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Harry’S Way

The Twelve Steps Without God

By: Mark Lages

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Harry’S Way

The Twelve Steps Without God

By: Mark Lages

Meet Lester Madison, a troubled alcoholic who meets up with a man who simply goes by the name of Harry, an AA sponsor who does not believe in God. Harry takes Lester under his wing and shows him how to work the AA program without having to depend on God or religion, rewriting many of the twelve steps along the way. As Harry tells Lester, its not hubris or obstinacy that motivates me. Its a life or death matter of survival. I change the steps to change my life. Harrys Way is a life changing story, and essential for anyone working the AA program who is having difficulty with the programs reliance on a belief in God.

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Scowl

The Bonaparte Interviews

By: Mark Lages

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Scowl

The Bonaparte Interviews

By: Mark Lages

This book offers a lifetime of interviews with the pop music phenom known to the world as Scowl. They were conducted by longtime confidante and journalist, Ralph Bonaparte. The interviews begin in 1957, right after one of Scowl’s early rock ‘n’ roll concerts in Los Angeles, and they end in 2001, just prior to one of his sold-out retrospective shows in Las Vegas. These vibrant and compelling interviews cover Scowl’s entire remarkable life from his exuberant years as a young man to his more thoughtful years as an adult. They reveal the heart and soul of a talented, beloved, and flawed American entertainer—who, like the rest of us, learned as he lived.

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1728308836

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The Truth About Andy Bloom

By: Mark Lages

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The Truth About Andy Bloom

By: Mark Lages

Andy Bloom is a local magazine journalist who always wanted to become a great fiction writer, but he never quite had the courage to follow his dream. One day, he learns from his dying mother that he is the son of the great Salvador Dali, and everything changes for Andy. He writes his fiction, and his dream comes true. But what happens when his paternity comes into question? And what important lesson does Andy learn about his success? Find out what it means to discover the truth about Andy Bloom.

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152466989X

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Hula Ville

And Other Short Stories

By: Mark Lages

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Hula Ville

And Other Short Stories

By: Mark Lages

In this collection of short stories, award winning author Mark Lages takes you on a page-turning romp through everyday existence in Southern California. You may find yourself crying, or perhaps even angry. But most often, youll be laughing out loud. With his sense of humor and imaginative plots, Lages brings the reader into the idiosyncrasies of his characters. His subjects range from mischievous school boys to elderly women, from retired aerospace engineers to harried housewives. No one is immune to Lages insightful takes on modern life.

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1481733842

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Mr. Booker’S Summer Vacation

By: Mark Lages

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Mr. Booker’S Summer Vacation

By: Mark Lages

Mr. Booker is a good-natured high school history teacher whos planning on taking a summer trip to England, but on the morning of his planned departure, hes abducted and taken aboard an alien spaceship that is secretly orbiting planet Earth. The aliens have been observing human beings for years, trying to decide what they should do with our species. They have many probing questions for Mr. Booker, and he does his best to answer them intelligently. But are his answers really satisfactory, and what do the aliens think? And even more importantly, what do you think? This is not your typical alien abduction story, so hold onto your hat and try to keep an open mind!

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Arcadia

By: Mark Lages

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Arcadia

By: Mark Lages

It’s a chilling fact that suicide is today’s number two cause of death for young people. Arcadia is a story about suicide, but it’s also a story about life. This is the fascinating tale of a suicidal teen named Jacob Harper, told vividly and unforgettably by his loving father. It’s a journey through Jacob’s private world of torment, disappointment, fear, humor, hope, love, and finally, success. Arcadia is as relentlessly personal as it is entertaining, and as honest as it is encouraging.

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An American Story

By: Mark Lages

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An American Story

By: Mark Lages

Welcome to An American Story. This will probably be different than books you’re accustomed to. This book has a beginning and an end, but you’ll also be constantly entertained by jugglers, clowns, singers, thespians, and sages. At times it may feel confusing and disjointed, but rest assured that every facet has been included for a reason. Nothing is arbitrary. In a nutshell, this story is about a man named Huey Baker. It is his story, and it is not meant to represent any specific sexual gender, economic class, race, religion, weight, hair color, or political persuasion. Huey is just one of 370 million citizens who was born and raised in America. So how does one read this novel? Expectations will only let you down, so don’t search for anything specific. Just pour a cup of coffee, keep an open mind, and enjoy the show.

