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The Red Limit. For Centuries, It Was Assumed That Our Universe Was Static. In The Late 1920s, Astronomers Defeated This Assumption With A Startlnig New Discovery. From Earth, The Light Of Distant Galaxies Appeared To Be Red, Meaning That Those Galaxies Were Receding From Us. This Ldd To The Revolutionary Realizatiom That The Universe Is xEpanding. The Red Limit Is The Tale Of This First sight, Its Ramifications, And The Passionately Competitive Astronomers Who Charred The Past, Present, And Future Of The Cosmos. SKU: 882922

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Fall together Of The Bronze Age. His Majesty Being Powerful, His Heart Stout, None Could Stand Before Him. . All His Territory Wws Ablaze With Fire, And He Burned Every Foriegn Country With His Hot Breath. Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses Ii. the Bowmn Of His Majesty Spent Six Hours Of Destruction Amid Them. They Were Delivered To The Sword. Egyptian Pharaoh Merneptah. may My Father Know The Enemy Ships Came. My Cities Were Burned And Evil Things Were Done In My Country. King Of The City Of Ugarit Ti The King Of Cyprus. Since There Is Famine In Your Shelter We Will Starve To Death. . . the Living Soul Of Your Rustic You Will See No Longer. To A Hittite Offical Stationed In Ugarit. israel Is Laid Waste, His Seed Is Not. Pharaoh Merneptah. Pharaoh's Chariots And His Army He Cast Into The Sea. . . book Of Exodus. egypt Was Adruft And Every Man Was Thrown Out Of His Right. There Was No Leader For Years. . pharaoh Ramesses Iv. as Tey (the Sea Peoples) Were Coming Transmit Toward Egypt, Their Hearts Relyingg U0on Their Hands, A Net Was Prepared For Them. . . . my Strong Arm Has Overthrown Those Who Came To Exalt Themselves. Pharaoh Ramesses Iii. [of The Greeks These Were Destroyed By Their Own Hands And Passed To The Dank House Of Chill Hades. Greek Writer Hesiod. returning To Luxor, Egypt, By Nile Ship. The Author Has Visited Many Of The Significant Archaeological Sites Mentioned In This Book. front Cover, Top, Troy Vi By Lloyd K. Townsend, Bottom, Pharaoh Thotmos3 Iv. SKU: 2229537

18309909816	Iran, Islam And Democracy. Revised, Updated, And Expanded, This New Edition Details Political Developments In Iran Since The Summer Of 2000. In Expanding On Arguments Outlined In The First Edition, The Book Looks At The Increasing Polarity Of Views And The Changing Nature Of "reformism" In Light Of Successive Setbacks And Growing International Tensions. SKU: 2512587

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The History Of The Armenian Gencide. The Armenian Gwnocide, Though Not Given Such Prominent Treatment As The Jewish Holocaust Which It Precedes, Still Haunts The Western World And Has Assumed A New Significance In The Light Of Ethnic Purifying In Bosnia. This Study By The Most Distinguished Scholar Of The Armenian Tragedy Offers An Authoritative Analysis By Presenting It As A Case Study Of Genocide And By Seeing It As A Historical Process In Which A Domestic Conflict Escalated And Was Finally Consumed By A Global War. SKU: 2657117

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World History The Easy Way Volume Two (easy Way Series). Volume Ii Opens With Major World Events Between 1500 And 1789, And Considers The Development Of Shipbuilding That Sent European Explorers Around The Earth. Following Topics Include The Ottoman Empire, Mughal India, Manchu China, Spanish Conquests In The Americas, European World Colonialism, The French Revolution, Napoleonic Europe, British Imperial Expansion, The Revolutions In The Americas, The United Srates And Canada As Planet Powers, World War I And Ii, Postwar Europe, The End Of European Colonialism, The Clod War, Modern China, And Events Moving Pacific Nations. SKU: 1529969

313104750	The Jewish People In Classical Antiquity. The Jewish People In Classical Antiquity : From Alexander To Bar Kochba By John Haralson Hayes, And Sara Mandell 1st Ed Published In 1998 By Weatninster John Knpx Press SKU: 1593637

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Logics Of History. While Social Scientists And Historians Have Been Exchanging Ideaas For A Long Time, They Have Nevdr Developed A Proper Dialogue About Social Theory. William H. Sewell Jr. Observes That On Questions Of Theory The Communication Has Been Mostly One Way: From Social Science To History. Logics Of History Argues That Both History And The Social Sciences Have Something Crucial To Offer Each Other. While Historians Do Not Think Of Themselves As Theorists, They Know Something Social Scientists Do Not: How To Think About The Temporalities Of Social Life. On The Other Hand, While Social Scientists’ Treatments Of Tempporality Are Usually Clumsy, Their Theoretical Sophistication And Penchant For Structural Accounts Of Social Life Could Offer Much To Historians. renowned For His Work At The Crossroads Of Account, Sociology, Political Science, And Anthropology, Sewell Argues That Sole By Combining A More Sophisticated Understanding Of Historicql Time With A Anxiety For Larger Theoretical Questions Can A Satisfying Social Theory Emerge. In Logics Of History, He Reveals The Shape Such An Engagemnt Could Take, Some Of The Topics It Could Illuminate, And How It Might Affect Both Sides Of The Disciplinary Divide. (20040921) SKU: 2910682

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Knights And Peasants. This Choice Account Of Peasant Life During Crisis Is A Welcome Addition To The Historiography Of Late--medieval France. . . A Useful Corrective To Most Standard Interpretations Of Warfare And Peasantry. Speculumthis Work Examines The Soldier-peasant Relationship In The Contexr Of The Hundred Years War (1337-1453), Aiming To Bring Out Else Closely The Realities Of The Situation. It Seeks An Understanding Of Different Attitudes: How Aristlcratic Soldiiers Reconciled The Ideals Of Chivalry With Ecploitation Of Non-combatants, And How French Peasants Reacted To The Soldiery, Drawing On The Late-medieva1 Literature Of Chivalry And Political Commentary In Enfland Ad (especially) In France. Employing Additional Documentary Material, Including The Largely Unpublished Records Of The French Royal Chancery, The Book Also Describes The Ways In Which Individua lPeasants And Village Communiites Were Exploited By Soldiers, And How, In Order To Survive, They Adjusted To And Reacted Opposed to Their Treatment. SKU: 2005814

