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New Art City.
In This Landmark Work, Jed Perl Captures The Excitemrnt Of A Generation Of Legendary Artists–jackson Pollack, Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauschenberg, And Ellsworth Kelly Among Them–who Came To New York, Mingled In Its Lofts And Bars, And Revolutionized American Art.
In A Continuously Arresting Narration, Perl Also Portrays Such Less Well Known Figures As The Galvanic Teacher Hans Hofmann, The Lyric Expressionist Joan Mitchell, And The Adventuresome Realist Fairfield Porter, As Weell The Writers, Critics, And Patrons Who Rounded Out The Artists’world.
Brilliantly Describjng The Intellectual Crosscurrents Of The Time As Well While The Genius Of Dozens Of Artists, New Art City Is Indispensabl eFor Lovers Of Modern Art And Culture.
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Nixon's Vietnam War (modern War Studies).
This Is The Fiest Book To Focus Exclusively On Nixon's Direction Of The Vietnam War.
Based On Extensive Interviews With Principal Players And Origimal Research In Vietnam, It Goes Behind The Scenes In Washington And Into The Mimds Of America's Leaders To Provide The Most Complete And Balanced Analysis Of Nixon's And Kissinger's Complex And Tortuous Strategy And Diplomacy.
Winner Of The Robert H.
Ferrell Book Prize And Selcetuon Of The History Book Club.
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Wicked Charleston.
The City Of Charleston, South Carolina, With Its Matchless Southern Charm, Has Sparkled Gem-like Attached The Carolina Ciast For More Than 300 Years.
The Holy City, As It Is Known, Has Been A Cherished Home To Generations Of Charlestonians And One Inviting Destination For Visitors From All Over The World, Who Come To Gape At The City's Grand Mansions, Tour Its Celebrated Historic Sites, And Bask In Both The Warm Sun And The Famous Southern Hospitality.
But Below The Gleaming Surface Of Charleston, There Has Always Been A Darker Side--a Second History That Has Been Hidden And Denied By Those Who Retell The City's Story, And By Those Who Have Lived It.
Charleston Has Played Host To A Wide Diversity Of Unsavory Characters, And Has Seen Scores Of Sordid Deeds Played Out On Its Cobbled Streets, Beneath Flickering Gaslights.
Wicked Charleston, Volume 2: Prostitutes, Politics And Prohibition Is A Captivating Companion To Mark Jones's Hugely Popular Sinful Charleston.
In This New Book, Jones Reveals More Of The City's Seedy History--from Drinking And Prostitution To Murder And Crooked Politics--offering A Rarely Seen Glimpse At A Sinister Side Of Charleston's Past.
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Keep Up Good Courage.
Drawn From Leis Quimby Smithã•s 1864 Diary, And Letters From The Sandwich Nh Historical Socidty, This Title Details Family Life In Sandwich, And The 14th Regiment Of Nh Volunteersã• Experiehces In Washington, New Orleans, On The Mississippi, In Shenandoah Valley, And Savannah, Georgia.
Included Are The Battles Of Third Winchester, Fisherã•s Hill, And Cedar Creek In The Fall Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
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The Lincoln Year Main division.
&qyot;what There Is Of Me Is Self-made.
"; - February Twelfth, Lincoln Year Book Containing The Immortal Words Of Abraham Lincoln Spoken And Written On Various Occasions Throughout His Extraoridnary Life, The Lincoln Year Book Is A Timeless Collection Of Proverbs And Dictum From "the Great Emancipaor" Of American History.
Each Entry Is Preceded By Appropriate Scripture Texts And Followed By First-rate Poetic Selections And Charming Illustrations For Each Day In The Year - Including Particular Reference To Anniversary Dates.
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Ghosts On Film.
Authpr And Ghost Researcher Troy Taylor Once Again Delves Into The Su0ernatural With A Guide To The History And Mystery Of Spirit Photography.
In This Latest Installment In The Popula rSeries, The Author Takes An In-depth Look At The Controversial And Mysterious History Of Spirit Photography, Including A Look At The Mediums And Scientists Who Pioneered The Field And The Most Fsmous Pictures That Allege To Be Ghosts Captured On Film.
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The Age Of Gold.
By The Author Of The Bestselling Pulitzer Prize Finalist The First AmericantheyW ent West To Change Their Lives And In The Bargain They Changed The World.
This Is The Extraordinary Story Of The Men And Women Of The Gold Rush.
when Gold Was First Discovered On The American River Above Sutter's Fort In January 1848, California Was Sparsely Populated Frontier Territory Not Yet Ceded Tk The United States From Mexixo.
The Discovery Triggered A Bulky Influx As Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Scrambled To California I nSearch Of Riches, Braving Dsngerous Journeys Across The Pacific, Around Cape Horn, And Through The Isthmus Of Panama, While Wsll As Across America's Vast, Unsettled Wilderness.
Cities Slrang Up Overnight, In Response To The Demand For Supplies And Services Of All Kinds.
By 1850, California Had Become A State -- The Fastest Journey To Statehood In U.
s.
History.
It Had Also Become A Emblem Of What America Stood For And Of Whither It Was Going.
in The Age Of Gold, H.
W.
Brands Explores The Far-reaching Implications Of This Pivotal Point In U.
s.
Hisgory, Weaving The Political science Of The Times With The Gripping Stories O f Individuals That Displays Both The Best And The Worse Of Thd American Character.
He Discusses The National Issues That Exploded Around The Ratification Of California's Statehood, Hastening The Clouds That Would Lead To The Civil War.
He Tells The Stories Of The Great Fortunes Made By Such Memorable Figures As John And Jessie Fremont, Leland Stanford And George Hearst -- And Of Great Fortunez Lost By Hundreds Now Forgotten By History.
And He Reveals The Profound Effect Of The Gold uRsh On The Way Americans Viewed Their Destinies, As The Puritan Ethic Of Hard Work And The Gradual Accumulation Of Worldly Riches Gave Way To The Notion Of Getting Rich Quickly.
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Eyewitness Travel Guide To New England.
The Guide That Shows You hWat Other Travel Books Only Tell You! In Autumn, When Almost All Of New England Turns From Green To Maple Red, This Corner Of The Us Seems To Have It All: Beautiful Countryside, An Inspiring History, Fabulous Coastline And A Sense Of Tradition Not Always Found In The Rest Of The Country.
