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Andersonvilleby MacKinlay KantorISBN 0844666823 (0-8446-6682-3)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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Animal Farmby George OrwellISBN 0881030074 (0-88103-007-4)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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The Arab-israeli Warsby Chaim Herzog, Shlomo GazitISBN 1400079632 (1-4000-7963-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arab-israeli Wars'Book summary:Now in its third edition, this classic study has been updated for the first time in more than twenty years.
Chaim Herzog, former President of Israel, was involved in every conflict involving Israel and its Arab neighbors from before the 1948 War of Independence. The Arab-Israeli Wars is Herzogs acclaimed history of Israels fight since 1947 to preserve her existence against repeated attacks. Revised after his death by friend and colleague General Shomo Gazit, this new edition also covers the events of the past twenty years, including the pullout from Lebanon, both intifadas, the first Gulf War, the Oslo Process, and beyond. Riveting, informative, and comprehensive, this authoritative account tells the story of Israels struggle to survive but gives a clear picture of the people and politics that continue to shape the destiny of this crucial region. [via]More editions of The Arab-israeli Wars:
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Armorby John SteakleyISBN 0886773687 (0-88677-368-7)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Armor'Book summary:The military sci-fi classic in a striking new package[via]
Felix is an Earth soldier, encased in special body armor designed to withstand Earth's most implacable enemy-a bioengineered, insectoid alien horde. But Felix is also equipped with internal mechanisms that enable him, and his fellow soldiers, to survive battle situations that would destroy a man's mind.
This is a remarkable novel of the horror, the courage, and the aftermath of combat-and how the strength of the human spirit can be the greatest armor of all.More editions of Armor:
Armor Attacks : The Tank Platoon: An Interactive Exercise in Small-Unit Tactics and Leadershipby John F. AntalISBN 0891413839 (0-89141-383-9)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Baa Baa Black Sheepby Gregory BoyingtonISBN 0933458002 (0-933458-00-2)
Hardcover, Jb Wilson Pr
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Baghdad Diaries: A Woman's Chronicle of War and Exileby Nuha Al-Radi, Nuha RadiISBN 1400075254 (1-4000-7525-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baghdad Diaries: A Woman's Chronicle of War and Exile'Book summary:In this often moving, sometimes wry account of life in Baghdad during the first war on Iraq and in exile in the years following, Iraqi-born, British-educated artist Nuha al-Radi shows us the effects of war on ordinary people. She recounts the day-to-day realities of living in a city under siege, where food has to be consumed or thrown out because there is no way to preserve it, where eventually people cannot sleep until the nightly bombing commences, where packs of stray dogs roam the streets (and provide her own dog Salvi with a harem) and rats invade homes. Through it all, al-Radi works at her art and gathers with neighbors and family for meals and other occasions, happy and sad.
In the wake of the war, al-Radi lives in semi-exile, shuttling between Beirut and Amman, travelling to New York, London, Mexico and Yemen. As she suffers the indignities of being an Iraqi in exile, al-Radi immerses us in a way of life constricted by the stress and effects of war and embargoes, giving texture to a reality we have only been able to imagine before now. But what emanates most vibrantly from these diaries is the spirit of endurance and the celebration of the smallest of lifes joys. [via]More editions of Baghdad Diaries: A Woman's Chronicle of War and Exile:
Baghdad Diaries, 1991-2002by Nuha Al-RadiISBN 086356366X (0-86356-366-X)
Softcover, Al Saqi
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Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution After the Cold Warby Susan L. WoodwardISBN 0815795130 (0-8157-9513-0)
Softcover, Brookings Inst Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution After the Cold War'Book summary:The violent disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991-92 brought about the worst refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, atrocities on massive scale, and a new term, "ethnic cleansing", for the tactics of nationalist civil war. The failure of Western action to prevent the spread of violence or to negotiate peace disheartened Europeans in their drive to greater unity and turned the euphoria about the "new world order" into cynicism about US leadership. On their own, and as a warning of similar conflicts yet to come, the Yugoslav wars present the first major challenge to US foreign policy after the Cold War. Why did the Yugoslav state break up? And why did the break-up lead to war? In this book, Susan Woodward analyzes the causes of the Yugoslav wars and argues that focusing on ancient ethnic hatreds and military aggression misunderstands nationalism in post-communist states. [via]
