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Sky Burial: An Eyewitness Account of China's Brutal Crackdown in TibetSky Burial is the remarkable story of a young American physician who witnesses the largest independence demonstrations in Lhasa since China entered Tibet in 1949. After graduating from medical school, Blake Kerr hitch-hiked across the Tibetan Plateau with a college friend, John Ackerly, and...
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America's Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st Century Diplomacy"America's Other Army" brings the high-flying world of international diplomacy down to earth and puts a human face on a mysterious profession that has undergone a dramatic transformation since September 11, 2001. Through the stories of American diplomats, the book explains how their work...
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Das Kapital: Kritik Der Politischen Oekonomie; Volume 3This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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Seven Years In HanoiIt looked like an "ordinary" day when Air Force Captain Larry Chesley took off. But less than an hour later he had been shot down over North Vietnam with three broken vertebra, stripped of his clothing and equipment, and was sitting handcuffed and blindfolded...
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Murder from Within: Lyndon Johnson's Plot Against President KennedyWritten in 1974 Murder From Within will show what actually happened to President Kennedy, the consequences of his murder, and what action Americans can take to protect their institutions from further internal assault. The problem of usurpation from within and illegitimate and bloody transfer...
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Group Work with Adolescents: Principles and PracticeA trusted course text and professional resource, this comprehensive book delves into all aspects of planning and conducting strengths-based group work with adolescents. In an accessible, down-to-earth style, Andrew Malekoff spells out the principles of effective group practice. Extensive clinical illustrations show how successful...
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Power Shift: From Party Elites to Informed CitizensFed up with politics as usual? Most Canadians are, and an overwhelming eighty-three percent want their MP to represent them-not a party-in the House of Commons. Without pressure from the people, however, political parties won't consider fundamental reforms to give power back to the...
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Social Work Practice in the AddictionsSocial workers represent the largest body of addiction and mental health service providers, and there is a consistent need for up-to-date information. Social Work Practice in the Addictions is a comprehensive evidence-based volume. Contributing authors of this volume have been carefully selected to ensure...
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Toward a Socially Responsible Psychology for a Global EraPart I: Central dimensions of rethinking a socially responsible psychology for a global era.- Focusing psychology on the global challenge: Achieving a sustainable future.- Psychology, Culture and a Global Perspective.- Key Global Documents that Provide the Ethical Underpinnings and Guiding Moral Vision for This...
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The Controlled Demolition of White AmericaDo you ever feel like you are sidelined in society for being White? Do you wonder why young White kids don't seem to act White anymore? Does it seem to you like there are less and less White people today? These questions and many...
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Army Special Operations Forces Unconventional Warfare: FM 3-05.130Field Manual (FM) 3-05.130, Army Special Operations Forces Unconventional Warfare, establishes keystone doctrine for Army special operations forces (ARSOF) operations in unconventional warfare (UW). It is based on lessons learned from both historical and contemporary UW operations. It is also based on existing, long-standing...
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The KhruschevitesFrom the time the Khrushchevites took power to the moment when we came out in open confrontation with them, the relations of the Party of Labour of Albania with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union passed through a complicated process, with zigzags, with...
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Yugoslav "self-Administration": Capitalist Theory and Practice"The Titoites and international capitalism propagate, as the 7th Congress of the Party of Labor of Albania pointed out, the 'system of self-administration' as 'a ready made and tested way to socialism.' It is serving as their favourite weapon in the struggle against socialism,...
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Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East MemoirA gripping memoir of life in Jerusalem from one of Australia's most experienced Middle East correspondents. Leading Australian journalist John Lyons will take readers on a fascinating personal journey through the wonders and dangers of the Middle East. From the sheer excitement of arriving...
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Toronto's Lost VillagesExplore the vestiges of the hamlets and villages that have been swallowed up by Toronto's relentless growth. Over the course of more than two centuries, Toronto has ballooned from a muddy collection of huts on a swampy waterfront to Canada's largest and most diverse...
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Power, Prime Ministers and the Press: The Battle for Truth on Parliament HillAn intimate history of the journalists who covered Canadian history, and made some of their own. The history of the press gallery is rich in anecdotes about the people on Parliament Hill who have covered 23 prime ministers and 42 elections in the past...
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Dynamic Forest: Man Versus Nature in the Boreal ForestNearing the end of a lifetime in the boreal forest, a retired forester writes a passionate plea for rational, science-based forest management. The boreal forest is constantly changing, often dramatically. We like to picture it as a stable, balanced system. Really, it is anything...
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Sir John's Echo: The Voice for a Stronger CanadaThe Hill Times: Best Books of 2017As Sir John A. Macdonald intended, the federal government must be recognized as the nation's voice.Power. It is the capacity to inspire while encouraging and enabling change, and it matters. When handled in a positive way, power is...
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The Unbroken Machine: Canada's Democracy in ActionThe Hill Times: Best Books of 2017What if it is not our political system that is broken, but our understanding of it?Everybody thinks that it's the system that's broken in politics; but what if it's not the system that's broken but rather our understanding...
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Embattled Nation: Canada's Wartime Election of 1917Embattled Nation explores Canada's tumultuous wartime election of 1917 and the people and issues that made it a pivotal moment in Canadian history.Embattled Nation explores the drama of Canada's tumultuous election of 1917. In the context of the bloody battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill...
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