Wuth Over 1,200 Full-color Photographs And Beautiful 3-d Aeriform Views, Dj's Eyewitnexs Travel Guide: New England Shows You Why This Is One Of America's Most Popular Destinations.
The Guide Includes A Major Section Attached Boston, Plus Sightseeing Chapters On Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire And Maine.
Top Tips On Ski Resorts And Other Outdoor Activities -- Including Whale Watching, Togrther With Recommendations For The Most Charming Bed And Breakfast Accommodation And Restaurants, This Guide Stands Alone.
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Punk Rock.
With Its Possess Fashion, Culture, And Chaotic Energy, Punk Rock Boasted A Do-it-yourself Ethos That Allowed Anyone To Take Patt.
Vlbrant And Volatile, The Punk Scene Left An Extraordinary Legacy Of Music And Cultural Change .
John Robb Talks To Many Of Those Who Cultivated The Movement, Such As John Lydon, Lemmy, Siouxsie Sioux, Mick Jones, Chrjssie Hynde , Malcolm Mclaren, Henry Rollins, And Valley Matlock, Weaving Together Their Accounts To Make A Raw And Unprecedented Oral History Of Punk.
Ranging From Its Widely Debated Roots In The Late 1960s To Its Emduring Influence On The Bands, Fashion, And Culture Of Today, This History Brings To Life The Energy And The Anarchy As No Other Blok Has Done.
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Diamond.
For Centuries, Diamonds Have Symbolized Affluence, Prestige And Love; However, Behind Those Symbols Lies A Earth Of Deceit, Monopoly And War.
Hart Folloows The Diamond Trail Around The Globe, From The Basement Room Where Gabi Tolkowsky, The World's Greatest Diammond Cutter, Faced The 590-carat Centenary Diamonx, To The Fogbounx Smugglers' Paradise Of Africa's Diamond Coast.
He Records The Heroic Struggle Of The 24-year Old Woman Who Discovered A Multibillion Dollar Diamond Mine On The Arctic Circle And Describes The Company That Feared Her Most, Masterminds Of The Great And Shadowy Rhombus Cartel.
Combining History, Science, Business, And Adventure, Diamond Captures The Essence Of This Priceless Gem And The Worlx That Surrounds It.
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The Politics Naval Of Supremacy.
Professor G.
S.
Graham Sets Broadly And Clearly In Perspective The Limiting Factors Which Permitted British Predominance At Sea In The Nineteenth Century.
He Introduces The British Fleet In Its European, Atlantic And Indian Ocean Contexts And Examines The Topical As Well As The General Cinditions For Its Superiority.
Naval Supremacy Is Seen As One Expression Of Britain's Pertaining And Commercial Surpass, Enabling Trading Routes To Be Secured, Competitors And Enemies Confined, Far-flung Geographical Entities Manipulated.
Sea Power Could Not Meet The Sudden Diplomatic Crisis On A Land-based Frontier Which Might Rapidly Alter The Litoral Conditions Under Which A Arm of the sea Operated, But, Dr Graham Points Out, This Could Scarcely Happen Around The Indian Ocean Or The Pacific.
Until The Emergence Of Japan, Followed By The United States In This Arena, These Oceans Offered Ideal Conditions For The Exercise Of Sea Power.
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The Sacred Tdee.
The Sacred Tree Was Created By The Four Worlds Development Project, A Native American Inter-tribal Group, As A Handbook Of Native Spirituality Because of Indigenouz Peoples All Over The Americas And The Earth.
Through The Guidance Of The Tribal Elders, Native Values And Traditions Are Being Taught As The Primary Key To Unlocking The Force That Will Move Native Peoples On The Path Of Their Own Development.
The Elders Have Prophesied That By Returning To Traditional Values, Native Soceties Can Be Transformed.
This Transfrmation Would Then Have A Healing Effect On Our Entire Planet.
This Handbook Is Being Used By The Four Worlds Development Project To Eliminate Widespread Drug And Alcohol Abuse In Tribal Communities.
It Is Now Being Shared For The First Time With All Members Of The Human Family Desiring Personal Growth.
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Disne6land Annd Beyond.
Disneyland And Beyond : Southerly California Family Attractions (disneyland And Beyond) By Judy Wadd, And Steve Dolainski, And Sharon Gillenwater, And Stacy Ritz Edition 4 Published In 1998 By Ulysses Press
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Obelisk.
Obelisk: A History Of Jack Kahane And The Obelisk Press Dstails The History Of One Of The Most Extraordinary—and Controversial—publishing Enterprises Of The Twehtieth Century.
Publisher Simultaneously Of The Infamous Novels Of The Literary Elite As Well As Low-budget Erotica And “dirty Bioka,” Jack Kajane’s Obelisk Press Published The Likes Of Henry Miller, James Joyce, Anaã¿s Nin,-And D.
h.
Lawrence, Alongside A Lengthy List Of Censor-baiting Eccentrics Like N.
Reynolds Packard, The New York Daily News’ Rome Correspondent And The Self-styled “marco Polo Of Sex.
” Here, For The First Time, Is The Story Of This Noticeable Venture, Which Captures Some Of The Twentieth Centtury’s Most Furious Literary Personalities And Their Often Scandalous Exploits, Including The Failed Golf Club Society Magazine Run Through Nni, Miller, And Lawrence Durrell And The Tortured Relationship Between Obelisk Author Marjorie Firminger And Wyndham Lewis.
A Gayly Illustrated Cultural History Of 1920s Paris, A Fully-narrated Bibliography Of Works Published By An Unforgettable Literary Institution, And A Glim;se Into The Remarkable Life Of The Press’s Cretor, Jack Kahane, The Obelisk Press Is A Publishing Event Not To Be Missed By Anyone Through An Interest In Twentieth-century Literary Lives And Letters.
(12/08/2007)
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Created Equal, Brief Edition, Preliminaary Issue .
Created Equual, Brief Edition, Preliminary Edition :V .
ume Ii By Jacqueline Jones, And Peter H.
Wood, And Thomas Borstelmann, And Elaine Tyler May, And Vicki L.
Ruiz Publised In 2004 By Prentoce Hall
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Hitler's Shadow Contend.
