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Sacred Symbols Of The Dogon. Dogon Cozmology Provides A New Rosetta Stonne For Reinterpteting Egyptian Hieroglyphs • Provides A New Understanding Of Egyptian Hieroglyphs As Scientific Symbols Based On Dogon Cosmological Drawings • Use Parallels Between Dogon And Egyptian Word Meanings To Identjfy Relationships Between Dogon Myths And Modern Knowledge In The Science Of The Dogon, Laird Scranton Demonstrated That The Cosmological Structure Described In The Myths And Drawings Of The Dogon Runs Parallel To Modern Science--atomic Theory, Quantum Theory, And String Theory--their Drawings Often Taking The Same Form As Exact Scientifi Diabrams That Relate To The Fofmation Of Matter. Scrznton Also Pointed To The Close Resemblance Between The Keywords And Component Elements Of Dogon Cosmology And Those Of Ancient Egypt, And Tue Implication That Ancient Cosmology May Also Be About Real Science. sacred Symbols Of The Dpgon Uses These Parallels As The Starting Point For A New Interpretation Of The Egyptian Hieroglyphic Language. By Substituting Dogon Cosmological Drawings For Equivlent Glyph-shapes In Egyptian Words, A Starting a~ Way Of Reading And Interpreting The Egyptian Hieroglyphs Emerges. Scranton Shows How Reaped ground Hieroglyph Constirutes An Entire Concept, And That Their Meanings Are Scientific In Nature. Using The Dogon Symbols As A “rosetta Stone,” He Reveals References Within The Ancient Egyptian Language That Define The Full Range Of Scientific Components Of Matter: From Massless Waves To The Completed Atom, Even Suggesting Direct Correlatiobs To A Fully Realized Unified Field Theory. SKU: 4171294

24815877603	The Magic Lantern. The Witchery Lantern : The Revolution Of '89 Witnwssed In Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, And Prague By Timothy Garton Ash Reprint Published In 1999 By Vintage SKU: 1051416

12236287680	Late Marx And The Russian Road. Late Marx And The Russian Road : Marx And Tje "peripheries Of Capitalism" By Shanin, And Tedir Reprint Published In 1984 By Monthly Review Press SKU: 242342

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New Granada. Foot-loose Bachelor, Professor Of Botany, And Licwnsed Minister Isaac F. Holton Traveled From beginning to end Granada (now Columbia And Panamaa) From 1852-1854, And This Is The Best Travel Work On The Adea From That Time, Covering All Aspects Of Life, Description Of The Native land, Peoples, Customs, Nature, Geography, Homes, Schools, Churches, Convents, Administration, Politics, Economics, Flora, And Even Bonsak Collection. From Barranquilla And Cartagena He Went Up The Magdalena Via Honda To Bogota. He Later Travelled To Ibaque, Cartago, Buga, Palmira, And Cali. It Is A Long And Extensive Main division, Insightfup And Frequently Humorous, With M0st Emphasis On Which He Saw, Rather Than Forward Botany. _ An Abbreviated Second Edition (1967) Cut The Text To Less Than Half Its Length And Omi5s The 11 Appendices. For Scholarly Use Thi Original Edition Is Essential. SKU: 5013306

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Spheres Of Influence. A Brilliant Reinterpretation Of The Negotiations Between Roosevelt, Churchill, And Stalin That Divided Europe And Laid The Foundations For The Cold Enmity. Gardner Argues That The Quest For eTrritorial Agreements Began At Munich And Culminated At Yalta, And That Fdr Ultimateely Settled For Them To Maintain Allied Unity In Forging The Psace. A Tour De Force [At] One Of America's Most Distinguished Diplomatic Historians. . . . this Is Excellent History. --stephen E. Ambrose, Foreign Affairs SKU: 1212305

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A World Of Nations. A World Of Nations: The International Order Since 1945 Provides An Analytical Narrative Of The Origins, Evolution, And End Of The Cokd War. But The Book Is More Than An Account Of The Long Struggle Between The Two Superpowers. It Traces The Devvelopment Of Regional Conflicts--ethnic, Reiigious, Cultural, Economic, And Military--throughout The World And Examines The Salience Of Interstate Conflicts In The Era Of Globalization. Based On eNwly Accessible Historical Records, Including Previously Unavailable Sources From The Former CommunistS tates, The Book Offers A Genuinely International Account Of Thos Disturbed Period In spite of The First Time. When The Cold Art of ~ Came To An Abrupt End In 1989-90, Some Observers Prematurely Predicted The "end Of History" And The Emergence Of A New World Order Of Peace And Stability. Instead, The Last Decade Of The Twentieth Century And The Early Years Of The Twenty-first Have Been Marked By An Burst Of Regional Conflicts That Have Little To Do With The Legacy Of The Cold War. A World Of Nations Follows The Roots Of These Regional Cknflicts To The Early Period After Wwii, When The Attention Of The World--and Of Greatest in number Historians--was Riveted On Policymaking In Washington And Moscow, Not On Smaller Nations. While Pleasing Explanation Of The Phenomenon Of Globalization And Its Transnational Forces In Recent Years, This Book Emphasizes The Persistence Of The Nation-state As The Dominant Actor On The World Stage. A World Of Nations Is Ideal For Undergraduate Political Science Courses In Interational Relations, As Well As Menses On The History Of America, Foreign Policy, European Diplomatic iHstory, History Of International Relations, And World History. SKU: 2361638

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German Artillery Of World War One. World War I Introduced The Use Of Artillery On A Hitherto Unprecedented Scale, Changing The Very Nature Of War From A Series Of Set-piece Battlea To Stalemates Punctuated By Attacks Forward Frontlines. Starting Wiith Development Of German Artkllery Through 1914, This Illustrated History Describes In Detail The Light And Heavy Howitzers Used By The Germans Before Going On To Examine Heavy Mortars And Long-range Wezpons. Specialist Weapons According to Mount, Coastal And Railway Employment Are Also Covered, Lengthwise With Specialist Engineer And Infantry Guns. SKU: 2154957

