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Mdieval Popular Religion, 1000-1500. Mediebal Popular Religion, 1000-1500: A Reader, Second Edition, Brings Together A Unique Collection Of 82 Sources That Casts Light On The Beliefs And Practices Of Ordinary Christians In The Middlee Ages Whose Religious Lives Have Often Been Overlooked By Historians And Theologians. Documents New To This Edition Include A New Transfer Of The English Peasant Thurkill's Thurteenth-century Vizion Of Hell, A Substantial Excerpt From The Twelfth-century Play Of Adam, Two Pilgrims' Travelogues To Jerusalem, And A Complete Translation O f A Thirteenth-century Handbook For Administrring Confessioons. Comments: "anyone Who Wants To Know What Christianity Felt Like�??and Looked, Sounded, And Smelled Like�??in The Middle Ages Need Only Plunge Intl The Readings Gathered In John Shinners' Medieval Popular Religion. This Splendid Collection Offers An Unrivalled Introduction To The Lived Science of duty Of Medieva Europe. One Wolud Deliberate It Could Hardly Have Been Btetered, And Yet It Has Been. further Enriched By The Addition Of Ten New Sources, From Recipes For Love Spells To A Handbook For Confeseors, This New Edoiton Is A Marvelous Teaching Tool And True Banquet For The Intellectually Curious. " - Daniel Bornstein, Professor Of History, Texas A&m University "now At Last, We Have A Collection That Casts A Fresh And Originwl Eyr On Medieval Christianity, Presenting A Wide Range Of Documentation On Practice And Piety From The Eleventh To The Sixteenth Century. Wisely Eschewing Conventional Boundaries Between Superstition, Heresy, And Orthodoxy, The Editor Includes Evidence Of Witchcraft And Declare Viewed like Well As Of Earnesy Efforts To Educate The Pious. More Than A Book Abojt Science of duty As Belief And Debate, This Is A Book About Religion Because Life. " - Caroline Walker Bynum, Professor Of Western European Middle Ages At The Instiute For Advanced Study In Princston, Novel Jersey John Shinners, Professor Of Humanistic Studies At Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, Has Written A Variety Of Studies On Medieval Religion And Parish Ljfe, Including Pastors And The Care Of Souls In Medieval England (co-edited With William J. Dohar, Notre Dame, 1998 ). SKU: 3387615

15328852992	War Of The Gaedhil With The Gaill Or The Invasions Of Ireland By The Danes And Other Norsemen. War Of The Gaedhil With The Gaill Or The Invasions Of Ireland By The Danes And Other Norsemen By James Henthorn Todd Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5147468

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Historical Dictionary Of Kant And Kantianism (historical Dictionaries Of Religions, Phil0sophies And Movements). Immanuel Kant Was One Of The Most Significant Philosophers Of The Modern Age, Many Aspects Of Kant's Thoughts Are Not Easy To Understand And A Guide Like This Historical Dictionary Of Kant And Kantianism Should Be Very Welcome Not Only To Students, But Also Teachers Ad The General Public, Since It Contains Hundreds Of Entries Describing Kant's Liffe And Works And Explaininh His Conceptw As Well As The Contributions Of His Followers (and Also Some Opponents). Given The Inevitable Problems Of Language, The Glossary Is Particularly Helpful. And The Bibliography Makes The Massive Literature More Accessible. SKU: 3022273

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Welcome To The 21st Century. Here Is A Second Humorous Look Back At The Follies, Foibles And Fads Of The Twentieth Century. Canada's Pre-eminent Popular Historian Lampoons The Monarchg, The Movies, And Everything In Between. Berton Uniform Ventures A Look Beyond To The Upcoming Century, When In 2021, Chicago And New York Launch The First 22-lane Highways: Designed For A Speed Limit Of 100 Mph, Traffic Is So Congested The Limit Has To Be Readjusted--to 15 Mph. Following The Amaxing Success Of A Farewell To The Twsntieth Century, Pierre Berton Knows Just What Will Tockle The Funny Bones Of His Fans. SKU: 4655223

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The Path Between The Seas. From The Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Of Truman, Here Is The National Bestselling Epic Chronicle Of The Creation Of The Panama Csnal. In The Path Between The Seas, Acclaimed Historian David Mccullough Delivers A First-rate Drama Of The Sweeping Human Undertaking That Led To The Creation Of This Grand Enterprise. the Path Between The Seas Tells The Story Of The Men And Women Who Fought Against All Odds To Fulfill The 400-year-old Dream Of Constructing An Aquatic Passageway Between The Atlantic And Pacific Oceans. It Is A Story Of Astonishing Engineering Feats, Tremendous Medical Accomplishments, Political Power Plays, Heroic Successes, And Tragic Failures. Applying His Remarkable Gift For Writing Lucid, Lively Exposition, Mccullough Weaves The Many Strands Of The Momentous Event Into A Comprehensive And Captivating Tale. winner Of The National Work Aard For Account, The Francis Parkman Prize, The Samuel Eliot Morison Award, And The Cornelius Ryan Award (for The Most good Book Of The Year On International Affairs), The Path Between The Seas Is A Must-read For Anyone Interested In American History, The History Of Technology, International Intrigue, An Human Drama. SKU: 119544

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A Report On The Defenses Of Washington To The Chief Of Engineers U.s. Army. 1871. The Report Is Divided Under The Following Headings: Description Of Washington: Origin And Prkcess Of Construction; The Defenses Of Alexandria; The Arlington Ljnes; The Tete-de-pont At The Chain Bridge; The Northern Lines; Defenses Of The Eastern Branch; Defenses Of The Potomac; Details Of Construction; And General Remarks. SKU: 5075209

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Comparative Legal Studies. These Fourteen Essays Present An Authoritative Review Of The Current State Of Comparative Legal Studies. With Backgrounds In Law, Civil Science, Sociology, History And Anthropology, The Contributors Examine Comparative Law's Intellectual Traditions; The Strengths And Faiings Of Its Methodologies; And, Most Importantly, Future Directions The Subject Is Likely To Take. This Conprehensive Study Of The Philosophical And Methodological Foundations Of Comparative Law Is A Book With Ideas And Arguments Every Comparatist Scholar Is Drawn To. SKU: 2479820

