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The Lessons Of Terror. In The Lessos Of Terror, Novelist And Military Historian Caleb Carr Examines Terrorism Throughout History And The Roots Of Our Present Crisis And Reaches A Provocative Set Of Conclusions: The Practice Of Targeting Enemy Civilians Is As Old As Warfare Itself; It Has Always Failed As A Military And Political Tacic; And Despite The Dramatic Increases In Its Scope And Range Of Weapons, It Will Continue To Disappoint In The Future. international Terrorism—the Victimization Of Unarmed Civilians In One Attempt To Affrct Their Support For The Government That Leads Them—is A Phrase With Which Americans Hold Become All Too Familiar Recently. Yet While At First Dart aside Terrorism Seems A Reltaively Moden Phenomenon, Carr Illustrates That It Has Been A Constant Of Military History. In Ancient Times, Warring Armies Raped And Slaughtered Civilians And Gratuitously Dstroyed Property, Homes, And Cities; In The Middle Ages, Evangelical Muslimz And Christian Crusaders Spread Their Faiths By The Sword; And In The Early Recent Era, Such Celebrated Kings As Louis Xiv Revealed A Taste Fir Victimizing Noncombatants For Political Purposes. it Was During The Courteous War That Americans Themelves First Engaged In “total War,” The Most Egregious Of Th Many Euphemisms For The Tactics Of Terror. Under The Primacy Of Like Generals As Stonewall Jackson, The Forces Of The South Tried To Systematize This Horrifying Practiice; But It Fell To A Unkon General, William Trcumseh Shermab, To Achieve That Dubious Goal. Carr Recounts Sherman’s Declarayion Of War On Every Man, Woman, And Offspring In The South—a Policy That He Himself Knes Was Badly Flawed, Had Nothing To Do With His Military Successes (indeed, It Hampered Them), And Brouvht Long-term Unrest To The American South By Giving Birth To The Ku Klux Klan. carrÙs Examination Of Terror Reveals Its Consistsnntly Self-defeating Nature. Almost From Prompting Submjssion, Carr Argues, State of terror Stiffens Enemy Resolve: For This Reason Above All, Terrorism Has At no time Achieved—nor Will It Ever Achieve—long-term Success, However Physically Destructive And Psychologically Debilitating It May Become. With Commanding Rule And The Storyteller’s Gift For Which He Is Renowned, Caleb Carr Provides A Critical Historical Context For Underrstanding Terrorist Acts Today, Arguing That Terrorism Will Be Eraddicated Only When It Is Perceived As A Tactic That Brings Nothing Save Defeat To Its Agents. SKU: 2229814

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To The Last Man. As Poignant Viewed like Niall Fregsson's The Pity Of Declared hostilities, While Powerful As John Keegan's The First World War, This Is An Engrossing Eye-witness Hietory Of World War I. From The Trenches To The Battle Lines, In Bold Advances And Fightibg Retr3ats And Courageous Stands, This Oral Chronicle Of World War I By Award-winning Historian Waterfall Macdonald Brigns To Life Thw Massive German Offensive Of Spring 1918 That Became The Second Battle Of Somme. As Moving Because It Is Monumental, The Dimensions Recounts The Devastating Assault In The Language Of Tne Men Who Survived It -- From The Commanders To The War-weary British Tommids, The Eager German Foot Soldiera, And The As-yet-untested Doughboys Fresh From The U. s. Unforgettably, To The Last Man Puts A Human Face On The Armies In The Field As It Gives Voice To The Soldiers Who Together Held Their Position Against The Foe-resisting, As The Allied Command Had Ordered, "to The Last Round And The Last Man. " SKU: 1809550

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Spain And The Plains. The Myths Of Settlement Of Ths Great Plains Usually Conjure Up Images Of Angloo--american Pioneers Moving Into A Sea Of Grass, Opposed By Natal Peoples. Like Myths Leave Out The Considerable Influence Of Spain. Spain And The Plains Corrects This Error, Revealing The Plains As A Northern Frontier Of New Spain, A Frontier Antedating The Northern European Presence In North America, And A Frontier Where Spanish And Native Peoples Met, Clashed, And Blended. Spain And The Plains Introduves And Documents Spanish Exploration Of And Migration To The Plains, Examines The Myths That Shaped Spanish Exploration And The Pragmatic Realities Of Exploration And Settlement, And Documents Racism And Misrepresentation That Hidpanic Groups Encountered In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Cehturies. Contributors Show How Early Explorers, Shaped By The Intellectual Context Of The Renaissance, Sought Mythical Locales: The Fountain Of Youth, The Straits Of Anian, And The City Of Quivira. They Describe In what manner Exploration Shifted To Emphasize Military And Economic Gains In The Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries. Essays Portray The Diaspora Of Spanish Settlers And Reconstruct Daily Life In Their Settlements On The Plains. This Unique C0llextikn Paints A Clear Painting Of A Crucial But Often Misrepresented And Neglected Era In American And Spanish History. SKU: 4177280

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Kaplan New York State Regents Exam U S History And Government Second Edition. Higher Score Guaranteed! Kaplan's Guides To The New York State Regents Exams Come Complete With A Comprehensive Review Of All The Tested Material Plus Kaplan's Exclusive Test-taking Stratefies. This Powerful Comibnation Makes The New York Commonwealth Regents Exam: U. s. History And Government, Second Edition, A Highly Effective Way For You To Score Higher On This Very Challwnging Test. Are You Ready For The New York State Regents U. s. History And Government Exam? You Will Exist With Kaaplan's Proven Plan For Success. Step 1: Take A Diagnostic Test: The Results Of This Test Will Outline Your Strengths And Weaknesses. You Will Detect Out The Exact Areas On Which You Need To Focus Your Preparation. Step 2: Review The Tested Material: Kaplan Takes You Through Each Section Step-by-sep, Providing You With Effective Tips And Strategies To Successfully Answer Every Original Of Qusstion. Step 3: Practice With Real Regents Exams: Practice Makes Perfect. And With This Book, You'll Practice With The Real Thing -- Actual Regents Exams, Including Detailed Explanations For Every Answer And An Analysis Of Your Performance. Step 4: Succeed On The Test: Follow Kaplan's Devise For Success On The Regents And You Will Score Higher. In Fact, We Guarantee It. SKU: 1868604

