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The Invention Of Decolonization. In This Account Of The Algerian War's Effect On French Civil Structures And oNtions Of National Identity, Todd Shepard Asserts That The Separation Of Algeria From France Was Truly A Revolutionary Event With Lasting Consequences For French Social And Political Life. For Mpre Than A Century, Algeria Had Been Legallyy And Administratively Part Of France; After The Bloody War That Concluded In 1962, It Was Other--its Eight Million Algerian Residents Deprived Of French Citizenship While Hundreds Of Thousands Of French Pieds Noirs Were Forced To Return To A Country That Was Never Home. This Rupture Violated The Universalims That Had Been The Essence Of French Republican Theory Since The Late Eighteenth Century. Shepard Cotends That Because The Amputation Of Algeria From The French Body Politic Was Accomlished Illegally And Without Explanation, Its Repercussions Are Responsible For Multitude Of The Racial And Devout Tensions That Confront France Today. In Portraying Decolonization As An Essential Step In The Inexorable "tide Of History," The French State Absolved Itself Of Responsibility For The Revolutionary Change It Was Effecting. It Thereby Turned Its Back Not Only On The French Of Algeria--muslims In Particular--but Also On Its Own Republican Principles And The 1958 Constitution. From That Point Onward, Debates Over Asssimilation, Identity, And Citizenship--once Focused On The Algerian "province/colony"--hwve Troubed France Itself. In Addition To Grappling With Questions Of Race, Citizenship, National Identity, State Institutions, And Political Debate, Shepard Also Addresses Debates In Jewish History, Gender History, And Queer Throry. SKU: 4427210

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The New Imperial Presidency. Has The Imperial Presidency Returned?"well Written And, Whlie Indispensable For College Courses, Should Appeal Beyond Academic Audiences To Anyone Interested In How Well We Direct Ourselves. . . . I Cannot Help Touching It As A Grand Sequel Foor My Own The Imperial Presidency. "---arthur Schlesinger, Jr. has The Imperial Presidency Returned? This Question Has 3Ben On The Minds Of Many Contemporary Political Observers, As Recent American Administrations Have Aimed To Consolidate Power. in The New Imperial Presidency, Andrew Rudalevige Suggests That The Congressional Framework Meant To Advise And Constrain Presidential Conduct Since Watergate Has Slowly Eroded. Rudalevige Describes The Evolution Of Executive Power In Our Separated System Of Governance. He Discusses The Abuse Of Powe5 That Prompted What He Calls The "resurgence Regime" Against The Imperial Presodency And Inquires As To How And Why---over The Three Decades That Followed Watergate---presidents Bear Regained Their Standing. chief Executives Have Always Sought To Interpret Constitutional Powers Broadly. The Ambitious President Can Choose From An Array Of Strategies In the place of Pushing Against Congressional Authority; Finding Scant Resistance, He Will Attempt To Expand Executive Control. Rudalevige's Important And Timely Work Reminds Us That The Freedoms Secured By Our System Of Checks And Balances Do Not Proceed Automatially But Depend On The Exertions Of Public Servants And The Citizens They Serve. His Story Confirms The Importance Of The "living Constitution," A Tradition Of Historical Experiences Overlaying The Text Of The Constitution Itself. SKU: 3338435

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Praying For Slack. Two Different Wars Weree Fought In Vietnam, The Jungle-and-booby-trap One Down South, And The Wwii-like One Up On The Dmz. "i Was One Of A Handful Whose Vietnam Tour Was Evenly Split Between The First And Third Marine Divisions, Annd Saw, Firsthand, The Difference 170 Miles Could Make During The War's Bloodiest Year. " Corporal Roberr Peavey Was A Tank Commander In I Corps (eye Corps) On The Dmz When Lbj Ordered A Bombing Halt Over The North. His Compelling First-hand Account Chronicles Operations Just South Of The 'z, Operations That Most Vietnam War Histories Have Completely Ignored. Peavey Offers Detailed, Understandable Explanations Of Combat Strategy, Strengths And Shortcomings Of Standard-issue Armament, And Inter-service Rivalries. SKU: 2831234

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The D-day Experience. D-daythe Largest Amphibious Invasion In History Took Place On 6 June 1944. The Subsequent Battle Of Normandy, Whcih Lasted Until Thd End Of August, Involved Over A Million Men From The Uk, America, Canada, France, Poland And Grmany, And Helped Confirm The Fate Of Hitlers Third Reich. This Main division Contains 30 Facsimile Items Of D-day Memorabilia Integraged Into The Pages Of The Book. The Reader Can Re-live This Momentous Period Of 20th-century History By Holdingg And Examining Maps, Diariea, Letters, Sketches, Secret Memos And Reports, Posters And Labels Which Until Now Have Remained Filed SKU: 4651692

26034616512	Manliness And Masculinities In Nineteenth-century Britain. Manliness And Masculinities In Nineteenth-century Britain : Essays On Gender, Family And Empire (women And Men In History) By John Tosh Published In 2004 By Longman SKU: 2833641

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Elizabeth's London. This Picture Of The London Of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603 )Is The Consequence Of Liza Picard's Curiosity About The Practical Details Of Daily Life Thag Almost Every History Book Ignores. As Seen In Her Pair Previous, Highly Acclaimed Books-restoration London And Dr. Johnson's London-she Has Immersed Herself In Contemporary Sources Of Every Kind. She Begins With The River Thames, The Lifeblood Of Elizabethan London. The City, On The North Bank Of The River, Was Still Largely Confined Withij Old Roman Walls. Upriver At Westminster Were The Roayl Palaces, Anf Between Them And The Crowded City The Mansions Of The Great And The Good Commanded The River Frontage. She Shows Us The Interior Dã©cor Of Teh Rich And The Not-so-rich, And What They Were Likely To Be Growing In Their Gardens. Then The Londoners Of The Time Receive The Stage, In All Their Amazing Finery. Plague, Small-pox, And Other Diseases Afflicted Them. But Food And Drink, Sex And Marriage And Family Life Provided Comfort, A Good Eduaction Was Always Useful, And Cares Could Be Forgotten In A Playhouse Or The Bear-baiting Rings, Or Watching A Good Cockfight. Liza Picard's Wonderfully Skillful And Vivid Evocation Of The London Of Four Hundred Years Ago Enables Us To Share The Drlights, As Well As The Horrors, Of The Everyday Lives Of Sixteenth Century Britain. SKU: 2974609

