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Dying with an Enlightening Fall

Poland in the Eyes of German Intellectuals, 1764-1800

By: David Pickus

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Dying with an Enlightening Fall

Poland in the Eyes of German Intellectuals, 1764-1800

By: David Pickus

Dying with an Enlightening Fall is a study of a critical but under-examined moment in German intellectual history. David Pickus encourages readers to discover the connections between the tumultuous events in Poland at the end of the eighteenth century and the critical self-perception of Germany's first generation of truly modern writers. At the same time that the Polish Republic of Nobles was annexed by its neighbors, the German Enlightenment reached its apex. Pickus claims that Poland's manifest failure to adapt to Europe's changing conditions, and its subsequent fall, made Poland a lesson in failure in the eyes of German thinkers. Poland allowed German intellectuals to formulate modern sensibilities; it became a necessary foil, defining what the modern age should be by what it was not.

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Lexington Books

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0739101536

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9780739101537

Yugoslavia, Nonalignment and Cold War Globalism

Tito's International Rise, Celebrity and Fall

By: Zvonimir Stopić,Robert Niebuhr,David Pickus

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Yugoslavia, Nonalignment and Cold War Globalism

Tito's International Rise, Celebrity and Fall

By: Zvonimir Stopić,Robert Niebuhr,David Pickus

This book explores the emergence of Yugoslav globalism and how it was influenced by the early Cold War, the changes once Yugoslavia established itself as a nonaligned leader, and what the decline of Yugoslav globalism reveals about the waning Cold War and the history of internationalist diplomacy. Although Yugoslavia was correctly defined as a regional power, it is not true that Tito’s influence was confined to the Balkans alone. Even before the 1948 split with Stalin, political elites and intellectuals imagined socialist Yugoslavia as a model for international comity and development. Subsequently, due to dramatic changes in the climate of international diplomacy, Yugoslav globalist outreach found an audience and altered the course of early and fateful superpower stand-offs. In turn, such globalism was a significant part of Tito’s stewardship of nonalignment. This is a story that has never been fully told. Yugoslavia, Nonalignment and Cold War Globalism fills this gap in discussions of the emergence of globalist discourse in the post-1989 era. This volume is aimed at scholars and students of the Cold War and Tito’s era in Yugoslavia, as well as general readers of history interested in leadership and the role of regional powers in world politics.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040193242

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9781040193242

American Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism

By: Jack Citrin,David O. Sears

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American Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism

By: Jack Citrin,David O. Sears

This book uses national public opinion data and public opinion data from Los Angeles to compare ethnic differences in patriotism and ethnic identity and ethnic differences in support for multicultural norms and group-conscious policies. The authors find evidence of strong patriotism among all groups and the classic pattern of assimilation among the new wave of immigrants.

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Cambridge University Press

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052182883X

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9780521828833

From Yale to Jail

The Life Story of a Moral Dissenter

By: David Dellinger

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From Yale to Jail

The Life Story of a Moral Dissenter

By: David Dellinger

The Aims and Means of the Catholic Worker Reprinted from The Catholic Worker newspaper, May 2019, 86th Anniversary Issue The aim of the Catholic Worker movement is to live in accordance with the justice and charity of Jesus Christ. Our sources are the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures as handed down in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, with our inspiration coming from the lives of the saints, "men and women outstanding in holiness, living witnesses to Your unchanging love." (Preface to the Eucharistic Prayer for holy men and women) This aim requires us to begin living in a different way. We recall the words of our founders, Dorothy Day who said, "God meant things to be much easier than we have made them," and Peter Maurin who wanted to build a society "where it is easier for people to be good.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725226960

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9781725226968

The Honor of the Queen

By: David Weber

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The Honor of the Queen

By: David Weber

Science fiction roman.

