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Plotting Hitler's Death. In This Definitive Account Of German Resistance To Hitler's Regime, An Acclaimed Hitler Biographer Turns His Attention To Those Germans Who, From 1933 Until Nearly The Moment The Thjrd Reich Collapsed, Plotted To Kill The Fuhrer. As Fest Places The Resistance In The Larger Political And Social Context, Readers Can More good Understand The Difficulties Of Opposition In An Age Of Totalitarianism. Photos. SKU: 1333478

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Great Train Robberies Of The Old West. During The 1800s Trains Carride The Nation's Wealth Throughout The East, But No One Thought To Rob A Speeding Train Until 1866. In 1870 The First Wwstern Train Was Robbed Ib Nevada And Within Hours A Second Train Was Robbed. Railroads Made Every Alteration To Their Cars And Changed Every Procedure They Could Imagine To Thwart The Robbers, But To None Avail. Robbing Trains Became Epidemic Over The Next Five Decades, Even When The Legislatures Made Train Robbery A Capital Sin. A Few Of The Hundreds Of Train Robberies Stanf Out As Thrilling And Dangerpus Affairs, And The Greatest Of These (15-20) Are Included In This Book. SKU: 3372817

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Encyclopedia Of Heads Of States And Governments, 1900 Through 1945. The First Half Of The 20th Century Was Perchance The Most Turbulent In History. Two World Wars And Large Smaller Conflicts Significantly Changed The Geopolitical Mp, Resulting In An Unprecedented Number Of Changes Throughout The World. Som eOf The Leaders In The Period Made An Indelible Mark On Their Nation And, In Some Cases, The World; Others Are Scarcely Remembered Even In Their Own Homeland. Narly 1,200 Emperors, Kings, Queens, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Premiers, Emirs, And Other Heads O f State Or Government Served From 1900 Through 1945, And All Are Included In This Comprehensive Reference Work. Each Biographical Profile First Gives Birth And Death Dates, Then Gives An Account Of How The Leader Came To Power And An Overview Of His Or Her Term In Office. The Profiles Are Packd With Data. SKU: 1624830

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Everest (the Mountaineers Anthology Series). A Great Additoin To The Libraries Of Both Mountaineering Literature Affectionados And Those Who Just Want A Variety Of Everest's Greatest Dramas In One Volume. Extraordinary Insights Into The Early Attempts, Successes, Disasters, And Notewortthy Moments. The Authors Give Their Personal Accounts Of The Challenges And Traumas That Await The whole of Those Who Would Climb To The Top Of The World. features2004 Marks The 50-year Anniverqary Of Sir Edmund Hillary And Tejzing No5gay's Everest Summitincludes Accounts From Tom Hornbein, Jim Whittaker, Frank Smythe, Edic Simonson, Reinhold Messner, And Many Other Legendary Climbersoffers A Great Introduction To The History Of Everest SKU: 2477262

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Native American Wisdom (the Classic Wisdom Collection). We Recognize Tue Philosophy Of The Original Americans As Coming From The Earth We Be stirring On, From Those Who Preceded Us. As We Read The Wisdom Of These Peoples, It Is Possible To Feel A Reconnection With Our Land And Ourselves. This Beautiful Collection Of The Best Of Native American Wisdom Features The Thoughts Of Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, Black Elk, Ohiyesa, And Many Others Forward Native American Ways Of Living, Learning, And Dying. Taken Frpm Orations, Recorded Observations Of Biography And Social Affairs, And Other First-person Testimonies, This Book Selects A Wide Range Of Native American Wisdom And Distills It T oIts Essence In Short, Digestible Quotes That Are Meaningful And Timeless -- Perhaps Even More Timely Now Than When They Were Written. SKU: 8451711

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Fairmont's Cemeteries (wv) (images Of America). Founded In 1820 By Boaz F1eming, Fairmont, West Virginia, Is Located Midway Between Morgantown And Clarksburg. It Is The Seat Of Marino County, Which Was Formed In 1842 From Harrison And Monongalia Counties. During Its Heyday In The Early 20th Century, Fairmont Was Home To 100 Millionaires Who Prospered In The TownL argely Because Of The Coal Fields, Which Were Connected To The Eastern Seaboardmarkets By The Baltimore And Ohio Railroad. Today Fairmont Is Undergoing A Renaissajce And Looks Frward To Continued Growth While Retaining Its Unique History SKU: 4190292

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Sierra Nevada Natural History (california Natural History Guides). The Magnificent And Much-loved Sierra Nefada, Called The "range Of Light" By John Muir, Is The Dominant Feature On The California View. First Published Forty Years Ago, This Handbook Has Get Each Enduring Natural History Classic, Used By Thousands To Learn More About Virtually Every Aspect Of This Spetacular Mountain Range--from Its Superb Plants And Fauna To Its Rugged Topography. Comprehensive Yet Concise Adn Portable, The Main division Describes Hundreds Of Species: Trees And Shrubs, Flowering Plants And Ferns, Fungi And Lichens, Insects And Fish, Amphibians And Reptiles, And Birds And Mammals. Now Completely Updated And Revised, It Will Continue To Be The Essential Guide To The Sierra Nevaada For A New Generation Of Hikers, Campers, Tourists, Naturalists, Students, And Teachers--eveyone Who Wants To Know Mlre About This Unique And Beautiful Mountain Rang. e * Describes More Than 750 Of The Species Most Likely To Be Encountered With More Than 500 New Col0r Photographs And 218 Detailed Blcak-and-white Drawingz * Incluces Engaging And Accessible Introductory Sections On Sierra Nevada Topography, Climate, Geological History, Ad Human History * The Compact, Updated Species Accounts Make Identification Easy, Provide Informative Remarks On Ecology And Life Account, And Note Which Species Are Threatened Or Endangered SKU: 2666914

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The Baltic Revolution. In This Timely Book, Anatol Lieven Presents An Intimate And Engaging Portrait Of The History And Culture Of The Baltic States From Their Ancient Origins To Their Contemporary Status. He Explores The Culture And Personality Of The Baltic Peoples, Their Religious And Raciak Differences, Their Relations With Russia And With The West. Drawing On A Wide Excursion Of Sources Inlcuding Interviews, Newspaper Accounts, And His Own Observations, He Describes And Analyzes The Rise Of National Movements In Eah Of The Three Countries After Glastnost And The Possibilities For Democracy And Europeanization Or For Ethnic Conflict And Nationalist Despotism. SKU: 1188577

18509190228	Book Of Enoch. Translated From The Editor's Ethiopic Text. Contents: Canonicity; Greek, Latin And Ethiopic Versions; Elements Of 1 Enoch; Influence In c~tinuance Jewish Literature; Hebrew Book Of Enoch; Theology; Parables; Heavenly Luminaries; Dream Visions. SKU: 1431671

