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Vanishing SeattleThough Seattle is still a young city, growing and changing, much of its short past is already lost-but not forgotten. Generations of Seattleites have fond memories of restaurants, local television shows, stores, and other landmarks that evoke a less sophisticated, more informal city. This...
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Up Against a Crooked Gospel: Black Women's Bodies and the Politics of RedemptionEthics and Intersectionality Series UP AGAINST A CROOKED GOSPEL Black Women's Bodies and the Politics of Redemption Melanie Jones Quarles An essential text for students and scholars of womanist thought, ethics, biblical studies, and Black religion. Drawing upon her grandmother's personal struggles with physical...
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Understanding Contemporary Russian Militarism: From Revolutionary to New Generation WarfareRussian perceptions of the deep crisis after the demise of the USSR led certain circles in Moscow to conclude that an "Anglo-Saxon" anti-Soviet clandestine information war had nearly destroyed Russia. Russian political-military elites decided that the nature of war had changed, and Moscow must...
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Uncommon Valor: The Recon Company That Earned Five Medals of Honor and Included the Most Decorated Green BeretUncommon Valor is a look into the formation and operation of an advanced Special Forces recon company during the Vietnam War. Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most covert U.S. military unit in its time and contained only volunteers from such...
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Uncertain Allies: General Joseph Stilwell and the China-Burma-India TheaterUncertain Allies looks at the U.S. military's experience in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater during World War II through the eyes of Joseph Stilwell, the commanding general of all American forces in those three countries. Accomplished historian Eric Setzekorn, focuses on two key themes: uncertain...
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Ukraine Not 'The' UkraineThis Element is a historical tour of Ukraine from the medieval Kyivan prince Volodymyr the Great through to Ukraine's twenty-first-century rock star president Volodymyr Zelensky. It presents Ukraine as an actor, not a pawn, in international history. And it focuses on people. In the...
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Ukraine Not 'The' UkraineThis Element is a historical tour of Ukraine from the medieval Kyivan prince Volodymyr the Great through to Ukraine's twenty-first-century rock star president Volodymyr Zelensky. It presents Ukraine as an actor, not a pawn, in international history. And it focuses on people. In the...
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True Crime Stories of the TriadCrime writer Cathy Pickens brings a novelist's eye to the stories that define the sinister--and quirky--side of the Triad.The Triad region ranks high in national murder statistics, but crime stories are always more interesting than numbers. Crimes in North Carolina's Piedmont happen in small...
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Transforming Presidential Healthcare: Ensuring Comprehensive Care for the Commander in Chief Amid 21st Century ThreatsWith the impending presidential election, there is more interest than ever around the most significant figure in American government--particularly the physical and mental requirements to serve as president. Transforming Presidential Healthcare offers a compelling journey through the corridors of power as seen through the...
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Total Modernism. Mass Housing and Urbanism in Soviet Zaporizhzhia: 1958-1985A quiet rural town until World War I, Zaporizhzhia exploded into a major industrial centre in the 1920s following con-struction of the Dnipro Hydroelectric Station. This book looks at a later period in the history of what is now one of the largest cities...
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Tony Alcoseba: MetamorphosesTony Alcoseba: MetamorphosesEmbark on a transformative journey through the life of Tony Alcoseba, a visionary artist whose work transcends boundaries. From his early days selling paintings at Christie's in Hong Kong to groundbreaking exhibitions at Qube Gallery, Tony's story is one of relentless self-expression...
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The Whole Duty Of Man: Laid Down In A Plain And Familiar Way For The Use Of All, But Especially The Meanest Reader: Divided Into Xvii ChapterThis classic work provides a plain and accessible guide to Christian faith and practice. It is structured around 17 chapters, each of which is designed to be read on a weekly basis. The text covers a wide range of topics, from divine providence and...
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The Washington Apple: Orchards and the Development of Industrial Agriculture Volume 7In the nineteenth century, most American farms had a small orchard or at least a few fruit-bearing trees. People grew their own apple trees or purchased apples grown within a few hundred miles of their homes. Nowadays, in contrast, Americans buy mass-produced fruit in...
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The Vanishing Heiress: The Unsolved Disappearance of Dorothy ArnoldUnveil the Scandal, Mystery, and Drama Behind the 1910 Disappearance That Captured a Nation - Even if You've Never Delved Into True Crime BeforeAre you fascinated by historical mysteries, drawn to the drama and intrigue of high-society scandals? Do you enjoy exploring real-life cases...
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The Turning Tide: A Biography of the Irish SeaAn immersive history of a pivotal stretch of water 'Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun.' Roddy Doyle 'Remarkable. Lively ... Gower writes beautifully [and] the book is profoundly popular.' Times Literary Supplement The Turning Tide is a hymn to a sea passage of world-historical...
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The Travels of True GodlinessThe church discovering his piety and talents, about three years afterwards, in 1658, called him to the solemn work of the ministry. He was now in his 18th year, and for about two years he pursued his work with great comfort and success, and...
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The Traitor of Arnhem: The Untold Story of Wwii's Greatest Betrayal and the Moment That Changed History ForeverRevealing the hidden role of the Cambridge Spies during this Allied defeat, The Traitor of Arnhem relates for the first time the startling betrayal that changed the course of World War II. The end of World War II is in sight. Following the overwhelming...
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The Third Indochina WarThe Third Indochina War - comprised of the Vietnam-Kampuchea War from 1978 to 1990 and the brief Sino-Vietnamese War in February 1979 - has received far less scholarly attention than the earlier two Indochina Wars. Ang Cheng Guan utilises a wide range of archival...
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The Thinking Heart: Essays on Israel and PalestineSearing essays from International Booker Prize-winning Israeli author and long-time peace activist David Grossman carry us up to and through the cataclysm of Oct 7th and what followed We know David Grossman's voice of ringing moral clarity from way back: since the late 1980s...
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The Swordsman's Companion: A Modern Training Manual for Medieval LongswordCelebrate two decades of historical martial arts development with the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Swordsman's Companion by Guy Windsor. This seminal guide has transformed the lives of thousands of swordsmanship enthusiasts worldwide, becoming a timeless classic in historical martial arts literature. This special...
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