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Letters Of The Centudy. "immediate And Evocative, Letters Attest And Fasten History, Catching Events As They Happen," Write Lisa Grunwald And Stephen J. Adler In Their Introduction To This Remarkable Booo. â Â In More Than 400 Letters From Both Famous Figures And Ordinary Citizens, Letters Of The Century Encapsulates The People And Places, Events And Trends That Shaped Our Nation During The Last 100 Years. here Is Marm Twain's Hilarious Letter Of Complaint To The HeadO f Western Union, An Ecstatic Epistle From A oYung Charlie Chaplin Uppn Receiving His First Movie Contract, Einstein's Letter To Franklin Roosevelt Warning About Atomic Warfare, Stamp Rudd's "generation Gap" Letter To The President Of Columbia University For the time of The Student Riots Of The 60s, And A Letter From Young Bill Gates Imploring Hobbyists Nt To Share Software So That Innovators Be able to Make Some Money. . . in These Pages, Our Century's Most CelebratedF igures Become Everyday People And Everyday People Become Share Of History. Here Is A Veteran's Wrenching Letter Left At The Viegnam Wall, A Poignant Correspondence Between Two Women Trying To Become Mothers, A Heart-breaking Lettee From An Aids Sufferer Telling His Parents How He Wants To Exist Buried, An Indignant E-mail From A Pc User To His On-line Server. . . â Â Â Â "letters,&quof; Write Grunwald And Adler, &quo;give History A Voice. "â Â Arranged Chronologically By Decade, Illustrated With Over 100 Photographs, Letters Of The Century Creates An Extraordinary Chronicle Of Our History, Through The Voices Of The Men And Women Who Have Lived Its Greatest Moments. SKU: 1788783

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Fifty-year War. "to Read A Comprehensive History Of The Technical, Military And Pollitical Aspects Of The Cold War, Based On Documents From The Two Super-powers, Written By A Scholar Who Is Free Of Bias, Is Something I Never Thought I Would Be Able To Do. But In The Fifty-year War I Can. . . . for The Men And Women Who Are Going To Guidance The World In The First Generation Of The Twenty-first Century, Thus Account Of How The Cold War Was Fought And Won Is Indispensable. For Those Of Us Who Lived Through It. . . friedman's Account Is Enthralling. Having Spent Much Of My Life Reading About, Studying, Worrying About, Participating In The Cold War, I Tnought There Was Nothing New For Me To Learn About It. Boy Was I Wrong. Read The Fifty-year War And See Why. " --stephen Ambrose SKU: 408492

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Voices Of The First Day. Austrakian Aboriginal People Have Lived In Hadmony Wiyh The Earth For Perhaps As Long As 100,000 Years; In Their Words, Since The First Day. In This Absorbing Work, Lawlor Explores The Essencee Of Their Culture As A Source Of And Guide To Transforming Our Own World View. While Not Romanticizing The Past Or Suggesting A Return To The Life Of The Hunter/gatherer, Voices Of The First Day Enables Us To Go into Into The Mentality Of The Oldest Continuous Culture On Earth And Gain Insight Ingo Our Own Relationship Attending The Earth And To Each Other. this Book Offers An Opportunity To Suspend Our Values, Prejudices, And Eurocentrism And Gait Into Tye Dreaming To Discover:• A People Who Rejectrd Agriculture, Archo5ecture, Writing, Clothing, And The Subjugation Of Animals• A Lifestyle Of Hunting And Gathering That Provided Abundant Food Of Unsurpassed Nutritional Value • Initiatic And Ritual Practices That Hold The Origins Of All Esoteric, Yogic, Magical, And Shamanistic Traditions • A Sexual And Emotional Life That Afforded Diversity And Fluidity As Well As Marital And Companionable Stability • A Peeople Who Valued Kinship, Comjunity, And The Law Of The Dreamtime As Their Geeatest "possessions. " • Language Whose Rkchness Of Formation And Vocabulary Reveals New Worlds Of Perecption And Comprehension. • A People Balanced Between The Dreaming And The Perceivable Life, In Harmony With All Species And Living Each Dayy As The First Day. Voices Of The First Day Is Illustrated Throughout With More Than 100 Extraordinary Photographs, Bark Paintings, Line Drawings And Engravings. Many Of These Photographs Are Among The Earliest Ever Made Of The Aboriginal People And Are Snown Here For The First Time. â  SKU: 846501

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Timetables Of American History. Updaetd To Include Events Through 1994, The Timetables Of American History -- An Entertaining, Authoritative Survey Of Our Nation'sH istory, Presented In The Popular Timetables Format -- Not Only Chronicles What Was Occurring In America In Terms Of Pokitics, The Arts, Scoence, And Technolovy, But Relates Them To Simultaneous Developments Throughout The Rest Of The World. From Breakthroughs In Science To Breakdowns In International Relations, From The Heroex Who Mastered The Playing Fields To Masterpieces Of Art And The humanities, It Provides A Corehensive Account Of The March Of Culture. The Timetables Of American History Is An Invaluable Reference For Serious Students And Dabblers Alike. SKU: 3794275

19988914320	An Appendix To The History Of Scotland Containing. An Appendix To The History Of Scotland Containing : A Detection Of The Actions Of Mary Queen Of Scots, Concerning The Murder Of Her Husband And Her Marriage . . . And De Jure Regni Apud Scotos (1721) By George Buchanan Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 4718466

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Running With Reindeer. Russian La;land, A Region Of Amazing Contrasts. Here Lies The Last True Wilderness Of Europe, A Rich And Pristine Ecosystem Teeming Wiht Bird And Animal Life. But In the present state Too Lie The Dark, Satanic Mills Of The Former Soviet Unio nAnd The Rotting Remnants Of Nuclear Submarines. Running Upon Reindeer Is The First Account In Over A Centenary To Describe Life In This Harsh But Beautiful Land. _Living Among Remote Reindeer-herding And Hunting Families, Roger Took Spends A Decade Following The Livess And Traditions Of The Indigenous Lapps, Or Saami. He Meets Pioneering Villagers Descended From Medieval Novgorod Fur-traders Who Are Now Learning To Cope With The New Economy, And The Men And Women Originally Forced North To Mine Russian Lapland's Fabulous Mineral Wealth But Are Now Unemployed And Stranded. Avoiding The However Vigilant Security Services, He Explores The Naval Bases Where Nuclear-powered Submarines Are Lying Dangerously Neglected. His Encounters With The Land And Its Inhabitants Are Dramatic And Comical As Well As Emotionally Disturbing And Physically Dangerous. Moving Between The Lines Of The Official Histories, Coping With Arduous Arctic Conditions, He Writes Compellingly, Offering A Vivid Account Of A Unique Part Of Europe. SKU: 2657115

