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Nixon and Mao

The Week That Changed the World

By: Margaret MacMillan

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Nixon and Mao

The Week That Changed the World

By: Margaret MacMillan

Margaret MacMillan, praised as “a superb writer who can bring history to life” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), brings her extraordinary gifts to one of the most important subjects today–the relationship between the United States and China–and one of the most significant moments in modern history. In February 1972, Richard Nixon, the first American president ever to visit China, and Mao Tse-tung, the enigmatic Communist dictator, met for an hour in Beijing. Their meeting changed the course of history and ultimately laid the groundwork for the complex relationship between China and the United States that we see today. That monumental meeting in 1972–during what Nixon called “the week that changed the world”–could have been brought about only by powerful leaders: Nixon himself, a great strategist and a flawed human being, and Mao, willful and ruthless. They were assisted by two brilliant and complex statesmen, Henry Kissinger and Chou En-lai. Surrounding them were fascinating people with unusual roles to play, including the enormously disciplined and unhappy Pat Nixon and a small-time Shanghai actress turned monstrous empress, Jiang Qing. And behind all of them lay the complex history of two countries, two great and equally confident civilizations: China, ancient and contemptuous yet fearful of barbarians beyond the Middle Kingdom, and the United States, forward-looking and confident, seeing itself as the beacon for the world. Nixon thought China could help him get out of Vietnam. Mao needed American technology and expertise to repair the damage of the Cultural Revolution. Both men wanted an ally against an aggressive Soviet Union. Did they get what they wanted? Did Mao betray his own revolutionary ideals? How did the people of China react to this apparent change in attitude toward the imperialist Americans? Did Nixon make a mistake in coming to China as a supplicant? And what has been the impact of the visit on the United States ever since? Weaving together fascinating anecdotes and insights, an understanding of Chinese and American history, and the momentous events of an extraordinary time, this brilliantly written book looks at one of the transformative moments of the twentieth century and casts new light on a key relationship for the world of the twenty-first century.

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0812970578

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Literature, Modernity, and the Practice of Resistance

Japanese and Taiwanese Fiction, 1960-1990

By: Margaret Hillenbrand

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Literature, Modernity, and the Practice of Resistance

Japanese and Taiwanese Fiction, 1960-1990

By: Margaret Hillenbrand

This book is a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study which compares responses to modernity in the literary cultures of Japan and Taiwan, 1960-1990. Moving beyond the East-West framework that has traditionally dominated comparative enquiry, the volume sets out to explore contemporary East Asian literature on its own terms. As such, it belongs to the newly emerging area of inter-Asian cultural studies, but is the first full-length monograph to explore this field through the prism of literature. The book combines close readings of paradigmatic texts with in-depth analysis of the historical, social, and ideological contexts in which these works are situated, and explores the form and function of literary practice within the “miracle” societies of industrialized East Asia.

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BRILL

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9047419014

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Murder on K Street

A Capital Crimes Novel

By: Margaret Truman

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Murder on K Street

A Capital Crimes Novel

By: Margaret Truman

Nobody knows the crooked turns, slippery slopes, and dark, dangerous stretches of the Beltway better than Margaret Truman, dean of the Washington, D.C., mystery scene. And no one is better equipped to lead a suspenseful tour into the treacherous territory of big-time political lobbying, where the right information and enough influence can buy power–the kind that corrupts . . . and sometimes kills. Arriving home from a fund-raising dinner, senior Illinois senator Lyle Simmons discovers his wife’s brutally bludgeoned body. And like any savvy politician with presidential aspirations, his first move is to phone his attorney. In this case, it’s his old friend and college roommate, former DA Philip Rotondi, who gamely agrees to step out of quiet retirement and into the thick of a D.C.-style political, criminal, and public relations maelstrom from which no one will escape unscathed. The crime scene is barely cold when the senator’s estranged daughter arrives hurling shocking allegations of murder at her father, despite a roomful of well-heeled witnesses who can provide Simmons with an alibi. Meanwhile, D.C.’s rumor mills and spin machines shift into high gear as speculation swirls around a tabloid- and TV-ready prime suspect: Jonell Marbury, a dashing lawyer turned lobbyist at a powerful K Street firm–and the last person to see the victim alive. But Rotondi harbors his own unsettling suspicions. And after a second woman is killed, he discovers that a long-buried secret from his past may hold the key to cracking the case. Aided by sleuthing ex-attorneys Mac and Annabel Smith, Rotondi reawakens the prosecutorial skills that served him so well in his gang-busting days, following the stench of dirty money and dirtier tricks across the country and across the thresholds of back rooms and front offices alike–where doing the right thing is for fools and taking on the system is a dead man’s gambit.

