Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992, Paperback - Jane Hamilton-Merritt

Reducere. This is an important story, little acknowledged--let alone reported--in the world press. Highly recommended." --Library JournalIn this important wo...

Reducere. The tale of a young Green Beret medic, Vietnam combat veteran with the top secret Studies and Observations Group (SOG) who was recruited by the US ...

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DescriptionIn late 1971, the People's Army of Vietnam launched Campaign "Z" into northern Laos, escalating the war in Laos with the aim of defeatin...

500 Tasty and Unique Recipes for Everyone Around the WorldYou don't need to be an expert baker to be a superb cupcake maker. Providing friendly gui...

Laura and Charlie Rider have been married for twelve years. They share their nursery business in rural Wisconsin, their love for their animals, and...

For more than a century successive US and UK governments have sought to thwart nationalist, socialist and pro-democracy movements in the Middle Eas...

"We shall go out and bomb every building in Britain marked with three stars in the Baedeker Guide, " the German Foreign Office announced in April 1...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John PradosFrom its founding in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency has been discovered in the m...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gerald NaekelThe eBook version of this book, here on Amazon, has most of the first chapter to read, while the print version...

In this exciting third installment of the Poptropica series, we find Mya, Oliver, and Jorge in the custody of a secret society whose mission is to ...

Reducere. Who are the Hmong people? Where are they from? What country has the largest population of Hmong? What language do they speak? Is it true that Hmong...

Reducere. This guide to Hmong language collects the most common Hmong phrases and expressions as well as an English-Hmong/Hmong-English dictionary. This phra...

DescriptionHaving spent ten years as Jayne Mansfield's press secretary, Raymond Strait knows intimately both the public image and the private perso...

In this moving story that follows one American family over several decades of wars fought on foreign soil, Jane Hamilton, with her usual humour and...

Reducere. DescriptionAn intimate and investigative portrait of the life and death of beloved Mexican American singer Selena Quintanilla P rez by Emmy Award-w...

Reducere. This is the book Jane Hamilton was born to write...it is] magnificent. - Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth Everything...

Reducere. Who are the Hmong people? Where are they from? What country has the largest population of Hmong? What language do they speak? Is it true that Hmong...

Reducere. This history concerns the wars with the Native Americans, as the United States expanded westward and sought to exert its control over greater porti...

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DescriptionIt all started on the beach when they met a bigger than average herring gull, called Rocky Foreshore. He takes them to a magical place c...

Societatea secreta este volumul al III-lea din seria Poptropica Mya, Oliver si Jorge sunt prinsi de o organizatie secreta al carei scop e sa protej...

Air Force veteran and novelist Hank Zeybel takes us along for the ride in this memoir of his sorties in Vietnam and beyond.Publisher: Casemate Publ...

The first book of its kind, Agente tells the remarkable stories of some of the bravest and most dangerous women who ever lived.

Publisher: Crescent HouseAuthor(s): Major H. W., CBE, DSO, MC, Bar TilmanIllustration(s): 5 Maps; 54 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 260...

Countering notions that Hmong history begins and ends with the "Secret War" in Laos of the 1960s and 1970s, Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom reveals how...

Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are doomed to fail

What would it take to be home in one's body, to walk around the world as oneself, knowing the pain within and without us? Jan Beatty boldly answers...

In pioneer lore, the Lost Dutchman's Mine remains an intriguing mystery of the Old West. What became Apache Junction in the Salt River Valley was a...

A brilliant new interpretation of one of the most dramatic periods of British history: The Tudors and their Dynasty.Publisher: Little, Brown Book G...

"First published in 2015 in Great Britain by Sussex Academic Press" -- Verso title page.

Reducere. This definitive history of American xenophobia is "essential reading for anyone who wants to build a more inclusive society" (Ibram X. Kendi, New Y...

DescriptionAn original account of the life and work of legendary designer Jan Tschichold and his role in the movement in Weimar Germany to create m...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Mike VesethNumber of pages: 236Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 23Cover type: Paperback / so...

Reducere. Unavailable for several years, Virginia Hamilton's award-winning companion to The People Could Fly traces the history of slavery in America in the ...

The methods developed by British intelligence in the early twentieth century continue to resonate today. Much like now, the intelligence activity o...

In this new book, Dr. Michael D. Knox, founder of the US Peace Memorial Foundation and Distinguished University Professor, says it's time for Ameri...

Reducere. When a woman's charmed life falls to pieces, can she accept that perfection isn't always best?"Possibly my favourite writer." - Bestselling author ...

The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the ...

These two new volumes offer new insights into the events of one of the fiercest battles of World War II. Volume II covers the events from the Ameri...

Reducere. This all-season hiker's and visitor's guide to the ponds and lakes of the White Mountains celebrates the rich diversity here. Smith describes a var...

Reducere. Veil is the story of the covert wars that were waged in Central America, Iran and Libya in a secretive atmosphere and became the centerpieces and e...

DescriptionAleutians 1942-43 is the full story of the forgotten battle to liberate American soil from the Japanese during World War II.It is often ...

A visual record of all the armies involved in the Battle for Burma during the Second World War from the British, American, Chinese, Indian, Burmese...

Reducere. At 22, Vicky Hamilton left her hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and arrived on the Sunset Strip as a wide-eyed blonde with an ear for rock & roll: ...

Reducere. After winning a science contest where first prize is a trip to the International Space Station, Jane the Astronaut discovers alien dragons hiding a...

Publisher: Lantern Books, USAuthor(s): Rob (Rob Merritt) MerrittNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 26Cover type: Pap...

Reducere. Wolfram - also known as Tungsten - is about more than electric light bulbs. Its more deadly claim-to-fame rests in its armour-piercing qualities. D...

Reducere. Epoca dintre cele doua Razboaie Mondiale a fost pentru Romania una extrem de agitata si, chiar, la nivelul clasei politice, teribil de insangerata....