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The Brontes

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gordon, Felicia, PUBLISHER: Addison Wesley Longman, Excellent introduction ong>toong> ong>theong> background ong>ofong> ong>theong> four Brontes Outlines ong>theong>ir lives and cultural background. Explores important places and people in lives ong>ofong> ong>theong> four Brontes and ong>theong> effect on ong>theong>ir writings. Examines four ong>ofong> ong>theong> Brontes' major works: "Jane Eyre, Vilette, ong>theong> Tennant ong>ofong> Wildfell Hall" and "Wuong>theong>ring Heights" ong>Theong> Brontes are a literary phenomenon. ong>Theong> novels, poetry and prose ong>ofong> Emily, Charlotte, Anne and Branwell have made a lasting contribution ong>toong> English literature. ong>Theong>ir brief lives, marred by illness, violence, and early death, have added ong>toong> ong>theong>ir fascination. Felicia Gordon's account provides an excellent introduction ong>toong> ong>theong> life and works ong>ofong> ong>theong> Brontes by examining in detail ong>theong>ir bleak and isolated childhood and its effect on ong>theong>ir writing, setting ong>theong> Brontes' work clearly in ong>theong> context ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir times. This sympaong>theong>tic account ong>ofong> ong>theong> harsh lives ong>theong> Brontes provides a fascinating and enlightening introduction ong>toong> those wanting ong>toong> read ong>theong>ir works. Felicia Gordon is at ong>theong> Cambridgeshire College ong>ofong> Arts and technology.

The Gulf of Mexico: A Treasury of Resources in the American

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gore, Robert H., PUBLISHER: Pineapple Press (FL), - Only book available on this great body ong>ofong> water - Synopsis ong>ofong> ong>theong> hisong>toong>ry, geology, geography, oceanography, biology, ecology, and economics ong>ofong> ong>theong> Gulf - Traces ong>theong> economic use ong>ofong> ong>theong> Gulf from ong>theong> Mayans ong>toong> present-day ong>ofong>fshore oil companies - Explores every discrete ecological community in ong>theong> Gulf - For those who live or vacation on ong>theong> Gulf and wants ong>toong> know ong>theong> full song>toong>ry ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir watery backyard

Seeking for the Kingdom of God: Origins of the Bruderhof

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Arnold, Eberhard / Arnold, Emmy, PUBLISHER: Plough Publishing House, A candid look at ong>theong> faith and daring that led ong>theong> Arnolds ong>toong> break away from ong>theong> established church ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir day. Contains ong>lettersong>, poems, and biographical and hisong>toong>rical material about ong>theong> beginnings ong>ofong> ong>theong> Bruderhong>ofong> movement.

Strictly Come Barking: Life Among the Dog People of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Linick, Anthony, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, ong>Theong> ong>societyong> in which we were now ong>toong> take our place is a unique one, an ever-changing kaleidoscope ong>ofong> dogs and ong>theong>ir owners. ong>Theong> dogs represent most ong>ofong> ong>theong> popular breeds and many ong>ofong> ong>theong> mutt-like mixtures - and so do ong>theong>ir accompanying humans, who come from diverse nationalities and from many walks ong>ofong> life: prong>ofong>essionals and job seekers, young and old, family members and loners. ong>Theong>y are united in ong>theong>ir love ong>ofong> dogs, and on ong>theong> central green ong>ofong> ong>theong> park, on its walkways and at ong>theong> caf where ong>theong>y gaong>theong>r after exercising ong>theong>ir animals, ong>theong>y ong>ofong>ten let this affection for dogs carry ong>theong>m inong>toong> ong>friendsong>hips that transcend park life and involve many ong>ofong> ong>theong>m in additional social activities.

On the Winds of Love

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Leigh, Lori, PUBLISHER: Vintage Romance Publishing, ong>Theong>ir country teetered on ong>theong> edge ong>ofong> revolution, ong>theong>ir lives both destined ong>toong> play a part that would decide ong>theong> outcome. Somehow, ong>theong>y found love.

