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The Myth of Continents

A Critique of Metageography

By: Martin W. Lewis,Kären Wigen

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The Myth of Continents

A Critique of Metageography

By: Martin W. Lewis,Kären Wigen

In a thoughtful and engaging critique, geographer Martin W. Lewis and historian Karen Wigen re-examine the basic geographical divisions we take for granted. Their up-to-the-minute study reflects both on the global scale and its relation to the specific continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa actually part of one contiguous landmass. Photos. maps.

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Univ of California Press

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0520207432

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9780520207431

The Indo-European Controversy

By: Asya Pereltsvaig,Martin W. Lewis

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The Indo-European Controversy

By: Asya Pereltsvaig,Martin W. Lewis

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107054532

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9781107054530

Rogue Warrior of the SAS

The Blair Mayne Legend

By: Martin Dillon,Roy Bradford

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Rogue Warrior of the SAS

The Blair Mayne Legend

By: Martin Dillon,Roy Bradford

More than half a century after his death, Lt Col. Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers in the history of military special operations. He was the most decorated British soldier of the Second World War, receiving four DSOs, the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'honneur, and he pioneered tactics used today by the SAS and other special operations units worldwide. Rogue Warrior of the SAS tells the remarkable life story of 'Colonel Paddy', whose exceptional physical strength and uniquely swift reflexes made him a fearsome opponent. But his unorthodox rules of war and his resentment of authority would deny him the ultimate accolade of the Victoria Cross. Drawing on personal letters and family papers, declassified SAS files and records, together with the Official SAS Diary compiled in wartime and eyewitness accounts from many who served with him, the picture emerges of a soldier who, although a flawed hero, was unquestionably one of the most distinctive combatants of the campaigns in the Western Desert and Europe.

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224

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Random House

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1780573774

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9781780573779

The Jewish Community of Washington, D.C.

By: Dr. Martin Garfinkle

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The Jewish Community of Washington, D.C.

By: Dr. Martin Garfinkle

The Jewish community of Washington, D.C., located in the political nexus of the United States, has often enjoyed attention from people of every level of influence, including the president of the United States. On May 3, 1925, Calvin Coolidge attended the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Washington Jewish Community Center. Herbert Hoover, as a former president, was vocal in his denunciation of Nazi Germany's treatment of the Jews. His voice garnered the support of many United States senators in 1943, including two from Maryland and one from Virginia. Ronald Reagan sent his personal regards to the Ohev Shalom Talmud Torah Congregation on their 100th anniversary celebration on April 10, 1986.

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134

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439617082

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9781439617083

Red Riding Hood and the Wolf in Bed

Modernism's Fairy Tales

By: Ann Martin

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Red Riding Hood and the Wolf in Bed

Modernism's Fairy Tales

By: Ann Martin

Drawing on theoretical paradigms from gender and cultural studies, Martin develops a participatory model of modernist literature and culture.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802090869

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9780802090867

The Geographic Revolution in Early America

Maps, Literacy, and National Identity

By: Martin Brückner

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The Geographic Revolution in Early America

Maps, Literacy, and National Identity

By: Martin Brückner

The rapid rise in popularity of maps and geography handbooks in the eighteenth century ushered in a new geographic literacy among nonelite Americans. In a pathbreaking and richly illustrated examination of this transformation, Martin Bruckner argues that geographic literacy as it was played out in popular literary genres--written, for example, by William Byrd, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Royall Tyler, Charles Brockden Brown, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark--significantly influenced the formation of identity in America from the 1680s to the 1820s. Drawing on historical geography, cartography, literary history, and material culture, Bruckner recovers a vibrant culture of geography consisting of property plats and surveying manuals, decorative wall maps and school geographies, the nation's first atlases, and sentimental objects such as needlework samplers. By showing how this geographic revolution affected the production of literature, Bruckner demonstrates that the internalization of geography as a kind of language helped shape the literary construction of the modern American subject. Empirically rich and provocative in its readings, The Geographic Revolution in Early America proposes a new, geographical basis for Anglo-Americans' understanding of their character and its expression in pedagogical and literary terms.

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UNC Press Books

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0807838977

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9780807838976

Green Delusions

By: Martin W. Lewis

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Green Delusions

By: Martin W. Lewis

Scholars, politicians, and activists worldwide are finally recognizing the severity of the global environmental crisis, yet serious threats to the environmental movement remain. Anti-environmentalists dismiss the very idea of a "crisis" as a mirage. Much less obvious, however, is the more subtle threat masquerading under the mantle of environmentalism itself. It is this threat that Green Delusions addresses. Writing from the standpoint of a committed environmentalist, Martin W. Lewis contends that many of the most devoted and strident "greens," those who propose a radical environmentalism, unwittingly espouse an ill-conceived doctrine that has devastating implications for the global ecosystem. In this book he distinguishes the main variants of eco-extremism, exposes the fallacies upon which such views ultimately flounder, and demonstrates that the policies advocated by their proponents would, if enacted, result in unequivocal ecological disaster. At once polemic and prescriptive, Green Delusions is an impassioned attempt to defend the environmental movement against extremist ideas that would lead to self-defeating political strategies.