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1728367794

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When All Else Fails

By: Mark Lages

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When All Else Fails

By: Mark Lages

What is the truth? It can mean so many different things to so many people. This is a book about one man’s literary journey toward the truth. It is his truth, and not necessarily yours. It might make you laugh out loud, or it might make you angry, or it might make you want to hide, or it might just turn your stomach. It’s a deeply personal book about a deeply personal subject. There’s a little something for everyone, and a lot to think about, and in some cases, maybe, much ado about nothing at all. Livened up with the author’s own hand-penned illustrations, it is surely an effort you are unlikely to forget.

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The King of the World in the Land of the Pygmies

By: Joan Mark

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The King of the World in the Land of the Pygmies

By: Joan Mark

Joan Mark offers an interpretive biography of Patrick Tracy Lowell Putnam (1904–53), who spent twenty-five years living among the Bambuti pygmies of the Ituri Forest in what is now Zaire. On the Epulu River he constructed Camp Putnam as a harmonious multiracial community. He modeled his camp on the “dude ranches” of the American West, taking in paying guests while running a medical clinic and occasionally offering legal aid to the local people, and assumed the role of intermediary between locals and visitors, including Colin M. Turnbull, author of the classic Forest People. Mark describes Putnam’s mercurial relations with family and with his African and American wives—and follows him to his sad and violent end. She places Patrick Putnam within the context of three different anthropological traditions and examines his contribution as an expert on pygmies.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803282508

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The Skull Beneath The Skin

Africa After The Cold War

By: Mark Huband

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The Skull Beneath The Skin

Africa After The Cold War

By: Mark Huband

In The Skull Beneath the Skin: Africa After the Cold War award-winning journalist Mark Huband argues that foreign involvement in Africa has been the single most destructive element in the continent's history. He argues that the catastrophes that have erupted since the end of the Cold War are a legacy of that long foreign involvement, and that stab

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0429975473

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A Portrait of Brazil in the Twentieth Century

The Universe of the Literatura de Cordel

By: Mark J. Curran

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A Portrait of Brazil in the Twentieth Century

The Universe of the Literatura de Cordel

By: Mark J. Curran

A Portrait of Brazil in the Twentieth Century: The Universe of the "Literatura de Cordel" is Curran's most recent project. The book, in effect, is the English version of a major work published in Brazil in Portuguese in 2011, Retrato do Brasil em Cordel. Curran returns to Portrait for several reasons: primary is his strong feeling that the amazingly broad view of Brazil in the twentieth century seen in the thousands of booklets in verse from the Cordel represents a major aspect of Brazilian culture in that century. Second, because there are many important bodies of folk-popular verse in the Western tradition, all distant relatives of the Greek and Roman epic traditions, and because Brazil's folk-popular poetry is one among them. And because a very large reading public interested in such things does not know Portuguese, this volume in English strives to make the tradition available to such readers. Finally, the book in two volumes represents the cumulative efforts of research and writing of Professor Curran in a career of forty-three years of scholarly research and teaching. It reveals a unique portrait of Brazil and its people, informative, instructive, and mainly, entertaining.

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Unfolding the Deuteronomistic History

Origins, Upgrades, Present Text

By: Antony F. Campbell,Mark A. O'Brien

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Unfolding the Deuteronomistic History

Origins, Upgrades, Present Text

By: Antony F. Campbell,Mark A. O'Brien

The Deuteronomistic History is the label used by scholars for the Old Testament books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings, as identified by Martin Noth. Campbell and O'Brien provide the biblical text with detailed notations on how this work came together, was modified, and was passed down to us in its present form, accounting for the shifts in Israel's and Judah's histories, their storytelling practices, and their ideological interests. Identifying and explaining what accounts for these literary and social processes makes this volume a major step forward for the study of this major block of biblical texts.

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Fortress Press

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1451413688

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The New South Comes to Wiregrass Georgia, 1860-1910

By: Mark V. Wetherington

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The New South Comes to Wiregrass Georgia, 1860-1910

By: Mark V. Wetherington

This examination of cultural change challenges the conventional view of the Georgia Pine Belt as an unchanging economic backwater. Its postbellum economy evolves from self-sufficiency to being largely dependent upon cotton. Before the Civil War, the Piney Woods easily supported a population of mostly yeomen farmers and livestock herders. After the war, a variety of external forces, spearheaded by Reconstruction-era New South boosters, invaded the region, permanently altering the social, political, and economic landscape in an attempt to create a South with a diversified economy. The first stage in the transformation -- railroad construction and a revival of steamboating -- led to the second stage: sawmilling and turpentining. The harvest of forest products during the 1870s and 1880s created new economic opportunities but left the area dependent upon a single industry that brought deforestation and the decline of the open-range system within a generation.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572331682