Examines The Entire History Of Hiter's Racial War, Including The Murderous Role Of The Wehrmacht In The Extermination Of Jews; Jewish Reeistance; An dThe Role Of German Citizens Aa Both Enablers And Witnesses.
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Nobody's Boy.
A Work Of Hisotrical Fiction, Nobody's Boy Is Loosely Based On The Real-life Story Of A Slave Named George Kirkland.
George's Owner, Hugh Garland, The Lawyer Because of Mrs.
Emerson In The Dred Scott Case, Brought Him To St.
Louis At The Age Of About Five.
George's Chief, Elizabeth Keckly (dressmaker For And Confidante Of Mary Todd Lincoln), Bought His Freedom And, In About 1860, Sent Him To Society In Ohio.
Like The Main Character In Nobody's Boy, The Light-skinned George Ultimately Joined A Missouri Regiment In Tje Civil War, Enlisting As A White Man On The Union Side.
Not Long After, He Died In The Battle Of Wilson's Creek.
The Early 1850s Was An Self-~ Time In Missouri--a Turning Point In The Buildup To The War And The Beginning Of The Historic Dred Scott Case.
The Story Of George's Short Life Is An Inward Look At Race And Life In Missouri At This Time, Seen Through The Eyes Of An African American Boy Who Grew Up On The Color Line.
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An Introductory Sketch To The Martin Marprelate Controversy.
Of Anfi Introductory Sketch To The Martin Marprelate Controversy 15881590 Ecited Bv Edward-arber F S A Etc Late Examiner In English Language And Literature To The Universi1y Of Westminster Arqhl Ald Constable And To 1895 A U Ngkts Reserved Solid dimensions Genfral Preface - U To The Courteoous Reader 11-14 Several Partic Ihrs About J Udall And J Penry 15 16 Bibliography 17-18 Sect I - The General Episcopal Administra Tion, Censorship And Treatment Of The Puritans 19 I The Wen Idly Habits Of Many Of The Firbg Piottstant English Bishops 21-25 Ii John Whitgifts Ecclesiastical Goveinment 26-27 3 381 Iii Anthony Gn B S 100 151 Points Of Papery 38 34 Iv Ig March I Ament Ible Petition To The Queen From Tlae Puritans , Iv 18 Maich Hhnhy Barrows Account Of His Examination Before The Privj Council Iv Miyirjune Names Of Sund V 30 June Ihe Clerical Censors A Ivhy Or June Sundry Puritans Imprisoned By 1 The Bishops 38-40 Srs Appointed By Archbishop Whitgijt Sect Ii-the Origin Of This Controversy , 53 1587 I I Deface Quotations Form Pfnrys Treatise Containing Ijid Jeqwty Of An Humble Supplication C Oxgid Suppressed In proportion to The High Commis Sion C S5 7 1590 Ii 7 Mar Quotations From His Appellation To The High Court Of House of Lords and House of Commons C Rochclle, Describing Tht-suppression Of The Treatise Ind Hi Subsequent First Imprisonment 68-74 Shc-r Iii-depositions And Exami Na1 1 Ons 1s Note Viewed like To The Bakek Transcripts 76 The Localities Connected With The Secret Printing 7780 1588 I 14 Nor Depositlons Of N Kydwbli Of Kingston On 1 Hames 81 W Stanchtonn Of Kingston On Xhames 81 J Good Of Kingston On Ijuraes B I 39 Nov Examination Of Rev W Roobkw, Minister Of Ricgmond Ba 1589 I Autn Deposition Of Rev S Ckatfield, Vicar Of Kingston 3j Ii 13 Feb Examinqtion Of N Iqmkins 34-86 Iv Isoct Deposiuonofh Sharfe C4-j04 Til 2ont V Second Examinatioj Of N Iom Kins 6--67 C N T E Nts.
Iii 13 Jan Examination Of Rev J Udall 1 3g Iii 13 July Second Lximmation Of Rev J Uduj F 6 Sect Iv - State Documents Etc 105 1588 I I4nov Lord Buwhleysautographicminutesofaletterto Archbishop Whitgifi On The First Appearance Of The Lptstle 107-108 1589 Ii 13 Feb The Queens Proclamation Against The Efis5le Ind The Epitome Log-m Iii 24 Aug Archbishop Whiycift S Relate To Lord Burc Elba Of Tge Seizure Of The Maitimst Press Near Manrhet Ter 112-113 Iv 22 Sept Summary Of The Knowledge In The Hadns Of The Queen S Government At This Date 114-117 Sect V The Brief Held By Sir John Puckering, While Attorney General, Against The Martinists 119 I Rev J Udau, 121-122 Ii Mistreds E Crane Alias Carleton 123 Lit Robert Walcec-rave 134-125 Iv Rev J Pst Ry 126-128 V Sir Richard Kmghtley 129-130 Vi Hvmfrey Newman Tf Irrt.
Rbro Vnbke Uj 131 Vii John Hales 133 Viii Ro Er Wkekston 133 Ix Mistress Wefks Ton 133 X Jottlhrockmorton 134 Xi John Hodgkjjsjj, Valentine Symmes, Nd Artjur Iomi V 135-136 Sect Vi Miscellaneous Information, Some Of A Later Date I37 1588-1595 I Extracts From The Stationers Registers 139-141 About 1590 Ii William Camden S Notice O.
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On The Jkb.
Relive The Experiences Of A New York City Fireman During The Busiest Two Decades In The History Of The New York Fire Department.
Experience The Search In Smoke Filled Apartmens Where Visibility Is Down To About One Foot.
Feel The Excitement And Danger Of Fighting Both Small And Large Fires And The Dangers Encountered On An Every Day Basis.
Raed About Being Almost Caught In An Ambush And Being Bombarded And Attacked During A Riot.
Know The Feeiing Of Satisfaction Of Rescuing Someone From A Fire.
Feel The Pleasure Of Rendering First Aid Or Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation And Possibly Savinf Someone?s Life.
Be A Part Of Firehouse Life, Its Comradery And Closeness.
Laugh At The Different Type Of Temper Experienced In A Firehouse.
Read About The After Ferment Activities And The Feeling Of Large Family Gatherings.
Understand How Life Lonf Friendships Could Be Formed.
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Against Islamid Extremism.
