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View book details for Stonewall Jackson's Little Sorrel
An Unlikely Hero of the Civil War
Lyons Press
During the Civil War and throughout the rest of the nineteenth century there was no star that shone brighter than that of a small red horse who was known as Stonewall Jacksons Little Sorrel. Robert E. Lees Traveller eventually became …
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The Man Behind the Mask
Talonbooks
The events at Oka in 1990 saw the Canadian Armed Forces confront some 40 armed Mohawk Warriors who were defending their communitys resistance against a further colonial encroachment on their native lands. Lasagna, one of the Mohawk leaders, was unmasked …
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The Looming Crisis in India
Lexington Books
Water: The Looming Crisis in India analyzes the key issues in developing national freshwater policies for the mainland countries of the South Asian sub-continent. Ray suggests that freshwater policy must cover all aspects of physical environment and human life, by …
Bernan Press
Occupational Safety and Health Simplified for the Industrial Workplace serves industrial businesses, workplaces, and managers who want quick answers to complicated questions. It is an essential reference for everyone involved with the safety and health of workers in the industrial …
View book details for Hiking Grand Teton National Park
A Guide to the Park's Greatest Hiking Adventures
Falcon Guides
This is the authoritative guide to all hiking trailsfrom short, easy day trips to multi-day backcountry adventuresin Grand Teton National Park, famous for its rugged beauty, abundant wildlife and spectacular mountain vistas. Located in western Wyoming, Grand Teton National Park …
View book details for Mindfulness and Critical Friendship
A New Perspective on Professional Development for Educators
Lexington Books
Mindfulness and Critical Friendship: A New Perspective on Professional Development for Educators assembles an international community of scholar-practitioners from multiple disciplines who utilize different methodologies and ideological perspectives to reflect on and interrogate contexts that situate mindfulness and critical friendship …
View book details for Sites of Violence, Sites of Grace
Christian Nonviolence and the Traumatized Self
Lexington Books
Cynthia Hess offers a thoughtful reconstruction of Christian nonviolence through an examination of both theological and theoretical works. She shows how contemporary understandings of violence and the human person challenge traditional views of nonviolence as pacifism and the refusal of …
View book details for Doctors of Death
Ten True Crime Stories of Doctors Who Kill
Barricade Books
These mystifying and spine-tingling stories are just what the doctor ordered and they are all true. Doctors of Death presents ten hair-raising real life accounts of killing and mayhem in medical training ultimately causing others to die. With a sharp …
View book details for Your Creative Power
How to Use Your Imagination to Brighten Life, to Get Ahead
UPA
Alex Osborn wrote the following: 'Emotional drive is self-starting and largely automatic, whether based on hunger, fear, love, or ambition. ' 'For all of us, a good rule is always to encourage ideasto encourage speaking up as well as thinking …
View book details for What is Science?
An Interdisciplinary Perspective
UPA
In What is Science?, Jaffe seeks to define science conceptually. Understanding our environment and ourselves is and has been the most important intellectual activity of mankind. It was only after the emergence of the empirical science (i.e. experiment philosophy) that …
View book details for Stories of Inclusion?
Power, Privilege, and Difference in a Peace and Justice Network
Lexington Books
Why are some white, middle-class activists experiencing difficulty creating alliances across racial and class differences? What are the obstacles and what is being done to overcome them? What type of movement structures, cultures, and practices can best facilitate inter-racial, inter-class …
View book details for Makiguchi and Gandhi
Their Education Relevance for the 21st Century
UPA
Makiguchi and Gandhi explores ideas about Japanese educator Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871-1944) and Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) as examples of inspiration for large mass movements in the 20th century. Based on research done in Japan, India, Hawai'i, and the …
View book details for Reflections in Communication
An Interdisciplinary Approach
UPA
Reflections in Communication is a response and guide to the need for productive and effective communication and is designed for readers who have had little or no formal instruction in the field of speech communication. Dealing with cultural, critical and …
Actar D
Architecture is based upon the misconception that strong is stable, both in sense of energy and structure, as an unchanged state of microclimate would require more material or insulation. Trans-structures are the opposite: building elements with the response-ability to change …
View book details for Creative Visualization
Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life
New World Library
As introduced by Shakti Gawain to more than seven million readers worldwide, creative visualization is the art of using mental imagery and affirmation to produce positive changes in your life. Gawains clear writing style and vivid examples make Creative Visualization …
View book details for Sabres Over MiG Alley
The F-86 and the Battle for Air Superiority in Korea
Naval Institute Press
This is the story of the first jet versus jet war, the largest in number of victories and losses, and one of the few military bright spots in the Korean War. It tells how an outnumbered force of F-86 Sabres …
View book details for Project Azorian
The CIA and the Raising of the K-129
Naval Institute Press
In early August 1974, despite incredible risks and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean. The audacious effort was undertaken with …
View book details for Millions for Defense
The Subscription Warships of 1798
Naval Institute Press
The title of this book comes from a toast popular with Americans in the late 1790smillions for defense, not a cent for tribute. Americans were incensed by demands for bribes from French diplomats and by Frances galling seizures of U.S. …
View book details for Lost Crusade
America's Secret Cambodian Mercenaries
Naval Institute Press
When Peter Scott began a 1968 tour in Vietnam advising ethnic Cambodian Khmer Krom paramilitaries, they shared only an earnest desire to check the spread of communism. It took nearly thirty years and a chance reunion for Scott to realize …
Naval Institute Press
Written in his own hand and finished only weeks before his death, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's memoir spans more than half a century of modern history. His vantage point at center stage during major controversies of the twentieth century enabled him …
View book details for Saltwater Leadership
A Primer on Leadership for the Junior Sea-Service Officer
Naval Institute Press
Designed for busy junior officers in the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine, this primer teaches the basics of leadership in five sequential steps. It begins with a useful overview of major leadership studies, followed by an informative summary …
View book details for On Yankee Station
The Naval Air War over Vietnam
Naval Institute Press
Combining vivid personal narrative with historical and operational analyses, this book takes a candid look at U.S. naval airpower in the Vietnam War. Coauthors John Nichols, a fighter pilot in the war, and Barrett Tillman, an award-winning aviation historian, make …
View book details for Washington's Taiwan Dilemma, 1949-1950
From Abandonment to Salvation
Naval Institute Press
The declaration of the Peoples Republic of China in October 1949 presented American foreign policy officials with two dilemmas: How to deal with the communist government on the mainland and what to do about Chiang Kai-sheks Nationalist regime on Taiwan. …
Orca Book Publishers
Fionas dad comes home after sixteen months and eight days in jail. Along with her mother and family friends, Fiona awkwardly welcomes him home. Uncle David is there, because he picked Dad up at jail. Dads best friend Simon, his …
Orca Book Publishers
Greg is an avid sailor. On a solo trip off the rugged Newfoundland coast, he stumbles upon a family of desperate refugees stranded in a lifeboat. Fearing for their lives if they are deported to their homeland, the family convinces …
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