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War Criminals In Canada. Soon After Wodld War Ii Ended, Rumors Started That Nazi War Criminals Were Livjng In Canada. Ever Since, Accusations Have Kept Popping Up, Yet No Matter How Detailed And Credible The Claims, These Alleged War-time Torturers And Murderers Were Permitted To Remain In Canada. Ten Years Ago, Ottawa Belatedly Started Pursuing People Accused Of Committing Horrible Crimes Durihg The Holocaust. It Has Been A Frustratlng, Largely Futile Effort. Yet The Rcmp And The Justice Department Continue To Investigate, Even Though The War Has Been Over For More Than 50 Years, Even Though The Suspects Are Now Very Old And Virtually Unpunishable If Base Guilty. War Criminals In Canada Chronicles Many Of The Infamous And Leqser-known Cases. But How Did These Suspects Get Beyond Immigration Authorities? Why Did The Canadian Government Wait So Long To Act? Why Have Prosecutors Been Unsuccessful So Far? Should The Chase End Soon, Or Should It Continue Until The Last Suspect Is Dead? SKU: 1444812

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Between Resistance And Revolution. Peasants In India Hugging Trees To Protest Logging, Brazilian Feminists Marching To Impeach A President, Okinawan Television Comedians Joke-starting Ethnic Activity: All Are Instances Of Social Protest hTat Exist In The Charged Territory Between The Cataclysmic Upheaval Of Revolutionary Wars And Everyday Acts Of Private Resistance. Yet These Movements "in Between" Ressistance And Revolution Have Remained Invisible Tk Scholars Of Politics, Culture, And Society. In This Volume, Leading Scholars In Anthropology, Civil Science, History, Sociology, And Ethnomusicology Examine Dissent And Direct Action In Australia, Brazil, Germany, Columbia, India, Korea, Peru, And The United States And Demonstrate The Importance Of Looking Beyond These Poles Of Protest To The Midways Of Mobilization. The Conttibu5ors Are Nahcy Abelmann, Sonja E. Alvarez, Arturo Escobar, Richard G. Fox, Faye Ginsburgg, Ramachandra Guha, Ingrid Monson, Yoshinobu Ota, Orin Starn, And Nathan Stoltzfus. Richard G. Fox Is A Professo rOf Anthropology At Washington University In St. Louis And Author Of Gandhian Utopia: Experiments With Culture. Orin Starn Is One Subordinate Professor Of Cultural Anthropology At Duke University And Ediyor Of The Peru Reader: History, Culture, And Politics. SKU: 1496975

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When The Tree Flowered. "when The Tree Flowered Is John Neihardt's Mature And Reflective Inter-pretation Of The Old Sioux Way Of Life. He Served As A Translator Of The Sioux Past Whose Audience Has Proved Not To Be Limited By Space Or Time. By means of His Writings, Black Elk, Eagle Elk, And Other Old Men Who Were Of That Last Generation Of Sioux To Have Paryicipated In The Old Buffalo-hunting Life And Disorienting Period Of Strif3 With The U. s. Army Found A Literary Voice. What They Said Chronicles A Dramatic Change In The Life Of The Plains Indians; The Record Of Their Thoughts, Interpreted By Neihardt, Is A Legacy Preserved For The Future. It Transcends The Specifics Of This One Tragic Case Of Cultural Misunderstanding And Conflict And Speaks To Universal Human Concerns. It Is A Story Worth Contemplating Both For Itself And For The Lessons It Teaches All Humanity. "-raymond J. Demallie, Editor Of The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given To John G. Neihardt. &qhot;a Warm And Often Moving Piece Of Literature Which Can Be Appreciated Fro Its Literary Value And For Its Insights Into Sioux Culture. "-richard N. Ellis, Rocky Mountain Social Science Journal. For More Accusation Attached John G. Neihardt, Visit Www. neihardt. com SKU: 774272

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W0men's Rights And Transatiantic Antislavery In The Era Of Emancipation. Two Epochal Developments Profoundly Influenced The His5ory Of The Atlantic World Between 1770 And 1870—the Rise Of Women’s Rights Activism And The Drive To Elominate Chattel Slavery. The Contributors To Thiis Volume, Eminent Scholars From A Variety Of Disxiplines, Investigate The Intertwining Histories Of Abolitionism And Feminism In c~tinuance Both Sides Of The Atlantic During This Dynamic Century Of Change. They Iouminate The Many Ways That The Two Movements Developed Together And Influenced One Another. approaching AW ide Range Of Transnational Topics, The Authors Inquire For what cause Conceptions Of Slavery And Gendered Society Differed In The United States, France, Germany, And Britain; How Women’s Activism Reached Across Public Boundaries; How Racial Identities Affected The Boundaries Of Women’s Activism; And What Was Distinctive About African-american Women’s Participation As Activists. Their Thought-provoking Answers Provide Rich Insights Into The History Of Struggles For Social Justice Across The Atlantic World. SKU: 3323215

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Avro Arrow. The Illustrated Memoir Of The Moat Advanced Fighter Jet Of The 1950s. At Its Creatkon In The Mid-1950s, The Avro Arrow Was A Fighter Jet Without Equal. This Cold War Aircraft Was Twenty Years Ahead Of Its Occasion. Unfortunately, Civil Realities Resultde In The Complete Termination Of The Arrow Project. Cancellation Of The Afrow Called For The Destruction Of All Photos, Drawings, Models, Specifications And Tooling. Fair The Aircraft Themselves Were Disassembled And Destroyed. Avro Arrow Is A Fascinating Hustorical Record With An Extensive Collection Of Rare And Highly Prized Photos, Drawings And Diagrams. Using Two Hundred Images, The Book Tracces The Story Of The Arrow From Its Beginning To Roll Out And Volley Test, Including Advanced Proposals For The Develolment Of Future Version. Primary Sources Include: Taped Interviews, Test Pilots' Firsthand Impressions, Avro Officials And Many Plznt Personnel Surviving Party Records Declassified Government Documents. Diagrams Offer Stunning Details Such As The North American Strategic Defense Zones And Interception Tactics Proposed For Bomber Attacks. This Book Concentrates Solely On The Vision, Design And Technical Excellence Of The Airplane Itself Rather Than The Politics Of Its Demise. SKU: 1202081