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Barefoot Genby Keiji NakazawaISBN 0865710953 (0-86571-095-3)
Softcover, New Society Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barefoot Gen'Book summary:classic Japanese autobiographical comic-art novel [via]
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The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939by Antony BeevorISBN 0856133051 (0-85613-305-1)
Hardcover, Orbis Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939'Book summary:A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall Of Berlin 1945[via]
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War's outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the twentieth century. With new material gleaned from the Russian archives and numerous other sources, this brisk and accessible book (Spain's #1 bestseller for twelve weeks), provides a balanced and penetrating perspective, explaining the tensions that led to this terrible overture to World War II and affording new insights into the war-its causes, course, and consequences.More editions of The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939:
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Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000by L. Ron HubbardISBN 0884046818 (0-88404-681-8)
Softcover, Bridge Pubns
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A Cartoon Story of Hiroshimaby Keiji Nakazawa, ProjectISBN 0867196025 (0-86719-602-5)
Softcover, Last Gasp of San Francisco
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The Cayman Islands: The Beach & Beyondby Martha K. SmithISBN 0965034909 (0-9650349-0-9)
Softcover, Cuchipanda Inc
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Clash of Civilizations?: The Debateby Samuel P. HuntingtonISBN 0876091648 (0-87609-164-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Colditz Storyby Patrick R. ReidISBN 0931933366 (0-931933-36-6)
Softcover, Carol Pub Group
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Cross of Ironby HeinreichISBN 0939482053 (0-939482-05-3)
Hardcover, Noontide Pr
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Dark Voyageby Alan FurstISBN 1400060184 (1-4000-6018-4)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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DMZ : On the Groundby Brian Wood, Riccardo BurchielliISBN 1401210627 (1-4012-1062-7)
Softcover, DC Comics
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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evilby Hannah ArendtISBN 0844659770 (0-8446-5977-0)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil'Book summary:While living in Argentina in 1960, Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped and smuggled to Israel where he was put on trial for crimes against humanity. The New Yorker magazine sent Hannah Arendt to cover the trial. While covering the technical aspects of the trial, Arendt also explored the wider themes inherent in the trial, such as the nature of justice, the behavior of the Jewish leadership during the Nazi Régime, and, most controversially, the nature of Evil itself.
Far from being evil incarnate, as the prosecution painted Eichmann, Arendt maintains that he was an average man, a petty bureaucrat interested only in furthering his career, and the evil he did came from the seductive power of the totalitarian state and an unthinking adherence to the Nazi cause. Indeed, Eichmann's only defense during the trial was "I was just following orders."
Arendt's analysis of the seductive nature of evil is a disturbing one. We would like to think that anyone who would perpetrate such horror on the world is different from us, and that such atrocities are rarities in our world. But the history of groups such as the Jews, Kurds, Bosnians, and Native Americans, to name but a few, seems to suggest that such evil is all too commonplace. In revealing Eichmann as the pedestrian little man that he was, Arendt shows us that the veneer of civilization is a thin one indeed. [via]
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Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestiniansby Noam ChomskyISBN 0896086011 (0-89608-601-1)
Softcover, South End Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians'Book summary:Contents[via]Foreword by Edward W. Said
Preface to the Updated Edition
1. Fanning the Flames
2. The Origins of the "Special Relationship"
3. Rejectionism and Accommodation
4. Isreal and Palestine: Historical Backgrounds
5. Peace for Galilee
6. Aftermath
7. The Road to Armageddon
8. The Palestinian Uprising
9. "Limited War" in Lebanon
10. Washington's "Peace Process"
IndexAn Excerpt from Fateful Triangle, Updated Edition
For some time, I've been compelled to arrange speaking engagements long in advance. Sometimes a title is requested for a talk scheduled several years ahead. There is, I've found, one title that always works: "The current crisis in the Middle East." One can't predict exactly what the crisis will be far down the road, but that there will be one is a fairly safe prediction.
That will continue to be the case as long as basic problems of the region are not addressed.