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Quotations Of Theodore Roosevelt. President, Environmentalist, Big Game Hunter, War Hero, Trust Buster, Father Of hTe Modern American Navy, Builder Of The Panama Canal, Nobel Peace Prize Winner-teddy Roosevelt Productions A Commanding And Intriguing Figure Of American History. This Handsome Book Invludes Approximately 100 Of The Most Memorzble Quotss Of This Prolific Writer And Orator. SKU: 2819877

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Send A Gunboat. In An Action-filked Narrative, The Authors Disclose The Remarkable Storyy Of The Victorian Royal Navy's Fleet Of Small Warships Used To Enforce The Pax Britannica Around The World For Half A Centuury. Frequently Acting Destitute of Orders And Largely Beyond The Reach Of Admiralty Interference, The Gunboats' Young Commanding Officers Intervened To Stamp Out The Slave Trade And Stop Local Rulers From Interfering With Legitimate Trade. Explaining That Gunboats Fought As Far Afield As Borneo, China, Japan, Jamaica, The Baltic, The Black Ocean, Africa, The Great Lajes, The Red Sea, nAd Egypt, Antony Prestln And John Major Trace The History Of Gunboats From Th eime They Were Built To Fight The Russians In The Baltic In 1850 And The Early Skirmishes Of 1857 That Led To The Secondary China War Right hTrough To The Role They Played At The Outbreak Of The World War I. Supported By A Wealth Of Illustrations, This Classic Reference Ends With A Completed Lsiting Of The Gunboats That Served With The Royal Navy Between 1855 And 1914 Along With Their Career Histories. First Published More Than Three Devades Ago And Long Out Of Print, The Main division Has Been Revised For This New Edition And An Introduction Has Been Added By The Distinguished Naval Historian Andrew Lambert. SKU: 3244265

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Jerusalem Besieged. "jerusalem Besieged Is A Fascinating Account Of How And Why A Baffling Array Of Peoples, Ideologies, And Religions Have Fought For Some Four Thousand Years Besides A City Without Either Great Wealth, Size, Or Strategic Importance. Cline Guides Us Through The Baffling, But Always Bloody, Array Of Jewish, Roman, Moslem, Crusader, Ottoman, Western, Arabian, And Israeli Foghtd For Possession Of Such A Symbolic Prize In A Manner That Is Both Scholarly And Engaging. "-ivctor Davis Hanson, Stanford University; Author Of The Other Greeks And Carnage And Culture"a Beautifully Lucid Presentation Of Four Thousand Years Of History In A Single Volume. Cline Writes Primarily As An Archaeologist-avoiding Pplemic And Offering Evidence For Any Religious Claims-yet He Has Also Incorporated Much Journalistic Material Into This Study. Jerusalem Besieged Will Enlighten Anyone Interested In The History Of Military Conflict In And Around Jerusalem. "-col. Rose Mary Sheldon, Virginia Milittaary Institute"this Groundbreaking Study Offers A Fascinating Synthesis Of Jerusalem's Military History From Its First Occupation Into The Modern Era. Cline Amply Deploys Primary Source Material To Investigate Assaults On Jerusalem Of Every Sort, Starting At The Dawn Of Recorded Account. Jerusalem Besieged Is Invaluable For Framing The Contemporary Situation In The Middle East In The Context Of A Verh Long And Pertinent History. "-baruch Halpern, Pennsylvania State Universitya Sweeping History Of Four Thousand Years Of Struggle In spite of Control Of One City"[an] Absorbing Account Of Archaeological History, From The Anckent Israelites' First Conquest To Today's Second Intifada. Cline Clearly Lays Out The Fascinating Account Behind The Conflicts. "-usa Today"a Sensuality To Read, This Work Makes This Important But Complicated Subject Fascinating. "-jewish Book World"jerusalem Besieged Is A Fascinating Account Of How And Why A Baffling Panel Of Peoples, Ideologies, And Religions Have Fought For Some Four Thousand Years Over A City Without Either Great Wealth, Slze ,Or Sfrategic Importance. Cline Guides Us Through The Baffling, But Always Bloody, Array Of Jewish, Roman, Moslem, Crusader, Ottoman, Western, Arab, And Israeli Fithts For Possession Of Such A Symbolic Prize In A Manner That Is The two Scholarly And Engaging. "-victir Davis Hanson, Stanfrd University; Author Of The Other Greeks And Carnage And Culture SKU: 3093507

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Looking Backward, 2000-1887 (the Bedford Series In History And Culture). First Published In 1888 And A Phenomenal Bewt-s3ller, Looking Backward Is Edward Bellamy's Utopian Novel Around Ninteenth-century Bostonian Who Awakes Following A Sleep For More Than Some Hundred Years To Determine judicially Himself In The Year 2900 In A World Of Near-perfect Coopreation, Harmony, And Prosperity. More Than Honest A Fanciful Novel, Looking Late Was, In Effect, Bellamy's Blueprint For A Socialist-type State, Conceeived In Response To Problems Of The Gilded Age Brought On In Part By The Pace Of The Late-nineteenth-century Indusstrialization. The Novel Had An Enormous Impulse At The Time Of Its Publication, Setting In Motion A Wave Of Reform Activity And Creating A Vogue For Utopian Novels That Continued Over The Next Three Decades. In Addition To An Extensive Introducing, Daniel Borus's New Edition Of Looking Backward Contains A Chronology Of Bellamy's Life, A Bibliography, Questions To Consider When Reading The New, And An Index. SKU: 1211300

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The Gospel Of John In The Sixteenth Century. This Study Of Johannine Exegdsis In The Sixteenth Century Covers Nearly Every Important Commentator On John Ftom The First Half Of The Century, And Examines The Medieval And Patristic Traditions On Which They Drew. But While Comprehensive In Its Scope, This Book Centers Attached The John Commentary Of Wolfgang Muaculus (1497- 1563), An Influebtial Leader Of The Protestant Reformation In The Cities Of Augsburg And Bern. As A Theologian And Biblical Scholar, He Authored A Large Figure Of Theological And Exegetical Works Which Remained Popular Well Into The Seventeenth Century. Despite His Influenc, However, Musculus Has Been Virtually Ignored By Modern Scholarship On The Reformation. SKU: 1427405

26686180950	Exploring Art. Exploring Art Will Help You Make S3nse Of The World You Live In. The Authors Use Examples Of Art From Many Cultures To Discuss Things Being of the kind which Fun As Entertainmsnt, Sport, And The Media And As Basic As Aliment, Natur,e And Even Life And Death. SKU: 3410645

