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Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway

By: James Drake

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Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway

By: James Drake

Reproduction of the original: Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway by James Drake

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3752337699

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9783752337693

From the Shadows

By: James R. Benn

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US Army Captain Billy Boyle plunges into partisan warfare alongside betrayed French Resistance fighters in his seventeenth WWII investigation. Southern France, 1944: Ex-Boston cop and wartime military investigator Billy Boyle is given a dangerous assignment—to extract a British Special Operations Executive officer from Crete and take him to France to serve on a security detail to identify fascist sympathizers. The mission gets even more complicated when Billy realizes how many enemies the officer he must protect has accrued. In the aftermath of the failed, and costly, Vercors uprising, tensions among Resistance groups are running high, and the mission turns far deadlier than expected. On the quest to weed out Vichy collaborators, Billy takes up an independent investigation to exonerate an innocent comrade of murder. In the process, he crosses paths with the legendary SOE agent Christine Granville and the heroic 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up of Nisei soldiers who are already on their way to becoming the most decorated unit in the history of the US Army. With sacrifice and subterfuge afoot, Billy doesn’t know who he can trust, or how close to death this case may bring him.

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337

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Soho Press

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1641292989

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9781641292986

The Bolivian Revolution and the United States, 1952 to the Present

By: James F. Siekmeier

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The Bolivian Revolution and the United States, 1952 to the Present

By: James F. Siekmeier

A study of United States-Bolivian in the post-World War II era. Explores attempts by Bolivian revolutionary leaders to both secure United States assistance and to obtain time and space to develop their policies and plans"--Provided by publisher.

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226

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Penn State Press

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0271037792

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9780271037790

Drake's Road Book of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway : With a Visiter's Guide to the Towns of Sheffield and Rotherham

By: James Drake

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Drake's Road Book of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway : With a Visiter's Guide to the Towns of Sheffield and Rotherham

By: James Drake

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

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3368738801

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9783368738808

Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

By: Daron Acemoglu,James A. Robinson

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Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

By: Daron Acemoglu,James A. Robinson

This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless is not stable when citizens can threaten social disorder and revolution. In response, when the costs of repression are sufficiently high and promises of concessions are not credible, elites may be forced to create democracy. By democratizing, elites credibly transfer political power to the citizens, ensuring social stability. Democracy consolidates when elites do not have strong incentive to overthrow it. These processes depend on (1) the strength of civil society, (2) the structure of political institutions, (3) the nature of political and economic crises, (4) the level of economic inequality, (5) the structure of the economy, and (6) the form and extent of globalization.

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444

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Cambridge University Press

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0521855268

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9780521855266

Unsettling Statecraft

Democracy and Neoliberalism in the Central Andes

By: Catherine M. Conaghan,James Malloy

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Unsettling Statecraft

Democracy and Neoliberalism in the Central Andes

By: Catherine M. Conaghan,James Malloy

Latin America in the 1980s was marked by the transition to democracy and a turn toward economic orthodoxy. Unsettling Statecraft analyzes this transition in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru, focusing on the political dynamics underlying change and the many disturbing tendencies at work as these countries shed military authoritarianism for civilian rule.Conaghan and Malloy draw on insights from the political economy literature, viewing policy making as a "historically conditioned" process, and they conclude that the disturbing tendencies their research reveals are not due to regional pathology but are part of the more general experience of postmodern democracy.

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321

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822974657

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9780822974659

The Key

How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth

By: James N. Frey

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The Key

How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth

By: James N. Frey

In his widely read guides How to Write a Damn Good Novel and How to Write a Damn Good Novel II: Advanced Techniques, popular novelist and fiction-writing coach James N. Frey showed tens of thousands of writers how--starting with rounded, living, breathing, dynamic characters--to structure a novel that sustains its tension and development and ends in a satisfying, dramatic climax. Now, in The Key, Frey takes his no-nonsense, "Damn Good" approach and applies it to Joseph Campbell's insights into the universal structure of myths. Myths, says Frey, are the basis of all storytelling, and their structures and motifs are just as powerful for contemporary writers as they were for Homer. Frey begins with the qualities found in mythic heros--ancient and modern--such as the hero's special talent, his or her wound, status as an "outlaw," and so on. He then demonstrates how the hero is initiated--sent on a mission, forced to learn the new rules, tested, and suffers a symbolic death and rebirth--before he or she can return home. Using dozens of classical and contemporary novels and films as models, Frey shows how these motifs and forms work their powerful magic on the reader's imagination. The Key is designed as a practical step-by-step guide for fiction writers and screen writers who want to shape their own ideas into a mythic story.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1429932287

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9781429932288

Warriors and Scribes

Essays on the History and Politics of Latin America

By: James Dunkerley

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Warriors and Scribes

Essays on the History and Politics of Latin America

By: James Dunkerley

Anglo-America has possessed neither a uniform imperialist vocation, nor the consistent capacity to impose it.