Furthermore, the crises will be serious in what President Eisenhower called "the most strategically important area in the world." In the early post-War years, the United States in effect extended the Monroe Doctrine to the Middle East, barring any interference apart from Britain, assumed to be a loyal dependency and quickly punished when it occasionally got out of hand (as in 1956). The strategic importance of the region lies primarily in its immense petroleum reserves and the global power accorded by control over them; and, crucially, from the huge profits that flow to the Anglo-American rulers, which have been of critical importance for their economies. It has been necessary to ensure that this enormous wealth flows primarily to the West, not to the people of the region. That is one fundamental problem that will continue to cause unrest and disorder. Another is the Israel-Arab conflict with its many ramifications, which have been closely related to the major U.S. strategic goal of dominating the region's resources and wealth.
For many years, it was claimed the core problem was Soviet subversion and expansionism, the reflexive justification for virtually all policies since the Bolshevik takeover in Russia in 1917. That pretext having
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Fatherlandby Robert HarrisISBN 0812977211 (0-8129-7721-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fatherland'Book summary:Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. It is April 1964 and one week before Hitler's 75th birthday. Xavier March, a detective of the Kriminalpolizei, is called out to investigate the discovery of a dead body in a lake near Berlin's most prestigious suburb.
As March discovers the identity of the body, he uncovers signs of a conspiracy that could go to the very top of the German Reich. And, with the Gestapo just one step behind, March, together with an American journalist, is caught up in a race to discover and reveal the truth -- a truth that has already killed, a truth that could topple governments, a truth that will change history.
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Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacificby Eric BergerudISBN 0813338697 (0-8133-3869-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific'Book summary:In the first two years of the Pacific War of World War II, air forces from Japan, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand engaged in a ruthless struggle for superiority in the skies over the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. Despite operating under primitive conditions in a largely unknown and malignant physical environment, both sides employed the most sophisticated technology available at the time in a strategically crucial war of aerial attrition. In one of the largest aerial campaigns in history, the skies of the South Pacific were dominated first by the dreaded Japanese Zeros, then by Allied bombers, which launched massed raids at altitudes under fifty feet, and finally by a ferocious Allied fighter onslaught led by a cadre of the greatest aces in American military history.Utilizing primary sources and scores of interviews with surviving veterans of all ranks and duties, Eric Bergerud recreates the fabric of the air war as it was fought in the South Pacific. He explores the technology and tactics, the three-dimensional battlefield, and the leadership, living conditions, medical challenges, and morale of the combatants. The reader will be rewarded with a thorough understanding of how air power functioned in World War II from the level of command to the point of fire in air-to-air combat.[via]More editions of Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific:
Gardens of Stoneby Nicholas ProffittISBN 0812587278 (0-8125-8727-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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George Orwell Complete & UnabridgedISBN 0905712048 (0-905712-04-8)
Hardcover, Brill Academic Pub
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Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward Gibbon, Rosemary E. WilliamsISBN 0831739061 (0-8317-3906-1)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witchby Terry Pratchett, Neil GaimanISBN 0894808532 (0-89480-853-2)
Hardcover, Workman Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch'Book summary:Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in. The only person who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read the first time, and the second time, and the third time... [via]
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Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islamby Mark BowdenISBN 0871139251 (0-87113-925-1)
Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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Heroesby John PilgerISBN 0896086666 (0-89608-666-6)
Softcover, South End Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heroes'Book summary:John Pilger's classic work of literary journalism, now with a new introduction by the author.[via] 
History of the Second World Warby Basil Henry Liddell HartISBN 0896730654 (0-89673-065-4)
Hardcover, Exeter Books
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward GibbonISBN 1404306978 (1-4043-0697-8)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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Inside the 3rd Reich: Memoirsby Albert SpeerISBN 0883659247 (0-88365-924-7)
Hardcover, Riverside World Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inside the 3rd Reich: Memoirs'Book summary:From 1946 to 1966, while serving the prison sentence handed down from the Nuremburg War Crimes tribunal, Albert Speer penned 1,200 manuscript pages of personal memoirs. Titled Erinnerungen ("Recollections") upon their 1969 publication in German, Speer's critically acclaimed personal history was translated into English and published one year later as Inside the Third Reich. Long after their initial publication, Speer's memoir continues to provide one of the most detailed and fascinating portrayals of life within Hitler's inner circles, the rise and fall of the third German empire, and of Hitler himself.
