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Refuge Must Be Given

Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel

By: John F. Sears

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Refuge Must Be Given

Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel

By: John F. Sears

Refuge Must Be Given details the evolution of Eleanor Roosevelt from someone who harbored negative impressions of Jews to become a leading Gentile champion of Israel in the United States. The book explores, for the first time, Roosevelt’s partnership with the Quaker leader Clarence Pickett in seeking to admit more refugees into the United States, and her relationship with Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, who was sympathetic to the victims of Nazi persecution yet defended a visa process that failed both Jewish and non-Jewish refugees. After the war, as a member of the American delegation to the United Nations, Eleanor Roosevelt slowly came to the conclusion that the partition of Palestine was the only solution both for the Jews in the displaced persons camps in Europe, and for the conflict between the Arabs and the Jews. When Israel became a state, she became deeply involved in supporting the work of Youth Aliyah and Hadassah, its American sponsor, in bringing Jewish refugee children to Israel and training them to become productive citizens. Her devotion to Israel reflected some of her deepest beliefs about education, citizenship, and community building. Her excitement about Israel’s accomplishments and her cultural biases, however, blinded her to the impact of Israel’s founding on the Arabs. Visiting the new nation four times and advocating on Israel’s behalf created a warm bond not only between her and the people of Israel, but between her and the American Jewish community.

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Purdue University Press

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1612496342

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Great Hollywood Westerns

Classic Pictures, Must-See Movies & "B" Films

By: John Howard Reid

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Great Hollywood Westerns

Classic Pictures, Must-See Movies & "B" Films

By: John Howard Reid

A round-up of favorite westerns from "Aces and Eights" to "River of No Return," from "Colorado Sundown" to "Under California Stars," from "Big Calibre" to "The Yodellin' Kid from Pine Ridge." Featured stars include Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Bill Boyd, Charles Starrett, Buck Jones, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Rex Bell, Tex Ritter, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Jack Perrin, Johnny Mack Brown, Robert Mitchum, Randolph Scott.

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1430309687

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9781430309680

Memories of a Maritime Lawyer

By: Atty. John F. Meadows

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Memories of a Maritime Lawyer

By: Atty. John F. Meadows

Memories of a Maritime Lawyer By: Atty. John F. Meadows Memories of a Maritime Lawyer is the first nonfiction collection of contemporary maritime stories, not only written by a maritime attorney and packed with invaluable practical legal information (with references) for law students and fellow practitioners in many related fields (such as Coast Guard investigations and marine insurance), but also written for the general public who crave seagoing adventures.

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365

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Dorrance Publishing

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1644269201

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9781644269206

American Visions of Europe

Franklin D. Roosevelt, George F. Kennan, and Dean G. Acheson

By: John Lamberton Harper

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American Visions of Europe

Franklin D. Roosevelt, George F. Kennan, and Dean G. Acheson

By: John Lamberton Harper

This book is a biographical study of three American statesmen, concentrating on the development of their distinct attitudes and political programs with respect to the problem of Europe in American foreign policy: Roosevelt's partial internationalism, aiming at the retirement of Europe from world politics while avoiding American entanglement; Kennan's partial isolationism, aspiring to restore Europe's centrality and autonomy through temporary American engagement; and Acheson's accommodating interventionism, establishing the United States as a permanent power in Europe at the behest of European and American interests. The purpose of the book is to explain how and why they arrived at very different solutions to the problem of internecine conflict in Europe, and to show the continuing relevance of their ideas. Three learned and elegantly written portraits are set against the background of the dramatic events and foreign policy controversies of the twentieth century.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521566282

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9780521566285

Movie Westerns

Hollywood Films the Wild, Wild West

By: John Howard Reid

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Movie Westerns

Hollywood Films the Wild, Wild West

By: John Howard Reid

No less than 150 classic western movies are surveyed, ranging from super productions like "The Big Country", "Destry Rides Again", "The Mark of Zorro", "Red River", "The Searchers", "The Spoilers" and "Unconquered" to the output of such popular "B" western film stars as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Randolph Scott, William Boyd, Johnny Mack Brown, Tim Holt and Wayne Morris. Plus a big tip of the sombrero to Charles Starrett and John Wayne.