Aging Is Living: Myth-Breaking Stories from Long-Term Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Borins Ash, Irene / Ash, Irv, PUBLISHER: Dundurn Group, Through ong>theong> inspirational, wise, and informative song>toong>ries ong>ofong> ong>theong> residents, eiong>theong>r in ong>theong>ir own words or based on interviews, and environmental phoong>toong>graphs ong>ofong> each, this book focuses on various residents ong>ofong> long-term care facilities and especially on ong>theong> positive facets ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir life, ong>theong>ir thoughts, and ong>theong>ir feelings. ong>Theong> only issue that reaches ong>theong> media about nursing homes is ong>theong> negative and unfortunate events that sometimes occur, but ong>theong>re is so much more ong>toong> ong>theong> song>toong>ry. Most people are afraid ong>ofong> long-term care homes because ong>theong>y recognize that it is ong>theong> last phase in ong>theong>ir life - it is ong>theong> step before death. But some people have years from ong>theong> time ong>theong>y enter ong>theong> home until ong>theong>y die. This book shows how many men and women make ong>theong> best ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir situation - ong>ofong>ten leaving a positive legacy for family and ong>friendsong> - and how ong>theong>se can be fulfilling and quality years.

Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters: Volume 2

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Charters, Ann / Kerouac, Jack, PUBLISHER: Viking Books, ong>Theong> first volume ong>ofong> Jack Kerouac's selected ong>lettersong>, published in , was hailed as an important and revealing addition ong>toong> Kerouac scholarship. This second and final volume ong>ofong> ong>lettersong>, written between , ong>theong> year On ong>theong> Road was published, ong>toong> one day before his death in at age forty-seven, tell Kerouac's life song>toong>ry through his candid correspondence with ong>friendsong>, confidants, and ediong>toong>rs -- among ong>theong>m Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Philip Whalen, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joyce Johnson, and Malcolm Cowley. Documenting his continuing development as a writer, his travels, love affairs, and complicated family life, ong>theong> ong>lettersong> also reveal Kerouac's amazing courage in ong>theong> face ong>ofong> criticism and his never-ending quest ong>toong> be ong>theong> best writer possible. Jack Kerouac: Selected ong>Lettersong> ong>ofong>fers unparalleled insight inong>toong> ong>theong> life and mind ong>ofong> this giant ong>ofong> ong>theong> American literary landscape.

American Revolution: People and Perspectives

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Frank, Andrew K., PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO, "American Revolution" looks at one ong>ofong> ong>theong> most significant eras in American hisong>toong>ry through ong>theong> eyes ong>ofong> its least famous, least studied citizens. It is an eye-opening collection ong>ofong> essays demonstrating how ong>theong> wrenching transformation from English colonies ong>toong> an emerging nation affected Americans from all walks ong>ofong> life. "American Revolution" features ong>theong> work ong>ofong> 14 accomplished social hisong>toong>rians, whose findings are adding new dimensions ong>toong> our understanding ong>ofong> ong>theong> Revolutionary era. But some ong>ofong> ong>theong> most fascinating contributions ong>toong> this volume come from ong>theong> people ong>theong>mselves-ong>theong> anecdotes, ong>lettersong>, diaries, journalism, and oong>theong>r documents that convey ong>theong> experiences ong>ofong> ong>theong> full spectrum ong>ofong> American ong>societyong> in ong>theong> mid- ong>toong> late-18th century (including women, African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants, soldiers, children, laborers, Quakers, sailors, and farmers).

The Problems of Living in Society

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hussey, Mark / Brownstein, Henry H., PUBLISHER: Allyn & Bacon, This text adds a "human face" ong>toong> social problems by looking at ong>theong>m from ong>theong> perspective ong>ofong> ong>theong> individual, and ong>theong> problems we face in everyday life as members ong>ofong> ong>societyong>. This book is designed ong>toong> provoke discussion and critical thinking by focusing on everyday issues that virtually all readers can relate ong>toong>: forming ong>friendlyong> or intimate relationships; moving through ong>theong> educational system; leaving home; finding a job and career, growing old; living with serious illness and death; etc. Anyone interested in ong>theong> subject matter, or those in ong>theong> field ong>ofong> sociology.

Peasants and Imperial Rule: Agriculture and Agrarian Society

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Charlesworth, Neil, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book is a detailed hisong>toong>rical study ong>ofong> agriculture and agrarian ong>societyong> in a major province ong>ofong> British India, ong>theong> Bombay presidency. Its objective is ong>toong> examine ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> British rule on ong>theong> Indian peasantry, and ong>theong> changes it brought. Among ong>theong> specific issues discussed by ong>theong> author are ong>theong> development ong>ofong> ong>theong> British land revenue system, ong>theong> pattern ong>ofong> expansion in commercial agriculture and ong>theong> consequences in terms ong>ofong> ownership and organisation ong>ofong> land and agrarian social structure. Dr Charlesworth goes on ong>toong> look at ong>theong> role ong>ofong> government policy, ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> peasant protest movements and ong>theong> effects ong>ofong> ong>theong> interwar depression. He concludes that significant long-term economic and social change did occur but that ong>theong> highly 'differential' pattern ong>toong> commercialisation prevented any structural transformation in ong>theong> peasant economy and ong>societyong>.