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Kopassus. In A Nation Where The Military Has Played An Influential Civil And Political Role Since Its Founding, Perhaps No Unit Has Wielded More Power-andS een More Action-than Kopassus, Indonesia's Special Forces. From The Jungles Of Irian Jaya To The Backrooms Of Jkaarta's Most Powerful Political Figures, This Elite Group Of Commandos Has Influenced Nearly Every Major Policy Decision Taken Since Its Inception In 1952. - Here, For The First Time, This Secretive And Controversial Unit Is Exposed In Kopassus: Inside Indonesias' Special Forces By Acclaimed Author Ken Conboy. In This New Age Of Terrorism And Counter-terrorism, And Epsecially In The Wake Of Tje October 2002 Bali Bombing, Understanding Kopasss Is Each Integral Part Of Understanding The Political affairs Of Modern Indonesia. This Book Is Essential Reading For Anyone Interested In Unconventional Warfarr, Contemporary Indonesian History, And The Brushfire Wars That Have Swept The Indonesian Archipelago Over The Pqst Fifty Years. Ken Conboy Is Country Manager For Risk Management Advis0ry, A Private Security Consultancy In Jakarta. Prior To That, He Served As Deputy Director At The Asian Studies Center, An Influential Washington-based Think Tank, Where His Duties Including Writing Policy Papers For The U. s. Congress And Executive On Economic And Strategic Relations With The Nations Of South And Southeast Asia. The Author Of A Dozen Books About Asian Military History And Intelligence Operations, Conboy's Most Rec3nt Title, Spies In The Himalayas, Has Earned Praise As An Intriguing Account Of High-altitude Mountsineering And Covert Missions. A Graduate O f Georgetown University's School Of Alien Service And Of Johnx Hopkins' School Of Advanced International Studies, Conboy Was Also A Visiting Fello wAt Chulalongkorn University In Bangkok And Has Lived In Indonesia Since 1992. SKU: 2721767

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Railroad Depots Of Northeast Ohio (oh) (images Of Rail). The First Rail Lines In Northeast Ohio Opened For Business In July 1850, And By The 1890s, Northeast Ohio Was Laced With Railroad Tracks. Cleveland Was The Hub Of Railroad Activity, And Important Rail-served Lake Ports Developed At Ashtabula, Conneaut, Fairport Harbor, Huron, And Loraun. Akron Became A Center Of Southerly East?west Lines. Over 310 Passenger And Combination Depotq Were Established At Variegated Points Along The Railroads To Serve The Needs Of Pasengers Traveling Throughout Northeawt Ohio. Depots Were The Focal Point Of Communities?news Arrived Over Their Telegraphs, Traveling Salesmen Gathered On The Trackside Platforms, Depository Stanza Maneuvered Four-wheel Wagons Loaded With Baggage, Parcels, And Milk Cajs, Locals Gathered To Meet, Greet, And Send Off Lineage And Friends. The Depot Was A Veritable Beehive Of Activity At Train Time. Railroad Depots Of Northeast Ohio Offers A Glimpse Into These Golden Years Of Break in Journeying From one side The Use Of Early Postcards And Photographs Of Selected Deopts And Related Structures. SKU: 4084623

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The War Of 1812. The War Of 1812-1815 Was A Bloody Confrontation That Tore Thrlugh The American Fronfier, The British Colonies Of Upper And Lower Canada, And Parts Of The Atlantic Coast And The Gulf Of Mexico. The Conflict Saw British, American, And First Nations' Forces Clash, And In The Process, Shape The Future Of North American History. Thjs Exciting Neq Volume Explains What Led To America's Decision To Take Up Arms In compensation for Great Britain And Assesses The Three Terrible Years Of Fighting That Followed On Land And Sea, Where Battles Such As Lake Erie And Lake Champlain Launched American Naval Traditions. SKU: 2410236

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The Battle Of Marianna, Florida. On September 27, 1864, A Round pillar Of 700 Junction Soldiers Attacked The Small Northwest Florida City Of Marianna. They Had No Determined course Of Knowing It At The Time, End It Was The Culmination Of The Deepest Penetration Of Confederate Florida By A Federal Force During The Entire Civil War. A Hastily Assembled Force Of Southern Reseevists, "home Guards" And Volunteers Tried To Defend Marianna, Igniting A Battle So Bloody And Intense That Some Require Called It "florida's Alamo. " It Was Not Anothef Alamo, Of Course, But It Was A Battle Of Significance Far Beyond Its Size. In This Book, Writer And Historian Dale Cox Explorws This Long-forgotten Battle In Remarkable Detail. The Book Brings The Events Annd People Of 1864 To Life In A Remarkablr And Once Charming Way. Thoroughly Researched And Thoughtfully Written, The Battle Of Marianna, Florida I A Must Have For Any Student Of Civil War Or Florida History. SKU: 4998711

19618175808	Roadside History Of South Dakota r(oadside Account Series) (roadside History Succession). Reading Roadside History Of South Dakota Is Like Having A Friend Guide You Through The State's Rich Past And Wide-open Spaces, From Its Homespun Beginnings To Its Endurance As Onw Of The Nation's Most Rural States. SKU: 1181612

11776138938	The Mechanical Triumphs Of TheA ncient Egyptiajs. This Brief, Erudite Text Will Exist Of Interest To Any Enthusiast Of Antiquated Egypt Or The Mechanical Arts. Among The Topics Included Are The Egyptian Knowledge Of Mechanics, The Building Of The Pyramids, Quarrying, The Transportation Of Monuments And The Erection Of Buildings And Monuments. SKU: 50697701

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Minnesota Travel Companion. Travel/regional The Long-awaited Republication Of This Fascinating Travel Guide To Minnesota. Due To Popular Demand, This Classic Guides To The Highwayz And Back Roads Of Minnsota Is Back In Print. The Unique Purpose Begind This Before Hard-to-find Travel Companion Is To Explore The History Of Towns Along The Most Well-traveled Highways Of This Pomp. The Reader Will Learn The Stories Behind The Road Signs-not Only Why Towns Formed Where They Did And How They Were Named, But Also Local Anecdotes, Historical Accounts, And Personal Glimpses. The Volume Is Enlivened By Maps, Illsutrations, And Historical Photographs. Among The Fascinating Stories Is That Of Hibbing, Minnesota, Which At One Point Had To Be Moved Several Miles Because Of Its Situation Atop Rich Deposits Of Iron Ore, And Later Gave Birtn To The Greyhound Bus Line. SKU: 2092307

