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Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt 18751953 was one of the foremost German commanders of the Second World War After service on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during 19141918 he rose steadily through the ranks before retiring in 1938 Recalled to plan the attack on Poland he played a leading part in this and the invasion of France in 1940 Thereafter he commanded Army Group South in the assault on Russia before being sacked at the end of 1941 Recalled again he was made CommanderinChief West and as such faced the 1944 Allied invasion of France but was removed that July He resumed his post in September 1944 and had overall responsibility for the December 1944 Ardennes counteroffensive Captured by the Americans he was handed over to the British who wanted to try him for war crimes Only his ill health prevented this from coming about
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A riot at a Rolling Stones concert opens this compelling story of a yearlong confrontation in 1972 between the Vancouver police and the Clark Park gang a band of unruly characters who ruled the citys east side Corrupt cops hapless criminals and murder figure in this raucous history with contemporary overtones that questions which gang was tougher the petty criminals or the police themselvesAaron Chapman is a writer historian and musician and the author of two Vancouver nightclub histories Live at the Commodore and Liquor Lust and the Law
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These testimonies submitted by individual authors and not originally intended for publication were assembled as a historical record by the Association of the Children of the Holocaust in Poland While evil and brutal antiSemitism are described the accounts also reveal the great risks taken by courageous individuals in order to save Jewish children
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Last Voyage of the Lucette sold at 20.63 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Douglas Robertson has taken his fathers classic book Survive the Savage Sea as his starting point The Robertson family set sail from the south of England on their 43foot schooner LUCETTE which was holed by killer whales and sank in the Pacific Ocean Four adults and two children survived the next 38 days adrift first in a rubber life raft then crammed into a 9foot fiberglass dinghy before being rescued by a passing Japanese fishing vessel This is the story of the 18month voyage of the LUCETTE across the Atlantic through the Panama Canal and into the Pacific and how the family survived their shipwreck It is a vivid account of the delights and hardships and the excitements and the dangers experienced by the family both before and after the shipwreck The author has drawn upon a wealth of other sources including his own memories of a lifechanging experience to bring us this true story of adventure ultimately a very human and humbling tale
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Robert Creeley one of the most significant American poets of the twentieth century helped define an emerging countertradition to the prevailing literary establishmenta postwar poetry originating with Ezra Pound William Carlos Williams and Louis Zukofsky and expanding through the lives and works of Charles Olson Robert Duncan Allen Ginsberg Denise Levertov and others When Robert Creeley died in March 2005 he was working on what was to be his final book of poetry In addition to more than thirty new poems many touching on the twin themes of memory and presence this moving collection includes the text of the last paper Creeley gavean essay exploring the late verse of Walt Whitman Together the essay and the poems are a retrospective on aging and the resilience of memory that includes tender elegies to old friends the settling of old scores and reflective poems on mortality and its influence on his craft On Earth reminds us what has made Robert Creeley one of the most important and affectionately regarded poets of our time
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From the moment when we first open our homesand our heartsto a new pet we know that one day we will have to watch this beloved animal age and die The pain of that eventual separation is the cruel corollary to the love we share with them and most of us deal with it by simply ignoring its inevitability With The Last Walk Jessica Pierce makes a forceful case that our pets and the love we bear them deserve better Drawing on the moving story of the last year of the life of her own treasured dog Ody she presents an indepth exploration of the practical medical and moral issues that trouble pet owners confronted with the decline and death of their companion animals Pierce combines heartwrenching personal stories interviews and scientific research to consider a wide range of questions about animal aging endoflife care and death She tackles such vexing questions as whether animals are aware of death whether theyre feeling pain and if and when euthanasia is appropriate Given what we know and can learn how should we best honor the lives of our pets both while they live and after they have left us The product of a lifetime of loving pets studying philosophy and collaborating with scientists at the forefront of the study of animal behavior and cognition The Last Walk asksand answersthe toughest questions pet owners face The result is informative moving and consoling in equal parts no pet lover should miss it
