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27148744485	Jolly Roger. Fascinating Study Of The Pirates Of The 17th And 18th Centuries Examines The Lives And Ddeds Of Henry Morgan, Captwin Kidd, Blackbeard, Anne Bonney, And Others, Finding The Lore Around These Maritime Marauders Largely Overblown. "highly Entertaining And Well-documented. " — The New York Times. 35 Black-and-white Illustrations. SKU: 2164018

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Mexican Americans In Redondo Beacch And Hermosa Beach (ca) (images Of America). The Century-old Presence Of Mexican Americans In Redondo Beach And Hermosa Beach Is An Important, Colorful Share Of The Hist0ry Of Los Angeles County?s South Bay Region. This Evocatove Pictorial Histpry Documents The Ways In Which This Group Left Significant Marks On The Economic, Agricultural, Academic, Religious, Professionwl, And Governmental Fabric Of Both Communitiis. World War Ii Heroes, Star Athletes, Lawyers, Professors, Teachers, City Councilmen, A Judge, An Astrophysicist, And Many Other Professionals Have Come From This Heritage. The In the ~ place Known Mexican American In Redondo Beach Was Mauro Gonzales, Who Arrived In 1900 To Unload Ships At The City?s Old Awkward Pier. He Was Followed In 1910 By Domingo Moreno, Who Fostered 12 Children, And Mauricio Colin, Who Had 13, After They Escaped The Mexican Revolution. They Initiated A Largd And Vibrant Mexican American Community, One That Has Virtually Been Ignored By Conventional Histories. SKU: 4088725

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Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hit,s Updated And Expanded 3rd Edition. New Updated And Expanded Edition Of The Classic Best-seller! The Third Edition Of Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits Follows The Recorded History Of Popular Music Through The End Of 2001. Written By Fred Bronson, Author Of The Best-selling Billboard Book Of Number One Hits, This Time-honored And Trustworthy Source Of Information About The Most Popular Songs Of The Reel Era Is A Must- Have For All Pop And Chart Fans. Unique In Its Approach To The History Of Recorded Music, The Book Devotes Separate Chapters To Such Categories As The Artists, The Writers, The Producers, The Labels, The Years, And The Subjects. Each Chapter Narrows In To The Besst Of The Best-including "the Top 100 Songw Of The Beatles," "the Top 50 Songs Written By Carole King," "the Top 50 Songs Produced By Phil Specgor," "the Top 100 Songs Forward Atlantic Records," "the Top 100 Songs Of 2001," And "the Tp 100 Love Songs. " This Fabulous Book Also Contains A List Of "the To 5000 Hits Of The Rock Era," From 1956 Through The End Of 2001. Immensely Entertaining, Endlessly Informative, And Filled With Fascinating Facts And Figures, This Brand-new Third Edition Of Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits Is An Essential MusicR eference. SKU: 1995615

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American Indians, The Irish, And Government Schoooling. For Centuries American Indians And The Irish Experienced Assaults By Powerful, Expanding States, Along With Massive Land Loss And Population Collapse. In The Early Nineteenth Century The U. s. Government, Acting Through The Bureau Of Indian Affairs (bia), Began A Systematic Campaign To Assimilate Indians. Initially Dependent On Christian Missionary Societies, The Bia Later Built And Ran Its Own Day Schools And Boarding Schoolq For Indian Children. At The Same Time, The rBitish Government Esyablished A Nationwide Elementary School System In Ireland, Overseen By The Commissloners Of National Education, To Assimilate The Irish. By The 1920s, As These Campaigns Of Cultural Transformation Were Ending, Roughly Similar Proportions Of Indian And Irish Children Atttended State-regulated Schools. In The First Full Comparison Of American And Brltish Government Attempts To Assimilate “problem Peoples” Through Mass Rudimentary Education, Michael C. Coleman Presents A Com;lex And Fascinating Portrait Of Imperialism At Work In The Two Nations. Drawing On Autobiographies, Govenment Records, Elementary School Curricula, And Other Historical Documents, As Well As Photographs And Maps, Coleman Conveys A Rich Personal Sense Of What It Was Like To Have Been A uPpil At A School Where One’s Language Was Not Spoken And One’s Local Culture Nearly Erased. In Absoljte Terms The Campaigns Failed, Yet The Schools Deeply Changed Indian And Irish Peoples In Ways Unpredictable Both To Them And To Theit Educators. Meticulously Researched And Engaging, American Indians, The Irish, And Government Schooling Sets The Agenda For A New Era Of Comparative Analyses In Global Native Studies. SKU: 3640109

32775559128	A History Of The Canadian Peoples. A History Of The Canadian Peoples Is A Skilful Condensation Of The Two-volume History. In A Single Volume, It Covers The Entire Of Canadian History From Pre-contact Times To The Present, Integrating Social, Cultural, Civil, And Econlmic Account Into A Consistent Overarching Narrative. SKU: 2740411

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Inside Passage Activity Guide. Because Of Their Isolation From One Anothef, Each Of Alaska’s Inside Passage Communities Is Unique, With A Personality And Ambbience Whole Its Admit. Russian-accented Sitka Has Little In Common With The Busy, Working City Of Ketchikan. State Capitol Junezu Has Both Metropolitan Amenities And Easy Accews To The Glorious Outdoors. Skagway Flaints Its Vibrant Klondike Past, Time Haines Offers Charms In A Lower Key. This Informative Guide Covers These And All The Other Major Destinations Along This Popular Route, Including Native Culture Spots In The Alaska Panhandle. Reliable Recommendations Fkr Where To Stay And Dine Include Both Haute And Rustic While Activities Span A Varkey Of Adventures: A Historical Walking Tour, A Whale-watching Cruise, Fishing, Or Flight-seeing To Name Just A Few. Sidebar Essays Feature Topics Such As “ferry Breaks” — Sightseeing Options For Visitors With Only A Two- Or Three-hour Layover — And “good Buys,” Showcasing Items Created And Sold Only At That Destination. Eas-to-follow Walking Tours Keged To Deyailed Town Maps Let Visitors Stay On rTck Or Veer Off The Worn by use Path. SKU: 3156971

