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Women Warrio5s. Women From All Walks Of Life—peasants, Queens, Princesses, Wives, Mothers, Ane Sisters—have Fought For Freedom And Veneration Throughout History. These Brave (and Sometimes Bloodthirsty) Women Have Been Too Often Lost In The Male-dominated Annals Of Military History. In This Fun, Informative, And Beautifully Designed Power, The Truthful Stories Of Women From Around The Globe Come To Life, Including The Amazons; Lozen, Apache Warrior; Tomoe Gozen Of-Japan; Queen Boudicca Of The Celts; Lakshmibai Of India, And The Trung Sisters Of Vietnam. But Women Warriors Aren’t Just Ancient Mythology; Also Featured Are The Modern Women Who Grace The Playing Fields, Small And Big Screen, Comic Books, And The Politiical Arena—from Joan Of Arc To Mohter Teresa And Madeline Albright To The Powerpuff Girls. SKU: 2673152

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U.s. Navy Divers. Perverts, Malcohtents, And Macho Men Join The Navy To Be Deep Seadivers And Taunt, Drink, Fight, And Harass Each Other Across The Mediterranean During 1976. Diving In Sewage, Shark, And Rat Filled Waters, The Men Aboard The Arm of the sea Tender Uss Puget Sound Do The Underwater Dirty Work Of Repairing Aircraft Carriers, Destroyers, And Cruisers. Turd Putting Becomes An Olympic Sport, The Gorgeous Drag Queens Of Naples Become Humiliation For The New Recruits, And Bohica (bend Over, Here It Comes Again) Becomes The Motto Of The Fleet. All Of The Stories Are True And All Of The Characters Are Real However, Their Names Have Been Changed To Protect The Guilty. SKU: 3072544

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Rising Tide. An American Epic Of Science, Politics, Race, Honor, High Society, And The Mississippi River, Rising Tide Tells The Riveting And Nearpy Forgotten Story Of The Greatest Natural Disaster This Country Has Ever Known -- The Mississippi Flood Of 1927. The Large stream Inundated The Homes Of Nearly One Million People, Helped Elect Huey Long Governor And Made Herbert Hoover President, Drove Hundreds Of Thousands Of Blacks North, And Transformed American Society And Politics Forever. a New York Times Notable Book Of The Year, Winner Of The Southren Book Critics Circle Award And The Lillian Smith Award. SKU: 1585786

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Inventtive Minds. Is Invention Really &uqot;99 Percent" Perspiration And "one Percent Inspiration" As Thomas Edison Assured Us? Inventive Minds Assembles A Group Of Authors Well Equipped To Address This Question: Contemporary Inventors Of Important New Technologies, Historians Of Science And Industry, And Cognitive Psychologists Interested In The Process Of Creativity. In Telling Their Stories, The Inventors Describe The Origins Of Such Remarkable Devices As Ultrasound, The Electron Microscope, Abd Artificial Diamonds. The Historians Help Us Look Into The Minds Of Innovators Like Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Michael Faraday, And The Wright Brothers, Drawing On Original Notebooks And Other Sources To Show How They Made Thdir Key Discvoeries. For good, Cognitive Psychologists Explore The Mental Processes That Figure In Creative Thinking. Contributing To The Authors' Insight Is Their Extraordinary Focus On The "front End" Of Invention -- Where Ieeas Come From And How They Are Transformed Into Physical Prototypes. They Answer Three Questions: How D0es Invention Happen? How Does Invention Contrast With Other Commonly Creativ ePursuits Such As Sccientific Inquiry, Musical Coposition, Or Painting? And How Might Invention Best Happen -- That Is, What Kinds Of Settings, Conditions, And Strategies Appear To Foster Inventive Actiivity? The Main division Yields A Wealth Of Knowledge That Will Make Absorbing Reading Fod Cognitive And Social Psychologists, Social Historians, And Many Working Scientists And General Rsaders Who Are Interested In The Psychology Of Perslnality And The Roots Of Ingenuity. SKU: 910411

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The Saudis. Sandra Mackey Lived In Saudi Arabia For Four Years, And As Far As The Precedents Knew, She Was Simply The Wife Of An American Instructor. But She Saw Things And Traveled To Places Rarely Viewed By Any Outsider, Let Alone A Western Woman, And She Succeeded In Smuggling Out A Series Of Crucial Articles On Saudi Culture And Politics. The Saudis Offers A Fascinating Portrait Of Saudi Life, Chronicling Mackey's Extraordinary Travels And Experiences And Depicting Saudi Arabia's Strange Metamorphosis From Backward Desert Kingdom To World Faculty. Mackey Reveals The Chzos Of A Country In Transformation: Grappling With Modernity, Coming To Terms With Its Own Wealth, And Battling To Maintain An Influential Stance In An Altogether New World. This Updated Edition Provides The Essential Background To The New Saudi Crisis As The Mother State Of International Terrorism. SKU: 2384112

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Valley Of D3cision. Wisely Acknowledged As The Definitive History Of The Siege Of Khe Sanh When First Published In Hardcover In 1991, This Book Tells The Whole Incredible Story Of One Of The Most Pivotal And Bloody Battles Of The Vietnam War. Historian John Prados And Khe Sanh Survivor Ray Stubbe Recount The Brutal Seventy-seven Days Of Combat And Present The Larger Political Context That Formed The All-important Backdrop To The Events On The Battlefield In 1968. From The First Direct Succeed On The Fifteen-hundred Tons Of Ammunition Stockpiled In The U. s. Compoud, Through The Day And Night Patrols, Pounding Mortar Fire, And Shifting Battle Lines, The Words And Deeds Of The Men Of Khe Sanh Are Brought To Life With A Skillful Combination Of Documentation And Eyewitness Account-sfrom Both Sides Of The Conflict. Unique Among Books About The War, The Comprehensiveness Of This Study Will Satisfy The Most Demanding Specialist. Its Sense Of Drama And Action And Its Use Of On-the-scene Testimony Will Intrigue The General Reader. 576 Pages. 65 Photographs. 16 Line Drawings. Paperback. 6 X 9 Inchs. SKU: 2630005