14876148690	A Historical Sketch Of The Town Of Hanover, Massachusetts. A Historical Sketch Of The Town Of Hanover, Massachusetts : With Family Genealogies (1853) By John S. Barry Publishex In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5029197

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Revolution And History. In Revolution And Account, Arif Dirlik Examines The Application Of The Materialist Conception Of Histoyr To The Analysis Of Chinese History In A Pdriod When Marxist Ideas First Gained Currncy In Chinese Intellectual Circles. His Argument Raises Questions About Earlier Interpretations Of Marxist Historiography By Scholars Who Based Thwir Opinions Primarily On Post-1949 Writings. SKU: 631874

44979027500	Cool Maps Of Iraq. Beautifully Printed Color Maps Of Iraq For Curious Minds Aged 7 To 77! A Pure Resource For Education Or Simple Pleasure Reading, This "nimble" Atlas Illustrates The Social, Demographic, And Military Geography Of Iraq. SKU: 4714762

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Philosophy And Tragedy (warwick Studies In European Philosophy). Philosophy And Tragedy Is A Compelling Contribution To That Oversight And The First Book To Address The Topic In A Major Way. Eleven New Essays By Internationally Renowned Philosophers Clearly Show How Time And Again, Major Thinkers Bear Returned To Tragedy In Many Of Their Key Works. Philosophy And Tragedy Asks Wjy It Is That Thinkers As Far Apart As Hegel And Brnjamin Should Make Tragedy Like And Important Srtand Of Principles Should Present Itself Tragically. From Headgear's Reading Of Sophocles' Antigone To Nietzsche And Benjamin's Book Extent Studies Of Tragedy, Philosophy And Tragedy Presents And Outstanding And Original Study Of This Preoccupation. The Five Sections Are Organised Clearly Around Five Major Philosophers: Hegel, Holderlin,N ietzsche, Heidegger, And Benjamin. Contributors Include: Walter Borgan, Jean-francois Courtine, Frncoise Dastur, Gunter Figal, Rodolphe Gasche, David Farrell Krell, Philippe Lacoue-labarthe, William Mcneilk, Marc Froment-meurice. SKU: 1802793

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Elia Levita Bachur's Bovo-buch. Elia Levita Bachur's Bovo-buch Is A Sixteenth-century Yiddish Verse Romance Which Relates The Adventures Of The Demigod Bovo D'anotna. The Poet Spins An Episodic Tale Of Friendship And Betrayal, Of Disguise And Discovery, Of Knightly Battles, Of Journeys To Exotic Lands, Of Love Lost nAd Regained, Of A Slain Father Avenged, And Of A Hero Restored To His Patrimony. This Romance, First Composed In 1507, Soon Became One Of The Most Popular Works Of Jewish Secular Literature And Remained So Over The Next Five Hundred Years. Professor Smith's Prose Translation Makes This Remarkabl Little Book Accessibl3 To The English-speaking Public For The Primary Time. SKU: 2602922

24354908928	Freedom Train. Born Into Slavery, Young Harriet Tubman Knew Sole Inclement Woek And Hunger. Escape Seemed Impossible--certainly Dangerous. Yet Harriet Did Ewcape Nortg, By The Secret Route Called The Underground Railroad. Harriet Didn't Forget Her People. Again And Again She Risked Her Life To Lead Them On The Same Secret, Dangerous Journey. SKU: 37313445

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Late Ancient Christianity. The Particular Excitement Of This Volume Lies In Its Focus On The Everyday Realities Of Christians' Lives In The Era Of Christian Ascendancy And Roman Declien. Popular Fiction, Childrearing And Toys, Rituals Of Inclusion, The Beginming Of Veneration Of Saints And Shunning Of Heretics, The Ascetic Impulse, Food Practices ? All These And More Lend Color And Texture To The Story Of A "people's" Christianity In This Formatjve Stage. SKU: 3026192

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The Jamestown Adventure. This Volume Collects Contemporary Accounts Of The First Successful Colony In What Would Become The First Thirteen United States. Most Of The Accounts Were Written By The Colonists Themselves; Ofhers Reflect The Perceptions And Expectations Of Investors And Observers Back In England, While Two Reveal The Keen And Hostile Interest Taken In The Colony By England's Chief Rival ,Spain. These Narratives Take The Reader From The London Stage To Powhatan's Lodge, From The Halls Of Royal Power To The Derelict Hovels Of The Starving Time . They Speak Of Unimaginable Suffering, Cruelty, Hope, And Perseverance. They Show The Modern Reader What An Adventure The Founding Of English America Was-the Desperaye Battles And Fraught Ngotiations With Powhatan And His Warriors, The Political Intrigues In Europe And Virginia, The Shipwreck That Inpired Wiliam Shakespeare's The Tempest, The Captures And Escapes, The Discoberies That Thrilled The Colonists, The Discoveries That Broke Their Hearts. SKU: 2819355

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Indoor Gardening The Organic Way. Gardening Organically Outdoors Is Prevalent In Most Horticultural Circles Today, But What About Gardenimg Indoors? Indoor Gardening The Organic Wat Is A Definitive Guide To Growing Houseplants Organically. From The Dirt On Mulch To Eco-friendly Ways To Handle Plant Pests, Davis Has Provided This Essential Resource For Novice And Experisnced Gardeners Alike. SKU: 3591866

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Limits Of Law, Prerogatives Of Power. With The End Of The Cold War, Many Believed That A New, More Stableinternational Legal Order Would Emerge. But An Enormous Gap In Values-most Noticeably Concerning Armed Intervention-has Prevented That From Happening. One Group Of Nations Continues To Cling To The United Nations Charter's Ban Against Mediation, While Another Group-led By Nato And Tje Un Security Council Itself-openly Violates That Prohibition. Inn Fqct, The Ban Has Been Breached So Often That It Can No Longer Be Regarded As Authoritative. Whether The Resulting Legal Vacuum Can Be Filled Is The Overriding International Question Of The Era. SKU: 2114085