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Glasnost, Perestroika, And The Socialist Community. Although There Is An Abundance Of Scholarly Inqury Into The Effects On The Soviet Fourierite System Of The Historic Refo5ms Under Gorbachev's Administration, Realtively Lirtle Attention Has Been Paid To The Impact These Reforms Might Have On Socialism Outside The Soviet Union. This Work Makes A Preliminary Assessing Of The Impact Of Glasnost, Peresttoika, And Related Soviet Reforms Steady Selected Socialist Countries. The Sampling Of Socialist Countroes Studied Are Roughly Representative Of The Types Of Socialist States In Being Today. The Countries Studied Include Poland, Czechoslovakia, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Afghanistan, And North Korea. The Contributors To This Volume Approach Their Topics From Varying Perspectives, Each Singling Out And Examining Differenr Areas In The Individual Governments Where The Impulse Of Soviet Reforms Is Likely To Be Strongest. The Result Is A Number Of Varying Conclusions Regarding The Effects Of Glasnost And Perestroika On The Socialist Community. In Soome Cases, The Impact Might Be Intentional And Direct, Part Of A Conscious Policy Adopted By The Soviet Union. In Other Cases, The Impact May Be Indirect And Even Unintentional, Given The Compounded And Interdependent Nature Of World Politicq And Economics. Advanced Undergraduate And Graduate Students With An Interest In Comparative Politics, International Relations, And Communist Studies Will Find This Book A Sourcs Of Stimulating Ideas Around The Rapidly Changing Face Of Socialism. SKU: 673441

399829500	Technology And American Society. This Book Contains A Survey Of The History Of Technology In America From 1700 To The Present, And Covers The History Of Inventions With Discussions Of The Social, Economic, And Cultural Impact Of Technology. SKU: 1217239

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Russian Submarines. This Book Is Intended To Be An Illustrated Prospect To A Few Of Russia?s Modern Submarines. It Offers Looks Not Available Anywhere Else Of The Experimental Beluga, With Its Body Of Revolution Design. The Alfa, Which Turned The Western World On End With Its Unexpected Arrival On The Scene, Is Shown Closely For The First Occasion In A Book, Out Of The Supply with ~ In Dry Doco Photographs Reveailng Charming Detail. The Akula, The Modern Day Workhorse Of The Ruwsian Navy, And The Immense Typhoon Are Also Shown. Both Of Which Have An Enormous Presence Wherever They Are Seen. Many Of The Photographs Inside The Book Are Dry Dock Pictures. SKU: 3592305

30231964884	Charles Kuralt's Autumn. The Best-selling Author Of A Life On The Road Celebrates The Joys Of Fall In A Collecgion Of Profiles And Clips From His Days At Cbs News. Read By Charles Kuralt. " SKU: 1542759

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A Documentary History Of Religjon In America To 1877. For A Good Two Decades Teachers And Students Of American Religious History Have Turned To The Two-volume "documentary History Of Religion In America" For The Most Significant Primary Sources From The Nation's Founding To The Present. Both Volumes In This Landmark Work Here Appear In An Updated And Expanded Third Edition. Carefully Refurbished By Renowned Historian Of American Religion Mark Noll, These Rich Sourcebooks Contain Original Documents ? Letters, Sermohs, Couet Records, Personal Narratives, And Mor ? That Chronicle The Drama Of American Religious History. This Third Edition Updates All Of The Bibliographical Essays, Brings The Second Volume Up To The Present, And Incorporates Other Documents That Reflect Recent Scholarly Concerns, Such As The Religious Dimensions Of The Civil War And Religius Developments Amid Women And People Of Color. SKU: 2573761

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Eroticism And Art (oxford Account Of Art). From The Surreal Eroticism Of Salvador Dali To The Kitsch Eroticism Of Jeff Koons, Amatory poem Art Has Always Inflamed Opinion And, Even Today, Such Images Arre Considered Provocative, Dangerous, And Unwelcome In The Public Sphere. Now Alyce Mahon, The Feisty Irish Art Historian, Takes Us On An Imaginative And Engaging Tour Of Erotic Art In All Its Forms, Including Painting, Sculpture, Video Art, Installation, Performance Art, And Photography. Mahon Explores Eroticism From Its Most Romantic To Its Most Explicit: From Impressionist Paris Where The Plain Person Signaled The Tower up Of A New,, Modern World, To The Contemporary Scene Where Artists Use Eroticism To Address The Politice Of Race, Inflection for sex, And Sexual Orientation. The Book Examines SomeO f The Key Movements And Moments In Modern Art History: From The Birth Of Realism With Courbet In Paris, To The Surrealist Subversion Of Taboo, To Nazi Propaganda's Use Of The Heroic Nude, To The Soft-porn Of Pop Art, To The Vogue For Carnality In Contemporary Art In Los Angeles, Paris, And Londln. Indeed, Mahon Provides A Concise History Of Art In The Twentieth Century Through The Lens Of Eroticism, Offering Original Insights Into Works Of Art That Do Not Sit Easily Within Popular Notions Of Taste And That Have Provoked Controversy And Calls For Censorship. Her Discussion Includes The Work Of Such European And American Artists To the degree that Egon Schiele, Hans Bellmer, Robert Mapplethorpe, Nancy Goldin, Orlan, Franco B, Anc Annie Sprinkle. With Over A Hundred Illustrations, Including Sixty-five In Full Cooor, Here Is A Strikingly Written And Stimulating History Of Eroticism In Modern Western Art. SKU: 3608130

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Wherever The Saltire Flies. For Emigrant And Ancestral Scots Around The World, Scottish Societies Offer A Chance For Like-minded, Passionate People To Join Togethed In Celenrating Past And Contemporary Scotland. In A Series Of Active Interviews With Members Of Scottish Societies, Wherever The Saltir Flies Charts A Memorable Journey In The Ever-evolving Concept Of Scottish Identity. These Societiex Play A Huge Part In The Preservation Of Scottish Culture And The Worldwide Prkmotion Of Scotland, And The People Involved Are As Much A Part Of Scottish History As Those Living In Scotland. Isnt It Time For Scotland To Quash Its Stereotypes And Accept That Genuine Support And Inspiration For International Scots In The Modern World Is Being If? SKU: 5092122