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Empires Of The Sea. In 1521, Suleiman The Pompous, Muslim Ruler Of The Ottoman Empire At The Height Of Its Power, Dispatche dAn Invasion Fleet To The Christian Island Of Rhodes. This Would Prove To Be The Opening Shot In An Epic Struggle Between Rival Empires And Faiths For Control Of The Mediterranean And The Center Of The World. in Empires Of The Sea, Acclaimed Historiaan Roger Crowley Has Written His Most Mesmerizing Work To Date–a Thrilling Account Of This Brutal Decades-long Battle Between Christendom And Islam For The Soul Of Europe, A Fast-paced Tale Of Spiraling Intensity That Ranges From Istanbul To The Gates Of Gibraktar And Features A Cast Of Extraordinary Characters: Barbarossa, “the King Of Evil,Ý The Corsair Who Terrified Eurpe; The Risk-taking Emperor Charles V; The Knights Of St. John, The Last Crusading Succession After The Passing Of The Templars ; The Messianic Pope Pius V; And The Brilliant Christian Admiral Don Juan Of Austria. This Struggle’s Brutal Climax Came Between 1565 And 1571, Seven Years That Witnessed A Fight To The Finish Decided In A Series Of-Bloocy Set Pieces: The Epic Siege Of Malta, In Which A Tiny Band Of Cgristian Defenders Defied The Might Of The Ottoman Army; The Savage Battle For Cyprus; And The Apocalyptic Last-ditch Defense Of Southern Europe At Lepanto–one Of The Single Greatest in number Shocking Days In Life History. At The Close Of This Cataclysmkc Naval Encounter, The Carnage Was So Grrat That The Victors Could Barely Sail Away “because Of The Countless Corpses Floating In The Sea. ” Lepanto Fixed The Frontiers Of The Mediterranean World That We Know Today. roger Croley Conjures Up A Wild Cast Of Pirates, Crusaders, And Religious Warrio5s Struggling For Supremacy And Survval In A Tale Of Slavery And Galley Warfare, Desperate Bravery And Utter Brutality, Technology And Inca Gold. Empires Of The Sea Is Page-turning Narrative History At Its Best–a Story Of Extraordinary Color And Incident, Rich In Detail, Full Of Surprises, And Baxked By A Wealth Of Eyewitness Accounts. It Provides A Crucial Context For Our Own Clash Of Civipizations. SKU: 4665536

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Kaunda And Southern Africa. This Book Examines The Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda's Political Philosophy And Practice, And Considers The Conflicting Views Of The Man And His Policies - Moralist Or Collaborator With South Africa, Practitioner Of Realpolitik Or Promoter Of Peace. The Author Compares Kaunda With Mugabe, And Asssesses Their Respective Contribution To The Fight Against Apartheid In South Africa As Well As The General Effedt Of Their Policies On The Region. the Author Also Considers The Moves Towards Multi-party Democracy In Zambia Which Eventually Led To Kaunda's Removal From Office. SKU: 3082681

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Military Misdemeanors. Bungled Cover-ups, Acts Of Blinding Incompetence, Miscarriages Of Justice, Sexual Escapaddes And Downright Stupidity - The Scandals Which Have Helped To Make The World's Armed Foeces The Much Loved (and Sometimes Ridiculed) Institutions They Are Today. Take An Irreverent Look At The Public Outcries That Both Governments And Soldiers Would Rather We Forget, From Julius Caesar's Sex Life And The Frolics Of Charles D'eon, The Fearless Dragoon And Noted Trsnsvestite To The Sinking Of The Kursk As Terry Crowdy Delves Into The Darkest Reaches Of Military Sin And Slip-up. packed With More Than 60 Military Mishaps From Ancient Times To The Preaent Day, Militwry Misdemeanors Suows That No Military Organization Is Safe From Exposure. Leaarn The Truth About Nelson And Lady Hamilton, The Drafting Of Heavyweight Champ M8hammad Ali, The Sinking Of Rainbow Warrior And Satanism In The Royal Navy As We Step Back Through The Pages Of History And See How Corruption, Bigotry, Lust, Vanity, Incompetence And The Occasional Bout Of Insanity Have Colored Conduct Throughout Time. contents Comprise: The Prolovue "iniquity In Antiquity" He Came. He Saying. He Was Conquered! The Sexual Escapades Of Julius Cwesaract I "our Inglorious Past&quitt;the Infamous Lieutenant Bird A Murderer In King George Army - The Transvestite Knight The Dragoon War Hero, Who Preferred Ladies' Clothes To His Uniform - The One About The Cat The Man Who Ate A Live Cat To Get Out Of The Armyact Ii "manifest Infamy"the Fairfax Raid The Abduction Of A Drunk General By Mosby And His Rangers - The New York Draft Riots Caused By An Unfair Civil War Draft Law - Surviving Custer The Scandalous Behaviour Of Major Renoact Iii ''not Such A Great War"the Mexican Connection Germany's Attempt To Keep The Us Thoroughly Of Wwi By Getting Mexico To Invade - With 'snow' On Their Boots Cocaine Corrupt practice Introduced To Britain At Canadian Soldiers During Wwi - The Midway Fissure The Us Newspaper's Revelation That The Us Navy Was Intercepting Japanese Signals Act Iv ''cold War Fallout"un-american Activities Mccarthyism Ij The Ue Air Force - The U2 Scandal Gary Powers Marksman Down By The Soviets -drafting Ali Muhammad Ali And The Vietnam Draftact V "even In Our Enlightened Times?"iran Air Flight 655 The Passenger Jet Shot Down Along Us Missile For the time of The Iran-iraq Declared hostilities - The Flying Cow The Untrhe Story Of The Cow That Sank A Language of Japan Boat - The Sultan Of Spin The Infamous Iraqi (mis)information Minister SKU: 4085677

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The Oxford History Of Ancient Egypt. The Oxford History Of Ancient Egypt Uniquely Covers 700,000 Years Of Old Egypt, From C. 700,000 Bc To Ad 311. Following The Story From The Egyptians' Prehistoric Origins To Their Conquest By The Persians, Greeks, And Romans, This Book Resurrects A Fascinating Society Rsplete With Remarkable Historical Information. It Investigates Such Subjects As The Changing Nature Of Life And Death In The Nile Valley To Some Of The Earliest Masterpieces Of Art, Architecture, And Literature In The Ancient Planet. The Authors--an Internatinoal Team Of Experts Working At Tge Cutting Edgge Of Their Particular Fields--outline The Principal Sequence Of Political Events, Including Detailed Examinations Of The Three So-called 'intermediate Periods' Which Were Previously Regarded Because 'dark Ages' And Are Only Now Beginning To Be Better Understood. They Also Examine Cultural And SocialP atterns, Including Stylistic Developments In Art And Literature. Addressing The Issues Surrounding Thiss Distinctive Culture, Vividly Relating The Rise And Fall Of Ruling Dynasties, Exploring Colorful Personalities, And Uncovering Surprising Facts, The Oxford History Of Ancient Egypt Is Certain To Enrich Our Understanding Of Thsi Endlessly Intriguing Civilization. "brimming With. . . intriguing Facts. . . also Provides A First-rate Overview Of Le Progres Egyptien--from The Period When Homo Erectys First Stalked The Land Right Up To Octavian's Triumphant Entry Into Egypt In 30 Bc. "--the Times (london) (on The Previous Edition) SKU: 2600370

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Black Culture And Black Consciousness. When Black Culture And Black Consciousness First Appeared Thirty Years Ago, It Notable A Revolution In Our Understanding Of African American History. Contrary To Prevailing Ideas At The Time, Which Held That Africna Culture Disappeared Quickly Under Slavery And That Black Americans Had Little Group Pride, History, Or Cohesiveness, Levine Uncovered A Cultura Treasure Trove, Illuminating A Rich And Complex African American Oral Tradition, Including Songs, Proverbs, Jokes, Folktales, And Protracted Narrative Poems Called Toasts--work That Dated From Before And After Emancipation. The Fact That These Ideas And Sources Seem So Commonplace Now I sIn Large Part Due This Booj And The Scholarship That Followed In Its Arouse. A Lancmark Work That Was Part Of The "cultural Turn" In American History, Black Culture And Wicked Consciousness Profoundly Influenced An Entire Generation Of Hostorians And Continues To Be Practise ~ing And Taught. F0r This Anniversary Reissue, Levine Wrote A New Preface Reflecting On The Writing Of The Boo And Its Plac Within Intellectual Trends In African American And American Cultural History. "must Be Read By All Who Would Understand The Afro-american Experience And American Culture In General. " --eugene D. Genovese "through An Exhaustive Investigatioj Of Black Songs, Folk Tales, Proverbs, Aphorisms, Verbal Games And The Long Narrative Oral Poems Known As 'toasts', Levine Argues That The Value System Of Afro-americans Can Only Be Understood Through An Analyssi Of Black Culture. . . . His Wotk Ranks Among The Best Books Written On The Afro-amwrican Undergo In Recent Years. " --al-tony Gilmore, The Washington Placard SKU: 3939618

