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Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust - Paperback

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by Immaculee Ilibagiza (Author), Steve Erwin (Contribution by)Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee's family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, Immaculee survived the slaughter. For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in...

Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine - Paperback

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by Mariana Budjeryn (Author)The collapse of the Soviet Union unleashed the specter of the largest wave of nuclear proliferation in history. Why did Ukraine ultimately choose the path of nuclear disarmament?The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left its nearly 30,000 nuclear weapons spread over the territories of four newly sovereign states: Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine. This collapse cast a shadow of profound ambiguity over the fate of the world's largest arsena...

Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to XI Jinping - Paperback

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by Klaus Mühlhahn (Author)"Thoughtful, probing...a worthy successor to the famous histories of Fairbank and Spence [that] will be read by all students and scholars of modern China."--William C. Kirby, coauthor of Can China Lead? It is tempting to attribute the rise of China to Deng Xiaoping and to recent changes in economic policy. But China has a long history of creative adaptation. In the eighteenth century, the Qing Empire dominated a third of the world's population. Then, as the Opium War...

Athenian Power in the Fifth Century BC - Hardcover

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by Leah Lazar (Author)Athenian Power in the Fifth Century BC provides a new analysis of the fifth-century BC Athenian empire, a central topic in ancient Greek history. Challenging orthodox approaches, which have been mostly empirical, monolithic and focused on Athens, the book argues that Athenian power was flexible and a matter of negotiation between the Athenians and their allies. It brings the allies to centre stage as active agents, and considers how the Athenian empire operated in differ...

Children in the Holocaust and World War II: Children in the Holocaust and World War II - Paperback

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by Laurel Holliday (Author)Children in the Holocaust and World War II is an extraordinary, unprecedented anthology of diaries written by children all across Nazi-occupied Europe and in England.Twenty-three young people, ages ten through eighteen, recount in vivid detail the horrors they lived through. As powerful as The Diary of Anne Frank and Zlata's Diary, children's experiences are written with an unguarded eloquence that belies their years. Some of the diarists include: a Hungarian girl, ...

Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became World War II's Most Highly Decorated Spy - Paperback

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by Larry Loftis (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist Florida Book Awards Silver Medalist Featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, New York Newsday, and on Today! Best Nonfiction Books to Read in 2019--Woman's Day The Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out This Year--BookBub "A nonfiction thriller."--The Wall Street Journal From New York Times and international bestselling author of the "gripping" (Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Into...

Maoism and the Chinese Revolution: A Critical Introduction - Paperback

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by Elliott Liu (Author)The Chinese Revolution changed the face of the twentieth century, and the politics that issued from it--often referred to as "Maoism"--resonated with colonized and oppressed people from the 1970s down to the anticapitalist movements of today. But how did these politics first emerge? And what do they offer activists today, who seek to transform capitalist society at its very foundations? Maoism and the Chinese Revolution offers the novice reader a sweeping overview of fi...

Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote - Paperback

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by Ellen Carol DuBois (Author)Honoring the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, this "indispensable" book (Ellen Chesler, Ms. magazine) explores the full scope of the movement to win the vote for women through portraits of its bold leaders and devoted activists. Distinguished historian Ellen Carol DuBois begins in the pre-Civil War years with foremothers Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Sojurner Truth as she "meticulously and vibrantly chron...

Angry Brigade: A History of Britain's First Urban Guerilla Group - Paperback

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by Gordon Carr (Author)"You can't reform profit capitalism and inhumanity. Just kick it till it breaks." -- Angry Brigade, communiqué. Between 1970 and 1972 the Angry Brigade used guns and bombs in a series of symbolic attacks against property. A series of communiqués accompanied the actions, explaining the choice of targets and the Angry Brigade philosophy: autonomous organization and attacks on property alongside other forms of militant working class action. Targets included the embassies o...

The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself about Russia and Betrayed Ukraine - Hardcover

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by Alexander Vindman (Author)A chilling analysis of how Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism with catastrophic consequences - "A must-read for anyone who wants to understand what went wrong and how it can be fixed" (Serhii Plokhy, Harvard University) After the collapse of the Soviet Union, six US presidential administrations of both parties pursued policies for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia that emboldened Russia, playing into its imperialist, ...