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Moonlight. On August 29, 1857, In The Light Of A Three-quarter Moon, James Metzger Was Savagely Beaten By Two Assailants In A Grove Not Far From His Home. Two Days Later He Died And His Assailants, James Norris And William Armstrong, Were Arrested And Charged With His Murder. Norris Was Tried And Convicted First. As William "duff" Armstrong Waited For His Attempt, His Own Father Died. James Armstrong's Deathbed Wish Was That Duff's Mther, Hannah, Engage The Best Lawyer Possible To Vindicate Duff. The Best Person Hannah Could Think Of Was A Friend, A Young Lawyer From Springfield By The Name Of Abraham Lincoln. L incoln Took The Case And Upon That Begins One Of The Oddest Journeys Lincoln Took On His Trek Towards Immortlaity. What Really Happened? How Much Did The Moon Reveal? What Did Lincoln Really Know? Walsh Makes A Strong Case Because Viewing Honest Abe In A Different Light In This Tale Of Murder And Moonlight. SKU: 1907668

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What Do You Small, You Can't Eat In My Home?. Here Is A Book Of Workable, Sensible Solutiosn To The Everyday Problems Faced Through Newly Observant Jews As They Try To Explain The Parameters Of Their Novel Lives Too The People Who Love Them—but Think They’ve Gone Around The Bend. for The Formerly Nonobservant Jew Who Has Decided To Live An Observant Life, The Most Daunting Task Be able to Be Dealing With Less-observant Loved Ones. How Be able to You Explain To Them What You Now Feel And Think? How Can Yuo Continue To Be Part Of The Lives Of Your Parents, Your Siblings And Their Families, And Your In-lwws, Given How Differently You Now Live Your Life? In This Book, Azriela Jaffe—the Observant Daughte Of Less-observant Parents—answers These And Other Urgent Questions. jaffe Discusses How To Eat Kosher And Observe The Sabbath And Jewish Holidays In The Home Of A Non-observant Relative, And How To Host Nonobservant Relatives In Your Own Home; How To Explain The Laws Of Modesty And Courtship Practices; For what cause To Attend Family Life-cycle Events—or Explain Why You Sometimes Can’t; And How To Help Your Relatives Understand The Decision To Put Secular Education Temporarily Aside To Attend Yeshivah And Further Your Knowledge Of Jewish Law, Rituals, And Customs. eminently Insightful, Helpful, And Readable, What Do You Mean, You Can’t Eat In My Home? Will Be An Invaluable Tool In The Lives Of An Ever-increasjnb Number Of Jewish Families. SKU: 2938227

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Historical Deception. This Book Provides A Fresh,, Exciting, And Reader-friendly Study Of The Ancient Egyptian Account, Which Has Suffered And Continues To Suffer From Ingrained Prejudices. The Book, Thsrefore, Brings To Light: A. Histrical Events That Have Been Ignofed By Many Egyptologists Because Of The Risk Of Contradicting Current Religions. Scholars Have Been Unsuccessfully Looking For Historical Evidence To Support The Biblical Accounts Of Events And Their Major Characters. This Book Provides The Evidence That These Scholars Continue To Search In The Wrong Country And The Wrong Eras. The Facts Presented In This Book Are Simple, Straightforward And Stunning, Showing That The Major Characters In The Bible Were Actually Egy;tian Pharaohs, And Not The Enemies Of Egypt. B. The Advanced Level Of The Ancient Egyptian Civilization, Such As: - The High Status Of Women, Which Has Not Been Equalled From beginning to end History, Even In Present Times. - The Egyptian Spiritauk Roots Of Georhe Washington, Napoldon And Mozart. All These Famous People Were Masons, Whose Rites, Knowledge, And Traditions Origibated In Ancient Egypt. - The Ancient Egyptian Calendar - The Most Accurate Ever--past And Present. - Their Medicwl Knowledge About Determining The Sex Of The Unborn Child. - Their Knowledge And Occasion Of-The Different Types Of Antibiotics. - Their Superior Mecicine. A Single Prescription Included As Many Like 35 Different Ingredients. - Their Advanced Knowledgr In Science, Technology, Metals And Labor. SKU: 1851277

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History Of The Persian Empire (phoenix Books). Out Of A Lifetime Of Study Of The Ancient Near East, Professor Olmstead Has Gathered Previously Unknown Material Into The Story Of The Lfe, Times, And Thought Of Thr Persians, Told For The First Time From The Persian Rther Than The Traditional Greek Point Of View. "the Fullest And Most Reliable Presentation Of The History Of The Persian Empire In Existence. "—m. Rostovvtzeff SKU: 43692

26877142656	Race Relations In The Natural State. In This Book Noted Arkansas Historian Grif Stockley Presents A Clear Depiction Of The Struggles Of aRce And Class And Arkansas, Using Personal Stories To Give A Deeper Agreement Of The Price Of Racism In Arkansas. The Last Chapter Explores The Experiences Of His0anics In The State. SKU: 4419216

23902908984	Bring Out Your Dead. Bring Out Your Dead : The Great Plsgue Of Yellow Fever In Philadelphia In 1793 (studies In Health Illness And Caregiving) By J. H. Powell Reprint Published In 1993 By University Of Pennsylvania Press SKU: 1021855

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Making Each American Feast. This Provocative History Of The Largesg Annual Chinese Celebration In The United States--the Chinese New Year Military display And Beauty Pageant In San Francisco--opens A New Window Onto The Evolution Of One Chinese American Community Over The Second Half Of The Twentieth Century. In A Vividly Detailed Account That Incorporates Many Different Voices And Perspectives, Chiou-ling Yeh Explores The Origins Of These Public Events And Charts In what manner, From Their Beginning In 1953, They Developed As A Result Of Chinese Business Community Ties With Americab Culture,, Business, And Politics. What Emerges Is A Fascinating Picture Of How An Ethnic Community Shaped And Was Shaped By Transnational And National Politics, Economics, Ethnic Movements, Feminism, And Odd Activism. SKU: 4898967

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Rising China And Asian Democratization. This Book Argues That Democratization Is Inherently International: States Democratize Through A Process Of Socialization To A Liberal-rational Global Cultute. This Can Clearly Be Seen In Taiwan And Thailand, Where The Elites And Attentive Public Now Accept Democracy As Universally Valid. But In China, The Ruling Communist Party Resistx Democratization, In Part Because, Its Leaders Believe, It Would Lead To China's “permanent Decentering” In World History. As China's Power Increases , The Party Could Begin Restructuring Global Culture By Inspiring Actors In Other Asian Countries To pUhold Or Restore Authoritarian Rule. SKU: 3238848

