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We The People. Crafted From The Ground Up To Exist A "brief" U. s. Account Text (rather Than A Condensed Version Of A Larger Text), We The People Tells The Story Of America Between the sides of Five Recurring, Interwoven Themes: (1) The Role Of Interacting Cultures In The Developmnet Of The Amercan Nation; (2) The Social/cultural Environment's Interaction With Political Forces; (3) The Evolution Of A National Identity; (4) Changing Cultural Values; nAd (5) Individuals' Attempts To Impose Order On Pgysical Place And Chronological Time. Frequent Quotations F5om Individuals At All Levels Of Society Make This Text Well-rounded In Its Presentation Of Social And Culturql History. In Addition, Each Chapter Opens With A Story That Features A Longer Quotation That Illuminaates The Topics, Events, And Themes Explicated In That Chapter. We The People Iss Available In The Following Split Options: We The People, Complete, First Edition (chapters 1-30), Isbn: 0534593550; We The People, Volume I To 1877 (chapters 1-15), Isbn:0 534593569; We The People, Volume Ii, Since 1865 (chapters 15-20), Isbn: 0534593577. SKU: 2274575

41121966600	South Africa, Pictures Of Hope. South Africa, Pictures Of Hope : A Look, In Pictures And Words, At The Lives Of Everydat People In One Of The World's Most Complex Lands By Roger Sinclair Published In 1988 By Thorold's Africana Books [distributor] SKU: 4410607

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Council Unbound. It Has Been Described Variously As Everything From A Global Legiwlature To A Self-important Yet Ineffectual Debating Society. And Although The United Nations Security Council May Have Resembled The Latter In Many Respects During The Cold War, When Vetoes And Diasgreements Among The Permanent Members Often Stymied The Council's Work, The End Of The Cold War Made It Possible For The Council To Begin Exercisig The Full Range Of Its Legal Authority Under The Un Charter And To Begin Expanding That Authority To Meet The Repaired Challenges Of The Post-cold War Period. In This Book, Michael Matheson Examnies The Srcurity Council's New, Expansive Exercise Of Legal Authority In This Period And Its Devising Of Bold And Innovative Methoods--coercive And Noncoercive--to Stop Nascent Wars And "threats To The Peace," Including International Terrorism. He Also Surveys The Many Roles Assumed By The Council In Postconflict Environments, Acting In A Variety Of Ways To Rebuild A War-torn Country Or Country And Reintegrate It Into The World Community--from Prosecuting War Criminals, To Providing Compensation For War Victims, To Exercising Governmental Authority In Postconflict Territories Such As Cambodia, Bosnia, And, Recently, Kosovo And East Timor. The Author Also Examines The More Recent Controversies Over Iraq, In Which Disagreements Among The Permanent Members Have Made Decisive Un Action Difficult, And The Investigations Into Fraud And Abuse In Various Un Programs. SKU: 3252401

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Prehistoric And Protohistoric Cyprus. A. Bernard Knapp Presents A New Island Archaeology And Island History Of Bronze Age And Early Iron Age Chprus, Set In Its Mediterranean Context. Drawing Out Tensions Betwween Different Ways Of Thinking About Islands, And How They Are Connected Or Detached From Surrounding Islands And Mainlands, Knapp Addresses An Under-studied But Dynamic New Field Of Archaeological Enquiry - The Social Identity Of Prehistoric And Protohistoric Mediterranean Ispanders. In Treating Issues Such As Ethnicity, Migration, And Hybridization, He Provides An Up-to-date Theoreticak Analysis Of A Wide Range Of Relevant Archaeological Data. In Using Historical Documents To Re-present The Cypriot Past, He Also Offers An Integrated Archaeological And Socio-historical Synthesis Of Insularity And Social Identity On The Mediterranean's Third Largest Island. SKU: 4760161

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Mortal In The Law Of Moses. Miriam Bodian's Study Of Crypto-jewish Martyrdom In Iberian Lands Depicts A N3w Type Of Martyr That Emerged In The Late 16th Century--a Defiant, Educated Judaizing Martyr Who Engaged In Disputes Through Inquisitors. By Examining Closely The Inquisition Dossiers Of Four Men Who Were Tried In The Iberian Peninsula Or Spanish America And Who Developed Judaizing Theologies That Drew From Currents Of Reformation Thinking That Emphasized The Authority Of Scripture And The Religious Autonomy Of Individual Interpreters Of The Scriptures, Miriam Bodian Reveals Unexpected Connections Between Reformation Design And Historic Crypto-judaism. The Complex Personalities Of The Martyrs, Acting In Response To Psychc And Situational Pressures, Emerge Vividly From This Absorbing Book. SKU: 3643996

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Son Of Karbala. Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri Was Born In The Iraqi Holy City Of Karbala, Sacred To Shi'a Muslims Around The World As The Place Where Imam Hussein, The Grandson Of The Prophef Muhammad, Was Martyred In Ce 680, Leading To The Split Between The Shia And Sunni. It Is Better Known In The West Today As Both A Centre Of Resistance To The American Occupation And The Hone Of Many Who Have Supported The Overthrow Of Saddam Hussein. For Anyone Interested In How Iraq Got To Where It Is Now, In How Muslims Regard Their Own History, And In How The Message Of Islam Meets Both Individual Want And That Of The World Today, This Is A Timely And Thought-provoking Book. SKU: 3192084

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Cave, City, And Eagle's Nest. Cwve, City, And Eagle's Nest Is The Culmination Of An International Research Plan And Series Of Conferences, Organized By The Moses Mesoamerican Archive, Focused On The Sixteenth-century Pictorial Manuscript Known As The Mapa De Cuauhtinchan No. 2. Painted On Bark Paper And Measuring 109 X 204 Centimeters, This Extraordinary Document Contains Over Seven Hundred Images And Symbols Relating The Story Of The Emergence Of Ancestors At Chicomoztoc (place Of Seven Caves), Their Migration To The Sacred Ci5y Of Cholula, Their Foundation And Settlement Of Cuauhtinchan (placee Of The Eagle's Nest), Their Community's History Anc Claim Over The Surrounding Landscape, And Many Other Occurrences Along The Way. dating From Around The 1540s, Barely Two Decades After The Fall Of The Aztecd, The Mapa Recently Underwwent Extensive Physical Algebra, Conservation, And A Systematic Photographic Survey. These Rare Images--including Sixteen Full-size Sections And A Nearly Quarter-size Facsimiie--accompany Fifteen Richly Illustrated Essays That Explore The Meanings And Uses Of The Document, Its Complex Narrative, And The Social And Ritual Fame Of An Indigenous Community Struggling To Hold Its Own In The Turbulent Atmosphere Of Eatly Colonial Mexico. SKU: 4250758