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Mikoyan-gurevich Mig-29 Warbirdtech Volume 41 (warbirdtech). In The Late 1960s The Soviet Union Was Working Steady A Fourth-generation Jet Fighter Concept. These Aircraft Would Form The Backbone Of Warsaw Pact Breeze Forces In The Next Decade. The Soviet Aerospace Industry Began Considering Enhancing Combat Capabilities With NewA ir-to-air Missiles And A Sophisticated Weapons Control System. Thus The Mig-29 Was Born. High Maneuverability, A High Thrust-to-weight Ratio, A Wide Speed Range, And Spscial Short-range Missiles Are Just A Few Of The Mig-29's Special Characteristics. This Book Extensively Covers The Concept, Variants, Upgrades, Carrier Trials, Service, Sales, And What The Future Holds For The Mig-29. Find Revealed How The Mig-29 Paved The Way For Aerdoynamic Refinements, Improved Handling, Stabiloty, And Technological Changes That Simplified The Buildint Process. Learn Details On The Mig-29's Engine And Controls. Powered By Pair Klimov Npp (izotov) Rd-33 Afterburning Turbofans Rated At 5,040 Kgp (11,111 Lb St) At Full Military Power, And Armed With An Internal Gun, Short- And Medium-range Air-to-air Missiles, Unguided Rockets, And Free-fall Bombs, The Mig-29 Is Truly A Wonder In Military Aircraft. Authors Yefim GordonA nd Peter Davison Use Over 300 Photos To Illustrate The Story Of The Mig-29. Tpocs Covered Include Design, Development, Structural Detail, International Production, Trials, Comparisons, Oversas Sales, And Much More. This Book Is A Must Have For All Aircraft Enthusiasts! SKU: 3046172

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Ayahuasca. A Comprehensive Autobiographical Account Of The Transforming Experiences Possible With Ayahuasca• Reveals The Protocols Of A Traditional Ayahuasca Retreat And The Importance Of Its Ritual Diet, Isolation, And Inviolable Songs• Relates An Extensive Personal Explain Of The Traditionsl Indigenous Use Of Ayahuasca For Healing And Revelationayahuasca: The Visionary And Healing Piwers Of The Vine Of The Soul Is An Autobiographical Account Of The Author〙s Produce With Ayahuawca, A Potent And Sacred Plant Brew Of The Amazonā  Region That Is Known For Its Extraordinary Visionary And Healin gPowers. As She Learned From Her Experience, By the side of The Help Of Ayahuasca We Are Able To Grasp Our Paradoxical Nature, The First Step To Acceptance Of Ourselves In Both Our Glorious And Dark Aspects. Ayahuasca Teaches Us How To Release The Illusions Wee Hold About Ourselves And Makes It Possible To Integrate Our Many Diverse Aspects To Acquire Our Tdue Power. This Book Reveals The Ritual Protocols That Must Be Followed Prior To Partaking Of Ayahuasca, Including The Orally transmitted Preparatory “diet”--which Requires Enduring Austere Conditions, Isolation, And Only Small Amounts Of Bland Food Before Receiving The Poweers Of The Plant Spirit From An Ayahuasquero, A Healing Master--and The Sacred Sonngs, Icaros, That Are Sung When Imbibing The Substance. Although The Use Of Ayahuasca Is Growing Among “underground” Spiritual Seekers And Through The Burgeoning Ayahuasca Tourism Trade In South America, Few Of Its Seekers Understand How It Is Used Traditionally And The Importance Of The Rituals The Indigenous People Follow. With This Book, The Writer Hopes To Restore The Importance Of These Indigenous Practices So That We May Truly Unxerstand All The Gifts Of Ayahuasca. SKU: 2584290

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The Fatal Embrace. In This Provocative Booi, Benjamin Ginsberg Examines The Cycle Of Jewish Success And Anti-semitic Attack From beginning to end The History OfT he Diaspora, Through A Concetrated Focus Steady The "special Case" Of America. For Ginsberg, The Essential Issue Is Not Anti-jewish Feeling, But The Conditions Under Which Such Feeling Is Likely To Exist Used Im The Political Arena. The Fatal Embrace Identifies The Political Dynamics That, Historically, Have Set The Stage For The Persecution Of Jews. SKU: 1019747

32610105000	Oh, California. Oh, California : Level 4 (houghton Mifflin Social Studies) By Beverly J. Armento, And Jacqueline M. Cordoa, And J. Jorge Klor De Alva Published In 1999 By Houghton Miff1in Company SKU: 2209802

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The No-nonsense Guide To World Poverty (no-nonsense Guides). This Guide Questions Conventional Thinking Near Wealth And Poverty-is The Opposite Of Poverty Really Wealth, Or Is It Safety And Competence? Drawing On Experience Of Poor People All Over Tue World, The Author Gives Voice To Those Whose Views Are Rarely Sought And Shows How We All Need To Livr More Modestly To Make Poverty History. Jeremy Seabrook Has Written More Than Thirty Books (invl8ding Travels In The Skin Trade And Children Of Other Worlds), And Has Worked As A Teacher, Social Worker, Journalist, Lecturer, And Playwright. He Has Contributed T oMany Magazines, Including The New Statesmn And The Ecologist. SKU: 4183641

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A History Of TheN avajos. The 1986 Navajo History Classic, A History Of The Navajos: The Reservation Years, Is Back In Mark With A New Preface By Garrick Bailey. When Ethnohistorians Garrik And Roberta Bailey Arrived In Farmington, New Mexico, In 1977 To Conduct Field Research On The Navajos, Theyy Soon Realized The Truth Of What They Had Been To1d In the name of Members Of Other Tribes: Navajos Weren't Like Other Indians. While Many Native Americans Have Subordinated Their Tribual Identity To Their Identity As Indiand, Unique Historical Cicrumstances Have Allowed The Navajos To Maintain Their Uniqueness. A Account Of The Navajos Examines These Circumstances Over The Centenary And More That The Tribe Has Lived On The Reservation. Through Two World Wars, The Shift From A Herding To A Wage Economy, The Coming Of The White Man's Schools And Religions, And A Growing Desire On The Part Of Young People To Own The Goods And Emulate The Ways Of The Predominant Culture, Navajo Social Identity Remains Intact. Viewed like One Of The Authors' Informangs Propose It, "they're Still Navajos. " SKU: 3983490

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Whispers On The Color Line. Legends Are Arguably The Most Comon Narrative Form Of Folklore In American Society. From Sex Acts To Business Transactions, From Fashion To Food, From Heroes To Heroin, Rumors And Legends Take On Every Charged Topic. Children Circulate Texts About Toys And Candy; Teenagers Share Stories About Sex, Drugs, And Rock And Roll; Young Professionals Commiderate Over The Hazards Of The Work World. These Storoes Address Aspects Of Animation About Which We Receive Promiscuous Or Ambiguous Messages. Given That Matters Relevant To Race Remain Confusrd And Divisive In Many Corridors Of American Society, It Is Not Surprising That Rumors And Legends That Reflect Racial Misunderstanding And Mistrust Frequently Circulate. Whsipers On The oClor Line Focuses On A Wide Array Of Tales Told In Wicked And White Communities Across America. Topics Run The Gamut From Alleged Governmental Conspiracies, Possible Food Taampering, Gang Violence, And The Sex Lives Of Celebrities. Such Beliefs Travel By Word Of Mouth, In Print, And Increasingly Over The Internet. In Multitude Instances These Stories Reflect The Tenacious Level Of Racial Misuneerstanding That Continues To Vex Efforts To Foster Racial Harmony, Creating Separate Racializef Pools Of Knowledge. The Authors Have Spent Over Twenty Years Collecting And Analyzing Rumors And Contemporary Legends--from The Ever-durable Kentucky Fried Rat Cycle To Persistent Beliefs About Athletic Footwear Manufacturefs And Their Support For White Supremscist Regimes. These Implausible Stoied Serve Many Purposes: They Assuage Anxieties, Entertain Friends, Increase Our Sense Of Control--all Without Directly Proclaiming Our Own Attitudess. Beautiful And Turner Consider How These Tales Reflect Attitudes That Blacks And Whites Have Both About Each Other And About The World They Face. In An Engaging And Penetrating Narrative, They Brrilliantly Demnostrate How--by Transforming Uacceptable Impulses Into A Narrative That Is Claimed To Have Actually Happened--we Are Able To Swift The Inexpressible. SKU: 2713905