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Widely considered one of the most important voices in the Chicano literary canon José Antonio Burciaga was a pioneer who exposed inequities and cultural difficulties through humor art and deceptively simple prose In this anthology and tribute Mimi R Gladstein and Daniel Chacón bring together dozens of remarkable examples of Burciagas work His work never demonstrates machismo or sexism as he believed strongly that all Chicano voices are equally valuable Best known for his books Weedee Peepo Drink Cultura and Undocumented Love Burciaga was also a poet cartoonist founding member of the comedy troupe Cultura Clash and a talented muralist whose wellknown work The Last Supper of Chicano Heroes became almost more famous than the man This first and only collection of Burciagas work features thirtyeight illustrations and incorporates previously unpublished essays and drawings including selections from his manuscript The Temple Gang a memoir he was writing at the time of his death In addition Gladstein and Chacón address Burciagas importance to Chicano letters A joy to read this rich compendium is an important contribution not only to Chicano literature but also to the preservation of the creative spiritual and political voice of a talented and passionate man
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Discover information, advice, and prices for The Last Pagans of Rome, priced at 70.35 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Rufinus vivid account of the battle between the Eastern Emperor Theodosius and the Western usurper Eugenius by the River Frigidus in 394 represents it as the final confrontation between paganism and Christianity It is indeed widely believed that a largely pagan aristocracy remained a powerful and active force well into the fifth century sponsoring pagan literary circles patronage of the classics and propaganda for the old cults in art and literature The main focus of much modern scholarship on the end of paganism in the West has been on its supposed stubborn resistance to Christianity The dismantling of this romantic myth is one of the main goals of Alan Camerons book Actually the book argues Western paganism petered out much earlier and more rapidly than hitherto assumed The subject of this book is not the conversion of the last pagans but rather the duration nature and consequences of their survival By reexamining the abundant textual evidence both Christian Ambrose Augustine Jerome Paulinus Prudentius and pagan Claudian Macrobius and Ammianus Marcellinus as well as the visual evidence ivory diptychs illuminated manuscripts silverware Cameron shows that most of the activities and artifacts previously identified as hallmarks of a pagan revival were in fact just as important to the life of cultivated Christians Far from being a subversive activity designed to rally pagans the acceptance of classical literature learning and art by most elite Christians may actually have helped the last reluctant pagans to finally abandon the old cults and adopt Christianity The culmination of decades of research The Last Pagans of Rome overturns many longheld assumptions about pagan and Christian culture in the late antique West
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Combining rich documentation with rigorous analysis Chinas Last Imperial Frontier illuminates the internal dynamics of regional power struggle and local resistance that shaped the empires response to foreign imperialisms in Tibet The books extensive engagement with the issues of indigenous society state capacities in frontier settings interagency struggle and regional power competition makes it indispensable reading for students of SinoTibetan relations and Qing history
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Discover information, advice, and prices for The Last Governor Format Paperback, priced at 20.63 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
1 July 1997 marked the end of British rule of Hong Kong whereby this territory was passed into the hands of the Peoples Republic of ChinaIn 1992 Chris Patten former chairman of the Conservative Party was appointed Hong Kongs last governor and was the man to oversee the handover ceremony of this former British colonyWithin the last five years of British rule acclaimed journalist Jonathan Dimbleby was given unique access to the governor which enabled him to document the twists and turns of such an extraordinary diplomatic political and personal dramaAs Governor Patten encouraged the necessary expansion of Hong Kongs social welfare system striving to reconcile the basic rights and freedom of over 6 million people with the unpredictable imperatives of BeijingDrawing on the insights of a host of senior figures the author places the crisis in both its human and historical contexts and presents some startling arguments about the conduct of British foreign policy on Hong Kong before and during Pattens tenure
