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In this enthralling historical detective story, the authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail trace the flight after 1309 of the Knights Templar from Europe to Scotland, where the Templar heritage was to take root, and would be perpetuated by a network of noble families.

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Missing from many contemporary analyses of the causes of terrorism is any mention of the role of U.S. foreign policy, an examination of which is seen by some critics as inherently unpatriotic.

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This classic of economic thought is a scathing critique of American snobbery and wastefulness. Chief among the practices that Veblen so wittily satirizes is "conspicuous consumption", a pattern of behaviour that still flourishes among us.

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Special attention is given to diversity, multicultural concerns, and counseling competencies.

This unique text holds particular appeal for those preparing to enter fields including psychotherapy, social work, school guidance programs, health, nursing, and pastoral counseling.

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An inspiring guide to fulfillment and rejuvenation, based on a groundbreaking 12-year study of adults in midlife.

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Drawing on scholarly research and media critiques, The Third Agenda in Presidential Debates examines the most recent U.S. presidential debates from the perspective of television viewers who watched the encounters first hand.

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The number one bestselling memoir of one of New Labours three founding architects, now with a revealing new chapter updating this paperback edition.

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Covers such topics as the Viennese background to Hitler's career; the development of fascist tendencies amongst the German population during the Weimar period; the nature of support for national socialism; the myth of the Nazi economic boom and the ideological concepts and political developments which resulted in the mass murder of European Jews.

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Professor Hans Mommsen, one of the world's leading experts on the history of the Third Reich, has gathered together a group of historians who are engaged in research into national socialism.

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A young boy, Zeno, navigates tumultuous waters from his troubled childhood through the labyrinth of adolescence.
A prism of sexuality refracts his perceptions, not merely as contemporary society understands it, but as a profound quest for self-assertion through the mysterious other--a poignant attempt to fill an uncharted void.

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This compendium of essays, articles, speeches, and documents--from notable personalities and ordinary people--strips away the accumulated mythology of the 1960s and lets readers see and feel the tumultuous era with vivid immediacy.

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This is a comprehensive but accessible study of the electoral strategies, governing approaches and ideological thought of the British Conservative Party from Winston Churchill to David Cameron.

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This is the first account of Coolidge's life to compare his behavior before and after this tragedy, and the first to consider the importance of Coolidge's mental health in his presidential legacy.

Gilbert carefully documents the dramatic change in Coolidge's leadership style, as well as the changes in his personal behavior.

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While presenting the dynamics of democracy and democratization in several African countries, they also look at critical issues in Africa's transition projects from political parties and elections through constitutions and constitutionalism to new structures of power and politics.

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Includes a brief history of sanctioned psychological experiments and actions to torture, as well as CIA research outsourced to leading US universities. This title explains how US forces have used psychological torture and details why opposition to the techniques is growing.

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From the names of cruise lines and bookstores to an Australian ranch and a nudist camp outside of Atlanta, the word serendipity - that happy blend of wisdom and luck by which something is discovered not quite by accident - is ubiquitous. This book traces the word's eventful history from its 1754 coinage into the twentieth century.

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The slave Phillis Wheatley literally wrote her way to freedom when, in 1773, she became the first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in the English language. This title examines how Wheatley has survived the judgment of past and contemporary critics.

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A prescient and deeply empathetic work based on seven years of reporting on the fault lines of the culture wars that continue to divide America.

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Drawing on contemporary political stories and examples, The Trust Deficit shows us how faith in our politicians has been eroded but how it can be rebuilt. By breaking trust down to its elements - reliability and competence, openness and honesty - we see how recent leaders established trust and used it to their political advantage.

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