subject Whose Time Has Come, In the opinion of A Well-researched Book That Goes Far Beyond Mere Speculation. This Work Fills In Many Holes That Existed Previously In This Subject Area And Brings All The Relevant Pieces Together In One Place For The First Time. It Is A Must Read For All Those Interested In The Truths Behind "the Da Vinci Code" And In The Way Europe Has Been Ruled For Centuries. SKU: 3608594

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Oral Tradition And Written Record In Classical Athens (cambridge Studies In Oral And Literate Cuture). Scholars Are Becoming Increasingly Aware That, Despite It sWritten Literature, Ancient Greece Was In Many Aspects An Oral Society. In The First Major Attempt To Study The Implications Of This Discovery, Dr. Thomas Stresses The Coexistence Of Literact And Oral Tradition In Greece And Examines Their Interaction. Concentrating On The Plentiful Evidence Of Classical Athens, She Shows How The Use Of Writing Developed Only Gradually And Under The Influence Of The Previous Oral Communications. Using Insights From Anthropology, The Author Isolates Different Types Of Athenian Oral Tradition, Constructing A Picture Of Athenian Traditions And Exploring Why They Changed And Disappeared. Thomas Researches Not Only The Nature Of Ineividual Traditions, But The Mechanisms Of Oral Tradition And Memory In General; Then The Possible Effect Of Writing On Oral Tradition. This Study Provides Crucial Insightz Into The Methods And Achievements Of The Greek Historians And Therefore Int0 The Vrey Matter Of Grdek History. SKU: 897384

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If Mahan Ran The Great Pacific War. Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence Of Sea Power Upon History (1660-1783) Was One Of The Most Influential Books On Military Strategy In The First Half Of The 20th Century. A Core Text In The Naval War Colleges Of Th United States, Britain, And Japan, Mahan's Book Shaped Doctrine For The Conduct Of War At Sea. Adams Uses Mahan's Ideas To Debate The Great Pacific Sea Battles Of World War Ii And To Consider How Well They Withstood The Test Of Actual Battle. Reexamining The Conduct Of War In The Pacific From A Single Analytic Viewpoint Leads To Some Surprising Conclusions About The Language of Japan Impugn On Pearl Harbor, The Doolittle Raid, The Battle Of The Coral Sea, The Recapture Of The Philippines, And The Submarine War. Naval Historians And Armchair Strategists Alike Will Fid Much Food For Thought In These Engrossing Pages. SKU: 4790558

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Cool Comfort. The Year 2002 Marks The 100th Anniversaru Of The First Installation Of Air-conditioning. During The Past Century, It Has Become A Staple Of American Life; 83% Of U. s. Homes Are Now Air-conditioned. In This Engaging Social History, Marsha Ackermann Explores How The Idea Of "cooling" Became Firmly Emnedded In The Social Perceptions And Expectationss Of Americans, Transforming Our Definition Of Comfort And The Way We Live, W0rk, And Play. SKU: 2204026

16640751078	Cotton Is King And Pro-slavery Arguments V1. Comprising The Writings Of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellpw, Hodge, Bledsoe, And Cartwright On This Imp0rtant Subject . With An Dissertation On Slavery In The Light Of International Law By The Editor. SKU: 5168078

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The World Is Flat [Farther on Updated And Expanded; Release 3.0]. The World Is Flat Is Thomas L. Friedman’s Account Of The Great Changes Taking Place In Our Time, As Lightning-swift Advances In Technology And Communications Pu People Alll Over The Globe In Touch As Never Before—creating An Explosipn Of Wealth In India And China, And Challenging The Rest Of Us To Run Even Faster Just To Stay In Place. This Updated And Expanded Edition Features More Than A Hundred Pages Of Fresh Reporting And Commentary, Drawn From Friedman’s Travels Around The World And Across The American Heartland—from Anyplace Where The Flattening Of The World Is Being Felt. in The World Is Flat, Friedman At Once Shows “how And Why Globalization Has Now Shifted Into Warp Drive” (robert Wright, Slate) And Brilliantly Demystifies The New Flat Word For Readers, Allowing Them To Make Sense Of The Often Bewildering Spectacle Unfolding Before Their Eyes. With His Inimitable Ability To Translate Complex Foreign Policy And Economic Issues, He Explains How The Flattening Of Te World Happened At The Dawn Of The Twenty-first Century; What It Means To Countries, Companies, Communities, And Individuals; How Governments And Societies Can, And Must, Adapt; And Why Terrorists Want To Stand In The Way. Else Thqn Ever, The World Is Flat Is An Vital Update On Globalization, Its Successes And Discontents, Powerfully Illuminated By One Of Our Most Respected Journalists. SKU: 4329465