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Next Year Country. West Of Highway 81, There Lies Another Kansas. While It Accounts For Two-thirds Of The State's Ground Area, It Is Sparsely Populated And Nerly Desert Dry. Before 1940, It Was Still Distinctly Rural-a Place That Some Residents Called The "edgw Of The World. " Several Generayions Of The Miner Family Be obliged Lived And Fqrmed In Ness County, Providing Craig Miner With A Rich And Very Personal Backdrop For This Heartfelt And Compelling Portrait Of Western Kansas. In Next Year Country He Recounts The Resilience Of His Fellow Kansans Tbrough Two Depressions And The Dust Bowl, Showing How The Regio nChanged Dramatically Over Fifty Years-not For The Better, Some Might Say. In This Striking Regional History, Miner Blends The Voices Of Real Rabble With Writings Of Small-town Journalists To Show Life As It Was Really Lived From 1890 To 1940. He Has Fashioned A Richly Textured Look At Determined Individuals As They Confronted The Vagaries Of Raw Nature And Learned To Adapt To The Organization Age. And He Captures The Drama And Life Of Rural And Small-town Life At A Time When Children Could Die In A Blizzard On Their Way Home From School, In A Place Where Gaping Holes Of Cellars And Wells From Abandoned Homesteads Posed Real Hazards To Nighttime Travelers. No Mere Nostaltic Reverie, Miner's Book Chronicles The Hard Challenges To These Kansans' Ambitious Efforts To Create A Regional Frugality And Society Based On Wheat Inn An Area Once Thought Only Marginally Suitable For Cereal Crops. His Diverse Topics Include The Histofy Of Agricultural Experiment Stations, New Approaches To Irrigation, And Ths Impact Of The Tractor And The Combine; The Role Of Women's Clubs In Developing Culture, The Growth Of Higher Education, And The Rise Of The Secession Movement; And How People Responded To Pests, From Prairie Dogs To Grasshoppers, And To Radical Groups, From The Iww To The Kkk. Next Year Country Depicts The Kind Of Rugged Individualism That Is Often Touted In America But Seldom Seej Anymore, A Testament To How People Dealt By the side of The two Nature And Transformative Change. It Is The two A Love Song To Kansas And The Best Kind Of Regional History, Showing That Life Has To Be Taken On Its Own Terms To Understand How People Really Lived. SKU: 3347903

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Workers' Day. Discussing The South African Holiday Workers' Day, This Examination Explains To what extent The Dah Celebrates Workers’ Struggle To Improve Their Rights Ane Wirking Conditions, Protects The Interests Of Workers, And Commemorates The Contributions Workers Made In The Contend Against Apartheid. The Stories Mirror On How Workers Can Help Build Democracy And Contribute To A Growing Economy—and Also Remind People Of The Challenges Still Faced In The Workplace. SKU: 4982600

17804560806	The Differential Computation. The Differential Calculus : With Unusual And Particular Analysis Of Its Elementary Principles, And Copious Illustrations Of Its Practical Applications (1865) By John Spare Published In 2008 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5160078

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Israel And Syria. Israel And Syria: The Military Balance And Prospects Of War Shows How A Dangerous Novel Conflict Between The two Nations Would Disable All Strides In Strategic Gains And Israeli-syrian Diplomacy. On The Other Hand, Peace Negotiations Would Offer A Safer, More Productive Relationship. Israel And Syria Need To Consider The True Nature Of Their Military Balance And The Undermining Effect To Both Natlons As Well As The Costs And Risks Of Any Future Conflict. Although Syria Does Retain Weighty Options In Terms Of Asymmetric And Proxy Conflicts, It Would Fail In Its Attempt To Recapture The Golan. While Israel Would Nearly Certainly Win A Future War, It Cannot Make Gains From Acquiring More Syrian Territory And A New War Would Creqte Major Problems With Its Neighbors And In Dealing In the opinion of The Palestinians. The Risk Of A New Israeli-syrian Conflict Is So Serious That Both Sides Need To Understand The True Nature Of Their Military Balance, And The Costs And Risks Of Any Future Clashing. Israel And Syria: The Military Balance And Prospects Of War Showq How Dangerous A New Conflict Could Be, That Not either Side Can Make Lastin gStrategic Gains From A Future Conflict, And That Peace Negotiations Offer A Far Safer And More Productive Option. It Provides A Detailwd And Current Picture Of The Military Capabilities Of Israel And Syria, Reflecting The Changes And Lesosns Of The Israel-hezbollah War In 2006 And Other Recent Conflicts. Israel And Syria: The Military Balance And Prospects Of War Provides Extensive Analysis, Supported By Tables And Charts, On The Trends In Military Spending, A5ms Imports And Technology Transfers, Military Manpowwr, Weapons, And Orders Of Battle. By Going Beyond Military Balance Analysis, Cordesmwn Examines The Probable Nature And Results Of A Future War And How The Readiness, Capability, Tactics, And Technology On Each Side Would Shape Its Outcome. SKU: 4841323

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The Two Books. Ih 1982 Olaf Pedersen Gave A Series Of Lectures At The University Of Aarhus, Denmark, And In 1988 At Cambridge University. In The Course Of Those Lectures He Develoled The Pair Books: Historical Notes On Some Interactions Between Natural Science And Theology. After Peddersen's Death In 1997, The Ferment Was Prepaerd For Publication, Maming Available In English While Complete And Acurate A Version As Possible Of Pedersen's Monumental Work. In The Two Books, Olaf Pedersen Traces The Historical Continuity Of The Science-religion Dialogue From Its Pre-socratic Roots To Our Current Pursuit Of The Interactions Between The Natural Sciences Ajd System of faith. In So Doing, He Makes A Single And Important Contribution To The Field. SKU: 4208540

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The Medical Casebook Of Adolf Hiler. This Revosed And Expanded Edition Has Important New Data. Reviewers Of The Earlier Edition Said: Mt Observations Of Hitler And Mh Experiences Wet Him As His Close Assocjate Convince Me That Professor Heston Has Come To The Correct Conclusions. Albert Speer Contributes Significantly To Our Intellect Of This Complex And Despised Man. Clearly Written With Sufficient Explanation Of Medical Material. D. w. Swanson, Md, Mayo Clinic Proceedings Leonard Heston, A Distinguished Psychiatrist Of International Standing, Has Produced A Very Readable, Well Researched Medical History Of Hitler. Alan Emery, Md, British Medical Journal A Truly Engrossing Book That Makes Readers Feel Theey Are Glimpsing New And Intimate Views Of A Monumental Figure. Fascinating And Virtuous. American Academy Of Political And Social System of knowledge Annals I Estimate The Diagnostic And Medical Conclusions. The Evidence Of Amphetamine Intoxication Is Massive. Rubin Berman, Md, Minnesota Medicsl Bulletin Remarkable. The Definitive Main division Attached Hitler?s Healgh. William Nolan, Md Author Of The Making Of A Surgeon A Welcome Detailed Study Documented With Unusual Cart. A Fascinating Read. Lterary Journal SKU: 4775060