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1411666100

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9781411666108

HOLLYWOOD 'B' MOVIES: A Treasury of Spills, Chills & Thrills

By: John Reid

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HOLLYWOOD 'B' MOVIES: A Treasury of Spills, Chills & Thrills

By: John Reid

By the mid-1930s, cinema patrons insisted on value-for-money. Double feature programs became mandatory at all neighborhood cinemas. Usually the "A" feature film figured as the main attraction, and the supporting movie, the "B." Sometimes that role was reversed. On many occasions picturegoers felt the unheralded "B" movie had actually proved more entertaining than the widely advertised "A" attraction. More than two hundred of these wonderful "B" film classics from Hollywood's golden age are described, reviewed and detailed in this book. It's a must-have for all film addicts, movie fans and nostalgia connoisseurs.

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1411650654

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9781411650657

Bullets Over Hollywood

The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To "The Sopranos"

By: John McCarty

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Bullets Over Hollywood

The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To "The Sopranos"

By: John McCarty

The gangster, like the gunslinger, is a classic American character-and the gangster movie, like the Western, is one of the American cinema's enduring film genres. From Scarface to White Heat, from The Godfather to The Usual Suspects, from Once Upon a Time in America to Road to Perdition, gangland on the screen remains as popular as ever.In Bullets over Hollywood, film scholar John McCarty traces the history of mob flicks and reveals why the films are so beloved by Americans. As McCarty demonstrates, the themes, characters, landscapes, stories-the overall iconography-of the gangster genre have proven resilient enough to be updated, reshaped, and expanded upon to connect with even today's young audiences. Packed with fascinating behind-the-scenes anecdotes and information about real-life hoods and their cinematic alter egos, insightful analysis, and a solid historical perspective, Bullets over Hollywood will be the definitive book on the gangster movie for years to come.

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Da Capo Press

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0786738758

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9780786738755

Infant Care and Motherhood in an Urban Community

By: John Newson,Elizabeth Newson

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Infant Care and Motherhood in an Urban Community

By: John Newson,Elizabeth Newson

Infant Care and Motherhood in an Urban Community investigates the behavior and attitudes of 709 mothers towards their year-old babies. John and Elizabeth Newson, impatient with the voluminous and contradictory literature telling parents how their children should be brought up, decided to find out how they were being brought up. Infant Care in an Urban Community is focused on sources of advice that influence parents, how they feel about their children, and how they react to situations in handling young babies. Infant handling today is still a subject on which many different specialists use the full weight of their professional authority to back up their private prejudices concerning what is good and what is bad in the care of young children. In the face of the conflict which results, intelligent parents are rapidly forced to the conclusion that the experts know little more about the matter than they do themselves. The truth is that in the present state of knowledge there is not a sufficient body of well-substantiated evidence about the facts and consequences of child rearing on which to base sound practical advice to parents. This is where this book comes in. It shows that much of the advice offered is often out of touch with the practical needs, circumstances, and beliefs of the ordinary mother. Few theories of child rearing have been subjected to the inconvenience of being reconciled with the empirical evidence. This is the first study which has obtained information of this sort from a large and representative sample of mothers, and which has investigated the behavior of both mother and baby aehere and now' rather than relying on fond maternal memories. A special feature is the use of tape-recorded interviews which has allowed extensive quotation of their mothers' own opinions.

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334

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Routledge

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1351512641

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9781351512640

Halliwell's Film Guide

By: Leslie Halliwell,John Walker

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Halliwell's Film Guide

By: Leslie Halliwell,John Walker

A comprehensive guide to around 20,000 of the most enduring movies ever made, including American, British, and foreign-language films, as well as movies of the silent era.

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HarperCollins Publishers

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0062733184

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9780062733184

Tachdjian's Pediatric Orthopaedics: From the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children E-Book

2-Volume Set

By: John A. Herring

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Tachdjian's Pediatric Orthopaedics: From the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children E-Book

2-Volume Set

By: John A. Herring

With complete coverage appropriate for residents through experienced pediatric orthopaedic surgeons, Tachdjian's Pediatric Orthopaedics, 6th Edition, continues a 50-year tradition of excellence as the most comprehensive, authoritative guide to diagnosing and treating pediatric musculoskeletal disorders. Editor John Herring, MD, and experts from the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children offer step-by-step instruction and detailed visual guidance on both surgical and non-surgical approaches. It's everything the orthopaedic surgeon needs to know to accurately treat the full spectrum of pediatric orthopaedic conditions and injuries. - Presents complete coverage of the latest knowledge on etiology, imaging, differential diagnosis, growth instrumentation, and non-operative and surgical techniques for a wide range of pediatric orthopaedic conditions. - Provides expert guidance on difficult diagnostic and clinical management issues for your most challenging cases. - Covers today's most effective approaches for management of severe spinal deformities, early onset scoliosis, hip preservation methods, long-term follow-up of trauma conditions, and much more. - Offers superb visual guidance with nearly 2,500 full-color illustrations and 70 videos (many are new!) of pediatric surgical procedures, including a number that highlight clinical examination and unusual clinical findings. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323566952

