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Purpose and Power: Us Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the PresentAuthor: Donald StokerPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 01/11/2024Pages: 586Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.05lbsSize: 9.10h x 5.90w x 2.10dISBN: 9781009257275
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Prophecy and Power: Astrology in Early Modern EnglandAuthor: Patrick Curry, H. Darrel RutkinPublisher: Sophia Centre PressPublished: 05/10/2024Pages: 260Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.59dISBN: 9781907767302
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Project Eagle: The Top-Secret OSS Operation That Sent Polish Spies Behind Enemy Lines in World War IIAfter the Battle of the Bulge--which had begun with a German attack that American intelligence failed to anticipate--the Office of Strategic Service (OSS), forerunner of the CIA, revamped its intelligence operations in Europe. Confronted with staff shortages and needing native language speakers, the OSS...
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Power, Prayers, and Protection: A Cultural History of the Utah San Juan River NavajoThe San Juan River Navajos--residing in the vicinity of Aneth, Montezuma Creek, Bluff, and Tódahidíkáanii--have a fascinating history shaped, in part, by the water they lived near and the land they depended on. Circumscribed by sacred narratives and traditional teachings, the Diné forged a...
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Port of TacomaGiven a huge economic boost in 1873 when the Northern Pacific Railroad chose it as the western terminus of its transcontinental line, Tacoma emerged as a bustling port city by the late 1800s. In 1918, Pierce County residents voted to create the publicly owned...
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PompeiiThis second edition of Alison E. Cooley's accessible introduction to Pompeii takes into account the major new theories and discoveries that have emerged since the first edition was published 20 years ago. Italy's third most popular tourist destination, Pompeii attracts millions of visitors each...
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Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial ControlAmerican households are awash in expensive credit card debt. But where did all this debt come from? In this history of the rise of postwar American finance, Sean H. Vanatta shows how bankers created our credit card economy and, with it, the indebted nation...
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Pillars of Grace: A Long Line of Godly MenThe doctrines of grace are often known as the five points of Calvinism, but they were not the invention of John Calvin or his reforming cohorts of the sixteenth century. Rather, they are biblical doctrines, as Dr. Steven J. Lawson demonstrates in his book...
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Per Ardua LibertasPer Ardua LibertasThe British M.I.9 Escape and Evasion Equipment Catalogue1942This reprinted edition of Per Ardua Libertas brings this exceptionally rare and historically significant book back into print and makes it available to the widest possible audience.Per Ardua Libertas, the title of which translates to...
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PatriotAuthor: Alexei NavalnyPublisher: Knopf Publishing GroupPublished: 10/22/2024Pages: 320Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9780593320969
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Patrick Air Force BaseThe search began in 1946 for a location to conduct long-range missile tests. Cape Canaveral was chosen in part due to a nearby deactivated military base that could support a long-range proving ground for test firing missiles. The base, originally known as Banana River...
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Pathology and Visual Culture: The Scientific Artworks of Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and the Salpêtrière SchoolIn this book, Natasha Ruiz-Gómez delves into an extraordinary collection of pathological drawings, photographs, sculptures, and casts created by neurologists at Paris's Hôpital de la Salpêtrière in the nineteenth century. Led by Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) and known collectively as the Salpêtrière School, these...
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Parris Island: "The Cradle of the Corps" A History of the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, 15Here, for the first time, author and former Parris Island drill-instructor Eugene Alvarez records the training and tough physical and mental challenges that have helped to churn thousands of Marines out of Parris Island, South Carolina for nearly a century. Drawn from first-hand accounts...
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PalaeopathologyPalaeopathology is an evidence-based guide to the principal types of pathological lesions often found in human remains and how to diagnose them. Tony Waldron presents an innovative method of arriving at a diagnosis in the skeleton by applying what he refers to as 'operational...
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Palaestina, Ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata; Volume 2This book offers a comprehensive overview of the ancient history and culture of Palestine, drawing on a wide range of archaeological and historical sources. Reeland's work is a valuable resource for scholars of ancient Near Eastern history and culture.This work has been selected by...
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Out of the Wilderness: Escaping My Father's Prison and My Journey to Forgiveness"Elishaba Doerksen was the oldest of fifteen children born to ex-hippies Robert and Kurina Hale, also known as Papa Pilgrim and Country Rose. Elishaba grew up in a dilapidated 340-square-foot log cabin in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of New Mexico, isolated from civilization...
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Out of One, Many: Ancient Greek Ways of Thought and CultureA sweeping new account of ancient Greek culture and its remarkable diversity Covering the whole of the ancient Greek experience from its beginnings late in the third millennium BCE to the Roman conquest in 30 BCE, Out of One, Many is an accessible and...
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Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in DetroitThe fascinating history of white solidarity with the Black Power movement In the mid-1960s, as the politics of Black self-determination gained steam, Black activists had a new message for white activists: Go into your own communities and organize white people against racism. While much...
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Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United StatesAn innovative recasting of US legal and economic history through the power of clothing for those who lacked power and status in American society. What can dresses, bedlinens, waistcoats, pantaloons, shoes, and kerchiefs tell us about the legal status of the least powerful members...
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Ohio's Presidents: A History & GuideThe Buckeye Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding. These seven Ohio-born presidents led the nation through some of the most pivotal periods in US history. Learn how each of them...
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