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The Annalsby Cornelius Tacitus, A. J. WoodmanISBN 0872205584 (0-87220-558-4)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annals'Book summary:Woodman's translation masterfully conveys Tacitus' distinctive and powerful literary style and reflects the best of relevant current scholarship. His introduction provides a wealth of insight into the period about which Tacitus wrote, Tacitus himself, and the principles of translation that have shaped this rendering. Includes extensive notes; political, military, and geographical appendices; imperial family trees; suggested further readings; maps; and index. [via]
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Annals of Imperial Romeby Michael GrantISBN 0880290242 (0-88029-024-2)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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Antietam: Essays on the 1862 Maryland Campaignby Gary W. GallagherISBN 0873384008 (0-87338-400-8)
Softcover, Kent State Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antietam: Essays on the 1862 Maryland Campaign'Book summary:The relative importance of Civil War campaigns is a matter for debate among historians and buffs alike. Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Atlanta have their advocates. Gettysburg certainly maintains its hold on the popular imagination. More recently has come the suggestion that no single campaign or battle decided the war or even appreciably altered its direction.
If any one battle was a dividing line, Antietam is a solid contender. In no other campaign were the political, diplomatic, and military elements aligned so favorably for the Confederacy. Yet Lee's retreat after the terrible battle in September 1862 changed everything. Great Britain had second thoughts about intervention; Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation; and Lee's army, while victorious on other fields, proved not to be unbeatable.
Across the years, Antietam is remains the worst one-day slaughter in American history. The ghastly losses in the Cornfield, the West Woods, and the Sunken Road still appall the reader. Lee's gamble against disaster and George McClellan's inexplicable refusal to press his advantage remain puzzlements. [via]
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The Architect of Genocide: Himmler and the Final Solutionby Richard BreitmanISBN 0874515963 (0-87451-596-3)
Softcover, Brandeis Univ
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The Atomic Bomb: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasakiby Kyoko Selden, Mark Selden, Robert Jay LiftonISBN 0873325567 (0-87332-556-7)
Hardcover, M E Sharpe Inc
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Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the Westby Cormac McCarthyISBN 0880010924 (0-88001-092-4)
Softcover, Ecco Press
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Calligramsby Guillaume ApollinaireISBN 0877750688 (0-87775-068-8)
Softcover, Unicorn Pr
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Candide and Related Textsby Voltaire, David WoottonISBN 0872205460 (0-87220-546-0)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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The Christian Attitude Toward Warby Loraine BoettnerISBN 0875521185 (0-87552-118-5)
Softcover, Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co
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Churchill Speaks: Winston S. Churchill in Peace and War Collected Speeches, 1897-1963by Robert Rhodes James, Winston ChurchillISBN 0877542562 (0-87754-256-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Civil War Prisonsby William B. Hesseltine, William Best HesseltineISBN 0873381297 (0-87338-129-7)
Softcover, Kent State Univ Pr
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Company Kby William MarchISBN 0877956472 (0-87795-647-2)
Softcover, Arbor House Pub Co
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Complete Works of William ShakespeareISBN 0880290137 (0-88029-013-7)
Hardcover, Xs Books
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 0877207054 (0-87720-705-4)
Softcover, Amsco School Pubns Inc
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The Cry of Vietnamby Vo Dinh, Hnat HanhISBN 0877750254 (0-87775-025-4)
Softcover, Unicorn Pr
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Democracy in Americaby Alexis De Tocqueville, Stephen D. GrantISBN 0872204944 (0-87220-494-4)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Dictatorships and "Ultimate" Decrees in the Early Roman Republic 501-202 B.C.by Arthur KaplanISBN 0877002517 (0-87700-251-7)
Hardcover, Revisionist Pr
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Duino Elegiesby Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen MitchellISBN 0877738521 (0-87773-852-1)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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Encyclopedia of Genocideby Israel W. CharnyISBN 0874369282 (0-87436-928-2)
Hardcover, Abc-Clio Inc
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Encyclopedia of Invasions and Conquests from Ancient Times to the Presentby Paul K. DavisISBN 0874367824 (0-87436-782-4)
Hardcover, Abc-Clio Inc
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Encyclopedia of the War of 1812by Jeanne T. Heidler, David Stephen HeidlerISBN 0874369681 (0-87436-968-1)
Hardcover, Abc-Clio Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Encyclopedia of the War of 1812'Book summary:The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 is the first complete reference encyclopedia for the War of 1812 and an invaluable resource for public libraries, universities, colleges, and high schools. The encyclopedia portrays important military, political, and diplomatic figures from John Quincy Adams to Castlereagh. Key battles, including the Battle of Tippecanoe and the sea battle of the U.S.S. Constitution v. H.M.S. GuerriËre, are relived.