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Ballantine Books

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0345498879

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Just This Once

By: Margaret Watson

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Just This Once

By: Margaret Watson

Sierra Baker has no idea she’s in danger – until a frightening and unsettling traffic stop late one night. When Cody Parker shows up the next day and announces he’s her bodyguard, she’s even more terrified. Is Parker on the level? Or is this the shadowy stranger who stopped her car the night before? Her partner Alex assures Sierra the danger is real – the Russian mob is after her. Parker has been sent to protect her. But she and Cody are oil and water. Complete opposites who agree on nothing. Except for their irresistible attraction to each other.

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Dragonfly Press

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1944422811

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The Spray and Pray Squadron

3rd Bomb Squadron, 1st Bomb Group, Chinese-American Composite Wing in World War II

By: Margaret Mills Kincannon

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The Spray and Pray Squadron

3rd Bomb Squadron, 1st Bomb Group, Chinese-American Composite Wing in World War II

By: Margaret Mills Kincannon

The Chinese-American Composite Wing combined Chinese and American pilots, crew, and ground personnel into integrated squadrons

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Schiffer + ORM

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1507303769

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A Legend of Cyber-Love

By: Margaret Liu

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A Legend of Cyber-Love

By: Margaret Liu

The author met General Tealeaf Howard Patrick on Skype on May 4th, 2011, two days after Osama bin Laden was killed by the SEAL in Pakistan. General Tealeaf Patrick was the commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan back then, and nominated as the next Director of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) by the US president Omama. Tealeaf proposed to the author in order to fulfill the requirements for the attendance of the US Senate confirmation hearings with his wife to be. However, this mission impossible is even more difficult and tougher than anyone could have ever imagined. The first part, "Confession of the Twenty-First Century Female Scientist", all-inclusively confesses the author's past extraordinary life experiences. The second part is focused on the true love story between the author and Tealeaf Howard Patrick encountering on the internet, the virtual world. South China Sea controversy, military maneuvers, Diao-Yu-Tai/Senkaku Islands controversy, exhibitions of advanced weapons and arms in the news, intelligence wars and cyber wars, etc., all occurred during this time. When a man from a secret world encounters a woman from another world without any secrets, what kind of sparkling love will be kindled?

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Partridge Singapore

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1482895471

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Voices of East Asia

Essential Readings from Antiquity to the Present

By: Margaret Childs,Nancy Hope

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Voices of East Asia

Essential Readings from Antiquity to the Present

By: Margaret Childs,Nancy Hope

Voices of East Asia provides significant yet accessible readings in translation chosen to stimulate interest in the long and rich cultural history of East Asia, the countries of China, Japan, and Korea. The readings range from ancient to modern, elite to popular, and include poetry, stories, essays, and drama. Each section begins with a broad but brief overview of that country’s political and cultural history. Each reading is preceded by a concise explanation of its literary and cultural context. As expertise in East Asian studies has exploded in the West in recent decades, a novice could be overwhelmed by all the materials available now. In this volume, however, the reader will find a manageable set of texts that may be read on their own, as part of a world literature course, or as supplementary readings for an East Asian history class. As economic and political news from East Asia sweeps across the world, this anthology aims to provide a taste of the enduring traditions upon which contemporary East Asia is built, a glimpse into the hopes and fears, love and sorrow in the hearts of the people behind the headlines. This anthology will be welcomed by students and scholars of Asian history, culture, society and literature.