Speer chronicles his entire life, but the majority of Inside the Third Reich focuses on the years between 1933 and 1945, when Speer figured prominently in Hitler's government and the German war effort as Inspector General of Buildings for the Renovation of the Federal Capital and later as Minister of Arms and Munitions. Speer's recollections of both duties foreground the impossibility of reconciling Hitler's idealistic, imperialistic ambitions with both architectural and military reality. Throughout, Inside the Third Reich remains true to its author's intentions. With compelling insight, Speer reveals many of the "premises which almost inevitably led to the disasters" of the Third Reich as well as "what comes from one man's holding unrestricted power in his hands." -- Bertina Loeffler [via]
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Jesperby Carol MatasISBN 0886191092 (0-88619-109-2)
Softcover, Key Porter Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jesper'Book summary:The riveting sequel to the award-winning Lisa. This sequel to the award-winning Lisa focuses on seventeen-year-old Jesper's involvement in the Danish resistance during the final months of World War II.The Nazi occupation of Denmark has forced his Jewish friends to flee the country, and Jesper has had to grow up quickly. He has seen others betrayed and killed.As a freedom fighter he has learned to fire a rifle, commit an act of sabotage and kill an enemy soldier. If he is caught, he will be tortured and killed. Jesper may be afraid of dying - but he will never give up. [via]
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Journey's Endby R.C. Sherriff, Najoud EnsaffISBN 1405835621 (1-4058-3562-1)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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The Last of the Mohicansby James Fenimore CooperISBN 1404315608 (1-4043-1560-8)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last of the Mohicans'Book summary:This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Lisaby C MatasISBN 0886191637 (0-88619-163-7)
Softcover, Firefly Books Ltd
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Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorismby Thomas L. FriedmanISBN 1400031257 (1-4000-3125-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism'Book summary:From the Pulitzer Prizewinning New York Times columnist and bestselling author of From Beirut to Jerusalem and The Lexus and the Olive Tree comes this smart, penetrating, brilliantly informed book that is indispensable for understanding todays radically new world and Americas complex place in it.
Thomas L. Freidman received his third Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for his clarity of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat. In Longitudes and Attitudes he gives us all of the columns he has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his private experiences and reflections during his postSeptember 11 travels. Updated for this new paperback edition, with over two years worth of Friedmans columns and an expanded version of his diary, Longitudes and Attitudes is a broadly influential work from our most trusted observer of the international scene. [via]More editions of Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism:
The Man in the High Castleby Philip K. DickISBN 0839824769 (0-8398-2476-9)
Hardcover, Gregg Pr
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The Mulberry Empireby Philip HensherISBN 1400030897 (1-4000-3089-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mulberry Empire'Book summary:Award-winning novelist Philip Hensher announces a radical departure from his earlier books with The Mulberry Empire, an extraordinarily ambitious, sprawling historical epic that deals with the route of the British from Afghanistan in the late 1830s. Hensher has established a reputation as a waspish commentator on contemporary English and European life in previous novels like Pleasured, but in The Mulberry Empire he draws on an earlier tradition of Kipling, Trollope, and Conrad to recreate the moment at which the early 19th century eyed Afghanistan as an addition to its growing Asian Empire.
The novel begins in Kabul with the arrival of Burnes, an ambitious young Scot, eager to open up the country to the English. News of his arrival soon reaches the Amir, for whom "the arrival of the new European in town was like the dropping of a rock into the opaque pool of water which was the city, ruffling the surface immediately in ordinary and predictable ways, but disturbing the substance and mass beneath in a manner which could not be seen, or predicted." Hensher then weaves his story between Burnes's return to London, his romance with the daughter of an opium-addicted hero of Trafalgar, the Amir's court, encounters with Carlyle and Palmerston, and the bloody "Great Game" of imperial politics that catapults the novel into the murderous events with which its culminates. Hensher's novel takes on added significance following the events of September 11, but ultimately he is unable to control the vastness of his historical canvas. At times the book unwittingly reads like a parody of the purple colonial prose of Rider Haggard, and many of its descriptions of Afghanistan and its people are painfully exotic and orientalist. Hensher should be applauded for extending his novelist range, but not for the results. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Naval War of 1812by Theodore Roosevelt, Jack SweetmanISBN 0870214454 (0-87021-445-4)
Hardcover, Naval Institute Press
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Never Call Retreatby Bruce CattonISBN 0848812662 (0-8488-1266-2)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Night, Dawn, and Dayby Elie WieselISBN 0876688970 (0-87668-897-0)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Night, Dawn, and Day'Book summary:Elie Wiesel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, brings together his first three books in this one volume. [via]
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North and Southby John JakesISBN 0816139539 (0-8161-3953-9)
Softcover, G.K. Hall
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Northwest Passageby Kenneth Lewis RobertsISBN 0892725427 (0-89272-542-7)
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Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Orderby Robert KaganISBN 1400034183 (1-4000-3418-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order'Book summary:From its opening-line salvo"It is time to stop pretending that Europeans and Americans share a common view of the world, or even that they occupy the same world"Of Paradise and Power announces a new phase in the relationship between the United States and Europe. Robert Kagan begins this illuminating essay by laying out the general differences as he sees them: the U.S. is quicker to use military force, less patient with diplomacy, and more willing to coerce (or bribe) other nations in order to get a desired result. Europe, on the other hand, places greater emphasis on diplomacy, takes a much longer view of history and problem solving, and has greater faith in international law and cooperation. Kagan does not view these differences as the result of innate national character, but as a time-honored historical reality--the U.S. is merely behaving like the powerful nation it is, just as the great European nations once did when they ruled the world. Now, Europe must act multilaterally because it has no choice. The "UN Security Council is a substitute for the power they lack," he writes.