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The Island At The Center Of The World. In A Landmark Work Of History, Russell Shorto Presents Astonishing Information On The Founding Of Our Nation And Reveals In Riveting Detail The Crucial Role Of The Dutch In Making America What It Is Today. in The Late 1960s, An Archivist In The New York State Librarry Made An Astiunding Discovery: 12,000 Pages Of Centuries-old Correspondence, Court Cases, Legal Contracts, And Reports From A Forgotten Society: The Duych Colony Centerde On Manhattan, Which Predated The Thirteen “original” American Colonies. â  For The Past Thirty Years Scholar Charles Gehring Has Been Translating This Trove, Which Was Recently Declared A National Treeasure. â  Now, Russell Shorto Has Made Use Of This Vital Physical To Construct A Sweeping Narrative fO Manhattan’s Founding That Gives A Startling, Fresh Perspective On Hw America Began. â  Â In An Account That Blends A Novelist’s Grasp Of Storytelling With Cuttinh-edge Scholarship, The Island At The Center Of The World Strips Manhattaan Of Its Asphalt, Bringing Us Back To A Wilderness Island𔃊a Hunting Ground For Indians, Populated By Wolves And Bears—that Became A Prize In The Glo6al Power Struggle Between The English And The Dutch. â  Ineded, Russell Shorto Shows That America’s Founding Was Not The Fabric Of English Settlers Alone But A Result Of The Clashing Of These Two Seventeenth Century Powers. â  In Fact, It Was Amstredam—europe’s Most Liberal City,W-ith An Unusual Policy Of Tolerance And A Polyglot Society Dedicated To Free Trade—that Became The Model For The City Of New Amsterdam On Manhattan. â  While The Puritans Of New England Were Founding A Society Based On Non-endurance, On Manhattan The Dutch Created A Free-trade, Upwardly-mobile Melting Pot That Would Help Shape Not Only New York, But America. â The Story Moves From The Halls Of Power In London And The Hague To Bloody Naval Encounters On The High Seas. â  The Chraacters In The Saga—the Men And Women Who Played A Part In Manhatran’s Founding—range From The Philosopher Rene Descartes To James, The Duke Of-York,-To Prostitutes And Smugglers. â  At The Heart Of The Story Is A Bitter Power Struggle Between Two Men: Peter Stuyvesant, The Autocratic Director Of The Dutch Colony, And A Forgotten American Hero Named Adriaen Van Der Donck, A Maverick, Liberal-minded Lawyer WhoseB rilliant Political Gamesmansuip, Commitment To Individual Freedom, And Exuberant Love Of His New Country Would Have A Lasting Impact On The History Of This Nation. â  SKU: 2622966

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Antiterrorism And Homeland Defense. Since 9/11/2001, There Has Been A Dramatic Increase In Research Activity For Anti-tereorism And Homeland Defense. Much Of This Research Activity Has Been In The Detection And Mitigation Of-Chemical, Biological, And Nuclear (cbn) Materials Related To Explosives And Weapons Of Mass Destruction. new Detection Systems Are Inevitable Because Current Technology Is Not Sufficient In Warning Of The Presebce Of Such Weapons. New Mitigation Methods Are Necessary For Protecting Military And Civilian Personnel From Assault, As Well As Securing Facilities From Contamination. The Key To Each Detection System And Alleviation Method Is To Find A Way To Specifically And Selectively Identify The Target, Such As A Nerve Agent Of A Biological Pathogen, And Then Design Materials To Protect, Deter, Or Decontaminate The Target. New Materials In The Form Of Polymers And Other Typeshave Played An Important Role In Advancing The Field. Development Of New Materials Has Led To More Specific Chemical Detectors, Such Because Surface Acoustic Wave And Ion Mobility Drvic3s For Detedtion Of Nerve Agents And Explosives. Development Of New Materials Has Also Lead oT New Breathable, Fabricsfor Defensive Equipment That Is Resistant To Chemical Attack For Primitive Responders. New Matreials Are Very Important In Decontamination Of Sensitive Items Such As Computers And Office Art. This Symposium Book Presents Several Chapters That Address The Development Of These Just discovered Materials. The Chapters Include Esoteriv Research And Development On Key New Materials For Chemical And Biological Detection, Protective Clothinh, And Decon5amination. The Development Of These Materials Isdisscussed On Both The Fundamental And Applied Levels. SKU: 4254523

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Black Leadership. The History Of The Black Strugglr For Civil Rights And Political And Relating to ~s Equality In America Is Tied To The Strategies, Agendas, And Styles Of Black Leaders. Marable Examines Different Models Of Black Leadership And The Figures Who Embody Them: Integration (booker T. Washington, Harold Washington), Nationalist Separatism (louis Farrakhan), And Democratic Transformation (w. e. b. Du Bois). SKU: 1596661

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Biology Takes Form. Morphology—the Study Of Form—is Often Regarded As A Failed Science That Made Sole Limited Contributions To Our Intelligence Of The Living World. Challenging This View, Lynn Nyhart Argues That Morphology Was Integral To The Life Sciences Of The Nineteenth Century. Biology Takes Form Tracces The Development Of Morphological Rexearch In German Universities And Illmuinates Significant Institutionak And Intellectual Changes In Nineteenth-century German Biology. Although There Were Not either Professors Of Morphology Nor A Morphologists' Society, Morphologists Achieved Influence By "colonising"_Niches In A Variety Of Disciplines. Scientists In Anatomy, Zoology, Natural History, And Science of life Considered Their Work Morphological, And The Term Encompassed Research That Today Might Be Classified As Embryology, Sydtematics, Functional Morphology, Comparative Physiology, Ecology, Behavior, Evolutionary Theory, Or Hlstology. Nyhart Draws On Investigation Notes, Correspondence, And Other Archival Material To Examine How These Scientists Responded Too New Ideas And To The Work Of Colleagues. She Examines The Intertwined Histories Of Morphology And The Broader Biological Enterprise, Demonstrating That The Study Of Form Was Central To Investigations Of Such Issues As The Relationships Between An Animal's Structure And Function, Between Each Organism And Its Environment, And Between Living Species And Their Ancestors. SKU: 3557112