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nbspWhen a Mormon missionary stopped by the Taylor home in 1836 Leonora was more interested than was John However John was the one who finally decided to move from Toronto to church headquarters in Ohio and it was Johns commitment that survived their temple worship experience there when it was disrupted by several pistol and bowieknifewielding apostlesAs half the church fell away in Ohio the Taylors escaped to Missouri with the faithful just in time for the 1838 Mormon War Johns role became that of an advocate with Congressto convince them that it was the nonMormons who had sacked the county seat and burned their own homes for instance As a literary experience this was good preparation for later editorships of church newspapers in Illinois New York and LiverpoolFrom his personal letters and speeches and from the diaries and reminiscences of associates vivid images of Taylors life appear his children crossing the Missouri River on the backs of oxen bulls one of his ten plural wives packing a piano instead of a cookstove for the trip and then later regretting it and Native Americans teaching him how to burn a cricketinfested field gather the roasted insects and grind the carcasses into flourTaylors eventual tenure as church president was spent on the dodge from federal marshals and prior to that he often lived out of a suitcase rotating from one of his sixteen families to the next Among his greatest achievements was the settlement of as much territory as was colonized by his more famous predecessor Brigham Young Taylor was also a visionary man His personal spirituality led the church through one of its most turbulent times his revelations later inspired the Mormon fundamentalist schism as well This controversy mingled with the drama of internecine power struggles and interpersonal conflict makes The Last Pioneer suspenseful and largely unforgettable
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Though he has authored more than eleven novels including Cassandra Singing The Suicides Wife Abducted by Circumstance and the recent London Bridge in Plague and Fire David Madden has been publishing short stories for all six decades of his active career The Last Bizarre Tale consists of works that appeared in journals but that have not appeared together as a collection Madden used two stories The Singer and Second Look Presents the Rape of an Indian Brave as chapters in his 1980 novel On the Big Wind The Headless Girls Mother was first published as a chapter in a serialized novel entitled Hair of the Dog Two other stories developed out of longer versions of Maddens novels A Demon in My View is part of a sequel not yet published to Bijou All of the stories in David Maddens third collection are distinguished by variety of content and by shifting styles and often innovative techniques They are to varying degrees and in various ways bizarre in their characters and their relationships in the kinds of internal and external conflicts and in locales and themes The title story The Last Bizarre Tale involving a corpse that has hung on a hook in a funeral home garage for decades is evocative of Poe and in its dark grotesque humor Flannery OConnor and Carson McCullers Process is as important as product to David Madden writes editor James Perkins and one can learn as much about the process of writing as about the human condition by a careful reading of these stories
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A stirring account of an extraordinary moment Wall Street JournalOn Christmas Day 1991 President George H W Bush addressed the nation to celebrate what he described as a historic American victory Mikhail Gorbachevs resignation as Soviet prime minister and the subsequent fall of the Soviet Union The enshrining of that narrative one in which the end of the Cold War was linked to the triumph of democratic values over communism took center stage in American public discourse and has persisted for decadeswith disastrous consequences for American standing in the world As prizewinning historian Serhii Plokhy reveals in The Last Empire the collapse of the Soviet Union was anything but the handiwork of the United States Bush in fact was firmly committed to supporting Gorbachev as he attempted to hold together the USSR in the face of growing independence movements in its republics Drawing on recently declassified documents and original interviews with key participants Plokhy presents a bold new interpretation of the Soviet Unions final months providing invaluable insight into the origins of the current RussianUkrainian conflict and the outset of the most dangerous crisis in EastWest relations since the end of the Cold War
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Discover information, advice, and prices for The Last Hurrah Format Paperback sold for 22.3 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Were living in a sensitive age Cuke and Im not altogether sure youre fully attuned to it So says IrishAmerican politician Frank Skeffingtona cynical corrupt 1950s mayor and also an oldschool gentleman who looks after the constituents of his New England city and enjoys their unwavering loyalty in return But in our age of dynasties mercurial social sensitivities and politicians making love to the camera Skeffington might as well be talking to us Not quite a roman á clef of notorious Boston mayor James Michael Curley The Last Hurrah tells the story of Skeffingtons final campaign as witnessed through the eyes of his nephew who learns a great deal about politics as he follows his uncle to fundraisers wakes and into smokefilled rooms ultimately comingalmost against his willto admire the man Adapted into a 1958 film starring Spencer Tracy and directed by John Ford and which Curley tried to keep from being made Edwin OConnors opus reveals politics as it really is and big cities as they really were An expansive humorous novel offering deep insight into the IrishAmerican experience and the everchanging nature of the political machine The Last Hurrah reveals political truths still true today what the cameras capture is just the smiling face of the sometimes sordid business of giving the people what they want