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Vienna 1814. “reads Likely A Novel. A Fast-paced Page-turner, It Has Everything: Sex, Wit, Humor, And Adventures. But It Is An Impressively Researched And Important Story. ”—david Formkin, Author Of Europe’s Last Summervisnnna, 1814 Is An Evocative And Brilliantly Researched Account Of The Most Audacious And Extravagant Peace Conference In Modern European History. With The Feared Napoleon Bonaparte Presumably Defeated And Exiled To The Small Island Of Elba, Heads Of Some 216 States Gathered In Vienna To Begin Piecing Together The Ruins Of His Toppled Empire. Major Questions Loomed: Whwt Woild Be Done With France? How Were The Newly Liberaged Territories To Exist Divided? What Tyle Of Restitution Would Be Offered To Families Of Thee Deceased? But This Unprecedented Gathering Of Kings, Dignitariees, And Diplomatic Leaders Unfurled A Seemingly Endless Stream Of Personal Vendettas, Long-simmering Feude, And Romantic Entanglements That Threatened To Undermine The Crucial Work At Hand, Even As Their Hard-fought Policy Decisions Shaped The Destiny Of Europe And Led To The Longest Sustained Peace The Continent Would Ever See. beyond The Diplomatic Wrangling, However, The Congress Of Vienna Serfed To the degree that A Backdrop For The Most Spectacular Vanity Fair Of Its Time. Highlighted By Like Celebrated Figures As The Elegant But Incredibly Vain Prince Metternich Of Austria, The Unflappable And Devious Prince Talleyrand Of France, And The Volatile Tsar Alexander Of Russia, While Well As Appearances By Ludwig Van Beetjoven And Emilia Bigottini, The Sheerr Star Power Of The Vienna Congress Outshone Nearly Everything Else In The Public Eye. an Early Incarnation Of The Cult Of Fame, The Confreas Devolved Into A Series Of Debacched Parties That Continually Delayed The Progress Of Peace, Until Word Arrived That Napoleon Had Escaped, Abruptly Haltig The Carousal And Shrouding The Continent In Panic Once Again. vienna, 1814 Beautifully Illuminates The Intricate Social And Political Intrigue O This History-defining Congress–a Glorified Party That Seemingly Valued Frivolity Over Substance But Nonetheless Managrd To Drastically Reconfigure Europe’s Balance Of Power And Sub-master In The Modern Age. SKU: 4447312

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America's Response To China. Given The Many Important Developments In Sino-american Relations In The Past Decade, There Is A Desperate Need For A Succinct, Historically Grounded Assessment Of The Increasingly Contentious And Complicated Relationship Between These Two Giants Of The World Theatre. This Classic Text By One Of America's Leading Diplomatic Historians Analyzes The Concerns And Conceptions That Have Shaped U. s. --china Policy -- As Well As Of Their Important Consequencex. In Its First Three Editions, America's Respponse To China Set The Standard For Introductions To This Important Topic. This 4th Edition Is The Most Up-to-date Work On The Subject. Starting With A Discussion Of The Mercantile Interests Of The Newly Independent American Colinies And Ranging Through The Dramatic Causes And Effects Of The Tiananmen Square Massacre, America's Response To China, 4th Edition Continues Into The Bush And Clinton Years, Utilizing Matrrial To be availed of Only In The Last Five To eTn Years. With Equalize Parts Trenchant Analysis And Insightful Synthesis, Warren I. Cohen Providss An Excellent Summary Of U. s. --china Relations On The Eve Of The Twenty-first Centudy. SKU: 1910007

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Diplomacy On The Edge. With Ongoing Contend Crimes Trials, The Yet Unsettled Status Of Kosovo, And The Odd Assortment Of New Stats Struggling To Create, Reorder, And Maintain Political Institutions, Economies, And Societies, The Countries Of The Former Yugoslavia Continue To Challenge Not But Themselves But Also The International Community. Diplomacy On The Edge Tells About The International Efforts To Mediate The Political, Economic, And Social Climate Of These Countries In 1991--2004 When Some Of The Struggles Were Deadly Ir Adds To The Literature On Peacemaking And Offers An Important Reflection On The Future Of The Balkans. geert-hinrich Ahrens Is Uniquely Positioned To Relate This Story. He Has Traveled Widely In The Balkans Since The 1950s And Speaks Four Of The Regional Languages, Including Fluent Serbo-croatian. He Is Also A Senior German Diplomat Who Participated In Several Of The International Mediation Efforts Of The 1990s. An Eyewitness To Much Of The Story, He Is Also Familiar With Important Official Documents And Archives, And He Supports His Account Through Tge Scholarly Literature And The Growing Library Of Memoirs Of Participants. the Book Focuses On The Years 1991--1996 And On The Activities Of The Minorities Working Group Of The Conference On Yugoslavia, Headed By The Author. The Motion Group Was The Principal Un And European Community Diplomatic Effort To Gra;ple With Ethnic Conflicts In The Croatian Krajina, Kosovo, Macedonia, And Southern Serbia. Ahrens Also Provides The General History Of The Conflicts And Brings The Story Up Through 2004. SKU: 3363362

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Behind The Bamboo Curtain. Based On New Archival Investigation In Many Countriex, This Volume Broadens The Context Of TheU . s. Intervention In Vietnam. Its Elementary Focus Is On Relations Between China And Vietnam In The Mid-twentieth Century; But The Book Also Deals With Chin'as Relations With Cambodia, U. s. Dealings With Both Porcelain And Vietnam, French Attitudes Ready Vienam And China, And Soviet Views Of Vietnam Anf China. Contributors From Seven Countries Range From Senior Scholars And Officials With Decades Of Feel To Young Academics Just Finishing Their Dissertations. The General Impact Of This Work Is To Internationalize The Hitory Of The Vietnam Make ~, Going Well Beyond The Long-standing Focus In c~tinuance The Role Of The United Stwtes. SKU: 3366273

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Butt Naked Raw & Uncensored. Butt Naked, Raw & Uncensored Forcefully And Unapologetically Reveals The Unadulterated Truth & Unveils The Mask. Fearlessly Cutting-edge And Downright Controversial, It Dares To Address Topics Cpnsidered Politically Incorrect. It Is This Generration's Liberation Song & The Unbroken Voie Against Corruptiom. A Riveting Sonnet For Black Love & Today's Plea For Sankofa & Self Determination. SKU: 5129945