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Routledge

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1317515439

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Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Pro-Spirit!

By: Dr. Margaret Rogers Van Coops

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Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Pro-Spirit!

By: Dr. Margaret Rogers Van Coops

Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Pro-Spirit by Dr. Margaret Rogers Van Coops Abortion! The very word evokes emotions in almost all normal, rational minds. Right or wrong? Moral or immoral? Should it be legal or illegal? These are among the burning questions of our time. Advocates of both sides have thrown themselves at each other’s faces even to the point of violence and homicide. This book is a must read for women who have been, are now or are likely to become pregnant. Without being judgmental, Dr. Margaret Rogers Van Coops shares the wisdom of Master Teachers to assist women to acknowledge, accept and deal with their circumstances. She has crossed the worldly boundaries to discover through her own experiences and those of others just what really happens from the point of view of the child-to-be’s Spirit and Spirit Master Teachers.

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1452046328

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9781452046327

China's Strategic Multilateralism

Investing in Global Governance

By: Scott L. Kastner,Margaret M. Pearson,Chad Rector

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China's Strategic Multilateralism

Investing in Global Governance

By: Scott L. Kastner,Margaret M. Pearson,Chad Rector

Applying insights from cutting-edge theories of international cooperation, this study brings new understanding to China's approach to contemporary global challenges.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108429505

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The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Volume 4

Round the World for Birth Control, 1920-1966

By: Margaret Sanger

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The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Volume 4

Round the World for Birth Control, 1920-1966

By: Margaret Sanger

When Margaret Sanger returned to Europe in 1920, World War I had altered the social landscape as dramatically as it had the map of Europe. Population concerns, sexuality, venereal disease, and contraceptive use had entered public discussion, and Sanger's birth control message found receptive audiences around the world. This volume focuses on Sanger from her groundbreaking overseas advocacy during the interwar years through her postwar role in creating the International Planned Parenthood Federation. The documents reconstruct Sanger's dramatic birth control advocacy tours through early 1920s Germany, Japan, and China in the midst of significant government and religious opposition to her ideas. They also trace her tireless efforts to build a global movement through international conferences and tours. Letters, journal entries, writings, and other records reveal Sanger's contentious dealings with other activists, her correspondence with the likes of Albert Einstein and Eleanor Roosevelt, and Sanger's own dramatic evolution from gritty grassroots activist to postwar power broker and diplomat. A powerful documentary history of a transformative twentieth-century figure, The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Volume 4 is a primer for the debates on individual choice, sex education, and planned parenthood that remain all-too-pertinent in our own time.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252098803

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9780252098802

Our Man in Malaya

By: Margaret Shennan

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Our Man in Malaya

By: Margaret Shennan

The career of John Davis was inextricably and paradoxically intertwined with that of Chin Peng, the leader of the Malayan Communist Party and the man who was to become Britain’s chief enemy in the long Communist struggle for the soul of Malaya. When the Japanese invaded Malaya during WWII, John Davis escaped to Ceylon, sailing 1,700 miles in a Malay fishing boat, before planning the infiltration of Chinese intelligence agents and British officers back into the Malayan peninsula. With the support of Chin Peng and the cooperation of the Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army, Davis led SOE Force 136 into Japanese-occupied Malaya where he operated from camps deep in the jungle with Freddy Spencer Chapman and fellow covert agents. Yet Davis was more than a wartime hero. Following the war, he was heavily involved in Malayan Emergency affairs: squatter control, the establishment of New Villages and, vitally, of tracking down and confronting his old adversary Chin Peng and the communist terrorists. Historian and biographer Margaret Shennan, born and raised in Malaya and an expert on the British in pre-independence Malaysia, tells the extraordinary, untold story of John Davis, CBE, DSO, an iconic figure in Malaya’s colonial history. Illustrated with Davis’ personal photographs and featuring correspondence between Davis and Chin Peng, this is a story which truly deserves to be told.