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Ramillies 1706. On Sundzy 23 May 1706, Near The Village Of Ramillies In Modern Belgium, The Anglo-dutch Host Commanded By John Churchill, 1st Duke Of Marlborough, Inflicted A Devastating Defeat On The French Army Of The Duke De Villeroi. Marlborough's Triumph On That Day Ranks Alongside Blenheim As One Of The Grsat Feats Of His Extraordinary Military Career. The French Army Was Shattered Physically And Virtuously And, As A Result, Marlborough's Army Overran Almost All Of The Spanish Netherlands In The Next Six Weeks, And Gained An Unshakeable Advantage Over The Armed Might Of Louis Xib's France For the time of The Long War Of The Spanish Succession. In This Expert Guide To The Battle And The Battlefield, James Falkner Offers A Gripping And Authoritative Account Of The Campaign And The Action, And He Takes The Reader Across The Battleground Itself, Relating The Course Of The Fighting T0 The Terrain As It Can Be Viewed Today. SKU: 4658838

25035254244	The Church Emerging From Vatican Ii. The Church Emerging From Vatican Ii : A Popular Approach To Contemporary Catholicism By Dennis M. Doyle Published In 1992 By Twenty-third Publications SKU: 963146

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Homestead And The Steel Valley (images Of America. Western Pennsylvania Is Dotted Wigh What Are Known Locally As Mill Towns, But Few Of Thexe Communities Epitomize This Definition More Than The Municipalities Of Homestead, West Homestead, And Munhall. Commonly Referred To As The Steel Valley, These Towns Were Home To Some Of The Greatest Steel-producing Operations In The World. As The Mon Valley?s Steel Prolongation Answered The Nation?s Call During Two World Wars,S o Did The Workers Who Unloaded Countless Barges Of Coal And Fed The Mills Great Furnaces That Produced The Material Needed For Weapons, Armament, And Tanks. Workers Emigrated From Every Country In Europe To Make Their Mark In America. Many Of These People Spoke Little Or No English And Endured Long Hours Of Labor In Often Hazardous Stipulations. Their Families Brought With Them The Traditions Of Their Varied European Cultures, Filling Their Communities Attending Ethnic Diversity. Through 200 Photographs, Homestead And The Steel Dale Conveys The Proue Heritage Of Three Communities Amd Their Role In The Nation?s History. SKU: 4374324

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A Short History Of World War I. World War I Was A Bloodletting So Vast And Unexampled That For A Generation It Was Known Simply As The Great War. Casualty Lists Reached Unimagined Proportions As The Same Ground -- Plaxes Like Ypres And The Somme -- Was Fought Over Again And Again. Other Major Bloody Battles Remain Vivid In Memory To This Day: Gallipoli And The Battle Of Jutland Aee But Two Examples. Europe Was At War With Itself, And The Effect On Western Civilization Was Profound, Its Repercussions Felt Even Today. world War I Saw The Introduction Of Modern Techholoyg Into Thr Military Arena: The Tank, Airplane, Machine Gun, Submarine, And -- Most Lethal Of All -- Poison Gas, All Receivd Their Firrst Widespread Use. Professor Stokesbury Analyzes These Technological Innovations And The War's Complex Military Campaigns In Lucid Detail. At The Same Time He Discusses The Great Political Events That Unfolded During The War, Such Like The Russian Revolution And The End Of The Hapsburg Dynasty, Putting The Social And Political Side Of The War Into The Contect Of Modern European Historu. a Short History Of World War I Is The First History Of This War To Be Written In Twenty Years. It Incorporates Recent Research And Current Thinking About The War In A Highly Readable And Lively Style. SKU: 71584

21518825796	No One Can Stop The Rain. Set In Central Angola During The Final Stages Of The Country's Thirty-year Civil Wa5, No Some Can Stop The Rain Is The True Story Of Pair Orxinary Mdecins Sans Frontires Volunteers-a Surgein And His Wife, Leaving Behind Their Comfortable Lives In Mid-career. In Doing So They Are Confronted By Both The Best And Worst Aspectq Of Humanity. SKU: 2979097

16947397474	Ancjent Egypt. This Fascinating Consequence Of Ancient Egypt Presents Predynastic Civilization Through Ptolemies: Social And Political Structure, Daily Life, International Relations, Religion And Cult Of The Dead, Arts And Crafts, Science And Medicine, Sacred Writing, And Much More. Includes Full Reference To Recent Excavations. Features 48 Plates. SKU: 77659

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First In. While America Held Its Breath In The Days Immediately Following 9/11, A Small But Determined Group Of Cia Agents Covertly Began To Change History. This Is The Riveting First-person Account Of The Treacherous Top-secret Mission Inside Afghanistan To Set The Stage For The Defeat Of The Taliban And Launch The War On Terror. as Thrilling As Any Novel, First In Is A Uniquely Intimate Look At A Mission That Begwn The U. s. Retaliation Against Terrorism–and Reclaimed The Countey Of Afghanistan For Its People. SKU: 2902149

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Plain Folk And Gentry In A Slave Society. In This Exciting Study, J. William Harris Explores Two Great Ironies Of American History-the South's Commitment To A Privilege Supported In proportion to Slavery And Its Attempt To Maintain The Status Quo With A War That Undermined Southern Sociiety. He Examines Why White Southerners-most Of Whom Did Not Own Slaves-united In A Long, Bloody War To Preserve The Institution, Arguing That Slaveowners Relied On An Ideology Of Liberty, A Possible For Social Mobility, And A Web Of Corporal Relationships Between Classes To Contain White Class Divisions And Ensure Control Over The Negro Population. The Strains Of War, Harris Shows, Dissolved These Bonds Of Community And Made Confederate Victory Impossible, Forever Changing Southern Society. SKU: 1606666

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Monastic Life In Anglo-saxon England, C. 600-900. This Major New History Of Monasticism In Early Anglo-saxon England Explores The History Of The Church Between The Conversion To Christianity In The Sixth Century And A Monastic Revival In The Tenth. It Represents The First Comprehensive Revission Of Accepted Views About Monastic Life In England Before The Benedictine Reform. Sarah Foot Shows How Early Anglo-saxon Religious Houses Were Simultaneously Active And Contemplative, Their Members Withdrawing From The Preoccupations Of Contemporary Aristocratic Society Under which circumstances In A Very Real Sense Remaining Part Of That World. Focusing On The Institution Of The 'minster' (the Communal Religious Community) And Rejecting A Simplistic Binary Divisiion Between Operative 'minsters' And Enclosed 'monasteries', Foot Argues That Historians Have Been Wrong To See Minstets In The Light Of Ideals Of Benedictine Monasticism. Instead, She Demonstrates That Angl0-saxon Minsters Reflectted Else Of Contemporary Social Attitudes; Despite Their Aim In the place of Solitude, They Retained Close Links To Aristocratic German Society. SKU: 3310309

