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by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
*A comprehensive primer about the Civil Rights Movement that also serves as a useful quick reference with a Table of Contents*Includes pictures of the Civil Rights Movement's most important people, places, and events.*Explains the history of the Civil Rights Movement from colonial times to today*Covers...
by Eugene Frazier Sr.
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
James Island remains one of the few places in the United States where descendants of slaves can easily trace their roots to one of the seventeen slave plantations. For many African Americans, it is hard to imagine how far this small island has come. It has left them with a legacy of both the joy and...
by Sheri McGregor
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2007
Anza Borrego Desert State Park is the largest desert park in the United States, drawing approximately 650,000 visitors per year. Combining detailed narrative with GPS-based trail maps, Day and Overnight Hikes: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park breaks down the best of the best hikes, both day and overnight....
by Immanuel Wallerstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
The internationally renowned theorist contends that the sun is setting on the American empire in this “lucid, informed, and insightful” account (The New York Times).
The United States currently finds itself [a] superpower that lacks true power, a world leader nobody follows and few respect,...
The Umbrella of U.S. Power
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Contradictions of U.S. Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Chomsky observes the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a "Path to a Better World," while chronicling how far off the trail the United States is with respect to actual political practice and conduct. Analysing the contradictions of U.S. power while illustrating...
by Simon Ansley Ferrall
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
The few sketches contained in this small volume were not originally intended for publication – they were written solely for the amusement of my immediate acquaintances, and were forwarded to Europe in the shape of letters. Subsequent considerations have induced me to publish them; and if they be found...
THE ALASKA ACCOUNT of John Muir: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen & Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated)
Adventure Memoirs and Wilderness Essays from the author of The Yosemite, Our National Parks, The Mountains of California, A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf, Picturesque California, Steep Trails
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2015
This carefully crafted ebook: "THE ALASKA ACCOUNT of John Muir: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen & Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Well known naturalist and environmentalist, John...
Peace Out of Reach
Middle Eastern Travels and the Search for Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2007
In Peace Out of Reach, Stephen Eric Bronner offers an intriguing analysis and eyewitness account of the political and ideological conflicts plaguing the Middle East. Sharply critical of the United States' policies in Afghanistan and Iraq and concerned about our nation's declining credibility throughout...
Defiant Braceros
How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
In this book, Mireya Loza sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942–1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter this country on temporary work permits. While...
The Devil's Mercedes
The Bizarre and Disturbing Adventures of Hitler's Limousine in America
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
In 1938, Mercedes-Benz began production of the largest, most luxurious limousine in the world. A machine of frightening power and sinister beauty, the Grosser 770K Model 150 Offener Tourenwagen was 20 feet long, seven feet wide, and tipped the scales at 5 tons. Its supercharged, 230-horsepower engine...
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by Stephen L. McFarland
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Includes 16 photos illustrations
The author traces the AAF’s development of aerial night fighting, including technology, training, and tactical operations in the North African, European, Pacific, and Asian theaters of war. In this effort the United States never wanted for recruits in what...
Securing the City
Inside America's Best Counterterror Force--The NYPD
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009
The NYPD is the best and most ambitious antiterror operation in the world. Its seat-of-the-pants intelligence is the gold standard for all others.
Christopher Dickey, who has reported on international terrorism for more than twenty-five years, takes readers into the secret command center of...
Treacherous Passage
Germany's Secret Plot against the United States in Mexico during World War I
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
While the Great War raged across the trench-lined battlefields of Europe, a hidden conflict took place in the distant hinterlands of the turbulent Mexican Republic. German officials and secret-service operatives plotted to bring war to the United States through an array of schemes and strategies,...
by Daniel P Mannix, Daniel P Mannix 3rd
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Daniel Pratt Mannix 3rd was the quintessential man of his time and the manner in which he lived his life mirrored the strengths and weaknesses of his age.
At four, he spoke Mandarin Chinese better than he did English. When he went out to play he wore...