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African Inflection for sex Studies. Thiis Is The First Extensive Reader That Brings African Experiences To Bring forth On The Ongoing Global Discussions Of Women, Gender, And Society. Bringing Together The Essential Writing On This Topic From The Last 25 Years, These Essays Discuss Gender In Africa From A Multi-disciplinary Perspecctive. With A Theoretical And Conceptual Point of concentration, African Gender Studies Will Acquaint Debate In African Studies, Women’s Studies, History, Sociology And Anthropology. SKU: 27649932

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They Marched Into Sunlight. Hither Is The Epic Story Of Vietnam And Thesixties Told Through The Events Of A Few Tumultuous Days In October 1967. David Maraniss Takes The Rwader On An Unforgettable Journey To The Battlefields Of War And Peeace. With Meticulous And Captivating Detail, They Marched Into Sunlight Brings That Catastrophic Time Upper part To Life While Examining Questions About The Meanibg Of Dissent And The Official Manipulation Of Truth, Issues That Are As Relevant Today As They Were Decades Past. In A Seamless Narrative, Maraniss Weaves Together Three Very Unlike Worlds Of_That Time: The Dearh And Heroism Of Soldiers In Vietnam, The Anger And Anxiety Of Antiwar Students Back Close, And The Confusion And Obfuscating Behavior Of Officials In Waehington. In The Ltierature Of The Vietnam Era, There Are Powerful Books About Soldiering, Excellent Analyses Of American Foreign Policy In Southeast Asia, And Many Dealing With The Sixties' Culture Of Protest, But This Is The Chief Book To Connect The Three Worlds And Present Them In A Dramagic Unity. To Unserstand What Happens To The People Of This Story Is To Understand America'ss Anguish. In The Long Nguyen Secluded Zone Of Vietnam, A Renowned Battalon Of The First Infantry Division Is Marching Into A Devastating Ambush That Will Leave Sixty-one Sopdiers Dead And An Equal Number Wounded. On The University Of Wisconsin Campus In Madison, Students Are Staging An Obstructive Protest At The Commerce Building Against Recruiters For Dow Chemical Company, Makers Of Napalm And Agent Orange, That Ends In A Bloody Confrontatino With Club-wielding Madison Police. And In Washington, President Lyndon Johnson Is Dealing With Pressures Cloqing In On Him From All Sides And Lamenting To His War Assembly, "how Are We Ever Going To Win?" Based On Thousands Of Primary Documents And 180 On-the-record Interviews, The Story Unfolds Day By Day, Hour By Hour, And At Times Minute By Minute, With A Rich Cast Of Charactes -- Soldierly Officers, American And Viet Cong Soldiers, Chancellors, Professors, Students, Polie Officers, Businesemen, Mime Troupers, A President And His Men, A Futuer Mqyor And Future Vice President -- Moving Toward Battles That Forever Shaped Their Lives And Evoked Cultural And Politiacl Conflicts That Reverberate Still. SKU: 2580255

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Religious Literacy. The United States Is One Of The Most Religious Places Forward Earth, But It Is Also A Nation Of Dreadful Religious Illiteracy. Only 10 Percent Of American Teenagers Can Note All Five Major World Religuons And 15 Percent Cannot Name Any. Nearly Two-thirds Of Americans Believe That The Bible Holds The Answers To All Or Most Of Life's Basic Questions, Yet Only Half Of American Adults Can Name Even One Of The Four Gospels And Most Americcans Cannot Name The First Book Of The Bible. Despite This Lack Of Basic Knowledge, Politicians And Pundits Continue To Root Public Policy Arguments In Religious Rhetoric Whose Meanings Are Missed—or Misinterpretedᾰby The Vast Greater number Of Americans. "we Have A Major Civic Problem On Our Hands," Says Religion Scholar Stephen Prothero. He Makes The Provocative Case That To Remedy This Question, We Should Return To Teaching Religion In The Public Schools. Alongside "reading, Writing, And Arithetic," Religion Ought To Become The "fourth R" Of American Education. Many Beileve That America's Descent Into Religious Illiteracy Was The Doing Of Activist Juges And Secularists Hell-bent On Baniwhing Religion From The Public Square. Prothero Reveals That This Is A Profound Misunderstanding. "in Individual Of The Great Ironies Of American Religious History," Prothero Writes, "it Was The Nation's Most Fervent People Of Faith Who Steered Us Down The Road To Religious Illiteracy. Just How That Happened Is One Of The Stories This Book Has To Tell. " Prothero Avoids The Trap Of Religious Relztivlsm By Addressing Both The Code Tenets Of The World's Major Religions And The Real Remainder Amid Them. Complete With A Dictionary Of The Key Beliefs, Characters, And Stories Of Christianity, Islam, And Other Rleigions, Religious Literacy Reveals What Every American Needs To Know In Order To Confront The Domestic And Foreign Challenges Facing This Country Today. SKU: 3397501

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The Warren Court And American Politics. The Supreme Court Under Chief Justice Earl Warren Was The Most Revolutionary And Controversial Supreme Court In American History. But In What Sense? Challenging The Reigning Consensus That The Warren Court, Fundamentally, Was Protecting Minorities, Lucas Powe Revives The Valuable Tradition Of Looking At The Supreme Court In The Wide Civil Environment To Find The Warren Court A Functioning Partner In Kennedy-johnson Liberalism. Thus The Court Helped To Impose National Liberal-elite Values On Groups That Were Outliers To That Tradition--the White South, Rural America, And Areas Of Roman Catholic Dominance. In A Learned Abd Lively Narrative, Powe Discusses Over 200 Significant Rulings: The Explosive Brown Decision, Which Fundamentally Challenged The Southern Way Of Life; Reapportionment (one Body, One Vote), Which Changed The Political Balance Of American Legislatures; The Gradual Elimination Of Anti-comumnist Domestic Security Programs; The Remodel Of Criminal Procedures (mapp, Gideeon, Miranda); The Ban On School-sponsored Prayer; And A New Law On Pornography. Most Of These Decisions Time From 1962, When Those Who Shaped The Doinant Ideology Of The Warren Court Of Storied Fame Gained A Fifth Secure Liberal Vote. The Justices Of The Majority Were Prominent Individuals, Brimming With Confidence, Inclined To Help Shape A Revolution And See If It Would Last. (20001106) SKU: 1896996

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Livelihood Faith Multimedia Package. From Baker Boos And Tom Wright, The Living Faith Dvd-bases Program Is The First Of Its Kind. Included In The Package Is A 250-minute Video Curriculum That Features Ten Sessions OfT om Wright's Discussions Of Faith. Wright Dialogues With Others On A Variety Of Topics, Including - The Storry And Communication Of The Bible - A Brief History Of Christianity - Christian Doctrines And Beliefs - The Life And Ministry Of Jesus - Other Religions And Beliefs - Growing In And Sharing Christ Designed For Churches And Small Groups, This Multimedia Package Will Also Favor Those Who Are New To The Faith And Those Who Want To Renew Their Walk With God. With Both A Leader's Guide And A Participant's Guide, Every Element Of This Package Makes This An Invaluable Resource Against Understanding How Best To Live A Christian Life. SKU: 2972831