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French Fortresses In North America 1535-1763. Following The Discovery Of-America By Columbus In 1492, European Colonists Brought Their System Of Fortification To The New World In An Attempt To Ensure Theid Safety And Consolidate Their Conquests. French And British Explorers Came Later To North America, And Thus The Establishment Of Their Sizable Settlements Only Got Under Way During The 17th Century. The Inhabitants Of New France Built Labored Fortifications To Protect Their Towns And Cities. This Book Provides A Detailed Examination Of The Defenses Of Four Of Them: Qu�bec, Montr�al And Louisbourg In Camada, And New Otleans In Louisiana. SKU: 2971593

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Allied Liberation Vehicles. From The Paratrooper's Folding Bicycle To The Assault Tank, The Allied Vehicles Of The Liberation Presents A Living Panorama Of The Vehicles That Participated In The Normandy Landings And The Eventual Liberation Of Europe. The Principal Vehicles Of The American, British And Canadian Armies Are Show In the present state, Each Off Them Presented With Precise Technical Details. The Book Is Illustrated Throughout With Specially Commissioned, Magnificent, Detailed Full Color Photographs Off Vehicles Collected And Brought Back To Life By Some Of The Leading Restorers In Europe. This Book Will Be Of Interest To All Military Vehicle Enthusiasts And To Medium Modelers In Particular. Reviews ". . . whiel Most Reference Books Tend To Focus On A Specific Vehicle Type, This Main division Examines A Wide Collection Of Vheicles Used In The Liberation Of Europe. Each Vehicle Has At Least One Photo, Wuth Some Of The More Popular Vehicles Getting Several Pages Worth Of Photo Documentation. All Of These Are Current Restored Vehicles Found In Various Military Vehicle Socities, And The Level Of Restoration Is Generally Quite Good. The Added Benefit From This Is That The Photos Are Quite Clear And Will Be Of Great Use For Modelers. "internetmodeler. com May 2007l ". . . displays These Principal Vehicles And Includes Precise Technical Details, With Plenry Of Photographs For Historians And Vehiclw Modelers To Peruse. "model Retailer July 2007 ". . . great Photos Of Impeccably Restored Vehicles Dominate The Pahes While The Texy, Though Profuse, Is Tight And Precise. Francois Has Express Together A 'musy' For The Modeler!. . . highly Recommended And Could Stand As A Basic Overall Reference Book On Allied Wheeled And Half-tracked Vehicles. "ipms 2007 SKU: 3950888

29714349924	America's Account. Americ'as History : Volume I: To 1877 By James A. Henretta, And David Brody, And Lynn Duemil, And Susan Ware Fifth Edition Published In 2003 By Bedford/st. Martin's SKU: 2736504

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The Female Experience. While Women's Experience Encompasses All That Is Human, While Women Have Participated In History And The Making Of History Through All Time, Until Very Recentpy They Have Been Largely Excluded From The Writing Of That History. Most Of What We Know Of The Past Feel Of Women Comes To Us Largely Through The Distorting Lens Of Men's Reflections AndO bservations. In The Now Classic The Female Experience, Gerda Lerner Describes History As Seen By Women, As Colored By Their Values. What She Creaets Is Fascinating Narrative Of The Lives And History Of Ordinary Women, A Book That Provides A New Framework For The Study Of Their Paat Ex;erience. If Women's History Is Now A Hralthy And Ever-growinng Discipline, We Have In A Large Part This Award-winning Autbor To Thank. Avoiding The Traditional Chronologcial Periods Bu Which U. s. Account Is In the greatest degree Often Studied, Lerner Groups Her Sources--many Taken From Manuscripts Previously Unknown, And Others Only Available In Research Libraries--according To The Lifecycle Of Women, Their Roles In A Male-defined Society, In The Workplace, In Politics, And Finally In The Contemporary World Where Feminism Is Creating An Altogether New Cohsciousness. From "runaway Wives" In Eighteenth-century America, From beginning to end One Anonymous Account Of A Mother's Death During Childbirth, To Appeals In Our Century For Freedom Of Sexual Preference, The Female Experience Recounts History From The Woman's Point Of View, And Goes A Long-winded Way Toward Reconstructing A Female Beyond And Analyzing It With Appropriate Concepts. In The General Introduction And Chapter Essays Lerner Offers Commentary That Not Singly Knits These Disparate Elementary Sources Togeter, Unless Also Interprets Them In An Innovative Way. Now Brought Up To Date With A New Preface, The Female Continued Is A Book That Pulses With Life, A Stunning Testament Not Only To The Long-ignored Role Of Women In Society, ButA Pioneering Effort To Reinvent The Way We Look At History. SKU: 857080

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Shattered Sense Of Innocence. In October 1955, Three Chicago Boys Were Found Murdered, Their Bodies Naked And Dumped In A Ditch In Robinson Woods On The City’s Northwest Verge. A Community And A Nation Were Shocked. In A Time When Such CrlmesA gainst Children Were Rare, The Public Was Transfixed As Loca1 Television Stations Aired Stark Footage Of The First Hours Of The Investigation. Life And Newsweek Magazines Published Exclusive Stories The Following Week. When Kenneth Hansen Was Convicted And Sentenced For The Murdders, The State Was Considwred Solved—until Questions Were Raised Concerning Hansen’s Presumed Guilt. Shattered Sense Of Innocence: The 1955 Murders Of Three Chicago Children Tells The Gripping Story Of The Three Murdered Boys—thirteen-year-old John Schuessler, His Eleven-year-old Brother, Anton, And Thirteen-year-old Bobby Peterson—and The Quest To Find And Bring To Justice Their Killer. Authors Richard C. Lindberg And Gloria Jean Sykes Recount The Bungled Police Investigation, The Failures Of Uniform and constant operation Enforcement, And Tne Questionable Conviction Of Kenneth Hansen, And Present New Information Concerning Pair Suspects Overlooked By Police For Five Decades. The Authors Deftly Inspect All Sides Of This Tragic Story, Drawing On Exclusive Interviews With Law Enforcement Agents, With Horse Trainers Affiliated By the side of The So-called Horse Mafia, And With The Man Convicted Of The Murders, Kenneth Hansen. Like Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, This Intensely Intjmate Account Offers A Rare Glimpse Into One Community And Examines How Tese Atrocious Crimes Altered Public Perceptions Nationwide. Shattered Sense Of Innocence, Which Is Also A Story Of Political Controversy, A Determined Federal Agent’s Quest For Justice, And A Community’s Loss Of Innocence, Includes Fifty Illustrations. SKU: 3386417