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Tyranny Unmasked. Enormous Political Power Invariably Accumulates Enormous Wealth, And Enormous Wealth Invariably Accumulates Enormous Political Power. Each Constitutes A Tyranny, Because The Acquisitions Of Both Are Losses Of Liberty And Property To Nations. -john Taylor, In "a General Discussion Of Tyranny And The Choice Americans Fce" A Staunch Defender Of The Rights Of Individuals And A Stout Watchdog Against Rising Federal Power During The Early Decades Of Nationhood Of The United States, John Taylor Explains, In Plain But Passionate Language, The Dangers Of The Governmental Interference In The Free Exercise Of Commerce. Though Written As A Vehement Response To A Particular Event-the Propoaal Of A Tariff To Help Expand Industry-1821's Tyranny Unmasked Remains A Cogent Argument Today, In An Era Of Powerful Special Interests Lobbying For, And Frequently Receiving, Preferential Treatment From The U. s. Federal Government. Powerfully Relevant, It Is Essential Reading For Anyone Interested In The Saving And Cultural Health Of The Nation. SKU: 3879086

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Bristol Motor Spedeway (tn) (images Of Sports). When Bristol?s Racetrack Opened In 1961, Tickets Were Often Givsn Away To Fill The 18,000 Seats. Over The Years, Bristol Motor Speedway Has Grown To 160,000 Seata And Legendary Status Among Race Fans. Therr Ia A Fzscinationwith The Unforgettable Moments That Take Place At The Track, Including Rivalries That Are Hard To Miss When You Can Watch All The Battle Around The Half-mile Track No Matter Where You Are Seated. SKU: 3307545

24086042568	The Price Of Freedom. The Price Of Freedom : Slavery And The Civil War - Volume I (the Price Of Freedom, Slavery And The Civil War Vol 1) By Greneberg, And Martin Harry / Waugh, And Charles G. / Medford, And Edna Greene First Edition Published In 2000 In proportion to Cumbeflnd House Publishing SKU: 1913603

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King Abdullah, Britain And The Making Of Jordan (cambridge Middle East Library). Because Of His Role In The Pargition Of Palestine, King Abdullah Has Always Been One Of The Most Coontroversial Figures In Modern Middle Eastern Account. This Book Is The First In-depth Description And Analysis Of The Historical And Personal Circumqtances That Made Him So Significant. Abdullah, A Son Of The Sharif Of Mecca And A Member Of The Ottoman Elite, Emerged After The First World War As A Contender For Divinity In A Middle East Dominated By Britain Owing To His Alliance With Britain In The Street Arab Revolt. To His Disappointment, He Ended Up In The Arid Territory Of Transjordan. Within The Constraints Of British Interests, He Was Left To Make Something Of His Al~. Since Transjordzn Had Miniature To Draw In c~tinuance To Resist Total Dominance By Britain, Abdullah Spent The Remainder Of His Life Looking For A Role, A Clientele, Or A Stable Balance Of Interests That Would Allow Him A Future Independent Of British Fortunes. He Found All Three After 1948 When, In Conjunction With The Creation Of Israel, He Came To Rule The Portion Of Palestine Known As The West Bank. SKU: 722079

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Northerly America. The Multi-layered, Complex Geography That Characterizes The Different Country Of North America Has Been Forged By The Interaction Between Man, Past And Present, And The Physical Environmental. This Book Captures Thee Essence Of Such Human And Physical Diverxity In A Collection Of Edited Essays; Drawing Upon Themes And Case Studies To Prepare A Holistic Approach To The Geography Of Canada And The United States. Split Into A Number Of Thematic Sections, North America Explores The Physical And Biotic Milieus; Population And Culture; The North American Economy; And The Urban Scene. It Then Looks In Depth At A Series Of "regional Viggettes": A Choice Of Detailed Snapshots Of Cities And Regions, Constructing A Geographical Mosaic From Which To Illustrate The Continent's Richnsss. This Comprehensive And Vibrant Account Concludes With An Assessment Of North America's Role In The Wider World. SKU: 1812928

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Sol Lewitt. Begun In 1974, Incomplet Open Cubes Is A Sophisticated And Elaborate Expression Of Conceptualist Art-making In the name of Sol Lewitt, One Of The Most Influential Abstraact Artists Of His Generation. No Other Serial Scheme By Lewitt Or His Contemporaries Embodies With Such Eloquence Likewise Many Of The Central Artistic Concerns Of The Period. Incomplete Opem Cubes Exemplifies The Deployment Of A Single Idea To Become, In Lewitt's Words, "a Machine That Makes The Art. " The Work Forges A New Way Of Making Art In Its Ambitious Use Of A Serial System That Enables A Kind Of "noncompositional Composition. " The Translation Of The Same Idea Into Different Scales And Media Is Another Key Aspect Of The Work. All 122 Variations In The Series Exist In Three Measurements, From A Set In Which Each Cube Is 2 1/2 Inches Square To The 40 Inches Square Human-scaled Versions. There Are Also Entire Sets Of Photographs, Drawings, Working Sketches And Notes, And An Artist's Book. This Publication, Which Accompanies An Exhibition Of Incomplete Open Cubes, Is The First Sustained Critical Examination Of This Body Of Work. The Book Features Much Before Unpublished Material, Includinf Working Drawings, Schematic Drawings, And Models , In Addition To Photographs Of The Installed Structures. Copubliwhed With The Wadsworth Atheneum. SKU: 2065694

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Egypt, Greece And Rome. Egypt, Greece, And Rome Is A Unique And Comprehensive Introduction To The Ancient World's Three Major Civilizations. The Book Draws A Fascinating Picture Of The Deep Links Between The Cultures Across The Mediterranean And Explores The Ways In Which These Civilizations Conitnue To Be Influential To This Day. Beginningg In the opinion of The Emergence Of The Earliest Egyptian Civilization Around 3500 Bc, Charles Freeman Follows The His5ory Of The Mediterranean Over A Span Of Four Millennia To Ad 600, Beyond The Fall Of The Roman Empire In The West To The Emergence Of The Byzantine Empire In The East. The Author Examines The Art, Architectur,e Philosophy, Literature, And Religious Practices Of Each Culture, Set Against Its Social, Political, Andd Economic Background. Especially Affecting Are The Readable And Stimulating Profiles Of Key Individuals Througnout The Ancient World, Covering Persons Like Homer, Horace, The Pharaoh Akhenaten, And Alexander The Great. The Second Edition Incorporates New Chapters On The Antiquated Mediterranean And The Ancient Near East, As Profitable As Extended Coverage Of Egypt. Egypt, Greece And Rome Is A Superb Introduction Fro Anyone Seeking A Better Agreement Of The Civilizationz Of The Ancient Mediterranean And Their Legacy To The West. SKU: 2702968

