Vietnam Reconsidered: The War, the Times, and Why They Matter, Paperback - John Ketwig

DescriptionVery few of the many books about the Vietnam War fully address why the fighting was conducted in such a cruel manner, why it was prolong...

Reducere. Women of the Bible have been trapped in dry and dusty literary caskets for centuries. While a few women, such as Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Mary M...

The biological functions debate is a perennial topic in the philosophy of science. This accessible and jargon-free book presents an innovative new ...

Reducere. Scripture speaks of miracles wrought through relics: a dead man was raised when Elisha s bones touched him, and the clothing of Jesus and His apost...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mary MidgleyAnimals and Why They Matter examines the barriers that our philosophical traditions have erected between human ...

A tie-in with the popular Turner Classic Movies series and a new edition of a TCM Library favorite, The Essentials Vol. 2 presents an even more int...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat are the spiritual gifts? Do all Christians have them? Have the miraculous gifts ceased? The topic of spiritual gifts is often a poi...

Description"A marvelously humor-laced page-turner about the science of semi-aquatic rodents....A masterpiece of a treatise on the natural world."--...

Reducere. It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as pr...

Reducere. In The Birth of Politics, Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democra...

Contracts in the Real World: Stories of Popular Contracts and Why They Matter - Lawrence A. Cunningham

Best-selling author and worst-drawing artist Ben Orlin expands his oeuvre with this interactive collection of mathematical games. With 70-plus game...

DescriptionAre the 10 Commandments still relevant today? Do they still apply? Which ones? What do they mean in light of God's mercy revealed in Jes...

Reducere. Bob Loewer was an American counterintelligence special agent who served in the Mekong Delta as a district intelligence advisor in the Phoenix Progr...

Publisher: Vintage CanadaAuthor(s): John BoykoIllustration(s): B&W ON TEXT STOCKNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 140 x 211 x 2...

DescriptionUnderstanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racismFollowing the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old...

This is the first scholarly account of the causes of the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in 1978. Full of startling revelations from Soviet communi...

Reducere. Why did the Vietnam War begin? When most Americans today think of the Vietnam War they think of the period of time between the years surrounding 19...

"Lively and delightful...zooms in on the faces in the crowd to help us understand both the depth and the diversity of the women's suffrage movement...

With a foreword by Kathleen Jamie. The Heart of the Forest explores four enduring ways in which we connect to the woods - through Refuge, Sacrednes...

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The Vietnam War: A History in Documents - Marilyn B. Young, John J. Fitzgerald, A. Tom Grunfeld

Reducere. DescriptionWarriors and Fools is about the Vietnam War. It seeks to answer one specific question - why did the US fail to achieve its principal obj...

Reducere. Although his career continued for almost three decades after the 1939 publication of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck is still most closely asso...

non-fiction book about international borders

Understanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racismFollowing the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old Michael Br...

Religions divide opinions. Some say religions are obsolete, irrational and dangerous. Others point to the great achievements of religions in advanc...

A masterly introduction to the key ideas behind the successes--and failures--of free-market economics Since 1946, Henry Hazlitt's bestselling Econo...

Reducere. Here is the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties told through the events of a few gripping, passionate days of war and peace in October 1967. They...

Reducere. Paper is a scout dog with the 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles". Gravely wounded in a Viet Cong ambush, his leg has been badly shattered by a high ...

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Looking beyond the national leadership of the suffrage movement, an acclaimed historian gives voice to the thousands of women from different backgr...

Reducere. 1. The Times They Are A-Changin' 2. Ballad Of Hollis Brown 3. With God On Our Side 4. One Too Many Mornings 5. North Country Blues 6. Only A Pawn I...

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Reducere. In this gritty memoir, Vietnam combat veteran Second Lieutenant Bill Lindsay presents an uncensored, straightforward, hard-hitting account of his e...

Reducere. Side A: 1. The Times They Are A-Changin' 2. Ballad of Hollis Brown 3. With God On Our Side 4. One Too Many Mornings 5. North Country BluesSide B: 1...

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Reducere. John Laurence covered the Vietnam war for CBS News from its early days, through the bloody battle of Hue in 1968, to the Cambodian invasion. He was...

Reducere. "They Called Us Currahees" is not a stand-alone publication, yet serves as an invaluable compilation of historical information concerning the parti...

Western society has become estranged from the borders and social boundaries that have for centuries given meaning to human experience. This book ar...

Reducere. Bestselling author, psychologist, and world-renowned expert on dog behavior and training Dr. Stanley Coren presents the most informative, in-depth,...