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Baen Books

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0743435729

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9780743435727

Sit, Ubu, Sit

How I went from Brooklyn to Hollywood with the same woman, the same dog, and a lot less hair

By: Gary David Goldberg

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Sit, Ubu, Sit

How I went from Brooklyn to Hollywood with the same woman, the same dog, and a lot less hair

By: Gary David Goldberg

A sports-crazed kid from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Gary David Goldberg never imagined he’d end up in Hollywood, let alone make it big there. But as a twenty-five-year-old waiter in Greenwich Village he met Diana, the love of his life; followed her out to Northern California; then moved in and never moved out. He also, without realizing it, put himself on track to found UBU Productions (named after his beloved Labrador retriever) and become a successful creator of such family sitcoms as Family Ties, Brooklyn Bridge, and Spin City.* In Sit, Ubu, Sit, award-winning writer/producer Goldberg tells the mostly upbeat, sometimes difficult, and frequently hilarious tale of his improbable career and the people who have filled it. A love story and a rare behind-the-scenes look at the entertainment industry, Sit, Ubu, Sit proves that it is possible to be creative and successful while holding on to your integrity, your family, and your sense of humor. *with Bill Lawrence

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Crown Archetype

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0307407403

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9780307407405

Escape from Lucania

An Epic Story of Survival

By: David Roberts

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Escape from Lucania

An Epic Story of Survival

By: David Roberts

In 1937, Mount Lucania was the highest unclimbed peak in North America. Located deep within the Saint Elias mountain range, which straddles the border of Alaska and the Yukon, and surrounded by glacial peaks, Lucania was all but inaccessible. The leader of one failed expedition deemed it "impregnable." But in that year, a pair of daring young climbers would attempt a first ascent, not knowing that their quest would turn into a perilous struggle for survival. Escape from Lucania is their remarkable story. Classmates and fellow members of the Harvard Mountaineering Club, Brad Washburn and Bob Bates were two talented young men -- handsome, intelligent, and filled with a zest for exploring. Both were ambitious climbers, part of a small group whose first ascents in the great mountain ranges during the 1930s and 1940s changed the face of American mountaineering. Setting their sights on summitting Lucania in the summer of 1937, Washburn and Bates put together a team of four climbers for the expedition. But when Bates and Washburn flew to the Walsh Glacier at the foot of Lucania, they discovered that freakish weather conditions had turned the ice to slush. Their pilot was barely able to take off again alone, and there was no question of returning with the other two climbers or more supplies. Washburn and Bates found themselves marooned on the glacier, more than a hundred miles from help, in forbidding and desolate territory. Eschewing a trek out to the nearest mining town -- eighty miles away by air -- they decided to press ahead with their expedition. Escape from Lucania recounts Washburn and Bates's determined drive toward Lucania's 17,150-foot summit under constant threat of avalanches, blinding snowstorms, and hidden crevasses. Against awesome odds they became the first to set foot on Lucania's peak, not realizing that their greatest challenge still lay beyond. Nearly a month after being stranded on the glacier and with their supplies running dangerously low, they would have to navigate their way out through uncharted Yukon territory, racing against time as the summer warmth caused rivers to swell and flood to unfordable depths. But even as their situation grew more and more desperate, they refused to give up. Escape from Lucania tells this amazing story in thrilling and vivid detail, from the climbers' exultation at reaching the summit to their darkest moments confronting seemingly insurmountable obstacles. It is a tale of awesome adventure and harrowing danger. But above all it is the story of two men of extraordinary spirit, inspiring comradeship, and great courage. Today Washburn and Bates, now in their nineties, are legends in climbing circles. Bates co-led 1938 and 1953 expeditions to K2, the world's second-highest mountain. Washburn, whose record of Alaskan first ascents is unmatched, became founding director of Boston's Museum of Science and is one of the premier mountain photographers in the world. Some of his remarkable images from the 1937 Lucania expedition are included in this book.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743238672

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9780743238670

Parables of Salvation

By: David Williams

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Parables of Salvation

By: David Williams

The author’s wife has frequently reminded him that there is a sermon in everything! The parables of Jesus demonstrate clearly to us that spiritual truths can be readily communicated with the aid of everyday objects. Just as Jesus used real life situations such as sowing or lost coins, so the attempt is made here to draw spiritual lessons from objects met every day. The emphasis in this book is on familiar objects, such as will be met frequently in life. Thus while it is a good and valid technique to add visual material to a talk by means of a picture, a word or a series of letters, this is not done here. The emphasis is on the object and the message gleaned from that, rather than on an attempt to visualize the message. Those wanting inspiration for children's talks that will not bore them, or illustrations to liven up a sermon, will find a wealth of ideas here. No time-consuming making of pictures and posters, but just the use of ordinary objects, found in every home.