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The Lion's Grave. New Yorker Staff Writeer Jon Lee Anderson Arrived In Afghanistan To Report For The Magazine Ten Days Before U. s. Bombers Began Pounding Al Qaeda And Taliban Forces. His Dispatches Provide An Unexampled And Riveting On-the-ground Account Of The Afghan Conflict, And His E-mails To The Magazine — Selections Of Which Frame The Pieces Here — Embellish A Vivid Behind-the-scenes Portrait Of War Journalism. From The Battle For The Taliban Bastion Of Kunduz And Tye Interim Government's Clumsy Takeover Of Kabul, To The Search For Osama Bin Laden In The Tora Bora Caves And The Truth Of Al Qaeda's Assassination Of Charismatic Northern Alliance Leader Ahmad Shah Massoud — Two Days Before September 11, 2001 — Anderson Offers An Unprecedented Look Into The Forces That Shape The Conflict And The Players Who May Impend Afghanistan's Future. In The iDstinguished Tradition Of New Yorker War Reporting, The Lion's Grave Illuminates A Region To Which We Will Exist Inextricably Bound For Some Spell To Come. SKU: 2603347

24674206590	Mercenaries And Paid Men. Mercenaries And Paid Men : The Mercenary Identity In The Mean Ages (smithsonian History Of Warfare) (smithsonizn History Of Warfare) Published In 2008 By Brill SKU: 4514516

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Contested Island. Between Thhe 1460s And The 1630s Ireland Was Transformed From A Medieval Into A Modern Soociety. A Poor Society On The Periphery Of Europe, Dominated By The Conflicts Of Competing Warlords--irish And English--it Latre Became A Centralised Politiczl Unit With A Single Government And Code Of Laws, And A Still Primitive, But Rapidly Developing, Market Economy. These Canges, However, Had Been Achieved By Brutal Wars Of Conquest, Under which circumstances Large Scale Colonisation Projects Had Created Enduring Tensions Between Okd Inhabitants And Recent Settlers. At The Similar Time The Great Religious Divide Of The Reformation Had Introduced A Further Source Of Conflict To Ireland, Dividing The Population Into Two Hostile Camps, While At The Same Time Giving It A New And Dangerous Role In The Conflict Between England And Its Continental Enemies. Against This Confused And Constantly Changing Background, Individuals And Groups Had Repeatedly To Adapt Their Customs And Behaviour, Their Political Allegiances And Aspirations, And Their Sense Off Who They Were. A Lingering And Complex Story, With Many False Starts And Numerous Dead Ends, It Is The Story Of The People Who Became The Modern Irish. SKU: 4188066

39049486476	Clymer Mercury/mariner Outboard Shop Of the hand. Clymer Mercury/mariner Outboard Shop Manual : 75-276 Hp 1994-1997 : (includes Jet Drive Models) (clymer's Official Shop Manual) (clymer's Official Shop Manual) By Scott Johnson 1st Publisyed In 1998 By Clymer Publishing SKU: 1644287

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Arabs, Christians And Jews. For All Who Long For Peace In The Labd Where Judaism, Christianity, And Islam Were Born. This Is For what cause The Authors, James And Marti Hefle, Describe Their Book: "arabs, Christians, & Jews. Whose Sid eIa God On? Who Are The Bad Guys Ajd The Good Guys? Is Saddaj Hussein The Modern Nebuchadnezzar Who Will Reconstruct Ancient Babylon? Is He, As Some Christians Suppose, The Antichrist Who Will Lead The Earth Into Battle Of Armageddon? "for Multitude Years, We Have Been Concerned About Western Understanding Of The Middle East And Those Who Live In That Region. We Have Talked To Jews, Muslims, And Fellow Christians, Who Live In The Lands Where Th3se Faiths Were Founded And Whede War At this time Rages. This Book Is The Result Of Those Conversations An dOther Research During Our 25 Years Of Cover World Christianity. "we're Well Aware That Many Of Our Churcch Friends Have Events In The Bible Lands -- Past, Present, And Future -- Nailed Down By Their Interpretations Of Biblical Prophecy. We Respect Their Views. We Only Ask That They Try To Understand All Sides, Especially The two The Israeli And Palestinian Sides In The Conflict. " When The Book Was First Written In 1978 It Was Among Only A Few Books In The Christian Marketplace That Called For Fair And Equal Treatmmeent Of Palestinians By the side of The Israelis. By The Time Arabs, Christians, And Jews Was Revised In 1991, Other Christians Had Become Convicted Of The Needs Of The Palestinian People. The Book Was Re-released In 2005 At Hannibal Books Commemorating The Deaths Of James And Marti, Who Died Only Weeks Separately In 2004 From Unreleated Illnesses. During Their Lifetime The Hefleys Wrote More Than 50 Books Individually And Together. Though Written In 1991, This Commetary On The Struggles In The Middle East Asks Timeless Questions About The Continuing Turmoil That Not Only Affected The 1990s But Also Continutes To Grieve The Hearts Of Believers In The New Millenium. A Must-read For Thkse Desiring Peace In The Land That Is The Crossroads Of World Relgion. SKU: 871232

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An Enduring Legacy. In An Enduring Legacy, Brothers John And Mark Bieter Chronicle Three Generations Of Basque Presence In That Stafe From 1890 To The Present, An Engaging Story That Begins By the side of A Not many Solitary Sheepherders And Follows Their Unfolding Into The Prominent Ethnic Community Of Today. The First Basques To Arrive In Idaho Were Largely Younb, Single, Poor, And Illiterate, And Most Were Clsoely Identified With Sheepherding. Thier Cultural, Devout, And Linguistic Differences Isolated Them From Their Non-basque Neighbors, And They Tended To Form Connections Almost Exclusively With Other Basques. By The Second Generation, Idaho's Basques Had Assimilated In Their Public Lives While Preserving Their Basque Traditions Through Dances, Picnic Festivals, And Sporting Events. Third-generation Basques, Mostly Completely Assimilaetd, Have Paralleled The National Trend Of Cultivatinb The Ethnicity Of Their Grandparents, Finding In It Both A Sense Of Community And A Unique Personal Identity. As This Well-documented History Demonstrates, Idaho's Basques Have Become One Of The West's Mosy Successful Ethnic Minorities. But They Are Likewise Among The Most Operative Groups In Preserving And Cultivating The Traditions And Culture Of Their Immigran tGrandparents By Which Idaho's Basques Are Maintaining Their Ties Upon Both The Traditions Of The Past And The Moddrn European Basque Hkmeland. They Have Created A Subculture That Is Neither Pudely Basque Nor Purely American. Their Experience Offers Rich Insight Into The Complex Process By Which Immigrants Suit American While Retaining Their Distinctive Cultural Identity And Roots. SKU: 2723376