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Duke University Press

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0822314746

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9780822314745

The Build Up to the Beginning

By: Martin W. Bowman

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The Build Up to the Beginning

By: Martin W. Bowman

This is the first volume of a most impressive tribute and accurate four part work that uniquely presents a complete account of the air operations throughout Market-Garden in September 1944 when British, US and Polish airborne troops made a gallant attempt to seize and hold bridges across the Lower Rhine in Holland as a springboard for crossing into Germany. Market, the aerial side of the proceedings, was at the time the largest airborne operation in history. In this unprecedented and insightful account, the exploits of the First Allied Airborne Army are relayed in full detail; supplemented with historical notes regarding the ground operations, this is sure to offer an unparalleled account of the events as they unfolded in the skies above Holland.If successful, the war could be over by Christmas. What could go wrong? That it did and on such a massive scale is the underlying theme throughout this series. The action was at times very confused, so a narrative of events contained in sixteen timelines at intervals throughout this series cuts through the fog of battle to explain the situation from its over-optimistic beginning to the tragic conclusion.

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450

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Casemate Publishers

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1783468874

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9781783468874

Reagan

A Life In Letters

By: Kiron K. Skinner,Annelise Anderson,Martin Anderson

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Reagan

A Life In Letters

By: Kiron K. Skinner,Annelise Anderson,Martin Anderson

Ronald Reagan may have been the most prolific correspondent of any American president since Thomas Jefferson. The total number of letters written over his lifetime probably exceeds 10,000. Their breadth is equally astonishing -- with friends and family, with politicians, children, and other private citizens, Reagan was as dazzling a communicator in letters as he was in person. Collectively, his letters reveal his character and thinking like no other source. He made candid, considerate, and tough statements that he rarely made in a public speech or open forum. He enjoyed responding to citizens, and comforting or giving advice or encouragement to friends. Now, the most astonishing of his writings, culled in Reagan: A Portrait in Letters, finally and fully reveal the true Ronald Reagan. Many of Reagan's handwritten letters are among the most thoughtful, charming, and moving documents he produced. Long letters to his daughter Patti, applauding her honesty, and son Ron Jr., urging him to be the best student he can be, reveal Reagan as a caring parent. Long-running correspondence with old friends, carried on for many decades, reveals the importance of his hometown and college networks. Heartfelt advice on love and marriage, fond memories of famous friends from Hollywood, and rare letters about his early career allow Reagan to tell his own full biography as never before. Running correspondence with young African-American student Ruddy Hines reveals a little-known presidential pen pal. The editors also reveal that another long-running pen-pal relationship, with fan club leader Lorraine Wagner, was initially ghostwritten by his mother, until Reagan began to write to Wagner himself some years later. Reagan's letters are a political and historical treasure trove. Revealed here for the first time is a running correspondence with Richard Nixon, begun in 1959 and continuing until shortly before Nixon's death. Letters to key supporters reveal that Reagan was thinking of the presidency from the mid-1960s; that missile defense was of interest to him as early as the 1970s; and that few details of his campaigns or policies escaped his notice. Dozens of letters to constituents reveal Reagan to have been most comfortable and natural with pen in hand, a man who reached out to friend and foe alike throughout his life. Reagan: A Life in Letters is as important as it is astonishing and moving.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743276426

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9780743276429

Potholes in the Road

Transition Problems for Low-Income Youth in High School

By: Martin Sanchez-Jankowski

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Potholes in the Road

Transition Problems for Low-Income Youth in High School

By: Martin Sanchez-Jankowski

As education has been increasingly lauded as the path to achieving the 'American Dream,' Martín Sánchez-Jankowski utilizes extensive participant observation to examine how low-income students navigate the education system. With compassion and rigor, Potholes in the Road explores the dynamics of the multiple interrelated obstacles that low-income students must surpass in order to make educational transitions successfully from high school to college. Using extensive ethnographic research, Sánchez-Jankowski explores the mythic pull of the 'American Dream' and how obstacles of social capital, wealth, and culture make achieving such a dream through education nearly impossible"--

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Univ of California Press

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0520387112

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9780520387119

American Prometheus

The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER

By: Kai Bird,Martin J. Sherwin

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American Prometheus

The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER

By: Kai Bird,Martin J. Sherwin

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative. “A masterful account of Oppenheimer’s rise and fall, set in the context of the turbulent decades of America’s own transformation. It is a tour de force.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review “A work of voluminous scholarship and lucid insight, unifying its multifaceted portrait with a keen grasp of Oppenheimer’s essential nature.... It succeeds in deeply fathoming his most damaging, self-contradictory behavior.” —The New York Times

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Vintage

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0375726268

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9780375726262

The Herron Chronicle

By: Harriet Garcia Warkel,Martin F. Krause,S. L. Berry

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The Herron Chronicle

By: Harriet Garcia Warkel,Martin F. Krause,S. L. Berry

Documents the history of the Herron School of Art in its centennial year.