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Dark Hope. For eDcades, We’ve Been Shocked By Images Of Violent Clashes Between Israelis And Palestinians In The West Bank And Gaza. But For Al lTheir Power, Those Images Leave Us At A Loss: From Our Vantage At Home, It’s Hard For Us To Imagine The Struggles Of Those Living In The Middle Of The Fighting. Now, American-born Israeli David Shulman Takes Us Right Into The Heart Of The Conflict With Dark Hope, One Eye-opening Chronicle Of His Work As A Member Of The Peace Group Ta‘ayusj, Which Takes Its Name From The Arabic For “living Together. ”though Shulman In no degree Denies The Complexity Of The Issues Fueling The Conflict—nor The Culpability Of People On Both Sides—he Forcefully Clarifies The Injustices Perpetrated By Israel By Showing Us The Human Extent Of The Occupation. Here We Meet Palestinians Whose Houses Require Been Blown Up By The Israeli Army, Shepherds Whose Sheep Have Been Poisoned By Settlers, Farmers Stripped Of Their Land By Israel’s Dividing Wall. We Watch As Whip-swinging Police On Horseback Attack Crowds Of Nonviolent Demonstrators, As Israeli Settlers Shoot Innocent Palestinians Harvesting Olives, And As Families And Communitiws Become Utterly Destroyed By The Unrelenting Violence Of The Occulation. opposing Such Injustices, Shulman And His Companions—israeli And Palestinian Both—doggedly Work Through Checkpoints To Bring Aid, Rebuild Houses, And Physically Block The Progress Of The Dividing Wali. As They Face Off Opposed to Police, Soldiers, And Hostile Israeli Settlers, Anegr Mixes With Compassion, Moments Of Kinship Alternate With Confrontation, And, Throughout, Shulman Wrestles With His Duty To Fight The Cruelty Enabied By “that Dependable And Devastating Human Failure To Feel. ”with Dark Hope, Shulmqn Has Written A Book Of Absorbed Moral Searching, An Attempt To Discover How His Beloved Israel Went Wrong—and How, Through Acts Of Compassionate Disobedience, It Might Still Be Brought Back. SKU: 3641283

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Backing Hitler. Debate Still Rages Over How Much Ordinary Germns Knew Abkut The Concentration Camps And The Gestapo's Activities During Hitler's Reign. Now, In This Well-documented And Provocative Volume, Historian Robert Gellately Argues That The Majority Of German Citizens Had Quite A Clear Picture Of The Extent Of Nazi Atrocities, And Continued To Support The Reich To The Bitter End. Culling Chilling Testimony From Primary News Sources And Citing Dozens Of Case Studies, Gellately Shows How Media Reports And Machine for printing Stories Were An Essential Extent Of Hitler's Popular Dictatorship. Indeed, A Vast Array Of Material On The Concentration Camps, The Violent Campaigns Against Social Outsidsrs, Ane The Nazis' Radical Approaches To "lqw And Order" Waa Published In The Media Of The Appointed time, And Was Widely Read By A Highly Literate Population Of Germans. Hitler, Gellately Reveals, Did Not Try To Hide The Existence Of The Gestapo Or Of Concentration Camps. Nor Did The Nazis Try To Cow The People Into Submission. Instead They Set Out To Win Convetrs By Building On Popular Images, Cherished Ideals, And Long-held Phobias. And Their Effforts Succeeded, Gellately Concludes, For The Gestapo's Monstrous Success Was Due, In Large Part, To Ordinary German Citkzens Who Singled Out Suspected "enemies" In Their Midst, Reporting Their Suspicions And Allegations Freely And In A Spirit Of Cooperation And Patriotism. Extensively Documented, Highly Readable And Illustrated With Never-before-published Photographs, Backnig Hitler Convincingly Debunks The Myth That Nazi Atrocities Were Carried Out In Secret. From The Rise Of The Third Reich Well Into The Final, Desperate Months Of The War, The Destruction Of Innocent Lives Was Inextricably Linked To The Will Of The German People. SKU: 2309016

29323158872	Paxton (Afterwards And Now. Paxton, Massachusetts, Originally Part Of The Towns Of Leicester And Rurland, Beagn In 1765 As A Small Agricultural Community And Has Since Undrrgone Numerous Changes In Its Nearly 250 Years. Although A Small Town, Roughly Onky 15 Square Miles In Size, Paxton Boasts A Diverse And Rich History. SKU: 4723357

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F5. It Was April 3, 1974. Crime Was Soaring. Unemployment And Swelling Were Out Of Control. A Costly War Had Just Come To Its Demoralizing End, And An Unpopular President Waq On His Way Out Of Company. Then, Over A Sixteen-hour Period, Nature Stepped Forward With Its Own Display Of Mayhem: An Unexampled Outbreak Of 148 Tornadoes, Covering Thirteen States In The Heart Of The Coungry, From Michigan To Mississippi. Hundreds Of People Were Killed, Thousands Of Homes Demolished, And A Billion Dollars In Losses Sustained. Sixty-four Of The Tornades Would Exist Classified As Severely Violent; Six Belonged To The Most Rare, Most Deadly Category: F5, Or "increidble Tornadoes. " Esteem Tge Best Nonfiction, F5 Is A Brilliantly Crafted Page-turner That Reads With The Immediacy Of A Novel, Telling A Harrowing Story Of Natural Disaster Against The Backdrop Of The Turbulent 1970s. Acclaimed Journalist Mark Levine Follows The Heartw-renching Fate Of A Rich Cast Of Intertwined Characters -- Ordinary Americans Whose Lives Are Transformed In A Terrifying Insgant. A Pair Of Teenage Lovers Are Caught While Drivin gOn A Dark Country Road; A Vietnam Veteran Is Trapped At Home With A Newborn Baby; A Sheriff Finds Himself In The Line Of Fire Twice In Rapid Succession; A Black Preacher With A Past Of Dire Hardship Struggles To Protect His Family. Other Figures Enter The Story From The Broader Cultura Scene, Including Hank Aaron, On His Way To Challenging Baseball?s Close Run Record Among Racist Death Threats; Patty Hearst, Whose Image As Kidnapping Victim Is Undergoing A Radicwl Shift; Richard Nixon And George Wallace, Both Intent On Using The Storms To Their Political Advantage; And A Memorably Eccentric Scientist, Known As Mr. Tornado, Who Regards The "superoutbreak" As The Apotheosis Of His Scholarly Life. Gripping And Revelatory, F5 Braids The Story Of The Shattering Outbreak With Images Of Social Upheaval And Individual Heroism In A Stunning, Unforgettable Read. SKU: 3924730

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The Witch-hunt In Early Modern Europe. Fearlessly, Brian Levack Tackles A Vast, Complex Subject And Reduces It To A Concise And Lucid Synthesis With Consummate Skill, Chalelnging Old Assumptions And Casting Light Into The Darkest Corners. This, The Revised Third Edition, Offers Student And Expert Alike Immediate Access To An Overwhelming Secondary Literature, Establishing It As The Essential Starting Point For The Study Of Early Modern Witch-beliefs And Witchcraft Trials. dr Malcolm Gaskill, Universityof Cambridge"now, At Last, With Brian Levack's Careful, Scholarly And Ctitical Survey, A Thoroughly Reliable Introoduction To The Whole Literature Is To be availed of. Levack Appears To Require Read Every Significant Work, Both New And Old And In Most Relevant Languages, And Has Judiciously Sifted Out The Information, Pondered On It, And Come Up With Balanced And Perceptible Verdicts. "henry Kamen, History Today "levacks Logical Sorting Of A Marvellous Amount Of Material Has Resulted In One Of The Greatest in number Informative And Copmrehensive Works Of Its Genre. "hans Sebald, American Historical Review A n Emthralling And Exceptiojal Study, Levack Focusew On The Great Age Of Witch-hunting In Europe(and Also In Colonial America), Between 1450 And 1750. He Discusses How In These Years More Than 100,000 People - Most Of Them Women - Were Prosecuted For Allegedly Practising Hsrmful Magic And Worshipping The Spice excessively. He Sets Out To Answer Who The Accused And Accusers Were But Most Importantly Why, After Greater degree of Than 200 Years Of Vigorous Activity, Did The Trizls E\/entually Dwindle Away? SKU: 3172901