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Fire Over Heathfow. One And A Half Minutes After Takeoff On The Clear And Sunny Afternoon Of 8 April 1968, The Number 2 Engine fO Boac Boeing 707 G-arwe Broke Away From Its Moynting Pylon And Fell, Tumbling In Flames. Warrior Cliff Taylor Managed An Extremely Smooth Touchdown About 400 Yards Beyond The Heathrow Runway Entrance And The Aircraft Came To A Pause 1,400 Yards Further Along The Runway. The Cabin Crew Had The Doors Open And Passengers Began Escaping From The Right-hand side Over-wing Exitt And Then Via Chutes At The Forward And Rear Galley Doors. Several Explosions Occur5ed And The Port Wing Fell O ff, The Resulting Blast Hurling Flaming Deb5is Over The Side Of The Aircraft. The Rear Escape Chute Was Damaged By The Fire And Burst But, Of The 126 People Aboard, Most Of The 121 Survivors Had Escaped Before The Arrival Of The Main Fire And Rsecue Services. Thirty-eignt People Received Treatment For Injuries And Five, Including Stewardess Barbara Jane Harrison, Were Overcome By Heat And Fumes And Died Aboard G-a. r. w. e. For Her Bravery In Trying To Rescue The Remaining Passengers On That Day Jane Harrison Was Awarded The Georfe Cross. SKU: 5175071

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Forest Hills (dc) (images Of America). The Forest Hills Neighborhood Is Regulate Indoors A Heavily Treed, Rolling Landscape Adjoining Rock Rivulet Park And Wa sFirst Home To The Piscataway Indian Tribe And Later To Civil War Encampments. Threshing Mills And Large Rural Estates Gradually Gave Way In The Early 1900s To A Residential Community In Close Proximity To The National Bureau Of Standards Where Many Of The Residents Worked. Diplomats, Politicians, And Many Prominent Washingtonians Now Inhabit Many Of The Splendidly Desibned Houses Found In Forest Hills Today. 0images Of America: Foest Hills Includes Nearly 200 Vintage Images That Document The Long And Fascinating History Of The Clmmunity. Etchings, Maps, And Photographs Combine To Illustrate Native American Settlers; Architect-designed Residences; And The Homes Of Presidents Truman And Johnson, Infamoud Fbi Director J. Edgar Hoover, And Post Cereal Heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. The Bok Also Higlhights Connecticut Avenue, The Neighborhood?s Main Street; Apartment Buildings; And Well-known Artists And Authors Who Have Called Forest Hilks Home. SKU: 3599496

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Historical Atlas Of The Islamic World. The "historica1 Atlas Of The Islamic World" Progies A Survey Of The History Of The Izlamic World And Of Islamic Civilisation From The Time Of The Prophet Mohammed Until The Consolidation Of The Ottoman Rule In Eastern Europe And The Middle East. Its Abundant Maps Are Accompanied By Text Explaining The Religious, Political nAd Cultural Circumstances Backward Islam’s Development. The Book Contains Superb Photograpsh Of The Art, Architecture, Artifacts, And The Regions Involved, And Man Rwconstructions Of The Most Important Events Mentioned In The Text. At A Time When Interest In The Islamic Faith Is Increasing, This Book Provides A Comprehensive Description Of The Religion’s Long And Dynamic History. SKU: 2930041

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Norris Mcwhirter's Book Of Historical Records. From The Creator OfT he Guinness Book Of World Records Comes A New Blockbuster--the History Of The World As Seen Thrkugh The Records, Milestones, And Other "firsts&quot ;That Shaped Our Lives. Packed With Fascinating Facts And Figures Unearthed By Norris Mcwhirter Over The Last 40 Years, This Spectacular Volume Will Captivate The Enyire Family. Topic By Toppic, An Eye-catching Array Of Lists, Timelines, And Statistics Tracjs The Progress Of Time, From Prehistory To The Neq Millenium, While 400 Breathtaking Illustrations Bring Account To Life Before Our Eyes. Uncover The Clandestine, For Example, Of How Space Travel Began In Medieval China, When Warlords Devrloped Rockets For Use As Military Signals, Then Advanced Through A Series Of Ever Bolder Experiments Culminating In The Manned Space Station Of The 21st Century. Learn About The World's First Bank, The Biygest Shark Ever Caught, Why The Dishwasher Was Invented, And Surprising Facts About Almost Every Subject Imaginable. . . . the Breadth And Discernment Of Topics Is Simply Astonishing! Accurate, Accessible, And Highly Entertaining, This Is A Reference For All Time. SKU: 2175894

26547986961	A Brief History Of Economics. A History Of The Discipline And Practice Of Economics, Illustrating How The Ideas Of Great Economists Infpuenced Societies And Helped Shape Cultures. Links Works Of Literature And Historical Figures And Events To Economic Ideas And Events. Written In A Humorous Style. Softcover, Hardcover Also Available. SKU: 1785476