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Indiana University Press

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0253342376

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9780253342379

LIPIDAT A Database of Thermo Data and Association Information on Lipid

By: Martin Caffrey

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LIPIDAT A Database of Thermo Data and Association Information on Lipid

By: Martin Caffrey

LIPIDAT is a convenient compilation of thermodynamic data and bibliographic information on lipids. Over 11,000 records in 15 information fields are provided. The book presents tabulations of all known mesomorphic and polymorphic phase transition types, temperatures, and enthalpies for synthetic and biologically derived lipids in dry, partially hydrated, and fully hydrated states. It also includes the effect of pH, protein, drugs, salt, and metal ion concentration on these thermodynamic values. Methods used in making the measurements and the experimental conditions are reported. Bibliographic information includes a complete literature reference and list of authors. The book will be an indispensable reference for biophysicists, chemical engineers, pharmaceutical and cosmetic researchers, dermatologists, nutritionists, biochemists, physiologists, food scientists, and fats and oils chemists.

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342

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CRC Press

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0849389240

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9780849389245

Arizona Discovery Guide

A Remarkably Useful Travel Companion for Motorists, RVers, and Other Explorers

By: Don W. Martin,Betty Woo Martin

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Arizona Discovery Guide

A Remarkably Useful Travel Companion for Motorists, RVers, and Other Explorers

By: Don W. Martin,Betty Woo Martin

Written for the way you travel, whether you load up the family sedan, explore with an RV or fly and rent a car; it steers you along the state's highways and byways. Lists attractions, campgrounds, restaurants, RV parks, shopping areas and more.

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Discover Guides

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0942053206

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9780942053203

Between Probability and Certainty

What Justifies Belief

By: Martin Smith

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Between Probability and Certainty

What Justifies Belief

By: Martin Smith

Martin Smith explores a question central to philosophy—namely, what does it take for a belief to be justified or rational? According to a widespread view, whether one has justification for believing a proposition is determined by how probable that proposition is, given one's evidence. In the present book this view is rejected and replaced with another: in order for one to have justification for believing a proposition, one's evidence must normically support it—roughly, one's evidence must make the falsity of that proposition abnormal in the sense of calling for special, independent explanation. This conception of justification bears upon a range of topics in epistemology and beyond, including the relation between justification and knowledge, the force of statistical evidence, the problem of scepticism, the lottery and preface paradoxes, the viability of multiple premise closure, the internalist/externalist debate, the psychology of human reasoning, and the relation between belief and degrees of belief. Ultimately, this way of looking at justification guides us to a new, unfamiliar picture of how we should respond to our evidence and manage our own fallibility. This picture is developed here.

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Oxford University Press

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0191071633

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9780191071638

Coming to Arizona

The Complete Guide for Future Arizonans--job-seekers, Retirees, and Snowbirds

By: Don W. Martin,Betty Woo Martin

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Coming to Arizona

The Complete Guide for Future Arizonans--job-seekers, Retirees, and Snowbirds

By: Don W. Martin,Betty Woo Martin

Provides information on living in Arizona for potential residents and visitors, discusses places to live, and recommends sightseeing attractions.

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Discover Guides

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0942053095

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9780942053098

Book's by Martin W. Lewis

The Myth of Continents

The Myth of Continents

The Indo-European Controversy

The Indo-European Controversy

Rogue Warrior of the SAS

Rogue Warrior of the SAS

The Jewish Community of Washington, D.C.

The Jewish Community of Washington, D.C.

Red Riding Hood and the Wolf in Bed

Red Riding Hood and the Wolf in Bed

The Geographic Revolution in Early America

The Geographic Revolution in Early America

Green Delusions

Green Delusions

The Build Up to the Beginning

The Build Up to the Beginning

Reagan

Reagan

Potholes in the Road

Potholes in the Road

American Prometheus

American Prometheus

The Herron Chronicle

The Herron Chronicle

LIPIDAT A Database of Thermo Data and Association Information on Lipid

LIPIDAT A Database of Thermo Data and Association Information on Lipid

Arizona Discovery Guide

Arizona Discovery Guide

Between Probability and Certainty

Between Probability and Certainty

Coming to Arizona

Coming to Arizona

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