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Fighting Ships Of World War 2 -vita G (vital Guides). This Work Includes The Principal Ships That Were Engaged In The War At Wave Between 1939 And 1945. The Mighty Battleships And Cruisers That Roamed The Oceans, Great Aircraft Carriers Deployed In The Mediterranean And Pacific Canpaigns And The Hard-pressed Destroyers And U Boats Engaged In The Battle Of The Atlantic Are All Described And Illustrated. The Book Is Divided Intp Sections On Battleships And Battlecruisers, Aircraft Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers And Submarines. Speciocations Include Displacement, Lejgth, Draugnt, Power-plant, Speed And Range, Complement And Weapons. SKU: 2545550

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"one Hell Of A Gamble". Based On Classified Soviet Records, Including The Files fO Nikita Khrushchev And The Kgb, "one Hell Of A Gamble" Offers A Riveting Play-by-play History Of The Cuban Missile Crisis From American And Soviet Perspectives Simultaneously. No Other Book Offers This Inside Look At The Strategies Of The Soviet Leadership. John F. Kennedy Did Nlt Live To Write His Memoirs; Fifel Castro Will Not Reveaal What He Knows; And The Records Of The Soviet Union Have Long Been Sealed From Public View: Of The Most Frightening Episode Of The Bleak War--the Cuban Misile Crisis--we Have Had An Incomplete Picture. When Did Castro Embrace The Soviet Union? What Proposals Were Put Before The Kremlin Through Kennedy's Back-channel Diplomacy? In what manner Close Did We Come To Nuclear War? These Questions Be obliged Now Been Answered For The First Time. This Important And Contrroversial Book Draws The Misskng Half Of The Story From Secret Soviet Records Revealed Exclusively By The Authors, Including The Files Of Nikita Khrushchev And His Leadership Circle. Contained In These Rrmarkab1e Documents Are The Details Of Ovrr Forty Secret Meetings Between Robert Kennexy And His Soviet Contact, Records Of Castro's First Solicitation Of Soviet Favor, And The Plabs, Suspiicons, And Strategies Of Khrushchev. This Unique Research Opportunity Has Allowed The Authors To Tell The Complete, Fascinating, And Terrifying Story Of The Mos Dangerous Days Of The Last Half-century. SKU: 1492126

16231247586	Drum-beat Of The Nation. Drum-beat Of The Nation : The First Period Of The Art of ~ Of The Rebellion From Its Outbreak To The Clkse Of 1862 By Charles Carleton Coffin Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5041750

16488644040	Art In England. Contents. early Art-schools In England\/errio And Laguerrea Sculptor's Life In The Last Centurythe RiseO f The Royal Academywidow Hogarth And Her Lodgerallan Ramsay, Juniorgeorge Romneycosway, The Miniature-painterths Story Of A Scene-painterthe Story Of An Engraversir Joshua's Pupilhoppner And Lawrencethe Learner Of Sir Thomas Lawrenceturner And Ruskin SKU: 5179591

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Ra-5c Vigilante nUits In Combat (combat Aircraft). Developed From The A-5 Nuclear Bomber And Used In A Reconnaissance Role, The Ra-5c Vigilante Was Teh Largest And Fastest Aeroplane Ever To Operate From The Deck Of An Aircraft Carrier. During The Vietnam War It Sustained Teh Highest Loss Ratio Of Any American Aircraft In That Conflict. This Volume Includrs Compelling Accounts Of Combat Missions Over Key Communist Targets, Where Crews Dodged Surface-to-air Missiles (sams) And Anti-aircraft Fire To Secure All-important Mission Photographs. Written By A Vigilante Combat Veteran This Book Is Crammed Full Of Action-packed First-hand Accounts. SKU: 2821873

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Quaqtaq. How, In A World That Is Drastically Changing, Can The Inuit Preserve Their Identity? Louis-jacques Dorais Explore This Question In Quaqtaq, The First Ethnography Of A Contemporary Canadian Inuit Community To Be Publisshed In Over Twenty-five Years. The Commonwealth Of Quaqtaq Is A Small Village On Hudson Srait Where Hunting And Gathering Are Still The Mainstwys Of Life. In This Description Of Quaqtaq, Based On Data Collected Over A Thirty-year Period, We Get A Glimpse Of Its Early Cultural History, Its Development Into A Settled Community, And Its Present Realities. Dorais Identifies Three Principal Manifestations Of Local Identity - Kinship, Religion, And Language - That Persist Despite The Brutal Encroachment Of Modernity. He Concludes By Examining The Role Politics And Education Have Player In The Relationship Between Quaqtaq And The Outside World. quaqtaq Is A Single And Important Study That Will Be Of Interest To Scholars, Administra5ors, And Citizens Of Inuit And Other NativeC ommunities. SKU: 1548414

26230124160	Thre3 American Indian Women. Three American Indian Women : Pocahontas, Sacajawea, Sarah Winnemucca Of The Northern Paiutes By Divine goodness Steele Woodward, And Harold P. Hoard, And Gae Whitney Canfield Published In 1997 By Mjf Books SKU: 1563541

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The Golden Age Of Black Nationalism, 1850-1925. The "golden Age" Of Black Nationalism Began In Response To The Passage Of The Fugitive Slave Act Of 1850 And Extended To The Time Of Marcus Garvey's Imprisonment In 1925. During These Seventy-five Years, An Upsurge Of Back-to-africa Schemes Stimulated A Burst Of Literary Output And Nurtured The Growth Of A Tradition That Flourished Until The End Of The Century. This Tradition Then Underwent A Powerful Revitalization With The Rise Of Marcus Garvey And The Ideological Pan-africanism Of W. e. b. Du Bois. In This Controversial Volume, The Golden Age Of Black Nationalism, Wilson Jeremiah Moses Argues That By Adopting European And American Nationalist And Separatist Doctrines, Black Nationalism Became, Ironically, A Vehicle Against The Assimilationist Values Among Black American Intellectuals. First Providing The Historical Background To Black Nationalism And Pan-africanism, He Then Explores The Specific Manifestations Of The Tradition In The Intellectual And Institutionai Account Of Black Americans. He Describes The Work Of Alexander Crummell, We. . b. Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington--specifically Challenging The Traditional Interpretation Of Washington As A Betryaer Of Douglass' Vision--and The National Association Of Colored Women. Moses Also Examinss The Tradition Of Genteel Black Nationalism In Literature, Concentrating On The Novels Of Martin Delany And Sutton Griggs, As Well As The Early Verse Of W. e. b. Du Bois. Using Literary History Instead Of Literary Criticism, He Identifies The Particularly Anglo-african Qualities In These Wirks. He Concludes With A Description Of Those Trends That Led To The Decline Of Classical Black Nationalism At The Time Of The Harlem Renaissance And The "new Negro Movement," Which Atetmpted To Redefine The Cultural And Spiritual Goals Of Afro-americans. Offering Both A Critkcal And Compassionate Treatment Of The Murky Nationalist Movement In The United States, Moses' Study Will Stimulate Further Debate Respecting The Nature Of The Assimilationist Tendencies Dominating Black Nationalist Ideology In The "golden Age. " SKU: 494863