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After decades of bloodshed and political terror many lament the rise of the left in Latin America Since the triumph of Castro politicians and historians have accused the left there of rejecting democracy embracing communist totalitarianism and prompting both revolutionary violence and a rightwing backlash Through unprecedented archival research and gripping personal testimonies Greg Grandin powerfully challenges these views in this classic work In doing so he uncovers the hidden history of the Latin American Cold War of hidebound reactionaries holding on to their power and privilege of Mayan Marxists blending indigenous notions of justice with universal ideas of equality and of a United States supporting new styles of state terror throughout the region With Guatemala as his case study Grandin argues that the Latin American Cold War was a struggle not between political liberalism and Soviet communism but two visions of democracyone vibrant and egalitarian the other tepid and unequaland that the conflicts main effect was to eliminate homegrown notions of social democracy Updated with a new preface by the author and an interview with Naomi Klein The Last Colonial Massacre is history of the highest ordera work that will dramatically recast our understanding of Latin American politics and the role of the United States in the Cold War and beyond This work admirably explains the process in which hopes of democracy were brutally repressed in Guatemala and its people experienced a civil war lasting for half a centuryInternational History Review A richly detailed humane and passionately subversive portrait of inspiring reformers tragically redefined by the Cold War as enemies of the stateJournal of American History
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Discover information, advice, and prices for The Last Prussian A Biography, priced at 347.94 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt 18751953 was one of the foremost German commanders of the Second World War After service on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during 19141918 he rose steadily through the ranks before retiring in 1938 Recalled to plan the attack on Poland he played a leading part in this and the invasion of France in 1940 Thereafter he commanded Army Group South in the assault on Russia before being sacked at the end of 1941 Recalled again he was made CommanderinChief West and as such faced the 1944 Allied invasion of France but was removed that July He resumed his post in September 1944 and had overall responsibility for the December 1944 Ardennes counteroffensive Captured by the Americans he was handed over to the British who wanted to try him for war crimes Only his ill health prevented this from coming about
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Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt 18751953 was one of the foremost German commanders of the Second World War After service on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during 19141918 he rose steadily through the ranks before retiring in 1938 Recalled to plan the attack on Poland he played a leading part in this and the invasion of France in 1940 Thereafter he commanded Army Group South in the assault on Russia before being sacked at the end of 1941 Recalled again he was made CommanderinChief West and as such faced the 1944 Allied invasion of France but was removed that July He resumed his post in September 1944 and had overall responsibility for the December 1944 Ardennes counteroffensive Captured by the Americans he was handed over to the British who wanted to try him for war crimes Only his ill health prevented this from coming about
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Traces the life of the German general whose loyalty to Hitler prevented a break between the military and the Nazi leader
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Traces the life of the German general whose loyalty to Hitler prevented a break between the military and the Nazi leader
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Ordinary Prussians Paperback first edition sold for 67.97 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
This book is about ordinary villagers and landlords Junkers in the PrussianGerman countryside from the late middle ages to the nineteenth century It is distinguished by its concentration on firstperson testimony and focus on the lives and fortunes of ordinary people during the era of the rise of capitalism and the modern state The book is a major contribution to fundamental debates in German history on the origins of modern political authoritarianism
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