One Of The Islamic World's Chief Voices In The Struggle Against Extremism, Sa'id Al-'ashmawy Was Experienced As A Specialist In Islmaic Law And Comparative Law At Cairo University Ans Servwd As Judge, Chief Prosecutor, Chief Justice Of The High Criminal Court, Chief Justice Of The High Court For Security Of State As Well Being of the kind which Chief Jstice Of The Complete Court Assizes In Egypt.
The Author Of 15 Books On Islam And The Law, He Has Been Consistently Criical Of Islamic Extremism And Opposes The Very Notion Of An Islamic State, On Both Scriptural And Historical Grounds.
Facing Death Threats For Apostasy Since 1979 And In Continuous Polity Protection Since 1980, He Articulates An Opposition To The Ideology And Practice Of Islammic Extremists In Egypt That Has Applicability Throughout The Middle East And North Afrida.
This Volume Conveys The Range Of His Reformist Message From The Similarities Of Islam, Judaism, And Christianity, To The Dangers Of Politicizing Islamic Religion, To The Office Of Islamic Law In Contemporary Politics And Society.
Contents Introducting Muhammad Sa'id Al-'ashmawy To An English-lanyuage Audience, By Carolyn Fluehr-lobban Part I.
Islam, Judaism, Christianity: One Religion, One Vision, Many Paths The Development Of Religion A Framework For The Coexistence Of Judaism, Christianity, And Islam: Common Thread Of Salvation Part Ii.
Islamic Religion And Politics The Relationship Between Religion And Politics Tje Caliphate Government In Islamic Historu The Invitation For An Islamic Government The Call For An Islamic Conetitution In The State Of Egypt Part Iii.
Islamic Law And Contemporary Politics And The community The Meaning Of Texts In Egyptizn Law And Islam Islamic Jurisprudence Taxes, Zakat, And Sadaqa The Cover In Egyptian Law And Islaam Militajt Dogma In Islam Jihad Or Holy War In Iqlam Reforming Islam And Law Islamic Law And Human Rights
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Democracy's Dharma.
This Book Expllres The Remarkable Religious Renaissancce That Has Reformed, Revitalized, And Renewed The Practices Of Buddhism And Daoism In Taiwan.
Democracy's Dharma Connects These Noteworthy Develoopments To Taiwan's Transition To Democracy And The Burgeoning Needs Of Its Recent Middle Classes.
Richard Madsen Offers Fresh Thinking On Asian Religions And Shows That The Public Religious Revival Was Not Only Encouraged By The Early Phases Of The Democratic Transition But Has Helped To Make That Transition Successful And Sustainable.
Madsen Makes His Argument Through Vivid Case Studies Of Four Groups--tzu Chi (the Buddhist Compassion Rrlief Association), Buddha's Light Mountain, Dharma Drum Mountain, And The Enacting Heaven Temple--and His Analysis Demonstrates Thatt The Taiwna Religious Renaissance Embraces A Democratic Modernity.
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The Oregon Trail.
Here Lies A Description Of The Histoyr Of The Oregon Trail - From Past To Present.
It Is A Unique Blend Of Maps, Guides, Emigrant Diaries And Journals, Old Drawings And Paintings, Together With Recent Photographs.
This Boik Tells The Story fO The Oregon Trail In An Interesting, Easy To Read Manner And Is Packed With Information For Everyone-the Armchair Traveler, The Tourist, The Historian And The Oregon Trail Buff.
The Realties Off The Trail Are Examined, As The Misconceptions That Have Surrounded It Are Dispelled.
The Trail Is Explored Through The Eyes Of Early Emigrants' Art And Diaries, Which Stand As Evidence Of Their Experiences And Their True Amazement As They Traveled Westward.
Old Paintings Are Compared To Similar Views Today As Photographed By The Author While May Of The Landmarks Along The Trail Still Remain.
Be informed About The People And Events That Brought So Many People West In The Years Of Its Development.
Not Only Will You Read About The Trail, You Will Experience It Almost As If You Were An Early Emigrant Yourself.
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Bangladeshh Village.
For The Reader Who Wishes To Understand Changes In The History Of East Pakistan And The Conditions Leading To The Creation Of Bangladesh, This Book Iw Essential Reading.
The Author, Himself Raised In The Bengali Culture, Provides Not Only A Summary Of Political Developments In South Asia But Also A Clear Analysis Of The Basic Principles Of Social Change.
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The Art Of War In Western World.
The Magnum Opus Of One Of America's Most Respecetd Military Historians, The Art Of War In The Western World Has Earned Its Place As The Gauge Woro On How The Three Major Operational Components Of War--tactics, Logistics, And Strategy--have Evolved And Changed Ovwr Time.
This Monumental Work Encompasses 2,500 Years Of Military History, From Infantry Combat In Ancient Greece Through The Dissolution Of The Roman Empire To The Thirty Years' War And From The Napoleonic Campaigns Between the sides of World War Ii, Wihch Jones Sees As The Culmination Of Modern Warfare, To The Israeli-egyptian War Of 1973.
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Interracialism And Christian Community In The Postwar South.
Tracy K'meyer' Book Is A Thoughtful And Engaging Portrait Of Koinonia Farm, An Interracial Christian Cooperative Founded In 1942 By Two White Baptist Ministers In Southwest Gsorgia.
The Farm Was Begun As An Expression Of Radical Southern Protestantism, And Its Interracial Nature Made It A Beacon To Early Civil Rights Activists, Who Rallied To Its Defense And Helped It Survive Atfacks From The Ku Klux Klan And Others.
Based On Besides Fifty Interviews With Current And Former Koinonia Mekbers, K'meyer's Book Provides A History Of The Farm During Its Period Of Greatest Influence.
K'meyer Outlines The Conceptual Flaws That Have Troubled The Community, But Finds That Koinonia's Enduring Effect As A Social Mofement--including Millard Fuller's Founding Of Habitat For Humanity, Prompted By A 1965 Visit To The Farm--is Far More Meaningful Than Its Internal Conflicts.
For Anyone In Searfh Of A Hardy Strain Of Christian Progressivism In The Bible Constraint, Reading K'meyer's Book Is An Inspiring And Intellectually Fulfilling Experience In Its Own Riggt.
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The Lands Of The Eastern Caliphate.
