A Foreign Country

Reducere. DescriptionThe Nassau County Police Department was created in 1925 out of an urgent need for a professional law enforcement agency to provide swift...

In the last three decades, Somalia has been associated with such horrible terms as 'state collapse', 'civil wars', 'foreign intervention', 'warlord...

Reducere. A captivating non-fiction anthology filled with heroic profiles, epic tales, and timeless parables. You'll meet valiant personalities who've challe...

Reducere. A young adult graphic novel about three foreign exchange students and the pleasures, and difficulties, of adjusting to living in Japan. Living in a...

This new, thoroughly updated fifth edition of Bradt's Serbia remains the most acclaimed guide available to a country which in recent years has welc...

Reducere. "Stunning stories that weave together the major fronts of WWI into a sweeping narrative." ─ ReviewerThe Great War left millions of civilians and so...

Reducere. The economics background investors need to interpret global economic news distilled to the essential elements: A tool of choice for investment deci...

The imbalance of Pakistan's civil-military relations has caused misperceptions about the changing role of intelligence in politics. The country mai...

A neglected wife in a foreign country.Feeling isolated, Elizabeth is struggling to find her place in a different country. Her once happy marriage i...

Reducere. From growing up in the Channel Islands post World War II, to running sheep and cattle stations in Australia, Memoirs of a Jersey Girl is the story ...

Reducere. "You must write a self/ out of waiting/ to speak" asserts Alina Ștefănescu's Dor and oh, what a prismatic, many-headed self has been written into e...

DescriptionCatherine the Great's letters present a vivid picture of Russia in a momentous age. They also offer a unique account of her personal dev...

Reducere. DescriptionA daughter lost... Nine months ago, Beatrix Rose had her family brutally taken from her. Now all that matters is getting her daughter ba...

New York Times Bestseller At once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive, Dread Nation is Justina Ireland's stunning vision of an America b...

Reducere. New York Times bestseller * Six starred reviewsAt once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive, Dread Nation is Justina Ireland's stunning v...

The Latinx revolution in US culture, society, and politics"Latinx" (pronounced "La-teen-ex") is the gender-neutral term that covers one of the larg...

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Reducere. In Leonard Wibberley's classic political satire, a tiny backwards country decides the only way to survive a sudden economic downturn is to declare ...

When the Viet Nam War ended, with the United States of America defeated, many wondered how a military powerhouse lost to a "raggedy-ass, little fou...

Reducere. A country bitterly divided between two political parties. Populist mobs rising in support of a reactionary rabble-rouser. Foreign interference in t...

Reducere. A better way to think about foreign influence and the nation's futureWhen he visited Australia in 2014, Chinese president Xi Jinping said there was...

Reducere. DescriptionThis rollicking and panoramic history of Casablanca during the Second World War sheds light on the city as a key hub for European and Am...

In 2008, the University of the Free State was thrust into the international spotlight when the racist Reitz video became public. Have South African...

DescriptionFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, extraordinary portrait of ...

An Insider's Account of the Impeachments of Donald Trump How do you stop a rogue president? How do you protect a country from a man who lies, who o...

Reducere. Many visitors to Mexico City's 1886 Electricity Exposition were amazed by their experience of the event, which included magnetic devices, electroni...

Reducere. THE YEAR IS 2045. CIVIL WARS AND FOREIGN ATTACKS HAVE SPLIT THE U.S. INTO THREE HOSTILE POLITICAL AREAS. CAN YOU MAKE IT HOME FROM YOUR SECRET MISS...

Reducere. DescriptionPublished to widespread acclaim, in Marie Curie and Her Daughters, science writer Shelley Emling shows that far from a shy introvert toi...

Reducere. Bengali, an official language of Bangladesh and India, is the seventh most-spoken language in the world, with nearly 230 million total speakers. Tr...

While teaching in Japan, Judith Pascoe was fascinated to discover the popularity that Emily Bront 's novel Wuthering Heights has enjoyed there. Nea...

Reducere. It is the height of the Renaissance. The "princes" of the states which 400 years later will be united into the country of Italy are trying to maint...

Reducere. DescriptionTurkey, which has always held an important position in global affairs, has become even more prominent on the international stage as an e...

Reducere. DescriptionLawrence Graham Bigelow was an American artist who achieved prominence in the mid 20th century, while at the same time working undercove...

Description"Dr. Alexander . . . brings to this book an acute understanding of both why our cherished form of government--and those who serve us in ...

Since 2001 the U.S. government has been engaged in the delicate balancing act of seeking to protect the country against terrorism, both foreign-con...