Kagan also emphasizes the inherent ironies present in the relationship. European nations have enjoyed an "American security guarantee" for nearly 60 years, allowing them to cut back on defense spending while criticizing the U.S. for not doing the same. Yet Europe relies upon the U.S. for protection. This has led America and Europe to view the same threats much differently, as evidenced by the split over how to deal with Iraq and Saddam Hussein. Kagan points out that some European leaders are more afraid of how the U.S. will wield its power in the Middle East than they are of the thought of Hussein or other "rogue state" leaders acquiring weapons of mass destruction.
Kagans brevity is as impressive as it is appreciated; most writers would have required thrice as many pages to get to their point. At any length, the book is nothing short of brilliant. This is essential reading for those seeking to understand the post-Cold War world. --Shawn Carkonen [via]More editions of Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order:
Paco's Story: Library Editionby Larry HeinemannISBN 1400076838 (1-4000-7683-8)
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The Passionby Jeanette WintersonISBN 0871131838 (0-87113-183-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Passion'Book summary:In 1985 Jeanette Winterson won the Whitbread Award for best first fiction for the semi-autobiographical Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, an often wry exploration of lesbian possibility bumping up against evangelical fanaticism. She was 25. Two years later, The Passion, her third novel, appeared, the fantastical tale of Henri--Napoleon's cook--and Villanelle, a Venetian gondolier's daughter who has webbed feet (previously an all-male attribute), works as a croupier, picks pockets, cross-dresses, and literally loses her heart to a beautiful woman. Written in a lyrical and jolting combination of fairy tale diction and rhythm and the staccato, the book would be a risky proposition in lesser hands. Winterson has said that she wanted to look at people's need to worship and examine what happens to young men in militaristic societies. The question was, how to do so without being polemical and didactic? Only she could have come up with such an exquisite answer. In the end, Henri, incarcerated on an island of madmen, becomes aware that his passion, "even though she could never return it, showed me the difference between inventing a lover and falling in love. The one is about you, the other about someone else." [via]
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Patriot Gamesby Tom ClancyISBN 0816143838 (0-8161-4383-8)
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Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialismby P. J. O'RourkeISBN 0871139197 (0-87113-919-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism'Book summary:In his classic best-sellers, O'Rourke has reported from the front lines of world history, braving the bad traffic, weak drinks, and less than stellar golfing of countless hot spots of war, poverty, and repression. Now with his latest collection, Peace Kills, P.J. casts his ever-shrewd and mordant eye on America's latest adventures in warfare. Imperialism has never been more fun. To unravel the mysteries of war, O'Rourke first visits Kosovo, where "NATO tried to start World War III without hurting anyone." Talking to KLA veterans, Albanian refugees, and peacekeepers doing their best impression of Santa Claus, he confronts the paradox of "the war that war-haters love to love." P.J. also tackles the Middle East, a region he finds as confusing as the algebra they invented. He travels from Egypt, "the cradle of tourism," to Israel and to Kuwait, where he witnesses citizens enjoying their newfound freedoms-namely, to shop, eat, and sit around a lot. Peace Kills is P.J. O'Rourke at his most incisive and relevant-an eye-opening look at a world much changed since he declared in his number-one national best-seller Give War a Chance that the most troubling aspect of war is sometimes peace itself. [via]
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People's War, People's Armyby Vo Nguyen GiapISBN 0898753716 (0-89875-371-6)
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Platoon Leaderby James R. McDonoughISBN 0891418008 (0-89141-800-8)
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"Using a lean style and a sense of pacing drawn from the tautest of novels, McDonough has produced a gripping account of his first command, a U.S. platoon taking part in the 'strategic hamlet' program. . . . Rather than present a potpourri of combat yarns. . . McDonough has focused a seasoned storytellers eye on the details, people, and incidents that best communicate a visceral feel of command under fire. . . . For the authors honesty and literary craftsmanship, Platoon Leader seems destined to be read for a long time by second lieutenants trying to prepare for the future, veterans trying to remember the past, and civilians trying to understand what the profession of arms is all about. Army Times
