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    Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959

    Uncritically lauded by the left and impulsively denounced by the right, the Cuban Revolution is almost universally viewed one dimensionally. Farber, one of its most informed left-wing critics, provides a much-needed critical assessment of the...
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    The Petrograd Workers in the Russian Revolution

    The Petrograd Workers in the Russian Revolution is a study of the Russian Revolutions of 1917 and of the first months of the Soviet power as viewed and experienced 'from below', by the industrial workers of Petrograd, Russia's capital and the...
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    Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men
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    Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men

    This classic, scholarly history of the fur trappers and traders of the early nineteenth century focuses on the devices that enabled the opening of the untracked American west. Sprinkled with interesting facts and old western lore, this guide to traps and...
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    Writing Themselves into History
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    Writing Themselves into History

    A window into the world of nineteenth-century California, from two women who experienced it firsthand.In the early years of California's statehood, Emily Brist Ketchum Bancroft (18341869) and Matilda Coley Griffing Bancroft (18481910) had front-row seats...
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    Perfume Dreams

    In his long-overdue first collection of essays, noted journalist and NPR commentator Andrew Lam explores his lifelong struggle for identity as a Viet Kieu, or a Vietnamese national living abroad. At age eleven, Lam, the son of a South Vietnamese general,...
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    Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder
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    Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder

    Presence is a thrilling immersion into the personal collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder.Nearly 160 images by some eighty photographers, selected from Judy Glickman Lauder's collection of over 650 prints, explore the idea of...
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    The San Quentin Project
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    The San Quentin Project

    Sales Points Unique blend of art, education, and activism from an acclaimed cocreator of the Ear HustleInsightful essay contributions from writers Rachel Kushner and Reginald Dwayne BettsAdditional Comp Titles Inside the Wire: Photographs from Texas and...
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    An-My L: On Contested Terrain
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    An-My L: On Contested Terrain

    An-My L: On Contested Terrain is the first comprehensive survey of the Vietnamese American artist, published on the occasion of a major exhibition organized by Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.Drawing, in part, from her own experiences of the Vietnam...
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    The Chinese Photobook, From the 1900s to the Present
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    The Chinese Photobook, From the 1900s to the Present

    Newly revised histories of photography as recorded via the photobook have added enormously to our understanding of the medium's culture, particularly in places that are often marginalized, such as Latin America and Africa. However, until now, only a...
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    Nantucket

    Nantucket Island, off coastal New England, has always been a cherished vacation destination. On a given summer day the population swells to more than forty thousand people. The summer months bring a steady stream of visitors who flock to the...
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    L.A.'s Landmark Restaurants
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    L.A.'s Landmark Restaurants

    L.A.'s Landmark Restaurants:Celebrating the Legendary Locations Where Angelenos Have Dined for Generationsfollows in the footsteps of George Geary's now classic and critically acclaimed book, L.A.'s Legendary Restaurants.L.A.'s Landmark Restaurantsis an...
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    Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles
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    Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles

    The first complete history about the development of freeways in Los AngelesWritten by a local author with a successful track record (10,000 Steps in L.A.)Significant journalists and historians will contribute endorsements and a well-known Angeleno will...
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    Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus

    Some myths don't die, and lies are still being told about Christopher Columbus: that he "discovered" the Americas (not only was the land familiar to native inhabitants, but it had also been visited before by Europeans), that the land was sparsely...
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    Make My Day

    Named a Best Book of the Year by Financial Times"Singular, stylish and slightly intoxicating in its scope." Rolling StoneAcclaimed media critic J. Hoberman's masterful and majestic exploration of the Reagan years as seen through the unforgettable movies...
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    New Cooking from Old Mexico
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    New Cooking from Old Mexico

    It's said that the history of Mexico is, in great measure, the history of its culture, and the history of its culture is, in great measure, the history of its cooking. Restaurant menus and store aisles north of the Mexican border are packed with commonly...
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    Brackenridge Park
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    Brackenridge Park