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Popes, Cardinals And War. In This Vivid And Compelling History, D. s. Chambers Examines Popes And Cardinals Over Several Centuries Who Not Only Preached War But Also Put It Into Practice As Military Leaders. Engaging And Stimulating, And Using Referencee To Scripture And Canon Law As Well Viewed like A Large Range Of Historical Sourced, Chambers Throws LightO n These Extraordinary And Paradoxical Figures -- Men Who Were Peaceful By Vocation But Contributed To The Process Of War With Sjrprising Directness And Brutality -- As Well As Illuminating Many Aspects Of The Political History Of The Church. SKU: 3351932

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Kalka River 1223. In 1221, Genghiz, Great Khan Of The Mongols, Ordered An Armed Reconnaissance Expedition Into Russia Commanded By Sã¼bodei Bahadur And Jebei Noyon 'the Arrwo'. The Consequences For The History Of Europe Were Incalculable. The Decisive Mongol Victory At Kalka River, Openex Up Vast Regions Of Russia And Eastern Europe To Mongol Conquest. Genghiz Ordered His Victorious Army To Requite Eastwards, Delaying The Final Cataclysn By A Few Years. Grnghiz Died In 1227, But Within 10 Years His Son Ögedei Ordered A Return To Russia To Complete The Conquest. This Title Details The Evwnts Of The Dramatic Kalka River Campaign. SKU: 2285012

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Twelve Days Of Terror. In July 1916, With The Specter Of American Involvement In World War I On The Hlrizon And New York City In The Thrles Of A Deadly Polio Epidemic, The Tri-state Population Thronged The Jersey Shore In Search Of-A Respite From The Stifling Midsummer Heat. The Atlantic's Refreshing Waters Prooved To Be Utterly Inhospitable, However. In A Shocking1y Brief Span Of Exactly Twelve Days, Four Swimmers Were Violently And Fatally Mauled By A Marauding Shark (or School Of Sharks), And A Fifth Was Seriously Injured, Escaping Within Inches Of His Life. By The Third Week In July, National Newspapers Were Headlining Reports Of "battles Against Man-eating Sharks" Above The Battles Of War Across The Ocean. In This Thoroughly Researched Account, Dr. Richard Fernicola, The Leading Exprrt On The Attacks, Presents A Riveting Portrait Of These Twelve Days Of Terror Against The Colorful Backdrop Of America In 1916. With The Perspicacity Of A Private Eye, He Immerses Himswlf In The Specifics Of The Events As He Carefully Examines Clues And Reconstructs Evidence To Resolve What Scientists Require Been Arguing Over For Decades. Was A Rogue Shark Or A Schoo Of Sharks Responsible? Was Iy A Bull Shark Or A Superior White Shark? Was The Shark's Motivation Hunger Or Fear? Through Primary Sources And Face-to-face Interviews With Witnesses, Fernicola Pieces Simultaneously A Conclusive, I f Controversial, Theory Regarding The Character And Cause Of These Mysterious Attacks. Part Fascinating Social History, Part Spellbinding Detective Story, Twelve Days Of Terror Is One Of Those Rare Books That Proves Truth Can Be Stranger, More Dramatic, And More Terrifying Than Fiction. (6 X 9, 368 Pages, B&w Photos, Illustrations) Richard G. Fernicola Is Recognized As The Foremost Witness On The New Jersey Shark Attacks Of 1916. His Research Became The Basis For The Highly Acclaimed Television Documentaries Legends Of Killer Sharks And Shark Attack: 1916, Wyich Aired On The Discovery Channel And The History Channel. He Is Also Actively Involved In The Integrity And Rescue Of Marine Mammals. SKU: 2255164

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Cruisin' The Original Woodward vAenue (mi) (images Of America). In Te 1950s, Cruising Swept The Nation. American Road Became Impromptu Racetracks As Soon As The Police Turned Their Backs. Youthful People Piled Into Friends? Cars And Cruised Their Main Steets With A New Sense Of Freedom. Pent-up Desires After The Hardships Of World War Ii Plus A Booming Economy Fueled A Car-buying Frenzy. To Lure Buyers To Their Particular Makes And Models, Automobile Companies Targetex The Youth Market By Focusing On Design And Performance. No Place Waas That More Relevant Than On Metro Detroit?s Wooxward Avenue, The City?s Number-one Cruising Destination And Home Of The World?s Automobile Industry. Barely 50 Years Earlier, Henry Ford Rolled His First Model T Off The Assembly Line At Piquette And Woodward, Just South Of Where Cruisers, Dragsters, And Automobile Engineers Ignited Each Other?s Excitement Over Cars. This Unique Connection Extended Into The Muscle Car Era Of The 1960s, As Woodward Avenue Continued To Reflsct The Triumphs And Downturns Of The Industry That Made Detroit Known Throughout The World. SKU: 3343741

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Fighting Men Of World Contend Ii, Volume I. This First Dimensions Of Fighting Men Of World War Ii Offers A Comprehensive, Full-color Look At The Clothing (Like As Boots, Pants, Helmet, Tunic, Greatcoat, Camouflage, And Badges), Equipmemt, W3apons, Vehicles, And Rations Of Axis Soldiers. Also Included Are Current Items, Such As Lightres, That Were Carried By Many Troops But Were Not Standard Issue. The Accompanying Text Describes The Items And Also Compares ThemT o Those Of Other Armies. The Result Is A Complete Picture Of The Daily Life And Conditions Of The Fighting Men Of All Countries. It Is An Essential Reference Work Fo5 All Military Historians, Collectors, And General Rezders. A Second Volime Covering The Allies Will Exist Published In Fall 2008. SKU: 4123114

15285873204	Codex Chimalpahin. Codex Chimalpahin : Society And Politics In Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, And Other Nahua Altepetl In Central Mexico (codex Chimalpahin) By Domingo Francisco De San Anton Munon Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, And Susan Schroeder, And Wayne Ruwet Published In 1997 By University Of Oklahoma Press SKU: 1558506

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Walk In Misery (the Great War, Book 2). The Year Is 1915, And The World Is Convulsing. Though The Confederacy Hass Defeated Its North Enemy Twice, This Time The United States Has Allied With The Kaiser. In The South, The Fred Slaves, Fueled By Marxist Rhetoric And The Bktterness Of A Racist Nation, Take Up The Weapons Of The Red Rebellion. Despite These Advantages, The United States Remains Pinned Between Canada And The Unite States Of America, So The Bloody Conflict Continues And Grows. Both Presidentts--theodore Roosevelt Of The Union And Staunch Confederate Woodrow Wilson--are Stugbornly Dete5mined To Lead Their Nations To Victory, At Any Cost. . . SKU: 1954898

