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Previous edition: Dublin: Butterworths, 2000.

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As the first baseball player to achieve real celebrity status, Ty Cobb embodies the strength and determination of classic masculinity. His grit and stubbornness, however, form a legacy that has been both lauded and condemned by Americas own changing views of ideal masculine behavior.

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Tyler Perry is the most successful African-American filmmaker of his generation, garnering both accolades and controversies. In Tyler Perrys America, Shayne Lee examines eleven of Perrys highest-grossing films to explore key themes of race, gender, class, and religion, and what Perrys films reveal about contemporary African-American life.

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In Tyranny of the Textbook, a retired educational director, gives a fascinating look behind-the-scenes of how K-12 textbooks are developed, written, adopted, and sold. Readers will come to understand why all the reform efforts have failed. Most importantly, the author clearly spells out how the system can change so that reforms and standards have a shot at finally being effective.

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An illustrated account of the early service of the Lockheed U-2, one of the most important and longest-serving intelligence gathering platforms fielded by the US air force.

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Drawing on the underwater archaeological research, this study explains how Prien and his crew navigated the North Sea and Kirk Sound to land a devastating blow to the British. It reveals the level of disrepair that Scapa Flow had fallen into, and delves into the conspiracy theories surrounding the event.

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This attractively packaged gift book offers a highly illustrated introduction to some of the American Civil War's most famous and important battles, from the Battle of Fort Sumter in 1861 to the Battle of Appomatox Court House in 1865.

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There are growing calls for a decrease in the United States' military presence in the Middle East. This new CSIS report assesses posture options in the context of Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and other threats in the region.

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This newest edition of U.S. Foreign Policy explores three related themes: the essential difference between domestic and foreign policies; the existence of political situations that are both international and domestic, or intermestic; and the hyper-partisanship and political polarization that dominates contemporary American politics.

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This CSIS report is a compilation of the "U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022" white paper series, covering in detail the overall strategy and priorities of the DOD by service as well as SOF, contractors, and DOD civilians.

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While the helicopter was essential for the US war effort the Vietnam experience also proved the validity of the gunship concept. This illustrated new history explores one of the hardest-worked and most effective of the helicopter types in-theater.

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This groundbreaking work, specially designed for the music classroom, combines traditional and popular literature in a method that both teaches the ukulele and develops music literacy. Assuming no prior knowledge, the leveled content allows students to track their progress and teachers to reward benchmark achievements.

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This timely study provides a clear analysis of both the domestic and foreign policies and security issues confronting RussiaOs largest and most important neighbor during its first decade as an independent state.

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Includes the personalities, politics and culture of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and the interaction between British and other societies throughout the world. This book features historical themes including Brian Harrison and Dominic Sandbrook on the 1960s and Geoffrey Wheatcroft on Churchill and the Jews.

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This expert guide to competitive ultra-distance cycling, written by a leading sports scientist and a record-breaking ultra-distance cyclist, is all riders need to cycle a very long way, fast.

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An exploration of the dark side of football, of Italy and of far right politics and organised crime: the hard core fans known as the ultras.

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A scathing indictment of Donald Trump on the eve of the 2020 election.

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The Number One New York Times bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book

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