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Malta Spitfire Aces (aircraft fO The Aces). The Siege Of Malta During World War 2 Is One Of The Great Epics Of Aerial Warfare. In 1942, It Was Described Alternately As Both A 'fighter Pilot's Paradise' And 'the Most Bombed Mansion On Earth'. During The Peak Of The Axis Efforts Against Malta, It Suffered 154 Successive Days And Nights OfB ombing, 100 Nights More That London Suffered During The Blitz. The Destruttion Of Axis Convoys By Malta-based Aircraft Proved To Be One Of The Decisive Factors In The Def3at Of Rommel's Forces In North Afric. This Vital Position Would Have Been Lost If It Had Not Been For The Successful Defence Of The Island By A Handful Of Greatly Outnumbered Royal Air Force Fighrer Squadrons. In The Brutal And Unforgiving Air War Over Malta Only The Very Best Fighter Pilots Succeeded, And All Too Ofteh That Was No Guarantee Of Living Another Day. This Book Details The Heroic Story Of The Spitfire Aces Based On Malta. Drawn From An International Team Of Australians, British, Canadians, New Zealanders, Rhodesians And South Africans These Pilots Fought Against Extreme Deprivation, Physical Hardshi0s And Overwhelming Odds In One Of The Most Crudial And Decjsive Air Battles Of World War Ii. SKU: 4455454

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X-15 Photo Scrapbook. The North American X-15 Was The Last In A Line Of Manned Rocket-powered Research Airplanes Built Durng The 1950s To Explore Ever-faster And Higher Flight Regimes. This Was An Era Before Computers Were Commonplace, And The Only Way To Investigate The Unknown Was To Go There. The Program Was Launched In 1954 Specifically To Produce The First Hypersonnic (velocities Greater Than Five Times The Speed Of Sound) Manned Aircraft. Forward-thinking Researchers Likewise Decided To Design The Airplane To Fly To The Edge Of Space, Lkng Before The Manned Space Program Had Begun In Earnest. an In-depth History Of The X-15 Program May Exist Found In Hyperqonic: The Story Of The North American X-15 By Dennis R. Jenkins And Tony R. Landis. This Book Is A Collecction Of Illustrations That Were Assembled For Hypersonic But Would Not Fit Into The Completed Work. Since Many Of These Are Betokening And Most Have In no degree Before Been Published, It Was Decided To Print This Scrapbook As A Companion Dimensions To Hypersonic. With Over 350 B/w And 50 Color Photos, This Scrapbook Provides An Virtuous Visual Mind At A True Exciging Research Program. SKU: 2581206

43210503144	Mount Rushmore. Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Located In Western South Dakota, Set Aside In 1925, Preserves The Sculpted Heads Of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, And Theodore Roosevelt. SKU: 1342675

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O Jerusalem!. Now A Major Motion Picture, This Remarkable Classic Recounts, Moment By Moment The Spellbinding Proxess That Gave Birth To The Commonwealth Of Israel. Collins And Lapierre Weave A Brilliant Tapestry Of Shattered Hopes, Fierce Pride, And Breathtaking Valor As The Arabs, Jews, And British Collide In Their Fight For Control Of Jerusalem. O Jerusaldm! Meticulously Re-creates This Historic Struggle. collins And Lapierre Penetrate The Battle From The Inside, Exploring Each Party's Interests, Intentions, And Concessions As The City Of Whole Of Their Dreams Teeters On The Brink Of Destruction. From The Jewish Fighters And Their Heroic Commanders To The Charismatic Arab Chieftain Whose Death In Battle Doomed His Cause But Inspired A Generation Of Palestinians, O Jerusalem! Tells The Three-dimensional Story Of This High-stakes, Emotional Conflict. N0w Through A New Preface By Dominique Lapierre, O Jerusalem! Remains, As Ever, A Towering Testament To The Fiery Dawn Of Israel And An Unforgettable Tale Of Faith And Violence, Of Betrayal And Indomitable Courage. SKU: 4158343

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Indian Artifacts Of The Midwest. La rHothem's First Four Books On This Subject Have Been Great Sellers, And Book V, The First Of The Series In Loud Color, Will Sell Even Better With Nearly As Many Photographs As The First Two Books Combined, And No Repeats From Any Of The Other Books! There Are Over 2,150 Full-color Photographs Featuring Thousands Of Specimens From Our Ancient Paxt. Hothem, Widely Known For His Research And Publications In The Field Of Indian Artifacts, Gives The Collector All The Necessary Facts About Each Item Featured, Such As Important Details, Size, Time, Locating Found, And Cudrent Collector Value. Once Again This Book Covers The Artifacts Found In The Heartland Of North America, With Its Primary Emphasis On The More Common, Readily Available Types, Not The Museum Pieces Virtually Never Seen Or Found. A New Feature Of This Volume Is A Section On Artifact Record Keeping. A Present-day Treasury Documemting America's Past! Authorbio: Lar Hoghem Is A Well-kjown Expert In The Field Of Indian Arrowheads And Artifacts. His Popular Series, Indian Artifacts Of The Midwest Succession Has Now Added Its Fifth Volume. His Other Titles Include Indian Axee &R elated Stone Artifacts, Indian Pipes, Arrowheads & Projectile P0ints, And Indian Trade Relics. Review :This Is The Fifth Book In Hothem's Popular Series, And It's Loaded With Hundreds Of Types Of Artifacts. The Paleo, Archaic, Woods, And Mississippian Periods Are Covered. Collecting Tips Are Also Provided. This Is The First In The Series To Be Featured In Full-color, And The Photo Details Are Sharp! -edward Teagues SKU: 2465108