A short bibliography for each article provides guidance for more in depth exploration, making the Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 a useful tool for general readers and scholars alike. The editors cover approximately 500 topics and the entries are extensively cross referenced. The encyclopedia is also illustrated with photos from the Library of Congress. An impressive collection of contributors and prestigious scholars from the United States, Europe, and Canada offer fresh insights and perspectives to many aspects of a war that has enjoyed a rebirth of interest.
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Fear and Loathing:on the Campaign Trail '72: On the Campaign Trail '72by Hunter S. ThompsonISBN 0879320532 (0-87932-053-2)
Hardcover, Straight Arrow Books
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First World, Ha Ha Ha!: The Zapatista Challengeby Elaine KatzenbergerISBN 0872862941 (0-87286-294-1)
Softcover, City Lights Books
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Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better Worldby David SolnitISBN 0872864200 (0-87286-420-0)
Softcover, City Lights Books
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Going Back: A Poet Who Was One-A Marine Returns to Vietnamby William EhrhartISBN 0875742726 (0-87574-272-6)
Softcover, Pendle Hill Pubns
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The Green Dragonby Robert D. BassISBN 0878441638 (0-87844-163-8)
Softcover, Sandlapper Pub Co
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Guns for the Tsar: American Technology and the Small Arms Industry in Nineteenth-Century Russiaby Joseph BradleyISBN 0875801544 (0-87580-154-4)
Hardcover, Northern Illinois Univ Pr
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Hardtack and Coffeeby John D. BillingsISBN 0879280387 (0-87928-038-7)
Hardcover, Corner House Pub
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Hero of Our Timeby Mikhail LermontovISBN 0875010490 (0-87501-049-0)
Softcover, Ardis
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A Holocaust Readerby Lucy DawidowiczISBN 0874412366 (0-87441-236-6)
Softcover, Behrman House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Holocaust Reader'Book summary:This book is a collection of documents about the destruction and martyrdom of the European Jews under German occupation during World War II. [via]
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In War's Dark Shadow: The Russians Before the Great Warby W. Bruce LincolnISBN 0875805973 (0-87580-597-3)
Softcover, Northern Illinois Univ Pr
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The Invasion of Japan: Alternative to the Bombby John Ray SkatesISBN 0872499723 (0-87249-972-3)
Hardcover, Univ of South Carolina Pr
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Inventing Vietnam: The War in Film and Televisionby Michael A. AndereggISBN 0877228620 (0-87722-862-0)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr
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Japanese Art of War : Understanding the Culture of Strategyby Thomas ClearyISBN 0877736537 (0-87773-653-7)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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Joseph Banks: A Lifeby Patrick O'BrianISBN 0879239301 (0-87923-930-1)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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Landscapes of War: From Sarajevo to Chechnyaby Peter Bush, Juan Goytisolo, Tariq AliISBN 0872863735 (0-87286-373-5)
Softcover, City Lights Books
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Last and First Menby Olaf StapledonISBN 0874774713 (0-87477-471-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteersby Richard MoeISBN 0873514068 (0-87351-406-8)
Softcover, Minnesota Historical Society Pr
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Leaves of Grassby Walt Whitman, Clarence Merton BabcockISBN 0875290116 (0-87529-011-6)
Hardcover, Hallmark Editions
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Liebling Abroadby A. J. LieblingISBN 0872236439 (0-87223-643-9)
Softcover, Wideview Books
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The Life and Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson: (Stonewall Jackson)by R.L. DabneyISBN 0873779819 (0-87377-981-9)
Softcover, Hess Pubns
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The Lives of the Twelve Caesarsby C. Suetonius TranquillusISBN 0879280956 (0-87928-095-6)
Hardcover, Maurice Filler
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Moving Mountains: Lessons in Leadership and Logistics from the Gulf Warby William G. Pagonis, Jeffrey L. CruikshankISBN 0875845088 (0-87584-508-8)
Softcover, Harvard Business School Press
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My Favorite Warby Christopher John FarleyISBN 088001590X (0-88001-590-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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My Lifeby Leon TrotskyISBN 0873481445 (0-87348-144-5)
Softcover, Pathfinder Pr
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Autobiographical account by a leader of the October 1917 Russian revolution, the Soviet Red Army, and the battle initiated by Lenin against the Stalinist bureaucracy.