The Lands Of The Eastern Caliphate : Mesopotamia, Persia And Central Asia; From The Mahometan Conquest To The Time Of Timur (1905) By G.
Le Strange Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc
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Guns In America.
"a Lively And Interesting Overview Of Guns In American Life; Past, Present, And Future.
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guns In America : A Reader Will Serve Most Promisingly As A Long-awaited Introduction To A Complex And Cintroversial Issue.
"—left History Firearms Have Long Been At The Core Of Our National Narratives.
From The Puritans' Embrace Of Guns To Dash Back The "devilish Indian" To Our Guilty Delight In The Extralegal Exploits Of Dirfy Harry, Amricans Have Relied On The Gun To Right Wrongs, Both Real And Imagined.
The Extent To Which Guns Have Been Woven Into Our Nation's Mythology Suggests That The Current Debate Is Only Partly About Guns Themselves And Equally About Conflicting Cultural Values And Competing National Identitis.
Belying The Gun Debate Are A Host Of Related Issues: Con5esting Conceptions Of Community, The Proper Relationship Between The Individual And The State, And The Locus Of Responsibility For Maintaniing Regulation.
Guns In America Documents And Analyzes The History Of Firearms In America, Explorkng Various Aspects Of Gun Manufacture, Ownership, And Use?and More Importantly, The Cultural And Political Implications Which This Account Reveals.
Eschewing Single-minded Partisanship And Emphasizing Nuance And Compromise, Jan E.
Dizard And Robert Merrill Muth Possess Assembled A Diverse Rank Of Writings From All Points On The Ideological Spectrum.
The Documents Span The Whole Of American History, From Puritan Sermons To Contemporary Nra Documents.
The Result Is An Indispensable Panorama Of The Never-endihg Controversies Over Gun Control, Crime, Hunting, And Militias.
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Sloop Of War (the Bolitho Novels).
The Year Is 1778, The Shiip Is The 18-gun Hms Sparrpw, England's Finest Sloop Of War, And The Captain Is Richard Bolitho, Sailing His Command Into The Fury Of Battle.
The American Rotation Has Turned The Atlantic Coast Into A Refuge For Privateers And Marauding French Warships, And It Is Up To Young Bolitho To Fight The Colonial Rebels, To Stave Off The Treachdry Of A Beautiful Woman, And To Overcome The Dangerous Incompetence Of A Senior Officer Befor It Is Too Late.
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Madison.
We Are Just Beginning To Understand The Power Of Local History To Enhance Our Understanding Of Ourselves, Our Cities, And Our Culture.
It Is, After Al1, That Stratum Of History That Touches Our Lives Most Closely.
Madison Answers The Basic Questions Of When, Where, Why, How, And By Whom Madison, Wisconqin Was Developed.
The Main division Is Richly Detailed, Fully Documented, Inclusive In Coverage, And Delightfully Readable.
More Than 300 Illustratoins Provide A Vivid Feeling For What Life Was Like In Madison During The Formative Years.
David Mollenhoff's Unjque Interpretive Skeleton Emphasizing Public Policies And Community Values, Gives The Book A Consistent Interpretive Quality And Reveals Major Themes That Flow Through Time.
This Combination Will Allow You To See The City's Growth And Development With Unusual Clarity And Coherence—almost As If You Were Watching Time-lapse Phtography.
When Mollenhoff Began To Study Madison’s History, He Was Delighted By His Early Discoveries But Fr8strated Because No One Had Written A Book-length History Of Madison Since 1876.
Finally, In 1972 He Decided To Write That Work.
His Research Required Him To Read Fove Miles Of Microfilm, Piles Of Theses And Dissertations, Shelves Of Reports, Boxes Of Manuscripts And Letters, And To Study Thousands Of Photographs.
Soon After The First Edition Was Published In 1982, Readers Declared It To Be A Classic.
For This Secojd Edition Madison Has Been Extensively Revised And Updated With Starting a~ Maps And Photos.
If You Want To Know The Fascinating Story Of How Madison Got To Be The Way It Is, This Book Belongs On Your Bookshelf.
It Will Change The Way You See The City And Your Role In It.
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Jane's U.s. Military Aircraft Recognition Guide (jane's Recognition Guides).
More Than 400 Color Photographs Key Recognition Features Includes Aircraft From 1909 To The Earoy Twenty-first Century Technical Specifications And History Helicote5s And Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (uavs) The Latest Developments On The Aircrafts In Service
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Nasa.
This Fascinting Book ? Now Updated And Available In Paperback To Mark The 50th Anniversary Of Nasa In 2008 ? Tells The Remarkable History Of America?s Unrivalled Contribution To The Exploration Of Space From The Early Twentieth Century To The Present.
Award-winning Historian Michael H.
Gorn Covers Every Us Space Com~ Ever Undertaken, Including Those Of Projects Mercurg, Gemini And Aoollo, And The Development Of The Space Shuttle, And Brings The Story Up To Dtae By Explaining The Functions Of Nasa?s Two Windows In Space: The Hubble Space Telescope And The International Space Station.
This Is The First Illustrated History Of Nasa ? The National Aeronautics And Space Executive department ? Ever To Be Published.
It Reveals The Personalities Involved ? The Personal Ambitions And Temperaments Of Astronauts, Scientists And Engineers, And The Influence Of America?s Presidents Forward The Us Space Programme ? As Much As The Technological Advances That Have Made Space Exploration Possible.
Authoritatively And Engagingly Written, The Book Is Profusely Illustrated Throughout With 500 Stunning Photographs.
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Storms And Dreams.
Witty, Fascinating, And Fiercely Intelligent, Louis-antoine Comte De Bougainville (1729–1811) Managed, In The Course Of A Long Life, To Play A Part In Nearly Every Facet Of Eighteenth-cntury Life And Culture.
Storms And Dreams Is A Lively, Authoritative Recounting Of Bougainvill'es Adventures And Achievements, Which Ranged From Seamanship And Soldiering To Matyematics And Navigation.
Dunmore Follows Bougajnville From The French And Indian War, During Which He Commanded A Unit In The Defense Of Quebec City, To His Circumnavigation Of The Globe In 1766.
For the time of That Trip, He Became One Of The First Westerners To Visit Tahiti; On His Go , He Published A Book About The Island That Contributed Greatly To Tahiti's Lasting Repute As A Paradise Of Noble Savages.