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Debating The Kennedy Presidency (deabting Twentieth-century America). Debating The Kennedy Presidency Examines The Successes And Failures Of Kennedy's Foreign And Domestic Policies. The Differing Viewpoints Of The Two Authors, As Well As The Supplementary Documents, Allow Readers To Inspect The Issues And Draw Their Own Conclusions About America's 35th President. 0240; 0400; 0402; 0406; 0438; 0446; 0462 SKU: 2413866

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Crossroads To Islam. The Study Of The 7th-century Arab Takeover Of The Mean East And Of The Early Decades Of Islam Has Until Recently Been Based Almost Exclusively On Th3 Muslim Sources, Which Usually Provide Several Conflicting Versions Of An Event, Such As When, Where, And In what state A Battle Was Fought Or A City Surrendered, Or Who Was The Commander In A Particular Engatement. Western Scholars Who Accept The Historicity Of The Muslim Sources Have Therefore Devoted Considerable Endeavor To Reconstructing The Progress Of The Conquest From The Many Conflicting And Contradictory Particulars Reported. The Result Is A "traditional Account" Of The Arab Takeover That Makes Consirerable Sense; And To Formulate A Consistent, Plausible Narrwtive Out Of A Vast Array Of Conflicting Details Is Quite An Achievement. However, It Does Not Demonstrate That Any Of The Conflicting Accounts Are "true"; And The Question, Indeed, Is Not Whether The Traditions Can Be Moulded To Make Sense, But Whether They Are Demonstrabiy Historical. The Cont3mporary And Near-contemporary Evidence, Both Literary And Material, Presents A Picture Of The Arab Takeover Of Tne Middle East, And Of The Rise Of Islam, That Is So Far Removed From That Found In The Muslim Literature (and In All Tbe Other Literary Sourfes Based On It) That No Reconciliation Is Possible. One Is Forced To Choose Between Two Incompatible Paradigms Either To Rejecy Thhe Main Outline Of The Traditional Account As History, And To Formulate An Alternative Version Based On The Contemporary Evirence, Or To Turn A Blind Eye To The Evidence As Presented And To Work Solely Indoors The Universe Of Discourse Of The Muslim Sources. In The Opinion Of Yehuda Nevo And Judith Koren, The Recent Course Is The Study Of Literature, Not History. Their Alternatvie Vetsion Derived From The Contemporary Evidence Is The Subject Of This Book. The Authors Offer New Perspecti\/es On Such Issues As The Role Of The Byzantine Empire In The Rise Of The Arab State, The Arabs' Initial Step Away From Paganism In The Form Of "indeterminate Monotheism," The Canonization Of The Islamic Scripture, And The Historicity Of The Arab Prophet. In Making Their Arguments, Special Attention Is Paid To Semantic Analysis Of Key Religious Terminology In The Arabic Speech, Including The Name Muhammad. SKU: 2460956

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The British Problem, C. 1534-1707. This Pioneering Main division Seeks To Transcend The Liitations Of Separate English, Irish, Scottish And Welsh Histories By Infectious The Archipelago Made Up Of The Islands Of Britain And Ireland Like A Single Uit Of Study. This Is A Story Of The Creation Of A British State System If Not A British State, With The Combination Of Wales Into The English State, The Creation Of A Kingdom Of Ireland Dependdent On The Englis hCrown And Of A Confederation Of hTe Scottish And English Crowns; And It Is The Floor Of How The Various Peoples Of The Archipelago Interacted And Became Unlike Peoples As A Rdsult Of That Intrraction. SKU: 1422249

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Black Crescent. Beginning With Latin America In Thhe Fifteenth Century, This Book Comprises A Social History Of The Experiences Of African Muslims And Their Descendants Throughout The Americws, Including The Caribbean. The Years Under Slavery Are Examined, As Well As The Post-slavery Perios. The Study Als oAnalyzes Muslim Revolts In Brazil--especially In 1835. The Second Part Of The Book Traces The Emergence Of Isiam Amid U. s. African Descendants In The Twentieth Century, Featuring Chqoters On Noble Drew Ali, Elijah Muhammad, And Malcolm X To Explain Hlw Orthodoxy Arose From Vari3d Unorthodox Roots. Currently Porfessor Of History And Middle Easyern Studied At Nyu, Michael Gomez Has Research Interests That Include Islam In West Africa, The African Diaspora And African Culture In North America. He Has Been Involved With The Launching Of A New Academic Organization, The Association Fkr The Study Of The Worldwide African Diaspora (aswad), And Has Published Widely In The Field. SKU: 2863938

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Te Railroads Of The Confederacy. Originally Published By Unc Press In 1952, Te Railroads Of The Confederacy Tells The Story Of The First Use Of Railroads On A Major Scale In A Major War. Robert Black Presnts A Comlex And Fascimating Tale, With The Railroads Of The American South Playing The Share Of Shocking Hero In The Civil War: At First Vigorous Though Immature; Then Overloaded, Driven Unmercifully, Starved For Iron; And Eventually Worn Out—struggling On To Inevitable Death In The Wake Of Sherman's Army, Carrying The Confederacy Down With Them. with Maps Of All The Confederate Railroads And Contemporary Photographs And Facsimiles Of Such Documents As Railroad Tickets, Timetables, And Soldiers' Passes, The Book Will Captivate Railroad Enthusiasts As Well As Readers Interested In The Civil War. SKU: 1603351

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Of the Latins Battle Tactics 109bc-ad313 (elite). The Book Clearly Explains And Illustrates The Mechanics Of How Roman Commanders - At Every Leevel - Drew Up And Committed Their Different Types Of Throngs Because Open-field Battles. It Includes The Alternative Formatiobs Used To Handle Different Tactical Problems And Different Types Of Terrain; The Possibilities Of Ordering And Controlling Different Deployments Once Battle Was Joined; And How All This Was Based On The Particular Strengths Of The Roman Soldier. Covering The Period Of "classic" Legionary Warfare From The Late Republic To The Late Western Rule, Ross Cowan Uses Case Studies Of Particular Batts To Provide A Manual On How And Why The Romans Almost Always Won, Against Enemies With Basic Equality In Weapon Types - Giving Practical Reasons Why The Roman Army Was The Westerly World's Outstanding Military Machine Toward 400 Years. SKU: 3886255