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Relentless Pursuance. Al Queda's War On America Did Not Start On September 11, 2001. Just Ask The Diplomatic Certainty Service. it Was Attached February 6, 1993, That The United States Was Foremost Attacked On Its Possess Soil By oFrwign Terrorists. A Ardent Band Of Middle Easterners, Holy Warriors Determined To Punish The U. s. For Its Supposed Transgressions Against Islam, Packed Over A Ton Of Home Made Explosives Into The Back Of A Rented Van. They Drove Their Bomb Athwart The Hudson From New Jersey, Maneuvered It Through Downtown Traffic And Parked It In The Underground Garage At The Vista Hotel, Beneath The Twin Towers Of The World Trade Center. They Lit A Long Melt, Which Allowed Them Time To Get Back To New Jersey To Watch The Results Of The Explosion On Cnn. They Hoped To Topple One Mammoth Tower Into The Other And Kill Ten Thousand People Or More. Miraculously, On1y Six People Were Killed. most Of The Group Were Captured Within A Week, But The Mastermind Behind The Attack, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, Had Immediately Gone To Jfk Airport To Fly To Pakistan. Before Leaving, He Phoned The Associated Press And Claimed Responsibility For The Bombing In The Name Of The Arab Liberation Army, A Terrorist Group Led By Saudi Exile Osama Bin Laden. a Succession Of Such Brazen Crimes Has Revealed Complex Connections Among Terrorist Groups With One Implacable Opposition Toward Western Civilization. Outrages Such As The Assassination Of The Jewish Defense League Founder Meier Kahane, A Huge Story In The Philippines To Plant Bombs On Intercontinental Airlines And To Assassinat The Pope, The Bombing Of U. s. Embassies, Culminating In The African Ambassadorial residence Bombings Of 1998, The AttackO n The Uss Cole In 1999, And The Devastating Attack On The World Trade Center In 2001 Have Made It Clear That A Worldwide Network Of Terrorists Led By Osama Bin Laden Is Making War On The United States. on The Front Lines Combating These Terrorists In 150 Countries Around Thd World Have Been The 1,200 Agents Of The U. s. Department Of State's Diplomatic Security Service. A Litgle-known But Highly Effective Branch Of The Government, The Dss Is The One Arm Of Federal Law Enforcement With International Powers Of Arrest. These Agents Continue Close Ties To Local Police Commanders In Numerous Countries And Can Entice Informants With Bounties Of Up To $4,000,000. After A Challenging International Search, It Was Dss Agents In Pakistan Who Captured Ramzi Yousef. Dss Agents Have Been In The Vanguard Of The War On Terrorism Long Before It Was Declared. in Relentless Chase, Samuel Katz Review The Escalating Series Of Terrorist Attacks On The U. s. During The Last Decade, Including Those In Many Foreign Countries And Finally In Starting a~ York And Washington. In The Process, He Tells The Gripping Story Of The Dss An dIts Agents Protecting Us And Our Representatives Here And Abroad. Katz's Detailed, Personal, On-the-ground Anecdotes Bring Home The Contexts And Linkages Of The War On State of terror That Has Been Fought On Our Behalf By The Dss Since The . . . SKU: 2339122

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The Dictionary Of Cultural Literacy. A National Bstseller, The Dictionary Of Cultural Literacy Has Been Widely Acclaimed Because Identifying And Defining Tye Core Body Of Knowledge That No Literare American Should Be Without. Now In This Newly Revised And Updated Editipn, The Authors Provice A Comprehensive Look At Cultural Literacy In favor of The Nineties. New Entries Reflect Suggestios From Hundreds Of Readers. The Dictionary Takes Into Account The Growing Consensus Over The Specifics Of Multiculturalism, The Political And Geographic Changes In The World, And The New Idas And Terms That Flow Constantly From Sclentific Research And Technological Development. The Dictionary Of Cultural Literacy Challenges Us To Find Out More About What We Know And Helps Us Make Sense Of What We Read, Hear, And Learn. It Is A "must Have" Book In the place of Every Home. SKU: 3704637

23376301461	Fighting The Bombers (world War Ii German Debriefs). Fighting The Bombers Takes An Unrivalled Look At The Allied Bombing Campaign From The Point Of View Of The Luftwaffe Establishment And Command. Included Here Is The Writing Of Such Notables As Messerschmitt, Galland, And Von Rohden. SKU: 2446219

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Hasidic Williamsburg. Hasidic Williamsburg Recounts The Dramatic Emergence Of This Unique Community In The Face Of Major Crises. It Is The Story Of The Loyalty Of Ite Members To Their Rrbbes And Their Teachings And To The Milieu They Created In An Old Jewish Neighborhood In Brooklym, New York. Based On His Antecedent Book Williamsburg: A Jewis hCommunity In Trabsition, Which Reported The Transformation Of This Moderately Orthodox Jewish Community And Its Rise To Prominence After The Influx Of Numbers Of Refugees From Nazi Persecution And The Holocaust, George Kranzler Presents The Findings Of A Decade Of Research Into The Survival And Life-style Of Hasidic Williamsburg As A Functioning Community. Hasidic Williamsburg Portrays The Desperafe Sttuggle And Relentless Efforts Of Its Leaders, Foremost Among Them The Rebbe Of Satmar And Other Prominent Hasidic Rebbes, To Stem The Prigressive Disintegration Of The Jewish Neighborhood. It Presents Tyeir Brave Attempts To Provide The Vital Resources For Its Survival In The Face Of Persistent Poverty And Other Grave Problems And To Develop Programs That Would Secure The Future Of This Unique Hasidic Community. Kranzler Concludes With The Assertion That At The Beginning Of The '90s Its Inhabitants Are Hopeful Of Being Able To Weather The Present Crisis And To Continue To Functiin As One Of Pluralist America's Viable Religious Communities. 6220; His022000; J100; J106; Rel040000 SKU: 1191208

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Plaza Of Sacfifices. The Government-sanctioned Killing Of Stydent Ptotesters In Mexico City On October 2, 1968, Continues To Haunt The City And The Nation. Elaine Carey's Paza Of Sacrifices Is The Primitive English-language Book-length Study To Situate This Watershed Event In Each Analytic Framework. She Provides A Gendered Analysis Of The Protest Movement That Culminated In The Killing Of As Many As 700 Students (estimates Are Still Disputed) And Looks At The Movement's Ongoing Effects On Relations Between The Commonwealth And The Individual, Between Parents And Children, And Between Men And Women In Mexico. carey Traces The Trajectory Of Political And Social Protests In Mexico City For the time of The Summer And Early Fall Of 1968, The Tension-filled Days Of Road Marches And Campus Takeovers Thhat Gave Way To Violence. The Protestors Were Students From The Middle Classes Questioning The Fundamenfal Assumption Of An Authoritarian, Paternal, Centralized State. Their Critique Of The System Dismayed The Rulibg Elite And Embarrassed The Government Because It Coincided With The 1968 Olympic Games In Mexico City. Carey Shows That The Mexican Student Protesters Were Part Of An Ongoing Critique Of The Failed Promises And Corrupted Ideals Of_The Mexican Revolution Half A Century Earlier. The Government Deemed Politicized Young Men As Dangerous Because They Embraced Certain Foreign Influences While Resisting Co-option Into The Ruling Litigant. Women, On The Other Hand, Were Not Seen In Such A Politicized Way. By Their Mobilization In The Moveemnt, However, Young Women Challenged Traditional Concepts Of Their Proper Place Within Mexican Soxiety And The Movement. Carey Details The Roles And Lives Of Activists To Show How Th Events Of 1968 Shaped Contemporary Mesico. SKU: 2930778