    Brackenridge Park began its life as a heavily wooded, bucolic driving park at the turn of the twentieth century. Over the next 120 years it evolved into the sprawling, multifaceted jewel San Antonians enjoy today, home to the San Antonio Zoo, the state's...
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    Analysis of Genuine Karate
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    Analysis of Genuine Karate

    This book fills a missing need for a solid socio-cultural breakdown referring to Okinawan karate. This is currently not found in the Western karate world. The author applies the laws of physics to modern karate, revealing the changes and negative...
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  • The Warrior's Manifesto
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    The Warrior's Manifesto

    The Warrior's Manifesto is a concise and potent declaration of principles that outline what it means to be a warrior. It is a brief, dramatic statement on the what, the why, and the way. These are not mere abstractions. Warriors must understand and...
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    The Nixon Effect

    The Nixon Effect examines the 37th president's political legacy in broad-ranging ways that make clear, for the first time, the breadth and duration of his influence on American political life. The book argues that Nixon is the key political figure in...
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    Roman Religion

    Roman Religion: A Sourcebook provides an introduction to the fundamentals of ancient Roman religious beliefs and rituals through a rich collection of ancient source readings. The ancient sources are to be viewed with utmost respect as the primary means...
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    Practical Alchemy
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    Practical Alchemy

    A concise guide to the history, theory, and practice of alchemy (the "great work")-the art of working with the energies of nature for spiritual development, healing, and transformation.Alchemy is a means of understanding and working in concert with the...
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    Ancient Egyptian Magic for Modern Witches
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    Ancient Egyptian Magic for Modern Witches

    Rituals, prayers, and songs to bring the wisdom of the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt to life.Based on Ellen Cannon Reed's twenty-five years of work with deities of ancient Egypt, this book brings an ancient tradition to modern pagan practice. With...
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    Hekate
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    Hekate

    Learn the myths and legends behind this beloved goddess plus practices and suggestions for making Hekate part of your spiritual path. Courtney Weber (author of Brigid and The Morrigan) offers an informed, accessible journey through the lore and history...
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    Witch Hunt
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    Witch Hunt

    "A transcendent travelogue that guides readers through the history, places, and people of several of the many witch hunts and how their legacy continues to impact us today." -Pam Grossman, author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and...
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    Stellas Daemonum (Weiser Deluxe Hardcover Edition)
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    Stellas Daemonum (Weiser Deluxe Hardcover Edition)

    An original, beautifully produced work that explores the 'star demons' and their correspondences in magic and astrology as revealed in the medieval grimoires and classical esoteric texts.Includes:A translucent, velum dust...
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    Native American Firsts
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    Native American Firsts

    A celebration of achievement, accomplishments, and courage!Native American Medal of Honor recipients, Heisman Trophy recipients, U.S. Olympians, a U.S. vice president, Congressional representatives, NASA astronauts, Pulitzer Prize recipients, U.S. poet...
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    Latino Almanac
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    Latino Almanac

    A celebration of people and pride! Explore the achievements and contributions of Latinos in the United States with this illuminating history.Latinos in the United States are a vibrant mix of people and multiple identities, each unique, varied, and...
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    The Handy Civil War Answer Book
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    The Handy Civil War Answer Book

    Beginning with the economic, political and social forces behind the conflict, continuing to the first shots fired at Fort Sumter, the military strategies, battles and people, and following Lee's surrender at Appomattox to the reconstruction and modern...
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    Famous Black Quotations for the Twenty-First Century
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    Famous Black Quotations for the Twenty-First Century

    An inspiring collection of pithy, easy-to-recall one-liners and quotable short passages from historic and contemporary thought leaders throughout the African Diaspora.Famous Black Quotations, first published in 1986, has long been the go-to resource for...
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    Beacons in the Darkness
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    Beacons in the Darkness

    Community journalism has long been a part of the lifeblood of America, but never have the stakes been so high for the people behind it.In Beacons in the Darkness, award-winning journalist Dave Hoekstra interviews the people trying to keep the lights on...
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    He Had It Coming
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    He Had It Coming