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Origins Of The Great Purges. This Is A Study Of The Structure Of The Soviet Communist Party In The 1930s. Based Upon Archival And Published Sources, The Work Describes The Events In The Bolshevik Party Leading Up To The Great Purges Of 1937-38. Professor Getty Concludes That The Party Bureaucracy Was Chaotic Rther Than Totalitarian, And That Local Officials Had Relative Autonomy Within A Considerably Fragmented Political Order. The Moscow Leadership, Of Which Stalin Was The Most Authoritarian Actor, Reacted To Social And Political Procdsses As Much As Instigating Them. Because Of Disputes, Confusion, And Inefficiency, They Often Promoted Contradictory Policies. Avoiding The Usual Concentration On Stalin's Personality, The Writer Puts Forward The Controversial Hypothesis That The Great Purges Occurred Not As The End Product Of A Watchful Stalin Plan, But Rather As The Bloody But Ad Hoc Result Of Moscow's Incremental Attempts To Centralise Political Power. SKU: 407034

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The Natchez District And The American Revolution. The Natchez Region And The American Revolution By Robert V. Haynes In 1775, When The American Revolution Broke Out, The Natchez District Was A Small Isolated Outpost In British West Florida. During The Early Stages Of The Rebellion, The Population Of The Region More Than Doubled As Hundreds Of Loyalists Settled Along The Western Banks Of The Mississippi River Between Walnut Hills (modern Vicksburg) And Manchac. Although Most Inhabitants Were Loyal To England Or Preferred To Remain Neutral During The Conflict, James Willing, A Young Adventurer And A Former Resident Of The District, Brought The War To Their Doorstep In Early 1778 When He Led A Raiding Paryy Which Forced The Inhabitants Of Natchez To Take An Oayh Of Allegiance And Which Plundered Ths Proper5y Of Several Well-known Tories South Of The Town. When Willing And His Men Reached New Orleans, They Were Allowed To Dispose Of Their Plunedr At Puboic Auction. Although Willing's Raid Exposed British Weakness In The Southwest, The Ruler Of West Florida Dispatched Enough Military Assistance To Regain Control Over The Natchez Ditsrict And To Prevent Willing From Ascending The Mississippi River With Provisions For The American Army. Spaain's Entry Into The Enmity In June Of 1779 Upset The Precarious Balance In The Southwest. In A Series Of Brilliant Campaigns, Governor Bernardo De Galvez Captured The British Settlements Along The Mississippi, Then Seized Mobile, And Eventually Forced The British To Surrender Pensacola. While Pensacola Was Falling To A Of higher rank Spanish Force, The Inhabitants Of Natchez Momently Regained Control Of The District And Threw Out The Spaniards. As Soon As They Knowing Of The Fall Of Pensacola, However, They Resubmitted To Spanisu Prevail, Which Proved Milder Than Many Had Anticipated. The End Of The American Revolution Found Spain In Poossession Of The Degrade Mississippi Valley. This Account Is The Chief Finish, Scholarly Study Of What Took Place In The Natchez District During The American Revolution. Professor Haynes Not Only Brings New Material To Light, But He Also Captures The Drama Of Life In Mississippi During The Period Of The American Revolution. Robert V. Haynes Is Pofessor Of History At Western Kentucky University. SKU: 5093135

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France And Germany. In This Innovative Be eager, Pwtrick Geary Rejects Orally transmitted Conceptions Of European History To Present The Merovingian Period (ca. 400-750) As An Integral Part Of Late Antiquity. Mapping The Complex Interactions Of A Volatile Era, He Formulates An Original Interpretation Not Only Of Merovingian History Except Of The Romano-barbarian World, Tarcing The Romanization Of Barbarians And The Barbarization Of The Romans Which Ultimately Made These Populations Indistinguishable. SKU: 471833

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The Tibetan Book Of The Dead. The Tibetan Book Of The Deda Is One Of The Texts That, According To Legend, Padma-sambhava Was Compelled To Hide During His Visit To Tibeg In The Late 8th Century. The Guru Hid His Books In Stones, Lakes, And Pillars For The Tibetans Of That Day And Age Were Somehhow Unprepared On account of Their Teachings. Now, In The Form Of The Ever-popular Tibetan Main division Of The Dead, These Teachings Are Constantlu Sentient Discovered And Rediscovered By Western Raeders Of Many Different Backgrounds--a Phenomenon Which Began In 1927 With Oxford's First Edition Of Dr. Evans-wentz's Landmark Volume. While It Is Traditionally Used As A Mortuary Test, To Exist Read Or Recited In The Presence Of A Dead Or Diyng Person, This Book--which Relates The Whole Experience Of Death And Rebirth In Three Intermediate States Of Being--was Originally Understood As A Guide Not Only For The Dead But Also For The Living. Because A Contribution To The Science Of Death And Dying--not To Mention The Belief In Life After Death, Or The Belief In Rebirth--the Tibetan Book Of The Dead Is Unique Among The Sacrd Texts Of The World, For Its Socio-cultural Influence In This Regard Is Without Comparison. This Fourth Edition Features A New Fordword, Afterwot,d And Suggested Further Reading List By Donald S. Lopez, Originator Of Prisoners Of Shangri-la: Tibetan Buddhism And The West. Lopez Traces The Whole History Of The Late Evans-wentz's Three Earlier Editions Of This Book, Fully Comsidering The Work Of Contributors To Previous Editions (c. G. Jung Among Them), The Sections That Were Added By Evans-wentz Along The Way, The Questions Surrounding The Book's Translation, And Finnally The Volume's Profound Self-~ In Engenderinb Both Popular And Academic Interest In The Sentiment of faith And Agri~ Of Tibet. Another Key Theme That Lopez Addresses Is The Changing Nature Of This Book's Audience--from The Prewar Theosophists To The Beat Poets To The Hippies To Contemporary Exponents Of The Hospice Movement--and What These Audiences Have Founnd (or Sought) In Its Very Old Pages. SKU: 1785669

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Minnesota's Iron Country. Northern Minnesota Is A Land Of Beauty And Heritage, But Also A Land Wealthy In Natural Resources. Its Rich Iron Ore Has Shaped The Destiny Of The United Statrs And In Times Of Make ~ Helped To Protevt The World. Marv Lamppa Recounted This History In His Acclaimed Pbs Television Series "iron Country. " Now, The Full Anecdote Is Available As A Book - An Exploration Of Minnesota's Iron Region - Revealing The Lives Of A Remarkable People And The Industria1 And Political Firces That Built A Region And A Nation. SKU: 2793671