Introduction by Joseph Hansen, Chronology of events and writings, 1929-1940, index. Now with enlarged type. [via]
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The Narrow Margin: The Battle of Britain and the Rise of Air Power 1930-1940by Derek Wood, Derek DempsterISBN 0874749298 (0-87474-929-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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No More Vietnamsby Richard M. NixonISBN 0877956685 (0-87795-668-5)
Hardcover, Gage Learning Corporation
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No Place to Hide, 1946/1984by David J. BradleyISBN 0874512743 (0-87451-274-3)
Hardcover, Published for Dartmouth College by University Press of New England
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Northrop B-2 Stealth Bomber: The Complete History, Technology, and Operational Development of the Stealth Bomberby Bill SweetmanISBN 0879385995 (0-87938-599-5)
Softcover, Motorbooks Intl
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Obasanby Joy KogawaISBN 0879234911 (0-87923-491-1)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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On Justice, Power, and Human Nature: The Essence of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian Warby Thucydides, Paul WoodruffISBN 0872201686 (0-87220-168-6)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Othelloby William ShakespeareISBN 0877209227 (0-87720-922-7)
Softcover, Amsco School Pubns Inc
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Over There : The Story of America's First Great Overseas Crusadeby Frank FreidelISBN 0877227187 (0-87722-718-7)
Hardcover, Temple University Press
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The Path to the Nest of Spidersby Italo CalvinoISBN 0880013273 (0-88001-327-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Path to the Spiders' Nestby Italo Calvino, Archibald Colquhoun, M. L. McLaughlinISBN 0880016213 (0-88001-621-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Path to the Spiders' Nest'Book summary:Italo Calvino's debut novel, updated to include changes that the author made for the definitive Italian edition, previously censored passages, and his newly translated, unabridged preface. "The Path to the Spiders' Nests," written when Calvino was twenty-three and first published in 1947--tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice in a town on the Ligurian Coast during World War II. He lives with his sister, a prostitute, and spends as much time as he can at the lowlife bar where he amuses the grownups. After a mishap with a Nazi soldier, Pin becomes involved with a band of partisans. Calvino's portrayal of this band, seen through the eyes of the child, is not only a revealing commentary on the Italian resistance, but also an insightful coming-of-age story. A bold, adventurous novel, The Path to the Spiders' Nests is animated by the formidable imagination that made Italo Calvino one of the most respected writers of our time. [via]
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Power Governments Cannot Suppressby Howard ZinnISBN 0872864758 (0-87286-475-8)
Softcover, City Lights Books
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-- Michael Moore, director of the film Fahrenheit 9/11, and author of the New York Times bestseller, Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!
