In this engrossing study of religion, urban life, and commercial culture, Diane Winston shows how a (self-styled "red-hot") militant Protestant mission established a beachhead in the modern city. When The Salvation Army, a British evangelical movement, landed in New York in 1880, local citizens called its eye-catching advertisements "vulgar" and dubbed its brass bands, female preachers, and overheated services "sensationalist." Yet a little more than a century later, this ragtag missionary movement had evolved into the nation's largest charitable fund-raiser-the very exemplar of America's most cherished values of social service and religious commitment. Winston illustrates how the Army borrowed the forms and idioms of popular entertainments, commercial emporiums, and master marketers to deliver its message. In contrast to histories that relegatereligion to the sidelines of urban society, her book shows that Salvationists were at the center of debates about social services for the urban poor, the changing position of women, and the evolution of a consumer culture. She also describes Salvationist influence on contemporary life-from the public's post-World War I (and ongoing) love affair with the doughnut to the Salvationist lassie's career as a Hollywood icon to the institutionalization ofreligious ideals into nonsectarian social programs. Winston's vivid account of a street savvy religious mission transformed over the decades makes adroit use of performance theory and material culture studies to create an evocative portrait of a beloved yet little understood religious movement. Her book provides striking evidence that, counter to conventional wisdom, religion was among the seminal social forces that shaped modern, urban America-and, in the process, found new expression for its own ideals.

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Catherine Lewis - Don't Ask What I Shot, How Presi dent Eisenhowers Love of Golf Helped Shape 1950s A merica (2007).jpg

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Historian Lewis (Considerable Passions) takes an extremely thorough if not always entertaining approach to a combined study of golf in America and Eisenhower's stamp on history. She includes fascinating stories of how during WWII General Eisenhower ordered an air force pilot to drop a bomb on a new army golf course in Italy to quickly dig a hole for a sand trap, and how as president he took to the links with not only golf clubs but a "doomsday" briefcase that held the codes to launch a nuclear attack. Eisenhower used golf as a way to relax from stress and as recuperative exercise after his first heart attack in 1955. Lewis explores how Eisenhower often directed national policy from fairways and clubhouses, including Little Rock's Central High School integration standoff and the response to the American spy plane crash in the Soviet Union. Lewis's narrative sometimes lags with an abundance of unnecessary details such as frequent lists of names of Eisenhower's golfing partners. She ultimately ranks Eisenhower with Bobby Jones and Arnold Palmer (both of whom the president befriended) as well as Tiger Woods as the most influential figures in popularizing the game in America.

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City Profiles USA is a convenient one-stop source for business and vacation travel planning.If you handle a lot of travel-related inquiries, then City Profiles USA is an essential ready-reference for your collection. This one-of-a-kind directory profiles more than 250 cities, including the largest U.S. cities by population, the 50 state capitals, and nine major Canadian cities.
Other features include public golf courses and casinos and gaming establishments in the cities profiled; hotline numbers for skiing conditions where applicable; and driving distances and times to about 10 large cities within a 500-mile radius of the city being profiled.

Detailed Contact Information

Each profile contains basic facts about the city, including climate and weather, and contact information for local services and facilities organized in the following categories:

* Information Sources - including main library, convention and visitor bureau, city hall, chamber of commerce, city-specific online resources, and more
* Transportation Services - airports, airlines, car rental, and local transportation services
* Accommodations - hotels, motels, resorts, and hotel reservation services
* Restaurants - includes notations on type of cuisine offered
* Shopping - major malls, shopping centers, and department stores
* Media - newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations
* Colleges and Universities
* Hospitals
* Attractions - museums, historic homes and buildings, art galleries, symphonies, theaters, and similar sites
* Sports and Recreation - sports teams and facilities, golf courses, casinos and gaming establishments, parks, ski resorts, and more
* Events - name, telephone number, and month of regularly scheduled events

A quick-look-up section provides contact information for other important travel-related services, including AAA offices, American Express travel offices, hotel chains, hotel reservations services, online travel services, and more.

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Frommer's San Diego 2010-With Foldout Map-You can spend days discovering more than 1,000 species at the San Diego Zoo, Wild Animal Park, and SeaWorld. See chapter 7.

Foldout map, plus detailed maps throughout

Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information
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Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife
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Itineraries, walking tours, and trip-planning ideas
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Insider tips from local expert authors

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The Truman Scandals and the Politics of Morality is a thoroughly researched effort offering an excellent historical narrative of the scandals and accusations of scandal that bedeviled Harry Truman throughout his political career. The book is particularly significant in light if the connections the author establishes between Truman's early political experiences and his subsequent difficulties as president.

