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In the Midst of Wars: An American's Mission to Southeast AsiaAuthor: Edward G. LansdalePublisher: Fordham University PressPublished: 01/01/1991Pages: 385Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.50w x 1.00dISBN: 9780823213146
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Conjuring Hitler: How Britain And America Made The Third ReichNazism is usually depicted as the outcome of political blunders and unique economic factors: we are told that it could not be prevented, and that it will never be repeated. In this explosive book, Guido Giacomo Preparata shows that the truth is very different:...
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Sinews of Power: War, Money and the English State, 1688-1783This powerful interpretation of English history provides a completely new framework for understanding how Britain emerged in the eighteenth century as a major international power. John Brewer's brilliant analysis makes clear that the drastic increase in Britain's military involvement (and success) in Europe and...
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Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS EpidemicNow an award-winning documentary feature film The search for a "patient zero"--popularly understood to be the first person infected in an epidemic--has been key to media coverage of major infectious disease outbreaks for more than three decades. Yet the term itself did not exist...
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Prizing Scottish Literature: A Cultural History of the Saltire Society Literary AwardsThe book provides a comprehensive descriptive history of the founding of the Saltire Society in 1936, a Scottish cultural organization dedicated to promoting 'all that's best in Scottish culture', and its series of literary awards which now includes prizes for fiction, first books, history...
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Addiction, Representation and the Experimental Novel, 1985-2015Across the past two centuries, the Western novel has propagated the narrow view of the addict as a toxic force bent on undermining the rationality, morality, and progressive spirit that have, since the Enlightenment, defined civilization in the West. Addiction, Representation undertakes an investigation...
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Pandemic Re-Awakenings: The Forgotten and Unforgotten 'Spanish' Flu of 1918-1919Pandemic Re-Awakenings offers a multi-level and multi-faceted exploration of a century of remembering, forgetting, and rediscovering the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, arguably the greatest catastrophe in human history. Twenty-three researchers present original perspectives by critically investigating the hitherto unexplored vicissitudes of memory in the...
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The Novels of Frances Hodgson Burnett: In the World of Actual LiteratureFrances Hodgson Burnett is remembered today as the author of the children's classic "The Secret Garden," but in her lifetime she had a long and successful career as a novelist, dramatist, and writer of children's stories. Born in 1849 in Manchester, England, Burnett settled...
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The Catholic Church and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1968-1998Until surprisingly recently the history of the Irish Catholic Church during the Northern Irish Troubles was written by Irish priests and bishops and was commemorative, rather than analytical. This study uses the Troubles as a case study to evaluate the role of the Catholic...
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Speculative Fictions: Explaining the Economy in the Early United StatesSpeculative Fictions places Alexander Hamilton at the center of American literary history to consider the important intersections between economics and literature. By studying Hamilton as an economic and imaginative writer, it argues that we can recast the conflict with the Jeffersonians as a literary...
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The American Soul Rush: Esalen and the Rise of Spiritual PrivilegeYoga. Humanistic Psychology. Meditation. Holistic Healing. These practices are commonplace today. Yet before the early 1960s they were atypical options for most people outside of the upper class or small groups of educated spiritual seekers. Esalen Institute, a retreat for spiritual and personal growth...
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The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest Frontier, 1795-1817Originally inhabited by Native American tribes, territorial Mississippi has a complex history rife with fierce contention. This book explores the political and diplornatic situations that led to the formation and expansion of the Mississippi Territory.Author: Robert V. HaynesPublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 04/21/2010Pages: 432Binding...
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To Reach the High Frontier: A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles" Access-no single word better describes the primary concern of the exploration and development of space. Every participant in space activities-civil, military, scientific, or commercial-needs affordable, reliable, frequent, and flexible access to space. To Reach the High Frontier details the histories of the various...
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Machiavelli's Broken WorldMachiavelli was painfully aware of living in a disastrous moment of Italy's history: foreign invasions, occupations and shattered states. He was harshly critical of Italy's princes (such as Francesco Sforza), its professional military class (especially Cesare Borgia), and the Church (Pope Julius II), and...
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Colonial Australian Women Poets: Political Voice and Feminist TraditionsThis study examines the significant roles of five women poets, in order of chronology: Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, Mary Bailey, Caroline Leakey, Emily Manning, and Louisa Lawson. The work of these poets can outline the development of women's poetry in Australia and internationally across the...
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Imagining Ithaca: Nostos and Nostalgia Since the Great War'Though home is a name, a word, it is a strong one', said Charles Dickens, 'stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit answered to, in strongest conjuration.' The ancient Greek word nostos, meaning homecoming or return, has a commensurate power and mystique. Irish philosopher-poet...
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Records of Richmond County, GeorgiaBy: Grace Gillam Davidson, Pub. 1929, Reprinted 2020, 408 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-007-1.Richmond County was created in 1777. It is one of the original counties of the state and was formed out of a portion of the colonial Parish of St. Paul. It is...
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The Jewish Eighteenth Century: A European Biography, 1700-1750The eighteenth century was the Jews' first modern century. The deep changes that took place during its course shaped the following generations, and its most prominent voices still reverberate today. In this first volume of his magisterial work, Shmuel Feiner charts the twisting and...
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History of Gwinnett County, Georgia, 1818-1943. (Volume #1)By: James C. Flanigan, Pub. 1943, Reprint 2019, 446 pages, 0-89308-977-X. Gwinnett County was created in 1818 from Jackson County and lands gained through the cession of Creek Indian lands. It lies in the north-central part of the state. This book is similar to...
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History of Cumberland County, KentuckyBy: J.W. Wells, Pub. 1947, Reprinted 2019, 442 pages, ISBN #0-89308-890-0. Cumberland County was created in 1798 from Green County. It sits in along the Kentucky-Tennessee border in the south central portion of the state. Of special note: it sits directly above Smith and...
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