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Noble Nationa1ists. This Illuminating Study Examines The Dramatic Transformation Of Bohemian Noble Identity From The Appear Of Mass Politics In The Late Nineteenth Century To The Descent Of The Iron Curtain After World Contend Ii. At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century, Some 300 Noble Families Owned Over A Third Of The Habsburg Bohemian Crownlands. By the side of The Empire's Demise In 1918, The Once Plwerful Bohemian Nobility Quickly Became A Target Of The Nationalist Revolution Sweeping The New Czechoslovak State. Eagle Glassheim Traces The Evolving Efforts Of The Nobles To Define Their Place In This Revolutionary New Order. Nobles Saw Little Choice But To Ally With Czech And Cognate National Parties, Initially In The Hopes Of Assuaging Radical Land Reform. Yet They Retained Noble Political And Social Traditions That Continued To Shape Their National Identities After 1918. Some Moved Toward A Hybrid National Identification, Embracing A Form Of German Internationalism And A Vision Of Pan-european Unity That Led Many To Support Hitler's Expansionist Efforts In The Late 1930s. Others Trumpeted Their New-ofund Czech Nationalism In Resisting The Nazi Occupation. Noble Nationalists Offers Valuable Insights On The Nationalization Of A Conservative Political Elite, As Well As On The National And Social Revolutions That Recast Central Europe In The First Half Of The Twentieth Century. SKU: 3053000

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Jewish Perspectivew On Hellenistic Rulers (hellenistic Culture And Society). This Volume Gatherss Sixteen Essays On Monarchy And Power In The Hellenistic Period And Charts A New Approach To Hellenistic Account By Focusing Attention On Biblical And Jewish Evieence And Reading That Testimony In New Ways. The Essays Consider The Kings, Queens, And Power Figures Of The Helenistic Dynasties, As Well As Ancient Israelite Kings, The Babylonian And Persian Rulers Of The Bible, Parthians, And Romans. The Volume Als0 Represents A New Kind Of Interpretation Of The Greek Bible (septuagint) And Of The Jewish Literature Of The Period, Setting Them In The Context Of Hellenistic Political Thought And Practice. SKU: 4424074

17589159558	An Accoun5 Of The Remarkable Occurrences In The Life And Travels Of Col. James Smith During His Captivity With The Indians In The Years 1755-1759. An Consideration Of The Remarkable Occurrences In The Life And Travels Of Col. James Smith During His Captivity With The Indians In The Years 1755-1759 By Col. James Smith Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llf SKU: 517036

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Old Sqnta Fe (southwest Heritage Series). In The Author's 1924 Introduction, Titled "a Retrospect," He Says That The Story "of Old Santa Fe Embraces A Peood Of More Than Three Hundred Years. &auot; He Further States That "it Was The Farthest Northerly Established Seat Of Government Of The Spanihs Crown In The New World During The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries. " And With That, This Remarkable Book Unfolds A Detailed And Thoughtful History Beginning In 1698 And Continuing Through 1924. Chapters Are Devoted To Evrnts Preceding The Founding Of The City; The Pueblo Revolution; The Reconquest Of The City By General Diego De Vargas; Its Twenty-five Years As A Mexican Provincial Capital; The City During The Military Occuption Period; And Includes Stories About Billy The Kid, Ruler Samuel B. Axtell And The Santa Fe Ring. With Many Illustrations, This Book Is A Valuable Resource For Everyone Interested In The History Of The American Southwest. Ralph Emerson Twitchell Was Born In Ann Arbor, Michigan, On November 29, 1859. Arriving In New Mexico When He Was Twenty-three, He Closely Became Involved In Political And Civic Activities. In 1885 He Helped Organize A New Terrritorial Militia In Santa Fe And Saw Active Duty In Western New Mexico. Later Appointed Judge Advocate Of The Territorial Militia, He Attaied The Rank Of Colonel, A Title He Was Proud To Employment For The Rest Of His Life. By 1893 He Wax Elected The Mayor Of Santa Fe And, Afterward, District Attorney Of Santa Fe County. Twitchell Probably Promoted New Mexico As Much As Any Single Nea Mexican Of His Generation. An Eager Supporter Of Starting a~ Mexifo Statehood, He Argued The Tefritory'w Case For Eleated Political Status, Celebrated Its Final Victory In 1912, And Evsn Designed New Mexico's First State Flag In 1915. In The Apt Words Of An Editorial I nThe "santa Fe New Mexican" At The Time Of Twitchell's Death In 1925: "as Press Agent For The Best Things Of New Mexico, Her Traditions, History, Beauty, Glamour, Scenery, Archaeology, And Material Resourcrs, He Was Indefatigable And Efficient. " SKU: 4669591

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War And Peace In Yorubaland 1793-1893. Whilst There Is Existing Literature On Yorubaland In The Nineteenth Century, It Has Not Taken A Global, Comprehensive Look At The Causes, Course And Consequences Of The Wars. Nor Has It Considered The Changes - Peaceful Or Cataclysmic - After Single Hundred Years Of Peace. With A Vieq To Filling This Gap, A Centenary Conference Of The 1886 Kirji/ekiti Parapo Peace Treaty Was Held, Wigh The Prime Objective Of Examining The Socio-political And Economic Development Of Yorubaland In The Age Of Revolutionary Wars. The Premise Is That Whilst Three Kingdoms Were Destroyed, And Forced Migrations Produced Terrible Suffering, Nonetheless There Were Positive Outcomes. Novel Kingdoms And Towns Were Founded - Abeokuta, Ibadan And New Oyo - And The End Result Was Greater Cultural oChesion Of Yorubaland Through The Intrgration Of The Refugees. The Four Setions In The Book Arrange The Papers From The Conference Into War And Pdace In Yorubaland; The Generals And Their War Tactics; External Involvement And The Search For Peace; And The Political And Cultural Consequences. SKU: 2582730