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iUniverse

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0595247067

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9780595247066

Blockade Runner

By: David Kent-Lemon

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Blockade Runner

By: David Kent-Lemon

It is 1861. Tom Wells is in pursuit of a girl from North Carolina. He accepts an offer from his employer to leave the quiet obscurity of his job as an office boy in a London shipping firm to cross the Atlantic to Nassau in the Bahamas. Now he must face the hazards of the Union blockade of the Confederate ports in the American Civil War. Toms bravado may help him with the dangers of running the blockade, but how will he cope with the conflicting issues of love, loyalty and morality as he becomes entangled with a lady of easy virtue in Nassau?Toms adventures take him through the perilous triangle between Nassau, Charleston and Wilmington NC, where he must smuggle arms and munitions through a gauntlet of Union warships to the Southern ports, bringing cotton and tobacco back to Nassau. David Kent-Lemon presents us here with a fast paced and dynamic narrative, exploring a fascinating, dramatic and less well-known corner of that extraordinary conflict the American Civil War. The characters are finely drawn, with the balance between deceit and morality offset by courage and humor. The realism and historical accuracy of the background complete the picture.As the Civil War reaches its climax, so does the drama in Tom's life, heightened by the historical events within which he is embroiled.

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Casemate Publishers

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1781599807

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9781781599808

The Fuller Creek Series; Hike to the Hilltop: The Secret of the Golden Tomb

By: David C. Reyes

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The Fuller Creek Series; Hike to the Hilltop: The Secret of the Golden Tomb

By: David C. Reyes

Hike to the Hilltop: During a class assignment, Jess and Katie stumble upon a mystery of a sacred golden tomb. As they begin to put the pieces together, they soon realize there's more to this mystery than meets the eye. The Secret of the Golden Tomb: As their sophomore year continues, Jesse realizes his feelings for Katie have deepened. As they struggle over their feelings for one another, will a hike to a snow-covered hilltop lead them on the path to romance? Or will it be the end of their friendship? Follow the lives of Jess & Katie in this fourth book in The Fuller Creek Series. Both guys and girls will enjoy the drama and adventure, so purchase it now to continue this exciting journey! Keywords: Fiction, Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Investigation, Teen Romance, Tween, Teen, Christian

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First Edition Design Pub.

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1622877012

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An Innocent Abroad

The Misdaventures of an Exchange Teacher in Montana

By: David M. Addison

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An Innocent Abroad

The Misdaventures of an Exchange Teacher in Montana

By: David M. Addison

When, in 1978, as a participant in a teacher exchange programme, the author, accompanied by his wife and young family, exchanged his boring existence in Grangemouth in central Scotland for life in Missoula, Montana, in the western United Sates, he could not have foreseen just how much of a life-changing experience it would be not just for him and his family, but for his exchangee as well. He was prepared for a less formal atmosphere in the classroom, while, for their part, his students had been warned that he would be Mr Strict. It was not long before this clash of cultures reared its ugly head and the author found himself in big trouble. But, as he had found out from the very instant he arrived on the continent, just because we share a common language it doesnt mean Americans do things the same way. And the Montanans, he was to discover, do things more differently still. There were times, in the beginning, when he wished he had stayed at home in his boring but safe existence in Scotland and there were times when life got more than just a little bit too exciting for comfort. But mainly this is a heart- warming and humorous tale of how this Innocent abroad, confronted with one culture shock after another, overcame his trials and tribulations and thanks to a whole array of colourful and kind people, finally came to realise that this exchange was the best thing he had ever done.

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1456777203

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9781456777203

War by Other Means

By: David Crouse

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War by Other Means

By: David Crouse

In the Hindu Kush Mountains that divide Afghanistan from Pakistan, a new Islamic prophet plans the destruction of the Great Satan. The prophet Khalid Ibn'abd Al-aziz Assaud reveals that Allah has shown him the path to a new Islamic order. He intends to create a new Islamic world by bringing the wrath of Allah down on the infidels in ways they don't expect. Educated in the United States and tempered in the wars of Afghanistan, Assaud knows America's military strengths and its economic weaknesses. Americans' dreams are kept alive with debt-if you destroy the banks of the Unites States, you bring down the enemy. Dr. Ross Palmer, a decorated Marine and noted economist, leads an elite unit of the Federal Reserve. Formed to respond quickly to attacks on United States financial institutions, the unit has worked only on simulations-until now. The first attack by Assaud is aimed at the world's oil supply. Assaud's second assault, a nationwide cyber-attack on the credit system, proves much more difficult for Dr. Palmer's team. In response to this final attack the Federal Reserve is forced to close all of the nation's banks. Can that halt the slide, or will America descend into another great depression? Either way, life in the United States is about to change.