"This strong, incisive book by Howard Zinn provides us with a penetrating critique of current U.S. policies and embraces the sweep of history. Zinn's inspired voice sets him apart & which is why so many of us look to Howard as a modern-day Thoreau. As always with Zinn's work, A Power Governments Cannot Suppress leaves us with the faith that citizens have what it takes to confront power and to reverse the dangerous and unjust acts of our government."
-- Jonathan Kozol, author of The Shame of The Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
"Find here the voice of the well-educated and honorable and capable and human United States of America, which might have existed if only absolute power had not corrupted its third-rate leaders so absolutely."
-- Kurt Vonnegut, author of A Man Without a Country
"Howard Zinn is a unique voice of sanity, clarity and wisdom who reads history not only to understand the present but to shape the future. &Profoundly insightful& A Power Governments Cannot Suppress should be read by every American, over and over again."
-- Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun Magazine, author of The Left Hand of God: Taking Back our Country from the Religious Right
This brilliant new booklike Howard Zinns presence, and his whole life, is the best possible antidote to political despair. Read it, and rejoin the struggle for a human world and a foreign policy thats good for children.
Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers in 1971 and is author of Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress, is a major new collection of essays on American history, class, immigration, justice, and ordinary citizens who have made a difference. Zinn addresses America's current political/ethical crisis using lessons learned from our nations history. Zinn brings a profoundly human, yet uniquely American perspective to each subject he writes about, whether its the abolition of war, terrorism, the Founding Fathers, the Holocaust, defending the rights of immigrants, or personal liberties. Written in an accessible, personal tone, Zinn approaches the telling of U.S. history from an active, engaged point of view. "America's future is linked to how we understand our past, writes Zinn; "For this reason, writing about history, for me, is never a neutral act."
Zinn frames the book with an opening essay titled "If History is to be Creative," a reflection on the role and responsibility of the historian. "To think that history-writing must aim simply to recapitulate the failures that dominate the past," writes Zinn, "is to make historians collaborators in an endless cycle of defeat." "If history is to be creative, to anticipate a possible future without denying the past, it should, I believe, emphasize new possibilities by disclosing those hidden episodes of the past when, even if in brief flashes, people showed their ability to resist, to join together, and occasionally win. I am supposing, or perhaps only hoping, that our future may be found in the pasts fugitive moments of compassion rather than in its solid centuries of warfare."
Buzzing with stories and ideas, Zinn draws upon fascinating, little-known historical anecdotes spanning from the Declaration of Independence to the USA PATRIOT Act to comment on the most controversial issues facing us today: government dishonesty, how to respond to terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the loss of our liberties, immigration, and the responsibility of the citizen to confront power for the common good.
Considered a "modern-day Thoreau" by Jonathon Kozol, Zinn's inspired writings address the reader as an active participant in history making. "We live in a beautiful country, writes Zinn, in the books opening chapter. But people who have no respect for human life, freedom, or justice have taken it over. It is now up to all of us to take it back."
Featuring essays penned over an eight-year period, A Power Governments Cannot Suppress is Howard Zinns first writerly work in several years, an invaluable post-9/11-era addition to the themes that run through his bestselling classic, A Peoples History Of the United States.
Howard Zinn is a veteran of World War II and author of many books and plays, including the million-selling classic, A Peoples History of the United States. For more information about Howard and his speaking schedule see www.citylights.comMore editions of Power Governments Cannot Suppress:
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The Radetzky Marchby Joseph RothISBN 0879510153 (0-87951-015-3)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Radetzky March'Book summary:Joseph Roth's 1932 novel, The Radetzky March, starts with an accident that creates a dynasty. When an infantry lieutenant steps in front of a bullet intended for the young Franz Joseph, the Austro-Hungarian emperor rewards him with wealth, promotion, and a knighthood. Almost overnight, Joseph Trotta is "severed" from his ancestors, and his family is transformed from unremarkable soldiers and peasants living in the outer reaches of the empire to barons and high-ranking officials living near the imperial palace. As long as Franz Joseph is the Kaiser, their status is secure. But when Trotta happens upon a schoolbook account of the event that exaggerates his heroism, he is shaken:
He had been driven from the paradise of simple faith in Emperor and Virtue, Truth, and Justice, and, now fettered in silence and endurance, he may have realized that the stability of the world, the power of laws, and the glory of majesties were all based on deviousness.