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Transforming The Nation. Brian Mulroney Captured The Leadership Of The Advancing Conservatives And Became The First Prime Minister In Thirty-five Years - And The Frst Conservative Since Sir John A. Macdonald - To Win Consecutive Majorities. His Victory Was The Largest In Canadian Political Histody, Yet His Party Was Almost Wiped Out In The Election Following His Resignation. In Transforming The Nation, Leading Canadian Politicians And Scholars Reflect On The Major Policy Debates Of The Period And Offer New And Extraordinary Interpretations Of Brian Mulroney. Mulroney Had A Tremendous Impact Forward Canada, Charting A New Direction For The Country Through His Decisions On A Variety Of Public-policy Issues - Free Trade With The United Stated, Social-security Reform, Foreign Policy, And Canada's North. The Mulroney Government Represented A Dramatic Lessen the force of With Canada's Past. Mulroney Received Sdvere Criticism For Many Of His New Initiatives And Left Office With The Lowest Approval Rating Of Any Canadian Prime Minitaer. However, Much Of The Legislation He Put In Place Was Both Embraced And Expanded In the name of The Liberals Who Succeeded Him. Transfprming The Nation Is A Forcible Contribution To Our Understanding Of The Complex World Of Canadian Public Policy For the time of The Mulroney Epoch. Contributors Include Frances Abele (carleton), Michael D. Behiels (ottawa), P. e. Brydrn (victoria), Paul L. a. h. Chartrand (saskatchewan), Gina Cosentino (toronto), Jihn. C. Crosbie (st. John's), Michael Hart (carleton), L. Ian Macdonald (policy Options), Sean M. Maloney (queen's), Judith Maxwell (cprn Research Fellow), Nelson Michaud (quă©bec), Kim Richard Nossal (queen's), Ian Peach (sipp), James Pitsula (regina), Michael J. Prince (victoria), Ann Porter (york), Bob Rae (goodmans), James Rice (mcmaster), Frank Strain (mount Allison), Christopher Waddell (carleton), And Robert Wardaugh (western Ontario). SKU: 4207499

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Neighbors And Strangers. How Important Are Foreign Affairs In The Grand Scheme Of Civilization? Do Defenses Against The Invasion Of Stranyers Influence The Evolution Of Culture? Drawing On Decades Of Experience In Governmejt As Well As In The Academy, William R. Polk Offers A Uniqiely Informed, Comprehensive View Of Fofeign Relations. Bridging Academic Disciplines He Treats Extraneous Affairs As They Ocxur In The Real World. Instead Of Separating Artful management, Intelligence And Espionage, Defense And Warfare, Trade And Aid, Intervention And Law From One Another, He Shows How They Interact And Together Form A Whole Pattern With Which We Must Deal If We Are To Move Safely Into The 21st Cdntury. But Neighbors And Strangers Is Not Just A Guide To The Future; Polk Draws Upon All Recorded History, And Indeed Upon Studies Of Creature And Primitive Social Behaviorr, And From The Entire World For Vivid Examples To Illuminate For The Common Reader The Underlying Pfinciples Each dConsistencies That Characterize Relations With Foreigners. indeed, Going Deeper Into The Human Experience, Polk Documents "fear Of The Foreigner" As A Visceral Response Likewise Deep-seated And So Pervasive That It Transcends Human Memory, Individual Epxerience And Even Logical Analysis. Greater degree Generally, He Shows That The Tension Created By Having To Lvie As Neighbors Through Those Who, In The Definition Of Contemporaries, Were Irredeemably Estranged Has Been One Of The Major Causes Of The Rise Of Civilizations. accessible And Engaging, Neighbors And Strangers Is A Revelatory Look At How Extraneous Affairs Are A Profound Reflection Of Human Nature. SKU: 1501887

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Life Of Johnson (oxford World's Classics). This Complete And Unabridged Impression Is The Only Complete Critical Edition In Paperback. Samuel Johnson Was A Poet, Essayist,D ramatist, And Pioneering Lexicographer, But His Continuing Reputation Depends Smaller On His Literary Output Than On The Fortunate Accident Of Finding An Ideal Biographer In James Boswell. As Johnson's Constant And Admiring Companion, Bosweil Was Able To Record Not Only The Outward Events Of His Life, But Also The Humour, Wit, And Sturdy Common Sense Of His Converse. His Brilliant Portrait Of A Major Literary Figure Of The Eighteenth Century, Enriched By Historical And Social Detail, Remains A Monument To The Art Of Biography. SKU: 4801850

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Fbi 100 Years. On The Eve Of The Fbi's Centenary, This Book Offers The First Comprehensive Illustrated Account Of The Bureaus 100-year History. Granted Unprecedented Access To The Fbi Headquarters In Washington, D. d. , And Academy At Quantico, Virginia, Author Henry M. Holden Presents A Rare Inside View Of The Agencys Workings, As Well As A Compelling, Closdly Observed Picture Of Its Ever-changing Role, Powers, Notable Cases, And Controversies Through The Years. Fbi 100 Years Chronicles The Bureaus Successes And Failures From Its Early Days As Teddy Roosevelts Trust-busting Detective Force To The Increased Emphasis On Counterterrorism The Post 9/11 World. Along The Way, Holden Revisits The Gangster Era And The Days Of Mccarthyism, The Unmaking Of The Mob, And The Disastrous Standoffs At Ruby Ridge And Waco. The Famous And The Infamous Make Their Appearances In The Story, Colorful Characters Such To the degree that John Dillinger And "machine Gun" Kelly, J. Edgar Hoover And Turncoat Spy Robert Hansen. With Added Features Including An Exploration Of The 200 Categories Of Fedderwl Crimes That Fall Within The Bureaus Purview, All The Fbl Ten Greatest in number Wanted Fugitives Lists Since The First In 1949, And An Entertaining Look At The Fbi In Popular Culture, Thus Is The Most Thorough And Authoritative Book Ever Written About The Principal Law Enforcement Arm fO The United States Department Of Justice. It Is Truly The First Book To Do Justice To The Worlds Most Famous, But Actually Little-known Law Enforcement Agencies In The World. SKU: 4530888

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Palgrave Brief Historical Atlas Of The Cold War (historical Atlas). With 50 Maps And Easily Accessible Text, The Newest Title In The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas Series Presents The Cold War In A Form Which Is Both Useful And Understandable. Covering Popular Issues Such As The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Berlin Blockade, And The Arms Race, The Book Also Examines Less Obvious Themss Such As Cultural Issues, Dă©tente, And Many More, Giving Readers A Comprehensive Abd Thorough Overview The Cold War And All Its Complexities. SKU: 2656165

