At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised.
In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Momuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture.
Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments Men and their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis.

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Stephen D. Engle - Struggle for the Heartland, The Campaigns from Fort Henry to Corinth (2001).jpg

Struggle for the Heartland tells the story surrounding the military campaign that began in early 1862 with the advance to Fort Henry and culminated in late May with the capture of Corinth, Mississippi. The first significant Northern penetration into the Confederate west, this campaign saw the military coming-of-age of Ulysses S. Grant and offered a hint as to where the Federals might win the war. For the South, it dashed any hopes of avoiding a protracted conflict. Stephen D. Engle colors in the details that bring great clarity and new life to the scene of these battles as well as to the social and political context in which they occurred.

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James N. Giglio - Debating the Kennedy Presidency (2003).jpg

Debating the Kennedy Presidency examines the successes and failures of Kennedy's foreign and domestic policies. The differing viewpoints of the two authors, as well as the supplementary documents, allow readers to examine the issues and draw their own conclusions about America's 35th president.

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Ann Miles - From Cuenca to Queens (2004).jpg

Transnational migration is a controversial and much-discussed issue in both the popular media and the social sciences, but at its heart migration is about individual people making the difficult choice to leave their families and communities in hopes of achieving greater economic prosperity. Vicente Quitasaca is one of these people. In 1995, he left his home in the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca to live and work in New York City. This anthropological story of Vicente's migration and its effects on his life and the lives of his parents and siblings adds a crucial human dimension to statistics about immigration and the macro impact of transnational migration on the global economy. Anthropologist Ann Miles has known the Quitasacas since 1989. Her long acquaintance with the family allows her to delve deeply into the factors that eventually impelled the oldest son to make the difficult and dangerous journey to the United States as an undocumented migrant.

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Benjamin F. Shearer - Culture and Customs of the U nited States (2008).jpg

Grade 9 Up—This wide-ranging, clearly written work covers religion, sociology, sports, domestic life, language arts, technology, architecture, and history. Each thematic chapter is further divided into topical areas, many of a geographical nature (performing arts in the Northwest, for example). This subdivision, along with the comprehensive index, will assist researchers. The facts and context provided are illuminating. In "Cuisine and Fashion," for example, the amount of food Americans eat is explained in concrete terms (we eat roughly 100 acres of pizza daily). The growth of U.S. fashion is partially explained by the Nazi occupation of France during the years 1940–1944, when the New York industry was able to gain at the expense of Paris, and the American concept of ready-to-wear clothing is detailed. Black-and-white pictures accompany the text throughout. While most students will initially use this set strictly for reports, it is likely that they will be intrigued enough to continue reading.

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Lynda G. Adamson - Thematic Guide to the American Novel (2002).jpg

This unique resource provides readers with a systematic guide to the central themes in 150 of the most commonly taught American novels. Each of the 50 well written essays identifies and discusses an important theme, such as Alienation, Corruption of Power, and Immigrant Life that recurs in American literature. The pertinence of these themes is examined in a wide range of novels that reflect this country's cultural diversity and that span the many time periods in America's literary heritage. These novels include the canonical and the contemporary, yet they are all works that are accessible and important to students, and were selected in consultation with educators and experts' published curriculum surveys. The organization of this guide allows users to compare and contrast thematically related novels and also provides help in the selection of titles for classroom discussion and assignments.

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Mark Skinner Watson - The War Department, Chief of Staff, Prewar Plans and Preparations (1991).jpg

The Green Books are a lasting monument to a time of truly historic proportions. This particular volume details the structure and inner workings of the Army COS. Direct and non-loaded language conveys at a brisk pace a thorough understanding of why and how developments occured. A solid reference for modern staff and historians.