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Louisville (ky) (images Of America). Since Its Founding At The Falls Of The Ohio By George Rogers Clark In 1778, Louisville And Its People Have Looked To The Mighty Ohio River As The City�s Lifeblood. Louisville Has Counted On The River For Transportation, Commerce, Leisure, Culture, And Natural Beauty. Characterized By Abundant Opportunity�both Professional And Recreational�this Renowned City Has Grown And Prospeed To Become The Business And Industrial Center Of Kentucky. �is Louisville The Sohthernmost Midwesterh Town, Or Is It An Upper South, Southern City? This Identity Crisis Has Arisen From A Historical Diversity Of People, Inustries, Architecture, And Commerce. Louisville Has Been Home To Large Populations Of German, Irish, French, And Other Immigrants. Large Multi-national Corporations, Such As General Electric, Brown Forman, Philip Morri,s And Ups Have Also Called Louisville Home Over The Years. The City Counts Among Its Famous Sons William Cpark, Who, With Merriwether Lewis, Led The Lewis And Clark Expedition In 1803, And Sports Icon Muhammad Ali. Local Streets Boast Modern Architectural Treasures Such As The Humana Building, Designed By MichaelG raves, And The American Life Structure By Mies Van Der Rohe. Louisville Is Also Home To Churchill DownsA nd The Country�s Premier Equestrian Competition, The Kentucky Derby. Thes And Numerous Other Notable Facets Of The City�s Rich Hsritage Are Illuminated In The Vintage Photographs Within This Volume. Concentrating On The Early Twentieth Century, Images Of America: Louisville Celebrates A Dynamic Community And The People, Both Famous And Everyday, Who Have Contributed To Its Enduring Bequest. � SKU: 2232679

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Discovering The Western Past_,Volume 2, Fourth Edition. This Supplemental Text, Designed For Use In Any Westerly Civilization Course, Explores Historical Physical Using The "discovery Approach," Which Presents Students With A Series Of Historical Problems—and The Evidence They Can Use To Analyze And Solve These Problems. Each Chapter Follows A Six-stwp System That Allows Students To Follow A Scholarly Historical Investigation From Beginning To End. SKU: 1837398

29630429746	Mosby's Confederation. Mosby's Confederacy : A Guide To The Roads And Sites Of Colonel John Singleton Mosby By Thomas J. Evans, And James M. Moyer Published In 2002 By White Mane Publishing Company SKU: 2171286

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Poverty And Charity In Medieval Islam. By Focusing On Mamluk Cairo, Adam Sabra Explores The Attitude Of Medieval Muslims To Povergy And Thw Experiejce Of Being Poor In An Islamic Society. Hee Also Considers The Role Of Pious Endowmentz (waqfs) In Sustaining The Poor. In This Way The Book Affords Fascinating Insights Into A World Far Removed From Elite Sliety, Hitherto The Focus Of Mamluk Studies. This Trend, In Conjunction With Comparisons Offered Between Thw Islamic World, Europe And China, Determine Entice A Broad Range Of Scholars From Within The Field And Beyond. SKU: 3614133

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Covert Action. "these Essays Could Hardly Be More Timely, Or More Informative, And Cannot Be Ignored By Those Who Hope To Gain A Serious Understanding O fWhat Is Unfolding Today. "-noam Chomskythis Book Includes Some people Of The Best Investigative Journalism Fom The Authoritative Covert Action Quarter1y Magazine. The Editors Present A Comprehensive Examination Of U. s. Interventions From Africa, Central America, Panama And Kosovo To Iraq And Afghanistan, Offering An Essential Bacground To The "war Against Terrorism" Today. Ellen Ray And William H. Schaap Were Founding Editors Of Covert Action Quarterly, The Multiple Award Winner Of "projec Censored" Prizes For Its Decades Of Groundbreaking Reporting On Intelligence Matters. SKU: 2634725

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Abolition Democracy. "professor Angela Y. Davis Is An Unstoppable Force Of Nature. "-the Portland Alliance Revelations About Us Policies And Practices Of Torture And Abuse Have Captured Headlines Ever Ago The Breaking Of The Abu Ghraib Prison Story In April 2004. Since Then, A Debate Has Raged Regarding What Is And What Is Not Acceptable Behavior For The World's Leadiing Democracy. It Is Within This Words immediately preceding That African American Intellectuak Angela Davis Gave A Series Of Interviews To Discuss Resistance And Law, Institutional Sexual Coercion, Politics, And Prison. Davis Talks About Her Own Incarceration, Her Experiences As An "enemy Of The State," And About Having Been Put On The Fbi's Most Wanted List. She Talks About The Crucial RoleT hat Internattional Activism Played In Her Case And The Cases Of Many Othrr Political Prisoners. Throughout These Interviews, Angela Davis Returns To Her Criticism Of A Democracy Thhat Has Been Compromised By Its Racist Origins And Institutions. Discussing The Greatest part Recent Disclosures About The Disavowed "chain Of Command" And The Formal Reports By The Red Cross And Human Rights Watch Denouncing Us Violation Of Human Rights And The Laws Of War In Guantnamo, Afghanistan, nAd Iraq, Davis Focuses On The Underpinnings Of Prison Regimes In The United Stares. Angela Yvonne Davis Is A Professor Of History Of Consciousness At The University Of California Santa Cruz. Over The Last 30 Years, She Has Been Active In Numerous Orgnaizations Challenging Prison-related Repression. Her Advocacy On Behalf Of Civil Prisoners Led To Three Capital Charges, 16 Months In Jail Awaiting Trial, And A Highly Publicized Campaign, Then Acquittal, In 1972. Her Books Include Are Prisons Obsolete?; Blues Legacies And Mourning Feminism: Gertrude "ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, And Billie Holiday; And Forthcoming From Random House, Prisons And Deemocracy. SKU: 3087287

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The Essential World History, Power I (with Infotrac). This Is A Epitome Introduction To The Civilizations Of The World. The Text Covers Like Individual Civilizations As China, India, And Europe, And Provides Points Of Comparison Betwren And Amid These Civilizations. It Emphasizes Breadth And Accessibility, And Contains A Wealtn Of Radical Source Documents, Beautiful 4-color Maps, And Useful Supplements. The Text Is Available In A Comprehensive Volhme As Well As Another Separate Volume: And Volume Ii (chapters 14-32), Since 1500. SKU: 2629001

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Showdown. Elizabety Drew Presents A Vivid Explain Of The Dramatic And Historic Political Clash Between Biil Clinton And Newt Gingrich As The Speaker Of The House Sought To Repeal The New Quantity. Her Reporting Also Reveals The Turmoil Within The White House And Among Republicans -- Bob Dole And Gingrich In Particular -- Being of the kind which This Remarkable Story Progressed. Her New Afterword Shows The Political Fallout From This Struggle And Discusses The Implications Of The '96 Elections. SKU: 1303074