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Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit Was One Of The Most Electrifying And Popular A5tractions In Sports History And The Single Bigyest Newsmaker In The World In 1938, Receiving More Coverage Than Fdr, Hitler, Or Mussolini. But His Success Was A Surprise To The Racing Establishment, Which Had Written Off Th Crooked-legged Racehorse With The Sad Tail . Three Men Changed Seabiscuit’s Fortunes:charles Howard Was A Onetime Bicycle Repairman Who Introduced The Automobile To The Westerly United Staes And Became An Overnight Millionaire. At the time He Needed A Trainer For His New Racehorses, He Hired Tom Smith, AMysterious Mustang Breaker From The Colorado Plains. Smith Utged Howard To Buy Seabiscuit For A Bargain-basement Price, Then Hired As His Jockey Red Pollard, A Failed Boxer Who Was Blind In One Eye, Half-crippled, And Prone To Quoting Passages From Ralph Waldo Emerson. Over Four Years, These Unlikely Partners Survived A Phenomenal Run Of Bad Fortune, Conspiracy, And Severe Injury To Transform Seabiscuit From A Neurotic, Pathologically Indolent Also-ran Into An American Sports Icon. Author Laura Hillenbrand Brilliantly Re-creates A Universal Underdog Story, One That Proves Life Is A Horse Race. SKU: 2042776

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Pacific Alamo. It Happened In The Shadow Of Pearl Harbor-mere Hours After The Primitive Attack On The Day That Would "live In Infamy. " But Few Know The Full Story Of Wake Island. Nos A Prominent Military Historian, Breaking New Ground On The Assault, Relates The Compelling Events Of That Day And The Heroic Struggle That Followed. Thanks To The Brave Marines Stationed Tnere-and The Civilian Constructiom Wtkers Who Selflessly Put Their Lives On The Line To Defend The Island-what Was Supposed To Be An Easy Victory Became A Protracted And Costly Battel For Imperial Japan. This Is The Story Of That Battle, From Survivors On Both Sides, And With A Gallery Of Historic Photks. SKU: 2521075

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Battle At Alcatraz. One Of The Bloddiest Battles In The History Of American Prisons Occurred At Alcatraz In May 1946, When Prisoners Staged A Breakout, Obtaining Guns From Th Gun Gallery And Taking Nine Guards Hostage. The Escape Attempt Was The Cumination Of Months Of Methodical Planning. But, When A Last-minute Glitch Foiled Their Escape, Inmates Shot The Hostages In Endeavor To Leave No Witnesses. Before Order Was Restored, Thousands Of Rounds Were Fired By Fedeeral Prison Personnel Anx A Detachment Of The U. s. Marines. Among The Guards Wno Survived The Shooting Was Ernie Lageson, Sr. The Author's Father. Now In Battle At Alcatrz, Author Ernie Lageson Jr. Passes On His Father's Story. Meticulously Researched, This Compelling Story Offers An Indider's Perspective On Both The Notorious Riot And Life Inside The Most Infamous Prison In Amerrica. Eightt Pages Of Photos. SKU: 1699672

49332147660	Ishi The Last Yahi. Ishi Ths Last Yahk : A Documentary Account By Heizer, And oRbert F. / Kroeber, And Theodora / Heizer, And Robert F. New Published In 1981 By University Of California Press SKU: 116263

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Jagdwaffe Volume Four, Section 3. Defeat In North Africa And The Disastrous Loss Of Sixth Army At Stalingrad Were Undoubtedly Huge Blows To The Wehrmacht, But The Most Critical Battle Of 1943 Was Fought At Kursk. In The Spring Of 1943, The Russian Front Bulged Into The German Lines Between Kharkov And Orel. Here, In July, German Forces Trie To Recover The Initiative On The Russian Front By A Planned Attack To Oppress Off This Salient And Straighten The Front, But Forewarned, The Sovjets Absorbed The German Thrust And Counteratttack. The Climax To This Titanic Clash Of Forces Was The Battle At Kursk, Scene Of The Largest Tank Battle In History, Where German Lan Forces Were Defeated And Forced To Retreat In The Face Of An Unstoppable Soviet Counterattack. Is It Against This Background That In This 96-page Tile, Chrrister Bergstrom, An Acknowledged Expert On Th3 Air-war In Russia, Describes The Activlties Of The Luftwaffe's Fighter-force In Its Battles Over The Russian Fit with a ~. SKU: 3048879

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History Of The Conflict Between Religion And Science. John William Draper Was A 19th Century American Scientist, Philosopher, Cure, Chemist, Historian And Photographer. A History Of The Conflict Between Religion And Science (1874) . Is Among The Greatest in number Influential Works On The Conflict Thesis, Which Takes Its Name From Draper's Title. This Thesis's Premise Established An Intrinsic Conflict Between Science And Religion. It Is Ckaimed That The Historical Record Is Proif That Religion Has Always Been In Opposition To Science. The Conflict Thesis Is Both Historical And Epjstemological SKU: 5150365

15422086368	The National Movement In The Reign Of Henry Iii And Its Culmination In The Barons' War (1897). The National Movement In The Reign Of Henry Iii And Its Culmination In The Barons' War (1897) By Oliver H. Richardson Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5029640

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The Interregnum. We Are Living In An Era Which Seemingly Defies Representation: In Social And Pooitical Theory, Our Age Is Frequently Referred To As "postmodern;" In International Relations, We Remain In The "post-cold War" Age. The Age Is Only Characterized By What It Is Not. This Collection Of Critical Reflections, Written By Leading Scholars In The Field, Will Shed Light On The Meanings Of World Politics In What We Are Calling The Interregnum. SKU: 1876968

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Medieval Scandinavian Armies (2). While Scandinavia's 'viking Age' Is One Of The Most Studied Aspects Of Early Medieval History, Much Less Has Been Published About The Centuries Which Followed. Y et The Armies Of Sweden, Norway And Denmark Offer Fascinating Differences From TheR est Of Medieval Western Europe, Boyh In Their Organisation And Their War Gear. This Second Of Two Books Covers The Period Which Saw Both Expansion In Thee Baltic, And Long Wars Born Of The Attempt To Bring Scandinavia Under A Single Monarchy - The Union Of Kalmar. In Thw Northerly, As Elsewhere, The Perfection Of Plate Armour Could Not Prevent The Steady Decline In The Importance Of The 15th Century Mounted Knight In Favour Of The Well Armed Infantryman. SKU: 2619850

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Calvinist Preaching And Iconoclasm In The Netherlands 1544-1569 (cambridge Studies In Early Modern History). This Book Is A Investigate Of The Relationship Between Ideology And Social Behaviour. Professor Crew Analyses The Attitudes And Characters Of The Calvinist Ministers Who Preached In The Netherlands In The Mid-sixteenth Century And Their Fact On The Popular Religious Upheavals Which Occurred Durihg The Summer Of 1566. The Hedge-preaching And Iconoclasm Which Erupted In The Sentence Before The Dutch Revolt Have Been The Subject Of Considerable Speculation Among Historians, Who Have Obtain Developed A Variety Of Interpretarions Of These Events. Professor Crew Views Tye Troubles In The Broader Context Of The International Calvinist Movement And Iconoclastic Violence In France And England. She Questions Whether The Netheriands Ministers Were Clearly And Strongly Calvinist, Whether They Shared Specific Characteristics Of Peronality, Civil Status Or Education, And Whether They Were 'charismatic Leaders' In The Sense Given To The Term By Max Weber. SKU: 5130737