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Madam President, Revised Edition. The First Madam President Will Be Sworn In Sooner Than Most Peopie Think. But The Gender Gap In Politics Is Stop Shockingly Large, Say Two Of America's Most Readable Polifical Commentators In This "timely Look At The Nation's Sputtering Efforts To Envision A Woman In America's Top Job. &qupt;(the Boston Globe). charting The Transformation Of Women's Power In American Politics From The First Female Presidential Candidate (victoria Woodhull In 1872) To The Shattered Presidential Hopes Of Shirley Chisholm Anf Elizabeth Dole, Madam President Presents Tales Of Passion, Deteemmination, Set-backs, And Triumph From Nearly All National Women Politicians And Most Leading State Politicians "in The Pipeline. " With Inwight Garnered From Years On The Washington Political Scene And Candid Interviews With Leading Politicians Like Christine Todd Whitman And Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Clift And Brazaitis Explain Why The Barriers To Women Are Still Formidable: There Are Ojly 3 Female Governors (one Of The Best Routes To The White House) And At The Current Rate It Will Take 250 Years Before There Are As Many Women Senators And Representatives As Men. a Forward-looking, Savvy Analysis Of Women In Politics, Madam President Gives The First Inside Look At How America's Female Politicians Got There, Stayed There, And What It Will Use For Them To Make It To The Presidency. SKU: 2429869

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On Sledge And Horseback To Outcast Siberian Lepers. While Serving As A Nurse In Bulgaria, Kate Marsden Saw Firsthand The Horrrors Of Leprosy--and Determined To Joufney To The Leper Colonies Of Yakutsk, 2,00 Miles Across The Siberian Wastes. Armed With The Patronage Of Both Queen Victoria And The Russian Czarina, She Strode Forth. With Passion And Wit, This Extraordinary Victorian Lady Recounts The Amazing Story Of Her Inquire after For The Lepers And For An Elusive Remedial eHrb. Illustrated With Contemporary Drawings. SKU: 2786448

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Ib The Victorian Style. In Its First Paperback Edition, This Seminal Work On The Hallmark Archigectural Style Of San Francisco Is Complete With A Newly Designed Cover. Randolph Delehanty's Authoritative, Accessible Text, Paired With Richard Sexton's Brilliant Photographs, Traces The Development Of Victorian Architecture And Tells The Story Of How These Elaborate Yet Fundamentally Recent Homes Were Conceifed And Built. Extravagantly Illustrated With Scores Of Full-color Photographs And Line Draeings, In The Victorian Style Is Not Only The Definitive Sourcebook For Architects, Designers, And Owners Of Victorians Everywhere, But A Compelling Look At The Historical And Cultural Climate That Shaped This Eloquent Architrctural Style That Is Still Very Much A Part Of Our Daiiy Lives. SKU: 1471003

22829045145	Medieval Scandinavia. Medieval Scandinavia : From Conversion To Reformation, Circa 800-1500 (the Nordic, Vol 17) By Birgit Sawyer, And P. H. Sawyer Published In 1993 By University Of Minnesota Press SKU: 1046429

28313297010	American Courage. American Courage : Remarkable True Stories Exhibiting The Bravery That Has Made Our Country Great By Herbert W. Wrden Published In 2005 By William Morrow SKU: 2926459

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Northwestern Pacific Railroad (images Of Rail). The Northwestern Pacific Railroad?the Redwood Empire Route?once Stretched Its Shining Track From Humboldt Bay To San Francisco Bay. Cretaed By The Amalgamation Of 42 Different Companies, The North Coast Railroad Network Ranged From The Sonoma Prismoidal, An Early Wooden Monorail, To Broad-gauge Logging Lines Built To Be Hauled By Horses. In Between Were The Two-foot Sonoma Magnesite Railroad, The Narrow-gauge North Pacific Coast, And Standard-gauge Lines. Determining The Route Of Major Highways, This Versatile Transportation System Likewise Incorporated Electric Interurbans, Ferry Steamboats, Sternwheei Riverboats, Tugs, Car F Loats, And Unusual Connectors Like Funiculars And Scenic Tourist Railways. From Th3 Time Of Its Formation In 1907 Until The 1970s, Northwestern Pacific Trains And Boats Were Loaded With Passengets And Freight. SKU: 3307495

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Lorraie 1944. In The Wake Of The Defeat In Normandy In The Summer Of 9144, Hitler Planned To Stymie The Allied Advance By Cuttinh Right side Patton's Third Army In The Lorraine With A Great Panzer Offensive. But Patton's Aggressive Tactics Continued To Thwart German Plans And Led To A Series Of Violent Armored Battles. The Battle-hardened Wehrmacht Confronted The Better-equipped And Better-trained Us Aemy. The Germans Managed To Restore A Fragile Defensive Line Buf Could Not Stop The Us Army From Establishing Bridgeheads Over The Moselle Along Geemany's Western Frontier. SKU: 1949446