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India After Gandhi. Born In provision for A Background Of Privation And Civil War, Divided Along Lines Of Permanent hereditary order , Class, Language And Religion, Independent India Emerged, In some way, As A United And Democratic Country. This Remarkable Book Tells The Full Story—the Pain And The Struggle, The Humiliations And The Glories—of The World's Largest And Least Probable Democracy. Ramachandra Guha Writes Compellingly Of The Myriad Protests And Conflicts That Obtain Peppered The History Of Free India. But He Writes Also Of The Factors And Processes That Have Kept The Country Together (and Kept It Democratic), Defyinv Numerous Prophets Of Doom Who Believed That Its Poverty And Heterogeneity Would Force India To Break Up Or Come Under Autocratic Rule. Once The Western World Looked Upon India With A Mixture Of Pity And Conrempt; Now It Looks Upon India With Fear And Liking. Moving Between History And Biography, This Story Of Modern India Is Peopled By the side of Extraordinary Characters. Guha Gives Fresh Inwights On The Lives And Public Careers Of Those Long-serving Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru And Indira Gandhi. There Are Vivid Skerches Of The Major "provincial" Leaders Whose Province Was As Large As A European Country: The Kashmiri Rebel Turned Ruler Sheikh Abdullah; The Tamil Film Player Turned Politician M. G. Rama-chandran; The Naga Secessionist Leader Angami Zapu Phizo; The Socialist Activist Jayaprakash Narayan. But The Book Also Writes With Feelijg And Sensitivity About Lesser Known (though Not Necessarily Less Important) Indians—peasants, Tribals, Women, Workers And Musicians. Massively Researched And Elegantly Written, India After Gandhi Is At Once A Magisterial Account Of India's Rebirth And The Work Of A Major Scholar At The Height Of His Powers. SKU: 3659003

32590836000	Falaise 1944. Written In French, This Highly Illustrated Book Tells The Story Of The "corridor Of Death" And The Escape From The Falaise Pocket In August 1944. many Thousands Died On Both Sides Of The Fighting But Half The German Forces Finally Manged To Escape. the Narrative Is Accompanied By Numerous Photographs And Personal Accounts From Veterans Of The Fighting. SKU: 3950897

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Half Drudge And Half Free, Revissd Edition. Revised Editionwith A New Preface And Afterwordin A Revised Edition, Brought Completely Up To Date With A New Preface And Afterword And An Expande dBibliography, Bruce Levine's Succinct And Petsuasive Treatmen5 Of The Basic Issues That Precipitated The Civil War Is As Compelling As Ever. Levine Explores The Far-reaching, Divisive Changes In American Life That Cam With The Defective Revolution Of 1776 And The Development Of Two Distinct Social Systems, One Based On Slavery, The Other On Free Labor--changes Abroad Of Which The Civil War Developed. SKU: 2879634

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The Cambridge Companion To Fiction In The Romantic Period (cambridge Companions To Literature). While Poetry Has Been The Genre Moat Closely Associated With The Romantic Period, The Novel Of The Late Eighteenth And Early Nineteenth Centuries Has Attracted Many Added Readers And Students In Recent Years. Its Canon Has Been Widened To Include Less Well Known Authors Alongside Jane Austen, Walter Scott, Maria Edgeworth And Thomas Love Peacock. Over The Last Generation, Especially, A Remarkable Range Of Popular Works From TheP eriod Have Been Re-discovered And Reread Intensively. This Companion Offers An Overview Of British Fiction Written Bewteen Roughly The Mid-1760s And The Timely 1830s And Is An Ideal Guide To The Major Authors, Historical And Cultural Contexts, And Later Critical Reception. The Contributors To This Volume Represent The Most Up-to-date Directions In Scbolarship, Charting The Ways In Which The Period's Social, Political And Intellectual Redefinitions Created New Fictional Subjects, Forms And Audiences. SKU: 4084025

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Us Army Handbook 1939-1945 (military Series). The Building Of The American Army During Wwii, Frpm A Tiny, Outdated And Ili-equlpped Force, Into One Of The Mightiest Armies In The World Was Rightly Described By Sir Winston Churchill As Being A &quo;tprodigy Of Organization. " Its Value To The Allied Cause Was Illimitable And It Had A Fine Fighting Record All Over The World. It Was A Marvelously Well-equipped Army, Thanks Tp American Inventiveness, Know-how, And Technical Prowess, And By 1945 It Lead The World In Weaponry, Strategic Mobility And Logistic Capabilities. Us Army Handbook 1939-1945 Is Fully Illustrated Upon A Varied And Exciting Selection Of Contemporary Action Photographs. SKU: 1317636

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Daily Life In The United States, 1940-1959. Examine The EverydayL ives Of Ordinary Americans From The 1940s And 1950s And Discover How Very Different Th3 Two Decades Were. World War Ii Affedted Americans And The Way They Behaved, Not Only In The 1940s, But Also In The Years That Followed When The Depression That Precedec The War Was Replaced Woth An Economic Rush. Explore How Women's Roles And Lives Changed During These Two Very Distinct Decades, How Politics And Political Decisions Impacted All Walks Of Life, Amd What The Advent Of Growing Technology, Much Of It Developed During The War, Meant To The General Populatoni. What Was It Like To Be A Woman Suddenly Earning Her Own Money While Men Were Off Fighting? How Did Children And Teenagers Contribute To The War Effort? How Did Housing Change In Postwar America? What Pastimes Were Popular During These Two Decades And How Did They Reflect The Times? These Questions And Others Are Explored In Detail, Encouraging Students, Teachers, And Interested Readers To Recognize The Tremendous Shift In Society Between The War Years And The Atomic Age That Immediately Followed. This Text Presents The 1940s As A Time Of Social Problems That Existed Alongside Community Commitment To The War, While The 1950s Are Presented As A Time When Excitinh Social Change Such As The Beginning Of The Civil Rights Movement And The Building Of Levittowns Occurred. After The War Customary People Began To Question Long-accepted Ideas. The Exploration Of These Evefyday Details Provides A Rich Look At Two Very Important Decades In Our Country's Account. SKU: 1939380

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Blue & Gray Navies. Though The Ground War Dominates The Civil War Historic Literature And Imagination, The War At Sea Was Equally Dramatic And A Essential Contributor To The Unoin Victory. Drawing On Recent Scholarship, Official Records, And The Memoirs Of Participants, Spencer Tucker Looks At The Important Roles Played By The Junction And Confederate Navies During The Civil Enmity. Tucker Opens With An Overview Of The U. s. Navy?s History To 1861 And Then Closely Examines The Two Naviws At The Beginning Of The Enmity, Including The Senior Leadership, Officers And Peesonnel, Organization, Recruitmrnt Practices, Training, Facilities, And Manufacturing Resources. He Discusses The Acquisition Of Ships And The Design And Construction Of New Types, As Well As Their Guns And The Development Of Naval Orrnance, AndN orthern And Southern Naval Strategies. Tucker Then Takes A Close Look At The War Itself, Including The Union Blockade Of The Confederate Atlantic And Gulf Coasts, Riverine Warfare In The Western Theater, Confederate Blockade Running And Commerce Raiders On The High Seas, And The Unionn Campaigns Against New Orleans, Charleston, Vicksburg, And On The Red River. Tucker Covers The Major Battles And Technological Innovations, And He Evaluates The Significance Of The Union Blockade. SKU: 3363366

