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The Lord's Song in a Strange Land

Music and Identity in Contemporary Jewish Worship

By: Jeffrey A. Summit

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The Lord's Song in a Strange Land

Music and Identity in Contemporary Jewish Worship

By: Jeffrey A. Summit

Across the United States, Jews come together every week to sing and pray in a wide variety of worship communities. Through this music, made by and for ordinary folk, these worshippers define and re-define their relationship to the continuity of Jewish tradition and the realities of American life. Combining oral history with an analysis of recordings, The Lord's Song in a Strange Land examines this tradition incontemporary Jewish worship and explores the diverse links between the music and both spiritual and cultural identities. Alive with detail, the book focuses on metropolitan Boston and covers the full range of Jewish communities there, from Hasidim to Jewish college students in a transdenominational setting. It documents a remarkably fluid musical tradition, where melodies are often shared, where sources can be as diverse as Sufi chant, Christmas carols, rock and roll, and Israeli popular music, and where the meaning of a song can change from one block to the next.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195161815

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9780195161816

At Reagan's Side

Insiders' Recollections from Sacramento to the White House

By: Stephen F. Knott,Jeffrey L. Chidester

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At Reagan's Side

Insiders' Recollections from Sacramento to the White House

By: Stephen F. Knott,Jeffrey L. Chidester

Knott and Chidester show readers the life of the "Great Communicator" through the eyes of both famous and lesser-known administration insiders like James Baker, George Shultz, Edwin Meese, Peter Hannaford, and Caspar Weinberger. They provide thoughtful readers with a deeper understanding of Ronald Reagan and the times in which he lived."--Jacket.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742566250

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9780742566255

Yosemite National Park

A Natural-history Guide to Yosemite and Its Trails

By: Jeffrey P. Schaffer

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Yosemite National Park

A Natural-history Guide to Yosemite and Its Trails

By: Jeffrey P. Schaffer

Revised and updated (2nd ed., 1983) guidebook describes virtually every trail in the park as well as all the major trails that lead into Yosemite from adjoining areas. The hikes, from two-hour strolls to multi-day backpacking trips, are described in detail. Includes an updated, four-color plastic topographic map of the park and vicinity showing over 1,000 miles of trail. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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0899970281

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9780899970288

The Pacific Crest Trail

Oregon and Washington

By: Jeffrey P. Schaffer

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The Pacific Crest Trail

Oregon and Washington

By: Jeffrey P. Schaffer

The 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, adopted by Congress as a National Scenic Trail, passes through some of the most breathtaking scenery in the United States. This two-volume set is a comprehensive guide to the Pacific Crest Trail in California, Oregon and Washington. Includes topographic strip maps, and verbal descriptions of the route, including mileages and elevations. Chapters include information on planning your hike, history of the trail, and the geology and ecology of the land.

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354

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0899972683

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9780899972688

International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation

By: Jeffrey W. Knopf

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International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation

By: Jeffrey W. Knopf

International efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)—including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons—rest upon foundations provided by global treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Over time, however, states have created a number of other mechanisms for organizing international cooperation to promote nonproliferation. Examples range from regional efforts to various worldwide export-control regimes and nuclear security summit meetings initiated by U.S. president Barack Obama. Many of these additional nonproliferation arrangements are less formal and have fewer members than the global treaties. International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation calls attention to the emergence of international cooperation beyond the core global nonproliferation treaties. The contributors examine why these other cooperative nonproliferation mechanisms have emerged, assess their effectiveness, and ask how well the different pieces of the global nonproliferation regime complex fit together. Collectively, the essayists show that states have added new forms of international cooperation to combat WMD proliferation for multiple reasons, including the need to address new problems and the entrepreneurial activities of key state leaders. Despite the complications created by the existence of so many different cooperative arrangements, this collection shows the world is witnessing a process of building cooperation that is leading to greater levels of activity in support of norms against WMD and terrorism.

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350

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University of Georgia Press

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0820348910

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9780820348919

Capital Ideas

The IMF and the Rise of Financial Liberalization

By: Jeffrey M. Chwieroth

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Capital Ideas

The IMF and the Rise of Financial Liberalization

By: Jeffrey M. Chwieroth

The right of governments to employ capital controls has always been the official orthodoxy of the International Monetary Fund, and the organization's formal rules providing this right have not changed significantly since the IMF was founded in 1945. But informally, among the staff inside the IMF, these controls became heresy in the 1980s and 1990s, prompting critics to accuse the IMF of indiscriminately encouraging the liberalization of controls and precipitating a wave of financial crises in emerging markets in the late 1990s. In Capital Ideas, Jeffrey Chwieroth explores the inner workings of the IMF to understand how its staff's thinking about capital controls changed so radically. In doing so, he also provides an important case study of how international organizations work and evolve. Drawing on original survey and archival research, extensive interviews, and scholarship from economics, politics, and sociology, Chwieroth traces the evolution of the IMF's approach to capital controls from the 1940s through spring 2009 and the first stages of the subprime credit crisis. He shows that IMF staff vigorously debated the legitimacy of capital controls and that these internal debates eventually changed the organization's behavior--despite the lack of major rule changes. He also shows that the IMF exercised a significant amount of autonomy despite the influence of member states. Normative and behavioral changes in international organizations, Chwieroth concludes, are driven not just by new rules but also by the evolving makeup, beliefs, debates, and strategic agency of their staffs.