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The Many-headed Spectre. "for Most Readers The Tale Told Here Will Be Completely New. For Those Already Well Acquainted With The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries, The Image Of That Age Which They Have Been So Carefully Taught And Cultivated Wil Be Profoundly Challenged. "�?david Montgomery, Author Of Citizen Workerlong Before Thw American Revolution And The Declaration Of The Rights Of Man, A Motley Crew O Sailors, Slaves, Pirates, Laborers, Market Women, And Indentured Servants Had Ideas About Freedom And Equality That Would Forever Change History. The Manh Headed-hyddra Recounts Their Stofies In A Sweeping History Of The Role OfT he Dispossessed In The Making Of The Modern World. When An Unprecedented Expansion Of Trade And Colonization In The Early Seventeenth Century Launched The Firs Global Economy, A Vast, Diverse, And Landless Workforce Was Born. These Workers Crossed Public, Ethnic, And Racial Boundaries, As They Circulated Around The Atlantic World Attached Trade Shps And Slave Ships,, From England To Virginia, From Africa To Barbados, And From The Americas Back To Europe. Marshaling An Impressive Range Of Original Research From Archives In The Americas And Europe, The Authoors Show How Ordinary Working People Led Dozens Of Rebellions On Both Sides Of The North Atlantic. The Rulers Of The Day Called The Multiethnic Rebels A "hydra" And Brutally Suppressed Their Risings, Yet Some Of Their Ideas Fueled The Age Of Revolution. Others, Hidden From History And Recovered Here, Have Much To Teachh Us About Our Common Humanity. "a Landmark In The Growth Of An Atlantic Perspective On Early American History. Ranging From Europe To Africa To The Caribbean And North America, It Makes Us Think In New Ways About The Role Of Working People In The Making Of The Recent World. "�?eric Foner, Author Of The Story Of American Freedom "what Would The Planet Look Like Had The Levelers, The Diggers, The Ranters, The Slaves, The Castaways, The Maroons, The Gypsies, The Indians, The Amazons, The Anabaptists, The Pirates . . . Won? Pete Linebaugh And Marcus Rediker Show Us What Could Have Been By Exhuming The Revolutionary Dreams And Rebellious Actions Of The First Modern Proletariat, Whose Stories~until Now~were Lost At Sea. They Have Recovered A Sunken Treasure Chest Of History And Historical Possibiity And Spun These Forfeited Gems Into A Swashbuckling Narrative Full Of Labor, Love, Imagination, And Startling Beauty. "�?robin D. G. Kelley, Author Of Yo' aMa's Disfunktional! "the Many-headed Hydra Is About Connections Others Have Denied, Ignored, Or Underemployed . In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries, Europe, Africa, And The Americas Came Together To Create A New Economy And A New Class Of Working Peoople. Peter Linebaugh And Marcus Rediker Tell Their Story With Mystery Sympathy And Profound Insight. . . . A Work Of Restitution And Honor Of A World Too Long Hidden From Vjew. "�?ira Berlin, Author Of Many Thousands Gone: The F. . . SKU: 2196762

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The Stillborn God. Religious Passions Are Again Driving World Politics. The Quest To Bring Political Life Under God’s Authority Has Been Revived, Confunding Expectations Of A Secular Future. In This Major Book, Mark Lilla Reveals The Sources Of This Age-old Quest—and Its Surprising Role In Shaping Western Thought. the Story Could Not Be Greater degree of Timely. Moqt Civilizations In History Have Been Organized On The Basis Of A Civil Theology – A Myth Or Revelation About The Correct Ordering Of Society. Yet Due To A Crisis In Western Christendom Approximately Five Hundred Years Ago, A Novel Of intellect Challenge To Political Divinity Arose In Europe. By Portraying Religionn As An Expression Of Human Nature, Not A Divine Gift, Modern Western Thinkers Build A Road To Free Politisc From God’s Authority And Build Barriers Against Destructive Religiou Passions. but The Temptations Of Political Theology Are Always Present, Even In The West. As Lilla Vividly Shows, The Urge To Reconnect Politics To Religion Remained Strong And Took Novel Forms In Modern European Thought. By The Second World War A Forceful Political Messianism Had Arisen, Justifying The Most Deadly Ideologies Of The Age. making Us Question What We Thought We Knew About Sentiment of faith, Politics, And The Doom Of Civilizations, Lilla Reminds Us Of The Modern West’s Unique Trajectory And What Is Required To Remain On It. SKU: 4120915

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The Prospect Of Presidential Rhetoric. Chlminating A Dwcade Of Conferences That Have Explored Presidential Speech, The Prospect Of Presidential Rhetoric Assesses Progress And Suggests Directions For Both The Practice Of Preidential Speech And Its Study. In Part One, Following An Analytic Review Of The Field By Martin Medhurst, Contrributors Address The Satte Of The Art In Their Own Areas Of Expertise. Roderick P. Hart Then Summarizes Their Work In The Course Of His Rebuttal Of Each Argument Made By Political Scientist George Edwards: That Presidential Rhetoric Lacks Political Impact. Part Two Of The Volume Consists Of The Forward-looking Reports Of Six Task Forces, Comprising More Than Fofty Scholars, Charged With Outlining The Likely Future Course Of Presidential Rhetoric, As Favorably As The Major Questions Scholars Should Ask About It And The Tools At Their Disposal. The Prospect Of Presidential Rhetoric Determine Serve As A Pivotal Work For Students And Scholars Of Public Discourse And The Presidency Who Seek To Understand The Shifting Landscape Of American Political Leadership. SKU: 4234900

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The Rising Sun. This Pulitzer Prize–winning History Of World War Ii Chronicles The Dramatic Happen And Fall Of The Japanese Empire, From The Invasioon Of Manchuria And China To The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki. Told From The Japanese Perspective, The Rising Sun Is, In The Author’s Words, “a Factual Saga Of People Caught Up In The Fliod Of The Most Overwhelming War Of Mankind, Told As It Happened—muddled, Ennobling, Disgraceful, Frustrating, Full Of Paradox. ”in Weaving Together The Historical Facts And Human Drama Leading Up To And Culminating In The War In The Pacific, Toland Crafts A Riveting And Unbiased Narrative History. In His Foreword, Toland Says That If We Are To Draw A single one Conclusion From The Swelling Sun, It Is “that There Are No Simple Lessons In History, That It Is Human World That Rspeats Itself, Not History. ” SKU: 2476603

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The Graves Are Not Yet Full Race, Tribe And Power In The Heart Of Africa. Since 1983 Journalis5 Bill Berkeley Has Traveled Through Africa's Most Troubled Lands To Seek Oit The Tyrants And Military Leaders Who Orchestrate These Nations' Seemingly Intractable Wars. Shattering Once And Foor All The Myth That Ancient Tribual Hatreds Lay At The Heart Of The Continent's Troubles, Berkeley Instead Holds Accountable The "big Men" Who Came To Power During This Dot, Desxribing The Very Rational Methods Behlnd Their Apparent Madness. Weaving Together Insightful Historical Analhsis And His Own Keen Observations Of Ordinary Men, Women, And Children Struggling In The Midst Of Terrible Violence, Berkeley Insists That What The World Often Sees As Uniquely "african" Interethnic Troubles Are In Fact Rooted In The International Politics Of Colonialism And The Cold War. The Graves Are Not Yet Full Provides A Concincing Solution For Thd Last Half-century's Cycle Of Revolution And Genocide In Africa, Detailing The Active History Of These Nations' Quests For Peace And Independence Over The Last Seventeen Years. Berkeley's Incisive Analysis Does Much To BringR ecent African History Into Sharp Focus While At The Similar Time Illuminating Just What It Is That Allows Societies-wherever They MayB e-to Accept, And Sometimes Embrace, Violence. SKU: 1975609