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9780323566957

World's Worst Westerns Plus Some of the Best Your Guide to the Best of the Worst

By: John Howard Reid

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World's Worst Westerns Plus Some of the Best Your Guide to the Best of the Worst

By: John Howard Reid

Once by far Hollywood's largest category of popular movies, Westerns are now out of fashion with the movie-going public, but they still hold a commanding presence on DVD. Until recently, Westerns were one of the most popular DVD categories, third only to action and science fiction. Many, many titles from the 1930s and 1940s were made by small, independent companies that no longer exist. A huge number of westerns are therefore in the public domain and are now available on DVD from outlets like Alpha and Grapevine. In fact, there are currently so many titles on DVD, that guides like "World's Worst Westerns" are not a luxury or an addenda, but an absolute necessity for collectors who wish to spend their money wisely by buying titles they will enjoy! In fact, for western fans like myself, a book like "World's Worst Westerns" is not just a novelty, but an absolute necessity!

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132954837X

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9781329548374

Westerns

A Guide to the Best (and Worst) Western Movies on DVD

By: John Howard Reid

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Westerns

A Guide to the Best (and Worst) Western Movies on DVD

By: John Howard Reid

Although Hollywood is no longer producing westerns at the rate of over 100 a year, the western movie enthusiast has over 1,000 classic films available on DVD. This guidebook, written in the same vein as the author's previous "goldmines of information" (to quote one reviewer), "Silent Films & Early Talkies on DVD," "Mystery, Suspense, Film Noir and Detective Movies on DVD," and "British Movie Entertainments on VHS and DVD," is a must-have item for even the casual western movie fan. Over 400 DVDs were examined: 136 are described in exhaustive detail and a further 100 summarized. All 66 Hopalong Cassidy movies are featured and there are chapters on Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, John Wayne, Alan Ladd and Buck Jones as well as a guide to a few of Hollywood's worst westerns.

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0557203341

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9780557203345

Memorable Films of the Forties

By: John Reid

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Memorable Films of the Forties

By: John Reid

What makes a movie memorable? Has it won awards? Is it still constantly aired on television? Did it have an enormous influence in its day? Nearly 100 films of the 1940s are examined in detail, with complete cast, credit and background information. Pictures include "Casablanca," "Meet Me in St Louis," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "All About Eve," "Cobra Woman," "Laura," "The Three Musketeers," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," "The Picture of Dorian Gray," "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," "He Walked By Night," "Forever Amber," "The Paleface," etc.

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1411614631

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9781411614635

Spirits of Place in American Literary Culture

By: John Gatta

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Spirits of Place in American Literary Culture

By: John Gatta

What might it mean, existentially and spiritually, to form an intimate relation with discrete places on earth? This book offers a uniquely integrative perspective on the matter. Centered on analyzing US literatures, it reflects a theological phenomenology cognizant of the spiritualities grounded in First Nature as well as settled spaces" --

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Oxford University Press

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0190646543

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Refuge Must Be Given

Refuge Must Be Given

Great Hollywood Westerns

Great Hollywood Westerns

Memories of a Maritime Lawyer

Memories of a Maritime Lawyer

American Visions of Europe

American Visions of Europe

Movie Westerns

Movie Westerns

HOLLYWOOD 'B' MOVIES: A Treasury of Spills, Chills & Thrills

HOLLYWOOD 'B' MOVIES: A Treasury of Spills, Chills & Thrills

Bullets Over Hollywood

Bullets Over Hollywood

Infant Care and Motherhood in an Urban Community

Infant Care and Motherhood in an Urban Community

Halliwell's Film Guide

Halliwell's Film Guide

Tachdjian's Pediatric Orthopaedics: From the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children E-Book

Tachdjian's Pediatric Orthopaedics: From the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children E-Book

World's Worst Westerns Plus Some of the Best Your Guide to the Best of the Worst

World's Worst Westerns Plus Some of the Best Your Guide to the Best of the Worst

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Westerns

Memorable Films of the Forties

Memorable Films of the Forties

Spirits of Place in American Literary Culture

Spirits of Place in American Literary Culture

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