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iUniverse

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0595382355

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9780595382354

Reflections of Gratitude

By: David M. Seymon

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Reflections of Gratitude

By: David M. Seymon

This partial autobiography, written with prose and poetry, concerns a 17 year old, 195 pound, athletic senior class president. He awoke from a 4 month coma, after 4 craniotomies, as a 3 year old mentally, in a 120 pound body. It tells of his struggles and trials this young man endured in his desire to achieve his goals before brain surgery and coma. It continues as he relives many of the same type of experiences of his pre-accident days. Graduation from high school, attempting/succeeding in completing college, driving, looking for work and dating, were many of the steps he took in order to find himself. This all led to his meeting the girl of his dreams, proposing, and finally tying the knot.

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WestBow Press

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1449708390

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9781449708399

108th Street

By: T. David Lee

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108th Street

By: T. David Lee

In this warm and funny portrayal of life in a simpler time the author creates a vivid story line about one boy s quest to be the best. Even though young David Lee hasn t a clue about how to manage it, he s determined to be declared the smartest boy in school. The lengths to which he goes, and the depths to which he falls in pursuit of his goal frame an intimate tale set against the backdrop of life in the 1950s in the greatest city in the world.

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1934925373

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9781934925379

Playing from Memory

By: David Milofsky

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Playing from Memory

By: David Milofsky

Intro -- Part One -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- Part Two -- 6 -- 7 -- 8 -- 9 -- 10 -- 11 -- 12 -- Part Three -- 13 -- 14 -- 15 -- 16 -- 17 -- 18 -- 19 -- 20 -- 21 -- Part Four -- 22 -- 23 -- 24 -- 25 -- 26 -- 27 -- 28 -- 29 -- 30 -- 31 -- Part Five -- 32 -- 33 -- 34 -- 35 -- 36 -- 37 -- 38 -- 39 -- 40 -- 41 -- 42 -- 43 -- 44.

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University Press of Colorado

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0870815261

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9780870815263

Shore to Shore, A Father-and-Son Journey Across America

By: David C. Winyard Sr

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Shore to Shore, A Father-and-Son Journey Across America

By: David C. Winyard Sr

As a young man, David Winyard rode his bicycle from Oregon to Delaware with Wandering Wheels, an Indiana-based cycling organization. The experience was so fulfilling that he repeated the trip a few years later on a tandem bicycle with his wife Traci. In 2002, after years of preparation, Winyard set out on the same bike to duplicate his youthful experience with his oldest child, David Charles, then fourteen. At age 45, Winyard found the trip to be a much greater challenge than expected. The result, SHORE TO SHORE: A Father-and-Son Journey Across America, describes their adventure, including the surprising lessons learned before, during, and after their trip.

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Lulu.com

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1430317582

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9781430317586

The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Two (Genocide, Alien Harvest)

By: David Bischoff,Robert Sheckley

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The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Two (Genocide, Alien Harvest)

By: David Bischoff,Robert Sheckley

GENOCIDE by David Bischoff The alien queen is dead, the hive mind left to flounder… and on a world bereft of its leader two strains of Alien divide their forces for world-shattering, acid-drenched war. On Earth, in the wake of alien infestation, athletes are flocking to humanity’s Goodwill Games. But some come with a deadly new tool: a drug called Fire, distilled from the very essence of the Aliens’ body chemistry. The military wants it. Pharmaceutical kingpin Daniel Grant wants it. But the only place the essential ingredient can be found is on that terrible world, convulsed by Alien holocaust. ALIEN HARVEST by Robert Sheckley Royal jelly, the most illicit of Alien by-products, is keeping Dr Stan Myakovsky alive. A once-famous scientist fallen on hard times, Stan is fighting off the repo-men and trying hard to patent the cybernetic ant that will reinstate his reputation. Julie Lish is beautiful, mysterious, and totally amoral. She has a plan so outrageous that there might be one chance in a million to pull it off. Together they make an attempt to grab the ultimate treasure—royal jelly from an Alien hive.