Lenin. Mao. Castro. Mugabe. Khomeini. All sparked movements in the name of liberating their people from their oppressors--capitalists, foreign impe...

Reducere. Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and Sorcery of Thorns, this exhilarating, page-turning fantasy will pull readers into a lush and stunning worl...

Reducere. IN A RICH, DISTINCTIVE WORLD THAT MIXES MAGIC WITH TECHNOLOGY, WHO COULD STAND AGAINST MAGES THAT CONTROL GUNPOWDER AND BULLETS? The capital has fa...

This new, fully updated 8th edition of Bradt's Ethiopia remains the most comprehensive, detailed and thorough guide available, particularly known f...

Reducere. After the ravages of World War I and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Budapest was engulfed by revolution and marauding foreign armies ...

As the world evolves in increasingly unpredictable directions, one of the key determinants of the future global order will surely be the impact of ...

Reducere. After the ravages of World War I and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Budapest was engulfed by revolution and marauding foreign armies ...

Reducere. When an assassin kills Princess Jiara's older sister Scilla, her vengeful ghost is doomed to walk their city of glittering canals, tormenting loved...

Reducere. The March 11, 2011, earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged Japan lasted a mere six minutes. But the fallout--the aftershocks, the Fukushima...

From the author of the National Book Award longlisted epic The Great Offshore Grounds, here is the debut novel that launched her career--a story of...

On July 12, 1917, in the mining town of Bisbee Arizona, twelve hundred striking miners and their supporters were rounded up by forces organized by ...

Reducere. Technically speaking, slavery was not legal in the English-speaking world before the mid-seventeenth century. But long before race-based slavery wa...

Reducere. Beyond the killing fields and the temples of Angkor is Cambodia: a country with a genocidal past and a wide, open smile. A frontier land where anyt...

Reducere. DescriptionA young man from the countryside comes to Reykjavik to work as a taxi driver, and strikes up an acquaintaintance with a wealthy young wo...

A riveting true story of industrial espionage in which a Chinese-born scientist is pursued by the U.S. government for trying to steal trade secrets...

Reducere. A young woman from Minnesota searches out the Colombian father she's never known in this powerful exploration of what family really means He loved ...

Reducere. Mark shares a personal journey through cancer. It is real, but done with wit and wisdom. You, ll laugh and cry, and along with learning practical i...

Reducere. The bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and Everyone Worth Knowing is back with a delicious novel about a trio of best friends in Manhattan...

Reducere. Africa's newest nation has a long history. Often considered remote and isolated from the rest of Africa, and usually associated with the violence o...

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Accidental President comes the thrilling story of the 1948 presidential election, one of the gre...

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Accidental President comes the thrilling story of the 1948 presidential election, one of the gre...

Reducere. The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history. In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of '60s idealism, ...

Contributor(s): Author: Rachel DeWoskinDetermined to broaden her cultural horizons and live a fiery life, twenty-one-year-old Rachel DeWoskin hops ...

Reducere. "Utterly sublime."--Maaza Mengiste, author of Beneath the Lion's GazeAdua, an immigrant from Somalia to Italy, has lived in Rome for nearly forty y...

From the much lauded author of Breaking News comes a version of Walking the Bible just for Israel. With its dense history of endless conflict and b...

A heartfelt story of a teenage boy living in the conflict zone of Afghanistan "The explosion jolts him awake. He sits up, gasping for air, heart th...

Reducere. The house of Valois ruled France for 250 years, playing a crucial role in its establishment as a major European power. When Philip VI came to the t...

Reducere. After the success of her New York Times-bestselling childhood memoir Twenty Letters to a Friend, Josef Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva--subje...

Reducere. This is a story of a young woman who, with her husband and her baby, made a brave decision in 1923 to travel from her country of origin, Hungary/Ro...

Reducere. America is at a crossroads. One path leads to a revival of the Founder's vision for our country, the other path leads to socialism. The first means...

Reducere. Countries are opening up again! You can travel during the pandemic if you choose. Fly to Europe for as little as $128--Yeah, I did that, and you ca...

Reducere. The recent revolution in Egypt has shaken the Arab world to its roots. The most populous Arab country and the historical center of Arab intellectua...

DescriptionFrom the bestselling author of The Monk of Mokha and The Circle comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fr...

Reducere. Failed Crusade is a deeply informed and passionate call for a fundamentally different American-Russian relationship in the post-Yeltsin era. Author...

Reducere. Think of England, and anger hardly springs to mind as its primary national characteristic. Yet in The Angry Island, A. A. Gill argues that, in fact...