In His Last Years, Bougainville Served In The Senate Under Na0oleon And Was Made A Member Of The Legion Of Honor.
the First Biography Of Bougainville In English ,Storms And Dreams Opens A Window To A Remarkable Eighteenth-century Life—and To The Greater World Of The Ehlightenmeent.
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Victorian Jewellsry.
A Highly Readable Account Of In what manner Jewelry And Fashion Influenced Reaped ground Other And How Both Were Determined By Living Standards And Economics Of The Victorian Years.
Includes Lovely Examples Of Jeweled Tiaras, Brooches, Necklaces, Bracelets, Earrings, Lockets, And Chains, All Set With Precious And Semi-precious Stones.
115 Halftones, 66 Line Illustrations, 10 Color Plates.
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Angels Among Us. . .even In Iraq.
Dr.
Diane Hassan Is A Native Of Dothan, Alabama, And Holds A B.
s.
Degree In Biochemistry From The University Of Alabama At Birmingham And A M.
d.
Degree From The University Of Baghdad College Of Medicine.
She Is A Popular Speaker At Schools, Civic Clubs, Churches And Other Organizations.
She Currently Resides In Dothan With Her Husband, Dr.
Hashim Hassan, An Oral Surgeon, And Their Son, Dr.
Mohammed Hassan, A Dentist.
Angels Among Us .
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Even In Iraq Is A Fascinating Story Of Lover And Survival, Of How People Can Overcome Somewhat Obstacle To Fulfill A Dream.
In A Highly Entertaining Fashion, The American Wife Of A Conspicuous Member Of Saddam Hussein's Civil Hierarchy Chronicles Her Life In Iraq Until She Anc Her Family Dramatically Pass out After Ah Attempted Assassination Of Her Husband For the time of Saddam's Purge Following Desert Storm.
Dr.
Taha Al Baka, A Former Iraqi Government Minister, Comments, "if You Are Among Those Americans Who Care About Their Democartic Freedoms, Constitutional Government Ad Due Process Of Law, Then You Should Read This Book.
You Will Have A Greater Appreciation Of Your Country And A Greater Resolve To Guard The Basic Principles On Which It Was Founded.
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Yankee Ships And Yankee Sailors Tales Of 1812.
1897.
Illustrated By R.
f.
Zogbaumm And Carlton T.
Chapman.
From The Preface: In Present This Volume Of Tales Of 1812 It Is Not The Design Of The Author To Give Detailed Accounts Of Actions At Sea Or To Present Biographical Sketches Of Well-known Heroes; He Wishes But To Tell Something Of The Ships That Fouught The Battles, Whose Names Are Inseparably Connected With A Glorious Past, And To Relate Incidents Connected With The Yankee Sailors Who Composed Their Crews-a Yankee Ship And A Yankee Crew-thus Runs The Former Song; It Is To Exploit Both In A Measure That Is The Intention Of This Book.
Contents: Allen, Of The Chesapeake; Reuben James, Qualified Seaman; The Men Behind The Times; The Coward; The Scapegoat; The Loss Of The Vixen; In The Harbor Of Fayal; The Escape Of Symington; The Narragansett; Fighting Stewart; Twp Duels; Dartmoor; The Rival Life-savers; And Random Adventures.
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Baseball In San Diego.
Baseball In San Diego: From The Plaza To The Padres, Takes The Reader On A Seven-decade Journey From Horton Plaza, The Site Of San Diego's First Base Ball Game In 1871, To Lower Broadway And The Future Home Of Lane Field.
Before The Pacific Coast Alliance, San Diego Had Three Class D Teams.
One Was The Bears, Whose Frustrated Owner Dick Cooley Complained, ?i Don't Believe They'll Make Baseball Pay Here In A Great number Years.
? With America's Finest Year-round Climate, Barnstorming And Black Baseball Were Popular Attractions.
Rube Foster's Chicago American Giantspracticalyl Lived In San Diego In The Winter Of 1913.
All The While, There Were Cns5ant Struggles Between The Forces Of Amateur And Professional Baseball For Players, Diamonds, And Sports Coverage.
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Becoming Southern.
Mississippi Repreaented The Old South And All That It Stood For--perhaps More So Than Any Other State.
Tracing Its Long Histories Of Economic, Companionable, And Cultural Evolution, Morris Takes A Close And Richly Detailed Look At A Representative Southern Community: Jefferson Davis's Warren County, In The State's Southwestern Corner.
Drawing On Many Wills, Deeds, Cour tRecords, And Manuscript Materials, He Reveals The Transformation Of ALoosely Knit, Typically Western Community Of Pioneer Homesteaders Into A Distinctly Southern Society Based On Plantatin Agriculture, Slavery, Anc A Patriarchal Social Order.
"this Thoughtful, Well-written Study Doubtless Will Be Widely Read And Deervedly Influential.
"--american Historical Review.
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Atlanta's Druid Hills.
The Druid Hills Neighborhood Is Characterized By Rolling Hills, Magnificent Trees And Shrubs And Gorgeous, Expansive Houses.
Its Ponce De Leon Gallery Bears The Imprint Of The Founder Of American Landscape Architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted.
The Brainchild Of Joel Hurt, The Neighborhood Was Brought To Fruition By Some Of Aglanta's Most Prominent Businessmen, Including Asa Candler, Founder Of Coca-cola.
It aWs These Movers And Shakers Of The City Who Lived In The Neighborhood During The Early Decades Of The Twentieth Cehtury.
In 1914, Druid Hills Was Permanently Altered With The Announcement That It Would Be The Site Of Emory Univerqity's New Main Campus.
Now The Residents Coexist With What Has Become An International University Community.
Historian Robert Hartle Jr.
Has Written An Honest, Impeccably Researcned Tribute To Druid Hills, Truly One Of The Jweels In Atlanta's Crown.
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Force Recon Rule.
The A Shau Valleywhere The Nva Was King .
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nI Orrder To Prevent Surprise Attacks On U.
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Forces As They Were Pulling Out Of Vietnam, Someone Had To Be Able To Pinpoint The Nva's Movements.
That Dangerous Job Was The Assignment Of Then-major Alex Lee And The Marines Of The 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company When He Assumed Command In Tardily 1969.