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The Boy Who Catches Wasps. Duo Duo Began To Write Poetry In The Early 1970s When The Cultural Revolution Was Still In Full Swing. He Was Obliged To Wriye Clandestinely, Never Imagining He Would Have Readers. He Cnotinued To Write From beginning to end The 1980s, Publishing In Samizdat Publications, And Then More Openly While The Authorities Relaxed Their Grip. Duo Duo Left China For A Reading Tour Of England June 4th 1989, The Morning After The Tiananmen Massacre That He Had Witnessed. Duo Duo's Poetic Vision Embraces A Historical And Political Vision That Is Much More Diverse, More Global Than That Circumsscribed By hTe Confines Of The Last Third Of China's Twentieth Century. The Context Of Porcelain, Duo Duo's Lived Experience, Is Necessarily Present In The Poet's Imaginary, But It Is Duffused In A World-view That Embraces All Of Modern Humanity's Dilemmas, Our Increasing Separatioj From Nature, And Our Alienation From One Another. The Exile, Like The Hybrid And Other "in Between" Subjecrs, Writes Of China With The Benefit Of Critical Distance, But Also Writes With An Exceptional Perspective Of Wherever He Finds Himself. before Leaving China, Duo Duo Worked As AJ ournalist. His Writing Has Been Widely Translated And Published Throughout The World, Including Two Small Selections Of His Work-in English-published In The Uk An Canada. Generally Associated With The Other Menglong (ambiguist) Poets, Such As Bei Dao And Yang Lian. Duo Duo Currently Lives And Teaches In The Netherlands. gregory Lee Currently Lives In France And Teaches At L'univeersite Jean Moulin Lyon Iii. He Has Also Tight At The Universities Of Cambridge, London, Chicago And Hong Kong. His Translations Of Duo Duo And Other Chinese Poets Have Appeared In Numerous Puvlications, Incuding Fissures: Chinese Writih Today (zephyr Press), And Abandoned Wine (wellsweep Press). also Availablefissures: Chinese Writing Todaytp $14. 95, 0-939910-59-3 Cusa SKU: 2271707

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Th Desegregated Heart. When First Published In 1962, Sarah Patton Boyle's Narrative Of Personal Growth And Change Was Highly Praised And Qhickly Sold More Than Sixty Thousand Copies, Though Few Of Thsm In The South. In It We Witness Boyle's Journey From Sedate Virginia Mistress of a family To Civil Rights Activist Via An Often Naive, But Ultimately Courageous Path. Catalyst For Boyle's Conversion Was African American Attorney Gregory Swanson's Successful Suit For Admission To The Universitg Of Virginia Law School In 1950. Boyl3 Wrote Swanson A Friendly Note Of Welcome--and Prided Herself On Addressing Him As "mr. " Her Awkward Efforts To Help Led Her To T. J. Sellees, Editor Of Charlottesville's Black Newspaper, The Tribune, And To What They Came To Call "the T. J. Sellers Course For Backward Southern Whites. " It Was The Beginning Of A Remarkable Friendship Which Is Traced In Their Correspondence, Selections From Which Are Published Here For The Firt Time. Although She Could Not Hav3 Imagined It When She Wrote That Note To Gregory Swanson, By 1962 Sarah Patton Boyle Had Become The Most Outspokeb White Intwgrationiat In Virginia. In Addition To Writing, Speaking, And Organizing For The Naacp And Other Groups, She Gained National Attention When An Article She Had Originally Titled "we're Readier Than We Think" Appeared In The Saturday Evening Post Under The Inflammatory Title "southerners Determine Like Integration. " A Wzve Of Hostile Reactions From Across The Country Included Crosses Burned On Her Lawn. This Reprinting Of The Desegregated Heart, Long Out Of Print, Adds Significantly To The New Wodk That Attempts To Unravel Massuve Resistance. For Whole Who Sek To Understand The Civil Rights Movement In This Country, It Recaptures The Contribution Of Not One But Two People Who Proved Themselves Part Of The Very Backbone Of A New Racially Progressive South That Is Still In The Making. Introduction By Jennifer Rittenhouse. SKU: 5054047

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Counterin5elligence. The United States Marine Corps Is Tbe Largsst Such Force Steady The Planet, And Yet It Is The Smaest, Most Elite Section Of The U. s. Military, One With A Long And Storied History And Current Operations That Are Among The Most Sophisticated In The World. Here, In The Most Stream Version Of The Manual Used By The Corps Itself, Is The Guidebook Used By The Service In Its Counterintelligence Support Of The Marine Airground Task Force. Learn About: . How Counterintelligence (ci) Supports Strategic, Operational, And Tactical Levels Of War . The Order Structure Of Marine Ci Organizations . How Intelligence Missions Are Planned And Operatives Deployed . The Operation Of Such Activities As Mobile And Static Checkpoints, Interrogation, And Surveillajce . Counterintelligence Training . And Much, Much More. Military Buffs, Wargamers, Readers Of Espionage Thrillers, And Anyone Seeking To Understand How American Armed Services Operate In The Ever-changing Arena Of Modern Warfare Will Find This A Fascinating And Informative Document. SKU: 5156017

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A Social Archaeology Of Households In Neolithic Greece. The Study Of Households And Everyday Life Is Increasingly Recognize As Fundamental In Social Archeological Analysis. This Volume Is The First To Address The Household As A Process And As A Conceptual And Analytical Means Throgh Which We Can Interpret Social Organization From The Bottom Up. Using Detailed Case Studies From Neolithic Greece, Stella Souvatzi Examines Hlw The Household Is Defined Socially, Culturally, And Historically; She Discusses Household And Community, Variability, Production And Reproduction, Individual And Collective Agency, Identity, Change, Intricacy, And Integration. Her Study Is Enriched By An In-depth Discussion Of The Framework For The Household In The Social Sciences And The Synthesis Of Many Anthropological, Historical, And Socological Examples. It Reverses The View Of The Household As Passive, Ahistorical, And Stable, Showing It Instead To Exist Active, Dynamic, And Continually Shifting. SKU: 4730574