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The Autobiography of Harry S. Truman is a compilation of autobiographical writings composed by Truman between 1934 and 1972. Taken directly from his own manuscript material, the volume presents the thoughts and feelings of the man himself. The book touches on details in Truman's life from his days as a boy until graduation from Independence High School in 1901 to the vice presidency of the United States and beyond. There is also a memorandum written by Truman about the Pendergast machine in Kansas City telling how it was possible to work with the machine and not be soiled by it. The Autobiography concludes with some of the retired president's thoughts about politics and the purposes of public life.

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Robert H. Ferrell - Harry S. Truman, A Life (1994).jpg

This is a biography of Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third President of the United States. The author highlights the origins, the youth and the steady political climb of Truman, showing that what emerged eventually was a shrewd, ambitious and committed politician. The book is based on research in the Truman Library and the use of hitherto unused primary sources. It clearly demonstrates that Truman actively sought the presidency

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Robert H. Ferrell - Truman and Pendergast (1999).jpg

No portion of the political career of Harry S. Truman was more fraught with drama than his early relationship with Kansas City crime boss Thomas J. Pendergast. In this innovative study, Ferrell masterfully relates Truman's true relationship with Pendergast and presents his struggle to maintain his 1940 Senate seat without "Boss Tom's" aid.

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Osprey - New Vanguard 159 - Steven J. Zaloga - Sta ghound Armored Car 1942-62 (2009).jpg

“ The Staghound was a unique World War II armored vehicle - designed and manufactured in the US, but intended solely for the British army. Since its combat debut in Italy in 1943 until the end of the war it had performed particularly valuable service in a reconnaissance role where its speed and armor ensured that it was able to extricate itself from trouble as required without additional support. This book examines the development of this category of armored cars and offers a detailed analysis of the extensive combat use of the Staghound in British service as well as in the service of other Allied countries including Canada, New Zealand and Poland. ”
"Author Steven J. Zaloga is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost authorities on armor and has put his expertise to use in this book. Each type of vehicle as well as its development history is well covered and his writing style makes for interesting reading. When you add to it the quality period photographs and the superb artwork of illustrator Peter Bull, you have an excellent quick reference on a most intriguing subject. It is a book that I can most highly recommend to the enthusiast and modeler alike."

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74 Pages packed with over 120 photographs with complete career coverage of CV 2 USS Lexington and CV 3 USS Saratoga. This book will provide a definitive visual history of 2 of the USNs mightiest Aircraft Carriers, in a photo album format.

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Featuring original interviews from the author’s webcast, this wrestling reference is an all-access, behind-the-scenes look at professional wrestling. More than 100 of its most-beloved stars reveal the truth behind the sometimes-twisted business of sports entertainment, making startling revelations about the way the industry truly works—the desperation that some stars face in a world that’s constantly looking for the next big thing, the pitfalls created and falsehoods spread by wrestling news sources, and what it all really means for grapplers and fans. And for the first time, this investigation offers juicy gossip about the stars. Questions such as Who’s the nicest guest off-air, and who was the most abrasive? What’s the inside scoop on the Ole Anderson shoot? and What were crazy pre-interview conversations really like? are all answered in this firsthand account about the madness that surrounds this explosive sport.

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The eighth installment in this series, this special edition deviates from the regular format by focusing entirely on various vehicles and equipment utilized by U.S. Forces serving in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. All of the photographs in the book were taken by members of the U.S. Army serving with the 131st Engineers, a combat support equipment company of the Vermont Army National Guard. The photographs vividly portray the unique atmosphere experienced by U.S. Armed forces in the desert war. Unique depictions of the fighting men and their equipment are portrayed in combat service, showing such details as camouflage, maintenance, weathering, battle damage, and captured equipment. Some of the fighting vehicles covered include M577 Forward Control Vehicles, M113 Armored Personnel Carriers, M3 Bradley Armored Cavalry Vehicles, M1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks, Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT), M109 Self Propelled Howitzers, M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), M88 Armored Recovery Vehicles, and damaged, destroyed, and captured Iraqi equipment like the Russian-built T-72 and T-55 tanks. This fantastic volume is a great reference for the military enthusiast, modeler, or history buff.

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Mark D. Mandeles - The Future of War, Organization s as Weapons (2005).jpg

Many analysts have heralded the U.S. military’s Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), a qualitative improvement in operational concepts and weapons that transforms the nature and character of warfare. Focusing on military technology, most argue that the new sensor, surveillance, communications, and computational technologies will usher in a period in which U.S. military capabilities will far exceed those of potential competitors. Developments in such fields as nanotechnology, robotics, and genetic engineering will greatly influence new weapons designs of the twenty-first century.