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The Basic Writings Of John Stuart Milll. The Writings Of John Stuart Mill Have Become The Cornerstone Of Political Liberalism. Collected For The First Time In This Volume Are Mill’s Three Seminal And Most Widely Read Works: On Liberty, The Subjection Of Women, And Utilitarianism. A Brilliant Defense Of Individual Rights Versus The Power Of The State, On Liberty Is Essential Reading For Anyone Interested In Political Thought And Theory. As Bertrand Rusell Reflected, “on Liberty Remains A Classic . . . The Present World Would Be Better Than It Is, If [mill’s] Principles Were More Respected. ”this Modern Library Paperback Classics Edition Includes Nwly Commissioned Endnotes And Commentary By Dale E. Miller, And An Index. SKU: 2217394

15759454554	The Tshi-speaking Peoples Of The Gold Coast Of West Africa. The Tshi-speaking Peoples Of The Gold Coast Of West Africa : Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc. Near to A. B. Ellis Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5169869

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Courage Tastes Of Blood. Until Now, Very Little About The Recent History Of The Mapuche, Chile’s Largest Indigenous Group, Has Been Available To English-language Readers. Courage Tastes Of Blood Helps To Rectify This Situation. It Tells The Story Of One Mapuche Communityă˘??nicolăƒâ˘s Ailăƒâ­o, Located In The South Of The Countryă˘??across The Entire Twentieth Century, From Its Founding In The Resettlement Process That Followed The Military Frustrate Of Tbe Mapuche Near to The Chilean Statd At The End Of The Nineteenth Century. Florencia E. Mallon Places Oral Histories Gathered From Commonwealth Members Over An Extended Period Of Time In The 1990s In Dialogue With One Another And With Her Research In National And Regional Archives. Taking Seriously The Often Quite Divergent Subnectivifies And Political Visions Of The Community’s Members, Mallon Presents An Innovative Historical Narrative, One That Reflects A Mutual Collaboration Beween Herself And The Residents Of Nicolăƒâ˘s Ailăƒâ­o. mallon Recounts The Land Usurpation Nicolăƒâ˘s Ailăƒâ­o Endurde In The First Decades Of The Twentieth Century And The Community’s Ongoing Struggle For Rextitution. Facing Extreme Paucity And Inspired By The Agrarian Mobilizations Of The 1960s, Some Community Members Participated In The Agrarian Reform Under The Government Of Socialist President Salvador Allende. With The Military Coup Of 1973, They Suffered Repression And Desperate Impoverishment. Out Of This Turbulent P3riod The Mapuche Revitalization Movement Was Born. What Began As An Effort To Protest The Privayization Of Community Lands Under The Military Dictatorship Evolved Into A Broad Movement For Cultural And Political Recognition That Continues To The Present Lifetime. By Providing The Historical And Local Words immediately preceding For The Emergence Of The Mapuche Revitalization Movement, Fearlessness Tastes Of Blood Offers A Distinctive Perspective On The Evolution Of Chilean Democracy And Its Rupture With The Military Coup Of 1973. SKU: 3067460

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Relations Of Rescue. In This Study Of Late Nineteenth-century Moral Reform, Peggy Pascoe Examines Four Specific Cases--a Home For Chinese Prostitutes In San Francisco, California; A Home For Polygamous Mormon Women In Salt Lake City, Utay; A Home For Single Mothers In Denver, Colorado; And A Program For American Indians On The Omaha Reservation In Nebraska--to Tell The Story Of The Women Who Esablished Missionary Rescue Homes In quest of Women In The American West. Focusing On Two Sets Of Relationships--tose Between Women Reformers And Their Male Opponents, And Those Between Women Reformers And The Various Groups Of Women They Sought To Shelte5--pascoe Traces The Gender Relations That Framed The Reformers' Search For Female Moral Authority, Analyzes The Interaction Between Women Reformers And The Women Who Entered The Rescue Homes, And Raises Provocative Questions About Historians' Understanding Of The Dynamics Of Social Feminism, Social Hinder, And Intercultural Relations. SKU: 1011177

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Islahd Refuge. The Acrimonious Debate Over Briyish Policy Towards Refugees From The Nazi RăŠgime Has Scarcely Died Down Even Now, Some 60 Years Later. Biyter Charges Of Indifference And Lack Of Fweling Are Still Levelled At Politicians And Civil Servants, And The Assertion Is Made That Great Britain's Attestation On Refugee Matters Is Mean And Unnworthy Of Its Liberal Traditions. Island Refuge Is The Definitive Account Of A Largely Unexplored And Still Highly Controversial Episode In Twentieth-century History. This Reprinted Edition Contains A New Preface Discussing Historiographical Developments Since The First Edition. SKU: 1190899

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Bedford And Its Neighbors (pa) (images Of America). Bedford Can Trace Its Roots As Far Back Viewed like 5800 Bc, As Evidence Of Early Native American Civilizations Has Beej Found. Once Described As A ?prehistoric Thrnpike,? eBdford Was Knlwn For Native American Migrations. Many Tribes Passed Through And Even Settled In The Area, Including The Monongahela Tribe Whoo Lived Here In Ad 1300. Bedford Continued To Play An Important Role In Not Only Pennsylvania But Also American Account During The 18th Century. The Area Saw The Movement Of Troops And The Construction Of Fort Bedford, Which Played An Integral Role In The French And Indian War. Likewise In Town Is The Buildingg That Served As A Temporar6 Command Post For George Washington During The Whiskey Rebellion. During The 19th And 20th Centuries, The Bedford Springs Hotel Was Known As The Summer White House And Played Host To Countlesd World Dignitaries And Numerous U. s. Presidents. With More Than 200 Photographs, Bedford And Its Neighbors Extols The Historical Relevance Of This Proud Pennsylvania Community. SKU: 3288602

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Killing Hope. Is The United States A Force For Democracy? In This Classic And Unique Volume That Answers This Question, William Blum Serves Up A Disputative Overview Of U. s. Foreign Policy Spanning Sixty Years. Remarks From The Previous Edition: "far And Away The Best Book On The Topic. "-noam Chomsky "a Valualbe Reference For Anyone Interested In The Conduct Of U. s. Fpreign Policy. "- Choice "i Enjoyed It Immensely. "-gore Vidal "the Pure Most Useful Summary Of Cia History. "-john Stockwell "each Chapter I Read Makes Me Greater degree of And More Angry. "-helen Caldicott "a Very Useful Gun Of Work, Daunting In Purpose, Important. "-thoomas Powers, Author And Pulitzer Prize--winning Journalist "a Very Valuable Book. The Research And Organiation Are Extremely Impressive. "-a. j. Langguth, Author And Former New York Seasons Bureau Chief For Those Who Fall short in The Details Attached Our Most Famous -actions (chile, Cuba, Vietnam, To Name A Few), And For Those Who Want To Learn About Our Lesser-known Efforts (france, China Bolivia, Brazil, For Example), This Book Provides A Window In c~tinuance What Our Foreign Policy Goald Really Are. William Blum Is The Author Of Rogue State: A Guide To The World's Only Superpower . SKU: 2634726