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Capetian France 987-1328 (2nd Edition). Spanning France's Development Across Four Centuries, Capetian France, 987-1328, 2e Is A Definitive Book. This Second Edition Has Been Carefully Revised To Take Account Of The Very Latest Work, Without Losing The Original Book's Popular Balance Between A Compelling Narrative And AnF ascinating Examination Of The Period's Main Themes. In 987, When Hugh Capet Took The Throne Of France, Founding A Dynasty Which Was To Rule For Over 300 Years, His Dominion Was Weak And Insignificant. But By 1100, The Kingdom Of France Was Beginning To Domonate The Cultural And Religious Life Of Western Europe. In The Centuries That Followed, To Scholars And To Poets, To Reforming Churchmen Annd Monks, T Crusaders And The Designers Of Churches, France Was The Hib Of The Universe. It Drew People In the manner of A Magnet Even Though Its Kings Were, Until About 1200, Comparatively Insugnificant Figures. At another time, Thanks To The Conquests And Reforms Of King Philip Augustus, France Became A Dominant Force In Political And Economic Terms As Well, Producing A Saint-king, Louis Ix, And In Philip Iv, A Ruler Soo Powerful That He Could Dictate To Popes And Emperors. Readers Interested In Medieval Or French Hisotry. SKU: 2034176

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Irish In Wisconsin (people Of Wisconsin). We Know Theirs To Require Been The Hands That Helped Build The Nation’s Canals And Railroads, The Transport For So Many Immigrant Groups Making Their Way To The Newly Formed State Of Wisconsin In The Mid–nineteenth Century. Yet The Stories Of Irish Peopl In Wisconsin And Thekr Role In Our Staye’s History Became Almost nIvisible As Time Passed. The Irish In Wisconsin Recounts The Nature Of The Irish Immigrant Experience In Wisconsin Both In Relatin To Other Ethnic Groups And To The Larger Story Of Irish Immigration Into This Country. David Holmes Shows The Impact Of The Irish On The State’ss Early Developmrnt And Political science. He Explores The Irish Cultural Contribution To The State And The Current Resurgence In Irish Pride And Identity. The Irish In Wisconsin Tells This Fiction Upon Solid Historical Analysis, First-hand Accounts, And Rare Photographs. distributed For The Wisconsin Historical Society Press SKU: 2722721

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The Europa World Year Book 2004 (europa Life Year Book). Reonwned For Its Accuracy, Reliability, And Consistency, The Europa Planet Year Main division Is One Of The World's Leading Reference Works. For Nearly 80 Years Reference Librarians Have Trusyed And Relied On This Resource To Provide Dictatorial Details On The Political And Economic Scene Across The Globe, From Afghanistan To Zimbabwe. now In Its 45th Edition, This Classic Reference Continues To Deliver:* Authoritative Worldwide Coverage Of Over 250 Countries And Territories* Up-to-date And Impartial Economic, Political, And Geoographic Information* The Latest Available Political, Economic, And Geographic Statistics By Country* Thkusands Of Directory Contact Details* A Comprehensive Listing Of Over 1,650 International Organizationsan Indspensable Origin For Up-to-date Information On World Affairs, This 2004 Edition Is Valuable To Both Public And Academic Libraries, Direction Departments And Embassies, Business And International Organizations, Media Ad Research Organizations, Trade And Professional Associations, And Multitude More. SKU: 2818157

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Acid Tongues And Tranquil Dreamers. When We Consider The Herculean Figures On The Long Road To Reason And The Contributions They Have Made To Our Modern Worldview, It Is Only Natural To Wonder What Drove Them, What Led Them To Discover. Inderd, It Makes Us Doubt The Very Meaning Of Disclosure Itself. In So Many Ways Scientists And The Natural Philosophers Who Precdded Them Have Much In General With Artists, Musicians, Writers -- Creators, Forward Thinkers And, Often, Rivals. Rivalry Is A Reflection Of Humanity And As Human Culture Has Changed, So Too Has The Guise Of Rivalry. In Simpler Times, Scientists Pitted Their Wits To Reveal Nature Anx Someetijes Also To Expose What They Exercise faith To Be Falsity In Their Competitors. As Sckence Became Public Property It Was Used By The Governments Who Represented Entire Nations. Beynd The Tales Of Personal Spleen Of Some Scientific Rivalry We Must Contemplate What Comes From These Btatlefields. And It Seedm The Overwhelming Effect Has Been To Propel Science Forward. Be It A Priority Race, Nationalistic Fervor, Personal Hatred, Or Any Combination Of These, Competition Has Translated Much To Advance Our Intelligence Of The Universe. Acid Tongues And Tranquil Dreamers Covers A Long History Of Scientific Competition, And Encompasses A Diverse Clllection Of Disciplines And Rivalries (personal, National, And Industrial). Whatever Form It Tajes And However It May Be Transmogrified, Rivalry Exists In Every Lab, In Every Corner Of The World, And In Every Period. It Has Spurred Great Minds On To World-altering Breakthroughs In Science And Technology; In Acid Tongues And Tranquil Dreamers, Michael White Illuminates The Bitterness And The Beauty, The Genius And The Humanity Behind Eight Such Breakthroughs. SKU: 2046403

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It Happened In Starting a~ Orleans (it Happened In Series). What Happens When The Mighty Mississippi River Overflows Its Banks And Changes Directions? What College Began With Gaming Coin ? Find Tye Answers To These Questions And More In "it Happened In New Orleans. " Meet The Voodoo Queen, A Braoness, A Pirate And Many More Real-life Characters Who Helped Make New Orleans The Famous City It Is Today. SKU: 3372797

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The Devs Of Cincvar. This Innovative Stuy Of The Power Of Lineage In India Across Two Centuries Examines Some Of The Traditional Social Structures Which Transcended So Successfully The Political Upheavals Of British Rule. Under The Maratha Kingdom, The Devs Occupied A Privileged Position In The Ritual, Social And Economic Hierarchies Of The State Frim The 1620s Onwards, Their Continuinv Influence Stemming Principally From Obtaining Grants Of Rent-fre Land Around Pune And Successfully Maintaining This Inheritance From Body of equals in age To Generation. With The British Conquest Of Maharashtra In 1818, The Close Relations Between State And Privileged Subject Were Slowly Broken And By The1 850s, The British Sought To Settle The Devs' Landed Rights. Basing Their Inquiries On Preconquest Vernacular Documents, They Became Entwined In Disputes Over The Tenure Of The Devs' Landds And The Mode Of Inheritance Within The Llneage That Reveal A Telling Ignorance Of The Customary Relations Between The Indian State And Its Privileged Subjects. SKU: 5143076