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Prince Caspian: Lucy's Journeyby C. S. LewisISBN 0881037710 (0-88103-771-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prince Caspian: Lucy's Journey'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Prince Caspian must battle the evil Telemarines to protect his right to Narnia's throne and gathers together an army of Talking Beasts to help him in his quest. [via]
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The Puppet Mastersby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0839825080 (0-8398-2508-0)
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Rabble in Armsby Kenneth Lewis RobertsISBN 0892723866 (0-89272-386-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rabble in Arms'Book summary:The second of Roberts's epic novels of the American Revolution, Rabble in Arms was hailed by one critic as the greatest historical novel written about America upon its publication in 1933. Love, treachery, ambition, and idealism motivate an unforgettable cast of characters in a magnificent novel renowned not only for the beauty and horror of its story but also for its historical accuracy. [via]
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Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairsby Noam ChomskyISBN 0896086119 (0-89608-611-9)
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Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistanby Robert D. KaplanISBN 1400030250 (1-4000-3025-0)
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South by Java Headby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0891901736 (0-89190-173-6)
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Spartans: THE WORLD OF THE WARRIOR-HEROES OF ANCIENT GREECEby Paul CartledgeISBN 1400078857 (1-4000-7885-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Spartans: THE WORLD OF THE WARRIOR-HEROES OF ANCIENT GREECE'Book summary:Send the SAS to pick flowers and the Marines to knit mittens, because the Spartans could have 'em for breakfast. In The Spartans: An Epic History, the book of the Channel 4 series, Paul Cartledge paints a vivid picture of one of the most extreme civilisations ever known--one whose ethos married the highest levels of societal and philosophical advancement with the most repressive and warlike of regimes. These ancient Greeks lived, breathed and slept "hard". They also happened to influence much of subsequent Western civilisation.
The perfect warriors, they lived to fight, and when they weren't fighting, they were training to fight. Their male children were brutally raised, and weak or deformed infants were mercilessly cast from cliff tops. Yet they were unusually egalitarian in their treatment of women, and embraced an intensely partisan social ethic. They enslaved much of the rest of Greece, yet provided the spark for Athenian Democracy. It is this apparently contradictory duality that continues to fascinate and that has since engendered concepts as diverse as Hitler's system of negative eugenics and Thomas More's notion of Utopia.
The Spartans, though accessible, is an accomplished academic work--you'd hardly expect anything else, Cartledge having already written 20 books on the subject. But without the window dressing of the TV show's stunning Grecian locations and its thinking-man's eye-candy presenter Bettany Hughes, this can seem a little dry--anyone expecting the latest glossy picture-filled Time Team-style coffee-table book is likely to be disappointed. If you're partial to a bit of accessible erudition, however, then it would be foolish to look this gift horse in the mouth. --Paul Eisinger [via]
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A Sunday at the Pool in Kigaliby Gil Courtemanche, Patricia ClaxtonISBN 1400034345 (1-4000-3434-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali'Book summary:Look, for people whore going to be dead soon, were not doing too badly.
The novel of the year is what La Presse called this extraordinary book, a love story that takes place in the days leading up to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. A first work of fiction by one of French Canadas most admired journalists, Gil Courtemanche, it was first published in Quebec in 2000, spent more than a year on bestseller lists and won the Prix des Libraires, the booksellers award for outstanding book of the year. Rights were sold to publishers in over twenty countries in Europe and around the world. This humanist story of an unlikely love affair set against a holocaust has become an internationally acclaimed phenomenon, worthy of comparison with the work of Graham Greene and Albert Camus.