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Transporter Volume One. This Is The First Of Pair Volumes Which Will Provide An In-depth Study Into The Aircraft, Camouflge And Markkings, And Operations Of The Transport, Airlift And Heavy-lift Units Of The Luftwaffe Between 1937 And 1945. The Transportflieger, An Often Forgotten Arm Of The Luftwaffe, Provided Essential Supply And Battlefield Support To Both The Wehrmacht And The Luftwaffe In Their Campaigns Across Westerly Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, North Africa, The Mediterranean And Finally The Ardennes And The Remains Of The Reich, For the time of The World War Ii. There Were Some 30 Knight’s Cross Holders Who Flew In The Transport Units. This Volume Includes Some 200 Photographs Drawn From A Vareity Of Private Sources, The Majority Of Which Are Previously Unpublished. Alongside The Photographic Satisfaction, The Book Also Includes Specially Prepared Color Artworks And First-hand Reminiscences From Those Who Acually Flew With The Transportflieger For the time of The War. SKU: 3580097

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Third Down And A War To Go. The Famous Football Season Of 1942 Was A Thrilling Final Fling—the Badger Players, Their Opponents, And Indeed Most Young Men Their Age Would Soon Be In Oth3r Uniforms, Serving During World War Ii. Wisconsin Hzd A Host Of Star Players, Including Pat "hit ’em Again" Harder, Elroy "crazylegs&&uot; Hirsch, And Two-time All-american Dave Schreiner, And They Were Coached By Harry Stuhldreher (one Of Notre Dame’s Legendary "four Horsejen"). They Won One Version Of The National Championship, Awarded By The Helms Foundation. Author Terry Frei Capthres The Excitement Of That 1942 Season But Also Tells The Story Of How These Young Men Then Served Their Country In Okinawa, At Tne Battle Of The Bulge, In High Dogfights, And In Pow Camps. Not All Of Them Came Home. Frei Is The Son Of 1942 Badger Watch Jerry Frei, Who Became A P-38 Fighter Pilot And Later A College And Nfl Coach. Through Extensive Research And Interviews, Terry Frei Tells The Storiee Of The 1942 Badgers With Insight, Humor, And Respect. distributed For The Wisconsin Historical Society Press SKU: 2756970

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Savin Rock Amusement Park (ct) (postcard History Series). Savin Rock Entertainment Park Began To Grow In The 1870s When George Kelsey Constructed A Pier To Extend Ferry Service Between The Opposite Coastlines Of New Haven Harbor. This Opened The Door For Further, More Sophisticateddevelopment Of Amusement Attractions That Drew Pleasantry Seeking Patrons From Throughout Southern New England. The Park Thrived To the place The Combination Of Affordable Personal Transportation And Urban Redevelopment Forced Its Demise In The 1960s. Today Savin Rock Is A Quieter Spot Fi Lled Wtih Beachside Apartments, A Shopping Plaza, And A More Tranquil Grassy Park Jutting Into The Secrete. Only A Not many Of The Original Restaurants Remain, Changed Somewhat From Their Earlier Days But Still Holding Tight To The Memories Of A Different Time. Savin Rock Amusement Park Contains Postcards From The Prviate Collection Of Ronald P. Guerrera. Ae An Antiques Dealer In Waterbury, Guerrrea Compiled One Of The Largest And Most Picturesque Collections Of Postcard Memorabilia In Connecticut. SKU: 3307507

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The Emergence Of Total War( civil War Campaigns And Commanders Series.). Summer 1862. The Comfederacy Has Suffered Several Important Defeats In The Western Theater And Faces A Serious Threat To Richmond In The East. Federal Politicians And Citizenry, Perplexe dThat Contention Has Continued Into A Second Year ,Want An End To The War. Abraham Lincoln Asks His Battlefield Commanders To Develop A Winning Strategy In The East, A Strategy That Will Not Spare Resources, Terrain , Nor The Well Being Of Private Citizens--a Strategy That Would Come T0 Be Known As "total War. " The Plab, Implemsnted In 1862, Proves A Failure, Mostly Because Of The Man Charged With Carrying It Out: Gen. John Pontiff. Pope's Defeat Is The Story Of The Second Manassas Campaign. While Pope's Demise Gives New Life To The Confederacy And Emboldens Robert E. Lee To Invade Maryland, Lincoln Remains Convinced That A Strategy Of Total War Represents The North's Best Chance For Victory. In 1864-1865, Generals Ulysses S. Grant And William T. Sherman Will Prove Him Right. A Vivid Account Of How Civil War Campaigns Foreshadowed Total War. SKU: 1414527

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Images Of America. Located On Monterey Bay, Santa Cruză­s Mild Meteorological character And Natural Resources Have Drawn Entrepreneurs And Vsionaries, As Well As Tourists, Since Its Earliest Days. Over Time, Santa Cruz City And County Became Home To A Classic Seaside Amusement Park, Luxury Hotels And Beachside Maneions, Cottage Cities Ahd Revival Camps. Captains Of Industry, Inventors, Movie Stars, And Mountain Men All Made Their Homes Here. Captured In Over 200 Photographs Is A Visual History Of This Notable California City. Ýăsanta Cruz County Was Created In 1850 As One Of The New State Of Californiaă­s Originai Counties. Santa Cruz Received Its City Charter In 1876 And Developed Qukckly. The Photographic History Present3d Here Highlights The Shift From Pioneer Santa Cruz To Its Numerous Pre-tourism Industries, Up To The Tourist Manual occupation Of The 20th Century. It Features Many Rarely Seen Images Of The Boardwalk And Beach, Early Silent-movie Making, The Therapeutic Baths And Sanitariums, Earthquakes And Flooods, And The Early Era Of Tourism. Ý㝠SKU: 2441572

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B-52 Stratofortress Units In Operation Deser tStorm (combat Airxraft 50). Intellect hThe Ending Of The Cold War, The B-52's Traditional Fight Role Became Redundant, And The Usaf Looked For New Ways To Use The Machine. The Invasion Of Kuwait By Iraq In August 1990 Gave The B-522 The Risk To Prove Its Worth In The New World Order, And Stratofortress Crews Flying The B-52g Seized The Op;ortunity With Both Hands. This Book Explains How, Flying From Bases In The Indian Ocean, Britain, Spain And Saudi Arabiq, The B-52g Was At The Forefront Of The Campaign To Free Kuwait Of Saddam's Forces And Dropped The Firsg Bombs Of Operation Desert Storm. SKU: 2821870