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Phoenix and the Birds of Prey

Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam

By: Mark Moyar

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Phoenix and the Birds of Prey

Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam

By: Mark Moyar

This study explodes prevailing myths about the Phoenix Program, the CIA's top-secret effort to destroy the Viet Cong by neutralizing its “civilian” leaders. Drawing on recently declassified documents and interviews with American, South Vietnamese, and North Vietnamese sources, Mark Moyar examines the attempts to eradicate the Viet Cong infrastructure and analyzes their effectiveness. He addresses misconceptions about these efforts and provides an accurate, complete picture of the allies’ decapitation of the Viet Cong shadow government. Combining social and political history with a study of military operations, Moyar offers a fresh interpretation of the crucial role the shadow government played in the Viet Cong's ascent. Detailed accounts of intelligence operations provide an insider’s view of their development and reveal what really happened in the safe havens of the Viet Cong. Filled with new information, Moyar’s study sets the record straight about one of the last secrets of the Vietnam War and offers poignant lessons for dealing with future Third World insurgencies. This Bison Books edition includes a new preface and chapter by the author.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803233760

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Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems

By: Mark S. Aldenderfer

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Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems

By: Mark S. Aldenderfer

Among the projects described here are studies of land degradation in the Peruvian Amazon, settlement patterns in the Pacific northwest, ethnic distribution within the Los Angeles garment industry, and prehistoric sociopolitical development among the Anasazi. Following an introduction that discusses the theory of geographic information systems in relation to anthropological inquiry, the book is divided into sections demonstrating actual applications in cultural anthropology, archaeology, opaleoanthropology, and physical anthropology.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195085752

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My Remarkable Little Monkey

By: Mark Lages

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My Remarkable Little Monkey

By: Mark Lages

Marty Anderson is looking for some companionship and decides he must have a monkey. It is a decision that will soon change his life. The capuchin monkey he purchases turns out to be more than just an ordinary little tree-swinging pet. This monkey, named Shakespeare, is exceptionally bright. Marty does everything he can think of to accommodate his furry brilliant friend, but it just doesnt seem to be enough. Join Marty and his group of unforgettable friends as they try to give Shakespeare a proper upbringing in an unpredictable human-oriented world. In My Remarkable Little Monkey, the outlandish becomes a reality and the status quo becomes unbelievable. Once you are done reading, youll put this book down while scratching your head and wondering what just happened.

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1524690015

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Becoming Religious in a Secular Age

By: Mark Elmore

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Becoming Religious in a Secular Age

By: Mark Elmore

Religion is commonly imagined as a timeless component of human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered their religion only after India became an independent secular state. Based on extensive ethnographic and archival work, Becoming Religious in a Secular Age narrates their discovery and the ways it transformed their relations to their pasts, to themselves, and to others. And as Mark Elmore demonstrates, Himachali religion offers a unique opportunity to reimagine relations between religion and secularity more generally. Tracing the emergence of religion as a widely accepted category, Elmore shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its emergence. To become modern ethical subjects is to become religious, and this book creatively augments our understanding of both religion and modernity"--Provided by publisher.

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The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius

A Worldwide Descriptive Census, Ownership, and Annotations of the 1543 and 1555 Editions

By: Dániel Margócsy,Mark Somos,Stephen N. Joffe

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The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius

A Worldwide Descriptive Census, Ownership, and Annotations of the 1543 and 1555 Editions

By: Dániel Margócsy,Mark Somos,Stephen N. Joffe

Winner of the Third Neu-Whitrow Prize (2021) granted by the Commission on Bibliography and Documentation of IUHPS-DHST Additional background information This book provides bibliographic information, ownership records, a detailed worldwide census and a description of the handwritten annotations for all the surviving copies of the 1543 and 1555 editions of Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica. It also offers a groundbreaking historical analysis of how the Fabrica traveled across the globe, and how readers studied, annotated and critiqued its contents from 1543 to 2017. The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius sheds a fresh light on the book’s vibrant reception history and documents how physicians, artists, theologians and collectors filled its pages with copious annotations. It also offers a novel interpretation of how an early anatomical textbook became one of the most coveted rare books for collectors in the 21st century.