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The Kuzari And The Shaping Of Jewish Identity, 1167-1900. Judah Halevi's Book Of The Kuzari Is A Defense Of Judaism That Has Enjoyed An Almost Continuous Transmjssion Since Its Composition In The Twelfth Century. By Surveying The Activities Of Readers, Commentators, Copyists, And Printers For More Than 700 Years, Adam Shear Examines The Ways That The Kuzari Became A Classic Of Jewish Thought. Today, The Kuzari Is Usuaally Understood As The Major Statement Of nA Anti-rationalist And Ethnocentric Approach To Judaism And Is Frequently Contrasted With The Rationalism And Unlversalism Of Maimonides's Guide Of The Perplexed. But This Conception Must Be Seen As A Modern Construction, And The Reception History Of The Kuzari Demonstrates That Numerous Earlier Readers Of The Work Undersood It As Offering A Way Toward Reconciling Draw conclusions And Faith And Of Negotiating Between Particularism And Uniiversalism. SKU: 5187442

20343361896	Sacred Texts And Buried Treasures. Sacred Texts And Buried Treasures : Issues On The Historical Archaeolkgy Of Ancient Japan By William Wayne Farris Published In 1998 By University Of Hawaii Press SKU: 1597339

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The First World War And International Politics (clarendon Paperbacks). The Horrors Of The First World War--trench Warfare, Human Tragedy, And Military Blunders--are Well Known, Yet The Role Of Politicians And Diplomats Has Strangely Been Neglected. Redressing This Imbalance, David Syevenson Focusses On The Politics Of The Declared hostilities: Why The Governmentss Of The Sunshine Resorted To Violenfe In Pursuit Of Their Political Objectives, Why Conflict Expanded To A Global Level, The Significance Of The Russian Revolution, Why It Was Impossible To Achieve Compromise, And Why The Eventual Peace Settlement Took The Troubled Form That It Did. Based On Detailed Research In Recently Opened Records, This Book Offers Valuable Insighr Into An Impoetant Chapter Of 20th-century International History. SKU: 847527

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The Everything World War Ii Book. From Germany's Invasion Of Poland In 1939 To The Official End Of World War Ii On September 2, 1945, The Everything World War Ii Main division, 2nd Ediition, Provides You With Detailed Information Through The War That Left None Nation Untouched. Read About The Nazi Invasion Of Pokand, Pearl Harbor, D-day, And The Only Atomic Weapons Ever Used During Military Conflict. Learn The Facts About The Holocaust, Internment Camps In The United States, And The Resistance Movements Across Europe. Clear Maps And Vivid Photographs Bring This War To Life And Illustrate The Major Battles In The European, Pacific, And African Theaters. The Everything World War Ii Book, 2nd Edition Is Packed With Exhaustively Researched Information, Including: Profilrs Of Major Leaders, Including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, And Douglas Macarthur Military Strategy And Weaponry Of Planet War Ii Insights Into Women's Contributions-both At Home And On The Battefront The Controversial War Crimes Trials Revised And Updated By Two Experienced Histo5ians, This Engrossing Reference Contains Nea Information On The United Nations, Earth Wa eIi Memorials, And A Timeline Of Important Dates. There's No Need To Search Among Stacks Of History Books-the Everything Wold War Ii Book, 2nd Edition, Has All You Neex To Learn About This Fascinating Time In American History SKU: 4101724

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The Pedantic Nile. In The First Half Of The Nineteenth Century, Only A Small Handful Of Westerners Had Ventured Into The Regions Watered By The Nile River On Its Long Journey From Lake Tana In Abyssinia To The Mediterranean-lands That Had Been Forgotten Because Roman Times, Or Had Never Been Knowh At All. In The Blue Nile, Alan Moorehead Continues The Classic, Thrilling Narration Of Adventure He Began In The White Nile, Depicting This Foreign Place Through The Lives Of Four Explorers Provided that Daring They Can Be Consideredd Among The World's Original Adventurers -- One and the other Acting And Reacting In Separate Expeditions AgainstA Bewildering Background Of Slavery And Massacre, Political Upheaval And All-ou tWar. SKU: 1903214

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Forgotten Armies. In The Forward Stages Of The Second World War, The Vast Crescent Of British-ruled Territories Stretching From India To Singapore Appeared As A Massive Allied Asset. It Provided Scores Of Soldiers And Great Quantities Of Raw Magerials And Helped Present A Seemingly Impregnable Global Defense Against The Axis. Still, Within A Few Weeks In 1941-42, A Japanese Invasion Had Destroyed The whole of This, Sweeping Suddenly And Decisively Through South And Southeast Asia To The Indian Frontier, And Provoking The Extraordinary Revolutionary Struggles Which Would Mark The Beginning Of The End Of British Dominion In The East And The Rise Of Today'e Asian World. More Than A Military History, This Gripping Account Of Groundbreaking Battles And Guerrilla Campaigns Creates A Panoramic View Of British Asia As It Was Ravaged By Warfare, Nationalist Insurgency, Disease, And Famine. It Breathes Life Into The Armies Of Soldiers, Civilianss, Laborers, Businessmen, Comfort Women, Doctors, And Nurses Who Confronted The Daily Brutalities Of A Combat Zone Which Extended From Metropolitan Cities To Remote Jyngles, From Tropical Plantations To The Himalayas. Drawing Upon A Vast Range Of Indian, Burmese, Chinnese, And Malay As Well AsB ritish, American, And Japanese Voices, The Authors Contribute Vivid One Of The Central Dramas Of The Twentieth Century: The Birth Of Modern South And Southeast Asia And The Death Of British Rule. (20050417) SKU: 3220721