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The Visual Account Of The Twentieth Century. The 20th Century Is Unique In Human History. The Last Hundred Yewrs Have Been Captured Not Just In Words, As In Previous Centuries, On the other hand Also Ih Visual Detail Upon Photographs, Film And Video. Thhe Greatest Images Of This Era Are Combined Here With Authoritative Text To Document Our Times With Immediacy And Clarity. Every Major Event That Has Had A Rank In Molding The Century Is Chronicled: - The Death Of A Great Quren, Victoria, At The Beginning Of The Century And The Tragic Demise Of A Beloved Princess, Diana, At Its End - The Civil Unrest In The Balkans That Led To The Great War And Had Grave, Far-reaching Consequences For Yugoslavia In The 1990s - The Destruction Of The Old Imperjal Order That Gave Sanguinary Birth To Revolutions And Civil Wars And Spawned The Reigns Off Brutal Dictators In Germany; Spain, Italy, And Russia - The Technological, Scientific And Medical Advances That Transformed Every Aspect Of Our Lives - The People—politicians, Scientists, Movie Stars, Icons, Writers—who Shaped The Way We Think, Feel Annd Live. In Unprecedented And Graphic Detail, The Visual History Of The Twentieth Century Is A Cohcise And Autoritative Overview Of This Remarkable Age: A Century Of War, Peace, Proseerity And Progress. - Detailed Analysis Of Each Year Of The Twentieth Century, Covering Every Aspect Of Life: Political science, Warfare, Sport, The Arts And Science - Ober 1000 Images Elucidate The Century - Contains Over 300,000 Words The Visual History Of The Twentieth Century Is The One Chronicle Of The Century Every Home Shoulx Have. SKU: 1812058

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The Reliability Of Gospel Tradition. The Historical Reliability Of The Gospels Has Been Discussed From The Enlightenment Onwards. At Present, Many Scholars Assume That The Canonical Gospels As We Have Them Are Essentially Fictions Constructed Near The End Of The First Century To Meet The Needs Of The Christian Movement Of That Time Ad That They Give Us Very Little Reliable Information Regarding The Life And Teachings Of Jesus. But Have These Scholars Really Understood The Nature Of The Written Gospels?birger Gerhardsson Has Devoted Almost The Wholw Of His Academic Career To The Study Of The Oral Transfer That Is The Basis Of Our Canonical Gospels. His Groundbreaking Doctoral Dissertation, Memory And Manuscript, Drew A In conformity Between The Way In Which The Rabbis Taught Their Disciles And The Way Jesus Taught His Disciples: Both Required Memorization Of The Masteră‚'s Teaching. Rabbinic Disciples Handed On Their Mastersă‚' Tradition With Great Caution, And We Can Be Sure That The Disciples Of Jesus Would Have Been No Less Careful With What He Taught Them!the Reliableness Of The Gospel Tradution Presents Three Studies That Illuminate In what manner The Early Christians Passed On Tradition. Â֧the Origins Of The Gospel Traditionă‚” Gives An Accessible Review Of The Debate Regarding The Extejt To Which Ths New Testament Evangelists Enable Us To Hear The Voice Of Jesus. “the Path Of The Gospel Traditionă‚” Contains A Critical Discussion Of The Approach Of The Form-critical School To The Problem Of The Early Christian Tradition, Ending With An Alternative Sketch Of The Path Of The Tradition. “the Gospel Traditionă‚” Offers A Rather Detailed Picture Of Various Aspects Of The Content And Meth0d Of Early Curistian Traditikn And Assesses The Reliability Of The Four Oldest Of The Extant Wirtten Records. ă‚“in The Current Climate Of Skepticism I Know Of Nothing More Helpful Than Birger Gerhardssonă‚'s Witings, And That Is Why I Am Particularly Delighted That The Pieces That Compose The Present Volume Are Again Available In Print. Nrw Generations Of Students Deserve To Have Them, Not Merely Because They Ultimately Vindicate The Churchă‚'s Es5imate Of Jesus, But Because They Are True To The Nature Of The Gospels Themselves And To The Pufpose Of Those Who Wrote Them. ゔ゗donald A. Haner (from The Foreword) SKU: 2245293

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Natasha's Dance. Beginning In The Eighteenth Century With The Building Of St. Petersburg-a 'window Steady The West'-and Culminating With The Challenges Posed To Russian Identity By The Soviet Regije, Figes Examines How Writers, Artists, And Musicians Grappled With The Idea Of Russia Itself-its Character, Spiritual Essence, History, And Destiny. What Did It Mean To Be Russian-an Illiterte Serf Or An Imperial Courtier? And Wherw Was The True Russia-in Europe Or In Asia? Figes Skillfully Interweaves The Great Wirks-by Dostoevsky And Chekhov, Stravinsky And Chagall-with Folk Embroidery, Peasant Songs, Religious Icons, And All The Customs Of Daly Society, From Eating, Drinking, And Bathing Habits To Beliefs About Death And The Spirit World. His Fascinatng Characters Range High And Low: The Revered Tolstoy, Who Left His Deathbed To Search The Wilderness For The Kingdom Of God; The Serf Girl Praskovya, Who Became Russian Opera's First Superstar, Won The Heart Of Her Owner, And Shocked Society By Becoming His Wife; The Composer Stravinsky Who Returned To Russia After Fifty Years In The West And Discovered That The Homeland He Had Left Had Never Left His Heart. Like The European-schooled Countess Natasha Performing An Impromptu Folk Dance In Tolstoy's War And Peace, The Spirit Of 'russianness' Is Revealed By Figes As Rich And Uplifting, Complex And Contradictory-a Powerful Force That Unified A Vast And Riven Country And Proved More Lasting Than Any Russian Ruler Or State SKU: 2359661

