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Beth H. Piatote, Kate Shanley, Ned Blackhawk
Amid the decline of U.S. military campaigns against Native Americans in the late nineteenth century, assimilation policy arose as the new front in the Indian Wars, with its weapons the deployment of culture and law, and its locus the American …
Francine Prose
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a "vibrant" (New Yorker) portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art"A whirlwind tour in a compact, peppy car through the tumultuous life of the …

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Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy
Yuri Stoyanov
This fascinating book explores the evolution of religious dualism, the doctrine that man and cosmos are constant battlegrounds between forces of good and evil. It traces this evolution from late Egyptian religion and the revelations of Zoroaster and the Orphics …
David Thomson
A renowned movie critic on films treatment of one of mankinds darkest behaviors: murder"[Thomson's] analysis of death in Hitchcock movies is gorgeous. His restlessness is palpable. There is an anxiety in this brief, hurried book that suits these political and …

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The Pioneer Legacy of an American Ranch Family
Jefferson Glass
A collage of characters shaped the west of the nineteenth century. Large and powerful cattlemen, backed by eastern and European investors, flooded the prairie with herds often numbering 50-80 thousand head. They had visions of doubling or tripling their money …
Marc Bernardin, Adam Freeman, Afua Richardson (Richardson, Afua)[A24]/
What if the greatest military mind of our generation was born to a people who are already supremely conditioned to wage war, who know nothing but violence from birth and must continually adapt to new predators in order to survive? …
Jeff Lemire, Phil Hester, Ryan Cody, Eric Gapstur
The supernatural family drama continues! Grandpa Judd refuses to give up the fight with the Arborists, even as his young granddaughter Meg begins what could be her final transformation into a tree or is it the world that will be …
David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, Sofie Dodgson, Sanford Greene
Best New Series of 2019 Entertainment Weekly Monster-hunting has been the Sangerye family business for generations as they battle the jinooNhideous creatures born out of hate and racism. But now, the Sangeryes face a different threatNthe deadly inzondo, a new …

View book details for Process Mapping, Process Improvement, and Process Management

A Practical Guide to Enhancing Work and Information Flow
Dan Madison
This is the No. 1 bestselling book on process mapping, process improvement, and process management. It will help you transform your organization into a world-class competitor. Author Dan Madison explains the evolution of work management styles, from traditional to process-focused, …

View book details for Mastering Ethics in Organizations

A Self-Reflective Guide to Developing Ethical Astuteness
Donna Ladkin
Edward Elgar Publishing
This innovative textbook provides a systematic approach to developing practices of perception, reflection and inquiry to facilitate sound ethical action in organizational settings. Now in its second edition, Donna Ladkins Mastering Ethics in Organizations invites readers to reflect and experiment …
David Planchard
This book is written to assist you with passing the SOLIDWORKS associate level exams. It provides you with detailed information and exercises that will aid you in passing the following exams: Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA), Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Sustainable Design …
Rick Remender, Jerome Ope–a, Matt Hollingsworth, Matt Hollingsworth
The God of Whispers has spread an omnipresent paranoia to every corner of the kingdom of Zhal; his spies hide in every hall spreading mistrust and fear. Adam Osidis, a dying knight from a disgraced house, must choose between joining …

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Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Residential Care
Sally Chivers, Ulla Kriebernegg
Institutional care for seniors offers a cultural repository for fears and hopes about an aging population. Although enormous changes have occurred in how institutional care is structured, the legacies of the poorhouse still persist, creating panicked views of the nursing …
Brandon Seifert, Lukas Ketner
Dr. Vincent Morrow, specialist in supernatural diseases, is back -- but this time, he 's the patient! In the second collection of the hit medical horror series, Doc Morrow himself is targeted by shadowy supernatural forces. With his body betraying …
J. H. Elliott
A landmark account that reveals the long history behind the current Catalan and Scottish independence movements A distinguished historian of Spain and Europe provides an enlightening account of the development of nationalist and separatist movements in contemporary Catalonia and Scotland. …
Stephen D. King
The Western world has experienced extraordinary economic progress throughout the last six decades, a prosperous period so extended that continuous economic growth has come to seem normal. But such an era of continuously rising living standards is a historical anomaly, …

View book details for After Democracy

Imagining Our Political Future
Zizi Papacharissi
What do ordinary citizens really want from their governments? Democracy has long been considered an ideal state of governance. What if its not? Perhaps it is not the end goal but, rather, a transition stage to something better. Drawing on …
Alison B Powell
A unique examination of the civic use, regulation, and politics of communication and data technologies City life has been reconfigured by our useand our expectationsof communication, data, and sensing technologies. This book examines the civic use, regulation, and politics of …
David Crystal
A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power We all know eloquence when we hear it. But what exactly is it? And how might we gain more of …

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The Making of India and Pakistan
Yasmin Khan
This new edition of Yasmin Khans reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current …
Hillel Halkin
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an insightful new biography of the most controversial and perhaps most fervent of all Zionist political figures Vladimir Jabotinsky (18801940) was a man of huge paradoxes and contradictions and has been the most misunderstood …

View book details for The Passage to Europe

How a Continent Became a Union
Luuk van Middelaar
The untold story of the crises and compromises that united a continent As financial turmoil in Europe preoccupies political leaders and global markets, it becomes more important than ever to understand the forces that underpin the European Union, hold it …

View book details for Beyond the University

Why Liberal Education Matters
Michael S. Roth
An eloquent defense of liberal education, seen against the backdrop of its contested history in America Contentious debates over the benefitsor drawbacksof a liberal education are as old as America itself. From Benjamin Franklin to the Internet pundits, critics of …

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Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age
Stephen Batchelor
A renowned Buddhist teachers magnum opus, based on his fresh reading of the traditions earliest texts Some twenty-five centuries after the Buddha started teaching, his message continues to inspire people across the globe, including those living in predominantly secular societies. …
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