    Beulah Annan. Belva Gaertner. Kitty Malm. Sabella Nitti. These are the real women of Chicago.You probably know Roxie and Velma, the good-time gals of the 1926 satirical play Chicago and its wildly successful musical and movie adaptations. You might not...
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    UFOs and the National Security State
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    UFOs and the National Security State

    Richard M. Dolan is a gifted historian whose study of U.S. Cold War strategy led him to the broader context of increased security measures and secrecy since World War II. One aspect of such government policies that has continued to hold the public's...
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    The Thinking Root
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    The Thinking Root

    Acclaimed poet and translator Dan Beachy-Quick offers this newest addition to the Seedbank series: a warm, vivid rendering of the earliest Greek intellects, inviting us to reconsider writing, and thinking, as a way of living meaningfully in the world."We...
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    A Darker Wilderness
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    A Darker Wilderness

    A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 Recommended Read for 2023 A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2023A vibrant collection of personal and lyric essays in conversation with archival objects of Black history and memory.What are the politics...
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    Invisible Years
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    Invisible Years

    An intimate portrait of an extended Jewish family in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, who, when faced with imminent deportation and death, refused to comply.As the Nazis tightened their grip on the Netherlands' Jewish population, Daphne Geismar's family...
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    Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric
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    Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric

    "I must refrain from shouting what a brilliant work this is (prteritio). Farnsworth has written the book as he ought to have written it and as only he could have written it (symploce). Buy it and read it buy it and read it (epimone)."-Bryan A. Garner,...
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    I Hotel

    Dazzling and ambitious, this multivoiced fusion of prose, playwriting, graphic art, and philosophy spins an epic tale of America's struggle for civil rights as it played out in San Francisco near the end of the 1960s. As Karen Tei Yamashita's motley cast...
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    Letters to Memory

    Praise for Karen Tei Yamashita:"It's a stylistically wild ride, but it's smart, funny and entrancing." -NPR"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." -New York Times Book ReviewWith delightful plays of voice and structure, this is literary fiction at an...
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    Joe
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    Joe

    "When someone we love dies, most of us do something to keep them from completely vanishing. We summon up memories of them, we talk about them, we visit their graves, we treasure photographs of them, we dream about them, and we cry, and for those brief...
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    Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship

    Noam Chomsky's classic critique of the ideology of liberalism that justified American imperialist foreign policy during the 1960s-a critique that remains relevant to this day"Provocative . . . Chomsky establishes the premise that the U.S. presence in...
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    The C-5 Galaxy History
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    The C-5 Galaxy History

    The C-5 Galaxy is truly an effective military aircraft. It remains an essential, successful component of the U.S. military airlife capability. This book reveals the events that led to the C-5 requirement; and the controversies of its early operational...
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    Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes includes Part One, Millennium Approaches and Part Two, Perestroika "Glorious. A monumental, subversive, altogether remarkable masterwork...Details of specific...
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    Superior Donuts (TCG Edition)

    "It is a meditation on Chicago's old soul . . . a witty, seductive, live-wire and greatly entertaining dark comedy that you just don't want to end." Chicago Tribune "Superior Donuts is a soulful play, full of humor and humanity... drawn with deep...
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    Radio Golf

    "The concluding work in one of the most ambitious dramatic projects ever undertaken . . . a play that could well be Mr. Wilson's most provocative."-Ben Brantley, The New York Times"Radio Golf is a rich, carefully wrought human tapestry that is colorful,...
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    Children of the New World

    A pioneering work of interconnected perspectives, Children of the New World is a novel of insurgency and resistance by one of the Arab world's most distinguished woman writers."Assia Djebar's point of view is feminist and anti-colonial, but her novel is...
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    Written in Exile
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    Written in Exile

    After a failed push for political reform, the T'ang era's greatest prose-writer, Liu Tsung-yuan, was exiled to the southern reaches of China. Thousands of miles from home and freed from the strictures of court bureaucracy, he turned his gaze inward and...
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    They Dare to Speak Out

    The first book to speak out against the pervasive influence of the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on American politics, policy, and institutions resonates today as never before. With careful documentation and specific case histories,...
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