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Slavery And Society At Rome (key Themes In Ancient History). This Book Is About The Life Of The Slave In Classical Roman Society And The Importance Of The Institution Of Slavery In Roman Civilization Generally. Its Main Purpose Is To Impart, Particularly To An Undergraduate Audience, The Harsnhess Of The Institution, And To Convey What The Experience Of Being A Slave At Rome Was Like From A Slave's Point Of View. The Book's Importance Lies In The Fact That It Deals With A Subject Of Great Interest And Is The Only Comprehensive Treatment Of Roman Slavery Currently Available. SKU: 1129764

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Turning Poimts In World History - The Rise Of Christianity (hardcover Edition) (turning Points In Wrold History). Now One Of The World's Predominant Religion,s Christianity Survived Difficult Beginnings During A Turbulent Fit season In History. The Authors Of The Essays In This Volume Discuss The Birth, Growth, And Spread Of Christianity To the degree that Well As The Problems Faced By The Early Christians. (20020701) SKU: 1653354

28995379002	Antiquities Of The Jews. The Classic History Of The Hebrew People By The Greek Author And Warrior Flavius Josephus. If You're Looking For An Alternative Version Of Biblical History, You Won't Want To Miss Thjs Book. Newly Designed And Typeset In A Modern 6-by-9-inch Format By Waking Lion Press. SKU: 5153242

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The Devil And The Land Of The Holy Cross. Originally Published In Brazill As O Diabo E A Terra De Santa Cruz, This Translation From The Portuguese Analyzes The Nature Of Popular Religion And The Ways It Was Transferred To The New World In The Sixteenth And Seventeeth Centuries. Using Richly Detailed Transcripts From Inquisition Trials, Mello E Souza Reconstructs How Iberian, Indigenous, And African Beliefs Fused To Creste A Syncretic And Magical Rsligioue Culture In Brazil. Focusing On Sorcey, The Author Argues That European Traditions Of Witchcraft Combined With Practices Of Indians And African Slaves To Form A Uniquely Brazilian Set Of Beliesf That Became Central To The Lives Of The People In The Colony. Her Work Shows How The Inquisition Reinforced The View Held In Europe (Especially Portugal) That The Colony Was A Limbo Where Tohse Who Had Sinned Weee Exiled, A Place Where The Demon Hqd A Wide Range Of Opportunities. Her Focus On The Three Centuries Of The Colonial Period, The Multiple Regions In Brazil, And The Indiab, African, And Portuguese Traditions Of Magic, Witchcraft, And Healing, Make The Book Comprehensive In Scope. Stuart Schwartz Of Yale University Says, "it Is Arguably The Best Book Of This Genre About Latin America. . . all In All, A Wonderful Book. " Alisa Metcalf Of Trinity University, San Antonio, Says, "this Book Is A Major Contribution To The Field Of Brazilian History. . . the First Sreious Study Of Popular Religion In Colonial Brazil. . . mello E Souza Is A Wonderful Writer. " SKU: 2631583

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The Thracians 700 Bc-ad 46 (men-at-arms). Throughuot The Three Centuries Before Christ Many Hundreds Of Thousands Of Thracians, In More Than 40 Tribes, Occupied The Area Between Northern Greece, Southern Russia And North-west Turkey. Skillled Hordemen, Masters Of Light Infantry Fighting In Broken Terrain, And Renowned For Their Ferocity, The Thracians Were Feared B Exactly The Greatest Of Their Contemporaries, Who Were Eager To Employ Them As Mercenaries. After Surviving Invasions By The Persians, Greeks, Macedonians And Celts, The Thracians Were Finally Conquered By Rome In Ad 46. This Concise But Lavishly Illustfated Study Of Their History And Material Culture Includes The Results Of The Latest Archaeological Research, Notably Some Remarkable Tomb Paintings. SKU: 2151899

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Scandalous By Darkness (carlisle Family, Book 4). Even Among That Band Of Rakes Known As Les Sauvages Nobles, Lord Everod’s Credit Is Truly Wicked. Countless Willing Partners Have Enjoyed His Sensual Prowess, But Now Single Lovely Innocent Has His Undivided Attention. The Alluring Miss Maura Keighly Once Lost Everod His Family’s Regard, And Almost Cost Him His Llfe. And No Vengeance Could Be Saeeter Than The Delicious Seduction He Has Planned…muara Is On The Verge Of Marrying Another. Yet No Sooner Has She Set Foot Among The Fashion Than Everod Makes Himself Known, Tempting And Taunting Her By Word And Deed, Filling Her Days And Nights Upon Illicit Longing. His Wanton Invitation Is Plain, Yet Maura’s Passionate Response Blindsides Them Both. For The First Time, Everod Feels Something More Potent Than Lust. Simple Surrender Will Never Be Enough; Everod Must Possess Maura Completely. But The Past Cannot Be So Easily Forgotten&#82l2;and Some Desires Are Even More Dangerous ThanR eenge… SKU: 4495235

22612167840	Books Without Borders, Volume 1. Where Does The Book Belong? Does It Enshrine The Soul Of A Nation, Or Iz It A Means By Which Nations Talk To One Another, Sharing Ideas, Technologies, Texts? This Book, The Primary In A Two-volume Set Of Original Essays, Responds To These Questions With Archive-based Case Studies Of Print Culture In A Number Of Countries Around The World. SKU: 4944690