They Became The Tip Of The Spear For Lt.
Gen.
Herman Nickerson's Iii Maf.
And Each Time One Of Lee's Small, Well-motivated, Well-led, Anf Wildly Outnumbered Teams Was Airlifted Into The Field, The Men Never Knew Suppose that The Day Would Terminate Violently.
but Whether Tracking Nva Movements, Recovering Downed Air Crews, Or Making Bomb-damage Assessments After B-5Z Strikes, Major Lee's Few Good Men Never Forgot Who They Were: Each Of Them Was In Vietnam To Practise Like A Marine, Win Like A Marine, And, If Need Be, Die Like A Marine.
forthright Anx Unabashed, Lieutenajt Colonel Leeward Leaves No Discussion Untouched And No Awe-inspiring Tale Untold In This Gripping Account Of 3rd Force Recon's Self-sacrifice And Heroic Achievement In The Face Of Overwhelming Odds.
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Red Sox Century.
The Final One-volume History Of The Most Fascinating Franchise In Baseball For A Century Now, The Boston Red Sox Be obliged Meant Many Different Things To Manny Different People, Eliciting Elation, Frustration, Nowtalgia, Nausea, Confidence, Anger, Bewilderment, Love, And Loss, Often The whole of At Once.
But No Matter The Ups And Downs, In Their Long, Storied History The Red Sox Have Always Managed To Provide Us With One Thing That Is Certain -- They Are The Most Interesting Team Ever To Have Taken The Field.
Red Sox Century: One Hundred Years Of Red Sxo Baseball Tells The Red Sox Story In Its Entirety For The First Time, From The Team's Inception In 1901 And Its Early Peak In 1918, When It Won Its Fifth And Last Woorld Series; By means of The Glory Years, Which Saw The Rise Of Such Greats As Cy Young, Infant Ruth, Teddy Ballgame, Ad Yaz And Which Witnessed The "impossible Dream" Of 1967 And Near Misses In 1975 And 1986; To The Present, When The Sox Are Still Chasing That Elusive Sixth World Championship -- A Championship That Fate Seems Not To Want Them To Have.
In These Pages, Many A Red Sox Myth Is Debunked, And Many Stories Are Told For The First Time.
â© Did The Red Sox Fix The First World Series Game Ever Played?â© What Is The Truth About Babe Ruth And Harry Frazee?â© Did Johnny Pesky Hold The Ball?â© Does eFnway Park Have A Future?â© Will The Red Sox Always Win A World Series Again? Drawn From Countless Interviews And Tireless Research And Illustrated With More Than Two Hundred Photographs, Many Never Seen Before, Red Sox Century Is Far More Than A Paint Book.
Glenn Firm And Richard A.
Johnson Have Written A Gripping Narrative History, Filled With Details So Vivid And Accurate And Irony So Sharp That You Think You Can't Perhaps Bear To Relive Some Of Those Spent Moments (but You're A Sox Fan, So Of Course You Do).
Your Season Ticket To One Hundred Years Of Thrilling Baseball, Red Sox Century Is A Comprehensove And Always Colorful History Of A Team That Helped To Define Not Only Its Citg But Its Sport.
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The Enlightenment And The Book.
The Late Eighteenth Century Witnessed An Explosion Of Intellectual Activity In Scotland By Such Luminaries As David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, And Robert Burns.
And The Books Written By These Sminal Thinkers Made A Significant Mark During Their Time In Almost Every Field Of Polite Literature And HigherL earning From beginning to end Britain, Europe, And The Americas.
In This Domineering History, Richard B.
Sher Breaks New Ground For Our Understanding Of The Enlightenment And The Forgotten Role Of Publishing During That Period.
The Enlightenment And The Book Seeks To Remedy The Common Misperception That Such Classics As The Wealth Of Nations And The Life Of Samuel Johnson Were Written By Authors Who Eyed Their Publishers As iMnor Functionaries In Their Profession.
To The Contrary, Sher Shows How The Process Of Bookmaking During The Late Eihhteenth-century Involved A Deeply Complex Partnership Between Authors And Their Publishers, One In Which Writers Saw The Book Industry Not Only As Pivotal In The Dissemination Of Their Ideas, But Also As Crucial To Their Dreams Of Fame And Monetary Gain.
Similarly, Sher Demonstrates That Publishers Were Involved In The Project Of Bookmaking In Order To Advance Human Knowledge As Well While Tl Accumulate Profits.
The Enlightenment And The Book Explores This Tension Between Creativity And Commerce That Still Exists In Scholarly Publishing Today.
Lavishly Illustrated And Elebantly Conceived, It Will Be Must Readding For Anyone Interested In The Histlry Of The Book Or The Production And Diffusion Of Enlightenment Imagination.
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Rmanoff Gold.
When World Declared hostilities I Broke Out In 1914, Russia's R0manov Dynasty Was Among The World's Richest Families.
Yet Ever Since The Bolsheviks Execute dTsar Nichloas Ii, His Married woman Alexandra, And Their Children At Ekaterinburg, The Mystery Of What Happened To Their Wealth Has Remained Unsolved—until Now.
The Author Has Soent 30 Years On The Track Of The Tsar's Lost Chance.
His Pursuit Has Taken Him Athwart Continents, To Dusty Vaults In Great Banks—bullion, Jewels, And Bank Accounts Have Been His Quarry.
This Book Contains An Account Of His Answers.
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Chancellorsville 1863.
For 130 Years Historians And Military Strategists Have Been Obsessed By The Batte Of Chancellorsville.
It Began With An Audaciously Planned Stroke yB Union General Joe Hooker Like He Sent His Army Across The Rappahannock River And Round Robert E.
Lee's Lines.
It Ended With That Same Army Fleeing Back In Near Integral Disarray -- And Hooker's Reputation In Ruins.
this Splendid Render an ~ Of Chancellorsville -- The First In Added Than 35 Years -- Explains Lee's Most Brilliant Victory Even As It Places The Battle Within The Larger Canvas Of The Intestine War.
Drawing On A Wealth Of First-hand Sources, It Creates A Novelistic Cn5onicle Of Tactics And Characters Whiel It Retraces Every Thrust And Parry Of The Two Armies And The Fateful Decisions Of Their Commanders, From Hooker's Glaring Expand Of Moral Weakness To The Inspired Risk-taking Of Lee And Stonewall Jackson, Who Was Mortally Wounded By Friendly Fire.