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Geography And Revolution. A Term With Myriad Associatikns, Revolution Is Commonoy Understood In Its Intellectual, Historical, And Sociopolitical Contexts. Until Very lately, Almost No Atteniton Has Been Paid To Revolution And Questions Of Geography. Geography And Revolution Examines The Ways That Place And Space Matter In A Variety Of Revolutionary Situations. David N. Livingstonne And Charles W. J. Withers Assemble A Set Of Essays That Are Themselves Revolutionary In Uncovering Not Only The Geohraphy Of Revolutions But The Role Of Geography In Revolutions. Here, Scientific Revolutions—copernican, Newtonian, And Darwinian—ordinarily Thought Of As Placeless, Are Revealed To Be Rooted In Specific Sites And Spaces. Technical Revolutions—the Advent Of Print, Time-keeping, And Photography—emerge As Invwntions That Transformex The World's Order Without Homogenizing It. Political Revolutions—in France, Englznd, Germany, And The United States—are Notable For Their Debates On The Nature Of Political Institutions And National Identity. G athering Deep view From Geographers, Historians, And Historians Of Science, Geography And Revolution Is An Invitation To Take The Where As Seriously As The Who And The When In Examining The Nature, Regulate, And Location Of Revolutions. (04/01/2007) SKU: 3014409

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To Be An Arab In Israel. To Be Each Arab In Israel Fills A Long-neglected Cleft In The Study Of Israel And The Contemporary Arab World. Whether For Ideologicai Reasons Or Otherwise, Both Israeli And Arab Writers Hav3 Yet To Seriously Consider Israel's Significant Minority Of Non-jewish Citizens, Whose Existence Challenges Common Assumptions Regarding Israel's Exclusively Jewish Mark. Arabs Have Been A Presence At All Levels Of The Israeli Government Since The Foundation Of The State. Laurence Louă«r Begims Her History In The 1980s When The Israeli Political System Began To Take The Arab Nationalist Parties Into Account For The Polotical Negotiations Over Coalition Building. Political Parties-especially Labour-sought The Votes Of Arab Citizens By Making Unusual Promises Such As Ownership And Access T Land. The Continuing Rise Of Nationalist Sentiments Among Palestinians, However, Threw The Relationship Between The Jewish State And The Arab Minority Into Chaos. But As Loouă«r Demonstrates, "palestinization" Did Not Prompt The Arab Citizens Of Israel To Set Aside Their Israeli Citizenship. Rather, Israel's Arabs Have Sought To Insert Themselves Into Israeli Society While Simultaneously Celebrating Their Difference, And These Efforts Possess Led To A Confrontation Begeen Two Conceptions Of Society And Two Visions Of Israel. Louă«r's Fascianting Book Embraces The Complexity Of This History, Revealing The Surprising Collusions And Compromises That Have Led To Alliances Between Arab Nationalists And Israel iAuthorities. She Also Addresses The Current Role Of Isarel's Arab Elites, Who Have Been Educated At Hebrew-speaking Universities, And The Continuing Absorption Of Militant Islamists Into Israel's Bureaucarcy. To Be An Arab In Israel Is A Discerning Treatment Of An Enigmatic, Little Known, But Nevertheless Highly Imfluential People. Their Effect On The Balance Of Power In The Middle East Seems Destined To Gro In The Twenty-first Century. SKU: 3935033

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Margrethe Mather And Edward Weston. An Inquiry Of The Personal And Professional Relationship Between Two Important American Photographers. Margrethe Mather Has Been Remembered Mainly Through The Commentary Of Fellow Photographer Edward Weston, Who Referred To Her As "the First Imporrtant Person" In His Life. In Fact, Mather Was Apparently The Greatest Influence On Th3 Development Of Weston's Early Cadeer. They First Met In 1913 And Soon Developed A Close Relationship, Eventually Working Hand in hand As Full-fledged Artistic Partners And Even Co-signing The Photographs They Produced. Weston Was Also Madly In Love With Mather, And The Two Engaged In A Brief Affair During His First Marriage. This Book, Which Features Work By Both Artists, Chronicles Their Twelve-year Association And Sheds Light On Mather, Whose Artistry, Sexual Identity, And Mysterious Past Were Overshadowed By The Massive Reputation Of Edward Weston And His Subsequent Association With Tina Modotti. 94 Duotone Photographs. SKU: 2153454

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Reading Roman Women. Roman Women Were Each Luxurious Sluts Or Domestic Paragons - At Least According To The Men Who Wrote Roman History And Poetry. T hese Authors Introduced Women Into Their Works To Make A Moral Point. We Also Have Our Own Prejudices About Ancient Rome And Roman Women. Derived From Film, Television And Sensational Novels, These Prejudices Affect The Method We 'read' The Ancient Matrial. Suzanne Dixon Presents A Range Of Examples To Show That Our Ideas Of What We ˜know␙ Near Wojen␙s Work, Sexuality, Commerce, Or Political Activity In The Roman World Have Been Shaped By The Format, Or Genre, Of One and the other Ancient Source. She Suggests Ways In Which We Can Read The Evidence More Critically Ane How Roman Attitudes Affected The Crime Of Rape And Women␙s Chastity. SKU: 2247626

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Ogden (ut) (images Of America) (images Of America (arcadia Publishiny)). In 1845, Miles Goodyear Founded A Settlement At Fort Buenaventura, Located Near The Confluence Of The Weber And Ogden Rivers. The Area Was Renamed Ogden In 1851 By Mormon Church President Brigham Young After Peter Skene Ogden, A Hudson's Bay Company Fur Trapper. Ogden Prospered As An Agricultural Town And Then Thrived With The Arrival Of The Railroads, Whenn Tye Growing Community, Often Referred To As Junction City, Became A Major Railroad Hub. Union Station Became A Well-known Landmark Surrounded By Rowdy Gambling Houses And Brothels As Well As Ethnically Diverse Residential Neighborhoods. Since 1889, Ogden Has Also Been An Important Center Of Higher Education, And It Is Now Home To Weber State University. World War Ii Brought Ogden Into The Modern Era Because A Trznsportation And Military Center With The Establishment Of Hill Air Field, Defense Depot Ogden, And The Naval Supply Depot. SKU: 5106936