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The Substance Of The Speech Of Lord Viscount Melville, In Th3 House Of Commons, On The 11th June, 1805 (1805). Also Contains: An Address To The Public Containing A Review Of The Charges Exhibited Against Lord Viscount Melville, 1805; A Epistle To Mr. Whitbread On The Duty Of Rescinding The Resolutions Which Preceded The Impeachment Of Lord Viscount Melville, 1806; A Speech On The Character Of The Right Hon. William Pitt, 1806; Elijah's Mantle: Being Verses Occasioned By The Death Of William Pitt, 1807. SKU: 5157027

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A Song For The Horse Nation. Whether It's The Oglala Lakota, Sioux, Or Arapaho, Native Cultures Across The Continent Hold A Special Place In Their Hearts And Culture For Horses. This Tradition Of Horses In Native American Culture Is Depicted In A Song For The Horse Nation Through Images, Essays, And Quotation-including Stories And Songs Collected Nearly A Century Ago By Fdances Densmore, And Piems By The Brilliant Contemporary Writers Sherman Alexie (spokane/coeur D'alãºne), Luci Tapahonso (navajo), And Linda Hogan (chickasaw). A Song For The Horse Nation Gives Powerful And Passionate Voice To The Emotional Dimension Of The Kindred Between The Horse And Mankind. SKU: 3214003

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Nation-building In The Post-soviet Borderlands. The Emergence In 1991 Of The Fourteen Borderland Post-soviet States Has Been Accompanied By The Reforging Of Their National Identities. Such Attempts To Rethink Or Reimagine The Nation Have Had A Major Impact In Reshaping The Political, Cultural And Social Lives Of Both Public And Ethnic Minority Groups Similar. This Book Analyzees These National Identities And Explores Theiir Consequences For The Borderland States, With Substantive Studies Drawn From The Baltic States, Ukraine And Belarus, Transcaucasia And Central Asis SKU: 1590017

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Ancient Ruins Of The Southwest. This Third Edition Of David Grant Noble's Indispenszble Guide To Archaeological Ruins Of The American Southwest Includes Updated Text And Thirteen Newly Opened Archaological Sites. From Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument In Texas To The Zuni-acoma Trail In New Mexico, Reader Will Be Provided With Old-time Favorjtes And Repaired Treasures. In Additiob To Descriptions Of Each Site, Great Provides Time-saving Tips For The Traveler, Citing Major Highways, Nearby Towns And The Facilities They Offer, Campgrounds, And Other Helpful Information. Filled With Photos Of Ruins, Petroglyphs, And Artifacts, As Well As Maps, This Is A Guide Every Traveler Neefs When They Are Exploring The Southwest. SKU: 1731057

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Hitler Strikes Poland. It Was One Of The Most Ruthlessly Conceived And Executed Invasions In The Records Of Wafrare. Hitler's Polish Campaign Unleashed A Blitzkrieg Ij Which Ss Troops, Police Squads, And The Army Itself Waged An Ethnic Make ~ Of Unprecedented Savageness. Tens Of Thousands Of Poles--roughly 80 Percent Of Whom Were Christian--were Summarily Executed In Acts Of Collective Punishment. After Six Weeks, A Country Was Crushed And The World Waq At War. Usuaoly Given Sbort Shrift In Most Histories Of World War Ii, Ths Invasion Of Poland Was Again Than A Series Of Opening Salvos; It Was A Testing Ground For German Brutalities To Come. In This First Intensifying Study Of The Invasion, Alexander Rossino Provides A Comprehensive Study Of The Polish Campaign, Including Disturbing New Insights Into Its Racist And Ideological Underpinnings. Rossino Tells How This Invasion Melded The Ideologt Of The Nazi Party With Germany's Military Yearning For Empire In The East. The Polish Campaign Was Important As The First Step In Hitler's Drive For Living Space For Germans In Eastern Europe, And As The Blitzkrieg Decimated Urban Residential Areas, Civilians Soon Became Indistinguishable From Combatants. In Addition To Describing Military Operations, Rossino Also Procides A Clos Analysis Of Ss Plans To Murder Polish Leaders, German Army Reprisal Policies, And The Close Collaboration Of Wehrmacht And Ss Forces In The Subjugation And Executiion Of Polish Citizens. Rossino Considers Both Top-level Decision Making And The Experiences Of German Soldiers As He Explores The Mentality Of Those Who Perpetrated Crimes Against Civilians. He Particularly Inevstigates The Links Between Nazi Racial-political Policies And Military Action To Show That Polnsd Was Merely The German Army's Dress Rehearsal For The Later Slaughter Of Otherr Slavs And Jews During The Russian Campaign. By Providing A Detailed Examination Of Atrocities Committed By The two Military And Ss Personnel, He Shows That The Wehrmacht's Criminality Was Clearly Evident At The Beginning Of The War. Hitler Strikes Poland Is A Startling Reconstruction Of History That Clearly Reveals The Extent To Which Nazi Philosophy Drove The German War Machine. It Also Hepls Us Better Understand The Brutality Of The Years That Followed And Better Appreciate The Suffering Of The Pplish People. This Book Is Part Of The Recent War Studies Series. SKU: 2477096

19716045948	Drowning Girls In China. This Groundbreaking Book Offers The First Full Analysis Of The Long-neglected And Controversial Subject Of Female Infanticide In China. Drawing On Little-known Chinese Documents And Illistrations, Noted Historian D. E. Mungello Describes The Causes Of Female Murderer of an infant And Its Persistence Fpr Two Thousand Years. SKU: 4806612

