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Delivery Man: The Enemy-Alien Nisei Translator Who Saved His BattalionThe American battalion was trapped, under siege and under fire, and one man was their best, last hope. Delivery Man: The Enemy-Alien Nisei Translator Who Saved His Battalion in World War II is the suspenseful, tragic and true story of a combat translator in...
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Defining the Mission: The Development of Us Strategic Military Intelligence Up to the Cold WarThe untold history of how strategic military intelligence organizations responded and adapted to the pressures and influence of the US military, government, and public to define themselves and their mission.From 1882 to 1947--the year the CIA was established--strategic military intelligence organizations struggled to define...
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de Fide, Epistula Ad Ianuarium, Epistulae IIAuthor: J. C. Martin-IglesiasPublisher: Brepols PublishersPublished: 10/30/2019Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9782503585383Language: LatinThis title is not returnableThis title is only available via back order
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Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of JonestownHow did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious cults in American history....
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Das Jungste Gericht in Den Konfessionen Und Medien Der Fruhen NeuzeitEarly modern Christians paid a a great deal of attention to the Last Judgment - across all denominations and all media, be it literature, sacred music, the visual arts or on the theatrical stage. The papers assembled in this volume aim to explore the...
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Das Berliner Schloss: Die Erhaltene Innenausstattung Und Ihre GeschichteIm Zentrum des Buchs stehen die zwanziger und dreiaiger Jahre des vorigen Jahrhunderts, als die Republik nach dem Ende der Monarchie erstmals weite Teile des Schlosses fur ein breites Publikum zuganglich machte. Bald gehorten das Schlossmuseum und die Historischen Wohnraume zu den erfolgreichsten Museen...
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Darling, Yours Always: The WWII Letters of Peggy and George Steiner, Volume I, 2nd editionThe first volume of Peggy and George Steiner's wartime letters written from 1941-1943. This second edition includes updated information about George's stateside service thanks to the discovery of George's wartime portfolio of documents, including a copy of his military records, by one of his...
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Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest RivalIn brutally repressive sixteenth-century England, artists had been frightened into dull conventionality; foreigners were suspect; popular entertainment largely consisted of coarse spectacles, animal fights, and hangings. Into this crude world came an ambitious cobbler's son with an uncanny ear for Latin poetry--a torment for...
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Damonen, Teufel, Hexenglaube: Bose Geister Im Europaischen MittelalterIn der Welt des Mittelalters galten Damonen als Diener und Helfer des Teufels, welche die Menschen zur Sunde verfuhrten und damit zu immerwahrenden Qualen in die Holle bringen konnten, und vor denen die Menschen im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes eine "Hollenangst" hatten.Kaum ein Mitteleuropaer...
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Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences: Origins of Louisiana Cities, Towns, and VillagesRichard Campanella's Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences tells the epic story of human settlement in Louisiana, unearthing the original geographical rationales for the formation of hundreds of cities, towns, and villages where most Louisianians live now. Campanella illuminates why these communities formed where they did,...
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Covid Wars: America's Struggle Over Public Health and Personal FreedomWe Americans take pride in our American Exceptionalism.Yet the United States failed badly in its management of the COVID Pandemic. As Americans struggled over public health and personal freedom, the United States suffered more COVID deaths than during all its foreign wars, the largest...
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Covenant - Concepts of Berit, Diatheke, and Testamentum: Proceedings of the Conference at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, Texas, November 2The topic of covenant is as important to the study of ancient Near Eastern religions, Second Temple Judaism, early Christian literature, and the early Christian Church and Rabbinic Judaism as it is complex and disputed among ancient and modern scholars. It permeates much of...
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Countering History Denialism: The Assault on Truth about 'Comfort Women'Written by internationally-known 'comfort women' scholars and redress activists, this book critically examines and evaluates the erroneous claim that Japanese and Korean 'comfort women' (KCW) were voluntary prostitutes with labor contracts, rather than sexual slaves. It also critically evaluates many unsubstantiated arguments and unjustifiable...
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Convivium 9.2 (2022)Author: Brepols PublishersPublisher: Brepols PublishersPublished: 12/31/2022Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 13.29lbsISBN: 9782503597478This title is not returnableThis title is only available via back order
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Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the WorstConfronting Evil is not for the timid. The concept of evil is universal, ancient, and ever present today. The biblical book of Genesis clearly defines it when Cain kills his brother Abel out of jealousy. As long as human beings have walked, evil has...
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Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir of Surviving India's Caste System (Updated Edition)For readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on US society "A moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination"--Kirkus Reviews Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puruskar,...
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Combat at night: Assault and defence in the hours of darkness. Techniques - Tools - WeaponsTopics include: - Human Factors - Training for Night Combat - Equipment for Night Combat - Conducting a Firefight at Night - Combat Methods & Tactics The night belongs to us. The night always has always had something eerie about it. But darkness can also...
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Colors in Medieval Art: Theories, Matter, and Light from Suger to Grosseteste (1100-1250)Projected color saturates our world of images and screens, leading to a dissociation of color from material realities through its cultural attachment to light and the efflorescence of optics. Under these conditions, it is difficult to imagine a past where color was an eminently...
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Coast Salish CanoesThis classic is now reissued as an authorized Second Edition. This version includes even more historic photos, with many full-color images, diagrams, and reflections from the author in a "Forty Years Later" section.Since it was first published by Seattle's Center for Wooden Boats in...
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Clie Historia Esencial del CristianismoLa Historia esencial del cristianismo de CLIE ofrece lo que promete: lo esencialEste libro, muy informativo y de gran alcance, proporciona datos vitales sobre el crecimiento y el impacto del cristianismo desde los ap?stoles hasta nuestros d?as, no solo en el mundo occidental, sino...
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