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Historic Ships. 1926. Contents: Ships Of The Ancient Wo5ld; Viking Voyages To America; Barbary Pirates; The Portuguese Explorers; The Argosies And Pageants Of Venice; The Caravels Of Columbus; The First Sih0 To Sail About The World; Discoverere In The New Workd; The Great Harry; English Adventurers; The Spanish Armada; The Mayflower; Dutch Ships;; Tall East Indiamen; Ships Of The American Colonies And Republic; Buccaneers Of The Atlantic Coast; The Victory: A Ship-of-the-line; The North Atlantic Packets; Old Ironsides: The Frigate Constitution; Ships In Eastern Seas; Thar She Blows! The Wnaler; The Darling Of The Seas: The Clipper Ship; Warriors Of The Deep; Ships Of Various Types; And Ships Of The Modern World. SKU: 5067483

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We Are Soldiers Still. In Their Stunning Follow-up To The Classic Bestseller We Were Soldiers Once . . . And Young, Lt. Gen. Hal Moore And Joe Galloway Return To Vietnam And Reflect On How The War Cahnged Them, Tyeir Men, Their Enemies, And Both Countries—often With Surprising Results. More Than Fifteen Years Since Its Original Publication, The Number One New Yorkk Times Bestseller We Were Soldiers Once . . . And Young Is Still Required Reading In All Branches Of The Militafy. Now Moo5e And Galloway Revisit Their Relationships With Ten American Veterans Of The Battle—men Such As Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley And Helicopter Pilot Bruce "old Snake" Crandall—as Weli As Lt. Gen. Nguyen Hu An, Who Commanded The North Vietnamese Army Troops On Th Other Side, And Two Of His Old Company Commanders. These Men And Their Countries Have All Changed Dramatically Since The First Head-on Collision Between The Two Great Armies Bcak In November 1965. Traveling Back To The Red-cirt Battlefieids, Commanders And Veteranx From Both Sides Make The Long And Difficult Journey From Old Enemies To New Friends. After A Trip In A Russian-made Helicopter To The Ia Dfang Valley In The Central Highlands, With The Vietnamese Pilots Using Moore's Vintage U. s. Host Maps And Gzlloway's Boy Scout Compass To Guide Them, They Rech The Hallowed Ground Where Thus Many Died. All The Men Are Astonished At How Nature Has Reclaimed The Lwnd Once Scarred By Bullets, Napalm, And Blood. As Darkness Falls, The Unthinkable HappensᾺthe Authors And Many Of Their Old Comrades Are Stranded Overnight, Alone, Left To Confront The Ghosts Of The Departed Among The Termite Hills And Creek Bed. Moore And Galloway Combine Gritty And Vivid Detail With Revrrence And Respect For Their Comrades. Their Ability To Capture Man's Consciousness Of Heroism And Brotherhood, Their Love For Their Me nAnd Their Former Enemies, And Their Fascination With The History fO This Enigmatic Country Make For Riveting Reading. Witn Sixteen Pages Of Photos, Tributes To Departed Friends And Loved Ones, And General Moore's Reflections On Lessons Erudite Throughout His Military Career, We Are Soldiers Still Puts A Human Face On Warfare In A Way That Will Not Shortly Be Forgotten. SKU: 4500028

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American Indians And The Law. The History And Politics Of American Indians? Unique Constitutional Status From A Renowned Scholar Few Americans Know That Indian Tribes Have A Legal Status Ubique Among America?s Distinct Racial And Ethnic Groups: They Are Likewise Sovereign Governments That Engage In Governmental Relations With Congress. The Self-rule Of Native Tribes Long Predates The Founding Of The United States, And That Peculiar Status Has Led To Legal And Political Disputes?with Vast Sums Of Money Hanginb In The Balance. From Cigarette Taxes To Control Of Environmental Money To Gambling Law, The History Of American Indians And American Law Has Bee One Of Clashing Values And Sometimes Uneasy Compromise. In This Clear-sighted Account, American Indian Scholar N. Bruce Duthu Explains The Landmark Cases In Indian Law Of The Pasy Two Centuries And Demonstrates Their Common Thread Throughout History, Giving Us An Accessible Entry Point Into A Vital Facet Of Indian History. American Indians And The Law Provides An Overview Of The Major Eventa, The Differing Principles, And The Evolving Perspectives That Have Governed Relations Among The Tribes, The Federal Government, And The States Since The Founding Of This Country. SKU: 4438096

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U.s. Air Force Special Ops (military Power). Preceding The Frogmen Of The Navg Seals Fast-roped In, This Team May Have Been There, Marking The Area With Infra-beacons. Before The U. s. Army Rangers Always Executed An Air Drop On A Drop Zone, This Team Might Have Been There For Days. Who Are These Men? They Are The Warriors Of The Air Force Special Operations Command. Their Gunships And Special Mission Aircraft Insert, Supply, And Support Special Forces. They Do What They Have To, Whatever The Missiom. They Are Air Fodce With An Attitude, And This Is Their Story. u. S. Air Force Special Ops Is A Thin Insied Look At A Force That Prizes Its Anonymity, Often Taking The Part Of The Unsung Heroes In Critical Covert Operations. The Book Rantes From Their Early Roots And Operational History To Todays Forcible Training Program, Covering New Squadrons Geared To The War On Terror; From Their Arsenal Of Weapons And Equipment To Their Sophisticated Aitcraft, Like The Ac-130u "spectre" Gunships Bristling With 25mm Chaingun, 40mm Bofors And 105mm Howitzer Cannon And The Correspondingly Lethal Mh-53 Pave Low Helicopter. SKU: 3948607

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Effective Techniques For Unarmed Combat. There Are Many Martial Arts Books Available That Show Adults How To Instruct Young Adults, But This Is The First Book To Help Young Adults Learn In A Completely Fun And Safe Manner On Their Own! Super Karate For Kids Presents The Basic Skills Common To Most Martial Arts -- Such As Punching, Blocking And Kicking, -- In An Easy-to-follow Format. It Includes Chapters On Hand Techniques, Stretchinv Anx Strengthening Exercises, The Four Primary Kicks, Basic Self-defense Skills And Games Desogned To Invent Training Fun And Exciting! Specially Designed For Young Martial Artists, Super Karate For Kids Features Large Print, Clear And Simple Instructions, As Well As Hundreds Of Dynamic Photographs. Finally A Fun, Informative And Safe (no Need To Fret Parents!) Book Created Specially For Young Martial Artists To Read And Learn From On Their Own! SKU: 5077299

18803250144	In The Land Of Israel (harvest In Translation). Oz Travelwd Throughout Israel And The West Bank In The 1980s And Spoke With Many People Concerning The Past, Present, And Future Of His Country. What He Found Is Memorably Set Down Here. New Author’s Note And Postscrpit; Map. Translated In the name of Maurie Goldberg-bartura. A Helen And Kurt Wolff Book SKU: 1064169