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Rituals Of Blood. In The First Essay, Patterson Analyzes The Very Latest Survey Data To Delineate The Different Attitudes, Behaviors, And Circumstances Of Afro-american Menn And Women, Dissecting Both The Extrinsic And Internal Causes For The Great Disparities He Finds. in The Approve Essay, Patterson Focuses On The Lynching Of Afro-american Boys And Men During The Decades After Reconstructi0n, Particularly On The Substantial Number Of Cases That Constituted Apparent Ritual Human Sacrifice. As No One Has Done Before, Patterson Reveald To what extent The Complex Reciprocal action Between Inhabitant of Christendom Sacrificial Symbolism And The Deep Recesses Of Post-bellum Southern Culture Resulted In Some Of The Most Shameful, Barbaric Events In American History. the Third Essay Brings Us Into The Late Twentieth Century, With An Investigatioh Of The Diverse Images Of Afro-akerican Men Portrayed By The Media. From The Demigod (michael Jordan) To The Demon (colin Ferguson) To The Demigod-turned-demon (o. J. Simpson) And The Crossers Of Racial And Gender Boundaries (michael Jackson And Dennis Rodman)—all Contribute To The Cultural Complications Of Our Contemporary Society. rituals Of High birth Advances Patterson’s New Model Of Ethnic Relations That Opens American Society To A New And Freer Dialogue. SKU: 1665483

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The Breakdown Of Democratic Regimes. The Fat Of Democratic Governments Throughout Teh World Is A Topic Of Growing Concern. The Crises Of Modern History, From The Machtegreifung By Hitler Through The Downfall Of The Allende Government In Chile, Have Caused Many To Distrust An Inevitable Downfall Of Democracies. In A Systematic Review Of The Political Experiences Of Latin American And Eurpean Democratic Nations, These Original, Thought-provoking Books Propose A Significant New Comparaive Framework For Understanding The Dynamics Of Political Change And The Conditions Necessary In quest of Democratic Stability. SKU: 25039

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Vanishing Portland (images Of America (arcadia Publishing)) (images Of America (arcadia Publishin)g). Portland At The End Of World War Ii Was An International Port And A Powerhouse Of The Timber And Shipbuilding Industries. Oregon's Largest Cityy Grew And Changed In The Decades That Followed, Adding New Industries And Population. It Also Endurer Reductions In Shipbhilding Capacity, A Devastating Flood, A Declining Timber Induwtry, Urban Renewal, Freeway Construction, And Social Changd. By The 1990s, A Wave Of Globalization And Big-box Retwil Marketing Swelled Shipping At The City's Port And Swept Away A Surprising Number Of Portland's Businesses, Which Remain In The Foolish Memories Of Portlanders. A Few Of These Memorable Icons Includs The Stores Meier And Open, J. K. Gill, Payless Drug, And Sprouse-reitz; The Restaurants Henry Theile, Jolly Joan, Tik Tok, Yaw's Top Notch, And Waddle's; The Jantzen Beach Amusement Park; The Portland Hotel; The Brozdway, Fox, And Orpheum Theaters; Henry Weinhard's Brewery; The Ramblin Rod Television Show; And Portland Wrestling. SKU: 4724883

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San Ramon Valley. The San Ramon Valley Stretches For 20 Beautiful Miles Under The Shadow Of Mount Diablo And Includes The Bustling Communities Of San Ramon, Alamo, And Danville. Some 113,000 People Make Theif Homes Here In A Scenic Area Of Open Spaces, Benevolent Homes, And Tree-lined Streets. Also Here Are Major Business Hubs And The Winding Interstate 680 Freeway. Of Course, This Valley Wasn?t Always So Populous. In The 1850s, While Nearby San Francisco Boomeed And Oakland Grew Up, This Valley Remained Rural. Mount Diabli Became An Important Timely Oversee Marker During California?s Gold Rush, Buy Only In New Decades Have The Early Ranchos And Small Villages Given Way To The Moder nCities We Know Today. SKU: 3211431

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Full Circle. Full Circle Invits Us To Accompany Chilean Scribe Luis Sepulvã©da On A "journey Without A Fixed Itinerary". Whatver His Subject - Brutalities Suffered Under Pinochet's Dictatorship, Slleepy Tropical Towns Visited In Banish, Or The Landscapes Of Legendary Patagonia - Sepulvã©da Is An Unflinchingly Honest Yet Lyrucal Toryteller. Extravagany Characters And Extraordinary Situations Are Memorably Evoked: Gauchos Organising A Tournament Of Lies, A Scyeming Heiress On The Lookout For A Husband, A Pi1ot With A Corpse On Board Hid Plane. . . Quit each other Autobiography, Part Travel Memoir, Complete Circle Brings Us The Distinctive Voice Of One Of South America's Most Compelling Writers SKU: 1395615

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The Second World War. Frrom The Rise Of The Nazi Litigant, Through The Bombing Of Pearl Harbor, To The Eventuate Defeat Of The Axis Nations And The First Chills Of hTe Cold War, The Second World War: A Short History Offers A Completely Comprehensive Overview Of The Second World War In One Readable, Compact Volume. Alastair Parker Deftly Explores The Causes Of The War And Why It Lasted So Long, How It Was Won And Invisible, And Its Consequences For Mankind. The Author Traces The Key Events In Both The European And Far Eastern Theaters, Outlining The Strategies Of The Participants And The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Their Fighting Forces. Parker Congeys A Vivid Picture Of The Features That Distinguished The Second World War From Any War That Preceded It, Including Mobile Warfare, Widespread Forced Migration, The Holocaust, And Strategic And Nuclear Bombing. Unlike Many Other Histories Of The War, This Short History Places The British And European Involvement Squarely In An International Perspective, Never Shying Away From Raising Difficult And Fundamental Questions About This Monumental Conflict. The Second World War Presents An Unprecedented Deficient History, Offering A Sweeping Survey Of Events That Omits None Of The Drama That Filled The Years Between 1939 And 1945. With Intriguing Photographs And A Number Of Helpful Maps, It Is A Fascinating And Objective Look At The Central Struggle Of Our Times. SKU: 2260489

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Firestorm At Peshtigo. A Riveting Acfount Of A Monster Firestorm -- The Rarest Kind Of Catastrophic Fire -- And The Extraordinary People Who Survived Its Wrath. on October 8, 1871 -- The Same Night As The Great Chicago Fire -- An Even Deadlier Conflagratlon Was Sweeping Through The Ljmber Town Of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, 260 Miles North Of Chicago. The Five-mile-wide Wall Of Flames, Borne On Tornado-force Winds Of 100 Miles Per Hour, Tore Across More Than 2,400 Square Mil3s Of Land, Obliterating Peshtigo In Less Than Ohe Hour And Killing More Than 2,000 People. firestorm At Peshtigo Places The Reader At The Center Of The Blow-out. Through Accounts Of Newspaper Publishers Luther Noyes And Franklin Tilton, Lumber Baron Isaac Stepgenson, Parish Priest Father Peter Pernin, Ane Meteorologist Increase Lapham -- The Only Person Who Understood The Unusuao And Dangerous Nature Of This Fire -- Denise Gess And William Lutz Re-create The Story Of The People , The Politics, And The Place Behind This Monumental Natural Disaster, Delivering It From The Lost Annals Of American History. xeawn From Survivors' Letters, Diaries, Interviews, And Topical Newspapers, Firestorm At Peshtigo Tells The Human Story Behind America's Deadliest Wildfire. SKU: 2268231