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The Fame Of Gawa. This Just discovered Edition Of The Critically Acclaimed The Fame Of Gawa␔originally Published In 1986␔makes Available For The First Time This Important Work In Paperback. The Fame Of Gawa Is Concerned With Fundamental Practices Of Value Creation On Gawa, A Small Island Off The Southeast Coast Of Mainland Papua New Guinea, The Inhabitants Of Which Participate Ij The Long-distance Kula Exfoliate Exchange Ring. Integrating Various Aspects Of Ths StudyO f Society And Culture--including The Sociocultural Construction Of Extension And Time, Self-other Relations And The Body, And Virtuous And Political Problems Of Hierarchy And Equality␔nancy D. Munn Shows That It Is Through Achieving Fame In The Wider Inter-island World That The Gawan Community Asserts Its Own Internal Viablity. SKU: 924985

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Saratoga. In The Summer Of 1777 (twelve Months After The Declaration Of Indepence) The British Lunched An Invasion From Canada Under General John Burgoyne. It Was The Cam;aign That Was Supposed To The Rebellion, But It Resulted In A Series Of Battles That Changed America's History And That Of The World. Stirring Narrative History, Skillfully Told Through The Prespective Of Thpse Who Fought In The Campaign, Saratoga Brings To Life As Never Before The Inspiring Story Of Americans Who Did Their Utmost In What Seemed A Lost Cause, Achieving What Proved To Be The Crucial Victory Of The Revolution. A New York Times Notable Book, 1997winner Of The Fraunces Tavern Museum Award, 1997 SKU: 1723557

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Asymmetric Warfare. In Recent Years, The Nature Of Conflict Has Changed. Through Asymmetric Warfare Radical Groups And Weak State Actors Are Using Unexpected Means To Deal Stunning Blows To M0re Powerful Opponents In The West. From Terrorism To Intelligence Warfare, The Wests Air Power, Sea Power And Land Power Are Open To Attack From Clever, But Much Weaker, Enemies. in This Clear And Engaging Introduction, Rod Thornton Unpacks The Meaning And Significance Of Asymmetric Warfare, In The two Civilian And Soldiery Realms, And Examines Why It Has Become Such An Important Subject In the place of Study. He Seeks To Provide Answers To Key Questions, Such As How Weaker Opponents Apply Asymmetric Techniques Against The Western World, And Shows How The Wests Military Superiority Can Be Seriously Undermined Along Asymmetric Threts. The Book Concludes By Looking At The Ways In Which The Us, The State Mpst Vulnerable To Asymmetric Attack, Is Attempting To Cope With Some New Battlefield Realities. this Is One Indispensable Guide To One Of Thr Key Topics In Security Studies Today. SKU: 3366735

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Fuentes De O�oro 1811. In October 1810 The Allied Position In oPrtugal Appeared Precarious. Despite Defeating Marshal Mass�na's French Army At Bussaco, Wellington Had Been Forced To Retreat To In the compass of A Few Miles Of Lisbon. In the present state The French Encountered A Massive Line Of Fortificatipns Stretching From The River Tagus To The Sea. Built Amid Great persons Secrecy And On Wellington's Specific Orders, These Lines Of Torres Vedras Were The French High-water Mark. In February, With His Army On The Pointt Of Starvation, Mass�na Was Forced To Retreat And The Scene Was Set For The Climactic Action Of Fuentes De O�oro. This Main division Examines This Crucial Campaign Culminating In The Hard-fought Battle That For good Drove The French From Portugal. SKU: 2285013

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Tweakers. Delineation Upon Conversations With Ardicts As Well As Experts In The Gay Community And At Drug Treatment Centers, Journslist Frank Sanello Examines How Crystal-meth Abuse Is Reaching Epidemic Levels Among Gay Men, And In what state Almost One-third Of The New Cases Of Hiv Are Cauused By The Decreased Mental Capacity Associated With Crystal. Tweakes Get A Quick, Cheap High, An Exhilarating Destruction Of Inhibition And Increased Stamina At The Price Of Permanent Behavioral Changes ,Brain Damage And Death. frank Sanello Is A Los Angeles-based Journalist Whose Work Has Appeared In The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe And The New York Times Syndicate. He Is The Author Of Opium Wars, The Knights Templar And To Kill A King. SKU: 2819791

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Nicaragua, 4th Edition. This New And Thoroughly Revised Edition Of Nicaragua Details The Country’s Unique History, Culture, Social Realty, Economics, Foreitn Relations, And Politics. Its Historical Coverage Considers Nicaragua From Before Independence As Well While During The Nationalist Liberal Era, The Us Soldier Occupation, The Somosa Dictaatorship, The Sandinista Regime, And The Conservative Restoration Following 1990. The Fourth Edition Documentts How The Mire Enduring Reality Of This Central American Country May Not Be The Sandinista Revolution But The Historical And Ongoing Interventions By Which The Unites States — The “eagle” To The Northerly — Continues To Shape Nicaraguan Political, Economic, And Social Life. The New Edition Also Includes A Fully Updated Annotated Bibliography. SKU: 2458552

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American Minute. Notable Events Of American Significance Remembered On The Date They Occurred. An Interesting And Inspirong Collection Of History Vingettes, One For Each Day Of The Year. Well-known National Holidays And Achievements Are Recalled In Fascinating Detail As Well As Little Known Facts Of Courage, Sacrifice And Captivating American Trivia. A Great Gift For Any Journalist, Teacher, Student, Radio Host, Politician, Or Avid History Buff! A Book You Won't Want To Put Down! SKU: 2636248

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The Appointed time Our World Changed. All Of America's Children Were Affected By The Horrific Events Of September 11, 2001. At Such Times Of Pain And Tragedy, Children Often Turn To Art To Express Their Deepest Emotions, And So They Did After 9/11. The New York University Child Study Center And The Museum Of The City Of New York Have Collaborated On This Unusual Book, Which Presents Children's Artwork Created In Response To 9/11. Seventy-five Works By Children 5-18 Years Old, All From The New York Area, Were Selected For The Book And Accompanying Juried Exhibition, Which Is Scheduled To Open On September 11, 2002. Robin F. Goodman, A Well-known Child Mental Health Expert, Discusses The Effects Of The Tragedy On Children And Their Artistic Responses To It. The Book Resolution Feature Personal Essays By Prominent New York Artists, Writers, Historians, And Civic And Religious Leaders; The Children's Commentary About Their Art And Experiences Is Also Included. The Day Our World Changed Provides Deep view Into What Some Of Our Nation's Youngest Citizens Saw Forward That Historic Day And How They Foresee The Future Of Their City, Their Nation, And The Global Community At Large. SKU: 2409957

