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Eisenhower's Armies: The American-British Alliance during World War II
Niall Barr · Pegasus Books
Pages: 548
Format: Print book
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An authoritative and dramatic behind-the-scenes history of 'the Atlantic Alliance' during World War II. The Anglo-American relationship from 1941-1945 proved to be the most effective military alliance in history. Yet there were also constant tensions and disagreements that threatened to pull... |
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The Librarian's Nitty-Gritty Guide to Social Media
Laura Solomon · Amer Library Assn Editions
Format: Paperback
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The vast array of social media options present a challenge to today's busy librarians: it's tough to keep current, let alone formulate a plan for using these tools effectively. Solomon, a librarian with extensive experience in web development, design, and technology, cuts to the chase... |
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GED Test Premier 2017 with 2 Practice Tests: Online Book Videos Mobile
Caren Van Slyke · Kaplan Pub
Pages: 784
Format: Print book
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Comprehensive content review, strategies, and practice for all sections of the GED Tests from a top expert The GED is a high school equivalency test that is recognized by educational institutions and employers throughout the United States and Canada. Every year, hundreds of thousands of individuals... |
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The War Within: Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Threat to Democracy and the Nation
Yuval Elizur · Overlook Hardcover
Format: Book
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In recent years there has been a war raging within Israel -- but not the interminable conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians, as one might assume. For many Israelis, it is the internecine conflict with the ultra-orthodox Haredim that impacts their lives the most. The majority of Haredim... |
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Japan and the Shackles of the Past
R. Taggart Murphy · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Japan is one of the world's wealthiest and most technologically advanced nations, and its rapid ascent to global power status after 1853 remains one of the most remarkable stories in modern world history. Yet it has not been an easy path; military catastrophe, political atrophy, and economic... |
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500 Great Military Leaders
Spencer C. Tucker · ABC-CLIO
Format: Hardcover
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This insightful encyclopedia examines the most influential commanders who have shaped military history and the course of world events from ancient times to the present., |
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We Are Better Than This: How Government Should Spend Our Money
Edward D. Kleinbard · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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We Are Better Than This fundamentally reframes budget debates in the United States. Author Edward D. Kleinbard explains how the publics preoccupation with tax policy alone has obscured any understanding of governments ability to complement the private sector through investment and insurance... |
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Introducing the Ancient Greeks: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind
Edith Hall · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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What made the Greeks unique in their time and why their influence lives on today. The ancient Greeks invented democracy, theater, rational science, and philosophy. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote down the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories... |
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How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life
Ruth Goodman · Liveright; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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A delightful tour through the intimate details of life in Victorian England, told by a historian who has cheerfully endured them all. Ruth Goodman believes in getting her hands dirty. Drawing on her own adventures living in re-created Victorian conditions, Goodman serves as our bustling... |
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Beyond the First Draft: The Art of Fiction
John Casey · W W Norton
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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For students and writers alike, a brilliant guide to the craft of writing by the National Book Award-winning author of Spartina. National Book Award winner John Casey is a masterful novelist who is also an inspiring and beloved teacher. In Beyond the First Draft he offers essential and original... |
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The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry
Gary Greenberg · Blue Rider Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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For more than two years, author and psychotherapist Gary Greenberg has embedded himself in the war that broke out over the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—the DSM—the American Psychiatric Association’s compendium of mental illnesses... |
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