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Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Patricia Sullivan (Author)An epic narrative of the struggle against injustice, hailed as "the definitive history of the NAACP" by Henry Louis Gates Jr.A "civil rights Hall of Fame" (Kirkus) that was published to remarkable praise in conjunction with the NAACP's Centennial Celebration, Lift Every Voice is a momentous history of the struggle for civil rights told through the stories of men and women who fought inescapable racial barriers in the North as well as t...

The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Matthew Carr (Author)A highly accessible account of the history of terrorism that places 9/11 and al-Qaeda in historical context. Today, political violence has become the scourge of our world and terrorism is routinely described as a uniquely modern evil. Yet however unprecedented in scope the new terrorist organizations might appear, Matthew Carr argues in this definitive history of terrorism that they are merely offshoots of a spectacular bombing in 1881: the...

New Order in the Gulf: The Rise of the UAE - Hardcover

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by Dina Esfandiary (Author)For over a decade now, thinking on regional relations in the Gulf has focused on the competition for regional hegemony between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Today, this perspective is outdated. The smaller Gulf Arab states, led by the United Arab Emirates, are calling for their own goals and interests to be considered and a new regional order has emerged. This book assesses the UAE's increasing power and the future challenges to regional security it could pose. It is a con...

Threads of Resilience: Weaving the Human Spirit Through Poetry - Hardcover

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by William Davis (Author)More than just a book of poetry, Threads of Resilience is an invitation to "come and see" the realities that migrants face at the Southern Border. Through a first-hand account, the author hopes to change the narrative that is told of asylum seekers and amplify the voice of the sojourner. These poems capture the tenacity of the human spirit and inspire dignity, not just for the migrant, but for the reader as well. They provoke the reader to empathize with strangers, we...

Common Sense for the 21st Century: A Call to Reinvest in American Democracy - Paperback

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by Paul J. McKenney (Author)The state of affairs for America in 1776 was a divided public regarding how to move forward with respect to Great Britain. Many colonists wanted to stay loyal to King George and work things out, even though they had experienced many insults to their dignity. A growing number of colonists believed that independence was a necessity. In Common Sense, Thomas Paine argued that independence was the only way to gain true freedom and escape the subservient position to the...

Twilight Prisoners: The Rise of the Hindu Right and the Fall of India - Hardcover

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by Siddhartha Deb (Author)An incisive, lyrical, and deeply reported account of India's descent into authoritarianism.Traveling across India, interviewing Hindu zealots, armed insurgents, jailed dissidents, and politicians and thinkers from across the political spectrum, Siddhartha Deb reveals a country in which forces old and new have aligned to endanger democracy. The result is an absorbing--and disturbing--portrait. India has become a religious fundamentalist dystopia, one depicted here wit...

Through the Morgue Door: One Woman's Story of Survival and Saving Children in German-Occupied Paris - Hardcover

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by Colette Brull-Ulmann (Author), Anne Landau (Translator), Margaret Sinclair (Translator)In 1934, at the age of fourteen, Colette Brull-Ulmann knew that she wanted to become a pediatrician. By the age of twenty-one, she was in her second year of studying medicine. By 1942, Brull-Ulman and her family had become registered Jews under the ever-increasing statutes against them enacted by Petain's government. Her father had been arrested and interned at the Drancy detention camp and Brull-Ulman h...

The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War - Paperback

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by Fred Kaplan (Author)From the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war--and Presidents' actions in nuclear crises--from Truman to Trump.Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as "a rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter," takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of Staff's "Tank" in the Pentagon, and the vast chambers of Strategic Command to br...

Comparative Grand Strategy: A Framework and Cases - Paperback

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by Thierry Balzacq (Editor), Peter Dombrowski (Editor), Simon Reich (Editor)This book develops a new approach in explaining how a nation's Grand Strategy is constituted, how to assess its merits, and how grand strategies may be comparatively evaluated within a broader framework. The volume responds to three key problems common to both academia and policymaking. First, the literature on the concept of grand strategy generally focuses on the United States, offering no framework for comparative ...

Guerrilla Warfare: Authoritative, Revised, New Edition - Paperback

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by Ernesto Che Guevara (Author), Harry Pombo Villegas (Foreword by)Che Guevara's classic text on revolutionary tactics and strategy. Since Guerrilla Warfare was first published in 1961, it has joined the canon of classic military literature, consulted by revolutionaries and counterrevolutionaries alike. In this book, Che Guevara outlines the lessons he learned as a guerrilla soldier in the Cuban revolution and explains how a small group of dedicated fighters grew in strength with the support ...