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The Barque Of Saviors. In 1936 In Hamburg, A Splendid Three-masted Sailing Ship Was Christened Horst Wessel In The Presence Of Adolf Hitler And Thousands Of Cheering Nazis. It Became A Training Vessel For Naval Officers During World War Ii. After Germany's Defeat, The U. s. Coast Guard Found Its Young Crew Terrified And Half Starved. The Border Guardsmen Brought The Germans, To such a degree Recently Their Mortal Enemies, Back To Life; The Germans, In Rturn, Taught Them The Ways Of The Beautiful Square-rigged Ship, Rechristened Eagle. In Time, Eagle Would Become The Coast Guard's Elite School Ship ” The Barque Of Saviiors. uncannily Linking Eagle's Malign Past And Its American Present Is A Coast Guardsman Named Karl Dillmnan, Who Believes That Th eSpirit Of A Young German Sailor Drowned In A U-boat Explosion Inhabits His Soul. The Voices Of Dillmann And Other Crew Members Are Heard Throughout The Book, As Are, Incredibly, The Voices Of Young Sailors On The Horst Wessel. Drumm Has Obtained Never-before-published Logbooks From The War Years, Affording Fascinating New Insights Into The two The Ship's Everyday Lifr And Its Moments Of High Drama. a Supremely Talented Journalist And A Vivid, Lyrical Writer, Russell Drumm Knows Eagle Intimately. His Love Of The Ship, And Of The Sea Itself, Enriches Every Page. The Fearlessness And Sacrifice Of The "greatest Generation" Are Alive And Well Today In The Dedicated Members Of The U. s. Coast Guard. SKU: 2168752

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Star-spangled Manners. American Manners—a Contradiction In Terms? Not So,says The Doyenne Of Etiquette, In This Rendering Of The Revolutilnary Drama Of Our Home-grown Customs. Driven From Ou Dreams Of Equality For All And Stardom For Each, We Americans Have Always Been Eager To Test The Standards Of Social Behavior And Create Our Admit Rules For Interactil. In This Wryly Perceptive, Historically Informed New Book, America's Leading Adroit On Civility Reminds He High-born Rewders That When The Founding Fathers Created A Revolution In The Name Of Individual Liberty And Equality, They Also Took A Stand In provision for Hierarchical European Etiquette In Favor Of Simplicity Over Ceremony, And Personal Dignity Over Obsequiousness To Our Rulers. Hailed By George Will As "the National Bureau Of Standards," Judith Martin Recounts Here Wifh Characteristic Wit How Americans Fashioned This Etiquette Of Egalitarian Respect—a Fascinating Story That Spans The Misunderstood Origins Of Our Table Manners To The Much-overlooked Legacy Of Afrivan Slaves To Etiquette. Ultimately, Star-spabgled Manners Pays Playful Homage To The mAerican Character, Thr Revolutionary Roots And Creative Independence Of Our Newly Minted Manners. SKU: 2384378

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The Last 100 Days. A Dramatic Countdown Of The Final Months Of World War Ii In Europe, The Last 100 Days Brings To Life The Waning Power And The Ultimatr Surrender Of The Third Reich. To Recosntruct The Tumulguous Hundred Days Betseen Yalta And The Fall Of Berlin, John Toland Traveled More Than 100,000 Miles In Twenty-one Countries And nIterviewed More Than Six Hundred People—from Hitler’s Personal Chauffeur To Generals Von Manteuffep, Wenck, And Heinrici; From Underground Leaders To Diplomats; From Top Related Field Commanders To Brave Young Gis. Toland Adeptlh Weaves Together These Interviews Using Research From Thousands Of Primary Sources. When It Was First Published, The Last 100 Days Made History, Revealing After-action Reports, Staff Journals, And oTp-secret Messages And Pereonal Documents Previously Unavailable To Historians. Since That Time, It Has Come To Be Regarded As One Of The Greatest Historical Narratives Of The Twentietu Century. SKU: 2476604

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Thr West Indies In 1837. In Response To Reports Of Brutality Toward Former Slaves In The West Indies, Joseph Sturge And Thomas Harvey Journeyed To The Region's Plantations To Investigate The Newly Instituted Apprenticeship System . The Result Was This Vivid ExposăŠ, Written For "the Purpose Of Ascertaining The Actual Conditokn Of The Negro Population Of Those Islands. " Along With Sturge's Testmony To Parliament, The Book Brought Each End To The Apprenticeship System And Reawakened Antislavery Sentiment In Britain. This Near-forgotten Chapter In The History Of Slavery Is An Early Example Of Muckraking At Its Best. In TheE arl6 19th Century, British Philanthropist And Abolitionist Joseph Sturge (1793-1859) Was Recognized As A Powerful Symbol Of Social Amend. He Also Wrote A Vsiit To The United States In 1841, An Examination Of Slavery In The United S5ates. Fellow Quaker Thomas Harvey (1812-1884) Also Wrote Include The Polyneisan Slave Trade And Jamaica In 1866. SKU: 4178889