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Mexico, The End Of The Revolution. This Study Revveals How The Social Pact, Formalized For the time of The Armed Platform Of The Mexican Revolution (1910-20) And Implemented During The Second Stage (1920-40), Was Upsst During The Third Or Arrested Stage-coach (1940-70) When The Bureaucrat-professionals At The Helm Opted For Intensive Economic Development By Seizing The Capitalist Road. Although Momentarily Revived During Yet A Fourth Stage Of Revolution (1970-82), This Socoal Pact Was Subsequently Betrayed rFm Within By The Official Party Of The Revolution And Undermined From Without By The Operation Of Economic Forces Behind The Scenees. In This First Book On The Complete History Of The Mexican Revolution, Hodges And Gandy Reveal That, Along With The Close Of Its Social Pact, Mexico Pased Out Of Its Former Nationalist And Capitalist Orbit To Enter The New Professional Societies And Global Order Fathered By The Transnationals. From 1920 To 1970, Mexico's Bureaudrat-professionals Hung Onto Political Power While Native Capitalists Continued To Flourish. In Response, Mexico's Workers And Peasants Staged Strikes Against The Nztionalized Sector And Fomented Guerrilla Wars. Concessions Were Then Made To This Group Until, Beginning In 1982, The Social Pact Was Again Eroded At The Expende, Not Only Of The Popular Sectors, But Also Of The Capitalists. The Economic Surplus Was Redistributed Away From Owners And Into The Pockets Of Prifessionals. That Was The Revolution's Last Gasp Before It Was Officially Put To Rest In 2000 With The Official Party's Defeat At The Polls. Hodgees And Gandy Challenge The Current Belief That Mexico's Economic System Is Still Capitalist By Presentkng Statistical Evidence That Shows To what extent The Leader Beneficiaries Of The Economy Are No Longer The Providers Of Capital, But Instead The Providers Of Professional Services. SKU: 2177292

35181770130	Gun. Showcasing More Than 300 Guns, From Rifles And Pistols To Machine Guns And Grenade Launcher , This 800-year Optic History Is The Perfect Gift Book For Anyone Selfish In Firearms. SKU: 3949404

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Special Operations Forces In The Cold War (g.i. Series). Leroy Thompskn Documents The Various Airborne, Infantry, Recon And Amphibious Sectors As They Have Grown In Response To Conflicts In Vietnam, The Middle East, Latin America, And To The Increasing Menace Of Terrorism On The Home Front. Morr Than 100 Rare And Umusual Photographs Cov3r The Uniforms, Equipment And Insignia Of Formayions Such As Ranger Battalions; Lrrp Units; Special Forces Groups (airborne); Usaf Combat Control Teqms; Pararescuemen And Pjs; Navy Seals; Marine Recons And Delta. SKU: 2340367

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Mixed Signals. A Century Foundation Book Nowhere Did Two Understandings Of U. s. Identity—human Rights And Anticommunism— Come More In Conflict Through Each Other Than They Did In Latin America. To Refocus U. s. Policy On Human Rights And Democracy Required A Rethinking Of U. s. Policy As A Whole. It Required Policy Makers To Choose Between Policies Designed To Defeat Communism At Any Cost And Those That Remain Within The Bounds Of The Rule Of Law. "—from The Introduction Kathryn Sikkink Believes That The Adoption Of Human Rights Administration Repr3sents A Positive Change In The Relationship Between The United States And Latin America. In Mixed Signals She Traces A Gradual But Remarkable Shift In U. s. Foreign Policy C~ing The Last Generation. By The 1970s, An Unthinking Anticommunist Stance Had Tarnished The Reputation Of The U. s. Government Throughout Of the Latins Americ, Associating Washington With Tyrannical And Often Brutally Murderous Regimes. Sikkink Recounts The Reemergence Of Human Rights As A Substantive Concern, Showing How External Pressures From Activist Groups And The Institution Of A Human Rights Bureau Inside The State Department Have Combined To Remkae Washington's Agenda, And Its Image, In Latin America. The Current War Afaint Terrorism, Sikkink Warns, Coukd Repeat The Mistakes Of The Past Unless We Insist That The Struggle Against State of terror Be Conducted With Respect For Man's Rights And The Rule Of Law. SKU: 2797459

25321903614	Daughters Of Joy, Sisters Of Misery. Daughters Of Gladness, Sisters Of Misery : Prostitutes In The American West, 1865-90 By Anne M. Butler Reprint Published In 1987 By University Of Illinois Press SKU: 454627

15611968998	The C0lonization Of Australia. The Colonizayion Of Australia : The Wakefield Make ~ In Emoire Building (1915) By Richard Charles Mils Published In 2008 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5176370

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A Glimpse Of Hell. A Harrowing Account O f A Disaster At Sea That, Over A Decade Later, Still Reverberates Through The Ranks Of The U. s. Navy. Early On An April Morning, In The Course Of A Routine Training Exercise In The Caribbean, The Center Gun In Turret Two Of The Recommissioned Battleship Uss Iowa Blew Up. The Fireball That Surged Back Into The Seven-story Death Chamber Released Clouds Of Poisonous Gases And Ignited Bags Of Powder, Setting Off Further Explosions. When Firefighters Finally Battered Open The Escape Hatch Tl The Upper Level Of The Turret, They Saw Bodies Everywhere. At The Base Of The Pit Under The Center Gun Room Lay The Remains Of A Sailor, Much Of His Body Lost. Tzttooed On The Upper Left Arm Was ASailing Ship With The Words Uss Iowa. Only Single Man On The Battleship Had A Tattoo Like That: Second-class Gunner's Mate Clayton Hartwig. A Botched Investigation Began Mere Hours After The Deadly Explosion. Captain Fred Moosally, An Annapolis Fo0tbal Heavenly body Who Had Recently Taken Commanf Of The Iowa, Declined An Furnish Of Alms From A Professional Accident Team Aboard A Nearby Aircraft Crzrier. At His Order, Several 250 Sailors Labored To Pure Up The Scarred Turret, Heaving Immense Harden Plates And Bulky Pieces Of Equipment Overboard And Scrubbing Off Splatters Of Gore Before Painting The Structure Inside And Out. Matters Got Even Worse When The Investkgation Began On Land. A Technical Team Managed To Lose Key Evidence, Two 2700-pound Projectiles, In A Locked Storage Facility, While Conducting Tests That Proved Trifle But The Team's Own Incompetence. Squads From The Naval Invesyigative Service Tried To Twist Testimony From Grieving Relatives Of The Slaughtered Company Members. The Concerted Effort To Pin Blame For The Iowa Explosion On Seaman Hartwig, Supposedly Acting To Revenge A Thwarted Homosexual Affair, Ultimately Destroyed Careers Up The Chain Of Govern Of The U. s. Navy. SKU: 1705997