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Thomas Carson - Gale Encyclopedia of United States Economic History (1999).jpg

The Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History offers to students comprehensive coverage of American economic history from the Paleolithic Age to the present with an emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The topics selected for inclusion by our board of advisors have been chosen to support most textbooks on American history, and this work should be a useful tool for juniors and seniors in high school and first- and second-year college students who are beginning an investigation of the subject. The student will find articles on the Aztec, Maya, and Inca, because many texts begin with a chapter on the early history of our southern neighbors. The history of Native Americans has also been included, so articles can be found on Mound Builders, Plains Indians, Five Civilized Tribes, the Trail of Tears and many other topics. Successful women and minority leaders are also to be found. There is, of course, a wealth of material on the rise of the United States as an industrial power. Brilliant inventors, labor unionizers, robber barons, reformers, political leaders, and manufacturers of products as disparate as Colt revolvers and modern computer software can all be found on these pages.

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Walter Breen - Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial P roof Coins 1722-1977 (1977).jpg

As a professional rare coin dealer, this is one of the books I recommend to new investors as well as investors and collectors who are trying to gain as much insight and information into numismatics "before they invest". In-depth and informative, Breens encyclopedia is a must have for any investor or collector of rare coins.

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Gale - U.X.L Encyclopedia of U.S. History (2009).jpg

The U·X·L Encyclopedia of U.S. History is an 8-volume set that introduces the history of the United States from pre-Colonial America to the present day. It explores the timeline of America: its founders, key historical figures, wars, events, political environment, economy, and culture.

Covered eras include: Pre-Colonial; Colonization and Settlement; the Revolution; Expansion and Reform; Civil War and Reconstruction; Industrialism; Emergence of Modern America and World War I; Great Depression and World War II; Cold War; Civil Rights Movement; Watergate to Iran-Contra; and Persian Gulf War to the War in Iraq.

Entries in the Encyclopedia are presented in an A-to-Z format. There are nearly 700 entries, 20 primary sources, and 450 images. Additional features include sources for further study and a general index.

While Gale strives to replicate print content, some content may not be available due to rights restrictions.Call your Sales Rep for details.

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Gary Laderman - Rest in Peace, A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth-Century America (2003.jpg

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In 1963, Jessica Mitford's The American Way of Death shocked the nation and provoked scandal throughout the funeral industry. Mitford portrayed undertakers as exploitative businessmen eager to turn a profit off of a poor man's grief. Her book climbed the bestseller list and put the growing and profitable funeral industry on the defensive. Forty years later, Laderman comes to the industry's defense with this thoughtful book. His case is cautious and honest. He presents the industry's history from its inception during the Civil War period up to the present. The author explores American attitudes toward death through various lenses, including cultural, religious and psychological history, which demonstrate a pervasive fascination with death and a desire to share an intimate moment with the dead as a part of the grieving process.

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Mvskoke Emponvkv - Beginning Creek (2004).jpg

Beginning Creek provides a basic introduction to the language and culture of the Mvskoke-speaking peoples, Muskogee (Creek) and Seminole Indians. Written by linguistic anthropologist Pamela Innes and native speakers Linda Alexander and Bertha Tilkens, the text is accessible to general readers and students and is accompanied by two compact discs.

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Arnold Krupat - The Voice in the Margin, Native Am erican Literature (1989).jpg

In its consideration of American Indian literature as a rich and exciting body of work, The Voice in the Margin invites us to broaden our notion of what a truly inclusive American literature might be, and of how it might be placed in relation to an internationala "cosmopolitan"literary canon. The book comes at a time when the most influential national media have focused attention on the subject of the literary canon. They have made it an issue not merely of academic but of general public concern, expressing strong opinions on the subject of what the American student should or should not read as essential or core texts. Is the literary canon simply a given of tradition and history, or is it, and must it be, constantly under construction? The question remains hotly contested to the present moment. Arnold Krupat argues that the literary expression of the indigenous peoples of the United States has claims on us to more than marginal attention. Demonstrating a firm grasp of both literary history and contemporary critical theory, he situates Indian literature, traditional and modern, in a variety of contexts and categories. His extensive knowledge of the history and current theory of ethnography recommends the book to anthropologists and folklorists as well as to students and teachers of literature, both canonical and noncanonical. The materials covered, the perspectives considered, and the learning displayed all make The Voice in the Margin a major contribution to the exciting field of contemporary cultural studies.