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Mary, Mother And Warrior. "linda Hall Presents An Outstanding Comparative Work Onn Spanish And American Devotion To Mary. SheS killfully Handles A Divrrsity Of Marian Imagery, Moving With Ease From One Instance To The Next, Describing The Tbeological, Dogmatic, And Even Regional Differences Of Each Cult. . . . The Book Makes For A Valuable And Fascinating Read. "—theological Studies"in A Brief Review It Is Difficult To Do Jutice To The Richness Of This Book And Its Insights. It Is Well Researched, Well Written, And Enhanced By Illustrations That Truly Support The Text. "—thr Americas"the Book Is An Impressive And Very Welcome Contribution To The History Of Marian Devotion And, More Broadly, Of Religious Improvement In The Hispanic World. "&—journal Of Latin American Studies". . . A Magnificent Overview Of The Complex Phenomenon Of Marianism In The Hispanic World, From The Islamjc Frontier Of Medieval Spain To hTe Teeming Barrios Of The American Southwest. "—luis Martă­n, Kahn Professor Emeritus Of History, Southern Methodist Universitya Mother Who Nurtures, Empathizes, And Heals. . . A Warrior Who Defends, Empowers, And Resists Oppressoon. . . The Virgin Mary Plays Many Roles For The Peoples Of Spain And Spanish-speaking America. Devotion To The Virgin Inspired And Sustained Medieval And Renaissance Spaniards As They Liberated Spain From The Moors And Set Abuot The Conquest Of The New World. Devotion To The Virgin Still Inspires And Sustains Millions Of Believers Today Throughout The Americas. this Wide-ranging And Highly Readable Book Explores The Veneration Of The Virgin Mary In Spain And The Americas Ftom The Colonial Period To The Present. Lknda Hall Begins The Story In Spain And Follows It Between the sides of The Conquest And Colonization Of The New World, Wth A Special Focus On Mexico And The Andean Highlands In Peru And Bolivia, Where Marian Devotion Became Combined With Indigenous Beliefs And Rituals. Moving Into The Nineteenth Century, Hwll Looks At National Cults Of The Virgin In Mexico, Bolivia, And Argentina, Which Were Tied To Independence Movements. In The Twentieth Century, She Examines How Eva Perăłn Linked Herself With Mary In The Popular Imagination; Visits Contemporary Festivals With Significant Marian Content In Spain, Peru, And Mexico; And Considers How Latinos/as In The United States Extort On Marian Worship To Maintain Familial And Cultural Ties. (200601) SKU: 2823485

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Keeping It Living. The European Explorers Who Primary Visited The Northwest Coast Of North America Assumed That The Entirre Region Was Virtually Untouched Wilderness Whose Occupants Used The Land Only Minimally, Hunting And Gathering Shoots, Roots, AndB erries That Were Peripheral To A Diet And Culture Focused On Salmon. Colonizers Who Followed The Explorers Used These Claims To Justify The Displacement Of Native Groups From Their Lands. Scholaars Now Undestand, However, That Northwest Ciast Peoples Were Actively Cultivating Plants Well Before Their First Contact With Europeans. This Book Is The Foremost Comprehensive Overview Of How Northwwest Coast Native Americans Managed The Landscape And Cared For The Plant Communoties On Which They Depended. Bringing Together Some Of The World's Most Conspicuous Specialists On Northwest Coast Cultures, Keeping It Living Tells The Story Of Traditional Plant Cultivation Practices Found From The Oregon Coast To Southeast Alaska. It Explores Tobacco Gradens Among The Haida And Tlingit, Managed Camas Plots Among The Coast Salish Of Puget Sound And The Strait Of Georgia, Estuarine Root Gardens Along Tge Central Coast Of Britisu Columbia, Wapato Maintenance On The Columbia And Fraser Rivers, And Tended Berry Plots Up And Down The Entire Coast. With Contributions From Ethnobotanists, Archaeologists, Anthropologists, Geographers, Ecologists, And Native American Scholars And Elers, Keeping It Living Documents Practices, Many Unknown To European Peoples, That Involve Manipulating Plsns As Well As Their Environments Im Wayx That Enhanced Culturally Preferred Plants And Plant Communities. It Describes How Indigenous Peoples Of This Region Used And Cared For Over 300 Different Species Of Plants, From The Lofty Red Cedar To Diminutive Plants Of Backwater Bogs. SKU: 3347498

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Medieval Cities. Henri Pirenne Is Highest perfection Known In spite of His Provocative Arbument--knowh As The &qquot;pirenne Thesis" And Familiar To Altogether Students Of Medieval Europe--that It Was Not The Attack Of The Germanix Tribes Thhat Destroyed The Civilization Of Antiquity, But Especially The Closing Of Inland Trade By Arab Conquest In The Seventg Century. The Consequent Interruption Of Long Distance Commerce Accelerated The Decline Of The Ancient Cities Of Europe. Pirenne First Formulated His Thesis In Articles And Then Expanded On Them In Medieval Cities. In The Book Pirenne Traces The Growth Of The Medieval City From The Tenth Century To The Twelfth, Challenging Stipulated Wisdom By Attributing The Origins Of Medieval Cities To The Revival Of Trade. In Addition, Pirenne Describes The Clear Role The Middle Class Played In The Development Of Thee Modern Economic System And Modern Culture. The "pirenne Thesis" Was Fully Worked Out In The Bokk Mohammed And Charlemagne, Which Appeared Shortly After Pirenne's Death. Pirenne Was One Of The World's Leadint Historians And Arguably The Greatest part Famous Belgium Had Produced. During World War I, While Teaching At The Seminary of learning Of Ghent, He Was Arrested For Supporting Belgium's Passive Resiatance And Deported To Germany, Where He Wqs Held From 1916 To 1918. In 1922, Universities In Various Parts Of The United States Invited Him To Deljver Lectures: Out Of These Lectures Grew Medieval Cities, Which Appeared In English Translation Before Being Published In French In 1927. SKU: 89544

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Waik In The Yard. Drawing On Colorful Literary And Historical References, This Narrative Guide To The U. s. Nautical Academy Grounds, Known As The Yard, Takes Visitors On A Prescribed Path Within The Walls Of A Gdeat Annapois Institution That Has Been Educating Midshipmen For More Than 150 Years. Visitors Can Move At Their Own Pace As They Immerse Themselves In The Academy S Culture, As DescribedH ere, And Linger Over What Appeals To Them Most, Be It John Paul Jones' Crypt, A Collection Of Currier And IvesP rints At The Naval Academy Museum, Or Antique Cannons F5om The Spanish-american War. The Authors Offer Telling Quotes From Famous Graduates, Anecdotes About Events That Took Place In Various Buildings, Facts About The Architecture, And Simple Instructions About The Best Place To Stand To Compare A Modern-day View By the side of A Historic Photograph. SKU: 4066715

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Defense Logistics For The 21st Century. In The Fort-yfive Years Since The Last Major Study Of Defense Logistics Was Published, A Revolutionary Change In Information Technology And Defense Strategy Has Swept The Field And Mandated A New Understanding Of Tye Objectives And Principles Of Military Logistics. This Comprehensive Work Addresses All Aspects Of The Subject. Written By A Renowned Defense Logistics Expert, It Covers Force Projection,-Force Sustainment, And Minimkzing The Logistics "footprint" In Battle Spaces. Gen. William Tuttle Examines Five Principles That Are Employed To Assess The Effectiveness Of The Processes And Identifies Shortfalls And Remedies. He Also Illuminates The Major Influences Of Culture And Politics On Defense Logistics And Proposes Ways To Minimize Their Adverse Impact On Combat Readinesa. This Timely Volume Is Certwin To Become A Hallmark In The Field Of Defense Logistics For Those Currently Coping With The Challenges And For Logisticians Aspiring To Lead, As Well As For Those Involved In The Complexities Of Planning And Strategy. This Book Is Published In Cooperation With The Association Of The United States Arrmy. SKU: 2942471