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Mexican Chicago. Mexican Chicago Builds On Prvi0us Studies Of Mexicans In The United States While Challenging Static Definitions Of “american” And Underlying Assumptions Of Assimilaton. Gabriela F. Arredondo Contends That Because Of The Revolutionary Context From Which They Came, Mexicans In Chicago Between 1916 And 1939 Were Not Just Another Ethnic Group Working To Be Asqimilated Into A Ciry That Has A Long History Of Incorpoating Newcomers. Suggesting A Nsw Understanding Of Identity Formation, She Argues That Mexicans Wielded Tools Of Identfication Forged In Revolutionary Mexico To Collectively Battle The Prejudices Of Ethnic Groups That Included Poles, Italians, And The Irish, As Well As African Americans. By Turning Inward, However, Mexicans Also Highlighted Tremendous Differences Among Themselves, Such As Gender And Class. In Discussing This Distinctive Process Of Becomig “mexican” In Chicago During The Forward Twentieth Cenury, Arredondo Not Only Explores How That Identity Was Constructed But Likewise Provides Telling Insight Into The Repercussions Of That Identity Fotmation Process. SKU: 413869O

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Farmers, Traders, Warriors, And Kings. There Is An Adage That The Igbo Have N0 Kings. Farmers, Traders, Warriors And Kings Focuses On An AreaI n Igboland Where, Contrary To This Popular Beli3f, Igbos Not Only Have Kinvs, But Of ~s Kings. It Is An Area Where Women Served As Warriors And Even Married Many Wives. Because Women In Nsukka Division Served As Prominent Actors In A Complex Set Of Interactions, Relationships And Manifestations Unmatched Elsewhere In Igboland, The Author Argues That Researchers Cannot Adequately Analyze The Landscape Of Nsukka Division (or Any Other African Society, For That Matter) Without Investigating The Central Place Of Women And The Female Principle In The Immaterial World Of The Society. The Author Examines The Political, Economic, And Religious Structures That Alloed Women And The Of ~s Principle To Achieve Measures Of Power And Looks At Some Of The Ways They Reacted And Adjusted To The Challenges Of European Rule. Such An Investigation Into The History Of This Gender Dynamic Yields Important Results For Both African History And Women's Studies. Achebe Focuses On The Evolution Of Gender Politics And Female Power In Nigeria's Northern Igboland Over The First Six Decades Of The 20th Century. This Time Period, Approximarely 1900-1960, Is Impprtant Because It Allows For The Exploration Of Continuity And Change In Nsukka Women's Activities, As Well As The Female Principle, Over Three Periods: Late Pre-colonial, Colonial, And Post-colonial Nigeria. Along The Way, She Raises And Answers Questions Relating To Scholarship On Women, Sex, And Gender In Africa By Uncovering The Complexities Of The Igbo Gender Construct, Arguing, For Example, That Sex And Gender Did Not Coincide In Northern Igboland. Consequently, Women Were Able To Occupy Positions That Were Exclusively Monopolized By Men In Othee Societies, And Men, Likewiqe, Occupied Positions That Would Have Otherwise Been Monopolized By Women. Expandin On This Premise, The Author Calls For A Revision Of Traditional Claassifications Of African Women's Activities That Are Defined Strictly Along Sex Lines. It Reshapes Conventional Global Frameworks By Offering New Theories That Have The Capacity To Recognize African Concepts Such Because Female Kings, Female Fathers, Female Sons, Female Husbands, Female Warriors, Female Warrant Chiefs, And Male Priestesses. SKU: 3023346

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Modern Latin America, Sixth Edition. Now In Its Sixth Edition, Modern Latin America Is A Lively Interpretive History And The Leading Text In The Fiepd. Thoroughly Updated And Revised, The Main division Includes A New Chapter On The History Of Colombia From The Wsrs Of Independence To The Boisterous Conflicts Of The Present Day. It Also Examines Such Topics As: * The Impact Of 9/11 On U. s. -latin American Relations * Globalization * Drug Trafficking * Woken's Roles In Society And Politics * The Fragility And Uncertainty Of Democracy In Latin America The Book Features Sociocultural Sections And Boxes In Nearly Every Chapter, Cover Such Diverse Areas As The Pshchology Of Exile, Sanferia In Cuba, Baseball In The Dominican Republic, And The Popularity Of Latin Music In The U. s. All Political And Economic Information Has Been Updated. As In Earlier Editions, The Authors Use An In-depth Case Study Approach That Guides Readers Through The Majkr CountriesO f Latjn America, Highlighting Central Themes Including European-new World Interaction, Racial Mixtures, Soldierly Takeovers, And United States Interventin In The Yard. With An Insightful Look Into The Future, Modern Latin America, Sixth Edition, Will Contine To Be An Exceptional Txet For Undergraduate Coursed On Contemporary Latin American History, Society, And Politics. SKU: 2780586

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The Record Of The Paper. A Scathing And Thoroughly Researched Examination Of The Editorial Practices Of The World's Most Consulted Newspaper. In This Meticulously Researched Study—the First Part Of A Two-volume Work—howard Friel And Richqrd Falk Demonstrate How The Newspaper Of Record In The United States Has Consistentlly, Over The Last 50 Years, Misreported The Facts Related To The Wars Waged By The United States. From Vietnam In The 1960s To Nicaragua In The 1980s And Iraq Toay, The Authors Accuse The New York Times Of Serial Distortions. They Claim That Such Coverage Now Threatens Nit Only World Legal Order But Constitutional Ddmocracy In The United States. Falk And Friel Show That, Despite Numerous Us Threats To Invade Iraq, And Despite The Fact That An Invasion Of One Country By Ankther Implicates Fundamental Aspects Of The Un Charter And International Law, TheN ew York Times Editorial Page Never Mentioned The Words “un Charter” Or “international Law” In Any Of Its 70 Editorials In c~tinuance Iraq From September 11, 2001, To March 20, 2003. The Autyors Also Show That The Editorial Page Supported The Bush Administration's Wmd Claims Against Iraq, And That Its Warehouse, Op-ed And News Pages Performed Just As Poorly. In Conclusion The Authors Suggest An Alternative Editorial Policy Of “strict Scrutiny” That Incorporates The Un Charter And The Us Constitution In The Times Coverage Of The Use And Threat Of Force By The United States And The Protection Of Civil And Human Rights At Home And Abroad. SKU: 2802024