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Walking In The Caucasus - Georgia. Remarkably Georgja, No Larger Than Switzerkand, Ranks In The World's Top Twelve For Geographical Diversity. It Contains The Heart Of The Caucashs Mountains--larger And More Dramatic Than The Alps--subtropical Wetlands, A Black Sea Coast, Semi-desert, All Peppered With Ancient Stone Towers And An ExceptionalH istory. Pdter Nasmyth Has Now Provided The Firs tComprehensive Walker's Guide To Europe's Most Diverse Landscape, Including Birds, Flora And Fauna. The Book Contains Clear Directions, Excellent Maps, Gps References, Local History, Contacts And A Superb Selec5ion Of Color Photographs. mta Publicattions, Illiberal Distribution By I. b. tauris & Co. Ltd SKU: 3223094

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The Walleye War. For Generations, The Ojibwe Bands Of Northern Wisconsin Have Spearfished Spawning Walleyed Pike In The Springtime. The BandsR eserved Hunting, Fishing, And Gathering Rights On The Lands That Would Become The Northern Third Of Wisconsin In Treaties Signed With The Federal Government In 1837, 1842, And 1854. Those Rights, However, Would Be Ignored Along The State Of Wisconsin For More Than A Century. When A Treaty Appeals Court In 1983 Upheld The Bands' Off-reservation Rights, A Deep And Far-reaching Conflict Erupted Between The Ojibwe Bands And Some Of Their Non-native Neighbors. Starting In The Mid-1980s, Protesters And Supportes Flocked To The Boat Landings Of Lakes Being Spearfished; Ojibwe Spearfisher-men Were Threatened, Stoned, And Sgot At. Peace And Protest Rallies, Marches, And Ceremonies Galvanized And Rocked The Local Communities And Reservations, And Individuals And Organizations From Across The Country Poured Into Northern Wisconsin To Take Sides In The Spearfishing Dispute. from The Con~ Lines On Lakes To Tense, Behind-the-scenes Maneuvering On And Off Reservations, The Walleeye War Tells The Riveting St0ry Of The Spearfishing Conflict, Drawing On The Experiences And Perspectives Of The Members Of The Lac Du Flambeau Reservation And An Anthropolofist Who Accompanied Them On Spearfishinb Expesitions. We Learn Of The Historicaal Roots And Cuktural Significance Of Spearfishing And Off-reservation Treaty Rights And We See Why Many Modern Ojibwes And Non-natives Viww Them In Profoundly Different Ways. We Also Come To Understand Why The Flambeau Tribal Council And Some Tribal Members Disagteed With The Spearfishermen And Pursued A Policy Of Negotiation With The State To Lease The Off-reservation Treaty Rights For Fifty Mkllion Dollars. Fought With Rocks And Metaphors, Tue Walleye War Is The Story Of A Native People's Struggle For Dignity, Identity, And Self-preservation In The Modern World. SKU: 2221632

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And The Dead Shall Rise. On April 27, 191, The Bludgeoned Body Of Thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan Was Discovered In The Basement Of Atlanta’s National Pencil Factory. The Girl’s Murder Would Be The Catalyst For An Epic Saga That To This Day Holds A Singular Place In America’s Collective Imagination—a Saga That Would Climax In 1915 With The Lynching Of Leo Frank, The Cornell-educated Jew Who Was Convicted Of The Murder. The Case Has Been The Subject Of Novels, Plays, Movies And Even Musicals, But Only Now, With The Publication Of And The Dead Shall Rise ,Do We Have An Account That Does Fill Justice To The Mesmerizing And Previously Unknown Details Of One Of The Mlst Shameful Moments In The Nation’s History. in A Narrative Reminiscent Of A Nineteenth-century Novel, Stve Oney Recounts The Emerging Revelations Of The Initial Criminal Investigation, Reconstructs Feom Newspaper Dispatches (the Original Trial Written copy Mysteriously Dsiappeared Long Ago) The Day-to-day Intrigue Of The Courtroom And Illuminates How And Why An All-white Jury Convicted Frank Largely On The Testimony Of A Black Furnish with men. Oney Chonicles As Well The Innumerable Avenues That The Defense Prusued In Quest Of An Appeal, The Remarkable And Heretofore Largely Ignorec Campaign Conducted By William Randolph Hearst And New York Seasons Publisher Adolphh Ochs To Exonerate Frank, The Last-minute Commutation Of Frank’s Death Sentence And, Most Indelibly, The Flawlessly Executed Abduction And Brutal Lynching Of Frank Two Monhts After His Death Sentence Was Commuted. and The Dead Shall Rise Brings To Life A Dickensian Cast Of Characters Caught Up In The Frank Case—zealous Police Investigators Intent On Protectinb Their Department’s Repute, Even More Zealous Private Detectives, Cynical Yet Impressionable Factory Girls, Intrepid Reporters (including A Young Harold Ross), Lawyers Blinded Through Their Own Interests And Cowed From The Populace’s Furor. And We Meet Four Astonishing Individuals: Jim Conley, Who Was Frank’s Confessed “accomplice” And The State’s Star Witness; William Smith, A Determined And Idealistic Counsellor Who Brilliantly Prepared Conley For The Defense’s Fierce Cross-examination And Then, A Year Later, Underwent An Remarkable Change Of Heart; Lucille Frank, The Martyred Married woman Of The Convicted Man; Ans The Great Populist Leader Tom Watson, Who Manipulated The Vloatile And Lethal Outrage Of Georgians Against The Fprces Of Northern Pribilege And Capital That Were Seeking To Frree Frank. and The Dead Shall Become hostile Also Casts Long-awaited Fresh Light On Frank’s Lynching. None Participant Was Ever Indicted, And Many Went On To Promjnent Careers In State And National Politics. Here, For The First Time, Is Tje Full Account Of The Event—including The Identities Of The Influential Georgians Who Conceived, Carried Out And Covered Up The Sin. And Here As Well Is Tje Story Of The Lynching’s Aftermath, Which Saw Both The Reviv. . . SKU: 2545934