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Titan Books (US, CA)

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1783299045

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9781783299041

Careless Talk

Secrets and Lies in a town near London

By: David Barry

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Careless Talk

Secrets and Lies in a town near London

By: David Barry

Mike, an itinerant hairdresser living in Tunbridge Wells, learns all the gossip of the town. He cuts the hair of holy hypocrite Nigel, who is seeking a new relationship, but disapproves of his new lover's daughters. And as Mike cuts deeper and deeper into this superficially respectable town, he soon learns it is a hotbed of vice, intrigue and gossip, and even his own family life, he realizes is not so very secure. By the end of a tempestuous year, many of his customers will become involved in revenge, rape, murder and suicide.

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Andrews UK Limited

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178166322X

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9781781663226

Eagle Dawn

By: David Howell James

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Eagle Dawn

By: David Howell James

A small inexperienced team of four British operatives are hired by British Intelligence to infiltrate into Iran and carry out a reconnaissance mission on a small isolated farm on behalf of the CIA. The CIA believes that American hostages have been separated from the main group at the American embassy in Tehran, and are being held at the remote farm. The mission turns into a fool's errand, and the team then go on a tortuous and tragic mission, filled with twists and turns every step of the way involving the CIA, Russians and Mujahedeen. They then tenuously call in the biggest favour of all time to help them escape from Iran, to get home and get even with the CIA.

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Lulu.com

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0244205663

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9780244205669

The Vietnam Plays

Streamers and The Orphan

By: David Rabe

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The Vietnam Plays

Streamers and The Orphan

By: David Rabe

A novelist and screenwriter as well as a playwright, David Rabe is a major voice in American theater and holds an undisputed place in the ranks of contemporary dramatists. Streamers, part of the Vietnam trilogy which includes The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Sticks and Bones (The Vietnam Plays, volume one), is the story of a group of paratroopers desperately attempting to cope with the chaos of their emotions when they are ordered to Vietnam. In this volume, Streamers is paired with The Orphan, a brilliant synthesis of classic Greek drama and the conflicted character of contemporary America. All four plays focus on what the author calls “the eternal human pageant.” War is not a political phenomenon but an elemental force, a human inevitability, like love or death, and Rabe’s plays encompass it as such. They are essential works about our society.

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Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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080219690X

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Voices of the Windrush Generation

The real story told by the people themselves

By: David Matthews

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Voices of the Windrush Generation

The real story told by the people themselves

By: David Matthews

Evocative, authentic and brilliantly told - a wonderful read.' David Lammy Foreword by West Indies Cricketer Sir Clive Lloyd Voices of the Windrush Generation is a powerful collection of stories from the men, women and children of the Windrush generation - West Indians who emigrated to Britain between 1948 and 1971 in response to labour shortages, and in search of a better life. Edited by journalist and bestselling author David Matthews, this book paints a vivid portrait of what it meant for those who left the Caribbean for Britain during the early days of mass migration. Through his own, and many other stories, Matthews explores: why and how so many people came to Britain after World War II, their hopes and dreams, the communities they formed and the difficulties they faced being separated from family and friends while integrating into an often hostile society. We hear how lives were transformed, and what became of the generations that followed, taking the reader right up to the present day, and the impact of the current Windrush deportation scandal upon everyday people. At once a nostalgic treasure trove of human interest, which unearths the real stories behind the headlines, and a celebration of black British culture, Voices of the Windrush Generation is an absorbing and important book that gives a platform to voices that need to be heard.

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Bonnier Zaffre

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1788701534

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9781788701532

Hollywood Heyday

75 Candid Interviews with Golden Age Legends

By: David Fantle

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Hollywood Heyday

75 Candid Interviews with Golden Age Legends

By: David Fantle

What audacity!" exclaimed actor Robert Wagner when he heard about the authors' adolescent exploits in nabbing interviews with Hollywood celebrities. In 1978, Fantle and Johnson, St. Paul teenagers, boarded a plane to meet with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. They had written the stars requesting interviews--and to their amazement, both agreed. Over the years, more than 250 other stars also agreed--Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, Debbie Reynolds, George Burns, Rod Steiger, Milton Berle, Frank Capra and Hoagy Carmichael, to name a few. Published for the first time and with exclusive photos, this selection of 75 interviews chronicles the authors' 40-year quest for insights and anecdotes from iconic 20th century artists.