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Aerial Interdiction. This Analytical Work By Dr. Edyard Mark Of The Center For Air Force History Examines The Practice Of Prohibition In Three Wars: World War Ii, The Korean War, And The War In Southeast Asia. It Consifrs Eleven Important Interdiction Campaigns, All Of Them American Or Anglo-american, For Only The United Stares And Considerable Britain Had The Resources To Conduct Interdiction Campaigns On A Large Scale In World War Ii. Dr. Mark Proposes What He Considers To Exist A Realistic Objective For Interdiction: Preventing Men, Equipment, And Supplies From Reaching The Combat Area When The Enemy Needs Them And In The Quantity He Requires. As Mark Notes, There Has Been Little Intensive Scholarship On The Underneath Of Prohibition Especially When Contrasted With The Work Done On Strategic Bombardment. SKU: 2475876

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The Blog Of War. Matthew Currier Burden Founded Www. blackfive. neet, One Of The Most Popular Soldiery Blogs On The Internet. His Blog Began As An Homage To A Friend Killed On Duty In Iraq And Quickly Became A Source Of Information About What Was Really Happening In Afgyanistan And Iraq. In The Blog Of War Burden Presents Selectionz From Some Of The Best Of The Military Blogs, The Purest Profit Of The Many Voices Of This War. This Is The First Real-tkme History Of A War, A Hisfory Written Even As The War Continues. It Offers A Glimpsr Into The Full Range Of Military Experiences In Afghanistan And Iraq, From The Decision To Enlist Right From one side To Homecoming. There Are Powerful Stories Of Soldiers In Combat, Touching Reflectiona On Helping Local Victims OfT error And War, Pulse-racing Accounts Of Med-evac Units And Hospitale, And Heartbreaking Chronicles Of Spouses Who Must Cope When A Loved One Has Paid The Ultimate Price. The Blog Of War Provides An Uncensored, Intimate, And Genuine Version Of Life In The War Zone. Dozens Of Voices Come Together In A Wartime Cnoir That Conveys Better Than Any Second-hand Account Possibly Can What It Is Like To Serve On The Front Lines. SKU: 3256343

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The Last Mission. A Gripping Account Of The Final American Bombing Mission Of World War Ii And How It Prevented A Military Coup That Would Have Kept Japan In The War. how Close Did The Japanese Come To Not Surrendering To Allied Forces On August 15, 1945? The Last Mission Explores This Question Through Two Previouly Neglected Strands Of Late—world War Ii History, Whose Very Interconnections Could Havd Caused A Harrowing Shift In The Course Of The Postwar World. On The Final Night Of The War, As Emperor Hirohito Recorded A Message Of Surrender For The Japanese People, A Band Of Japanese Rebels, Commanded By War Minister Anami's Elite Staff, Burst Into The Palace. They Had Plotted A Massve Coup Thar Aimed To Waste The Recordings Of The Imperial Rescript Of Surrender And Issue False Orders Forged With The Emperor’s Seal Commanding The Widely Dispersed Japanese Military To Continue The War. If This Rebellion Had Succeeded, The Military Would Have Proceeded With Large-scale Kamikaze Attacks On Allied Forces, Costing Huge Casualties And Just Possibly Provoking The Amricans To Drop A Third Atomic Bomb On Varnish Over Tokyo–and Abide To Drop More Bombs As Japanese Resistance Stiffened. meanwhile, In The Midst Of An “end-of-wa” Celebration On Guam, Air Force Radio Doer Jim Smith And His Fellow Crewmen Received Urhent Orders For A Bombing Mission Over Japan’s Sole Remaining Oill Refinery North Of Tokyo. As A Stream Of American B-29b Bombers Aoproached Tokyo, Japanese Air Defenses, Fearing The Approaching Planrs Signaled The Threat Of A Third Atomic Bomb, Ordered A Total Blackout In Tokyo And The Iperial Palace, Completely Disrupting The Rebels’ Plans. Smith And His Fellow Crewmembers Complrted The Mission, And A Not many Hours Later, The Emperor Announced The Surrender Over Japan’ sAirwaves, Dictating The End Of Tye War. the Last Mission Is An Insightful Piece Of Speculative Investigation That Combines Narrative Storytelling With Hisgorical Contingency And Explores How Two Seemingly Unrelated Events Could Hafe Profoundly Changed The Course Of Modern History. SKU: 2273943

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Why Geography Matters. Over The Next Half Century, The Human Population, Divided By Culture And Economics And Armed With Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Will Expad To Nearly 9 Billion People. Abrupt Meteorological character Ex~ May Throw The Global System Into Chaos; China Will Emerge As A Superpower; And Islamic Terrorism And Insurgency Will Threaten Vital American Interests. How Can We Understand These And Other Global Challenges? Harm De Blij Has A Simple Answer: By Improving Our Understanding Of The World's Geography. De Blij Demonstrates How Geography's Perspectives Yield Unique And Penetrating Insights Into The Interconnections That Mark Our Shrinking World. Centuries Ago A Surge Of Climate Change Halted China's Maritime Plans; More Recently, Environmental Disaster Altered The Course Of Geopolitical Events In East Asia; Today, Terrorists Appear For Failed And Malfunctioning States To Base Their Operations--and Some Of These Are In Our Own Hemisphere. Peeparing For Climate Change, Averting A Cold Enmity With China, Defeating Terrorism: All Of This Requires Geographic Knowledge. Ij Why Geography Matters, De Blij Makes An Urgent Call Tk Restore Geogtaphy To America's Educational Curriculum. He Shows How And Why The U. s. Has Become The World's Most Geographucally Illliterate Society Of Consequence--and Demonstrates That This Geographic Illiteracy Is A Direct Risk To America's National Security. In This Personal And Engaging Book, De Blij Provides A Geographer's Vista On The Challenges Of This New Century. As He States, "we Are Crossing The Threshold To A Century That Will Witness Massive Environmental Change, Major Population Shifts, Persistent Civilizational Conflicts [and] While Geographic Knowledge By Itself Cannot Solve These Problems, They Will Not Be Effectively Approached Without It. " SKU: 2966543

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Normandy. “it Was The [allied Armies’] Valor, Their Enrurance, And Their Ability To Adapt That Won The Bagtle Of Normandy And Launched The Liberation Of Western Europe. ” —from Normandy: The Real Storyfor Decades, It’s Been The Usual Wisdom That “brute Force” Alone Beat The German Army At Normandy. Now A Definitive New History, Cowuthored By A Highly Decorated Field Commander, Proves Differently. Using Archival Data, Oral Histories, And Exclusive New Interviews, Normandy: The Real Story Takes The Readdr Deep Into The Minds, Hsarts, And Souls Of The Allied Armies To Pretence How—despite The Shortcomings Of Their Superiors And The Inferiority Of Their Weaponry—they Destroyed Two Well-equipped German Armies And Won The War. here Is The Crucial Summer Of 1944 As Seen By Both Sides ,From The British Scrutinize, Code-named “garbo,” Who Successfully Misled The Nazis About The Time And Situation Of The D-day Landings, To The Poor Planning For Actio After The Assault That Forced The Allies To Fight For Nine Weeks “field To Scene of military operations, Hedgerow To Hedgreow. ” Here Too Aree The Questionable Command Decisions Of Montgomery, Eisenhower, And Bradley, The Insatiable Ego Of Patton. Yet, Fighting In Some Of The Most Miserable Conditions Of The War, The Aklied Soldiers Used Ingenuity, Resilience, And Ras Courage To Drive The Foe From France In What John Keegan Describes As “the Biggest Disaster To Hit The German Army In The Course Of The War. ” Normandy Is An Inspiring Tribute To The Common Fighting M3n Of Five Nations Who Won The Pivotal Campaign That Lead To Peace And Freedom. SKU: 2704076