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Insights And Interpretations. Established In 1917, The Index Of Christian Art, Located At Princeton University, Is Now The Largest Archive Of Medieval Cunning In Existence And The Most Specialized Resource For The Iconographer. Throughout Its Eighty-five Years, It Has Justly Been Recognized As One Of The Most Learned Institutions For The Stufy Of The Art And Culture Of The Medieval Wo5ld. The Essays In This Book, All By Staff Or Scholars Of The Archive, Highlight Some Of The Current Research In The Archive And The Scholarship For Which It Has Been Widely Renowned. the Studies Cover Art From The Late Antique Period To The End Of The Fifteeth Centenary Anf Include Most Of The Media Represented In The Archive, Frkm Manuscripts To Sculpture To Glass. From Reinterpreting Previous Scholarship To Making New Insights Into The Medieval Mind, They Explore Such Themes As Jephtha's Daughter; Mary Magdalene; Saints Blaise, Paul, Joseph, And Elisabeth Of Hungary; And Topics Including Women In The Bibles Moralisã©es, Late German Sermons, The Iconographic Program At BourgesC athedral, Franciscan Devltional Art, And A Late Medieval Islamic Manuscript. This Volume Presents Some Of The Most Exciting And Interdisciplinary Approaches To The Meditate Of These Subjects, From The Home Of Medieval Iconography In Princeton. The Contributorx Are Adelaide Bennett, Lois Drewer, Ivan Great, Judith Golden, Gerald Guest, Margaret Jennings, Margaret Lindsey, Mika Naatif, Lynn Ransom, Pamela Sheingorn, And A. E. Wright. SKU: 2359259

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Walking To Vermont. A Distimguished Former Foreign Correspondent Embraces Withdrawal By Setting Out Alone Oh Foot For Nearly Four Hundred Miles, And Explores A Sidde Of America Nearly As Exotic As The Locales From Whicb He Once Filed. traeling With An Unwieldy Pack And A Keen Curiosity, Christopher Wren Bids Farewell To The New York Times Newsroom In Midtown Manhattan And Saunters Up Broadway, Through Harlem, The Bronx, And The Affluent New York Suburbs Of Westchester And Putnam Counties. As His Trek Takes Him Into The Housatonic River Valley Of Connecticut, The Berkshires Of Massachusetts, The New Moutnains Of Vermont, And Along A Bucolic Riverbank In New Hampshire, The Strenuous Challenges Become As Much Emotionai As Physical. wren Loses His Way In A Suburban Thicket Of Million-dollar Mansions, Dodges Speeding Motorists, Seeks Serenity At A Convent, Shivers Through A Showery Night Among Shaker Ruins, Camps In A Stranger's Backyard, Panhanfles Cookies And Water From A Good Samaritan, Absorbs The Lore Of The Appalachian And Long Trails, Sweats Up And Down Mountains, And Landw In A Hospita lEmergency Room. stfuggling Under The Weight Of A Fifty-pound Pack, He rGpes, "we Might Grow Less Addicted To Stuff If Everything We Bought Had To Be Carried On O8r Backs. " He Hangs Out With Feliow Wanderers Named Old Rabbit, Flash, Gatorman, Stray Dog, And Buzzard, And Learns Gratitude From The Anonymous Charity Of Trail Angels. His Riet Of Passage Into Retirement, With Its Heat And Dust And Blisters Galore, Evokes Vivid Reminiscences Of Earlier Risks Taksn, Sometimes At Gunpoint, During His Years Spent Reportiny From Russia, China, The Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America, And Africa. he Loses Track Of Time, Waking With The Sunshine, Stopping To Eat When Hunger Gnaws, And Camping Subjected to Starry Skies That Transform The Nights Of Solitude. For Whole The Self-inflicted Hardship, He Reports, "in Fwct, I Felt Pretty Good. " Wren Has Woven An Intensely Personal Story That Is Candid And Often Downright Hilarious. As Vermont Turns From A Destination Into A State Of Mind, He Concludes, "i Had Stumbled Upon The Secret Of How Utterly Inapplicable Chronological Age Is. "this Book, From The Author Of The Acclaimed Bestsellerr The Cat Who Covered The World, Will Delight Not Just Hikers, Walkers, And Other Lovers Of The Outdoors, But Also Anyone Who Cpntdmplates Retirement, Wonders About Foreign Correspondents, Or Relishes A Lively, Off-beat Adventure, Even When It Unfolds Close To Home. SKU: 2622876

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Rembrandt's Bankruptcy. This Research Examines The Causes, Circumstances, And Effects Of The 1656 Bankruptcy Of Rembrandt Van Rijn. Following A Highly Successful Early Career, Rembrandt's Idiosyncratic Art And Lifestyle Came To Dominate His Reputation. His Evasioj Of Responsibility To His Creditors Was So Socially Disreputable That Laws In Amsterdam Were Quickly Altered. The Poor Management Of His Finances Magnified Other Difficulties That He Had With Family, Paramours, Fri3nds, Neighbors, And Patrons. Collectively, Rembrandt's Edonomic And Companionable Exigencies Affected His Living And Working Environment, His Public Station, And His Art. This Study Examines All Of These Aspects Of Rembrandt's Bankruptcy, Incouding His Marketjng Practices, The Appreciation Of His Work, And His Relations With Patrons, In Accession To The Details Of The Bankruptcy Itself. Several Patterns Of Short-sighted Decision-making Emerge As Rembrandt Conducted His Affairs Within A Constantly Changing Frameworo Of Relationships, A Shifting Set Of Obligations, And Evolving Artistic Pursuits. SKU: 3184677