As World War I approaches and the monarchy's limitations become apparent, Trotta's son and grandson become even further removed from this paradise. They continue to follow the codes of honor and duty, though such behavioral guides become pointless, even burdensome, in a world shorn of simple faith in an emperor. Trotta's grandson Carl Joseph finds his military career overwhelmed by bad horsemanship, alcohol dependency, frivolous roulette and baccarat debts, and misguided love affairs--the kinds of flaws, he thinks, that are inevitable without the self-assurance and practical knowledge that he would have gained had he earned (rather than inherited) his position. Not long ago, he thinks wistfully, his family lived as peasants "in dwarfed huts, making their wives fertile by night and their fields by day." It is here that the Trottas' demise is at its most poignant, as the focus of the narrative shifts from the loss of status to the far more devastating loss of purpose.In both style and temperament, Roth's novel stands between the 19th and 20th centuries, and the three Trottas could be seen as part of a progression that stretches back to Tolstoy's Prince Andrei and looks ahead to the Mathieu of Sartre's Les Chemins de la Liberté trilogy. Although The Radetzky March illustrates why the monarchy was doomed, and isn't blind to the new nations and ideologies on the horizon, Roth is more interested in his characters' psychology than their politics. And their central difficulty--the bewildering meaninglessness that follows the dissolution of an ideal--has been a fundamental 20th-century dilemma. The Trottas are, in Roth's stunning phrase, "homesick for the Kaiser." One need only substitute "the Chairman" or "Marxism" or "God" to understand the novel's lasting resonance. --John Ponyicsanyi [via]
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The Ranks of the Black Orderby Pierre Christin, Enki BilalISBN 0874160529 (0-87416-052-9)
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Reading Rousseau in the Nuclear Ageby Grace G. RooseveltISBN 0877226792 (0-87722-679-2)
Hardcover, Temple Univ Pr
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Reflections on the Revolution in Franceby Edmund BurkeISBN 0879754117 (0-87975-411-7)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Remaking Dixie: The Impact of World War II on the American Southby Neil R. McMillenISBN 0878059288 (0-87805-928-8)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Mississippi
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The Second Treatise on Civil Governmentby John LockeISBN 0879753374 (0-87975-337-4)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Endeavoring to reconstruct the nature and purpose of government, a social contract theory is proposed. The Second Treatise sets forth a detailed discussion of how civil society came to be and the nature of its inception. Locke's discussion of tacit consent, separation of powers, and the right of citizens to revolt against repressive governments, has made The Second Treatise one of the most influential essays in the history of political philosophy. [via]More editions of The Second Treatise on Civil Government:
Semper Fi, Macby Henry BerryISBN 0877953708 (0-87795-370-8)
Hardcover, Arbor House Pub Co
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Seven Years in Tibetby Heinrich Harrer, Dalai Lama XIVISBN 0874778883 (0-87477-888-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seven Years in Tibet'Book summary:In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first Europeans ever to enter Tibet. Harrer was traveling in India when the Second World War erupted. He was subsequently seized and imprisoned by British authorities. After several attempts, he escaped and crossed the rugged, frozen Himalayas, surviving by duping government officials and depending on the generosity of villagers for food and shelter. Harrer finally reached his ultimate destination-the Forbidden City of Lhasa-without money, or permission to be in Tibet. But Tibetan hospitality and his own curious appearance worked in Harrer?s favor, allowing him unprecedented acceptance among the upper classes. His intelligence and European ways also intrigued the young Dalai Lama, and Harrer soon became His Holiness?s tutor and trusted confidant. When the Chinese invaded Tibet in 1950, Harrer and the Dalai Lama fled the country together. This timeless story illuminates Eastern culture, as well as the childhood of His Holiness and the current plight of Tibetans. It is a must-read for lovers of travel, adventure, history, and culture. A motion picture, under the direction of Jean-Jacques Annaud, will feature Brad Pitt in the lead role of Heinrich Harrer. [via]