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David Bell - Historicizing Lifestyle, Mediating Ta ste, Consumption and Identity from the 1900s to 19 70s (2005).jpg

Lifestyles have a history, and lifestyle media is fundamentally implicated in this history. This original volume examines issues of taste, media and lifestyle from the 1900s to 1970s, providing a wealth of empirical evidence and key debate from a variety of international perspectives. Including examples as diverse as "Good Housekeeping" and "Playboy", it explores the continuities and discontinuities between the past and present to provide a better understanding about the representation of lifestyle and its relationship to the self. The volume demonstrates how ideas about gender, nation and 'race' problematize the taken-for-granted assumptions about lifestyle, with particular emphasis on the new middle classes in the US.

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Immigration to the United States - Lisa Trumbauer - German Immigrants (2004).jpg

This book purports to be a children's book, with large texts. However, the whole thing is done in black and white, the book is huge, and it goes into some moralistic arguments. For instance: don't you see how German Immigrants felt when, in the late thirties and forties, the government forced German newspapers to print an English copy of each edition, so as to prove the newspaper was not passing spy information? Well yes, that sucks, but if you are a culture that is segregating itself from the culture you have joined (refusing to learn the language, staying within your communities, etc.) AND THEN A WAR STARTS WITH YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, it is likely your culture will be looked at with suspect. That sucks, but if anyone was shocked, they shouldn't have been. This book lacks pictures and reads like a textbook. I feel like it was made purposely to supplement classroom material; however, I don't ever really remember doing a specific immigrant unit. I learned about Ellis island and the like but we didn't really get into the various groups who immigrated until high school, and this book is written for students that are much younger. I picked it up because I am German American, but I didn't particularly enjoy "woe is my German ancestry" approach the author took. I think this book is supposed to be an "easy read" for ages 8-12, but I wouldn't suggest it.

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Michael Corcoran - All Over the Map, True Heroes o f Texas Music (2005).jpg

From country and blues to rap and punk, Texas music is all over the map, figuratively and literally. Texas musicians have pioneered new musical genres, instruments, and playing styles, proving themselves to be daring innovators who often call the tune for musicians around the country and even abroad. To introduce some of these trailblazing Texas musicians to a wider audience and pay tribute to their accomplishments, Michael Corcoran profiles thirty-two of them in "All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music".Corcoran covers musicians who work in a wide range of musical genres, including blues, gospel, country, rap, indie rock, pop, Cajun, Tejano, conjunto, funk, honky-tonk, rockabilly, rhythm and blues, and Western swing.

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Myka Carroll - New York City For Dummies, 6 editio n (2010).jpg

From soaring skyscrapers to rumbling subways, power shopping to bargain-hunting, world-renowned restaurants to neighborhood pizzerias, majestic cathedrals to Times Square — New York has it all. Packed with info on must-see attractions like the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building, plus the best shopping, dining, culture, and nightlife, this guide will have you saying, "I love New York"!

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Concord 3005 - Joel B. Paskauskas - Rangers, US Ar my's 75th Ranger Regiment (2001).jpeg.jpg

The 75th Ranger Regiment is the premier light infantry unit in the world. The Regiment is a key player in the US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) which in turn is a component of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The 2,300 men that make up the Regiment’s three battalions and headquarters element are highly trained and motivated Airborne and Ranger qualified infantrymen. The Ranger Regiment has the highest priority for all types of support that the US Army has to offer. This ensures that it is always at the cutting edge of readiness and preparedness.

The author Joel B. Paskauskas II took a recent photo ops with the Rangers and brought us large, clear and detailed images of the Rangers in action. Images include training with the Ranger Special Operations Vehicle, 160th Night Stalkers, motorbikes; Snipers, Medics, Reconnaissance, Airborne, MOUT; latest weapons and gears like M4, NVG, RACK. This book is a must for Ranger enthusiasts.

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