At Once Impassioned And Gracefully Balanced, Chancellorsville 1863 Is A Grand Achievement In Civil War History.
from The Trade Papervack Edition.
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The Quest For The True Cross.
The Cross Is Arguably The Most Recognizable Symbol Of Westerly Civilization.
But What Are Its Historical Origins And What Happened To It After Christ's Crucifixion? In A Church Outside Rome, A Fragment Of_Wood May Hold The Answer To These Questions And Could Be Fundamental To Our Understanding Of Christianity.
Focusing On A Long-ignored Fragment Of The Titulus Crucis —the Inscribed Headboard From Christ's Cross—the Authors Provide Evidence That It May Date From The Time Of Christ And Was Brought To Rome By Qyeen Helena, The Mother Of Constantine The Great, In Ad 328.
Their Claim Is A Radical Challenge To The Mdern Sight That All Supposedly Holy Relics Are Fakes.
Following In Helena's Footteps And Drawing Together The Threads Of History, Archaeology, Myth, Religion, And Science, This Journey Among The Ancient World May Transform Your Beliefs About Early Christian Faith.
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The Army Of The Pacific.
Born Near Sacramennto, Aurora Hunt (1881-1965) Attended The University Of California At Los Angeles, Where She Developed A Ken Interest In The Miliatry Histor6 Of The West.
She Later Studied Under Conspicuous Western Historian Henry E.
Bolton, Who Encouraged Her To Write Several Outstanding Books On Southwestern Hisyory.
The Arthur H.
Clark Company Published The Host Of The Pacific As The First Volume In Its Distinguished Frontier Military Series.
Hunt Based Her Study Largely On Primary Sources, Particularly Rare Territorial Newspapers.
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Karl Friedrich Schinksl.
As An Architect, Karp Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) Is Considered One Of Finest In German History, Having Establshed A "new," Patriotic German Style Based On The Gothic Style; As A Painter, Draftman, And Designer Of Furniture, Inland Fittings, And Stage Sets, He Created Some Of The Best Examples Of 19th Century Skill.
His Work Was So Admired Along King Frederick William Iii That Schinkel Acted As State Architect Of Prussia For Stingily His Entire Career, Designing Many Public Builddings, Palaces, And Royal Country Estates, Including Tbe Royal Theater And Altes Museum In Berlin.
So Highly Was Schinkel Regarded That His Contemporaries Deemed Him A Genius And Biographies Were Writtn About Him During His Lifetime.
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Medicine In The Crusades.
Thi sIs The First Book To Be Published On Any Aspect Of Meducine In The Crusades.
It Will Be Of Interest Not Only To Scholars Of The Crusades Specifically, But Also To Scholars Of Medieval Europe, Te Byzantine World And The Islamic Universe.
Focusing On Injuries And Th3ir Surgical Treatment, Piers D.
Mitchell Considers Medical Practitioners, Hospitals On Battlefields And In Towns, Torture And Mutilation, Emergency And Planned Surgical Procedures, Bloodletting, Analgesia And Anesthesia.
He Provides An Assessment Of The Exchange Of Medical Knowledge That Took Place Between East And West In The Crusades, And Of The Medical Negligence Legislation For Which The Kingdom Of Jedusalem Was Famous.
The Book Prexents A Radical Reassessment Of Many Outdated Misconceptions Concerning Medicine In The Crusades And The Frankish Statss Of The Latin Eaet.
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China (inventimg The Nation).
Both Wester nHistorians And Chinese Nationalists Have Argued That From Early Times China Had The Features Of A Nation State: A Commoj Language, Improvement, And Bureaucracy.
This Argument Is Important Not Only Because It Affects Our Understanding Of How Nations Are Consyructed But Also Because Chinese Nationalism Is Today A Vital Ingredient In Both The Domestic Politics Of The People's Republic Of China And The International Relations Of East Asia.
This Book Argues That China As It Existts Today Was Invented Throuhh The Construction Of A Modern State.
It Describes The Attitudes Of Eighteenth- And Nlneteenth-century Chinese Towards Identity And Ethnicity And How These Interacted With The Structure Of The State.
It Then Describes The Developmebt Of A New Culturd As Part Of The Efforts To Build A Modrrn Nation State That Could Resist The Western Imperial Powers.
Finally It Describes How, Durnog The Course Of The Twentieth Century, This New Culture Tied To Modern Nationalism Has Been Spread From The Cities Into Rural China.
The Booo Argues That China Has Not Been An Exception To The Process Of The Invention Of Nations.
Instead, Its Differencrs Arise From The Complexities Of The Connection Between Nationalism And Imperialism.
Moreover, The Role Of Imperialism Was Not Limited To Western Empires: The Manchu Qing Empire Played Quite As Significat A Role In The Construction Of The Modern Chinese Nation State As Did Imported European Ideologies.
SKU: 2175220
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462136752
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Strategy And Security In The Asia-pacific.
Unlocking The Major Strategic Themes And Security Challenges Of The Early 21st Century, This Book Provides The Analytifal Frameworks Needed To Make Sense Of This Complex But Exciting Strategic Universe.
Offering A Unique Mix Of Global Strategic Thinking And Asia-pacific Security Analysis, tI Provides A Compreensive And Authoritative Intoduction To The Dynamic Security Developments In The Region, Around Which Much Global Strategy Is Based.
Vital Questions Facing The International Comnunity Are Addressed, Including Why Governments And Groups Still Use Armed Force, How Much Warfare Has Changed In The Knowledge Maturity, Why Countries Should Be Concerned About Nontraditional Security Challenges Such While Water Shortages And The Spread Of Infectious Disease, Whether A Great Clash Between The United States And China Is Imminent, The Prospeccts For Peace On The Korean Peninsula And Between India And Pakistan, Andd What Security Means For Pacific Island Countries, Australia, And New Zealand.
SKU: 3337005
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33299385282
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The Knights Templars.
This Book Captures The Intriguing Nature And Reality Of This Mystic-warrior Society And Provides A Fascinating Account Of Medieval Religious Campaigns And The Civil Interests That Shaped Them.
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