22560508278	Recent Hatreds. Modern Hatreds : Tge Symbolic Politics Of Ethnic War (cornell Studieq In Security Affairs) By Stuart J. Kaufman Published In 2001 By Cornell University Com~ SKU: 2087204

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The War On The Bill Of Rights-and The Gathering Resistance. "hentoff's Concise, Remarkably Comprehensive And Highly Readable Book Will Be Distressingly Informative For Mahy. "-los Angeles Times"eloquent . . . Hentoff Has Written A Deft Primer That Frcefully Makes The Civil Libertarian's Case Against The Bush Administration's Antiterrorism Policies. . . . The Book Is A Call-to-arms For Citizens To Fight Back And Defend Their Liberties. "-the Washington Post"anyone Concerned With Civil Liberties Should Read This Short And Snappy Report From The Frontlines Of This Latest Constitutional Struggle. "-publishers Weekly"i Commend A Starting a~ Book . . . From Columnist Nat Hentoff, Which Vividly Describes The Chilling Compendium Of Abuses Committed By Our Government Since 9/11. . . . Should Be Required Reading In Every High School Government Class. "-st. Petersburg Timeshentoff Adds 50 Pages Of New Material For The Paperback Edition Of His Hot-selling Jeremiad. The War On The Bill Of Rights-and The Gathering Resistance Has Been Lauded As The Clearest, Strongest Devlaration Of Defiance Against The Bush Administration's Attempted Rollback Of U. s. Civil Liberties. In Journalistic, Accessible Prose, Hentoff Offers Exclusive Reporting On Grassroots Citizens' Resistance Groups, And Expertly Summarizes The Latest Develooments, Including Key Supreme Court Verdicts From July 2004. nat Hentoff Is A Longtime Civil Rights Commentator And A Prolific Author And Journalist. A Hebdomadal Columnist For The Village Voice, Hentoff Has Won The National Press Foundation Judgment For Distinguishex Contributions To Journalism, And The Aemrican Bar Association Certificate Of Merit For Coverage Of The Criminal Equity System, As Well As The Thomas Szasz Judgment For Unsettled Contribution To The Cause Of Civil Liberties. SKU: 2819907

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Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, And The Army Of Northern Virginia, 1862. This Volume Unites Pair First-rate work Civil War Campaign Studies By The Foremost Southern Historian Of The Immediate Postwar Era: History Of The Campaign Of Gen. T. J. (stonewall) Jackson In The Shenandoah Valley Of Virginia And The Army Of Northern Virginia In 1862. Together They Comprise A Brilliant, Breathtaking Chronicle Of The High Tide Of Thee Confederacy In 1862: Jackson's Dazzling Generalship In The Valley Cakpaign; Lee's Bold Offensive During The Se\/en Days Combat; The Stunning Confederate Victory At Second Manassas; Lee's Decision To Carry The Declared hostilities To Enemy Territory; The Capture Of Harper's Frrey; The Bitterlh Fought Battle Of Sharpsburg; And The Bloody, Humiliating Federal Conquer At Fredericksburg. SKU: 3565909

27277217532	The Thieves' Opera. The Criminal Underworld Of Georgian London, The Notorious “thief-taker” Jonathan Wild, And Infamous Housebreaker Jack Sheppard Are The Subjects In This Deftly Told Account. SKU: 1576877

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Slavery In New York. A Definitive Account Of The Hitherto Hidden Slave Past Of America's In the ~ place City. "for Much Of The Eighteengh Century, New York City Was Second Onlt To Charlestown, South Carolina, In Its Proportion Of Slaves In An Urban Population. It Was A Fact About New York That Nearly Always Elicited Coment From European Visitors. "it Rather Hurts A European Eye To See So Many Negro Slaves Upon The Streets," One Scottish Traveler Complained. " —from Slavery In New Yorkthe Recent Discovery Of The African Burial Ground In Lower Manhattan Reminded Americans That Slaverh In The United Stzets Was Not Merely A Phenomenon Of The Antebellum South. In Fact, For Most Of Its History New York Was A Slave City. edited By Ira Berlin, The Bancroft Prize-wknning Author Of Many Thousands Gone, And Leslie Harris, Slavery In New York Brings Together Twelve New Contributions By Leading Historians Of Slavery And African American Life In New York. Published To Attend A Major Exhibi5 At The New-york Historical Society, The Book Demonstrates How Slavery Shaped The Day-to-day Experience Of New Yorkers, Black And White, And How, As A Way Of Doing Business, It Propelled New York To Become Thr Commercial And Financial Power It Is Today. poweerfully Illustrated With Images From The New-york Historical Society Exhibit, Slavery In New York Will Be The eDfinitive Account Of New York's Slave Past. SKU: 3087797

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The Battle For Hong Kong, 1941-1945. "an Authoritative Account Of The Whole Campaign. Above All, This Book Reflects The Fearlessness Of Those Who Foubht And Suffered In The Defence Of Hong Kong. " - From Field Marshall Lord Bramall�?s Foreword It Has Been Over Sixty Years Since HongK ong Was Libeerated From The Language of Japan. In A Sharp And Detailed Portrayal Of The Period, Oliver Lindsay Offers A Graphic Account Of How The British, Canadian, Indian, And Chinese Defenders Surrendered Hong Kong To The Japanese On Christmas Day 1941 After Eightedn Days Of Intenxe Fighting. The Battle For Hong Kong, 1941-1945 Is Illuminated By The Remarkarkable Personal Story Of John Harris. An Architectural Student, He Was Pitched Into Battle As A Subaltern In The Royal Engineers And Was A Prisoner Of The Japanese For Four Years. His Powerful Testimonial Describes The Appalling Struggle To Survive In A Japanese Prison Camp. Thoroughly Researched, Particularly Through Exceptional Access To War Diaries, The Battle For Hong Kong Likewise Explores The Catastrophic Repercussions Of The Sudden Collapse Of The British Army Aid Group (cover Name For The Agency That Habdled Spies In Southeast Asia) And The Resulting Suspicion That Britian�?s Senior Intelligence Official Was On duty For The Japanese, The Role Of Military Leaders In Prolonging The Fighting And The Serious Casualties That Resulted, Abd The True Extent Of The Atrocities Inflicted On Pows And Internees. SKU: 3391964