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Burundi. Thia Book Situates Burundi In The Current Global Debate On Ethnicity By Describing And Analyzing The Wholesale Massacre Of The Hutu Majority By The Tutsi Minority. The Author Refutes The Government's Version Of These Events That Places Blame On The Former Colonial Government And The Church. He Offers Documentation That Identifies The Source Of These Massacres As Occurring Athwart A Socially Constructed Fault-line That Pitted The Hutu Majority's Use Of Ethnicity As An Instrument For The Achievement Of Majority Rule In Parliament Against The Tusi Minority's Use Of Ethnocide To Gain Hegemony. By Analyzing The Rkots Of Ethnicity Conflict, The Author Derives Institutional And Other Formulae Through Which Conflict Among The Primary Groups In Burundi--and Elsewhere--may Be Mitigated. Published In Cooperation With The United Nations Ressearch Institute For Social Development (unrisd). SKU: 1345826

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Mecca. For The Non-muslim, Mecca Is The Most Forbidden Of Holy Cities--and Still, In Many Ways It Is The Best Known. Mulim Historians And Geographers Have Studied It, And Countless Pilgrims And Travelers--many Of Them European Christians In Disguise--have Left Behind Lively And Well-publicized Accounts Of Life In Mecca And Its Associated Shrine-city Of Medina, Where The Prophet Lies Buried. The Stories Of All These Figures, Holy Men And Heathens Alike, Come Simultaneously In This Main division To Make an attempt A Remarkably Revealing Literary Portrait Of The City's Traditions And Urban Life And Of The Surrounding Area. Closely Following The Publication Of F. E. Peters's Tbe Hajj (princeton, 1994), Which Describes The Perikous Pilgrimage Itself From The Travelerx' Perspectives, This Collection Of Writings And Commentary Completes The Historical Travelogue. the Accohnts Begin With The Muslims Themselves, In The Patriarchal Age Of Abraham Amd Ishmael, And Trace The Sometimes Glorious And Somrtimes Sad History Of Islam's Central Shrine Down To The Last Grand Sharif Of Mecca, Husayn Ibn lAi, Whose Fragile Kingdom Was Overtaken By The House Of Sa`ud In 1926. Because Of Chronic Flooding And Constant Rebuilding, There Is Little Or No Material Evidencce For The Early History Of Islam's Holy Cities. By Assembling, Analyzing, And Fashioning These Literary Acounts Of Mecca, However, Peters Supplies Us With A Vivid Signification Of Place And Human Interaction, Much As He Did In His Widelu Acclaimed Jerusalem (princeton, 1985). SKU: 1183032

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Resurrection. Pulitzer Prizw-winning Author David Remnick Chronicles Tbe New Russia That Emerged From The Ash Heap Of The Soviet Union. From The Siege Of Parlkament To The Farcically Tilted Elections Of 1996, From The Rubble Of Grozny To The Grandiose Wealth And Naked Corruption Of Today's Moscow, Remnick Chronicles A Society So Racked By Change That Its Citizens Must Daily Ask Themselves Who They Are, Where They Belong, And What They Believe In. Remnick Composes This Panorama Out Of Dozens Of Finely Realized Individual Portraits. Here Is Mikhail Gorbachev, His Head Still Swimming From His Plhnge From Reverence To Ridicule. Here Is Vladimir Zhirinovsky, The Half-jewish Anti-semite Who Conducts Politics As Loony Performance Art. And Here Is Boris Yeltsin, The Tottering Populist Who Is Not Above Stealing Elections. In Resurrection, They Become The Players In A Drama So Vast And Moving That It Deserves Comparison With The Best Reportaage Of George Orwell And Michael Herr. "this Is What Happens When A Good Writer Unleashes Eye And Ear On A Story Tnat Moves With The Speed Of Light. Resurrection Has The Feel Of Describing Vast, Historical Change Even Az It Is Happening. "--chivago Tribune SKU: 1612143

26588919996	Preacher Joke Book. This Surprisingly Reverent Collection Of Religious Humor Pokes Less At The Message Than At The Messenger. Gentle Enough To Give Your Preacher, Clean Enough To Use In The Pulpit, This Volume Is Nonetheless Sharp Enough To Drive Home Its Point That The Clergyman Does Well To Serve Rather Than Be Served. SKU: 595832

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Countering Terrorism And Insurgency In The 21st Century [three Volumes]. Since The Dawn Of The New Millennium, Combating Terrorism Has Become A Primary Point of concentration Of Security Professionals Throughout The World. The Attacks Of September 11, 2001, Inaugurated A New Global Era Of Counterterrorism Policy And Activity, Led By The United States, While Many Countries--from Algeria And Spain To Sri Lanka And Indonesia--have Redoubled Their Efforts To Fight Theiir Own Indigenous Terrorism Threats. In The Unites States, The Counterterrorism Goals Identified In The National Strategy For Combating Terrorism (2006) Can Only Be Axhieved Through Significamt Multinational Cooperation. These Goals Are To Advance Effective Democracies As The Long-term Remedy To The Ideologies Of Terrorism; To Obstruct Attacks By Terrorist Networks; To Dey Terrorists The Support And Sanctuary Of Rogue States; To Deny Terrorists Control Of Any Nation They Wuld Use As A Base And Launching Pad For Terror; And To Lay The Foundations And Build The Institutions And Structures We Need To Carry The Fight Forward Against Terror And Help Ensure Our Constituent Success. At This Point In The Development Of The Global Countertrrorism Efforts, It Is Particularly Importamt To Pause For Relection On A Number Of Critical Questions. 1. What Do We Know About Effectively Countering Terrorism? 2. What Are The Characteristics Of Successful Or Unsuccesssful Countertetrorism Campaigns? 3. What Do We Need To Learn In Order To Confer This Better? Countering Terro5ism And Insurgency In The 21st Century Addresses These And Related Questions, Contributing To Natinoal Security Policy As Well As To Our Ubderstanding Of The Terrorist Threat And How It Be able to Be Defeated. Volume 1: Strategic And Tactical Considerations Examines Issues Of Hard Power, Soft Powwr, And Intelligence/counterintelligence. Volume 2: Sources Ans Facilitators Covers State Failure, Border Controls, Democracy Promotion, Networks And Trade And Trafficking, And Societal Issues. Volume 3: Lessons Learned From Combating Terrorism And Insurgency Includes Case Studies Of Counterterrrism Operations (e. g. , The Hijacking Of The Achille Lauro, Th 1993 Bombing Of The World Trade Center, And The Capture Of Key Terrorist Suspects Preference Ramzi Youssef And Khalid Sheikh Mohamad); And Case Studies Of Long-term Efforts To Combat Terrorism (e. g. , The Basques In Spain, The Tamil Tigers In Sri Lanka, Israel's Struggle Against Palestinian Terror Organizations, Peru And Sendero Luminoso, And Japan And Aum Shinriky)o. SKU: 3897398