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McFarland

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1476632839

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9781476632834

Starhunt

A Star Wolf Novel

By: David Gerrold

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Starhunt

A Star Wolf Novel

By: David Gerrold

In the prequel to Voyage of the Star Wolf, the starship Roger Burlingame is obsolete as it drifts through space on the brink of collapse. Yet, as its demoralized crew hopes for reassignment and its weary captain counts the days before his promotion to a desk job, a fanatical first officer named Korie refuses to succumb to apathy. He believes he has seen the enemy—no more than a blip on a screen—and he's sure he can defeat them. Korie knows he will need these men—even if they hate him—to hold the Burlingame together until the final confrontation. But as they drift ever deeper into space, following quarry that may be only a figment of their first officer's imagination, the crew of the Burlingame must decide whether Korie is a savior or a madman—whether he is leading them to glory or certain annihilation. Originally published as Yesterday's Children.

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BenBella Books, Inc.

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1939529492

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9781939529497

The Maid Narratives

Black Domestics and White Families in the Jim Crow South

By: Katherine Van Wormer,David W. Jackson III,Charletta Sudduth

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The Maid Narratives

Black Domestics and White Families in the Jim Crow South

By: Katherine Van Wormer,David W. Jackson III,Charletta Sudduth

The Maid Narratives shares the memories of black domestic workers and the white families they served, uncovering the often intimate relationships between maid and mistress. Based on interviews with over fifty people -- both white and black -- these stories deliver a personal and powerful message about resilience and resistance in the face of oppression in the Jim Crow South. The housekeepers, caretakers, sharecroppers, and cooks who share their experiences in The Maid Narratives ultimately moved away during the Great Migration. Their perspectives as servants who left for better opportunities outside of the South offer an original telling of physical and psychological survival in a racially oppressive caste system: Vinella Byrd, for instance, from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, recalls how a farmer she worked for would not allow her to clean her hands in the family's wash pan. These narratives are complemented by the voices of white women, such as Flora Templeton Stuart, from New Orleans, who remembers her maid fondly but realizes that she knew little about her life. Like Stuart, many of the white narrators remain troubled by the racial norms of the time. Viewed as a whole, the book presents varied, rich, and detailed accounts, often tragic, and sometimes humorous. The Maid Narratives reveals, across racial lines, shared hardships, strong emotional ties, and inspiring strength.

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LSU Press

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0807149705

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9780807149706

The Living Years

By: David Moore

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The Living Years

By: David Moore

A young man that loved sports and had a bright future gets cancer before the start of his senior year. This is a story told through the eyes of his younger brother.

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1105560473

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9781105560477

Keepers

By: David Thomas

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Keepers

By: David Thomas

The FBI has been intercepting chatter regarding terrorist activity. But its not coming from the usual Middle Eastern sources. Its coming from within our own hemisphere. More specifically, its coming from the Pacific Northwest. They decide to send Agent Angelina Cartier undercover to try to locate the source of the threat. The only problem is that the beautiful agent has very little field experience, and she will need all the help she can get as she discovers the threat is from a vicious militia group called the Keepers. What the Keepers dont know is Agent Cartier has a secret weapon. She has been teamed up with Sean Malone and his partner, Jake Collins, of Homeland Security, and Sean has a very specific gift. Theyll need to pull out all the stops if they expect to stop the Keepers and thwart their sinister plan.

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1503584135

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Dave Vs Johnny Brilliance Or Insanity

By: David Bristol

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Dave Vs Johnny Brilliance Or Insanity

By: David Bristol

(Special interlude) Johnny: Whats good Dave are we going to write the follow up book or what man you know I got S#!T to do man? Dave: Johnny man I guess we could start writing on that but people need to get word about this book first! Oh Johnny whats up with cursing on our interlude? Johnny: Man where is my pistol I'm tired of explaining myself to you. Dave: I am saying you do it in the book and on myspace and you harass all the women on there. Johnny: I will do what the F^*K I want to do. Nobody dont tell me what the hell to do! Dave: Ok man this is getting long lets just stop right here. Johnny: I will stop talking when I feel like it. Dave: Are you done. Johnny: Yeah Im done now! Buy damn book!!!