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Princeton University Press

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1400833825

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9781400833825

A Century of Spies

Intelligence in the Twentieth Century

By: Jeffrey Richelson

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A Century of Spies

Intelligence in the Twentieth Century

By: Jeffrey Richelson

Here is the ultimate inside history of the role of modern intelligence across the globe. Unrivaled in its scope and as readable as any spy novel, A Century of Spies travels from tsarist Russia and the earliest days of the British Secret Service to the crises and uncertainties of today's post-Cold War world. From spies and secret agencies to the latest high-tech wizardry in signals and imagery intelligence, it provides fascinating, in-depth coverage of important operations of United States, British, Russian, Israeli, Chinese, German, and French intelligence services, and much more. A Century of Spies is filled with new information on a variety of subjects - from the activities of the American Black Chamber in the 1920s to intelligence collection during the Cuban missile crisis to Soviet intelligence and covert action operations. It is an essential volume for anyone interested in military history, espionage and adventure, and world affairs.

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Oxford University Press

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019511390X

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9780195113907

Germany, United Again

By: Jeffrey Symynkywicz

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Germany, United Again

By: Jeffrey Symynkywicz

This account of'German history from Kaiser Wilhelm to the present focuses on the fall of the Berlin Wall & the reunification of Germany.

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140

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038239190X

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9780382391903

Millennium Meltdown

Spiritual and Practical Strategies to Survive Y2K

By: Grant R. Jeffrey

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Millennium Meltdown

Spiritual and Practical Strategies to Survive Y2K

By: Grant R. Jeffrey

The Millennium Meltdown will document the extent of the computer collapse and how this will massively impact your life. It is essential that we learn how to protect our family, our homes, and our finances from the approaching danger. This book will outline practical strategies to protect your family from the worst effects of the greatest technological crisis in our lifetime.

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Tyndale House Publishers

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0842343741

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9780842343749

Appalachian Odyssey

A 28-Year Hike on America's Trail

By: Jeffrey H Ryan

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Appalachian Odyssey

A 28-Year Hike on America's Trail

By: Jeffrey H Ryan

Like many hikers who’ve completed the Appalachian Trail, Jeffrey Ryan didn’t do it in one long through-hike. Grabbing weekends here and days off there, it took Jeffrey twenty-eight years to finish the trail, and along the way he learned much about himself and made many new friends, including his best friend, who made the journey with him from start to finish. Including 75 color photos, this engaging book is part memoir, part natural history and lore, and part practical advice. Whether you’ve hiked the AT, are planning to hike it, or only wish to dream of hiking it, this is the book to read next.

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Down East Books

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1608935795

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9781608935796

Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia

Kazakhstan's Evolving Foreign Economic and Security Interests

By: Andrew C. Kuchins,Jeffrey Mankoff,Oliver Backes

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Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia

Kazakhstan's Evolving Foreign Economic and Security Interests

By: Andrew C. Kuchins,Jeffrey Mankoff,Oliver Backes

Today, with combat operations in Afghanistan winding down, U.S. policy toward the states of Central Asia is transitioning to a new era. The United States now has an opportunity to refashion its approach to the region. In doing so, it should capitalize on trends already underway, in particular the expansion of trade and transit linkages, to help integrate Central Asia more firmly into the global economy, while also working to overcome tensions both within the region itself and among the major neighboring powers with interests in Central Asia. Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia: Kazakhstan’s Evolving Foreign Economic and Security Interests, part of a five-volume series, examines the full scope of U.S. national interests in Kazakhstan and puts forward the broad outlines of a strategy for U.S. engagement over the coming years.

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1442241071

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The Lord's Song in a Strange Land

The Lord's Song in a Strange Land

At Reagan's Side

At Reagan's Side

Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park

The Pacific Crest Trail

The Pacific Crest Trail

International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation

International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation

Capital Ideas

Capital Ideas

A Century of Spies

A Century of Spies

Germany, United Again

Germany, United Again

Millennium Meltdown

Millennium Meltdown

Appalachian Odyssey

Appalachian Odyssey

Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia

Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia

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