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Local and regional government information is essential to government workers, corporate researchers, students, and many other citizens, but finding a city ordinance or a county report can be a daunting experience.

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This sequel to "The Interpretation of Cultures" is a collection of essays which reject large abstractions, going beyond the mere translation of one culture into another, and looks at the underlying, compartmentalized reality.

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Steinberg addresses such questions as: How did the notion of a social contract develop What did social contract mean to Locke and Rousseau Can social contract describe the working basis of representative democracy

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Representing the pinnacle of Cold War aircraft design and it has become an aviation icon together with its predecessor, the A-12, the Blackbird was a giant leap into the technical unknown and the design employed many forms of new technology made necessary by the excesses of speed, altitude and temperature to which the aircraft was subjected.

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First employed in the Far East over North Vietnam and North Korea, American military intelligence quickly realized the SR-71 'Blackbird's' potential value over European targets. In 1976, SR-71 Detachment 4 commenced operations from the RAF base at Middenhall in the UK.

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From the 11th-century, when one commentator claimed the capital was being overrun with Moors, to the garage MCs and street poets of today this book tells the story of life in London for black and Asian people from the 17th-century until today.

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This work relates the life - and the death - of the rebel German seaman who became one of the most successful U-Boat commanders of World War II. The story of Werner Henke, and a narrative outlining the history of his boat, U-515, and its crew, forms the basis for this biography.

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Full of human drama and political intrigue, this is the inside story of the meteoric rise and the tragic fall of the man who was to be Labor's saviour.

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Travelling throughout the Middle East and Europe, the author talks to men and women in bazaars, schools and alleyways, as well as the world's leading political figures, developing and refining his perspective on the new kind of war the West finds itself fighting.

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Look before Leaping merges court trends and cases, experts first-hand accounts and recommendations of best practices, currently used risk-averting documents, and essential texts to bring a comprehensive study of the most common risks, liabilities, and needed repair for study abroad in higher education.

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Look before Leaping merges court trends and cases, experts first-hand accounts and recommendations of best practices, currently used risk-averting documents, and essential texts to bring a comprehensive study of the most common risks, liabilities, and needed repair for study abroad in higher education.

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From his childhood, rebellion at school, the early death of his father and conflict with his step-father, on to his exploits in the army in Korea, Egypt, Malaya, Oman, Borneo, the Sudan, the Falklands, and the Gulf War, this book chronicles the SAS General's life.

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Lord Hailsham - statesman, orator, writer, Christian and patriot - had earned Mrs Thatcher's tribute, when he finally retired in 1987, that there were few people in public life who had provided such service to his country over a span of forty years. In this book, the extraordinary drama of the 1963 succession to Macmillan is also revealed.

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"A brilliantly devastating expose of the shadow government that runs US national security policy. an era of an unprecedented war against whistle-blowers, and the very existence of a free press, Horton's book provides an essential playbook for battling this undemocratic beast."-Jeremy Scahill

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There is a broad consensus among informed observers both inside and outside the Beltway that American public diplomacy leaves much to be desired, and there is no real consensus among critics on what must be done to fix the problems. The author situates these problems within the complex environment of US government bureaucracy.

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The secrets, the myths and the facts behind Washington, D.C.'s design and its Masonic significance.

In this groundbreaking, original work, David Ovason reveals the intimate connections between the mysterious zodiacal symbols and the stellar lore of Washington, D.C.

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Presents the tales of young girls falling pregnant out of wedlock, and covers the different viewpoints and experiences from which the stories come.

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Louis Blanc (1811-1882) was the first socialist to enter a French government. He was a true exponent of Jacobin-socialism and this biography attempts to explain this combination of Jacobin politics and socialist economics.

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The second of two studies of the army of Louis XV. The author looks at the uniforms and equipment of French infantry. As part of the most powerful army of the time, these men fought in European campaigns such as the Seven Years War, and also in the American War of Independence.