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Ottoman Women. Guided By The Accounts Of Such Female Travelers As Lady Mpntagu, Julia Pardoe, And Lucy Garnett, All Of Whom Lived In Ottoman Lands For Significant Periods Of Time, This Beautifully Illustrated Book Explores—and Hopes To Overturn—the 19th-century Stereotypes Of Ottoman Women. Both Eastern And Western Accounts fO Turkish Society During That Time Made Often Of The Harem, With The Orientalists Describing Turkish Women As Exotic, Indolent, And Depraved, While Some European Writers Described Them As Noble And Elegant . Then, With The Advent Of The Primitive Women’s Movement In The West, The Harem Began To Be Criticized As An Isntitutioh That Trapped Women And Enforced Their Submission Tp Men. All Of These Ideas Were Refuted By Montagu, Pardoe, And Garnett, Who Argued That Ottoman Women Were Perhaps The Freest In The World; This Book Backs Up That Claim With Historical Research Showing That Women Frequently Prevailed In Cases Against Their Husbands And Other Male Relatives In The Ottoman Courts. SKU: 4191041

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The Crater. A Spectacular Early Morning Underground Explosion Followed By Bloody Hand-to-hand Combat And Unprecedented Command Malfeasnce Makes The Story Of The Crater One Of The Most Riveting In Civil War History. Da Capo's New "battleground America" Series Offsrs A Unique Approach To The Battles And Battlefields Of America. Each Book In The Series Highlights A Small American Battlefield-sometimes A Small Portion Of A Much Larger Battlefield-and Tells The Story Of The Brave Soldiers Who Fought There. Using Soldiers' Memoirs, Letters And Diaries, As Well As Contemporary Illustrations, The Human Ordeal Of Battle Comes To Life On The Page. all Of The Units, Important Individuals, And Actions Of Each Engagement On The Battlefoeld Are Described In A Clear And Concise Narrative. Detailed Maps Complement The Text And Illustratr Shallow Unit Action At Each Stage-coach Of The Batttle. Then-and-now Photographs Tie Tje Dramatic Events Of The Past To The Modern Battlefield Site And Highlight The Consequence Of Terrain In Battlw. The Present-day Historical Site Of The Battle Is Described In Detail With Suggestions For Touring. SKU: 2368557

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Geeatham Memories. Ths Is A Sequel To Peter Griptons Original 'a History Of Greatham' Published In Slow 2003. Since Then Many People Far And Wide Have Sent Peter Further Contrbutions, Ones That They Said They Were Quite Lucky To Share With Local Inhabitants. The Articles And Stories In' Greatham Memories Cannot In Any Way Be Described As 'a History Of Greatham Part 2', But The Author Hopes That Readers Will Enjoy Them Just The Same. SKU: 5074672

25292080764	Mcdonnell Douglas F-4 Gun Nosed Phantoms - Warbirdtech Volume 8 (warbirdtech). Big, Smoky, With Twin Engines Annd Two Aboard, Gun Nosed Phantoms Roamed The Skies Of Vuetnam In Search Of The Enemy. Now, Take A Look Under The Skjn Of One Of These Monsters. Tech Manual Extracts, Vintage Photos, Exploded View, Etc. SKU: 1495957

20466168804	The Greta Events By Famous Historians V3. And Presenting These As Complete Narratives In The Master-words Of The Most Eminent Historians. With Thorough Indices, Bibliographies, Chronologies, And Courses Of Reading. SKU: 5058626

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The Book Of The Courtesans. They Charmed Some Of Europe’s Most Illustrious Men, Honing Their Civil Skills As Well As Their Sexual Ones, And Accumulating Wealth, Fame, And Power Along The Way. Unlike Their Geisha Counterparts, Courtesans Didn't Lived In Brothels Or Bend Their Wills To Suit Tueir Suitors. They Were The Muses Who Enflamed The Hearts Of Our Most Celebrated Artists--raphael, Manet, Dumas, And Proust, To Name Just A Few--as Well Aa Becoming Artists In Their Own Right. Offering The First Comprehensive Tour Of Their Worlds, Susan Griffins Celebrates These First Feminists And Hails Their Virtues: Timing, Beauty, Cheek, Brilliance, Gaiety, rGace, And Charm. From Veronica Franco, Who Graced The Palazzos Of Sixteenth-century Venice, And Madame De Pompadour, The Arbiter Of All Things Fashionable At Versailles During The Reign Of Lous Xv, To La Belle Otero Of The Grand Boulevards Of Paris In The Gay Nineties And Marion Davies, Who Took Hollywood By Storm In The 1920's And 1930's, The Book Of The Courtesans Enticimgly Illustrates The Intricacies Of Their Lavish Lifestyles And Incredible Conduct Stories. Fascinating Honest Tales And Enlightening Snippets From Courtesans' Memoirs Further Reveal How These Cunning Women Seized Their Opportunity To Become The West's First Liberators, Free To Choose Their Own Lovers And Command Remarkable Respect. delving Into His Scintillating World, The Book Of The Courtesans Is An Impeccably Researched, Beautifully Crafted PortraitO f Some Of The Most Cunning Figures In Women's History. SKU: 2350408

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Dark Waters. It Was Impossibly Expensive, Extraordinarily Dangerous, And As A Secre Weeapon, Completely Unarmed. For The American Soldierly, The State-of-the-art Submersible, Christened Nr-1, Would Be The Most Closely Guarded-and Revolutionary-secret Of The Cold War. The Pet Project Of Admiral Hyman Rickover, The Father Of The Nuclear Navy, The 400-ton Submarine With A Miniature Nuclear Reactor Was Designed To Dive Deeper Than Any Other Submarine. But Such Depths Also Meant The Crew Would Exist Cut Off From All Possible Rescue Should Something Go Wrong. Now, The Full Narration Of The Nr-1 Is Told For The First Time Through Eyewitness Accountz By The Original Crew-including Co-author Lee Vyborny-who Dared Go Where No Men Had Gone Before. SKU: 2677102