Resources & Population

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacFarlane, Alan / MacFarlane / Fortes, Meyer, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In many areas ong>ofong> ong>theong> world destruction ong>ofong> natural resources and ong>theong> rapid growth ong>ofong> populaong>toong>n are among ong>theong> most important problems facing individuals and governments. This book, first published in , utilises ong>theong> ong>toong>ols ong>ofong> social anthropology and population studies in an attempt ong>toong> see some ong>ofong> ong>theong> causes and consequences ong>ofong> populations growth and some ong>ofong> ong>theong> effects ong>ofong> change on natural resources. It analyses a particular 'community' in ong>theong> Annapurna range ong>ofong> ong>theong> central Himalayas during this century, and investigates how ong>theong> destruction ong>ofong> forests and ong>theong> growth ong>ofong> settled rice cultivation have occurred, and some ong>ofong> ong>theong> consequences. ong>Theong> Gurungs are famous as recruits ong>toong> ong>theong> Gurkha regiments ong>ofong> ong>theong> British and Indian armies, and ong>theong> demographic and economic effects ong>ofong> foreign mercenary labour are among ong>theong> ong>toong>pics examined.

The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Song>toong>kes, Eric / Song>toong>kes, E. T., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong>se twelve essays explore ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> south Asian agrarian ong>societyong> and examine ong>theong> extent ong>toong> which it changed during ong>theong> period ong>ofong> British rule. ong>Theong> central focus ong>ofong> ong>theong> book is directed ong>toong> peasant agitation and violence and four ong>ofong> ong>theong> studies look at ong>theong> agrarian explosion that formed ong>theong> background ong>toong> ong>theong> Mutiny. ong>Theong> essays give a coherent hisong>toong>rical treatment ong>ofong> ong>theong> Indian peasant world, and ong>theong> paperback edition ong>ofong> this successful book will be ong>ofong> interest ong>toong> ong>theong> student ong>ofong> peasant studies and ong>toong> ong>theong> sociologist as well as ong>toong> development economists and agronomists generally.

Unsex'd Revolutionaries: Five Women Novelists of the 's

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ty, Eleanor, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> ong>Toong>ronong>toong> Press, Women had been writing long before ong>theong> French Revolution, but ong>theong> reactionary character ong>ofong> ong>theong> s infused ong>theong>ir work with a public importance and an urgency. ong>Theong> decade was one ong>ofong> intense argument and reflection on ong>theong> role ong>ofong> women in ong>societyong>. Eleanor Ty studies ong>theong> ways in which five women writers ong>ofong> ong>theong> s politicized ong>theong> domestic or sentimental novel in response ong>toong> oppression and exclusion. Influenced by radical post-revolution thinkers, Mary Wollsong>toong>necraft, Mary Hays, Helen Maria Williams, Elizabeth Inchbald, and Charlotte Smith wrote fiction that questioned existing social, economic, legal and cultural practices as ong>theong>y related ong>toong> women. In particular, ong>theong>y dealt with hisong>toong>rically specific gender issues such as female education, ong>theong> rights and 'wrongs' ong>ofong> woman, and ong>theong> duties ong>ofong> a wife. Using hisong>toong>rical and feminist psycho-linguistic studies as a base, Ty explores some ong>ofong> ong>theong> complexities encountered in ong>theong> writings ong>ofong> ong>theong>se five women. Through ong>theong>ir challenge ong>toong> Edmund Burke's patriarchal ideas, ong>theong>y discovered strategies ong>ofong> writing based on ong>theong> maternal or female aesong>theong>tic. For ong>theong>se 'unsex'd revolutionaries, ' sentimental or domestic fiction was not just about courtship, love, and romance. ong>Theong>ir writings interrogate ong>theong> structures ong>ofong> ong>societyong>, and criticize and make relevant ong>theong> connections between ong>theong> personal and ong>theong> political, ong>theong> domestic and ong>theong> public sphere.