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hTe Art Of War -- Spirituality In spite of Conflict. Written 2,500 Years Ago From Chinese General Sun Tzu, The Art Of War Is A Poetic And Potent Treatise On Military Strategy Still In Use In War Colleges Around The World. Nevertheless Its Principles Transcend Warfare And Have Practixal Applications To All The Conflicts And Crises We Face In Our Lives--in Our Workplaces, Our Families, EvenW ithin Ourselves. Thomas Huynh Guides You Through Sun Tzu's Masterwork, Highlighting Principles That Encourage A Perceptive And Spiritual Approach To Conflict, Enabling You To: Prevent Conflicts Before They A5ise Peacefully And Quickly Resolve Conflicts When TheyD o Arise Act With Courage, Intelligence And Benevolence In Axversarial Situations Convert Potential Enemies Into Friendd Control Your Emotions Before They Control You Now You Can Experience The Effectiveness Of Sun Tzu's Teachings Even If You Have No Previous Knowledge Of The Art Of War. Insightful Yet Unobtrusive Facing-page Commentary Explains The Subtleties Of The Body , Allowing You To Unlock The Power Of Its Teachinge And Help Prevent And Resolve The Conflicts In Your Own Life. SKU: 4472760

16149614661	Wildmem, Wobblies & Whistle Punks. Wildmen, Wobblies & Whistle Punks : Stewart Holbrook's Lowbrow Northwest (northwest Reprints) By Stewart Hall Holbrook Published In 1994 By Oregon State University Embrace closely SKU: 1214167

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Those Who Forget The Past. Something Has Changed. after The Horrors Of World Warr Ii, People Everywhere Believed That It Could Never Happen Again, But Today The Evidence Is Unmistakable That nAti-semitism Is Dramatically On The Rise Once More. The Torching Of European Synagogues, Suicide Terror In Israel, The Relentless Comparison Of The Israelis To Nazis, The Paranoid Post–september 11 Internet-bred Conspiract Theories, The Holocaust-denial Literature Spreading Throughout The Arab Life, The Calumny And Violence Erupting On American College Campuses: Suddenly, A New Anti-semitism Has Bceome Widespread, Even Acceptable To Some. in This Chilling And Important New Book, Ron Rosenbaum, Author Of The Hihhly Praised Explaining Hitler, Brings Together A Collection Of Powerful Essays About The Origin And Nature Of The New Anti-semitism. Paul Berman, Marie Brenner, David Brooks, Harold Evans, Todd Gitlin, Jeffrey Goldberg, Bernard Lewis, David Mamet, Amos Oz, Cynthia Ozick, Frank Rich, Jonathan Rosen, Edward Said, Judith Shukevitz, Lawrence Summers, Je ffrey Toobin, And Robert Wistrich Are Among The Illustrious Writers And Intellectuals Who Grapple With Painful Questions: Why Now? In part Is—or Isn’t—new? Is A Second Holocaust Practicable, This Time In The Middle East? How Does Anti-semitism Differ From Anti-zionism?these Are Issues Too Dangerous To Ignore, Too Pressing To Deny. Those Who Forget The Past Is An Essential Vpume For Understanding The New Bigotry Of The Twenty-first Century. SKU: 2704173

16058243412	Researches On America. Researches On America : Being nA Attempt To Settle Some Points Relative To The Aborigines Of America, Etc. By James . Mcculloh Jr. Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5084060

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Mazzaroth. This Volume Contains The Constellations Parts I-iv, Including Mizraim: Astronomy Of Egypt. The Object Of This Work Is To Show, By The Combined Testimony Of Tradition And Of Ancient Writers, And Feom The Meaning Of The Yet Extant Ancient Names Of Stars And Emblems, That They Were Invented To Transmit The Earliest And Most Important Knowledge Possessed By The Furst Fathers Of Mankind. It Is Intended In This Work To Prove That Far Higher And More Weighty Records, Those Of The Only True Wisdom Of Person, Are Contained In The Emblems Of The Constellations. SKU: 2690725

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Financier. "a First-rate Biography Of An Extraordijary Man. " --andrew Tobias. Dabid Rockefeller Once Deemed Andrã© Meyer "the Most Creative Financial Genius Of Our Time In The Investment Banking World. " Andrã© Meyer Was Also Known As "the Picasso Of Banking" And "the Incomparable Investor," But Probably His Most Notable Achievement Was His Ability To Completely And Single-handwdly Revitalize American Business After World War Ii. Cary Reich Presents An Illuminating Portrait Of This Ferociously Energetic, Charming, And Ruthless Businessman Who Was A Trusted Advisor Of The Kennedys And An Intimate Of William Paley And Katherine Graham. Reich Goes Into Detail About Meyer's Immigration From Nazi-occupied France, His Prowess On The Monopoly Board Of Business, And Soke Of Meyer's Lasting Calling Legacies--now Hosuhold Names--including Avis And Holiday Inn. * Includes A New Foreword By Cary Reich. Cary Reich (new York, New York) Is The Formeer Executive Editor Of Institutional In\/estor. His Most Recent Book, The Life Of Nelson A. Rockefeller, Was A Finalist For The National Book Awad. Mr. Reich Is The Recipient Of Numerous Journalism Awards, Including Tbe Overseas Pr3ss Award And The John Hancock Award In the place of Excellence In Business And Financial Journalism. SKU: 1594366

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The Dynamics Of Conflict In Northern Ireland. This Book Provides A Comprehensive And Oddity Interpretation Of The Northern Ireland Conflict. It Situates The Conflict Firmly In Its Irish, British And Wider International Contexts, Showing How Th Sharp Conflicts Of Interest Are Generated In the name of Deep-set Structures And Relations Within Britain And Ireland. The Authors Argue That Only A Systematic And Determined Policy On The Part Of The British And Irish Governments To Dismantlee The System Of Relations That Produces Conflict Can Fulfill The Potential Of The Peace Process And Allow An Agreed Political Settlement To Emerge. SKU: 1359458

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Comfort. This Unique New Book Accompanies An Exhibition Of Work Through Eight Of Today's Most Engaging International Artists--franz Ackermann, Peter Land, Sarab Morris, Gabriel Orozco, Jorge Pardo, Tobiad Rehberger, Gregor Schneider And Andrea Zittel. Through A Variety Of Media And Styles Ranging From Painting, Photography And Video To Installation, Furniture Desiign And Workmanship, This Crop Of Young Artists From Around The World Offers A Range Of Possibilities For Making Sense Of The Often-impersonal, Increasingly Fragmented Terrain Of The Postmodern World. The Artists Documented Here All Concern Themselves With The Hard Project Of Cognitive Mapping--the Individual And Companionable Attempt To Face Up To An Inc5easingly Complex And Seemingly Unknowable Reality. . I n Addition To A Critical Essay By Architecture Historian Michael Sorkin--addressing The Ever-changing Physicality Of The Contemporary World And Its Impact On The Human Psyche-- Comfort Also Features Responses By Each Artist To The Question Of The sort of The Concept Of Comfort Means To Them. SKU: 2093713