Reasonable Cause to Suspect: A Mother's Ordeal to Save Her Son from a Kurdish Prison - Paperback

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by Sally Lane (Author)In a story of deceit, betrayal, and injustice, two parents are tried as terrorists for attempting to rescue their son from a Syrian war zone.On September 2, 2014, Jack Letts, an idealistic eighteen-year-old British Canadian, phoned his mother saying, "Mum, I'm in Syria." Those chilling words from a raging war zone set in train his family's eight-year-long battle to rescue Jack from his disastrous mistake.When an unscrupulous journalist invented the term "Jihadi Jack," a ...

American Political History: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Donald T. Critchlow (Author)The Founding Fathers who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 distrusted political parties, popular democracy, centralized government, and a strong executive office. Yet the country's national politics have historically included all those features. In American Political History: A Very Short Introduction, Donald Critchlow takes on this contradiction between original theory and actual practice. This brief, accessible book explores the nature of the two-...

Eros and Empire: The Transnational Struggle for Sexual Freedom in the United States - Hardcover

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by Alexander Stoffel (Author)The history of queer politics in the United States since 1968 is commonly narrated as either a progressive campaign for state recognition or as a subcultural rejection of prevailing gender norms. But these accounts miss the true scale of queer politics in the post-war era. By centering transnational relations, practices, and infrastructures in the history of sexual rebellion, Eros and Empire provides an alternative view of US-based struggles for sexual freedom. Al...

Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia - Hardcover

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by Chris Hamby (Author)In a devastating and urgent work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hamby uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, its Big Coal cover-up, and the resilient mining communities who refuse to back down. Decades ago, a grassroots uprising forced Congress to enact long-overdue legislation designed to virtually eradicate black lung disease and provide fair compensation to coal miners stricken with the illness. Today, however, b...

Niv, Peacemakers New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs, Pocket-Sized, Paperback, Comfort Print: Help and Hope for Law Enforcement Officers - Paperback

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by Zondervan (Author)A compact New Testament offering hope, courage, and wisdom for those serving in law enforcement. Say thank you to the heroes in your community by giving them this gift.Critical incidents, car chases, domestic violence, drug gangs, highway fatalities--many law enforcement men and women face these situations on a regular basis. This is not to mention changing sleep patterns and irregular hours.The NIV Peacemakers New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs is designed specifical...

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by Georgia Kernell (Author)While extensive research examines electoral systems and institutions at the country-level, few studies investigate rules within parties. Inside Parties changes the research landscape by systematically examining 65 parties in 20 parliamentary democracies around the world. Georgia Kernell develops a formal model of party membership and tests the hypotheses using cross-national surveys, member studies, experiments, and computer simulations of projected vote shares. She...

The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities - Paperback

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by John J. Mearsheimer (Author)A renowned scholar argues that liberal hegemony--the policy America has pursued since the Cold War ended--is doomed to fail Named a Financial Times Best Book of 2018 "Idealists as well as realists need to read this systematic tour de force."--Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Return of Marco Polo's World It is widely believed in the West that the United States should spread liberal democracy across the world, foster an open international economy, and build intern...

Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue: Tax Follies and Wisdom Through the Ages - Paperback

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by Michael Keen (Author), Joel Slemrod (Author)Author BiographyMichael Keen, former deputy director of fiscal affairs at the International Monetary Fund, is Ushioda Fellow at Tokyo College, University of Tokyo. Joel Slemrod is the David Bradford Distinguished University Professor and the Paul W. McCracken Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. They have both received the National Tax Association's Holland Medal for their lifetime contributions, and bo...

Cyberlibertarianism: The Right-Wing Politics of Digital Technology - Paperback

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by David Golumbia (Author), George Justice (Foreword by)An urgent reckoning with digital technology's fundamentally right-wing legal and economic underpinnings In a timely challenge to the potent political role of digital technology, Cyberlibertarianism argues that right-wing ideology was built into both the technical and social construction of the digital world from the start. Leveraging more than a decade of research, David Golumbia traces how digital evangelism has driven the worldwide sh...

Last Chance To Save Our Republic - Hardcover

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by Hannah Faulkner (Author), Aaron Farrier (Cover Design by) Number of Pages: 326 Dimensions: 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 15, 2025

In the Gaps: Better Understanding the Expensive Human Suffering of Chronic Homelessness - Paperback

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by Brian Klausner (Author)Why is the growing crisis of chronic homelessness, and its associated cost, so misunderstood and mismanaged?If there was ever a time to address the chronically unhoused and bridge the gap between our ideals and actions, it is now. Drawing on years of experience caring for homeless populations, public health physician Brian Klausner, MD, shares the profoundly human stories hiding behind the statistics, weaving powerful accounts of resilience, childhood trauma, and its...

