In 1932 Zara Witkin, a prominent American engineer, set off for the Soviet Union with two goals: to help build a society more just and rational than the bankrupt capitalist system at home, and to seek out the beautiful film star Emma Tsesarskaia. His memoirs offer a detailed view of Stalin's bureaucracyentrenched planners who snubbed new methods; construction bosses whose cover-ups led to terrible disasters; engineers who plagiarized Witkin's work; workers whose pride was defeated. Punctuating this document is the tale of Witkin's passion for Tsesarskaia and the record of his friendships with journalist Eugene Lyons, planner Ernst May, and others. Witkin felt beaten in the end by the lethargy and corruption choking the greatest social experiment in history, and by a pervasive evilthe suppression of human rights and dignity by a relentless dictatorship. Finally breaking his spirit was the dissolution of his romance with Emma, his "Dark Goddess." In his lively introduction, Michael Gelb provides the historical context of Witkin's experience, details of his personal life, and insights offered by Emma Tsesarskaia in an interview in 1989.

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Linda M. Heywood- Central Africans and Cultural Tr ansformations in the American Diaspora (2001).jpg

This volume sets out a new paradigm that increases our understanding of African culture and the forces that led to its transformation during the period of the Atlantic slave trade and beyond, putting long due emphasis on the importance of Central African culture to the cultures of the United States, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Focusing on the Kongo/Angola culture zone, the book illustrates how African peoples re-shaped their cultural institutions as they interacted with Portuguese slave traders up to 1800, then follows Central Africans through all the regions where they were taken as slaves and captives.

- In-depth articles on the people and culture of central Africa from the first contact with Europeans
- Interdisciplinary and comparative; several of the contributors are anthropologists
- Includes chapters on slavery and black culture in the US and Brazil: the two countries with the largest populations of African descent in the Americas

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Alfred Arteaga - Chicano Poetics, Heterotexts and Hybridities (1997).jpg

Chicano Poetics: Heterotexts and Hybridities examines the crossing of literary and social forces that forms the context for being Chicano. Heterotextual poetics reveals how a poetry of the cross can influence identity, in readings ranging from the poetry of gender and race by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz to that of the fragmentary, postmodern subject of Juan Felipe Herrara. Heterotextuality is the medium in which xicanismo is articulated and comes to be a hybrid subject of textual difference.

- Places Chicano studies within larger studies of postcolonialism, European literature, nationalism, contemporary literary theory, postmodernism
- Explores how the literary shapes the social
- Its consideration of hybrid texts is exemplified in the poetry by the author

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Okrety Swiata 10 - Jarosław Palasek - Amerykanskie pancerniki typu Iowa cz II (2000).jpg

Polish-language history records the construction, service and modification of the US battleships of the Iowa class, including the New Jersey, Missouri and Wisconsin. Fold-out 1/600th scale drawings; many detail sketches; 48 black/white and 3 colour photos. 3 colour profiles.

Monografia dotycząca amerykańskich pancernikow typu Iowa, które brały udział w walkach na Oceanie Spokojnym podczas II wojny światowej, wojnie koreańskiej i wielu innych pomniejszych konfliktach okresu Zimnej Wojny. Omówiono uzbrojenie oraz konstrukcję. Tekst został wzbogacony o archiwalne zdjęcia i plany konstrukcyjne. 4 plansze i 3 fotografie kolorowe, 5 planów, 15 rysunków, 48 fotografii czarno-białych, liczne tabele.

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L. Britt Snider - Congress and the CIA (2009).jpg

This is a study of the CIA's relationship with Congress. It encompasses the period from the creation of the Agency until 2004 - the era of the DCIs. When Congress created a new position in December 2004 - the director of national intelligence - to supersede the director of central intelligence (DCI) as head of the US Intelligence Community, it necessarily changed the dynamic between the CIA and the Congress. While the director of the Agency would continue to represent its interests on Capitol Hill, he or she would no longer speak as the head of US intelligence. While 2008 is too early to assess how this change will affect the Agency's relationship with Congress, it is safe to say it will never be quite the same.

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Billy Brownless - The Best A Man Walks Into a Bar . . . Jokes (2009).jpg

A neutron walks into a bar and orders a drink. He asks the bartender, "How much?" "For you, sir, no charge."
Shakespeare walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a beer."
"I can't serve you," says the bartender. "You're Bard!"

Everyone has their own favorite man-walks-into-a-bar joke. This is a collection of more than 200 of the best—or should that be worst? It includes the old favorites, the most stupid, the funniest, the brainbenders, the politically incorrect, the great puns, and the really, really bad puns.

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Rafael Perez-Torres - Movements in Chicano Poetry, Against Myths, against Margins (1995).jpg

Interpreting specific poems by some of the best known Chicano writers, this book studies the central aesthetic and thematic concerns recent Chicano poetry addresses. Drawing on current theories of postmodernity and postcoloniality, it places a "minority" literature within the central concerns of contemporary literary and cultural studies. The book addresses the most important issues related to Chicano identity, especially focusing on the contribution women writers and thinkers have made in articulating this identity.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. - Where Do We Go from Here , Chaos or Community (2010).jpg

In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this significantly prophetic work, which has been unavailable for more than ten years, we find King’s acute analysis of American race relations and the state of the movement after a decade of civil rights efforts. Here he lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America’s future, including the need for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education. With a universal message of hope that continues to resonate, King demanded an end to global suffering, powerfully asserting that humankind—for the first time—has the resources and technology to eradicate poverty.