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0557054966

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By George - Hilarious Tales from England's Most Fanatical Football Supporters

By: David Stanfield

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By George - Hilarious Tales from England's Most Fanatical Football Supporters

By: David Stanfield

Meet Stan and his mates. All football fanatics, all enthusiastic followers of the English national team - so far, so normal, right? Wrong. You've probably already spotted them on TV, or maybe at an England match. They're the group of blokes all dressed up as St George. In this hilarious book, Stan - AKA George the First - tells the story of how the George came into being, in the run-up to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, and reveals all about the crazy adventures and bizarre situations the gang have found themselves in as they're travelled the world supporting England and bringing their own special touch of English eccentricity to every match, home and away. It's a story of football, friendship, beer and trips to Kazakhastan - in others words, England fans doing what they do best, following their team over land and sea. With fancy dress costumes.

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1857829751

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Ambush

By: David Hess

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Ambush

By: David Hess

DEA Supervisor Von Crocker has never liked dead bodies, especially since he served in Vietnam. Even though it is now 2003, the mere sight of a corpse propels Crocker back into his memories when he was a teenager coerced into participating in a drug smuggling operation with his superior officers, never realizing the impact this experience would have on his future. As Crocker travels back in time, he recalls stumbling through his early days at the DEA-until a fellow agent involved him in an investigation that Crocker hoped would finally bring closure to the guilt related to his choices in Vietnam. But as present day events lead him out of his memories, Crocker's personal demons complicate a drug bust resulting in the questionable killing of a dealer. Now only time will tell if he can gain control of his future, before it is too late. In this suspenseful tale, a DEA supervisor and Vietnam vet trapped between the past and present must open old wounds in order to find answers, healing, and resolution.

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1483429016

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Transformers: Retribution

A Novel

By: David J. Williams,Mark Williams

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Transformers: Retribution

A Novel

By: David J. Williams,Mark Williams

For decades, Transformers fans across the globe have marveled at the mighty clashes of Megatron and Optimus Prime, and speculated about their arrival on planet Earth. Now, in Transformers: Retribution, the prequel to the Transformers animated series, the epic odyssey of these two great warriors is finally revealed as Autobots and Decepticons battle one another . . . and the most diabolic foe they’ve ever encountered. Aboard the Ark, Optimus Prime leads his Autobots through deep space, searching for the AllSpark so vital to their home planet, Cybertron. Megatron’s not far behind, and his Decepticons are itching for war. But a mysterious planet conceals an enemy far more cunning and powerful: the Quintessons. Masters of tyranny, technology, and twisted double crosses, the Quintessons are out to enslave both Autobots and Decepticons. Their deadly bag of tricks includes fiendish trials and a secret link all the way back to Cybertron, where Shockwave is wreaking havoc with supercomputer Vector Sigma. In the coming conflagration, Star Seekers, Wreckers, Alpha Trion, and Sharkticons all have their parts to play. For none can dodge the Quintesson juggernaut of evil, and none will escape the cataclysmic life-and-death battles that will catapult Autobots and Decepticons to Earth.

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0345546725

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Historians of the Jews and the Holocaust

By: David Engel

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Historians of the Jews and the Holocaust

By: David Engel

The Nazi Holocaust is often said to dominate the study of modern Jewish history. Engel demonstrates that, to the contrary, historians of the Jews have often insisted that the Holocaust be sequestered from their field, assigning it instead to historians of Europe, Germany, or the Third Reich. He shows that reasons for this counterintuitive situation lie in the evolution of the Jewish historical profession since the 1920s. This one-of-a-kind study takes readers on a tour of twentieth-century scholars of the history of European Jewry, and the social and political contexts in which they worked, in order to understand why many have declined to view their subject from the vantage point of Jews' encounter with the Third Reich. Engel argues vehemently against this separation and describes ways in which a few exceptional scholars have used the Holocaust to illuminate key problems in the Jewish past.

