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Former Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey and former Romanian acting spy chief Lt. General Ion Mihai Pacepa, who was granted political asylum in the U.S. in 1978, describe why Russia remains an extremely dangerous force in the world, and they finally and definitively put to rest the question of who killed President Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
All evidence points to the fact that the assassination-carried out by Lee Harvey Oswald-was...
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They are outsiders who seek to redefine fields from mental health to diplomacy to music. They push boundaries and transform ideas. They include filmmakers crowdsourcing their work, transgender and autistic activists, and Occupy Wall Street's "alternative bankers." These people create and package themselves in a practice cultural critic Alissa Quart dubs "identity innovation."
In this book, Quart introduces us to individuals who have created new...
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Black Male Frames charts the development and shifting popularity of two stereotypes of black masculinity in popular American film: "the shaman" or "the scoundrel." Starting with colonial times, Williams identifies the origins of these roles in an America where black men were forced either to defy or to defer to their white masters. These figures recur in the stories America tells about its black men, from the fictional Jim Crow and Zip Coon to historical...
102224) South Dakota
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South Dakota is famous for being the home of Mount Rushmore, but there is plenty more to explore in this state! This fact-filled title introduces readers to South Dakota's history, landscape, industry, and culture through informative text and vibrant photographs. Along the way, special features highlight Native American tribes, call out wildlife, introduce South Dakotan inventions, and even teach readers how to make a favorite food!
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Economic inequality affects everybody.
No matter how rich or poor you are, economic inequality impacts every aspect of your life-the place where you live, the opportunities you experience, the healthcare you get, the education you receive. More Than Money breaks down why the rich seem to be getting richer while the rest of us are struggling to just get by.
With vivid, energetic illustrations, the use of graphs and charts, and tips for how to investigate...
102226) ¡Mira, un delfín!
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Los delfínes son conocidos por ser juguetónes intelligentes-que más podemos aprender sobre ellos? Ahora en español, este título involucra a lectores jóvenes a medida que aprenden todo acerca estes mamiferoes del mar. Fotos de color agregan interés visual, y preguntas de consideración ayudan animar lectores durante su desarrollo de leer libros de no ficción. Dolphins are known for being playful and intelligent-what else can we learn about...
102227) Colorado
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Colorado is famous for its towering Rocky Mountains, but it is also home to booming industries, tasty foods, and fun festivals! Readers can learn about all these and more in this fact-filled title. Engaging infographics introduce native groups from the area, highlight inventions from the state, map out the land, and profile a favorite animal. Check out Colorful Colorado with this fun read!
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War has a way of annihilating not just individual combatants and civilians caught in the maelstrom, but also the cultural memories of the defeated. Forgotten are what cities and provinces were like after being ravaged and occupied by new regimes. Saigon of the 1960s and early 1970s is one such place. After the Republic of Vietnam was defeated in 1975, many of the city's accomplished and notable citizens fled, were imprisoned, or, necessarily but reluctantly,...
102229) Beneath the Backbone of the World: Blackfoot People and the North American Borderlands, 1720–1877
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For the better part of two centuries, between 1720 and 1877, the Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) people controlled a vast region of what is now the U.S. and Canadian Great Plains. As one of the most expansive and powerful Indigenous groups on the continent, they dominated the northern imperial borderlands of North America. The Blackfoot maintained their control even as their homeland became the site of intense competition between white fur traders, frequent...
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Creative people have a certain spark: a brightness in their eyes, an inquisitive way of looking at the world, a desire to make things. But that spark doesn't reside solely in people you may view as creators. It's in all of us.
The Creative Spark is a collection of interviews with some of the most creative people of our time: musicians, authors, visual artists and chefs. These makers speak about what drives them, what helps them to see the world in...
102231) Demonios de la profundidad
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This fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction book will allow elementary readers to discover the dangerous and strange creatures of the deep ocean. Readers come along on deep sea exploration to learn about marine animals they may have never heard of, including gulper eels, yeti crabs, and deep-sea lizardfish. With detailed stunning photos and images, informational text, a glossary of terms, and intriguing facts, children will be excited to learn...
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Cold War nadir: January 1968 and in Czechoslovakia the new Communist Party leader Alexander Dubcek has made it clear that this is the opportunity to loosen the Soviet stranglehold on the country. As the Prague winter slowly eases into a Prague spring, it really does seem as if Dubcek has judged it right. Reforms in oppressive censorship laws, improved housing, a lessening of totalitarian oppression, Dubcek promises and delivers on it all. The new...
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Fugitive Testimony traces the long arc of the African American slave narrative from the eighteenth century to the present in order to rethink the epistemological limits of the form and to theorize the complicated interplay between the visual and the literary throughout its history. Gathering an archive of ante- and postbellum literary slave narratives as well as contemporary visual art, Janet Neary brings visual and performance theory to bear on the...
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Merlin, the wizard of Arthurian legend, has been a source of enduring fascination for centuries. In this authoritative, entertaining, and generously illustrated book, Stephen Knight traces the myth of Merlin back to its earliest roots in the early Welsh figure of Myrddin. He then follows Merlin as he is imagined and reimagined through centuries of literature and art, beginning with Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose immensely popular History of the Kings...
102235) Cercano: Salmo 139
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De Sally Lloyd-Jones, autora del Historias Bíblicas de Jesús, viene un nuevo libro edificante en un formato acolchado suave que es perfecto para pequeñas manos. Inspirado por el salmo 139 que comienza: «Oh Señor, me has buscado y me conoces». El texto lírico de Cercano les recuerda a los pequeños que Dios está con ellos donde quiera que vayan en el amplio mundo de Dios.
• Dios es mi Padre que hizo todo.
• Y yo soy un pequeño explorador...
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The victory of Richard Nixon in the US presidential election of 1968 swung on an "October Surprise"- a treasonous plot engineered by key figures in the Republican Party to keep the South Vietnamese government away from peace talks in Paris, costing thousands of American lives.
There is growing evidence that the CIA was deeply involved in illegal domestic operations targeting Daniel Ellsberg, and in the Watergate break-ins during Nixon's 1972 campaign,...
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Initially created to counteract broadcasts from Nazi Germany, the BBC's Eastern Service became a cauldron of global modernism and an unlikely nexus of artistic exchange. Directed at an educated Indian audience, its programming provided remarkable moments: Listeners in India heard James Joyce reading from Finnegans Wake on the eve of independence, as well as the literary criticism of E. M. Forster and the works of Indian writers living in London.
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A heartbreaking true story of a broken family and the foster carer who wants to keep them together…
The Watsons are no strangers to sibling placements but when Casey takes the call from her supervising social worker one frosty January morning, she can instantly tell from the tone of her colleague’s voice that there’s a complicated case ahead.
And she’s right. A four-day-old baby boy called Tommy – born in prison – plus his...
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How to Decipher Nonverbal Cues and Read People Like a Book - Immediately Get to the Truth and Expose Liars Do you constantly find yourself being taken advantage of? Are you tired of people lying to your face? Do you want to be able to expose a person's true intentions before they even speak? People lie all the time, and it can be tough to tell when someone is lying to you. They might seem like they're telling the truth, but their words and actions...
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"A rare gift: an inspiring tale about trees, trauma and the very purpose of life." -Andrew Nikiforuk, author of Empire of the Beetle
Diana Beresford-Kroeger-a world-recognized botanist and medical biochemist-has revolutionized our understanding of the natural world with her startling insights into the hidden life of trees. In this riveting memoir, she uncovers the roots of her discoveries in her extraordinary childhood in Ireland. Soon after,...
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