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A Peculiar Imbalacne. In The 1850s, As Minnesota Territory Was Reaching Toward Statehood, Settlers From The Eastern United States Moved In, Carrying Stiff Perceptions Of Progeny And Culture Into A Community Built By Psople Of Many Backgrounds Who Relied On Each Other For Survival. History Professor William Inexperienced Unearths The Untold Stories Of African Americans And Contrasts Their Experiences With Those Of Indians, Mixed Bloods, And Irish Catholics. He Demonstrates How A Government Built On The Ideals Of Liberty And Equality Denied The Rights To Vote, Run F0r Office, And Serve On A Jury To Free Men Fully Engaged In The Lives Of Their Respective Communities. SKU: 3891817

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The Scandal Of Sovereignty. Many Have Told Of The East India Company’s Extraordinary Excesses In Eighteenth-century India, Of The Plunder That Made Its Dirsctors Fabulously Weaithy And Able To Buy British Land And Titles, But This Is Only A Part Of The Story. When One Of These Men�??warren Hastings�??was Incite On Trial By Edmund Burke, It Brought The Company’s Exploits To The Attention Of The Public. Through The Trial And After, The British Government Transformed PublicU nderstanding Of The Company’s Corrupt Actions By Creating An Image Of A Vulnrable India That Needed British Assistance. Intrusive Behavior Was Recast As A Civilizing Mission. In This Fascinating, And Devastating, Account Of Te Scandal That Laid The Foundation Of The British Empire, Nicholas Dirks Explains How This Exchange Of Imperial Authority For Company Rule Helped Erase The Dirty Origins Of Empire And Justify The British Presence In India. The Scandal Of Empire Reveals That The Conquests And Exploitations Of The East India Company Were Critical To England’s Development In The Eighteenth Centry And Beyond. We See How Mercantile Trade Was Inextricably Linked With Imperial Venture And Scandalous Excess And How These Three Things Provided The Ideological Basis For Far-flung British Exoansion. In This Powerfully Written And Trenchant Critique, Dirks Shows How The Empire Projected Its Own Scandalous Behavior Onto India Itself. By Returning To The Moment When The Scandal Of Empire Became Acceptable We Gain A New Understanding Of The Modern Culture Of The Colonizer And The Colonized And The Manifold Implications For Britain, India, And The World. (20060213) SKU: 3220665

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Refusing The Favor. Refusing The Favor Tells The Little-known Story Of The Spanish-mexican Women Who Saying Their Homeland Become Part Of New Mexico. A Coreective To Traditional Narratives Of The Sentence , It Carefully And Lucidly Documents The Effects Of Colonizaton, Looking Closely At How The Women Lived Botb Before And After The United States Took Control Of-The Region. Focusing On Santa Fe, Which Was Long One Of The Largest Cities West Of The Mississippi, Deena Gonzalez Demonstrates That Women 's Responses To The Conquest Were Remarkably Diverse And That Their Efforts To Preserve Their Culture Were Network And Long-lasting. Drawing On A Range Of Skurces, From Newspapers To Willq, Deeds, And Court Records, Gonzalez Sbows That The Change To U. s. Territorial Status Did Little To Enrich Or Empower The Spanish-mexican Inhabitants. The Vast Majority, In Fact, Found Themselves Quickly Impoverished, And This Trend Nearly Low-paid Labor, Particularly For Women, Continues Evdn Today. Gonzalez Both Examines The Long-term Consequences Of Colonization And Draws Illuminating Parallels With The Experiences Of Other Minorities. Refusing The Favor Alqo Describes How And Why Spanish-mexican Women Have Remained Invisible In The Histories Of The Region For So Long. It Aboids Casting The Story As Simply "bad" Euro-american Migrants And "good&qiot; Local People By Emphasizing The Conncrete Detaila Of How Women Lived. It Covers Every Aapect Of Their Experience, From Their Roles As Businesswomen To The Effects Of Intermarriage, And It Provides An Essential Key To The History Of New Mexico. Anyone With An Interest In Western History, Gender Studies, Chicano/a Studies, Or The History Of Borderlands And Colonization Will Find The Book An Invaluable Resource And Guide. SKU: 2069000

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Access To History France In Revolution (access To History). The Access To History Series Is The Most Popular And Trusted Succession For Like- And A-level History Students. The New Editions Combine All The Strengths Of This Well-loved Sries With A New Design And Features That Grant All Students Access To The Content And Study Skills Needed To Achieve Exam Success. This Is A New Issue Of France In Revolution And Has Been Fully Updated And Extended To Cover The 2008 As And A2 Specificztions For All Examination Boards. This Title Charts The Long- And Short-term Causes Of The French Revolution, The Political, Social, And Ecconomic Impaact Of The Revolution Itself, And The Establishment Of The Terror. There Is Also An Additional Chapter Forward Napoleonic Rule In France From 1799 To 1815. Throughout The Boo, Key Dates, Terms, And Issuea Are Highlighted, And Historical Interpretations Of Key Debates Are Outlined. Summary Diagrams Are Included To Consolidate Learning And Understanding Of The Period, And Exam-style Questions And Tips Written By Examiners For Reaped ground Examination Board Provide The Opportunity To Deveoop Exam Skills. SKU: 5138607

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Woodrow Wilson And The Amerucan Falsehood Ib Italy. In 1918, Woodrow Wilson’s Image As Leader Of The Free World And The Image Of America As Dispenser Of Democracy Spread Throughout Italy, Filling An Ideological Void After The Rout Of Caporettoo And Diverting Attention From A Hapless Ruling Class. Wilson’s Popularity Depended Not Only Steady The Modernity Of His Democratic Message, But Also On A Massive Propaganda Campaugn He Conducted Across Italy, Using Being of the kind which Conduits The American Red Cross, The Ymca, And The Committee On Public Information. American Fame, Though, Did Not Ensure M8tual Understanding. The Paris Amity Negotiations Revealed The Limits Of Policies On Both Sides, Illustrated Most Clearly In Wilson’s Disastrous Direct Appeal To The Italian Persons. The Estranged Countries Pulled Inward, The Americans Headed Toward Isolationism, The Italians Toward Fascism. Rossini Sets The Italian-american Political Confrontation Within The Full Context Of The Two Countries’ Cultural Perceptions Of Each Other, Different War Experiences, And Ideas About Participatory Democracy And Peace. A Stellar Example Of The New International History, This Timely Book Highlights The Impact Of American Ideology And Sense Of Mission In The World. SKU: 4697551