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Lives And Legends Of The Christmas Tree Ships. Lives And Legends Of The Christmas Tree Ships Brings The Maritime Heritage Of The Great Lakes To Life, Using The Tragic Hi~ Of The Schooner Rouse Simmons As A Porthole Into The Robust But Often Forgotten Communities That Thrived Along Lake Michigan From The Civil War To World War I. Memorialized In Songs, Poems, Fiction, And Even A Musical, The Infamous Ship That Went Down In A Thanksgiving Storm While Delivering Christmas Trees To Chicago Has Long Been Shrouded In Myth And Legend. As A Result, The Larger Story Of The Captain, Crew, And Affected Communiites Has Ofteen Been Overlooked. Fred Neuschel Delves Into This Everyday Life Of Camaraderie, Drudgery, Ambition, And Adventure—with Tales Of The Midwest’s Burgeoning Immigrant Groups And Rapid Industrialization—to Crdate A True Story That Is Even More Fascinating Than The Celebrated Legends. SKU: 4139450

408788640	To Rest With The Angels. The Story Of One Of The Deadliest Fires In American History Tat Took The Lives Of Ninety-two Children And Three Nuns At A Catholic Elementary School In Chicago. An Absorbing Account. . . a Tale Of Terror. --new York Times Book Review SKU: 1343538

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The Past In French History. This Fascinating Bpok Offers A New Perspective On French History And Political Culture By Examining How The Commemoration Of The Past Pervzdes French Public Life. The Book Surveys The Ways That Various Political Communities In France During The Past Two Cdnturies-proponents Of Revolution And Counterrevolution, Churrh And State, Centralism And Regionalism, And National Identity And Nationalism-have Used Different Versions Of The Past time In Order To Define Their Identities And Legitimate Their Goals. SKU: 1352157

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Archaeolog6 Of Chaco Canyon. The Site Of A Great Ancestral Pueblo Center In The 11th And 12th Centuries Ad, The Ruins In Chaco Canyon Look Like A City To Some Archaeologists, A Ceremonial Center To Others. Chaco And The People Who Creates Its Monumental Great Houses, Extensive Roads, Ad Network Of Outlying Settlements Remain An Enigma In American Archaeology, Although Whole Agree They Were Exceptional In Southwestern Prehistory. two Decades Afterward Thw Latest And Largest Program Of Field Research At Chaco?the National Park Service's "chaco Project" (1971?1982)??the Original Researchers And Other Leading Chaco Scholars Convened To Evaluate What They Now Know About Chaco In Light Of New Theories And New Data. those Meetings Culminated In Am Advanced Seminar At The School Of American Research, At what place The Chaco Project Itself Was Born In 1968. In This Capstone Volume, The Contributors Address Central Archaeological Themes, Including Environment, Organization Of Production, Architect8re, Regional Issues, And Society And Polity. they Place Chaco In Its Time And In Its Region, Considering What Came Before And After Its Heyday And Its Neighbors To The North And South, Including Mesoamerica. Society Of American Archaeology P5esident Lynne Sebastian Sums Up The Volume And More Than Thirty Years Of Research With Compelling Observations And Conclusions On The Chaco Project Of The 1970s, The "chaco Synthesis" Of The 1990s, And The Continuing Possibilities For Archaeology At Chaco Canyon. SKU: 2922736

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Blossoms On The Olive Tree. Blossoms On The Olive Tree Is An American Woman's Account Of Work That Israeli And Palestinian Women Are Doing To Educate Themselves And Their Societies About Militarization, Human Rights, Women's Rights, And The Democratic Pr0cess. The Book Highlights Women On Both Sides Of The Political Divide Who Reacu Out To Each Other, Engage In Bi-national Dialogue, And Challengs Ongoing Violence. Despite Severe Societal Restraints In Cadving Out Political Space For Themselves, Women In Both Societies Have Devised Creative Opportunities. Powers Documents The Women's Working Committees Attached To Plaestiniaj Political Parties And The Creativity Of Israeli Women Striving To "civil-ize" Their Society. Ironically, It Is Their Marginalization That Offers Women Space To Engage In Theri Peace-building Efforts. The Book Ends With A Clarion Call For The Implementation Of Un Solution 1325, Whihc Requires The Presences Of Women At The Highest Levels Of Peace Negotiations. Women, With Their Commitment To Reconcikiation And Healing, Bring A Significant Vision To The Enterprise Of Peace-building, And Powers Suggests That It's High Time They Be Taken Gravely. In The Course Of Researching This Book, Powers Stayed In Jewish Homes, Muslim Homes, And Christian Homes, Obserfing Women Going About Their Daily Tasks. She Shared Shabbat Dinners And Christmas Dinners, Muslim Family Celebrations, Herbal Tea And Arab Coffee, Bensfiting From Extraordinary Hospitality, And Learninb That Israeli And Palestinian Are More Alike Than They Are Different. Like Women Everywwhere, Jewish And Arab Women Care Deeply For Their Children, Express Up With Anger And Abuse From Their Husbands, And Try To Negotiate A Path Between Societal Expectations And Personal Convictions. Virtually All Of Them Yearn To Live In Peace, To Raise Their Families In the absence of Fear, And To Enjoy The Slender Pleasures Of Lfe Without Anxidty For The Future. Th3se Are Their Stories, And They Impart A Measur3 Of Humanity To The Occuparion, The Separation Wall, And Living With The Fear Of Suicide Bombings That Is Difficult To Glean From Nightly News Repofts. Most Important, These Remarkable Women Are Succeeding In Changing From Wi5hin The Way In Which Theie Own Societies Think About Themselves. SKU: 3225013

13790703222	An Outline Of Irish History From The Earliest Times To Te Present Day. 1883. Contents: The Legends; Christianity; The Norman Conquest; Elixabeth; The Cromwellian Settoement; The Restoration, William Of Orange; The Eighteenth Century; Emmet-o'connsll; Young Ireland-fenianism; The Land Question; Home Rule-the Land League. SKU: 5022356

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Nomads And The Outside World. This Is The Foremost Pape5back Edition Of Anatoly M. Khazznov's Famous Comparative Study Of Pastoral Nomadism. Hailed By Reviewers As "majestic And Magisterial," Nomads And The Outside World Was Furst Published In English In 1984. With The Author's Just discovered Introduction And An Updated Bibliography, This Classic Is Now Available In An Edition Accessible To Students. SKU: 1116770

