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The history of public policy in postwar America tends to fixate on developments at the national level, overlooking the crucial work done by individual states in the 1960s and '70s. In this book, Nicholas Dagen Bloom demonstrates the significant and enduring impact of activist states in five areas: urban planning and redevelopment, mass transit and highways, higher education, subsidized housing, and the environment. Bloom centers his story on the example...
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The culmination of Louis Ferrante's exhaustive research delving deep into Sicily's socio-economic-political roots, Borgata: Rise of Empire will finally reveal exactly how and why this infamous secret society formed inside Sicilian culture. Ferrante then engages in the art of storytelling by carefully selecting stories about the mafia in Sicily that allow him to follow the main characters to America, where most arrive as fugitives from Italian justice.
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Nearly seven out of ten American Indians live in urban areas, yet studies of urban Indian experiences remain scant. Studies of suburban Natives are even more rare. Today's suburban Natives, the fastest-growing American Indian demographic, highlight the tensions within federal policies working in tandem to move and house differing groups of people in very different residential locations. In American Indians and the American Dream, Kasey R. Keeler examines...
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The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier-poets in Michael Korda's epic “Muse of Fire”.
With “Muse of Fire”, Michael Korda, the bestselling author of “Alone and Hero”, takes a novel approach to World War I by telling its history through the lives of the soldier-poets whose verses memorialize the war's unimaginable horrors. He begins with Rupert Brooke and the halcyon days before violence...
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Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History is an engaging, contemporary look at the themes, events, and people that have shaped the history of the Pacific Northwest over the last two centuries.
- An engaging look at the themes, events, and people that shaped the Pacific Northwest-Washington, Oregon, and Idaho-from when only Native Peoples inhabited the land through the twentieth century.
- Twelve theme-driven essays covering the human...
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Este trabajo se afinca en esa indeterminada no man's land entre lo historiográfico y lo sociológico. Con precisión de experto taxonomista; ha desarrollado sus más de cuarenta años de su carrera investigadora en el Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias (INIA), desgrana con precisión y minuciosidad, en un estilo directo y sin concesiones a la retórica, las experiencias personales y profesionales de esa élite de la milicia que representaban...
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Over the past half-century, Americans have watched their country extend its military power to what seemed the very ends of the earth. America's might is felt on nearly every continent-and even on its own streets. Decades ago, the Wars on Drugs and Terror broke down the walls separating law enforcement from military operations. A World of Enemies tells the story of how an America plagued by fears of waning power and influence embraced foreign and domestic...
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There are few historical figures more integral to South Asian history than Emperor Ashoka, a third-century BCE king who ruled over a larger area of the Indian subcontinent than anyone else before British colonial rule. Ashoka sought not only to rule his territory but also to give it a unity of purpose and aspiration, to unify the people of his vastly heterogeneous empire not by a cult of personality but by the cult of an idea-"dharma"-which served...
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The Greatest Story Ever Told - Joseph J Randazzo Executive Producer, Director and Writer has spent over 50 years in research and study on "The Jesus of Nazareth Subject Matter" of foretold prophecy, the life and teaching of Jesus, the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus and the supernatural miraculous spiritual ability of Jesus witness by thousands. The Holy Scriptures contain over 300 prophecies about foretelling for centuries of a future Messiah,...
13) A Fate of Flame
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An ancient prophecy.
A destiny of flame.
A war to end two worlds...
A dark prophecy binds Cora's fate to the fae realm-a world that would have been her doom if she hadn't escaped with her life. Now she's determined to put destiny behind her and focus on her world, her kingdom, and her much-anticipated wedding.
But when dragons emerge from the veil between worlds, threatening her land with deadly flame, she must return to the fae and make allies...
15) Moulin Rouge
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Henri de Toulouse-Latrec experienced a life of deformity and disappointment. He left an artistic legacy beyond praise or price. Though his friends were the great personages of his time, he was perpetually lonely. Though educated and witty his life was a continual and desperate search for romantic love and happiness.
Basis for the 1952 film starring Jose Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor, Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor,...
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Pour Pierre Bonnechere, l'histoire est le compte rendu raisonné d'une enquête scientifique dans un passé humain à jamais refermé sur lui-même, sous le regard amusé de trois fées retorses, nommées Vérité, Chance et Objectivité. Sensible aux questions de méthode, l'auteur prend ses exemples en des périodes et en des lieux divers, de l'Antiquité au XXIe siècle, de la Grèce et de Rome au Québec. Il réfléchit autant aux problèmes concrets...
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The rich artistic traditions of Indigenous peoples in Australasia, encompassing the Aboriginal art of Australia and Maori art of New Zealand, represent a profound connection to land, culture, and spirituality. These art forms have deep roots in the ancient narratives and traditions of these Indigenous communities, serving as a visual language that transcends time and encapsulates the diverse experiences of the First Nations people. This exploration...
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Through firsthand accounts, as well as archival material, The Fall of Hitler's Fortress City tells the dramatic story of the place and people that bore the brunt of Russia's vengeance against the Nazi regime.
In 1945, in the face of the advancing Red Army, two and a half million people were forced out of Germany's most easterly province, East Prussia, and in particular its capital, Königsberg. Their flight was a direct result of Hitler's ill-fated...
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"Sculpting Civilization" invites readers on a visual and intellectual journey through the ancient world, exploring the evolution and diversity of sculpture as a profound form of artistic expression. From the earliest forms to the heights of Greek and Roman mastery, the book unveils the cultural narratives and aesthetic ideals sculpted into the fabric of ancient civilizations. Through insightful narratives and visual exploration, readers gain a deep...
20) Antisemitism
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The first volume of Arendt's celebrated three-part study of the philosophical origins of the totalitarian mind. This volume focuses on the rise of antisemitism in Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Index.
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