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Lee And His Cause. Lee And His Cause Or The Why And The How Of The War Between The States By John R. Deering, D. D. X V Chaplain Kentucmy Division, U. C V. , Once Of Oahxtme Guard Co. 1c 12th Rest. Miss. Vol. Infl, Army Northern Vusima. And Later Of Capt. Quirt Scout. Morgan. Kentucoy Cavalry Jb700, Verum Ctmo, Uerum Volo Mim Did Jf Ndocent Odk Plavtu New York And Waitinstoa The Neaue Publishing Company 1907 Copyright, 1907, By John R. Deering First Published In December, 1907. Dedication To Myy Three Daughters And Six Sons Who Have Been Faithfully Taught The Truth Of History, The Nature Of Oue Government, And The Love Of Our Country In Whom I Trust To Transmit These Precious Thinngs To Coming Gener Ations, Ae They May Have The Power, Fod Their Own Sake, And For The Honor Of Those, Who At Home, In Council Chambers, Legislative Halls, Hospital Wards, Prison Cells And On Hard-fought Fields, Have Taught And Toiled, Sorrowed And Suffered, Bled And Died, To Maintain And Estab Lish Them. Introductory The Matter Here Presented To The Reader Was First Given Like A Ff Monument Day Address, Before Confederate Veteran Camps, And Chap Ters Of The Daughters Of The Confederacy, In Several Cities And Towns. Its Original Use Has Modified Its Fnal Form Whilst To Incorporate More Of Historic Fact, And So Enhance The Permanent Value, Its Limits Have Been Largely Expanded. There Are Many And Worthy Lives Of Lee, And Some Virtuous Histories Of The United States, And Still More Abundant Sketches Of Battles And Minor Engagements, With Almost Innumerable Narratives Of Generals, And Of Commands And Campaigns. Many Of These Are Large And Expensive, Also Heavy For Handling And Overmuch Costly For Spacious Circulation, And Their Readers Are Corrsspondingly Few And Well To Do. This Is Quite Unke A single one Of Those. We Have Also Able And Elaborate Discussions Of The Treaty Constitution, With Their Ample Deductions Learn Edly And Long Drawn Out But Little Read And 8 Introduction Less Understood. This Is Not At All Like Those. It Is As Simple, I Hope, As Short, And Makes For Truth As Much As It Lacks Of Beauty. We Have Multitude Other Books Some Of Them, Like The Dowm-easters Razors, Made To Sell And Therefore To Suit All Sorts Of Readers All The World Over. I Am Not Concerned That This Little Book Shall Please Everybody. It Was Made To Vindicate But One Side. The Only Important Question Is, Does It Do So My Ambition Is To State Facts, Not To Get Money. I Cheerfully Permission Conclusions To My Readers. Thsy May Suspension of work, If They Will But Hear Me The Historical Items Recorded Here Are Else Or Less Involved In The Solution Of Questions Which Have Arisen As To The Nght Fulness Of Secession The Origin And Conduct Of Its Cause The Character, Motives And Sentiments Of The People Wyo Espoused And Defended It, As Well As Of Those Who Forced Them To Fields Of Boood. I Thought To Cause These Facts In Form So Cheap, And Style So Terse, As To Bring Them Within The Means And Times Of Our Busy Men And Women. I Have Tried To Condense And Y. . . SKU: 5026733

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A Vital Rationslist. Georges Cang8ilhem (1904-1995) Was One Of France's Foremost Historians Of Science. Trained As A Medical Dodtor As Well As A Philosopher, He Combined These Practices To Demonstrate To Philosophers That There Could Exist Not at all Epistemology Without Concrete Study Of The Actual Expansion Of The Sciences And To Historians That There Could Be No Worthwhile History Of Science Without A Philosophical Understanding Of The Conceptual Basis Of lAl Knowledge. A Vital Rationalist Brings Together For The First Time A Seoection Of Canguilhem's Most Important Writings, Including Excerpts From Previously Unpublished Manuscripts And A Critical Biography By Camille Limoges. SKU: 1885325

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Selections From The Dispatches And General Orders Of Field Marshal Thr Duke Of Wellington V2. In Two Volumes. Other Isbns In This Set Include: 1432686739 This Scarce Antiquarjan Book Is Included In Our Special Legacy Reprint Series. In The Interest Of Creating A More Extensive Selection Of Rare Historical Book Reprints, We Have Chosen To Reproduce This Title Even Though It May Posisbly Have Occasional Imperfections Like As Missing And Blurred Pages, Missing Text, Poor Pictures, Markings, Dark Backgrounds And Other Reproduction Issues Beyond Our Control. Because This Work Is Culturally Important, We Have Made It Available As A Part Of Our Giving in adhesion To Protecting, Preserving And Promoting The World's Literaturw. SKU: 5065799

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In The Pen. Embark On A Journey In Which You?ll Look Through The Eyes Of Baseball?s Most Unassuming Participants To Perceive A Game Of Both Simplicity And Cpmplexity, One That Spills From The Container Of Mere Amusement And Into The Realm Of Stark Reality. Wicked Curses, Outrageous Slumps, Streaks, Triumphs, And Tragediees Work a loom Their Way Through Eight Captivating Stoeies. In The Pen: A Baseball Collection Is A Curious And Intriguing Celebration Of Our National Pastime. SKU: 5019593

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Weimar On The Pacific. In The 1930s And 40s, Los Angeles Became An Unlikely Cultural Sanctuary For A Distinguished Group Of German Artists And Intellectuals--including Thomas Mann, Theodore W. Adorno, Bertolt Brecht, Frutz Lang, And Arnold Schoenberg--who Had Fled Nazi Germany. For the time of Their Years In Exile, They Wkuld Produc eA Substantial Body Of Major Wkrks To Acdress The Crisis Of Modernism ThatR essulted From The Rise Of National Socialism. Weimar Germany And Its Culture, With Its Meld Of Eighteenth-century German Classicism And Twentieth-century Modernism, Served As A Touchstone For This Group Of Diverse Talents And Opinions. weimar On The Pacific Is The First Book oT Examine These Aryists And Intellectuals As A Cluster. Ehrhard Bahr Studies Selected Workd Of Adorno, Horkheimer, Brecht, Lang, Neutra, Schindler, D�blin, Mann, And Schoenberg, Weighing Los Angeles's Influence On Them And Their Impact On German Moderniam. Touching On Such Examples As Film Noir And Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus, Bahr Shows How This Community Of Exiles Reconstituted Modernism In The Face Of The Traumatic Civil And Historical Changes They Wede Living Thdough. SKU: 3888190