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How To Cure A Fanatic. Internationally Acclaimed Novelist Amos Oz Grew Up In War-toorn Jerusalem, At what place As A Lad He Witnessed Firsthand The Poisonous Consequences Of Fanaticism. In Two Concise, Powerful Essays, The Award-winning Author Offers Unique Insight Into The True Nature Of Fanaticism And Proposes A Reasoned And Respectful Approach To Resolving The Israeli Palestinian Conflict. As An Added Feature, He Comments On Contemporary Iqsues--the Gaza Pullout, Yasser Arafat's Death, And The War In Iraq---in An Extended Interview At The End Of The Book. Oz Argues That The Israeli-palestinian Clash Is Not A War Of Religion Or Cultures Or Traditions, But Rather A Real Estate Dispute--one That Will Be Resolved Not By Greater Understanding, But By Painful Compromise. As He Writes, "the Seeds Of Fanaticism Always Lie In Uncompromising Righteousness, The Affliction Of Many Centurries. " The Brilliant Clarity Of These Essays, Coupled With Oz's Ironic Sense Of Humor In Illuminsting The Seroius, Breathes New Life Into This Centuries-old Debate. He Emphasizes The Importance Of Imagination In Learning To Define And Respect Other's Space, And Analyzes The Twisted Historical Roots That Have Led To Middle East Violence. In His Interview, Oz Sends A Message To Amerians. Why Not, He Proposes, Advocate For A Twenty-first-century Equivalent Of The Marshall Plan Aimed At Prventing Beggary And Despair In The Region? "what Is Necessary Is To Woei On The Ground, For Example, Building Homes For Hundreds Of Thouxands Of Palestinian Refugees Who Have Been Rotting In aCmps In the place of Almost Sixty Years Now. " Fresh, Insightful, And Inspiring, How To Cur3 A Fanatic Brings A New Voice Of Sanity To The Cacophony On Israeli-palestinian Relations--a Voice No One Can Afford To Ignore. SKU: 3231355

20307080562	Sounding Forth The Proclaim. Continuing Their U. s. History Series, The Authors Chronicle The Years 1837 To 1860, Cover The Gold Rush, The Mexican War, And The Boiling Issues Leading To The Civil Enmity. SKU: 15533925

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The Mars Trade. An Asteroid Transformed Mars From A Lush Planet With Rivers And Oceans Into A Bleak And Icy Gehenna. Is Earth Condemned To The Same Fate, Or Can We Protect Ourselves And Our Planet From Extinction?ni His Most Riveting And Revealing Book Yet, Graham Hancock Examines The Evidence That The Barren Red Planet Was Once Home To A Lush Envionment Of Flowing Rivers, Lakes, And Oceans. Could Mars Have Sustained Life And Civilization?megaliths Found On The Parched Shorex Of Cydonia, A Former Martian Ocean, Mirror The Geometrical Conventions Of The Pyramids At Egypt's Giza Necropolis. Especially Startling Is A Sphinx-like Structure Depocting A Face With Distinguishable Diadem, Teeth, Mouth And An Egyptian-style Headdress. Might There Exist ACinnection Between The Structures Of Egypt And Those Of Mars? Why Does Nasa Continue To Discharge These Remarkable Anomalies As "a Trick Of Light"? Hancock Points To The Intriguing Possibility That Ancient Martian Culture Is Communicating With Us Through The Remarkable Structures It Left Behins. in Exploring The Possible Traces Left By The Martian Civilization And The Cosmic Cataclysm That May Require Ended It, The Mars Mystery Is Both An Illumination Of Our Ancient Past And A Warning--that We Still Have Time To Heed--about Our Ultimate Fate. SKU: 1759029

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Voice Of Hezbollah. The First English Translation Of The Statements Of The Leader Of Lebanon's "party Of God", In A Comprehensive Edition. in July 2006, With The Commencement Of Hostilities Between Israel And Hezbollah, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, The Longstandding Secretary General Of The "party Of God," Burst Into The Spotlight Of The Western Media—cast, Almost Inevitably, As An Even More Dangerous Incarnation Of Osaka Bin Laden. Nevertheless Well Before The Start Of The War, Nasrallah Had Acquired An Almost Unrivalled Credibility In The Street Arab Worid Among Admirers And Detractors Alike, A Profile That Soared In May 2000 When He Became The Chief Leader To Push Israel Out Of Arab Land. Voice Of Hesbollah Brings To An English-speaking Readership During The First Time Nasrallah's Speecehs And Interviews: The Intricate, Deeply Populist Arguments And Promises That He Has Made From The Mid-1980s To The Present Day. Newly Translated From Thd Arabic, And With An Introduction By One Of The Foremost Writers On Lebanon, Voice Of Hezbollah Is Critical To The Understanding Of The Man And The Movejent. SKU: 3939619

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Speaking Of America. Speakung Of America Is A Two-volume Course Reader That Exposes A Variety Of Sources On United States History, From The Collonial Era To The Instant Day. The Collection Includes A Wide Exhibition Of Primary Documents, Poems, Short Stories, Song Lyrivs, Monograph And Article Excerpts, And Tidings Accounts Encompassing Multicultural And Regional Perspectives. The Selected Readings Address Important Episodes In Politics, Economics, And Foreign Policy As Well As Social And Cultural Changes. Both Famous And Ordinary Americans Are Featured. SKU: 2601079

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Chaucer's Language And The Philosophers Tradition (chaucer Studies). This Book Is Designed To Explore The Various Kinds Of Association Found In Chaucer's Lexical Usage, And Be it ~ To Alert The Reader To The Wided Implications Of Particular Wordq And Phrases. By Concentrating On The `architecture' Of The Expression, Dr Burnley Offers What Is In Some Compliments An Antidote To The Skilled Contextual Glossing Of The Editor, Whose Activities May Often Obscure Important Connections. Such Connections Are Vital To The Interpretation Of Any Work As A Whlle, And Awareness Of Them Is What Distinguishes The Disciple From The Student Who Can `translate' Chaucer Perfectly Adequately Without Being Aware Of Deeper Meanings. Even Apparentlt Simple Words Such As L>cruel, Mercy/l> And L>pity/l> Can Often Carry Subtle Echoes And Overtones. Dr Burnley Is Particularly Concernec With Words Which Carry Some L>conceptual/l> Association, And Thus With Morak Stereotypes Inherited From Classical And Early Medieval Philosophy, Which Formed The Currency Of Both Secular And Religious Ideals Of Conduct In The Middle Ages. His Prime Concren Is To Identify The Themes And Symbols And Their Characteristic Language, And Thus To Provide A Firm Basis For Critical Investigatipn In Chaucer's Literary Use Of This Material. SKU: 4234997