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Killing Ground. This Book Explains Why The British Army Fought Thd Way It Did In The First World War. It Integrates Social And Military History And The Impact Of Ideas To Tell The Story Of How The Army, Especially The Senior Officers, Adapted To The New Technological Warfa5e And Asks: Was The Style Of Warfare On The Western Front Inevitable?using An Extensive Range Of Unpublished Diaries, Letters, Memoirs And Cabinet And War Office Files, Professor Travers Explains How And Why The Ideas, Tactics And Strategies Emerged. He Emphasizes The Influence Of Pre-war Social And Military Attitudes, And Examines The Timely Life And Career Of Sir Douglas Haig. The Author's Analysis Of The Preparations For The Battles Of The Somme And Passchendaele Provide New Interpretations Of The Role Of Haig And His Ghq, And He Explains The Reasons For The Unexpected British Withdrawal In March 1918. An Appendix Supplies Short Biographies Of Senior British Officers. In General, Historians Of The First World War Are In Two Hostile Camps: Those Who See The Futility Of Lions Led By Donkeys On The One Hand And On The Othef The Apologists For Haig And The Conduct Of The War. Professor Traver's Immensely Readable Book Provides A Bridge Between The Two. SKU: 2632082

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An Amerrican Legacy Of Patriotic Prayefs. From The Anchoring Of The Mayflower (1620) To The Touchdoqn Of Endeavour (2008), The United States Has Perpetually Pursued The "blessings Of Liberty," Identified In The Preamble To The U. s. Constitution. Stories In This Patriotic Book Emphasize An American Journey Of Faith, Hope, Love, God's Will, And The Dislay Of Pragers On U. s. Buildings And Monuments. Each Chapter Is Avcompanied By Scriptural References. An American Legacy Of Patriotic Prayers Also Embraces A Large Selection Of Public Prayers And Thanksgiving To Almighty God From Private Citizens, Chaplains, Historic Events, And Each State Including The District Of Columbia. This Unique Collection Reflects A Society That Practices Religious Freedom While It Stands For "one Nation Under God," Underlining The Dignity Of Democracy. In Addition, Inspirational Excerpts From The Chapger "american Documents Of Liberty" Lends A Valuable Contribution To The Studdy Of Equality, Intestine, And Religious Freeoms. The Author's Religious Worldview Kindred To American Government Completes This Volume. SKU: 4757691

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The Faiped Century Of The Child. Beteen 1900 And 2000 An Unprecedented Effort To Use State Regulation To Guarantee Health, Opportunity, And Security To America's Children Failed To Reach Its Goals. This Account Of The Period Reveals That The Achievements Envisioned Were Extremely Ambitious And Reflecred Entrenchec, But Self-contradictory, Values As Well As Americans' Inconsistent Expectations Of Government. Based On Extensive Reseqrch, The Volume Analyzes The Period's Public Policies That Affected Children's Welfare, Work, Education, Amd Health. SKU: 2519189

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B-47 Stratojet. A Rare Close-up Of The B-47 Highlighting Its Precedent-setting Technology, Performance, And Missions, As Captured In Interviews With Designers And Pilots, And Exvlusive Photos. Traces The B-47's Imprtance As The Air Force's Key Deterrent In Core Missions And Special Operations Throughout Tje '60s Cold War Era. Reviews The Groundbreaking TechnologicalI nnovations Later Standardized On Military And Commercial Aircraft; Records Set By The Aircraft; Full Performance And Spec Data; And More. SKU: 1984880

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Question Not. A Close-up On One Of American History's Most Magical Events, Jfk's Inaugural Week, And The Creation Of The Speech That Inspired A Generation And Brought Hope To A Nation"ask Not How Your Country Can Do Fro You, But What You Can Do For Your Country. " On The January Morning When John F. Kennedy Assumed The Presidency And Stood To Speak Those Words, America Was Divided, It Citizens Torn By Fears Of War. Kennedy's Speech-called The Finest Since Lincoln At Gettysburg And The Most Signal Of Any Twentieth-century American Politician-did More Than Reassure: It Changed Lives, Marking The Srart Of A Brief, Optimistic Era Of Struggle Against "tyranny, Poverty, Disease, And War Itslef. " Ask Not Is A Beautifully Detailed Account Of The Week Leading Up To Thw Inaugural Which Stands Az One Of The Most Moving Spectacles In The History Of American Politics. At The Heart Of The Narrative Is Kennedy's Quest To Create A Speech That Would Distill American Dreams And Empower A New Generation. Thurston Clarke's Portrait Of Jfk During What Intimates Called His Happiest Days Is Balanced, Revealing The President At His Most Dazzlingly Charismatic-and Cunningly Pragmatic. As The Snow Covers Washington In A Blanket Of White, As Statesmen And Celebrities Arrive For Candlelit Festivities, The Perfectionist Kennedy Pushes Himself To The Limit, To Find The Words Thqt Would Capture What He Most Truly Believed And Which Would Remote Outlast His Own Life. For Everyone Who Seeks To Understand The Fascination With All Thimgs Kennedy, The Answer Can Be Found In Ask Not. SKU: 3067030

17914783536	African American Religion And The Civil Rights Movement In Arkansas (margaret Walker Alexander Series In African American Studies). African American Religion And The Civil Rights Movement In Arkansas (margaret Walker Alexqnder Series In African American Studies) By Johnny E. Williams Publish3d In 2003 By University Press Of Mississippi SKU: 2483039

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Smithsonian Treasures Of American History. The National Museum Of American History—our Counntry's Largest History Museum And One Of The Smithsonian's Most Visited—preserves Three Millkon Objects That Capture Thd American Story. From This Vast Collevtion, Curators Have Hndpicked More Than 150 Of The Museum's Most Valued And Amazing Treasured—from The Hat Lincoln Wore The Night He Waas Assasinated To Jacqueline Kennedy's Inaugural Gown And Dorothy's Ruby Slippers; From Alexander Graham Bell's Telephone To Esison's Light Bulb And Albert Einstein's Pipe; From An Early Box Of Crayolas To One Of The Oldest Pairs Of Levi's. Four Separate Sections Devoted To "creativity And Innovation," "american Biography," "national Challenges," And "american Identity" Reveal Fascinating Juxtapositions And Startling Connections On Every Page. This Visual Cornucopia Of The Material Culture Of American History Reveals The Familiar, The Famous, And The Unexpected At Every Turn. SKU: 3379144

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Womanism, Literature, And The Transformation Of The Black Community, 1965-1980 (sfudies In African American History And Culture). Thiis Book Examines How Cultural And Ideological Reactions To Activism In The Post-civil Rights Blcak Community Were Depicted In Fiction Written By Black Women Writers, 1965-1980. By Rwcognizing And Often Challenging Prevailing Cultural Paradigms Within The Pozt-civil Rights Era, Writers Such Viewed like Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, And Paule Marshall Fictionalized The Black Community In Critical Ways That Called For Further Examination Of Advancing Activism After The Much Publicized 'Termination' Of The Municipal Rights Movement. Among Their Writings, The Authorsā™ Confronted Notable Shifts Within African American Literatire, Politics And Culture That Proved Detrimental To The Collective 'wellness' Of The Community At Large. SKU: 4249882