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BRILL

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9004336303

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The Rebel's Dilemma

By: Mark Irving Lichbach

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The Rebel's Dilemma

By: Mark Irving Lichbach

The author brings significant new insights to the study of dissent, rebellion, and revolution

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University of Michigan Press

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0472085743

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Michael Moorcock

Fiction, Fantasy and the World's Pain

By: Mark Scroggins

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Michael Moorcock

Fiction, Fantasy and the World's Pain

By: Mark Scroggins

Prolific, popular and critically acclaimed, Michael Moorcock is the most important British fantasy author of his generation. His Elric of Melnibone is an iconic figure for millions of fans but Moorcock has also been a pioneer in science fiction and historical fiction. He was hailed as the central figure of the "New Wave" in science fiction, and has won numerous awards for his fantasy and SF, as well as his "mainstream" writing. This first full-length critical look at Moorcock's career, from the early 1960s to the present, explores the author's fictional multiverse: his fantasy tales of the "Eternal Champion"; his experimental Jerry Cornelius novels; the hilarious science-fiction satire of his "End of Time" books; and his complex meditations on 20th century history in Mother London and the Colonel Pyat tetralogy.

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McFarland

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1476663076

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101 Answers to the Most Asked Questions about the End Times

By: Mark Hitchcock

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101 Answers to the Most Asked Questions about the End Times

By: Mark Hitchcock

For many believers, the subject of the End Times stirs confusion, apprehension, and dread. No longer! This user-friendly manual answers 101 of the most frequently asked questions about everything from the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, the Antichrist, and Tribulation to the Second Coming and the Millennium. Prophecy expert Mark Hitchcock offers a biblically authoritative resource for understanding God's plan and a reason for peace instead of anxiety about each believer's role in it. This eBook contains links to online charts for viewing and printing.

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Multnomah

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1588601005

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Stolen Figs

And Other Adventures in Calabria

By: Mark Rotella

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Stolen Figs

And Other Adventures in Calabria

By: Mark Rotella

Calabria is the toe of the boot that is Italy -- a rugged peninsula where grapevines and fig and olive trees cling to the mountainsides during scorching summers. Calabria is also a seedbed of Italian-American culture; in North America, more people of Italian heritage trace their roots to Calabria than to almost any other region in Italy. Mark Rotella's Stolen Figs -- named a Best Travel Book of 2003 by Condé Nast Traveler -- is a marvelous evocation of Calabria. A grandson of Calabrese immigrants, Rotella persuades his father to visit the region for the first time in thirty years; once there, he meets Giuseppe, a postcard photographer who becomes his guide. As they travel around the region, Giuseppe initiates Rotella -- and the reader -- into its secrets: how to make a soppressata and 'nduja, and, of course, how to steal a fig without committing a crime. Stolen Figs is a model travelogue -- at once charming and wise, and full of an earthy and unpretentious sense of life that now, as ever, characterizes Calabria and its people.

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Macmillan

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0865476969

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Urban Enclaves

By: Mark Abrahamson

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Urban Enclaves

By: Mark Abrahamson

Abrahamson explores metropolitan areas that have retained their distinctive ethnic, racial, and religious character in an era when American culture and landscape are increasingly homogenized. He revisits American urban dwellers in New York City, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, and Detroit to find out why these communities continue to exist while others have not. In the new second edition, Abrahamson broadens the geographic and temporal scope to examine the formation of German communities in 19th century Brazil and American expatriate artists in post-WWI Paris. Urban Enclaves, Second Edition can be incorporated into a variety of courses in sociology, history, anthropology, and cultural geography.

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0716706369

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Sixty Magnificent Years

By: Mark Lages

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Sixty Magnificent Years

By: Mark Lages

Joey Ford is about to die. He isnt famous, or rich, or remarkably talented, but like all of us his life is rich with experiences. Before he dies he puts his sixty years of living down on paper in a remarkable montage of memories and ruminations. He claims to have discovered the meaning of life, but has he? And what can we learn from this inspirational self-portrait? This refreshingly original book is an entertaining leap into the heart and soul of a modern man. Hopefully you come away embracing your birth, death, and every magnificent moment in between.

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1546203591

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The Rough Guide to Andalucia

By: Geoff Garvey,Mark Ellingham

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The Rough Guide to Andalucia

By: Geoff Garvey,Mark Ellingham

The Rough Guide to Andalucia is the essential handbook to one of Europe's most vibrant destinations. Features include: - Full-colour section introducing Adalucia's highlights. - Incisive reviews of the best places to eat, sleep and drink, in every price range. - Comprehensive coverage of the region's spectacular attractions, from the stunning White Town of La Ronda to the remarkable prehistoric site of Los Millares. - Insider tips on where to find the best beaches and hikes. Expert background on Andalucia's history, culture and wildlife. - Maps and plans for every area.