The Origins of Totalitarianism: With a New Introduction by Anne Applebaum - Paperback

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by Hannah Arendt (Author), Anne Applebaum (Introduction by)Hannah Arendt's definitive work on totalitarianism--an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history--now with a new introduction by Anne Applebaum.In recent years, The Origins of Totalitarianism has become essential reading as we grapple with the rise of autocrats and tyrannical thought across the globe. The book begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues w...

Legal Foundations of a Free Society - Hardcover

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by Stephan Kinsella (Author)Legal Foundations of a Free Society is an updated selection of articles published over three decades dealing with a variety of issues in libertarian rights and legal theory, including the nature and foundations of libertarianism, rights and punishment theory, causation and responsibility, contract theory, and intellectual property. The chapters have been significantly revised and updated and integrated with each other with extensive cross-references, and with an ex...

Legal Foundations of a Free Society - Paperback

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In My Mother's House: A Daughter's Story - Paperback

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by Kim Chernin (Author), Marilyn Yalom (Foreword by)In My Mother's House depicts a profound, intergenerational struggle between a powerful, politically engaged mother, Rose, and her spiritually inclined poet and writer daughter, Kim. Framing this collision are two other generations. There is Rose's mother from the shtetl, a broken woman regularly beaten by her husband but the source of the family's stories. And Kim's daughter, a second-generation, fully assimilated girl of eight at the time t...

State Collapse and Post-Conflict Development in Africa: The Case of Somalia (1960-2001) - Paperback

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by Abdullah A. Mohamoud (Author)Mohamoud's work considers the underlying causes for the breakdown of the state across both time and space. Time is considered across the triple history: the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial processes. Space is used in the sense of taking the whole of Somalia as a unit of analysis. This approach enables the discovery of different structural crises over a period of time and examines these cumulative effects on the current upheavals in Somalia. Among the a...

John F. Kennedy: World Leader - Paperback

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by Stephen G. Rabe (Author)President John F. Kennedy remains a subject of fascination for both historians and citizens. Consistently ranked among the most popular U.S. presidents, Kennedy led the country during a time of rapid social change at home punctuated by critical foreign policy crises, among them the Bay of Pigs fiasco in Cuba, the showdown with the Soviet Union over the erection of the Berlin Wall, the Cuban missile crisis, and the escalation of American involvement in Vietnam. As St...

Riding with Reagan: From the White House to the Ranch - Paperback

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by John R. Barletta (Author), Rochelle Schweizer (Author)Personal moments with an American legend . . . It is an image etched in the minds of a generation: Ronald Reagan perched atop his horse, riding through the dusty trails and canyons of his California ranch with his beloved wife, Nancy, at his side. But what most of us did not see was the man who always rode just a few steps away. John Barletta was a Vietnam veteran and Secret Service agent with a lifelong passion for horses and a deep ...

American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery - Paperback

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by Craig Unger (Author)**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***Updated with a new afterword from the author* Kompromat n.--Russian for "compromising information" This is a story about the dirty secrets of the most powerful people in the world--including Donald Trump. It is based on exclusive interviews with dozens of high-level sources--intelligence officers in the CIA, FBI, and the KGB; thousands of pages of FBI investigations, police investigations; and news articles in English, Russia...

In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power - Paperback

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by Alfred W. McCoy (Author)Explores the distinctive instruments of American ascent to global domination and hegemony--including covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and surveillance.Author BiographyAlfred McCoy holds the Harrington Chair in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His 2009 book Policing America's Empire won the Kahin Prize from the Association for Asian Studies. In 2012, Yale University awarded him the Wilbur Cross Medal for work as "one of the wo...

Our Members Be Unlimited: A Comic about Workers and Their Unions - Paperback

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by Sam Wallman (Author)A timely and inspiring work of comics journalism--the history of unions and why we need them (and a first-hand account of working in an Amazon warehouse). Workers of the world, unite! From comics journalist Sam Wallman comes a thoughtful plunge into the history of unions. Through distinctive art and sharp-eyed reporting, Wallman ushers us into the hidden aisles of 21st-century labor conditions, and shows us recent labor movements and union triumphs--all while framing cu...

Law and History: The Evolution of the American Legal System - Paperback

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by Anthony Chase (Author)Offering an interpretation of the evolution of the law, the author draws upon a range of sources - including texts by Adam Smith, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, lectures by Norman Mailer, and the critical legal studies theory of Morton Horwitz. Number of Pages: 219 Dimensions: 0.62 x 8.85 x 5.66 IN Publication Date: May 01, 1999