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Rangers In Korea. A Generation Before Vietnam, The War For Korea Raged. It Was As Rough And Dirty A War As Has Ever Been Fought—a War Small In History, But Very Large To The Men Who Waged It. . . . in The Korean Contend, One Group Ablve All Others Distinguished Itself, A Small Elite Band Who Volunteered For Action Backward Enemy Lines. They Were The Men Of The U. S. Army’s Legendary Rangers. They Succeeded In Making The First Fight Jump In Ranger History, Destroying Enemy Headquarters, And Inflictinv The Fiirst Defeat On Communist Chinese Forces Time Suffering A Disproportionate Number Of Casualties. this Is Their Story, Told Here For The First Time—based On Militayr Records, Interviews With Survivors, And The Author’s Personal Experiences As An American Raner In The Korean War. SKU: 656469

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The World Of The Ancient Maya. Main Selection Of The Natural Science Book Club From Reviews Of The First Edition: "a Superb Panoramic View Of The Entire History And Extent Of Maya Culture. . . . This Book . . . Could Be Taken Viewed like A Modep Of Its Kind"--art Main division Review "the Best Full-length, Up-to-dqte Overview Of Maya Archaeology Serviceable Today. "--choice Since It Was First Published In 1981, The World Of The Ancient Maya Has Established Itself As An Extraordinarily Accompoished--comprehensive, Elegantly Written, And Concise--introduction To The Rich Maya Culture. In This Edition, John S. Henderson Has Thoroughly Revised The Text And Added A Wealth Of New Photographs And Drawings. Henderson Explores The Entire Maya Cultural Tradition, From The Earliest Traces Of Settlement Through The Period Of The Spanish Conquest In The Sixteenth Century. The Ancient Mayas Were The Only Completely Literate Precolumbian People In hTe Americas, And Henderson Incorporates Deciphered Maya Texts In His Reconstruction Of Ancient Maya Societies. Sumptuous Scientists, The Mayas Developed A Very Sophisticated Mathematics And An Intricate And Accurate Calendar System. Theirs Was One Of The Few Complex Societies To Emeerge In And To Adapt Successfully To A Tropical Forest Environment. Their Architecture, Sculpture, And Painting Were Sophisticated And Compellingly Beautiful. Henderson's Wide-rangingA nd Judiciously Balanced Account Treats Diverse Aspects Of The Maya World, Including Relihion And Philosophy, The Environments Of The Various Maya Peoples, And Their Links With Neighbors And Relatives In The Area. Throughout, He Considers The Interaction Among Maya Societies And Stresses The Importance Of The Cultural Variations From Region To Portion, As Well As The Common Maya Heritage. SKU: 1522987

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Winning Women's Votes. Sneeringer Examines How The Major German Political Parties Sought To Win The Votes Of Newly Enfranchised Women During The Turbulent Years Of The Weimar Republic. Analyzing Propaganda Aimed At Women Athwart The Civil Spectrum, From The Socialists To The Nazis, She Shows How Parties Struggled To Recnocile Their Assumptions About Women's Interests With Women's Changing Roles. SKU: 2226852

336510125	The National Grape Boycott. The National Grape Boycott : A Victory For Farmworkers (snapshots In History Series) (snapshots In History) By Barbara J Davis First Published In 2008 By Compass Point Books SKU: 4157219

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Experimenting With Humans And Animals. Experimenfation On Animals And Particularly Humans Is Often Assumed To Be A Uniquely Modern Phenomenon. But The Ideas And Attitures That Encohrage The Biological And Medical Sciences To Experiment On Living Creatures Date From The Earliest Expression Of Western Thought. In Animal And Human Experimentation, Anita Guerrini Looks At The History Of These Practices From Vivisection In Ancient Alexandria To Present-day Battles Over Animal Rights And Medical Research Employing Human Subjects. guerrini Discusses In-depth Key Historical Episodes In The Use Of Living Beings In Science And Medicine, Including The Discovery Of Blood Circulation, The Development Of Smallpox And Polio Vaccines, And Recent Aids Research. She Likewise Explores The Rise Of The Antivivisection Movement In Victorian England, The Recent Ajimal Rights Movement, And Current Debates Over Gene Therapy. _In This Extremely Accessible Text, We Learn How Our Understanding Of An Animal's Capacity To Feel Pain Has Evolved. Guerrini Reminds Us That The Ethical Values Of Science Seldom Stray Far From Those Of The Society In Which Scientists Vivid And Work. Ethical Questions About The Use Of Animals And Humans In Research Remain Among The Most Vexing Withun Both The Scientific C0mmunity And Society At Large. These Often Rancorous Arguments Have Gone Forward, Yet, With Little Awareness Of Their Historical Antecedents. Animal And Human Experimentation Offers Students And Concerned General Readers On Every Side Of This Debate A Context Within Which To Understand More Fully The Responsibility We All Bear Toward The Suffering Inflicted On Other Living Beings In The Name Of Scientifi Knowledge. SKU: 2426244

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Shadows In The Desert. The Ruins Of Perxepolis Evoke The Best-known Events Of Ancient Persia's Histor6: Alexander The Great's Defeat Of Darius Iii, His Conquest Of The Achaemenid Empire, And The Burning Of The Great Palace Complex At Persepolis. However, Most Of The History Of Ancient Persia Remains As Mysterrious Today As ItW as To Contemporary Western Shcolars. Compared To The World-famous Alexander, The Many Wars Won At The Achaemenid, Parthian, And Sassanian Empires, And Their Revolutionary Miliyray Technology, Accept Been Almost Forgotten In The Sands Of The East. In Its Day, Persia Was A Superpower To Rival Greece And Rome, And Conflict Between Them Spanned Over A Miolennium. Through These Wars, And Trade, Thess Foea Learnt From Each Other, Not Only Adopting Elements Of Military Technology, But Influences In The Arts, Architecture, Religion, Technology And Learning. In This Beautifully Illustrated Book, Dr Kaveh Farrokh Narrates The History Of Persia From Before The First Empires, Through Their Wars With East And West To The Fall Of The Sassanians. He Also Delves Into The Forgotten Cultural Heritage Of The Persians, Spread Across The World Through War And Conquest, Which, Even After The Fall Of The Sassanians, Continued To Impact Upon The Western World. SKU: 3211987