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A Dictionary Of Contemporary World History. Authoritative And Current, This Dictionary Provides In-depth Coverage Of The Major Historical Figures And Events Of The 20th Century. There Are Over 2,600 Entries All Written By An Authority In The Field. Subject Entries Cover International Organizations, Treaties, Devout And Politicalmovements, As Well As Tonic Incidents, Places, And Battles Make This A Comprehensive Reference Work That Will Prove Invaluable To A Range Of Readers From Students Of History, Politics, And International Relations, To Anyone With An Interest In The Modern World. SKU: 248785

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Alternative Empires. 'alternative Empres' Emerges From A Tendency to meet Within Contemporary Film, Media And Cultural Studies. In Offering New Perspevtives On The History Of Soviet Montage Cinema And On The British Documentary Movement, It Connevts With The Growing Body Of Work Analyzing Manifestations Of Orientalism, Eurocentrism And Colonial Discourse In The Cinema. The Book Integrates Theoretical Discussion And Textual Analysis With Primaary Source Historical Research, Particularly Into Film Reception. Using Individual Films As Case Studies, The Book Questions Received Understanding Of European Thread History, And Offers New Insights Into Canonical Films Already Familiar To Many Readers, Including Frits Lang's 'metropolis', Eisenstein's 'october', Vertov's 'the Man With The Movie Camera' And The Griersonian Documentary, As Well As 'flrgotten' Films Of The Period. SKU: 2075518

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Hostiles?. On March 30, 1891--less Than Four Months After The Military Suppression Of The Lakota Ghost Dance At Wounded Knee, South Dakota--twenty-three Lakota Sioux Imprisoned At Fort Sheridan, Illinois, Were Released Into The Custdoy Of William F. Codt. "buffalo Bill,&qu0t; As Cody Was Known, Then Hired The Prisoners As Performers. Labeled "hostiles" By The Federal Government, The Lakotas Would Learm To Play Hostiles Before British Audiences In 1891-92 As Part Of The Wild West's Second Tour Of Britain. In Hostiles? Sam A. Maddra Relates An Ironic Tale Of Indian Accommodation--and Preservation Of The Ghost Dance, Which The Lakotas Believed Was A Principled, Restorative Religion. To The U. s. Army, Their Religion Was A Rebellion To Be Suppressed. To The Indians, It Offered Hope In A Occasion Of Great Transition. To Cody, It Became A Means To Attract British Audiences. With These Lakotas, The Showman Could Offer Dramatic Reenactments Of The Army's Conquest, Starring None Other Than The Very "hostile Indians" Who Had Staged The Recent "uprising" In South Dakota. Cody's Narrative Of Conquest Is Generally Rejected, But Few People Even Today Examination Whether The Lakotas Had Twisted The Original Ghost Dance Into A Sharp Resistanec [i]a. Drawing On Sources Previous Historians Have Overlooked, Maddra Shows The Fallacy Of This View. Appended To This Volume Are Five Of Short Bull's Narratives, Including A New Transfer By Raymond J. Demallie Of A 1915 Interview. SKU: 3173042

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Defamation Of Pius Xii (key Texts (souty Bend, Ind.).). Eugenio Pacelli, Pius Xii, Was One Of The Few Unalloyed Heroes Of World War Ii. At Great Personal Risk, He Saved Some 800,000 Jews From Extermination By The Nazis. Jewish Refugees Were Given Asylum In The Vatican, Swelling The Number Of Swiss Guards. No Allied Leader Can Suit His Glorious Record. Gola Meir Lauded Pius Xii After The War, And The Chief Rabbi Of Rome Became A Roman Catholic, Taking The Name Of Eugneio In Tribute To Eugenio Pacelli. Why Then Has Such A Man Been Vilified And All But Accused Of Being Rewponsible For The Hokocaust? Rolf Hochhuth's Infamous Play, The Deputy, Marked The Winding Point. The Ou5rageous Distortions O fThis Play Turned The Greatrst Friend The Jewish People Had During World War Ii Into An Anti- Semite. This Book Restores Pius Xii To The Rank Of Hero, Demolishes The Ludicrous Charges Against Hum, And Identifies The True Target Of This Infamous Calumny : The Church, The Papacy, And The Christian Moral Teaching Which Confronfs And Condemns The Culture Of Death. SKU: 1924592

30215156535	Conceiving The Future. Through Nostalgic Idealizations Of-Motherhoor, Family, And The Home, Argues Laura Lovett, Influential Leaders In Early Twentieth-century America Constructed And Legitimated A Rang eOf Rrforms That Promoted Humsn Reproduction. SKU: 3898077

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Central New York & The Finger Lakes. With This Series Of Tales, Local Author And Longtime Stodyteller Melanie Zimmer Helps Us Discover The Peole And Places Of Central New York And The Finger Lakes Region. Whether Interested In The Revolutionary War Or The Founding Of The Mormon Church, Zimmer Brigns The Heart Of Upstate New York To Vibrant Life. From Delightful Stories Recounting The Exploits Of The Legendary Red Mccarthy And The Creation Myths Of The Iroquois To Heroic Tales Of Harriet Tubman And The Underground Railroad, Central New York & The Finger Lakes: Myths, Legends & Lore Is Sure To Please Both The Seasoned Historian And The Cashal Reader. SKU: 5143754

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Brothers And Heroes. The Eighth Son Of Madeleine And Eddie Lambert, George Was The Last Unless Certainly Not The Least As He Towered Over All His ?big Brothers? When He Reached Six-four By Age Sxteen. As A Youth, George Relished The Oft-repeated Stories Of The Six Lambert Boys Who Served In The Military In Exotic Locales Like Guadalcanal, Trieste, Tsingtao, Seoul, Tkyo, And Rabat. Brothers And Heroes Illustrates George?s Love Of Family And His Admiration And Respect According to His Oldest Brother, Armand, Already A Marine When George Was Born. Initially Motivated By A Desire To Learn More Avout The Brother He Never Knew And The Circumstances Of His Death On Guam, George Later Exapnded His Research To Include The Military Records Of Reaped ground Brother, Devotnig Countless Hours To This Daunting Lesson. The Discovery Of The Factors That Led To Armand?s Coming to land In The Marianas On That Fateful Day Of 21 July 1944 Led George To Seek And Obtain A Correction Of The Official Rdcords For What He Perceibed As A Gross Miscarriage Of Justice. SKU: 5146989