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Anton Horvath, Boris Molnar - Disputing Global War ming (2009).jpg

Global Warming - just that term evokes many people to nod their heads and fret about an impending climate disaster. In this book, the authors address some of the recent media coverage of global warming and Hollywood's involvement in the issue. Included is a discussion on former Vice President Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth". Recently, advocates of alarmism have grown increasingly desperate to try to convince the public that global warming is the greatest moral issue of our generation. During the past year, the American people have been served up an unprecedented parade of environmental alarmism by the media and entertainment industry, which link every possible weather event to global warming. The year 2006 saw many major organs of the media dismiss any pretence of balance and objectivity on climate change coverage and instead crossed squarely into global warming advocacy. This book summarises some of the recent developments in the controversy over whether or not humans have created a climate catastrophe. Details on how teams of international scientists have dissented from the UN IPCC's view of climate science is included in this book as well.

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Christopher Price - Britain, America and Rearmamen t in the 1930s, The Cost of Failure (2001).jpg

This book is the first to challenge current orthodoxy that Chamberlain's appeasement policy before World War Two was justified by Britain's inability to pay for rearmament. The book shows that British war potential was actually massive, with a solid foundation in the existing Imperial economy. Using previously unconsidered and recently declassified documents from British and American archives, the author demonstrates that the deliberate and political rejection of rearmament in the hope of eventual American support proved catastrophic for Britain.

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John J. McCusker, Kenneth Morgan - The Early Moder n Atlantic Economy (2001).jpg

This book throws new light on the interlocking commercial relationships of the Atlantic trading world during the centuries ending with the American and French Revolutions. Grouped under four themes--the role of merchants and their connections; the development of trades; imperial economies; and colonial working societies--and written by an international team of economic historians, these essays increase our knowledge and understanding of the transatlantic economy. Contributions include studies of individual businessmen, labor patterns, port cities, branches of trade, and comparative studies of trading nations.

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Barbara L. Solow - Slavery and the Rise of the Atl antic System (1991).jpg

'The great virtue of this 'Atlantic system' approach is that it forces American historians, in particular, to sidestep the exceptionalism that bedevils their historiography and to confront the fact that slavery is a part of the history of the Atlantic and not just of what later became their own nation-state. It is also the focus on the Atlantic world that gives this collection of pieces covering an enormous geographical area a coherence that is unusual in conference proceedings.' Georgia Historical Quarterly

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Joseph F. Powell - The First Americans. Race, Evol ution and the Origin of Native Americans (2005).jpg

The recent discoveries of 9000-12000 year old skeletal remains in the Americas have begun to change our understanding of who originally entered the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age. Discoveries such as Washington state's 'Kennewick Man', Brazil's 'Luzia', and Alaska's 'Prince of Wales Island Man' have challenged the archaeological and geological status quo. The First Americans explores these new discoveries by using racial classifications and micro-evolutionary techniques to better understand the complex relationships between the first Americans and living Native Indian groups.

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Joann Dreby - Divided by Borders, Mexican Migrants and Their Children (2010).jpg

Since 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do families manage when they are living apart? More importantly, do parents' relocations yield the intended results? Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, Joanna Dreby offers an up-close and personal account of the lives of families divided by borders. What she finds is that the difficulties endured by transnational families make it nearly impossible for parents' sacrifices to result in the benefits they expect. Yet, paradoxically, these hardships reinforce family members' commitments to each other. A story both of adversity and the intensity of family ties, Divided byBorders is an engaging and insightful investigation of the ways Mexican families struggle and ultimately persevere in a global economy.

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William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, Michael S. M cPherson - Crossing the Finish Line, Completing Co llege at America's Public Universities (2009).jpg

01 - USA - William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, Michael S. McPher...ompleting College at Americas Public Universities 2009.jpg

Long revered for their dedication to equal opportunity and affordability, public universities play a crucial role in building our country's human capital. And yet--a sobering fact--less than 60 percent of the students entering four-year colleges in America today are graduating. Why is this happening and what can be done? Crossing the Finish Line, the most important book on higher education to appear since The Shape of the River, pres the most detailed exploration ever of the crisis of college completion atAmerica's public universities. This groundbreaking book sheds light on such serious issues as dropout rates linked to race, gender, and socioeconomic status.

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Tom Lansford - Old Europe, New Europe And The Us. Renegotiating Transatlantic Security In The Post 9 -11 Era (2004).jpg

01 - USA - Tom Lansford - Old Europe, New Europe And The Us. Reneg...ating Transatlantic Security In The Post 9-11 Era 2004.jpg

Iraq can be considered the 'perfect storm' which brought out the stark differences between the US and Europe. The disagreement over the role of the United Nations continues and the bitterness in the United States against its betrayal by allies like France is not diminishing. Meanwhile, the standing of the United States among the European public has plummeted. Within Europe, political tensions between what US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld euphemistically called the 'Old' Europe and the 'New' Europe continue to divide. To fully comprehend these rifts, this volume takes a specific look at the core security priorities of each European state and whether these interests are best served through closer security collaboration with the US or with emerging European structures such as the European Rapid Reaction Force. It analyzes the contribution each state would make to transatlantic security, the role they envisage for existing security structures such as NATO, and the role the US would play in transatlantic security.

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