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by Wendell Berry (Author)First published in 1972, "Think Little" is cultural critic and agrarian Wendell Berry at his best: prescient about the dire environmental consequences of our mentality of greed and exploitation, yet hopeful that we will recognize war and oppression and pollution not as separate issues, but aspects of the same. "Think Little" is presented here alongside one of Berry's most popular and personal essays, "A Native Hill." This gentle essay of recollection is told alongside...

Rule by Aesthetics: World-Class City Making in Delhi - Paperback

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by D. Asher Ghertner (Author)Rule by Aesthetics offers a powerful examination of the process and experience of mass demolition in the world's second largest city of Delhi, India. Using Delhi's millennial effort to become a 'world-class city, ' the book shows how aesthetic norms can replace the procedures of mapping and surveying typically considered necessary to administer space. This practice of evaluating territory based on its adherence to aesthetic norms - what Ghertner calls 'rule by aes...

On Borders: Territories, Legitimacy, and the Rights of Place - Paperback

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by Paulina Ochoa Espejo (Author)When are borders justified? Who has a right to control them? Where should they be drawn? Today people think of borders as an island's shores. Just as beaches delimit a castaway's realm, so borders define the edges of a territory, occupied by a unified people, to whom the land legitimately belongs. Hence a territory is legitimate only if it belongs to a people unified by a civic identity. Sadly, this Desert Island Model of territorial politics forces us to choos...

Global Refuge: Huguenots in an Age of Empire - Hardcover

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by Owen Stanwood (Author)Huguenot refugees were everywhere in the early modern world. French Protestant exiles fleeing persecution following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, they scattered around Europe, North America, the Caribbean, South Africa, and even remote islands in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The Global Refuge provides the first truly international history of the Huguenot diaspora. The story begins with dreams of Eden, as beleaguered religious migrants sought suitab...

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by Sister Cities Of Franklin (Author), Sharilyn Grayson (Editor), Jody Nash (Photographer)Our Town: An Insider's Guide to Franklin, Tennessee is your passport to an enchanting journey through the heart of this charming gem of a city. Tailored for curious residents and adventurous tourists, Our Town shares secrets and stories in the context of historic landmarks that point to the soul of Franklin, Tennessee. Uncover hidden nooks, trace the footsteps of local legends, and experience the warmth ...

Seeing the State: Governance and Governmentality in India - Paperback

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by Stuart Corbridge (Author), Glyn Williams (Author), Manoj Srivastava (Author)Poor people confront the state on an everyday basis all over the world. But how do they see the state? This book considers the Indian example where people's accounts, in particular in the countryside, are shaped by encounters staged at the local level, and are also informed by ideas circulated by the government and the broader development community. Drawing extensively on fieldwork conducted in eastern India, the a...

Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America - Hardcover

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by Maggie Haberman (Author)The instant #1 New York Times bestseller. "This is the book Trump fears most." - Axios "Will be a primary source about the most vexing president in American history for years to come." - Joe Klein, The New York Times "A uniquely illuminating portrait." - Sean Wilentz, The Washington Post "[A] monumental look at Donald Trump and his presidency." -- David Shribman, Los Angeles TimesFrom the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trum...

Peace and Conflict in Africa - Paperback

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by David Francis (Editor)Nowhere in the world is the demand for peace more prominent and challenging than in Africa. From state collapse and anarchy in Somalia to protracted wars and rampant corruption in the Congo; from bloody civil wars and extreme poverty in Sierra Leone to humanitarian crisis and authoritarianism in Sudan, the continent is the focus of growing political and media attention. This book presents the first comprehensive overview of conflict and peace across the continent. Bri...

The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America - Hardcover

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by Christopher C. Gorham (Author)Perfect for readers of A Woman of No Importance, Three Ordinary Girls, and Eleanor: A Life comes the first-ever biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, the Hungarian Jewish immigrant who became FDR's closest advisor during World War II and, according to Life, "the most important official woman in the world" --a woman of many firsts, whose story, forgotten for too long, is extraordinary, inspiring, and uniquely American. Her life ran parallel to the front lines of h...

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by Martin Luther King (Author), Cornel West (Editor)A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X "The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies. . . . The response of the radical King to our catastrophic moment can be put in one word: revolution--a revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life, and a funda...