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Osprey - Men-at-Arms 344 - Michael Johnson - Trib es of The Souix Nation (2000).jpg

The horse culture of the tribes of the High Plains of North America lasted only some 170 years; yet in that time the sub-tribes of the Teton or Western Sioux people imprinted a vivid image on the world's imagination by their fearless but doomed fight to protect their hunting grounds from the inevitable spread of the white man. This text outlines the history, social organization, religion and material culture of the Santee, Yankton and Teton Sioux; rare early photographs include portraits of many of the great war chiefs and warriors of the Plains Indian Wars, and eight detailed plates record details of Sioux traditional costume.

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Tisa Wenger - We Have a Religion, The 1920s Pueblo Indian Dance Controversy and American Religious F reedom (2009).jpg

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For Native Americans, religious freedom has been an elusive goal. From nineteenth-century bans on indigenous ceremonial practices to twenty-first-century legal battles over sacred lands, peyote use, and hunting practices, the U.S. government has often acted as if Indian traditions were somehow not truly religious and therefore not eligible for the constitutional protections of the First Amendment. In this book, Tisa Wenger shows that cultural notions about what constitutes "religion" are crucial to public debates over religious freedom.

In the 1920s, Pueblo Indian leaders in New Mexico and a sympathetic coalition of non-Indian reformers successfully challenged government and missionary attempts to suppress Indian dances by convincing a skeptical public that these ceremonies counted as religion. This struggle forreligious freedom forced the Pueblos to employ Euro-American notions of religion, a conceptual shift with complex consequences within Pueblo life. Long after the dance controversy, Wenger demonstrates, dominant concepts of religion andreligious freedom have continued to marginalize indigenous traditions within the United States.

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Smells Like Dead Elephants is a brilliant collection from Matt Taibbi, “a political reporter with the gonzo spirit that made Hunter S. Thompson and P. J. O’Rourke so much fun” (The Washington Post). Bringing together Taibbi’s most incisive and hilarious work from his “Road Work” column in Rolling Stone, Smells Like Dead Elephants shines an unflinching spotlight on the corruption, dishonesty, and sheer laziness of our leaders. Taibbi has plenty to say about George W. Bush, Jack Abramoff, Tom DeLay, and all the rest, but he doesn’t just hit inside the Beltway. He gets involved in the action, infiltrating Senator Conrad Burns’s birthday party under disguise as a lobbyist for a fictional oil firm that wants to drill in the Grand Canyon. He floats into apocalyptic post-Katrina New Orleans in a dinghy with Sean Penn. He goes to Iraq as an embedded reporter, where he witnesses the mind-boggling dysfunction of our occupation and spends three nights in Abu Ghraib prison. And he reports from two of the most bizarre and telling trials in recent memory: California v. Michael Jackson and the evolution-vs.-intelligent-design trial in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Equally funny and shocking, this is excellent work from one of our most entertaining writers.

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Wayne Allyn Root - The Conscience of a Libertarian , Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns , Gambling & Tax Cuts (2009).jpg

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Praise for The Conscience of a Libertarian "Wayne Root is the anti-Obama. His book is a fast-paced read that reminds us of what has made and kept this country strong: free market principles, risk-taking, capitalism, and a deep-seated belief in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—not a government-guaranteed happiness based on bailouts, entitlements, stimulus, waste, welfare, and tax cuts for people who don't pay taxes. You want to save America and capitalism—read this book!"
— Jerry Doyle, Nationally syndicated talk show host, The Jerry Doyle Show

"Republican or Democrat? It seems no matter who wins, we lose. Only Wayne Allyn Root can save the USA from the morons, thieves, and frauds in Washington, D.C. He is our last best hope to lead a political revolution. Read this book to stop the insanity, to save our nation, to protect our freedom. None of the sex, violence, and profanity I usually read, but just as exciting, and more important to our future."
—Mancow Muller, Nationally syndicated radio host, The Mancow Show

"Wayne Allyn Root might just be the most powerful new voice for the cause of liberty in America. If every U.S. citizen would read The Conscience of a Libertarian, most of the power holders in Washington would be thrown out of office. In his trademark dynamic style, Root leaves no doubt that government is not the solution, but the problem."
—Robert Ringer, Publisher, A Voice of Sanity in an Insane World and New York Times bestselling author, To Be or Not to Be Intimidated? and Looking Out for #1

Wayne Allyn Root is one of the most charismatic, fiery, outspoken, and controversial political personalities in America today. He was the 2008 Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee. A college classmate of Barack Obama at Columbia University, he is now the leading contender for the Libertarian presidential nomination in 2012. Root is the son of a butcher, small businessman, and homeschool dad—the quintessential "Citizen Politician" envisioned by America's Founding Fathers. A former anchorman and host on Financial News Network (now known as CNBC), his business and political careers have been profiled by CNBC, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Time magazine, among others. He is a frequent guest on Fox News, Fox Business, and many national radio shows including Savage Nation, The Jerry Doyle Show, and The Mancow Show. Root's web sites include www.ROOTforAmerica.com and www.ROOTofSuccess.com.

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