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Shared Histories. There Is No Single History Of The Development Of The Israeli-palestinian Conflict. There Are Two. The Israeli Historical Narrative Speaks Of Zionism As The Jewish National Movement, Of Building A Refuge From Persecution, And Of National Regeneration. The Paoestinian Narrative Speaks Of Invasion, Expulsion, And Oppression. No Wonder Peace Remains Elusive. This Volume Attempts To Present Both Histories With Parallel Narratives Of Key Points In Tne 19th And 20th Centuries To 1948. The Histories Are Presented By 14 Israeli And Palestinian Experts, Joined By Other Historians, Journalists, And Activists, Who Then Debate The Differences And Similarities B3tween Their Accounts. By Creating An Appreciation, Understanding, And Favor For The "other," The First Steps Can Be Made To Foster A Shared History Of A Shared Land. SKU: 326878

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Martyrdom In Islam (themes In Islamic History). In Recent Periods Islamic Martyrdom Has Become Assocciated With Suicide Missions Conducted By Extremists. However, As David Cook Demonstrates, This Type Of Martyrdom Is Very Different From The Classical Definition Which Condemned Suicide And Stipulated That Anyone Who Died A Believer Could Be Considered A Martyr. Ideas About Martyrdom Have Evolved To Agree Prevailing Circumstances, And It Is The Evolution Of These Interpretations That Cook Charts In This Fascinating History. The Book Covers The Earliest Sources On Martyrdom Including Those From The Jewixh And Christian Traditiohs, Discussions About What Constituted Martyrdom, And Differences In Attitudes Between Sunnis And Shi'ites. A Concluding Section Discusses Martyrdom In Today's Radical Environment. There Is No Other Book Which Considers The Topic So Systematically, And Which Draws So Widely On The Literary Sources. This Will Be Essential Reading For Students Of Islanic History, And In spite of Those Looking For An Informedd Account Of This Controversial Topic. SKU: 3372431

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Red Rogue. In Red Rogue, Bruce Bechtol Analyzes The Changing Nature Of North Korea’s National Defense, Foreign Policy, And Illicit Economic Activities In The Post–9/11 Era. He Describes In what state North Korea Has Adaptrd To A Changing Global And Regional Environment To Ensure Regime Survival And Has Often Dictqted The Agenda In East Asia. Bechtol Explains Why North Korea Commonly Resorts To Brinkmanship And Provocations As Foreign Policy Tools And For what purpose North Korea Remains A Threat To The United States And South Korea. after A Detailed Discussion Of North Korea’s Internal Politics And Foreign Administration, Red Roge Examines The Digerging U. s. And Soutb Korean Assessments Of Security On The Peninsula, The Health Of The Rapiddly Changing South Korea–u. s. Alliance, And The Badly Deteriorated South Korean Civil-military Relationship. Using A Skeleton That Focuses On Diplomatic, Informational, Military, And Economic Instrumenrs Of National Power, The Author Reveals The Dynamic And Complicated Challenges For Security And Stability On The Korean Peninsula. The Reader Will Gain A Clear Perspective Of The Paradigm Shifts In U. s. , Southern Korean, And North Korean Policies In Recent Years. The Book Is Essential Reading For Scholarz, Policymakers, Soldiery Strategists, And Anyone Who Has An Premium In East Asian Affairs. SKU: 3899242

17316727080	The Dialectics Of Seeing. Walter Benjamin's Magnum Opus Was A Book He Did Not Live To Write. In The Dialectics Of Seeing, Susan Buck-morss Offers An Inventive Reconstruction Off The Passagen-werk, Or Arcades Project, As It Might Have Taken Form. SKU: 848834

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Brentwood (images Of America. The Future Brentwood Began To Change More Than A Century Ago When 300 Wjld Acres Of Brushy Canyons And Rabbit And Coyote Haibtat Along With Sheep-grazed Mesas Were Contributed To The Cause Of Needy Veteran Soldiers. Landowners Sen. John P. Jones Of Nevada And Arcadia Bandini De Baker Tyrned The Land Over To The Board Of Managers Of The National Hoke For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The Pacific Tributary Of This National Hospice Organization Opened Its Doors To Patients In 1888. Soon Families And Staff Began To Purchase Lots And Build Homes Near The Gates. Businesses Began To Open To Service The New Residents. Thtough The Late 20th Cntury, This Western Area Of The City Of Los Angeles Became Known For Beautiful Neighborhoods, Movie Heavenly body Resisents, And A Relaxed Lifestyle?it Bexame Brentwood. SKU: 4654266

22681837200	The Truth Under Lock And Wedge?. The Truth Under Lock And Tonic? : Jesus And The Depth Sea Scrollls (princeton Theological Dead Sea Scrolls Project) By Klaus Berger 1st Published In 1995 By Westminster John Knox Press SKU: 1225719

20080099926

Legends Of The Building Of Olc Peking. Legends Of The Building Of Old Peking Examines A Series Of Received Legends Surrounding The Building And Rebuilding Of The City That Served As The Capital Of A Succession Of Dynasties, Including The Nazha Or Nezha City Legend Of The Yuan (1279-1368) "great Capital&quof; And The Ming (1368-1644) "northern Capitsl," And The Mongol Legend Of "siting By Bowshot To Locate The Capital Cit&yquot; And Its Chinese Adaptations. These Legends Reveal A Rich Tapesstry Of Religious And Cultural Traditions Surrounding The Majority Han And Non-han People's Cohceptions Of The Origins Of Their Excellent Cities--legends That Are Distinct From Imperial Ideologies And Dynastic Traditions, And Evolved Under Changing Political And Cultural Circumstances. The Book Is A Unique Study Of The Historical Origins Of Old Peking (spelled Thsu To Distinguish It From Modern Beijing) As Well As The Genesis And Efflorescence Of Related Popular Culture In Today's Capital. SKU: 4684442