The swimming pool of the Mille-Collines hotel, Kigali, in the early 1990s, draws a regular crowd of assorted aid workers, strutting Rwandan officials, Belgian businessmen, French paratroops and Canadian expats. Among them is Bernard Valcourt, a documentary filmmaker from Quebec, on a mission to set up a television station in the capital. Valcourt, who for two decades has earned his living from wars and famines, lingers around the pool drinking warm beer and watching football; but most of all, watching Gentille, a beautiful young waitress, who is a Hutu but often mistaken for a Tutsi because of her familys strange history.
The trouble coming stems from a long conflict, instigated in colonial times by Whites who treated Tutsis as superior to Hutus. The Hutu government is now openly encouraging violence against Tutsis. The physical traits of the Tutsis make them easy prey, but they are not the only ones in danger. Too many people are already dying in Rwanda daily: of AIDS, of malaria, and increasingly at roadblocks at the hands of drunken militia, or pulled from their homes. The hotel staff and prostitutes sense trouble and death drawing closer as they continue providing drinks and meals and sex.
The story of this developing catastrophe is revealed through the lives of a handful of Rwandans who befriend Valcourt. They confide in him because he listens, and because his interviews offer them a chance to try to change the way things are by telling the world. Their candour and warmth begin to make his heart glow. He meets people like Méthode, who knows a bloodbath is brewing and would rather die of AIDS in the comfort of a hotel room than by a machete. Threatened, frightened, sick, they dont want to talk and act like theyre dying. Poor as they are, they want to have some moments of pleasure and celebrate life.
As Kigali life continues in its resourcefulness and persistence, Valcourt is falling in love with Rwanda, and with Gentille, who loves him because he sees her as no-one has seen her before. Even as the worst horrors begin, as friends are raped and murdered, he starts to feel a strange peace in this land of a thousand hills, though he repudiates the outside world for its failure to intervene. Because Gentille is thought to be Tutsi, her life is in danger. Still, no-one can believe that the extremists will go too far, that brothers and sisters will kill brothers and sisters, and that 800,000 civilians will be massacred.
A hard-hitting chronicle of an overlooked chapter of recent history, told with skill and compassion, A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali is also a celebration of living in the moment, of the integrity of friendship and the courage of everyday heroes. Harrowing, unsettling, challenging, but beautiful and moving, it is a book that cannot leave the reader untouched; as a Quill & Quire reviewer said, it is full of real people that demand to be remembered. [via]More editions of A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali:
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The Swallows of Kabulby Yasmina Khadra, John CullenISBN 1400033764 (1-4000-3376-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Swallows of Kabul'Book summary:Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban, this extraordinary novel takes readers into the lives of two couples: Mohsen, who comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers whom the Taliban has destroyed; Zunaira, his wife, exceedingly beautiful, who was once a brilliant teacher and is now no longer allowed to leave her home without an escort or covering her face. Intersecting their world is Atiq, a prison keeper, a man who has sincerely adopted the Taliban ideology and struggles to keep his faith, and his wife, Musarrat, who once rescued Atiq and is now dying of sickness and despair. Desperate, exhausted Mohsen wanders through Kabul when he is surrounded by a crowd about to stone an adulterous woman. Numbed by the hysterical atmosphere and drawn into their rage, he too throws stones at the face of the condemned woman buried up to her waist. With this gesture the lives of all four protagonists move toward their destinies.The Swallows of Kabul is a dazzling novel written with compassion and exquisite detail by one of the most lucid writers about the mentality of Islamic fundamentalists and the complexities of the Muslim world. Yasmina Khadra brings readers into the hot, dusty streets of Kabul and offers them an unflinching but compassionate insight into a society that violence and hypocrisy have brought to the edge of despair. [via]
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Tales of the South Pacificby James A. MichenerISBN 0816132631 (0-8161-3263-1)
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Team Yankeeby Harold CoyleISBN 0891412905 (0-89141-290-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Team Yankee'Book summary:In the winning tradition of Flight of the Intruder and Hunt for Red October comes an explosive new military adventure. "Stunning. A powerful story . . . so real, you can smell the smoke".--Tom Clancy [via]
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Those Devils in Baggy Pantsby Ross S. CarterISBN 0899666132 (0-89966-613-2)
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The Ultra Secretby Frederick William WinterbothamISBN 0860072681 (0-86007-268-1)
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The Underdogsby Mariano Azuela, Frederick H. FornoffISBN 0822954842 (0-8229-5484-2)
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Vimyby Pierre BertonISBN 0850529883 (0-85052-988-3)
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Walking It Off: A Veteran's Chronicle of War And Wildernessby PeacockISBN 0910055998 (0-910055-99-8)
Softcover, Eastern Washington Univ Pr
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Why Do People Hate America?by Ziauddin Sardar, Merryl Wyn DaviesISBN 0971394253 (0-9713942-5-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why Do People Hate America?'Book summary:The controversial bestseller that caused huge waves in the UK! The Independent calls it "required reading." Noam Chomsky says it "contains valuable information that we should know, over here, for our own good, and the world's." We call it our biggest book so far and will be backing it from day one with guaranteed co-op spending, a national publicity and review blitz, talk radio bookings, various retail sales aids including postcards, and of course the usual full court press on the Web and via email.