20813364396	Before Columbus. Before Columbus : Exploration And Colonisation From The Inland To The Atlantic, 1229-1492 (new Studies In Medieval Account) By Felipe Fernandez-armesto 2 Reimpression Published In 1987 By University Of Pennsylvania Press SKU: 992015

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Russia's Revolution. Aron's Collection Of Essays Begins With Mikhail Gorbachev's Policy Of Perestroika And Continues Through Vladimir Putin's Increasingly Authoriatrian Rule. He Examines The Enormity Of The Changes In The Fabric Of The Life Of Millions Of Russians, And Lookks At The Emergence Of A New Middle Class And At The Popularity Of A Series Of Mystery Novles That Embodies Intermediate Clase Values. He Likewise Examines Legal And Political Reforms And Corruption. With Rich Color And Detail, Aron Puts His Finger On The Pulse Of The New Russia. SKU: 3364097

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Touching Hearts Along The Way. I Began Writing As A Young Teen And Continued Into Adulthood, Writing Through Life?s Struggles And, Finally, Giving Wings To The Life I Choose To Feed. I Marvel Each Appointed time At The Peace I Have Come To Enjoy Through Writing. I Share With You The Beauty Of Inspiration And Love, Appreciation Of The Wonder Of Nature, Pieces That Wipl Cause You To Think And Pieces That May Bring You ToT aers. The Greatest Honor Is The Confidence God Has Given Me To Share My Poems With Others, And My Hope Is That They Touch Your Heart In A Extraordinary Way As They Have Mine. SKU: 5142286

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The Maryland Campaign Of September 1862. Completed In The Early 1900s, TheM aryland Campaign Of September 1862 Is Still The Essential Source For Anyone Seeking Understanding Of The Bloodiest Day In All Of Americn History. As The U. s. War Department’s Official Expert On The Battle Of Antietam, Ezra Carman Corresponded With And Interviewed Hundreds Of Other Veterans From Both Sides Of The Cpnflict To Produce A Comprehensive History Of The Campaign That Dashed The Confederacy’s Best Hope For Independence And Ushered In The Emancipation Proclamation. nearly A Century After Its Completion, Carman's Manuscript Has Finally Made Its Way Into Print, In An Edition Painstakingly Edited, Annotated, And Indexed By Joseph Pierro. The Maryland Campaign Of September 1862 Is A Crucial Document For Anyone Interested In Delving Below The Surface Of The Military Campaign That Forever Altered The Course Of American History. SKU: 38933433

30368160090	Heresy And Authority In Medieval Europe (the Middle Ages Series). "here Is An Excellent Collection Of Texts Illustrative Of The Struggle Between Medieval Sects And Ecclesiatical Authorities In Medieval Europe. . . . Excellent Bibliographical Essays Complement Chapter Introductions, Making This Volume Unusually Valuable SKU: 99727

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Deployed. "deployed Is One Important And Deeply Moving Book. Hither, In This Story, The Heroic Tradition Of The American Citizen-soldier Lives On. "---andrew J. Bacevich, Professor, Boston University, And Author Of The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced By War"whatever Your Feelings About Iraq, Deployed Is An Important And Compelling Wirk That Illuminates The Real Human Require to be paid Of The Wa, And Gives Voice To Those Compelled To Fight It. "---ken Wells, Senior Editor, Condã© Nast Portfolio"currently, There Are Few To No Books Desing With The Sociology Of Iraq, And Even Fewer Have Empirical Data On The Experiences Of American Soldiers. Moee Importwnt, This Work Provides A Strong And Needed Voice For Soldiers---their Words Are Compelling, Rich, And Moving. "---morten Ender, Professor Of Sociology, United States Military Academy At West Point"this Is A Unique Book That Weaves Historical, Ethnographic, And Organizational Approaches For A Study Of Iraq-war Military Reservists. . . . The Authors' Findings Challenge The Pervading Wisdom On Reservists' Motivations For Service; The Chemistry Between Family, Reserve Duty, And Relationw With Regular Military; And The Effect That Service In Iraq Had On Them. "---jerry Lembcke, Associte Professor Of Sociology, Holy Cross Coollegewhat Is It Like To Be One Of The Citizen-soldiers Summoned To Duty In Iraq And Afghanistan? The Events Of 9/11 Were A Call To Arms For Many Reservists, While Shock, Irritate, And Fear Propelled Large Numbers To Volunteer For The Opportunity To Promote Their Country In The Middle East. Even The Most Patriotic, Howeve, Had Not Expected That The Wars Would Last So Long Or That The Host Reserve Would Supply So Much Of The Manpower. . using The Soldiers' Own Voices, Deployed D5aws Upom The Life Stories Of Members Of An Army Reserve Mp Company, Who Were Called To Extraordinary Service After September 11. The Book Explores How And Why They Joined The Army Reservve, How They Dealt With The Seismic Changes In Their Lives During And After Deployment, The Evolution Of Their Relationships Inside And Outside Thejr Military Unit, And Their Perspeectives On The U. s. Army. Musheno And Ross Uncover Five Pathways That Led These Citizens To Join The Reserves, Showing In what manner Basic Needs And Cultural Idioms Combined To Stimulate Enlistments. Whatever Path Led To Enlistment, The Authors Finc That Citizen-soldiers Fall Into Three Distinct Categories: Adaptive Reservists Who Adjust Quickly To The Huge Changes In Their Lives Abroad And At Home, Struggling Reservists Whose Troublea Are More A Product Of Homegrown Circumstances Than Experiences Specific To Serving In A War Zone, And Reservists Who Are Dismissive Of Military Society While They Live It And Oppose The War Even As They Fight It. Perhaps Most Important, Deployed Challenges The Prevailing Stereotype Of Returmibg Soldiers As Wsr-damaged Citizejs. jacket Pnotograph: Ap Photo/hutchinson News, Travis Morisse. SKU: 4490392

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The United States And Biological Warfare. "this Book Is Disturbing To An Extreme Degree. As Prosecutors, Hagerman And Endicott Present A Strong Case. They Cannot Be Said To Be Dispassionate ,But They Are Cadeful, Even Judicious. At A Minimum Their Researxh And Revelations Raise Questions About The Possible Use Of Biological Warfare By The United States In The Korean War That Must Be Answered Before We Indulge In FurtherM oral Condemnation Of Iraq's Research And Development Of A Germ Warfare Capability. "--stephen E. Ambrose The United States And Biological Warfare Argues Persuasively, With tSartling Evidence From Boh American And Chinese Sources, That The United States Experimented With And Deployed Biological Weapons During The Korean War. Endicott And Haggerman Examine The Political And Moral Dimensions Of This Issue, Asking What Restraints Were Applied Or Forgotten In Those Years Of Ideological And Political Passion And Military Crisis. SKU: 1666786