Sign of Fourby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 087460219X (0-87460-219-X)
Softcover, Lion Books
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Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a Cityby Marjorie Housepian DobkinISBN 0873383591 (0-87338-359-1)
Softcover, Kent State Univ Pr
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Soldier's of 44by William McGivernISBN 0877952086 (0-87795-208-6)
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Special Forces Operational Techniques, Department of the Army Field ManualISBN 0873640470 (0-87364-047-0)
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Studies in Theologyby Lorraine BoettnerISBN 0875521150 (0-87552-115-0)
Softcover, Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co
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The Tartar Steppeby Dino Buzzati, Stuart C. HoodISBN 0879239921 (0-87923-992-1)
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Theban Playsby Sophocles, Paul Woodruff, Peter MeineckISBN 0872205851 (0-87220-585-1)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Theban Plays'Book summary:This volume offers the fruits of Peter Meineck and Paul WoodruffÂs dynamic collaboration on the plays of Sophocles Theban cycle, presenting the translators Oedipus Tyrannus (2000) along with WoodruffÂs Antigone (2001) and a muscular new Oedipus at Colonus by Meineck. Grippingly readable, all three translations combine fidelity to the Greek with concision, clarity, and powerful, hard-edged speech. Each play features foot-of-the-page notes, stage directions, and line numbers to the Greek. WoodruffÂs Introduction discusses the playwright, Athenian theatre and performance, the composition of the plays, and the plots and characters of each; it also offers thoughtful reflections on major critical interpretations of these plays. [via]
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Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862by Gary Clayton Anderson, Alan R. WoolworthISBN 0873512162 (0-87351-216-2)
Softcover, Minnesota Historical Society Pr
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Top Gun: The Navy's Fighter Weapons Schoolby George HallISBN 0879385200 (0-87938-520-0)
Softcover, Motorbooks Intl
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Total ResistanceISBN 0873640217 (0-87364-021-7)
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Triple: A Novelby Ken FollettISBN 087795223X (0-87795-223-X)
Hardcover, Arbor House Pub Co
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Under One Flag: A Year At Rohwerby Liz Smith Parkhurst, Tom CliftonISBN 0874837596 (0-87483-759-6)
Hardcover, August House Pub Inc
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Utah's Black Hawk Warby John Alton PetersonISBN 0874805082 (0-87480-508-2)
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War and the Intellectuals: Collected Essays, 1915-1919by Carl Resek, Randolph S. BourneISBN 0872205002 (0-87220-500-2)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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The War Correspondence of Leon Trotsky: The Balkan Wars 1919-13by Leon TrotskyISBN 0873489071 (0-87348-907-1)
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War in Val D'Orcia 1943-1944: A Diaryby Iris OrigoISBN 0879234768 (0-87923-476-8)
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The War on Terrorby James F. Hoge, Gideon RoseISBN 0876093160 (0-87609-316-0)
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While Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathyby Arthur D. MorseISBN 0879518367 (0-87951-836-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Winfield Scott and the Profession of Armsby Allan PeskinISBN 0873387740 (0-87338-774-0)
Hardcover, Kent State Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Winfield Scott and the Profession of Arms'Book summary:Winfield Scott (1786-1866) was arguably the premier soldier of his era. More than any other, he was responsible for the professionalization of the U.S. Army during his long career (1807-61). He served as general in the War of 1812, commander of the U.S. forces it the final campaign of the war with Mexico, and general in chief at the beginning of the Civil War. Scott was known for his boldness and courage during the War of 1812 and wisdom and caution in his direction of the Mexico campaign.
Winfield Scott and the Profession of Arms is a balanced and thorough biography of this long-neglected military figure. Scholars and military historians will welcome its significant contributions to the literature. [via]
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