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Monsoon Books

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9814423874

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9789814423878

Joint Ventures in the People's Republic of China

The Control of Foreign Direct Investment under Socialism

By: Margaret M. Pearson

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Joint Ventures in the People's Republic of China

The Control of Foreign Direct Investment under Socialism

By: Margaret M. Pearson

When Chinese leaders announced in late 1978 that China would "open to the outside world," they embarked on a strategy for attracting private foreign capital to spur economic development. At the same time, they were concerned about possible negative repercussions of this policy. Margaret Pearson examines government efforts to control the terms of foreign investment between 1979 and 1988 and, more broadly, the abilities of socialist states in general to establish the terms of their own participation in the world economy. Drawing on interviews with Chinese and foreigners involved in joint ventures, Pearson focuses on the years from 1979 through 1988, but she also comments on the fate of the "open" policy following the economic retrenchment and political upheavals of the late 1980s. "Since the policy of `opening' was launched in Beijing in 1979 some Chinese leaders have favoured foreign investment, while others have feared that it would carry ideas and institutions that would corrupt Chinese socialism. This study of Chinese policies toward foreign-invested enterprises (FIFs) during the 1980s broadly charts significant changes in the impact of these competing views on policy. . . . Pearson's overview and analysis provide thought-provoking perspectives. . . . Pearson furnishes excellent evidence that throughout the 1980s the pressure for reform was so great that the conservatives had to retreat repeatedly, despite their concerns about the decline of collectivist values and the Maoist dream."--Stanley Lubman, The China Quarterly

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Princeton University Press

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1400820561

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9781400820566

Fecal & Urinary Diversions

Management Principles

By: Janice C. Colwell,Margaret T. Goldberg,Jane E. Carmel

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Fecal & Urinary Diversions

Management Principles

By: Janice C. Colwell,Margaret T. Goldberg,Jane E. Carmel

Dedicated to ostomies and continent diversions, this comprehensive reference book features information on the history of enterostomal therapy, anatomy and physiology of diseases that necessitate intestinal or urinary diversions, pouching system management principles, ostomy related complications, care of the cancer patient as well as the patient with chronic disease, and current trends and issues affecting the person with an ostomy. Current topics covered include intestinal diversions requiring temporary diversions, medical and surgical treatments for inflammatory bowel disease, colo-rectal cancers advances and ischemic intestinal disease. Fecal and Urinary Diversions: Management Principles is a valuable resource to students, nurses, physicians, surgeons, and individuals who care for a person with an ostomy without the benefit of a Certified Ostomy (ET) Nurse. - Covers lifespan considerations to address the special needs of patients of all ages. - Includes an 8-page color insert with 25 full-color photos illustrating ostomy-related complications to help nurses improve their assessment skills. - Offers a unique framework for pouch selection to help nurses choose the most effective and cost-conscious options. - Covers coping and quality-of-life issues to guide nurses in handling these important patient and professional considerations. - Features practical, step-by-step guidelines for pouching, irrigation, and other techniques. - Provides review questions and answers to help evaluate learning and prepare for certification or recertification.

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0323113583

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9780323113588

Race, Rights, and National Security

Law and the Japanese American Incarceration

By: Eric K. Yamamoto,Lorraine Bannai,Margaret Chon

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Race, Rights, and National Security