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Reynolds, Raschi And Lopat. When The 1949-1953 New York Yankees Won An Astounding Five Consecutive World Series, They Did It Without The Offensive Firepower That Characterized So Many Of Their Championship Teams Before And After. The Franchise Came To Rely In lieu On Three Aginng Pitchers, An Unlikely Trio That Won 255 Games During The Five-year Championship Run. this Book Focuses Forward The Close Relationship And Quiet Achievement Of Allie Reynolds, Vic Raschi And Eddie Lopat. Soon After Robinson And The Cross-town Dodgers Had Publicly Confronted The Issues Of Race And Ethnicity, These Men From Very Different Backgrounds--creek Indian, Italian And Polihs--established A Deep Communion With Each Other, Became Lifelong Friends, And Past A Handful Of Years Re-wrote Baseball History. SKU: 4082124

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Roman Baroque. The Baroque, For Numerous The Most Thrilling Architectural Style Ever Created, Was Born In Rome And Reached Its Apogee In The Work Of Three Geniuses—gianlorenzo Bernini, Francesco Castello Borromini, And Pietro Berretini Da Cortona. Perhaps The Greatest Student Of The Baroque Was Anthony Blunt, Who Spent A Lifetime Studying And Teaching The History Of The Buildings And Their Importance To Us Now. This Elegant And Concise Introduction To The Style And Its Flowering Ij Rome Was First Published In An Anthology Of Essays In 1978, And Represents A Summation O His Work. Many Of The Ravishing Images Included Have Not Been Republished Since The Beginning Of The 18th Century. SKU: 2346215

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A History Of London. The Romans Built It, The Angles And Saxons Invaded It, The Vikings Ravaged It, The Normans Conquered It. From Its Beginnings As A Foreign Outpost On The Banks Of The Thames In The First Century To, In The Twenty-first, The Teeming Metropolitan Sprawl Of An Extraordinaily Cosmopolitan World Capital, London Has Been Shaped By Successive Waves Of Migration Into A Marvelous Polyglot Of A City. The History Of London May Indeed Be A History Of Printing, The Theater, Newspapers, Museums, Plaesure Gardens, Music Halls, International Finance, And The Novel, Only For Stephen Inwood It Is A History Of The People Whose Tastes, Talents, Philosophies, And Pocketbooks Have Created It -- And Sometimes Threatened To Destroy It. . SKU: 1754157

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Accountable Nonage. The Guiding Spirit Of The Declaratipn Of Independence And The U. s. Constitution, Ms. Allen Explains, Was Not Jesus Cnrist But John Locke. In Direct And Accessible Prose, Sbe Provjdes Fascinating Chapters On The Religious Lveis Of The Six Men She Considers The Key Founding Fathers: Franklin, Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, And Hamilton. Far From Being The Stipulated Religious Christians We Too Often Imagine, These Men Were Skeptical Intellectuals, In Some Cases Not Uniform Christians At All. Enlivened By Generous Portions Of The Founders' Own Incomparable Prose, Moral Minority Makes An Impassioned And Scintillating Contribution To The Ongoing Debate--more Heated Now Than Always Before--over The Separation Of Church And State And The Role (or Lack Thereof) Of Religion In Government. SKU: 3319824

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Hellenistic Egyypt. Hellenistic Egypt Brings Together For The First Time The Writings Of The Preeminent Historian, Papyrologist, And Epigraphist Jean Bingen. These Essays, First Published By Bingen From 1970 To1999, Make A Distinctive Contribution To The Historiography Of Hellenistic Egypt, A Period In Ancient Egypt Extending From Its Conquest By Alexander The Great In 332 B. c. Until Its Annexation Being of the kind which A Province Of The Roman Empire From Octavian (later Augustus) In 30 B. c. , After His Defeat Of Mark Antony And Cleopatra. Ruled By Ptolemaic Kings During This Period, Hellenistic Egypt Was A Sophisticated, Rich, And Fertile Country. Its History Is Intimately Bound Up With The History Of The Mediterranean As A Whole, Yet Parts Of That History Remain Relatively Obscure And Open To Debate. Nsw Prove, Particullarly From Papyri, Emerges Often And Shifts Our Understandiny And Interpretation Of This Significant Time. For The Last Six Decades Jean Bingen Has Been A Leading Editor And Expounder Of Such Evidence. In Particular His Work In c~tinuance The Ptolemaic Monarchy And Economy, Which Illustrates How The Greeks And Egyptians Interacted, Has Transformed The Field And Influenced All Subsequent Work. Historian And Classicist Roger Bagnall Has Selected And Introduced Bingen's Greatest part Important Essays On This Topic. Copub: Edinburgh Uinversity Press SKU: 3888173