The Courage to Lead: Transform Self, Transform Society

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stanfield, R. Brian / Stanfield, Brian, PUBLISHER: New ong>Societyong> Publishers, ong>Theong> complexity ong>ofong> our world can paralyze even ong>theong> most committed individuals in ong>theong>ir efforts ong>toong> bring about social change. But being an agent ong>ofong> change does not mean we have ong>toong> start a revolution-it can be done in small ways, wherever and whenever. "ong>Theong> Courage ong>toong> Lead" provides a matrix for examining one's relationship ong>toong> life, self, ong>theong> world, and ong>societyong> in order ong>toong> become effective leaders. Filled with amusing and moving anecdotes, this empowering work will appeal ong>toong> all seeking a better understanding ong>ofong> social change pioneering. R. Brian Stanfield is ong>theong> Direcong>toong>r ong>ofong> Research at ong>Theong> Canadian Institute ong>ofong> Cultural Affairs and ong>theong> author ong>ofong> "ong>Theong> Art ong>ofong> Focused Conversation" (New ong>Societyong> Publishers). He lives in ong>Toong>ronong>toong>, Ontario.

Understanding Police and Police Work: Psychological Issues

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yarmey, A. Daniel / Harrison, Marina / Rosenfeld, Lucy, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, According ong>toong> social psychologist A. Daniel Yarmey, police ong>ofong>ficers find ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir work necessitates that ong>theong>y behave ong>toong> some extent like applied psychologists. Many police ong>ofong>ficers, ong>ofong> course, do not have any special training in this or any allied field, nor do ong>theong>y have an understanding ong>ofong> what cognitive or social psychology might be able ong>toong> tell ong>theong>m about ong>theong> behavior ong>ofong> those with whom ong>theong>y are likely ong>toong> deal in ong>theong>ir daily work. Similarly, psychologists are habitually asked by ong>theong> courts ong>toong> present research regarding eyewitness testimony, forensic evidence, and competency ong>toong> stand trial, yet psychologists frequently lack any real awareness ong>ofong> policing or ong>ofong> police ong>ofong>ficers. "Understanding Police and Police Work," ong>theong> first systematic an comprehensive review ong>ofong> ong>theong> psychology ong>ofong> police and ong>theong>ir work, focuses on ong>theong> psychological basis ong>ofong> police ong>ofong>ficers' interactions with ong>societyong>. It shows how psychology and oong>theong>r social sciences can contribute ong>toong> an understanding ong>ofong> police behavior as well as ong>theong> behavior ong>ofong> citizens and oong>theong>r prong>ofong>essionals with whom ong>theong> police are involved.

Sources for Ancient History

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crawford, Michael H., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, If a scholar wishes ong>toong> create a picture ong>ofong> a ong>toong>pical ong>societyong> in all its aspects, ong>theong>re is little ong>ofong> what he needs ong>toong> know that he cannot know, although ong>theong>re may still be much that he cannot understand. For ong>theong> hisong>toong>ry ong>ofong> Greece and Rome, ong>theong>re is a great deal that is simply unknowable. From ong>theong> end ong>ofong> ong>theong> archaic age ong>ofong> Greece, ong>theong>re is an unbroken sequence ong>ofong> works by Greek and, later, Roman hisong>toong>rians down ong>toong> ong>theong> end ong>ofong> antiquity. ong>Theong>ir vision and range ong>ofong> interest were ong>ofong>ten limited and much ong>ofong> what ong>theong>y produced has been lost. Some help may be derived from ong>theong> documentary material supplied in antiquity, material that was ong>theong> product ong>ofong> ong>ofong>ficials organising public activities, or heads ong>ofong> families organising ong>theong>ir affairs, or individuals leaving ong>theong>ir mark on ong>theong> world. Beyond this, ong>theong> evidence ong>ofong> archaeology and numismatics may also be helpful. ong>Theong> four essays in this book set out ong>toong> characterise ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> ong>theong> ancient literary tradition, ong>theong> inscriptional material, ong>theong> archaeological and numismatic evidence and ong>toong> explain how and for what purposes ong>theong>y may be used.

Holocaust Chronicles: Individualizing the Holocaust Through

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shapiro, Robert M., PUBLISHER: Ktav Publishing House, ong>Theong> huge number ong>ofong> victims ong>ofong> ong>theong> Holocaust is emotionally incomprehensible. ong>Theong> real horror can only be apprehended on ong>theong> individual level. In ong>theong> case ong>ofong> ong>theong> Holocaust, many such records exist, since, as Ruth Wisse has observed, "many ong>ofong> ong>theong> Jews in ong>theong> ghetong>toong>s and concentration camps... showed more concern for preserving a record ong>ofong> ong>theong> incredible event ong>theong>y were witnessing than for ong>theong>ir own survival." ong>Theong> studies presented in this volume survey this evidence--diaries, ong>lettersong>, oral hisong>toong>ries, ghetong>toong> chronicles, rabbinic works, collections ong>ofong> phoong>toong>graphs, songs--that originated in Warsaw, Lodz, Vilna, Auschwitz, and elsewhere. ong>Toong>geong>theong>r ong>theong>se documents allow us ong>toong> gain some inkling ong>ofong> ong>theong> experience ong>ofong> those who suffered in ong>theong> ghetong>toong>s and concentration camps--without ong>theong> coloration and rethinkings ong>ofong> later recollections.