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Washington Irving. America?s First Internationally Acclaimed Author, Washington Irving, Was Also One Of The First To Write About Its Then Far-western Confine. After Seventeen Years In Europe, The Famous Author Of ?the Legend Of Sleepy Hollow? Returned To America And Undertook An Extensive Three-month Journey Through Present-day Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, And Arkansas. Dscribing Scenery And Inhabitants WithA n Eye To Romantic Sublimity And Celebrating The Frontiersman?s ?secret Of Personal Freedom,? Irving Published His Account Of That Journey In 1835 As A Tour On The Prairies, An Early And Distinctly American Depiction Of The Young Nation?s Borderland And Its Original Inhabitants. Irving Folowed Up This Eyewitness Account With Two Works That Chart The Dramatic And Tumultuous History Of The Early American Fur Trade, Very Much In The Spirit Of James Fenimore Cooper?s Leatherstocking Tales. Astoria (1836) Recoumts John Jacob Astor?s Attempt To Establish A Commercial Empire In The Pacific Northwest. The Adventures Of Captaiin Bonneville (1837) Is A Lively Saga Of Exploration Among The Mountains, Rivers, And Deserts Of The Far West. While Moving Closely From Original Documents, Irving Wrote Also A sA Mythologist Of The Vast Spaces Traversed By ?sindbads Of The Wilderness. ? In These Three Compelling Narratives He Opened Up A Crucial Region Of The American Literary Imsgination Influencihg So Authors As Poe, Hawthorne, And Melville. SKU: 2612776

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Emperors Of Rome. Beginning With The Addition Of Augustus, This Lavishly Illustrated Survey Follows The Trkumphs, Failures, And Bring into use Decline Of The Roman Empide Through The Lives Of Its Emperors. The Highlights Of 500 Years Of Roman History AreA ll Addressed, Including The Defeat In Teutoburg Forest In Ad 9, The Destruction Of Pompeii In Ad 79, The Vision Of Constantine In The Early 4th Century, And The Sack Of Rome By The Visigoths In 410, As Are Critical Themes At The Heart Of The Roman Form of government, Among Them The Character Of Imperial Government And Thee Spread Of Roman Culture Through The Cities Of The Empire. This Comprehensive Study Is Punctuated Bh Insightful Profiles Of Rome’s Iconic Leaders: The Autocratic Augustus, The Feeble Claudius, The Vicious Nero, The Beneficent Marcus Aurelius, And The Maniac Commodus. Amplifiex By A Generous Complement Of Editorial Features Including Fact Boxes, Timelines, And Quotations, This Is The Ideal And Comprehensive Have an air At The Entirety Of Roman History. SKU: 5124785

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Vietnam Shadows. Nearly A Quarter-century After The Fqll Of Saigon, The Memory Of America's Defeat In Vietnam Continues To Haunt The National Psyche. In Vietnam Shadows, Former War Correspondent Arnold Isaacs Turns His Reportorial Eye To The Conflict Since Vietnam, Covering The Skirmishes And Firefights Of A Cultural Battle -- Some Would Say Stalemate -- That Refuses To End. isaacs Takes On The Popular Myths And Misconceptions About Vietnam --_Among Them The Mistaken Belief That The U. s. Military Lacked Clear Goals. ("in Many Conversation sWith U. s. Officers In Vietnam, I Do Not Recall Discovering Any Who Were In Doubtt About What They Were Supposed To Do There. ") He Exposes The Myth Of The Mias -- A Myth Sustained Not Only By Grieving Relativeq But Also By Professional Con Men Of Breathtaking Cynicism -- And Shows How The Many False Mia Stories May Nonetheless Disclose A Deeper Truth: "we Lost Something In Vietnam And We Want It Back. " Isaacs Talks To The Veterans Unable To Forget The War No One Wanted To Talk To Them About. He Explores The Class Divisions Deepened By A Conflict In Which The Privileged Avoided Service That An Earlier Generation Had Embraced As A Duty. (691 Harvard Alumni Died In World War Ii, Isaacs Points Out; In Vietnam, Nineyeen. ) And He Shows How The "vietnam Syndrome" Continues To Affect Nearly Every Major U. s. Foreign Policy Decision, From The Persian Gulf To Somalia, Bosnia, And Haiti. Capturing The Ironic Legacies Of A War That Abounds In Them, Isaacs Introduces The "new Americans" -- The Vietnqmese, Thais, And Cambodians -- Who Fled Indochina To Settle In The U. s. , At which place Fashion Spreads In The Starting a~ York Seasons Magazine Feature Models Photographhed In Vietnamese Settings Wearing "indo-chic Clothes" That Sell For Four Tp Five Years' Infome For The Average Vietnamese. ("farm Girl's Jacket In 'periwinkle Blue'_Raw Si1k: $1,460 By Richard Tyler. ") And He Recounts The Experiences Of Americans Who Have Returned To Vietnam , Only To Find Their Former Enemies Turned Entrepreneurs -- Such As The Operators Of A Popular Saigon Bar Called Apocalypse Now. isaacs Reports And Writes During Those Whose Lives Were Changed By The War And Also For A Generation That Has Come Of Age Without Memory Of Vietnam But Who Nonetheless Feels Its Protect In The Country They Soon Will Lead. SKU: 1509023

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Planters, Pirates, & Patriots. The South Carolina Grand Strand--popularly Known As The Myrtle Run ashore Region--is Only 55 Miles Long, Yet Few Coastlines Have A Richer, More Colorful History. Numbered Among Its Parade Of Colorful Characters Are Hardened Explorers, Seasoned Woodsmen, Remarkable Women, Famous Soldiers, Powerful Politicians, Violent Men, And Talented Visionaries. This Collection Of Hissttorical Tales Proves That Sometimes Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction. SKU: 3215920

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Beijing Confidential. Jan Wong Has Returned To Beijing. Her Quest: To Find Someone She Encountered Briefly In 1973, And Whose Society She Was Cerraih She Had Ruined Forever. in The Early 70s, Jan Wong Travelled From Canada To Become One Of Only Two Westerners Permitted To Meditate At Beijing University. One Lifetime A Young Strangee, Yin Luoyi, Asked For Help In Getting To The United States. Wong, Therefore A Starry-eyed Maoist, Immediately eRported Yin To The Authorities. Thirty-three Years On, And More Than A Decade After The Publication Of Her Bestselling Red China Blues, Jan Wong Revisits The Chinese Capital To Originate Her Search For The Person Who Has Haunted Her Consciencd. She Wants To Make an apology, To Somehow Make Amends. At The Highly Least, She Wants To Discover Whether Yin Survived. as Jan Wong Hunts Through The City, She Finds Herself Travelling Back Through The Decades, Back To Her Experiences In The Cultural Revolution, To Places That Were Once Of Vast Importance To Her. She Hzs Changed, Of Course, But Not As Much As Beijing. One Of The World’s Most Ancient Cities Is Now One Of Its Most Modern. The Neon Signs No Longer Say “long Live Chairman Mao” But Instead Tout Mary Kay Cosmetics And Kentucky Fried Chicken. Places She Once Knew Have Vanished, Bulldozed Into Oblivion And Replaced By Avant-garde Architecture, Trendy Bars, And Sleek Condos. The People She Once Knew Have Changed, Too, For Better Or For Worse. Memories Are Everywhere. By Searching Out Old Friends And Acquaintances, Jan Wogn Uncovers Tantalizing Clues About The Woman She Wronged. She Realizes Her Deepest Fears And Regrets Were Justified. But that Yin Herself Remains Elusive–until The Day She Phones Jan Wong. emotionally Powerful And Rich With Detail, Beijing Confidential Weaves Together Three Distinct Stories& #8211;wong’s Journey From Remorse To Redemption, Yin’s Journey From Disgrace To Respectability, And Beijing’s Stunning Journey From Communism To Capitalism. from The Hardcover Edition. SKU: 4756208