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Verso

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1859847544

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Shadow Maker

By: James R. Hannibal

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Shadow Maker

By: James R. Hannibal

How far will collateral damage from a CIA drone strike reach? When a suicide bomber shatters the peace of a winter afternoon on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., former stealth pilot and undercover Cerberus operative Nick Baron receives an eerie invitation from the chess app on his phone--a mysterious figure named The Emissary wants to play. Nick and his covert unit--the Triple Seven Chase team--soon find themselves drawn into battle against an unknown opponent who has resurrected an ancient order of assassins: the legendary Hashashin. And there is a long-awaited prophecy being fulfilled by a series of violent attacks which may culminate in a final apocalypse over Jerusalem. As the Triple Seven fight to stop each attack, Nick tries to keep The Emissary on the hook by playing their digital chess game. The lines between the game and the fight begin to blur, as every time Nick loses a piece on the board, he loses one of his men. And if Nick cannot find a way to stop the terrorist mastermind, a checkmate may kill millions."--Author's website.

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466

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Penguin

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0425266907

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9780425266908

A Stone's Throw

An Ellie Stone Mystery

By: James W. Ziskin

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A Stone's Throw

An Ellie Stone Mystery

By: James W. Ziskin

Ellie Stone, a young newspaper reporter in 1960s' upstate New York, investigates a double murder at an abandoned stud farm near glamorous Saratoga Springs. August 1962. A suspicious fire claims a tumbledown foaling barn on the grounds of the once-proud Tempesta Stud Farm, halfway between New Holland and Saratoga Springs, NY. The blaze, one of several in recent years at the abandoned farm, barely prompts a shrug from the local sheriff. That is until "girl reporter" Ellie Stone, first on the scene, uncovers a singed length of racing silk in the rubble of the barn. And it's wrapped around the neck of one of two charred bodies buried in the ashes. A bullet between the eyes of one of the victims confirms it's murder, and the police suspect gamblers. Ellie digs deeper. The double murder, committed on a ghostly stud farm in the dead of night, leads Ellie down a haunted path, just a stone's throw from the glamour of Saratoga Springs, to a place where dangerous men don't like to lose. Unraveling secrets from the past--crushing failure and heartless betrayal--she's learning that arson can be cold revenge.

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339

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Simon and Schuster

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1633884201

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9781633884205

The Blood Bankers

Tales from the Global Underground Economy

By: James S Henry

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The Blood Bankers

Tales from the Global Underground Economy

By: James S Henry

Like tentacles on a vast octopus, the firsthand investigations in The Blood Bankers all lead to one core. A financial detective of sorts, investigative journalist Jim Henry analyzes a range of scandals, including the looting of the Philippines by the Marcos family and the financial collapse of nations throughout the developing world. A rogues' gallery of international criminals owes its existence to the dramatic growth of the underground global economy over the last two decades. Our world is being reshaped, often in sinister fashion, by wide open capital markets and an international banking network that exists to launder hundreds of billions of dollars in ill-gotten gains. Here is an inside look at globalization's dark side—the new high growth global markets for influence-peddling, capital flight, money laundering, weapons, drugs, tax evasion, child labor, illegal immigration, and other forms of transnational crime.

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Basic Books

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0465074863

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9780465074860

The Mystery Fancier (Vol. 1 No. 5) September 1977

By: Guy M. Townsend,P. D. James,Rex Stout

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The Mystery Fancier (Vol. 1 No. 5) September 1977

By: Guy M. Townsend,P. D. James,Rex Stout

The Mystery Fancier, Volume 1 Number 5, September 1977, contains: "Piercing the Closed Circle: The Technique of Point of View in Works by P. D. James," by Jane S. Bakerman, "Fear and Loathing With the Lone Wolf," by George Kelley, "The Avon Classic Crime Collection," by Jeff Meyerson, and "The Nero Wolfe Saga, Part III," by Guy M. Townsend.

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434403866

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9781434403865

Webster's New World Easy Crossword Key

By: James H. Capps

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Webster's New World Easy Crossword Key

By: James H. Capps

An exact map of thousands of actual crossword puzzle clues, this book gives answers, not lists of synonyms. It's the perfect help for newcomers to crossword puzzles, for people building word skills, or for anyone stumped by that one obscure clue in a puzzle. Over 179,000 clues and answer words are arranged in a simplified format that makes answers easy to find. Included are many off the beaten path entries and full clue phrases that can't be found in conventional crossword puzzle dictionaries. The author is a lifelong crossword puzzle fan, who has compiled the entries for this book over years of puzzle solving.

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Webster's New World

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0028618378

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9780028618371

Book's by James Paul Drake

Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway

Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway

From the Shadows

From the Shadows

The Bolivian Revolution and the United States, 1952 to the Present

The Bolivian Revolution and the United States, 1952 to the Present

Drake's Road Book of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway : With a Visiter's Guide to the Towns of Sheffield and Rotherham

Drake's Road Book of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway : With a Visiter's Guide to the Towns of Sheffield and Rotherham

Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

Unsettling Statecraft

Unsettling Statecraft

The Key

The Key

Warriors and Scribes

Warriors and Scribes

Shadow Maker

Shadow Maker

A Stone's Throw

A Stone's Throw

The Blood Bankers

The Blood Bankers

The Mystery Fancier (Vol. 1 No. 5) September 1977

The Mystery Fancier (Vol. 1 No. 5) September 1977

Webster's New World Easy Crossword Key

Webster's New World Easy Crossword Key

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