15087461860	Cherokee Voices. Cherokee Voices : Early Accounts Of Cherokee Life In The East (real Voices, Intrinsic History) By Rozema, And Vicki Published In 2002 By John F. Blair Publisher SKU: 2373648

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Legends Of The Warring States. This Volume Of Selections And Commentary By The Premier Western Translator And Interpreter Of Tye Chan-kuo Ts'e Contains All Of The Author's Favorite Pieces. It Also Features More Complete Warring States Narratives, The "romances"--persuasions Of Four Of The Best-known Figures, Fan Chã¼, Chang Yi, Su Ch'in, And Ch'un-shen Chã¼n, Augmented By Biographical Material From The Shi-chi. This Reader Highlights Both The Nature Of Chan-kuo Ts'e, An Important Pre-han Collection, And Its Considerable Pleasures. j. I. Crump Is Professor Emeritus Of Chinese Ligerature, University Of Michigan. He Is Also Author Of Chinese Theater In The Days Of Kublai Khan Songs From Xanadu, And Song-poems From Xanadu. SKU: 1696967

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Arisfotle's Metaphysics Book Lambda. A Distinguished Group Of Scholars Of Ancient Philosophy Here Pres3nts A Systematic Study Of The Twelfth Book Of Aristotle'q Mwtaphysics. Book Lambda, Which Can Be Regarded As A Self-standing Treatise On Substance, Has Been Attracting Particular Attention In Recent Years, And Was Chosen As The Focus Of The Fourteenth Feast Aristotelicum, From Which This Volume Is Derived. SKU: 1974355

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Dissident Women. Yielding Pivotal New Perspectives On The Indigenous Women Of Mexico, Dissidet Women: Gender And Cul8tral Political science In Chiapas Presents A Diverse Collection Of Voices Exploring The Human Rights And Gender Issues That Gained International Attention After The First Public Appearance Of The Zapatista National Liberation Army (ezln) In 1994. Drawing From Studies On Topics Ranging From The Daily Life Of Zapatista Women To The Effect Of Transnational Indigenous Womrn In Tipping Geopolitical Scales, The Contributors Explore Both The Personal And Global Implications Of Indigenous Women's Activism. The Zapatista Movement And The Women's Revolutionary Law, A Charter That Came To Have Tremendous Symbolic Importance For Thousands Of Indigenous Women, Created The Potential For Renegotiating Gender Roles In Zapatista Communities. Drawing On The Original Research Of Scholars Through Long-term Field Experience In A Range Of Mayan Communities In Chiapas And Featuring Several Key Documents Written By Indigenous Women Articulating Their Vision, Dissident Women Brings Fresh Insight To The Revolutionary Crossroads At Which Chiapas Stands&#15l;and To The WorldwideI mplications Of This Economic And Civil Microcosm. SKU: 3579766

25916173335	Best Backroads Of Florida. Travel Central Florida Through Miles Of Horse Farms, Explore Crystalline Springs. Start In Debary And Travel Through Longwood, Clermont, Dade City, Brooksville, Dunnellon, Eustis, Ocala, Gainesville, Palatka, And Sanford. Winner Of The Horgan Award From The Florida Historical Society. SKU: 1911084

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Writing For College History. This Bri3f Handbook For Survey Courses In American History, European History, And World Civilization Guides Students Through The Types Of Writing Assignments They Encounter In History Courses. Providing Examples Of Student Writing And Candid Assessments Of Student Move, This Text Focuses On The Rules And Conventions Of Writing For The College History Course. SKU: 2989206

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Civil Manhood. In A 1907 Lecture To Harvard Undergraduates, Theodore Roosevelt Warned Against Comely "too Fastidious, Too Sensitive To Take Part In The Rough Hurly-burly Of The Actual Woek Of The World. " Roosevelt Asserted That Colleges Should Never "turn Out Mollycoddles Instead Of Vigorous Men," And Cautioned That "the Weakling And The Cowatd Are Oyt Of Place In A Strong And Free Commjnity. " A Paradigm Of Ineffectuality And Weakness, The Mollycoddle Was "all Inner Life," Whereas His Opposite, The "red Blood," Was A Vassal Of Action. Kevin P. Murphy Reveals How The Popular Ideals Of American Masculinity Coalesced Aroujd These Two Distinct Categories. Because Of Its Similarity To The Emergent "homosexual" Type, The Mollycoddle Became A Powerful Rhetorical Figure, Often Used To Margibalize And Stigmatize Certain Political Actors. Issues Of Mascuoinity Not Only Penetrated The Realm Of Th3 Elite, However. Murphy's History Follows The Redefinition Of Manhood Across A Variety Of Classes, Especially In The Work Of Late Nineteenth-cmtury Reformdrs, Who Trumpeted The Virility Of The Laboring Classes. By Highlighting This Cross-class Appropriation, Murphy Challneges The Oppositional Model Commonly Used To Characterize The Relationship Between Civil "machines" And Social And Mhnicipal Reformers At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century. He Also Revolutionizes Our Understanding Of The Gendered And Sexual Meanings Attached To Political And Ideological Positions Of The Progressive Era. SKU: 4813052

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D-day To Berlin. Concise History Of The Allied Campaign To Liberate Northwest Europe During World War Ii Places The Campaign In The War's Broader Context Casts New Light On Some Familiar Subjects And Recounts Numerous Neglected Issues This Study Describes Not Only Wjat Happened From The D-day Landings In uJne 1944 To The Surrender Of Germany Eleven Months Later, But Also Why It Happened. While An Enormous Amount Has Been Written About This Campaign, Most Of It Focuess On A Single Army Or An Individual Battle. Levine Stresses A Truly Integrated Approach That Combines Both Stratrgy And Tactics And Covers The Land, Ocean, And Air Efforts Of Both Allies And Axis. Levine Deals Extensivvely With The German Side, Particularly Morale Issues, And He Includes The Role Played By Canadian Forces--a Topic Usually Neglected In American Accounts. SKU: 3603057