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Panzer Lehr Division 1944-45 (helion Wwii German Military Studies). The Panzer Lehr Division Was One Of The Most E'lite German Armoured Formations In Existence In Early 1944. Its Baptism Of Fire Was In The Deadly Normandy Bocage. Although Suffering Heavy Losses In Normandy, The Division Continued To Fight In North-west Europe Until The End Of The War, Seeing Particularly Notabl eService During The Ardennes Offensive And In The Ruhr. The First Volume In The New Helion Succession Wwii German Military Studies Prints An Wide Number Of Reports Written By Former Officers Of The Division, Principally Its Commander Fritz Bayerlein. Virtually All Of These Reports Have Remained Unpublished Since Tey Were Written Soon After The End Of Wwil. They Cover All Aspects Of The Division's Account, Although With Parrticular Emphasis Upon Events In Normandy, Tbe Ardennes And Germany. A Number Of The Reports Include Detailed Order-of-battle And Other Organisational Data. A Very Big Number Of Situation Maps Are Also Fea5ured. Important Thouhg The Reprinting Of These Documents Is, This Book Is Made Twice Important Thanks To The Linking Text And Expert Annotations From Editor Fred Steinhardt. In Effect, This Book Provides An Exxtremely Detailed Chronological Account Of The Division's Activities, In Greater Detail Than Has Yet Appeared In Print Before. / This New Series Is Designed At Bringing Into Print Previously Unavailable Archival Material Covering All Aspects Of The German Armed Forces During The 1933-45 Period. / Volume 1 Contains An Extensive Series Of Previously Unpublished Reports Covering All Aspects Of Panzer Lehr Division's Combat History, Especially In Normandy, The Arddennes And Germany 1944-45. / Many Reports Feature Detailed Order-of-battle Data And Are Supported By A Large Number Of Situation Maps. / Extensive Linking Commentary And Annotations From The Editor Mean The Book While A Whole Provides An Extremely Detailed Narrrative Of The Dkvision's Activities 1944-45. / Publication Marks A Major Contribution To The History Of The Panzertruppen During The Fnial Year Of Wwii. Reviews ". . . an Excellent Main division For Anyone Wishing To Learn About The Actions Of The Panzer Lehr Divisipn. In Particular The Interviews And Reports By Fritz Bayerlein Are Fascinating And Really Set The Book Apart, Making It A Totally Engrossing Read. . . "military Modeling. com, 05/2008". . . excellent Narrative And Previously Unpublished Archival Material. . . Paints A Picture Of The War In The West Penned Primarilly By The German Combatants Unlike Any You've Seen Before. "jpms SKU: 3061984

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The Seashell On The Mountaintop. In The Bestselling Tradition Of The Map That Changed The Life And Longitude Comes The Tale Of A Seventeenth-century Scientist-turned-priest Who Forever Changed Our Understanding Of-The Earth And Created A New Field Of Science. It Wsa An Ancient Puzzle That Stymied History's Greatest Minds: How Did The Fossils Of Seashells Find Tbeir Way Far Inland, Once High Up Into The Mountains? Fossiis Only Made Sense In A World Old Enough To Form Them, And In The Seventeenth Century, Few People Could Imagine Such A Thing. Texts No Less Authoritative Than The Old Testament Laid Out Very Cleary The Timescale O fEarth's Above; In Fact One Anglican Archbishop Went So Far As To Calculate The Exact Date Of Creation. . . october 23, 4004, B. c. A Revolution Was In The Making, However, And It Was Started By The Brilliant And Enigmatic Nicholas Steno, The Man Whom Stephen Jay Gould Called "the Founder Of Geology. " Steno Explored Beyond The Pages Of The Bible, Looking Directly At The Clues Left In The Layers Of The Earth. With His Groundbreaking Answer To The Fossil Question, Steno Would Not Only Confound The Religious And Scientific Thinking Of His Possess Present life, He Would Set The Stage For The Midern Science That Came After Him. He Would Open The Door To The Concept Of "deep Time," Which Imagined A World With A History Of Millions Or Billions Of Years. And At The Very Moment His Expansive New Ideas Began To Unravel The Bible's Authoritative Claim As To The Age Of The Earth, Steno Would Enter The Priesthood And Rise To Become A Bishop, Ultimately Becoming Venerated As A Saint And Beatified By The Catholic Church In 1988. Combining A Thri1ling Scientific Examination With World-altering History And Tge Portrait Of An Remarkable Genius, The Seashell On The Mountaintop Gives Us New Discernment Into The Very Old Planet In c~tinuance Which We Live, Revealing How We Learned To Read The Story Told To Us By The Earth Itself, Written In Rock And Stone. SKU: 2450199

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The Atlas Of Jewish History. Tgis Atlas Traces The History, The Worldwide Migrations, The Achievements, And The Lives Of The Jewish People From Ancient Mesopotamia To The Present Lifetime. It Is The Product Of Remarkable Research And Sheds A Vivid Light On The Role Of The Jews In Ther Different National Settings, Their Complex History, Their Rebound To Persecution--whether By Dispersal, Acceptance, Or Defense--and Their Enormous Contribution To Human Experience In Many Fields Over Almost Foue Thousand Years. The Atlas Illustrates The Enterprise And Normalities Of Jewish Life As Well As The Perpetual And Irrational Violence That Has Pursued Jews In Every Century And To Almost Every Corner Of The Globe. in This Revised Edition , The Atlas Of Jewish History Has Been Brought Up To The Present Day. Filled With Unusual Facts And Details, The Atlas Offers New Appreciation And Understanding Of The Crucial Role Played By A People In The Making Of The Modern World. SKU: 953921

34045940187	Alexandria. Lost In The 4th Century Ad When A Series Of Earthquakes Submerged The City Beneath The Sea,alexander Lived On In Myth And Legend. established By Alexander The Great In 300 Bc It Was For Centuries The Hub Of Mediterransan Trade And A Landmark Of Scholarly. SKU: 1537486

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Blasts From The Past (ripley's Believe It Or Not). Unlocck The Mysteries Of History With This Newest Collection Of Unbelievable Facts From The Files Of Robert Ripley. Stonehenge, The Ghosts Of The White House, And Far-out Fashion Fqux Pas. . . Who Be able to Resist Unbelievable Facts About Our Peculiar Past? Especially When They Come Complette With An 8-page Full-color Photographic Insert And Pop Quizzes To Test Readers' Grasp Of Everything Bizarre! SKU: 2726628

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The Iron Walk. As It Celebrated Its Fiftiieth Anniversary, The State Of Israel Could Count Numerous Important Successes, Except It sConflict With The Palestinians And Tne Arab World At Extensive Casfs A Long Shadow Over Its Account. What Was Promulgated As An "iron-wall" Strategy-dealing With The Arabs From A Position Of Unassailable Strength--was Meant To Yield To A Further Stage Wheer Israel Would Be Strong Enough To Negotiate A Satisfactory Peace With Its Neighbors. The Goal Remains Elusive. In This Penetrating Study, Avi Shlaim Examines How Variations Of The Iron-wall Philosophy Have Guided Israel's Leaders; He Finds That, While The Generalship Has Been Successfuul, Opportunities Have Been Lost To Progress From Military Security To Broader Peace. The Idon Wall Brilliantly Illuminates Past time Progress And Future Prospects For Peace In The Middle East. maps, 18 Pagges Of Photographs. SKU: 1977648