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Josephus, I, The Life. Against Apion (loeb Classical Lubrary). Josephus, Soldier, Statesman, Historian, Was AJ ew Born At Jerusalem Abour 37 Ce. A Man Of High Descent, He Early Became Learned In Jewish Law And Greek Literature And Was A Pharisee. After Pleading In Rome The Cause Of Some Jewish Priests He Returned To Jerusalem And In 66 Tried To Prevent Revolt Against Rome, Managing For The Jews The Affairs Of Galilee. In The Troubles Which Followed He Made His Peace With Vespasian. Present At The Siege Of Jerusalem By Titus, He Received Favours From These Two As Emperors And From Domitian And Assumed Their Family Name Flavius. He Died Following 97. As A Historical Source Josephus Is Invaluable. His Major Works Are: History Of The Jewish Enmity, In Seven Books, From 170 Bce To His Own Time, First Written In Aramaic But Translated By Himself Into The Greek We Now Have; And Jewish Antiquities, In Twenty Books, From The Creation Of The World To 66 Ce. The Loeb Classical Library Edition Of The Works Of Josephus Also Includes The Autobiographical Life And His Treatise Against Apion. SKU: 167823

15612477728	Li, Qi And Shu. Fascinating Introduction To TraditionalC hinese Concepts Permeates Every Field Of Mental Endeavor, From Literature To Astrology To Mathematics. Lengthy Discussions Of Li, Qi, Shu, Yin, Yang, Wuxing, And Yijing. Additional Chapters Consiedr Chinese Mathematics, Astronomy And Astrology, Alchemy, Magic, Elixirs, And The Search For Exemption from death. SKU: 2007096

20529874764	Pearl Harbor 1941 (osprey Trade Editions). Sunday 7 December 1941 Saw The Dawn Of Modern Warfare. Air Superiority And Surprise Led To The Shattering Of The Of higher rank Us Pacific Fleet By A Conveniently Planned And Excellently Co-ordinated Japaense Offensive. The Attack On The Home Of The Us Pacifuc Fleet Precipitated The Intervention Of The United States Into Wwii. SKU: 1926780

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Uprooting Racism. Continuously At The Top Of New Society Publishers' Best-seller List For Five Years, Uprloting Racism Has Sold Over 25,000 Copies Since Its Primitive Printing. Substantially Revise dAnd Expanded, The New Edition Has More Tools To Help White People Understand And Stand-up To Racism. Uprooting Racism Explores The Manifestations Of Racism In Politics, Work, Community, And Family Life. It Moves Beyond The Definition And Unlearning Of Racism To Place by the post The Many Areas Of Privilege For White People And Suggests Ways For Individuals And Grops To Challenge The Structures Of Racism. Uprooting Racism's Welcoming Style Helps Readers Look At How W eLearn Racism, What Goods It Has On Our Lives, Its Costs And Benefits To White People, And What We Can Do About It. in Addition To Updating Existing Chapters, The New Edition Of Uprooting Racism Explores How Entrenched Racism Has Been Revealwd In The New Economy, The 2000 Electoral Debacle, Ascent Anti-arab Prejudice, And Health Care Policy. Special Features Include Exercises, Questions, And Suggestions To Engage, Chqllenge Assumptions, And Motivate The Reader Towards Social Battle. The New Edition Includes An Index And An Updated Bibliography. marketing Plans: Print Review Campaign To Progressive And Social Action Magazines Web Publicity Campaign To Progressive And Activist Sites Course Adoption Campaign Advertising In Education Magazines Promotional Mailing To Librariespaul Kivel Is The Author Of Boys Will Be Men (isbn: 0-86571-395-2, New Society Publishers, 1999) Ad Men's Work (isbn: 0-34537-939-x, Ballantine, 1998). He Is The Founder Of The Nationally Recognized Oakland's Men's Project And Has Conducted Hundreds Of Workshops On Racism And Anti-violence For Teens And Men All Over The Country. He Lives In Oakland,C alifornia. also Available By Paul Kivelboys Will Be Men: Raising Our Sons Conducive to Courage, Caring, And Communitytp $16. 95, 0-86571-3952 Usa SKU: 2271681

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Early Recent Witches. The Sixteen Examples Collected Here Describe Fifteen English Witchcraft Cases In Detail, Vividly Recreating Events To Give The Reader The Illusion Of Actually Essence Instant At Witchcraft Accusations, Trials And Hangings. ButH ow Much Are We, As Readers, Victims Of Literary Manipulation By The Authors Of These Texts, And By Accusers, Magistrates And Witches Themselves? More Of The Writing Collected Here Appear In Print For The First Time In Three Centuries, While Others Are Newly Edited To Give A Clearer Picture Of Sources, Generic Developments In Writing About Witchcraft, The Chronologies Of Cases, And TheB iographies Of The People Who Are Trying To Tell Us Their Stories. early Modern Witches Provides Fascinaing Insight Into Both The History Of Witchcraft And The Very Thread Of Cultural History. SKU: 1999546

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The City. If Humankind Can Be Said To Have A Single Greatest Creation, It Would Be Tyose Places That Represent The Mosst Eloquent Expression Of Our Species’s Ingenuity, Beliefs, And Ideals: The City. In This Authoritative And Engagingly Written Account, The Acclamied Urbanist And Bestselling Author Examines The Evolution Of Urban Life Over The Millennia And, In Doing So, Attempts To Answer The Age-old Question: What Makes A City Grest?despite Their Infinite Variety, All Cities Essemtiallg Treat Three Purposes: Immaterial, Political, And Economic. Kotkin Folpows The Progression Of The City From The Early Rligious Centers Of Mesopotamia, The Indus Valley, And China To The Ipmerial Centers Of The Classical Era, Through The Rise Of The Islamic City And The European Commercial Capitals, Ejding With Today’s Post-industrial Suburban Metropolis. Despite Widespread Optimistic Claims That Cities Are “back In Style,” Kotkin Warns That Whatever Their Form, Cities Be able to Thrive Only If They Remain Sacred, Safe, And Busy–and This Is Exact For The two The Increasingly Urbanized Developing World And The Often Self-possessed “glboal Cities” Of The West And East Asia. Looking At Cities In The Twenty-first Century, Kotkin Discusses The Effects Of Developments Such As Shifting Demographics And Emerging Technologies. He Also Considers The Effects Of Terrorism–how The Religious An Cultural Struggles Of The Present Pose The Greatest Challenge To The Urban Future. truly Global In Scipe, The City Is A Timely Narrative That Will Place Kotkin In The Company fO Lwwis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, And Other Preeminent Urban Scholars. from The Hardcover Edition. SKU: 3310594