This is NOT just another 9/11 book: it is the book for those of us trying to understand why America--and Americans--are targets for hate. Many people do hate America, in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa, as well as in the Middle East. Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies explore the global impact of America's foreign policy and its corporate and cultural power, placing this unprecedented dominance in the context of America's own perception of itself. In doing so, they consider TV and the Hollywood machine as a mirror which reflects both the American Dream and the American Nightmare. Their analysis provides an important contribution to a debate which needs to be addressed by people of all nations, cultures, religions and political persuasions--and especially by Americans.
Described by The Times Higher Education Supplement as "packed with tightly argued points," the book is carefully researched and built to withstand the inevitable criticism that will be aimed at it. A book that some reviewers will love to hate and others will praise for its insights, it's guaranteed to cause a stir.
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Winning Ugly: Nato's War to Save Kosovoby Ivo H. Daalder, Michael E. O'HanlonISBN 0815716974 (0-8157-1697-4)
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Witnesses of War: Children's Lives Under the Nazisby Nicholas StargardtISBN 1400033799 (1-4000-3379-9)
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The World of Yesterdayby Stefan ZweigISBN 1406735744 (1-4067-3574-4)
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World War Iby S. L. A. MarshallISBN 0828104344 (0-8281-0434-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World War I'Book summary:The assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary in 1914 triggered more than a monstrous war; it set off a revolution so violent that it reshaped the thoughts and affairs of mankind, perhaps for all time. Marshall's book is a clear one-volume history of the "war to end all wars." [via]
Yugoslavia's Bloody Collapse: Causes, Course and Consequencesby Christopher BennettISBN 0814712886 (0-8147-1288-6)
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Los De Abajo: Novela de la Revolucion Mexicanaby Mariano Azuela, John Englekirk, Lawrence KiddleISBN 0881336629 (0-88133-662-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Los De Abajo: Novela de la Revolucion Mexicana'Book summary:PUBLISHED IN SPANISH. A classic of modern Hispanic literature! In this deeply moving picture of the turmoil of the first great revolution of the twentieth century--the Mexican Revolution of 1910--Azuela depicts the anarchy and the idealism, the base human passions and the valor and nobility of the simple folk, and, most striking of all, the fascination of revolt--that peculiar love of revolution for revolution's sake that has characterized most of the social upheavals of the twentieth century. Los de Abajo is considered "the only novel of the Revolution" and, since the spring of 1925, has been published in several languages and more than twenty-seven editions. Azuela's writing is sometimes racy and virile, sometimes poetic and subdued, but always in perfect accord with the mood and character of the story. A substantial literary introduction offers a great deal of relevant background information. Also by Mariano Azuela and available from Waveland Press: trans. Fornoff , The Underdogs ISBN 9781577662419 . Titles of related interest available from Waveland Press: Arguedas trans. Barraclough , Deep Rivers ISBN 9781577662440 ; Arguedas trans. Barraclough , Yawar Fiesta ISBN 9781577662457 ; and Asturias trans. Partridge , The President ISBN 9780881339512 . [via]
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