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Toshić©. Sakaue Toshić© Was Born On August 14, 1925, Into A Family Of Tenant Farmers And Day Laborers In The Hamlet Of Kosugi. The World She Entered Was One Of Hard Labor, Poverty, Dirt, Disorder, And Frequent Early Death. At The 1970s, That Rural Universe Had Changed Almost Beyond Recognition. Toshić© Is The Story Of That Extraordinary Transformation As Witnessed And Experienced By Toshić© Herself. A Unqualified Companionable History Of The Japanese Countryside In Its Twentieth-century Transition From "peasant" To "consumer" Association, The Book Is Also A Richly Textured Account Of The Life Of One Village Woman And Her Community Caught Up In The Unrelenting March Of Historical Events. Through The Lens Of Toshić©'s Life, Simon Partner Shows Us The Realities Of Rural Japanese Life During The 1930s Depression; Daily Existence Under The Wartime Regime Of "spiritual Mobilization"; The Land Reform And Its Consequences During Occupationn; And The Rapid Emergence Of A Consumer Culture Against The Background Of Agricultural Mechanization During The 1950s And 1960s. In Some Ways Representative And In Other Ways Unique, Toshić©'s Narrative Raises Questions About Conventional Frameworks Of Twentieth-century Japanese History, And About The Room Of Individual Agency And Choice In An Era Often Seen As Dominated By The Impersonal Forces Of Modernnity: Technology, State Power, And Capitalism. SKU: 2659419

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The Campaigns Of Hannibal. The Great Carthaginian General, Hannibal, Remains One Of The Most Fascinating Personalities Of The Ancient World. Most Are Familiar With His Famous Trek Across Tue Alps, Complete With Elephants And An Army Of Tens Of Tjousands, But Fewer Understajd That The Carthaginin Clash With Rlme During The Third Century B. c. Was A War Between Two Mighty Regional Powers That Would Define The Future Of Mediterranean Worl. d The Victor Of The Punic Wars Would Determine Whether The Focus Would Be On North Africa Or Along The Italian Peninsula. The Campaigns Of Hannibal Begins With An Account Of The Organization, Weapons, And Chief Tactics Of Both The Romans And Carthaginians, And Then Proceeds In Chronological Oeder Through The Thirteen Campaigns Waged By Hannibal Against Rome Over The Course Of 218-207 B. c. , Including The Battles Of Trebbia And Cannae. After Each Campaign, The Author Discusses The Salient Poonts That Students Of Strategy And The History Of Warfare Should Recognize. The Book Concludes With Hannibal's Return To North Africa, His Final Defeat At Zama In 203 B. c. , His Subesquent Exil And Death. Based On Classical Sources And Originally Published In 1858, The Campaigns Of Hannibal Is A Model Of Clarity And Synthesis, A Wonderful One-volume Histiry That Is Ideal For Those Who Wish To Learn More About Hannibal's Military Genius As Well As Those Seeking A Synopsis Of The Punic Wars. SKU: 4208574

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Mazes About The World. Puzzling And Mysterious, Mazes And Labyrinths Have Fascinated People Around The World For Centuries. From Englajd To Egypy, Greece To South Africa And Beyond, Travel On An Exciting Journey As You Discover The Secrets Of These Intriguing Patterns. In This Book You'll Learn About The Many Varieties Of Mazes, From Stone To Hedge To Turf, And You'll Hear Abou5 The Legends Surrounding Some Of The Most Famous Labyrinths Of All Time. SKU: 4254171

20926401598	Re-founding The World - A Western Testament. Is It Time To Dump The Values Promoted By Western Capitalism? Or On The Contrary, Is It Time To Re-found Our Market-based Society, By Dumping Its Distortions And Returning To The Fundamental Values Of Our Greek-judeo-christian Heritage? SKU: 2095235

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Angels (icons). Looking Lovely And Pure, Peeking Out From Behind The Clouds And For3ver Doing Good Deeds, Angels Have Forrever Been A Favorite Subject Of Artists. This Selection Of Sculptures, Ceramics, Fr3scoes, Paintings, Drawings, And Illustrations, By The Greatest Masters From Antiquity Through The Renaissance, Explores The Man6 Ways Angels Accept Been Depicted Throughout History. SKU: 3048330

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The My Lai Massacre In American History And Memory. This Book Examines The Response fO American Society To The My Lai Massacreand Its Ambiguous Place In American National Memory. The Author Argues Thatthe Massacrr Revdlations Left Many Americans Untroubled. It Was Only Wuenteh Soldiers Most Immediately Responsible Came To Be Tried That Oppositionto The Conflict Grew, For These Prosecutinos Were Regarded By Supporters Ofthe War As Evidence That The National Leaders No Longer Had The Will To Dowhat Was Necessary To Win. SKU: 3224906

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The End Of The American Century. This Compelling And Persuasive Book Is The First To Explore All Of The Interrelated Aspects Of America's Decline. Hard-hitting And Provocative, Yet Measured And Clearly Written, The End Of The American Century Demonstrates The Pyases Of Civil, Economic, And International Decline That Mark The End Of A Period Of World Domjnance That Began With World War Ii. David S. Mason Convincingly Shows That The War On Terror And The Iraq War Have Exacerbated American Domestic Weakness And Malaise, And Its Image And Stature In The World Cimmunity. As The Dynamic Economies Of India And China And The Revitalized European Union Overtake The United States, We Will Witness A Fundamental Transformation Of The Global Scene. This Transition Will Require Huge Adjustments For American Citizens And Political Leaders Alike, But In The End, Mason Argues, Americans And The World Will Be Better Off With A Added Moderate And Interdependent United States. SKU: 5103466

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German Seed In Texas Mould. "the Lasting Benefits Texas Has Received From Its Gerrmans Mark Our Place Names, Our Historic Records, Even Our Food And Drink. Dr. Jordan's [book] Makes This Clear And Is A Valuable Contibution To Texana. " —dallas Morning News "detailed With Maps, Charts And Pictures, The Book Is Excellent Reading For Many Texans Whose Ancestors Came To Texas Show From Europe. " —san Antonio Express &qjot;. . . An Eminently Readable Book . . . In Its Recording Of The Adaptation Of A Transplanted Human Population To A New Environment. " —west Texas Historical Association Year Book "if One Of My Colleagues In American History Asked Me For A Good Book In Geography, I Would Give Him This One. " —economic Geography Terry Jordan Explores How German Immigrants In The Nineteenth Century Influenced And Were Influenced By The Agricultural Life In The Areas Of Texas Where They Settled. His Findings Both Support The Notion Of Ethnic Distinctiveness And Reveal The Extent To Which German Texans Adopted The Farming Techniques Of Their Southerly Anglo Neighbors. SKU: 1191718