How to Raise Children of Destiny

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morgan, Patricia, PUBLISHER: Whitaker House, God has a divine plan for this generation, a plan for ong>theong> children on this earth. This groundbreaking book reveals ong>theong> link between ong>theong> rise ong>ofong> young prophets, priests, and kings in ong>theong> body ong>ofong> Christ and ong>theong> God-ordained heads ong>ofong> nations, spiritual leaders, and deliverers responsible for ong>theong> salvation ong>ofong> a generation. Dr. Patricia Morgan calls godly parents ong>toong> train ong>theong>ir children ong>toong> be ong>theong> next generation ong>ofong> leaders and ong>toong> teach ong>theong>m ong>theong> strength and power that is found in ong>theong> covenant promises ong>ofong> ong>theong> God ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir faong>theong>rs

Moominsummer Madness

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jansson, ong>Toong>ve / Warburong>toong>n, Thomas, PUBLISHER: Farrar Straus Giroux, A huge wave has crashed through ong>theong> valley, flooding ong>theong> Moomins out ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir home With ong>theong>ir usual resilience, ong>theong> Moomins and ong>theong>ir ong>friendsong> move inong>toong> ong>theong> first house that comes bobbing along. It's strange-looking, like a big cave with curtains hanging on eiong>theong>r side. And when ong>theong> house bumps inong>toong> dry land and Moomintroll and ong>theong> Snork Maiden decide ong>toong> spend ong>theong> night on shore--ong>theong>n ong>theong> adventure really begins. Moomintroll and ong>theong> Snork Maiden get lost, and Moominpappa decides ong>toong> write a play which ong>theong>y will perform in ong>theong> house, in ong>theong> hope that Moomintroll will hear about it and find his way home. "Moominsummer Madness," ong>theong> fourth in ong>Toong>ve Jansson's classic series ong>ofong> books about Moominvalley, is enchanting and full ong>ofong> exciting adventures and surprises, some ong>ofong> ong>theong>m odd even by Moomin standards

Globalization and the Developing Countries: Emerging

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Isaac, Grant / Bigman, D. / Bigman, David, PUBLISHER: CABI Publishing, ong>Theong> globalization process and ong>theong> internal policy reforms that ong>theong> developing countries have implemented during ong>theong> past decade have changed ong>theong> relative prices ong>ofong> practically all ong>theong>ir inputs and outputs. Agricultural producers have ong>theong>refore been forced ong>toong> change ong>theong> structure and methods ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir production. ong>Theong> objective ong>ofong> this book is ong>toong> review ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> globalization on a number ong>ofong> issues. ong>Theong>se include ong>theong> effects ong>ofong> changes in global trading rules and regulations, ong>theong> removal ong>ofong> trade barriers and ong>theong> elimination ong>ofong> many country-specific trade agreements.

Witch & Wizard

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Patterson, James / Charbonnet, Gabrielle, PUBLISHER: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, YOUR BOOKS, MUSIC, AND ART--BANNED BY ong>THEong> NEW ORDER Everything is about ong>toong> change. ong>Theong> government has seized control ong>ofong> every aspect ong>ofong> ong>societyong>, and this is ong>theong> asong>toong>nishing testimonial ong>ofong> Wisty and Whit Allgood, a sister and broong>theong>r who were ong>toong>rn from ong>theong>ir family in ong>theong> middle ong>ofong> ong>theong> night, slammed inong>toong> prison, and accused ong>ofong> being a witch and a wizard. Thousands ong>ofong> young people have been kidnapped; some have been accused; many oong>theong>rs remain missing. ong>Theong>ir fate is unknown, and ong>theong> worst is feared--for ong>theong> ruling regime will song>toong>p at nothing ong>toong> suppress life and liberty, music and books, art and magic... and ong>theong> pursuit ong>ofong> being a normal teenager.

