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Presents a classic that had a spectacular immediate impact on national politics. This book tells a history of America and its political ideals and an analysis of contemporary ills, from rampant economic inequality to unchecked corporate power.

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Offers a collection of Thomas Jefferson's quotations. This book puts Jefferson's words in context with an introduction, a chronology of Jefferson's life, the source of each quotation, an appendix identifying Jefferson's correspondents, and an index. It is intended for the casual reader, but is also a reference work.

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The Rallying Point tells the story of the creation of The Black American Heritage Flag, its creators' struggle to promote it as a symbol of pride and heritage for Black Americans during the Civil Rights era and beyond,

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Examines the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, especially from 1953 to 1979, in the context of his regime's dependence on the United States and his dreams of transforming Iran into a world power. This book argues that, despite the Shah's early achievements, his goals and policies were full of inherent contradictions and weaknesses.

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"Rise of the Mongols: Five Chinese Sources is an anthology of the earliest known texts about the Mongols, translated from the Chinese. An Introduction, helpful Appendices, Bibliography, and an Index help orient the reader (both expert and undergraduate) with the translated texts. Maps and several photos accompany the textual material"--

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"Rise of the Mongols: Five Chinese Sources is an anthology of the earliest known texts about the Mongols, translated from the Chinese. An Introduction, helpful Appendices, Bibliography, and an Index help orient the reader (both expert and undergraduate) with the translated texts. Maps and several photos accompany the textual material"--

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The story of I Canadian Corps's crossing of the Emilia-Romagna plain, in the thirteenth instalment of the bestselling Canadian Battle Series.

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The sweeping history of the upper Mississippi and how it's been changed by human intervention - now in paperback!

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Tells how a once-desolate area of New South Wales became a thriving agricultural region through the addition of managed water resources. This title focuses on the grape growers and their contribution to a developing wine industry. It addresses many of the serious problems being experienced Australia wide.

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Set in northern Minnesota, this novel follows a trio of American Indian women, from the 1970s to the present, observing their lives intersect on the fictional Mozhay Point reservation. Linda LeGarde Grover connects the sense of place with the experience of Native women who came of age during the days of the federal termination policy and the struggle for tribal self-determination.

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A first-person narrative account of revolution, terrorism, and war during history's violent return to Lebanon after fifteen years of quiet. Michael J. Totten's version of events in one of the most volatile countries in the world's most volatile region is one part war correspondence, one part memoir, and one part road movie.

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In war and peace, from Empire to Europe, through the rise and fall of industry, the cause of self-government has been endlessly reinvented and remodelled, sometimes surviving more as a poetic fashion rather than as a political campaign.

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A timely analysis of the United States' intimate and pivotal relationship with the Arab world's largest nation over the course of six decades that asks how Egypt's leadership fell from power and what the future is for Egypt.

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Suitable for historians and students, this title traces the story of Rome from Romulus and the foundations of Rome to the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. It includes an introduction to Velleius' life and times as well as notes on the text, a bibliography, map, glossary of unfamiliar terms, and an index.

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Addresses what the author terms "the Roman dilemma" - the paradoxical notion that while global society depends on a system of rules for building peace and prosperity, this system inevitably leads to domestic clashes, international rivalry, and even wars. This book argues that a rule-based world order eventually subverts and destroys itself.