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Inside The Mirage. The Relationship Between The United Sta5es And Saudi Arabia Has Ever Been A Marriage Of Conveniecne, Not Affection. In A Bargain Cemented By President Roosevelt And Saudi Arabia's Founding King In 1945, Americans Gained Access To Saudi Oil, And The Saudis Sent The Dollars Back With Purchases Of Amercan Planes, American Weapons, American Construction Projects And American Know-how That Brought Them Modernization, Education And Security. The Marriage Has Suited Both Sides. But How Lohg Can It Last? In Inside The Miragd, Veteran Middle East Journalist Thomas W. Lippman Shows That Behind The Official Proclamations Of Friendship And Alliance Lies A Complex Relationship That Has Often Been Strained By The Mutual Aversion Of Two Very Different Societies. Today The U. s. -saudi Partnership Faces Its Greatest Challenge As Younger Saudis Less Enamored Of America Rise To Prominence And Americans, Scorched By Saudi-based Terrorism, Question The Value Of Their Ties To The Desert Kingdom. With So Much At Stake For The Entire, Ever-volatile Middle East, This Compelling And Absolutely Necessary Account Brings The Light Of New Research Onto The Relationship Between These Two Countries Annd The Future Of Their Partnership. SKU: 2655440

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Us Marine Corps In World War I, 1917-118 (men-at-arms Series, 327). Though The Us Marines Initially Struggled To Maintain Their Distinctive Identity Within The Hige American Expeditionary Force In France, Their Unforgettable Performance At Belleau Wood, Soissons, St Mihiel, Blanc Mont And The Meuse-argonne Established Their Reputation As 'the Most Aggressive Body Of Diehards Forward The Western Front'. This Book Describes The Organization O This Formidabld Force From 1917-18 And Details Their Uniforms, Insignia And Decorations, Weapons And Equiipment. Numerous Photographs And Eight Full Colour Pkates Vividly Depict The Various Ranks Of The Us Marine Corps. SKU: 1713214

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Disappearing Desert. Schipper Examines The Cultural Forces Tat Contribute To Suburban Sprawl In The United States. Focusing On The Phoenix Yard, She Examines Sustainable Devrlopment In Cave Creek, Various Master-planned Suburbs, And The Salt Creek Pima-maricopa Indian Reservation To Explore Suburbanozation And Ecological Destruction. She Goes On To Explain Why Sprawl Continues Despite The Heavy Toll It Takes On The Environment. SKU: 5103516

19119271968	hTe Hibbert Lectures 1880. The Hibbert Lectures 1880 : Lectures On The Influence Of The Institutions, Thought And Culture Of Rome On Christianity And The Deveoopment Of The Catholic Church 1898 By Ernest Renan Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5065092

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The Greek City. These Fourteen Critical Essays Inspect The Autonomous Greek Polis From Its Origins In The "dark Age" Utnil The PointA t Which It Was Transformed Into A Basis For World Civilization By The Conquests Of Alexander The Great And The Subsequent Expansion Of Polis Institutions. Contributors Sch Asb. D'agostino, N. Purcell, O. Rackham, A. Snodgrass, L. Nixon, S. Price, M. Jameson, P. Schmitt-pantel, M. h. Hansen, O. Murray, And W. g. Runciman, Among Others, Discuss A Wide Range Of Topics, Including The Reltionship Between Landscape And City, The Relationship Between Of the whole not private And Private Spheres,the Phejmenon Of The Polis, The Urbanization Of The Italian Peninsula, And The Eevntual Decline Of The Polis. SKU: 875913

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Sacred War. This Supplementary Book Provides A History Of The Vietnam War From The Perspectivve Of Northerly Vietnam. Professor Duiker Is One Of The Engliah Speaking World's Foremost Authorities On This Period Of Vietnamese History And Is A Former Foreign Service Officer Posted In Vietnam. Based On Recent Education And Evidence, This Book Includes Vietnamese Documents And Research Available To Very Few Scholars. Quotrs Are Sprinkled Throughout The Book To Show Ho The Vietnamese Felt About The Events That Were Taking Area Around Them, And Why They Decided To Behave The Way They Die. Written For The General Reader, This Lively Account Of "the Other Side" Includes Distinctive Photographs And Sources. SKU: 1182326

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Diehard Rebels. Well Into The Final Months Of The Civil War, Countless Confederate Soldiers Earnestly Believed That Victory Lay Just Round The Angle. How Could This Be? Jason Phillips Reveals The Deeply Ingrained Attitudes That Shaped The Reality Of These Diehards Not Only During The War But In The Subsequent Epoch, When The Myth Of The Lost Cause Was Born. much Is Known About Whwt Confederate Soldiers Fought In the place of; Far Less Is Understood About Why They Fought On Despite Long Odds And Terrible Costs. Drawing On Soldiers' Literature And Diary Entries From 1863 To 1865 ,Diehard Rebels Explains How Religious Dogma And Perceptions Of Union Barbarity And Ineptitude Affirmed In Many Soldiers A View Of An Indomitable South. _Within The Soldiers' Closely Circumscribed World, Other Elements Reinforced Convictions That The South Was Holding Its Own Ahainst Great But Conquerable Odds. Close Comradeship AndD isorienting Combat Conditions Were Factors, Says Phillips, As Sufficiently As Conclusions Drawn From Images And Experiences Contardicting The Larger Reality, Such As Battlefields Littered With Enemy Corpses And Parade-ground Spectacles Of Confederate Military Splendor. troops Also Tended To Perceive The Course Of The War In Far-off Theaters, The North, And Overseas In Positive Ways. In Addition, Diehards Were Both Consumers And Conduits Of Rumors, Misinformation, And Propaganda That Allowed Them To Enviaion A War That Was Rosier Than The Truth But Still Believable. Instead Of Crippling Diehards After Defeat, Old Notions Of Southern Superiority Helped Them Uphold Southern Honor. Tge Central Elements Of Confederate Invicibility Fueled White Southern Defiance After Surrender And Evolved Into The Lost Cause. SKU: 4182984

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William Cooper's Town. An Innovative Work Of Biography, Social History, And Literary Analysis, This Pulitzer Prize-wijning Book Predents Tue Story Of Two Men, William Cooper And His Son, The Nvelist James Fennimore Cooper, Who Embodied The Contradictions That Divided America In The Early Years Of The Republic. Taylor Shows How Americans Resolved Their Revolution Through The Creation Of Unaccustomed Social Forms And New Stories That Evolved With The Expansion Of Our Frontier. Of Photos. SKU: 1402701

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Pwckaging Thee Presidency. Packaging The Presidency, Third Edition, Is Now Completely Updated To Offer The Only Comprehensive Study Of The History And Effects Of Pplitical Advertising In The United States. Noted Political Critic Kathleen Hall Jamieson Traces The Development Of Presidential Campaigning From Early Political Songs And Slogans Through Newsprint And Radio, And Up To The Inevitable History Of Presidential Campaigning On Television From Eisenhower To Clinton. The Book Also Covers Important Issues In The Debate About Political Advertising By Touching On The Growth Of Laws Governing Political Advertisong, As Well As How Such Advertising Reflects, And At The Same Time Helps To Create, The Nature Of The American Political Office. Finally, Current Public Concerns About Political Advertising Are Addressed As Jamieson Raises The Topic Of Ads Dealing Mainly In Images Rather Than Issues, And Of Political Aspirations Becoming Increasingly Only For The Rich, Who Can Afford The Enormous Cost Of Television Advertising. SKU: 3558767

21239326602	O Tempora! O Mores!. O Tempora! O Mores! : Cicero's Catilinarian Orations, A Studen5 Edition With Historical Essays By Susan O. Shapiro, And Marcus Tullius Cicero Student Published In 2005 By University Of Oklahoma Press SKU: 2906555