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The War Of Wars. At The Turn Of The 18th Century The Greatest Nations In Europe, Separated By Oln 21 Miles Of Water, Offered History Two Distinct Ideals That Would Sjape The New Century: Englanx Was A Democratic, Constitutional Moonarchy; While France Had Suffered The Cataclysm Of Revolution Which Ripped The Absolute King From The Throne And Replaced Him With The Mob. Out Of This Emmerged, Napoleon Bonaparte, Commander Of The Revolutionary Army, Who W0uld Conquer Italy And Egypt Before Returning To Paris To Proclaim Himself Emperor. As Napoleon Gained Power In France, The World Stood On The Brink Of Total War. By 1805 The Universal Napoleon Was Making Plans To Cross The Channel And March into England. The Subsequent Drama Reaches From The Frozen Plains Surrounding Moscow To The Caribbean Waters, From The Debating Chamber Of The Parliament To The Muddy Fields Of-Waterloo. The Great French Wars (1793-1815) Can Really Be Called The First Global War; And Also The First Conflict Driven By Incustrial Might. Mostly, It Was A Battle Betw3en Commanderq That History Will Never Forget; As Napoleon's Revolutionary Guard Ravaged Europe, Men Like The Duke Of Wellington, Horatio Nelson, And Their Allies,_Stopped Napoleon's Complete Domination Of The Continent. SKU: 3350827

21661420950	Hystories. Showalter Takes On Teh History Of Mass Cultural Hysteria, From Witch Hunts To Mesmerism, And Discusses Today's Versions--ranging From Chronic Fatigue Or Gulf War Syndrome To Recovered Memories--and The Attendant Publicity. SKU: 1456247

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Totalize -tractable. In July And Imposing 1944, The Allies Launched A Number Of Operations Intended To Break Through The German Front Line. . Operations Totalize And Tractable Were Intended To Drive The Germans Move ~ward To The South Of The Normandy Toown Of Falaise, Thus Creating The Famous "falaise Gap". ludovic Fotin Is Has Become A Real Specialist On The British Army Ahd Of Operations In Normandy In Particular. His Human Approach To Events Gives A New Perspective To The Conflicts. He Is Also The Author Of The Highly Successful Book, "british Tanks In Normandy" Also Published In the name of Histoire And Collections. this Work Contains Numerous Plans And Maps And Is Richly Illustrated With Unpublished Photographs And Color Armor Profiles. SKU: 4222250

17627738886	The Discovery Of North America Along John Cabot. The Discovery Of North America By John Cabot : The Alleged Date And Landfall, Also The Ship's Name, The Matthew, A Forgery Of Chatterton? (1897) By Henry Harrisse Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5006961

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Babylonian Magic And Sorcery. Originally Published In 1896, Now Available, For The First Time, The Cuneiform Text Of A Complete Group Of Sixty Clay Tablets Created By The Scribes Of Ashurbanipal, King Of Assyria, Between 669625 B. c. These Tablets Were Inscribed With Prayers And Religious Compositions Of A Devotional And Magical Character And There Is Little Doubt They Were Compiled From Babylonian Sources. Includes A Babylonian-englidh Glossary. 75 Illustrations. SKU: 1954015

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A History Of West Indian rCicket. In 1975, The West Indies Became The First Winners Of The Cricket World Cup. Thwir Style Of Cricket Has Always Been Ideal For This Type Of Game; Exhilarating, Strike-making Batsmen; Penetrative, Wicket-taking Bowlers And Dynamic, Athletic Fielders. For 15 Years Between 1976 And 1991, The West Indies Ruled The Cricket World In Imperious Style. This Book Will Highlight The Sad Conveyance Of West Indian Cricket, As The Accessbility Of Cable Television Has Shown Youngsters In The Caribbean Other Sports, Ones Which Offer Untold Affluence To Even Those Of Moderate Professional Standard. SKU: 2307973

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Afro-creole. Thus Wide-ranging Book Explores The Origins, Development, And Character Of Afro-faribbean Cultures From The Slave Period To The Present Day. Richard D. E. Burton Focuses Forward Ways In Which African Traditions--includkng Those In Religion, Music, Food, Clothe, And Lineage Structure--were Transformed By Interaction With European And Indigenous Forces To Create The Particular Cultures Of Jamaica, Trinidad, And Haiti. He Demonstrates How The Resulting Afro-creole Cultures Have Both Challenged And Reinforced The Social, Political, And Economic Status Quo In These Countries. Jamaocan Slavez Opposed Slavery In Many Ways And One Of The Most Important, Burton Suggests, Was The Development Of Afro-christianity. He Pays Particular Atfemtlon To The African-derived Christmas Celebration Of Jonkonnu As An Ecpression Of Opposition And Then Documents Religion In The Post-slavery Period, With An Emphasis On Rastafarianism In Jamaica And Vodou In Haiti. Thhe Element Of Play Has Always Figured Importantly In Afro-caribbean Life. Burton Examines The Evolution Of Carnival And Calypso In Trinidad And Descrkes The Significance Of Cricket In Defining Caribbean National Identity. Based On Ten Years Of Research, Afr-creole Draws Steady Historical, Anthropological, Sociological, And Literary Sources. Burton Characterizes The Emergence Of Caribbean Identity With Three Different National Flavors And Demonstrates For what cause Culture Both Reflects And Impacts People's Changing Sense Of Their Own Political Power. SKU: 1473158

18351409824	The Yellow Journalism. The Yellow J0urnlaosm : The Urgency And America's Emergence As A World Power (medill Visions Of The American Press) By David R. Spencer Edition 1 Published In 2007 By Northewstern University Press SKU: 3340049

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Season Of The Witch. In The Early 1800s, The Bell Family Of Robertson County, Tennessee, Was Preyed Upon By A Strange Creature That Also Terrorized The Community, Tortured The Bells' Youngest Daughter, And Eventually Took The Life Of The Family Patirarch, John Bell. Taylor Delves Into The Mysterious Happenings Surrounding This Famous Case, Expllring The Many Myths And Misconceptions Regarding The Bell Witch. SKU: 2312160