Law and the Japanese American Incarceration

By: Eric K. Yamamoto,Lorraine Bannai,Margaret Chon

Race, Rights and National Security: Law and the Japanese American Incarceration is both a comprehensive resource and course book that uses the lens of the WWII imprisonment of Japanese Americans to explore the danger posed when the country sacrifices the rule of law in the name of national security. Following an historical overview of the Asian American legal experience as unwanted minorities, the book examines the infamous Supreme Court cases that upheld the orders leading to the mass incarceration and their later reopening in coram nobis proceedings that proved the government lied to the Court. With that foundation, the book explores the continued frightening relevance of those cases, including how racial and religious minorities continue to be harmed in the name of national security and the threat to democracy when courts fail to act as a check on their co-equal branches of government. New to the Third Edition: An entirely new section, which views the recent targeting of religious minorities through the lens of the Japanese American incarceration, including the Muslim travel ban case of Trump v. Hawaii, which purported to overrule Korematsu v. United States. A continuous inquiry throughout the book regarding the role of courts in reviewing government actions taken in the name of national security, the tensions inherent in identifying that role, the potential cost of excessive court deference, and a proposed method for judicial review of national security-based government actions. Updated text, including revisions that tailor the book’s content to its revised focus on national security, enhanced discussions of early anti-Asian exclusionary laws and Ex Parte Endo; recent events raising parallels to the Japanese American incarceration, such as the incarceration of immigrants and family separation at the southern border and the continued negative stereotyping of Asian Americans. Augmented discussion of ethical rules in relation to misconduct by government lawyers during World War II. Professors and students will benefit from: A succinct overview of Asian American legal history An overarching narrative that takes the reader from early anti-Asian discriminatory laws to the wartime Japanese American incarceration to today, interweaving carefully contextualized case law with questions, original government and litigation documents, oral histories, commentary, and photographs to stimulate class discussion. A focus on both the legal and non-legal issues surrounding the Japanese American incarceration, so that readers consider how the legal system, the law, and players within the legal system act within a broader milieu of politics, economics, and culture. The ability to understand law and the legal system in a way that is both interdisciplinary and that crosses different areas of law. The book treats subjects such as race relations and critical race theory; constitutional, criminal, and national security law; criminal and civil procedure; professional ethics; evidence; legal history; and lawyering practice. A professor in the area of constitutional law, for example, might excerpt relevant portions of the book to supplement the standard, typically decontextualized case law treatment of the Korematsu and Hirabayashi cases. At the same time, this book explores these and other cases in their historical and political context and addresses the law’s real human impact. Finally, the story of the Japanese American incarceration provides a powerful starting place for students to discuss a range of present-day issues regarding stereotypes and profiling, government restraint on liberties, national protectionism, and civic responsibility. If teaching at its best is about engaging students’ hearts and minds, and provoking stimulating debate, these materials are designed to facilitate just that.

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Aspen Publishing

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1543823440

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9781543823448

Music and the Making of Modern Japan

Joining the Global Concert

By: Margaret Mehl

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Music and the Making of Modern Japan

Joining the Global Concert

By: Margaret Mehl

Japan was the first non-Western nation to compete with the Western powers at their own game. The country’s rise to a major player on the stage of Western music has been equally spectacular. The connection between these two developments, however, has never been explored. How did making music make Japan modern? How did Japan make music that originated in Europe its own? And what happened to Japan’s traditional music in the process? Music and the Making of Modern Japan answers these questions. Discussing musical modernization in the context of globalization and nation-building, Margaret Mehl argues that, far from being a side-show, music was part of the action on centre stage. Making music became an important vehicle for empowering the people of Japan to join in the shaping of the modern world. In only fifty years, from the 1870s to the early 1920s, Japanese people laid the foundations for the country’s post-war rise as a musical as well as an economic power. Meanwhile, new types of popular song, fuelled by the growing global record industry, successfully blended inspiration from the West with musical characteristics perceived as Japanese. Music and the Making of Modern Japan represents a fresh contribution to historical research on making music as a major cultural, social, and political force.

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Open Book Publishers

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1800647050

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Book's by Margaret Chang

Nixon and Mao

Nixon and Mao

Literature, Modernity, and the Practice of Resistance

Literature, Modernity, and the Practice of Resistance

Murder on K Street

Murder on K Street

Just This Once

Just This Once

The Spray and Pray Squadron

The Spray and Pray Squadron

A Legend of Cyber-Love

A Legend of Cyber-Love

Voices of East Asia

Voices of East Asia

Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Pro-Spirit!

Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Pro-Spirit!

China's Strategic Multilateralism

China's Strategic Multilateralism

The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Volume 4

The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Volume 4

Our Man in Malaya

Our Man in Malaya

Joint Ventures in the People's Republic of China

Joint Ventures in the People's Republic of China

Fecal & Urinary Diversions

Fecal & Urinary Diversions

Race, Rights, and National Security

Race, Rights, and National Security

Music and the Making of Modern Japan

Music and the Making of Modern Japan

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