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1843530686

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Lightning through the Clouds

?Izz al-Din al-Qassam and the Making of the Modern Middle East

By: Mark Sanagan

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Lightning through the Clouds

?Izz al-Din al-Qassam and the Making of the Modern Middle East

By: Mark Sanagan

Lightning through the Clouds is the first English-language life-and-times biography of ‘Izz al-Din al-Qassam, a preeminent figure who helped to reshape the political and religious landscape of the region. A Syrian-born, Egyptian-educated cleric, he went from the battlefields of World War I to join the anticolonialist fight against the French in Syria. Sentenced to be executed by the French military, he managed to escape to Palestine, where he became an increasingly popular presence, moved by the plight of the poor and disenfranchised. Outraged by British rule and the encroachment of Zionism, he formed a secret society to resist the colonization of Palestine first by the British and then by Jewish immigrants from Europe, once again taking up arms and advocating for a moral, political, and military jihad as the only solution. His death at the hands of Palestine Police in 1935 drew thousands to his funeral and sparked the 1936–1939 Arab Revolt. His influence continues to be felt in the region; for example, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas organization is named the ‘Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Al-Qassam is either revered or reviled, depending on the observers’ perspective, but he is without doubt a fascinating and historically significant individual whose influence on the past, and our present, makes this examination of his life both important and timely.

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University of Texas Press

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147732058X

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Portuguese Style and Luso-African Identity

Precolonial Senegambia, Sixteenth - Nineteenth Centuries

By: Peter Mark

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Portuguese Style and Luso-African Identity

Precolonial Senegambia, Sixteenth - Nineteenth Centuries

By: Peter Mark

In this detailed history of domestic architecture in West Africa, Peter Mark shows how building styles are closely associated with social status and ethnic identity. Mark documents the ways in which local architecture was transformed by long-distance trade and complex social and cultural interactions between local Africans, African traders from the interior, and the Portuguese explorers and traders who settled in the Senegambia region. What came to be known as "Portuguese" style symbolized the wealth and power of Luso-Africans, who identified themselves as "Portuguese" so they could be distinguished from their African neighbors. They were traders, spoke Creole, and practiced Christianity. But what did this mean? Drawing from travelers' accounts, maps, engravings, paintings, and photographs, Mark argues that both the style of "Portuguese" houses and the identity of those who lived in them were extremely fluid. "Portuguese" Style and Luso-African Identity sheds light on the dynamic relationship between identity formation, social change, and material culture in West Africa.

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Indiana University Press

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0253215528

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9780253215529

Overthrowing Geography

Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the Struggle for Palestine, 1880-1948

By: Mark LeVine

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Overthrowing Geography

Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the Struggle for Palestine, 1880-1948

By: Mark LeVine

This landmark book offers a truly integrated perspective for understanding the formation of Jewish and Palestinian Arab identities and relations in Palestine before 1948. Beginning with the late Ottoman period Mark LeVine explores the evolving history and geography of two cities: Jaffa, one of the oldest ports in the world, and Tel Aviv, which was born alongside Jaffa and by 1948 had annexed it as well as its surrounding Arab villages. Drawing from a wealth of untapped primary sources, including Ottoman records, Jaffa Shari'a court documents, town planning records, oral histories, and numerous Zionist and European archival sources, LeVine challenges nationalist historiographies of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, revealing the manifold interactions of the Jewish and Palestinian Arab communities that lived there. At the center of the book is a discussion of how Tel Aviv's self-definition as the epitome of modernity affected its and Jaffa's development and Jaffa's own modern pretenses as well. As he unravels this dynamic, LeVine provides new insights into how popular cultures and public spheres evolved in this intersection of colonial, modern, and urban space. He concludes with a provocative discussion of how these discourses affected the development of today's unified city of Tel Aviv–Yafo and, through it, Israeli and Palestinian identities within in and outside historical Palestine.

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Univ of California Press

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052093850X

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9780520938502

Dust of the Earth

By: Mark Lages

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Dust of the Earth

By: Mark Lages

Who is Martin? Yes, he is a super computer, but not just any number and data crunching machine. He is well-intentioned, emotional, and kind. He is independent, and he is alive. You might even say he is human, brought to life by a remarkable young MIT dropout named Jim. Join Martin as he teams up with Jim and his friends to make a special mark on our vexing human dominated world.

