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Questions I Am Asked about the Holocaust: A Young Reader's EditionA young readers edition of the bestselling book from Auschwitz survivor Hédi Fried that answers questions about the Holocaust with sensitivity and candor. "Something like what Anne Frank might have written had she survived ... Timeless lessons taught with simple eloquence." Kirkus Reviews Hédi...
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Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and MonstersQueer as Folklore takes readers across centuries and continents which reveals the unsung heroes and villains of storytelling, magic and fantasy. Featuring images from archives, galleries and museums around the world, each chapter investigates the queer history of different mythic and folkloric characters, both...
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Quantum Drama: From the Bohr-Einstein Debate to the Riddle of EntanglementThe definitive account of the great Bohr-Einstein debate and its continuing legacy In 1927, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein began a debate about the interpretation and meaning of the new quantum theory. This would become one of the most famous debates in the history...
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Putin's Wars and Nato's Flaws: Why Russia Invaded UkraineExamines the complex military and political issues in an accessible manner while telling a compelling historical narrative.This book explores why there is a major war again in Europe. Putin's actions need to be understood if not forgiven. With the Ukraine conflict increasingly seen as...
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PT Boat Bases: Volume 1: Pacific 1942-1943In today's world, where logistics and supply chains dominate headlines, understanding the challenges and triumphs of wartime base construction and operation offers valuable (and timely) insights. The US and an expansionist East Asian power are once again jockeying to acquire (and deny) access to...
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Prospect Cottage: Derek Jarman's HouseThe world-famous garden made by Derek Jarman at his home, Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, is much visited and widely featured, but the house has long remained closed to the public. We are now finally permitted to open the door onto this previously undisturbed, unseen...
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Proclus' on the Hieratic Art According to the Greeks: Critical Edition with Translation and CommentaryThe book is a critical edition of the text with an English translation and commentary of Proclus' On the Hieratic Art according to the Greeks. The Hieratic Art is the Theurgic Art, theurgy, the theurgic union with the divine. Proclus describes the theurgic union,...
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Princeton Review AP European History Premium Prep, 23rd Edition: 6 Practice Tests + Digital Practice Online + Content ReviewPREMIUM PRACTICE FOR A PERFECT 5! Ace the new Digital AP European History Exam with The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide--including 6 practice tests with answer explanations, timed online practice, and thorough content reviews. Techniques That Actually Work - Tried-and-true strategies to help you...
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Poverty and Progress: Social Mobility in a Nineteenth Century CityEmbedded in the consciousness of Americans throughout much of the country's history has been the American Dream: that every citizen, no matter how humble his beginnings, is free to climb to the top of the social and economic ladder. Poverty and Progress assesses the...
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Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific WorldPiracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World offers a new interpretation of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippine islands. Drawing on the rich archives of Spain's Asian empire, Kristie Patricia Flannery reveals that Spanish colonial officials and Catholic missionaries forged alliances with...
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Picture Bride, War Bride: The Role of Marriage in Shaping Japanese AmericaExamines the role marriage played in the lives of Japanese women during periods of racial exclusion in the United States In 1908 the United States and Japan agreed to limit the migration of Japanese laborers to the US. The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1908 ushered...
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Peru since Independence: A Concise Illustrated HistoryThis concise, illustrated survey of modern Peru provides a narrative of the country's political history from Bolívar to Boluarte, through the War of the Pacific, the Aristocratic Republic and the rise of APRA. Additional thematic chapters explore the rich tapestry of Peruvian culture, while...
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Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American CommunityIn 1938, China City opened near downtown Los Angeles. Featuring a recreation of the House of Wang set from MGM's The Good Earth, this new Chinatown employed many of the same Chinese Americans who performed as background extras in the 1937 film. Chinatown and...
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Paris Souls: Unexpected Stories from the City of Light"The wealth of facts and erudition bring magic to Dirk Velghe's Paris. A place where even tragedy seems less sombre. Anyone who does not already love Paris will fall for it after reading this book. 'Ich bin ein Pariser', as Kennedy might have said."...
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Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York's Greatest BoroughIan Frazier's magnum opus: a love song to New York City's most heterogeneous and alive borough. For the past fifteen years, Ian Frazier has been walking the Bronx. Paradise Bronx reveals the amazingly rich and tumultuous history of this amazingly various piece of our...
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Parading With Pride: Rediscovering the Pinkster Festival"Rediscovering Pinkster" is an engaging and educational children's book that takes young readers on a fascinating journey into the vibrant history of the Pinkster Festival. Through colorful illustrations, this book brings to life the forgotten celebration of Pinkster, offering a valuable glimpse into African...
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Pacific Profiles Volume 13: Ijn Bombers, Transports, Flying Boats & Miscellaneous Types South Pacific 1942-1944Never before have IJN land-based units been illustrated with such breadth, accuracy and detail.Pacific Profiles Volume 13 presents the most accurate wartime profiles and histories to date of Imperial Japanese Navy bombers, transports, flying boats and miscellaneous types which served in the South Pacific.This...
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Origen of Alexandria and the Theology of the Holy SpiritOrigen of Alexandria and the Theology of the Holy Spirit offers a comprehensive account of Origen's pneumatology. In examining the Holy Spirit's identity and activity in Origen's writings, this study reads Origen in his context and surveys his entire corpus. It shows that Origen...
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Operation Allied Force 1999: Nato's Airpower Victory in KosovoA focused, illustrated history and analysis of perhaps the most complete air power victory in modern times, NATO's war against Serbian forces over Kosovo. On the night of March 24, 1999, NATO forces began military action to stop Serbia's campaign of repression during the...
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On Our Own Terms: Indigenous Histories of School Funding and PolicyOn Our Own Terms contextualizes recent federal education legislation against the backdrop of two hundred years of education funding and policy to explore two critical themes: the racial and settler colonial dynamics that have shaped Indian education and an equally long and persistent tradition...
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