Guide to International Human Rights Practice - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Hurst Hannum (Editor)This thoroughly revised edition of what has become the standard work in its field continues the original focus on the "nuts and bolts" of international human rights law and practice. Hurst Hannum and the contributors to this volume describe in detail regimes and procedures which have been developed during the past decade and evaluate the effectiveness of procedures which were only in their infancy in the early 1980s.The fifteen contributors...

The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir - Paperback

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by Samantha Power (Author)A NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLERAn intimate, powerful, and galvanizing memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner, human rights advocate, and former US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power. Named one of the best books of the year: The New York Times - National Public Radio - Time - The Economist - The Washington Post - Vanity Fair - Christian Science Monitor - Publishers Weekly - Audible"Her highly personal and reflective memoir . . . is a must-rea...

The Portland Black Panthers: Empowering Albina and Remaking a City - Paperback

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by Lucas N. N. Burke (Author), Judson L. Jeffries (Author)Portland, Oregon, though widely regarded as a liberal bastion, also has struggled historically with ethnic diversity; indeed, the 2010 census found it to be "America's whitest major city." In early recognition of such disparate realities, a group of African American activists in the 1960s formed a local branch of the Black Panther Party in the city's Albina District to rally their community and be heard by city leaders. And as Lucas Bu...

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Report copyright infringementby Johnny Joey Jones (Author)First responders run toward things the rest of us run away from.What makes a person want to become a first responder? Who would become a cop after her brother died in the line of duty? What guy rejects joining a lucrative family business to become a local firefighter instead? Why would a Mexican American combat veteran choose to work as a medic for the Border Patrol, knowing the stigma he'd face? One thing all these people have in comm...

Third World Studies: Theorizing Liberation - Paperback

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by Gary Y. Okihiro (Author)In 1968 the Third World Liberation Front at San Francisco State College demanded the creation of a Third World studies program to counter the existing curricula that ignored issues of power--notably, imperialism and oppression. The administration responded by institutionalizing an ethnic studies program; Third World studies was over before it began. Detailing the field's genesis and premature death, Gary Y. Okihiro presents an intellectual history of ethnic studies ...

Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances - Paperback

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by Andrea Smith (Author)In Native Americans and the Christian Right, Andrea Smith advances social movement theory beyond simplistic understandings of social-justice activism as either right-wing or left-wing and urges a more open-minded approach to the role of religion in social movements. In examining the interplay of biblical scripture, gender, and nationalism in Christian Right and Native American activism, Smith rethinks the nature of political strategy and alliance-building for progressi...

Third World Studies: Theorizing Liberation - Hardcover

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From Conflict Resolution to Social Justice: The Work and Legacy of Wallace Warfield - Paperback

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by Alicia Pfund (Editor)This reader brings together the writings of Wallace Warfield (1938-2010), the internationally acclaimed and influential authority on conflict resolution. The selected essays highlight the importance of social context in conflicts and the future and potential of the field of Conflict Resolution. After introducing Warfield's thinking and background, a first section highlights the role of race, ethnicity and culture in conflict, through case studies and step-by-step metho...

Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary - Paperback

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by Timothy Snyder (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America's pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom. On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into surgery. Over the next few days, as he clung to life and the first ligh...

Bargaining in the Un Security Council: Setting the Global Agenda - Hardcover

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by Susan Allen (Author), Amy Yuen (Author)Even after seventy-five years, the UN Security Council meets nearly every day. They respond to a range of threats to international peace and security, but not all threats. Why does the Security Council take up some issues for discussion and not others? What factors shape the Council's actions, if they take any action at all? Adapting insights from legislative bargaining, this book demonstrates that the agenda-setting powers granted in the institutiona...

The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan - Paperback

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by Rick Perlstein (Author)The New York Times bestselling dazzling portrait of America on the verge of a nervous breakdown in the tumultuous political and economic times of the 1970s. In January of 1973 Richard Nixon announced the end of the Vietnam War and prepared for a triumphant second term--until televised Watergate hearings revealed his White House as little better than a mafia den. The next president declared upon Nixon's resignation "our long national nightmare is over"--but then congr...

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by Virginia Eubanks (Author)WINNER: The 2019 Lillian Smith Book Award, 2018 McGannon Center Book Prize, and shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice Astra Taylor, author of The People's Platform: "The single most important book about technology you will read this year."Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing the Black Body: "A must-read." A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination?and how technology affects civil and human rights and econom...