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Off the Furrow

By: Mark Lages

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Off the Furrow

By: Mark Lages

Howard Mirth is a sixty-five-year-old son, husband, and father. He earns a decent living, pays his taxes, loves his family, and stays out of trouble. But one day he snaps, and he finds himself locked up in a mental hospital. Join Howard as he sorts through his confusing life and finds his way back to the real world.

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1665526238

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King Clown

By: Mark Lages

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King Clown

By: Mark Lages

Adam Stern is a sixty-four-year-old husband, father, and architect whose dad passes away and leaves Adam nothing but a shoe box containing four strange and seemingly worthless items. There is a brass button, a pocketknife, and a bird's feather. There is also a single page torn from a poetry book, and Adam reads the poem over and over. It gradually comes to life, and it shines a healing light of the absurd on Adam's world, transforming his entire outlook on life.

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1728337836

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Little Blue Whistle

By: Mark Lages

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Little Blue Whistle

By: Mark Lages

Robert Ashcroft is a sixty-three year old retired car salesman who has just moved with his wife, Veronica, from Southern California to South Carolina. He learns just a week before Thanksgiving that his thirty year old son, Paul, is gay. Paul is coming to visit for the holiday, and he is bringing along his boyfriend with him. Robert has one week to come to terms with his son’s sexuality and to prepare himself for the visit. Little Blue Whistle is an entertaining rollercoaster ride of dreams, memories, and subsequent insights into fathers, sons, and our brave new world.

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The Taliban

Afghanistan's Most Lethal Insurgents

By: Mark Silinsky

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The Taliban

Afghanistan's Most Lethal Insurgents

By: Mark Silinsky

Understand the complexities of the most lethal insurgent group of America's longest war—the Taliban. Battle hardened, tribally oriented, and deeply committed to its cause, the Taliban has proven itself resourceful, adaptable, and often successful. As such, the Taliban presents a counterinsurgency puzzle for which the United States has yet to identify effective military tactics, information operations, and Coalition developmental policies. Written by one of the Department of the Army's leading intelligence and military analysts on the Taliban, this book covers the group's complete history, including its formation, ideology, and political power, as well as the origins of its current conflict with the United States. The work carefully analyzes the agenda, capabilities, and support base of the Taliban; forecasts the group's likely course of action to retake Afghanistan; and details the Coalition forces' probable counterinsurgency responses. Author Mark Silinsky also reviews the successes and failures of the latest U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine to extrapolate the best strategies for future counterinsurgency campaigns.

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The Mountain Girl

Stories from the Himalayas

By: Mark Batterbury

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The Mountain Girl

Stories from the Himalayas

By: Mark Batterbury

It is the year 1972 and God is alive and well in India. Many young seekers journey from the West to explore yoga and meditation in the land of its origin. In "The Retreat", a young couple's decision to meditate together in a cave leads to endless arguments about what meditation is, and an encounter with ancient night. In "Temple of Dreams", a solitary yogi discovers lost parts of himself in a haunted house. Investigating the mysterious death of a villager's cows introduces a traveller to black magic in "The Mountain Girl". The beauty of the Himalayas, the adventure of the path of yoga, and meetings with inspiring teachers fill these stories with the magic and mystery of the East.

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Quadripartite Structures

Categories, Relations and Homologies in Bush Mekeo Culture

By: Mark S. Mosko

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Quadripartite Structures

Categories, Relations and Homologies in Bush Mekeo Culture

By: Mark S. Mosko

This book was the first detailed, comprehensive study of Bush Mekeo culture and society.

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0521264529

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Stripping Bare the Body

Politics Violence War

By: Mark Danner

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Stripping Bare the Body

Politics Violence War

By: Mark Danner

For the past two decades, Mark Danner has reported from Latin America, Haiti, the Balkans, and the Middle East. His perceptive, award-winning dispatches have not only explored the real consequences of American engagement with the world, but also the relationship between political violence and power. In Stripping Bare the Body, Danner brings together his best reporting from the world's most troubled regions -- from the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship in Haiti to the tumultuous rise of Aristide; from the onset of the Balkan Wars to the painful fragmentation of Yugoslavia; and finally to the disastrous invasion of Iraq and the radical, destructive legacy of the Bush administration. At a time when American imperial power is in decline, there has never been a more compelling moment to read these urgent, fiercely intelligent reports.

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078674457X

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