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Stanford University Press

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0804773467

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Garbage Wars

The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago

By: David Naguib Pellow

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Garbage Wars

The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago

By: David Naguib Pellow

A study of the struggle for environmental justice, focusing on conflicts over solid waste and pollution in Chicago. In Garbage Wars, the sociologist David Pellow describes the politics of garbage in Chicago. He shows how garbage affects residents in vulnerable communities and poses health risks to those who dispose of it. He follows the trash, the pollution, the hazards, and the people who encountered them in the period 1880-2000. What unfolds is a tug of war among social movements, government, and industry over how we manage our waste, who benefits, and who pays the costs. Studies demonstrate that minority and low-income communities bear a disproportionate burden of environmental hazards. Pellow analyzes how and why environmental inequalities are created. He also explains how class and racial politics have influenced the waste industry throughout the history of Chicago and the United States. After examining the roles of social movements and workers in defining, resisting, and shaping garbage disposal in the United States, he concludes that some environmental groups and people of color have actually contributed to environmental inequality. By highlighting conflicts over waste dumping, incineration, landfills, and recycling, Pellow provides a historical view of the garbage industry throughout the life cycle of waste. Although his focus is on Chicago, he places the trends and conflicts in a broader context, describing how communities throughout the United States have resisted the waste industry's efforts to locate hazardous facilities in their backyards. The book closes with suggestions for how communities can work more effectively for environmental justice and safe, sustainable waste management.

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MIT Press

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026266187X

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Guardian of the Wall

Leo Pfeffer and the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment

By: J. David Holcomb

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Guardian of the Wall

Leo Pfeffer and the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment

By: J. David Holcomb

Guardian of the Wall examines Leo Pfeffer's church-state thought and its influence on the U.S. Supreme Court. The book argues that Pfeffer’s understanding of the First Amendment’s religion clauses, shaped as it was by his historical and religious context, led him to advocate a separationist historical narrative and absolutist application of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses. Pfeffer’s jurisprudence was pivotal in shaping the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the First Amendment throughout the last half of the twentieth century. Guardian of the Wall challenges the popular contention that Pfeffer’s separationist philosophy was hostile to religion and sought to remove religion from the public square. Instead, it illustrates how Pfeffer believed a broad reading of both religion clauses protected religious freedom, secured religious equality, and fostered authentic participation of religion in public life. The book concludes by analyzing the Court’s shift away from the strict separation of church and state during the past thirty years and contends that the Court should reconsider Pfeffer’s approach to the First Amendment’s religion clauses.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0739149032

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The Color of the Land

Race, Nation, and the Politics of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929

By: David A. Chang

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The Color of the Land

Race, Nation, and the Politics of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929

By: David A. Chang

Color of the Land: Race, Nation, and the Politics of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929

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0807833657

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German-Jewish Popular Culture before the Holocaust

Kafka's kitsch

By: David A. Brenner

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German-Jewish Popular Culture before the Holocaust

Kafka's kitsch

By: David A. Brenner

David A. Brenner examines how Jews in Central Europe developed one of the first "ethnic" or "minority" cultures in modernity. Not exclusively "German" or "Jewish," the experiences of German-speaking Jewry in the decades prior to the Third Reich and the Holocaust were also negotiated in encounters with popular culture, particularly the novel, the drama and mass media. Despite recent scholarship, the misconception persists that Jewish Germans were bent on assimilation. Although subject to compulsion, they did not become solely "German," much less "European." Yet their behavior and values were by no means exclusively "Jewish," as the Nazis or other anti-Semites would have it. Rather, the German Jews achieved a peculiar synthesis between 1890 and 1933, developing a culture that was not only "middle-class" but also "ethnic." In particular, they reinvented Judaic traditions by way of a hybridized culture. Based on research in German, Israeli and American archives, German-Jewish Popular Culture before the Holocaust addresses many of the genres in which a specifically German-Jewish identity was performed, from the Yiddish theatre and Zionist humour all the way to sensationalist memoirs and Kafka’s own kitsch. This middle-class ethnic identity encompassed and went beyond religious confession and identity politics. In focusing principally on German-Jewish popular culture, this groundbreaking book introduces the beginnings of "ethnicity" as we know it and live it today.

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1134041543

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