A Road Beyond the Suffering: An Experiential Journey Through

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rader, Dick A. / Rader, Sue, PUBLISHER: Providence House Publishers, A Road Beyond ong>theong> Suffering contains moving ong>lettersong> written back and forth between husband and wife, Dick and Sue Rader. After ong>theong>ir missionary career in Africa was cut short due ong>toong> Sue's lengthy illness, ong>theong>ir twenty years ong>ofong> marriage slowly began ong>toong> unravel as ong>theong>y tried ong>toong> adjust ong>toong> ong>theong>ir new lifestyle in America. In ong>theong>se ong>lettersong> about Job, Dick and Sue express ong>theong>ir inner struggles with God's goodness, justice, and power in ong>theong> context ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir own life-changing experiences. Through writing ong>toong> each oong>theong>r, Dick and Sue not only discovered that God is persistently trying "ong>toong> turn back his (man's) soul from ong>theong> pit, that ong>theong> light ong>ofong> life may shine on him" (Job ), but ong>theong>y also found that God was healing ong>theong>ir relationship with each oong>theong>r.

The Quotable Founding Fathers: A Treasury of the Wise

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Melong>toong>n, Buckner F., Jr., PUBLISHER: Poong>toong>mac Books, No group is quoted???and misquoted???more ong>ofong>ten than America??'s founders. When a political controversy heats up, ong>theong> nation??'s speechwriters, politicians, reporters, ediong>toong>rial writers, and talking heads try ong>toong> influence ong>theong> debate by quoting ong>theong>ir words. Year in and year out, teachers and political buffs look ong>toong> ong>theong>ir wisdom ong>toong> illuminate ong>theong> issues. How much easier it would be ong>toong> find every key quote by ong>theong> founders in a single source. "ong>Theong> Quotable Founding Faong>theong>rs," edited by Buckner F. Melong>toong>n, Jr., provides just that source???a compilation ong>ofong> some quotes summing up ong>theong> wit and wisdom ong>ofong> ong>theong> founders. While some ong>ofong> ong>theong>se quotations can be found in general quotation compilations such as Bartlett???s, ong>theong>se volumes ong>ofong>fer only a fraction ong>ofong> what??'s available. "ong>Theong> Quotable Founding Faong>theong>rs" mines deeper inong>toong> ong>theong> founders??? essays, diaries, ong>lettersong>, speeches, and sermons ong>toong> extract all ong>theong> nuggets that are significant ong>toong> ong>theong> hisong>toong>ry ong>ofong> ong>theong> country??? and ong>toong> ong>theong> ongoing debate about ong>theong> meaning ong>ofong> democracy in America.

Dark Power Collection

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Myers, Bill, PUBLISHER: Zondervan, Some doors are better left unopened. Join teenager Rebecca 'Becka' Williams, her broong>theong>r, Scott, and friend Ryan Riordan as ong>theong>y head for mind-bending clashes between ong>theong> forces ong>ofong> darkness and ong>theong> power ong>ofong> God. ong>Theong> Dark Power Collection brings ong>toong>geong>theong>r three fast-paced novels ong>ofong> ong>theong> supernatural by bestselling author Bill Myers. ong>Theong> ong>Societyong> When is a game more than just a game? When it's a Ouija board in ong>theong> hands ong>ofong> a group ong>ofong> students who use it as part ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir occult rituals---and who view Rebecca and Scott as a threat ong>toong> ong>theong>ir power. A showdown is imminent. ong>Theong> Decieved Hypnotized by a speaker on reincarnation, Becka is caught up in experiences so eerie and powerful that ong>theong>y nearly strangle her faith and destroy her life. ong>Theong> Spell Bent on getting revenge on Becka for her interference, ong>theong> ong>Societyong> begins a scare campaign complete with spells and curses. But ong>theong> campaign quickly gets out ong>ofong> hand. Only one thing can save Becka---something she must discover on her own.

Churchill and Hitler

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jablonsky, David / Jablonsky, D. / Jablonsky David, PUBLISHER: Routledge, This collection ong>ofong> essays examines ong>theong> development ong>ofong> Churchill and Hitler as strategic leaders and analyzes in particular ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir formative years on ong>theong>ir leadership styles, "operational codes," views on civil-military relations, and approaches ong>toong> ong>theong> conduct ong>ofong> war at strategic, operational and tactical levels. Ultimately, vicong>toong>ry depended on ong>theong> calculated use ong>ofong> all ong>theong> means ong>ofong> national power - military, political, psychological and economic - ong>toong> achieve ong>theong> national end. ong>Theong>se essays demonstrate that it was Churchill who best undersong>toong>od that calculation.

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