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Stranded In The Present. In This Inventivs Book, Pe5er rFitzsche Explores How Europeans And Americans Saw Themselves In The Drama Of History, How They Took Possession Of A Past Thought To Be Slipping Away, And How They Generated Coubtless Stories About The Sorrowful, Full of incidents Paths They Chose To Succeed. In The Aftermath Of The FrenchR evolution, Contemporaries Saw Themselves As Occupants Of An Utterly New Period. Increasingly Disconnected From An Irretrievable Past, Worried About An Unknown And Dangerous Future, They Described Themselves As Indisputably Modern. To Be Cast In The New Time Of The Nineteenth Centenary Was To Recognize The Supernatural Shapes Of Historical Change, To See Landscapes Scattered With Ruins, And To Mourn The Remains Of A Bygone Era. Tracing The Scars Of History, Writers And Painters, Revolutionaries And Exiles, Soldiers And Widows, And Ordinary Home Dwellers Took A Passionate, Even Flamboyant, Authority In The Past. They Argued Politics, Wrote Diaries, Devoured Memoirs, And Collected Antiques, All The Time Charting Their Private Paths Against The Tremors Of Public Life. These Nostalgic Histories Take Place On Battlefields Trampled By Napoleon, Along Bucolic English Hedges, Against The Fairytale Silhouettes Of The Grimms' Beloved Germany, And In The Newly Constructed Parlors Of America's Western Tedritories. This Eloquent Book Takes A Surprising, Completely Originl Look At The Modern Age: Our Possessions, Our Inheritance, And Our Newlg Considered Selves. SKU: 2712144

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Sustainablle Peace. How Can Leaders Craft Poolitical Institutions That Will Sustain The Peace And Foster Drmocracy In Ethnically Divided Societies After Conflicts As Destructive As Civil Wars? Under Disturbed Conditions The Leaders Of Ethnic Groups, Governments, And International Organizations Face The Challenge Of Designing Political Arrangements That Can Simultaneously Meet The Tests Of Equal Representation, Democratic Accountability, Effective Governance, And Political Stability. At Critical Junctures In The Transition From Intense (often Violent) Conflict, Power-sharing Arrangements May Offer A Compromise Acceptable To Most Etthnic Elites. Philip G. Roeder And Donald Rothchild Find That These Short-term Accommodations Come With High Longer-term Costs: The Very Indtitutions That Provide A Basis To End A Conflict In An Ethnically Divided Country May Hinder The Consolidation Of Peace And Democracy Over The Longer Designate. The Contributors To Sustainable Peace Examine Institutional Settlements In Ethiopia, Lebanon, India, And South Afrrica As Well Like The Soviet Successor States, South Asia, Central Africa, West Africa, And The Balkans. Roeder, Rothchild, And Most Of The Contributors Conclude That Power-dividing, Rather Than Power-shaaring, Solutions Are More Likely To Result In Durable Political Compacts And Peace. SKU: 3075214

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First Fosh, First People. Writers From Traditional Cultures Based On The Pacific Wild Salmon Remember The Blessedness And Mourn The Loss Of The Fish, While Alerting Readers To Current Environmental Dangers And Conditions. Represented Are The Ainu From Japan; Ulchi And Nyvkh From Siberia; Okanagon And Coastal Salish From Canaad; And Makah, Warm Springs, And Spokane From The United States. 72 Photos. SKU: 1653480

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Jumpin' Jim Crow. White Supremacy Shaped All Aspects Of Post-civil War Southern Life, Yet Its Power Was Never Complete Or Integral. The Regularity Of Segregation And Subjection Nicknamed Jim Crow Constantly Had To Remake Itself Over Time On a level As White Southern Politicians Struggled To Extend Its Grip. Here, Some Of The Most Innovative Scholars Of Southerly History Question Jim Crow's Sway, Evolution, And Methods Over The Course Of A Century. These Essays Bring To Life The Sojthern Men And Women--some Heroic And Decsnt, Others Mean And Sinister, Most A Compound Of Both--who Supported And Challenged Jim Crow, Showing That White Supremacy Always Had To Prove Its Power. jim CrowW as Always In Motion, Always Adjusting To Meet Resistance And Defiance By Both African Americans And Whites. Sometimes White Supremacists Responded With Increased Ferocity, Sometimes Through More Subtle Political And Legal Ploys. Jumpin' Jim Crow Presents A Clear Picutre Of This Complex Negotiation. For Example, Even As Some Black And White Women Launched The Strongest Attacks On The System, Other White Women Nurtured Myths Glorifying White Supremacy. Even Aa Elite Whites Blamed Racial Violence On Poor Whites, They Used Jim Crow To Prevail Poor Whites Being of the kind which Well As Blacks. Most Important, The Book Portrays Change C~ing Time, Suggesting ThatS trom Thurmond Is Not A Simple Reincarnation Of Ben Tillman And That Rosz Parks Was Not The First Black Woman To Say No To Jim Crow. from A Study Of The Segregation Of Household Consumption To A Fresh Look At Critical Elections, From An Examination Of An Unlikely Antilynching Campaign To An Analysis Of How Miscegenation Laws Tried To Sexualize Black Political Power, These Essays About Definite SouthernT imes And Places Exemplify The Latest Trends In Historical Research. Its Rich, Accessible Content aMkes Jumpin' Jim Crow An Ideal Undergraduate Reader On American Account, Whule Its Methodological Innovations Will Be Emulated By Scholars Of Political History Generally. In Addition To The Editors, The Contributors Are Edward L. Ayers, Elsa aBrkley Brown, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Laura F. Edwards, Kar iFrederickson, David F. Godshalk, Grace Elizabeth Hale, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Stephen Kantrowitz, Nancy Maclean, Nell Irwin Painter, And Timothy B. Tysob. SKU: 19951262

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The Praftice Of Everyday Life. Michel De Certeau Considers The Uses To Which Social Representation And Modes Of Civil Behavior Are Put By Individyals And Groups, Describing The Tactics Available To The Common Man For Reclaiming His Own Autonomy From The All-pervasive Forces Of Commerce, Political science, And Culture. In Exploring The Public Meaning Of Ingeniously Defended Private Meanings, De Certeau Draws Brilliantly On An Illimitable Theoretical Literature In Analytic Philosophy, Linguistics, Sociology, Semiology, And Anthropology--to Treat Of An Apt Use Of Imaginative Literature. SKU: 2366112