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Culled from letters, diaries, private memoirs, and oral histories collected by the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, their stories paint an unforgettable group portrait of our countrys armed forces.

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The complete and authoritative account of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, and the finding of her wreck in 2008.

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How migrants became the scapegoats of contemporary mainstream politics

A comprehensive and timely examination of the history and current status of immigrants and refugees-their stories, the events that led to their movement, and the place of these movements in contemporary history and politics.

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Clive 'Killer' Caldwell was a natural and brilliant pilot, a superb shot, and a born leader. He saw action against the Germans, Italians and Japanese, and remains Australia's greatest ever fighter pilot - this is his definitive biography. Now part of the HACHETTE MILITARY COLLECTION.

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A collection of myths and creation stories from around the globe.

A landmark three-volume reference work documenting philanthropy and the nonprofit sector throughout American history, edited by the field's most widely recognized authority.

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Western Europe became a multiethnic society in a fit of absence of mind. This book tackles uncomfortable questions about immigration and Islam head-on, and asks: Why can't we face the truth

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Rashid Khalidi's powerful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the Middle East and analyzes the likely outcomes of the U.S.A's most recent incursions in the region. Begun as the United States and Britain moved their forces into Iraq, and specially updated for this U.K.

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Reporting from the backrooms and corridors of Parliament House in Canberra to the streets of post-industrial Burnie in Tasmania, the struggling rural communities of Gippsland and the Queensland heartland, Royce Kurmelovs captures with perceptive, real-time analysis the rise of Australian populism.

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(Hardback)

This collection contains Celtic tales of kelpies, mermaids, selkeis, ghosts, warlords, and fairies. Also included is a brief history of the Celts, a glossary of the Gaelic integrated in the stories and an appendix of superstitions about fairy protection.

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An enlightening and delicious look at how vegans - and their critics - are redefining the way the world eats in the twenty-first century.

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The much-anticipated first book by photographer Kevin Amato, a leading influencer in fashion today

Readers can quickly find topics of interest, with alphabetical and topical lists of entries in the frontmatter, along with cross-references to related entries per entry.

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Other research featured here describes the biology or psychology of realistic and bizarre dreams, of symbolic images in dreams, and of how differences in gender and personality affect dreams and dreaming.

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Salbi presents a riveting collection of letters and first-person narratives by amazing women who survived wars devastation

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The stories are organized in four sections: Animal stories (Tiergeschichten, largely fables), Comic tales (Schwanke, which range from the silly to the outrageous), Fairy tales (Zaubermarchen, or wonder tales), Local legends (Sagen, which include stories of ghosts and goblins, and religious legends).

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Tells the story of goddess Venus, also known by her Greek name Aphrodite, which begins with her mysterious birth in the Aegean Sea. She emerges on the coast of Cyprus full-grown, shapely and desirable. With one hand she wrings her long, wavy hair, and with the other she pretends to conceal the secret places of her body.

The second wave of feminism of Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan has given way to the dynamic next generation, the third wave, now 15 years old.

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Ernst Gombrich pays tribute to a varied selection of scholars and critics.