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Fordham University Press, 2007. Many of the farm families in the river country of southern Ohio sent fathers, husbands, and sons to fight and die in the Civil War. Few families have beque… Mehr…

Fordham University Press, 2007. Many of the farm families in the river country of southern Ohio sent fathers, husbands, and sons to fight and die in the Civil War. Few families have bequeathed a record of that experience as remarkable as that created by the Evans family: an extraordinary collection of letters that offers a unique portrait of life both on the home front and on the front lines.From his homestead near Ripley on the Ohio River, patriarch Andrew Evans sent two sons to war, and from 1862 to 1866 father and sons wrote each other hundreds of letters. Called the soldier's letters by the family, this cache lay untouched in a barn until the 1980s, when Robert Engs was invited to edit them. Here are 273 family letters, most between Andrew and son Samuel, that draw us into the complicated lives of a Midwestern family not just suffering the dislocations of war, but also experiencing-and describing in intimate detail-the sorrows and occasional joys of rural life in nineteenth-century America.From the front lines with the 70th Ohio and, later, as an officer commanding a unit of colored troops,Samuel writes of the horrors of Shiloh, of the loneliness and fear of patrolling Union lines in Tennessee. Andrew writes of the seasons of rural life, of illness and deaths in the family, of the complicated politics of this borderland where abolitionists and Copperheadpro-slavery voices shared daily debates.One of the very few collections of Civil War letters from home front and front lines, this meticulously edited book is an engrossing chronicle of war and peace, family and country, and an indispensable addition to the history of the Civil War.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine., Fordham University Press, 2007, 5, Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1989. Eighteenth Printing. Wraps. Very good. Mary Beth Percival. x, 182 pages. Oversized book, measuring 11 inches by 8-1/2 inches. The book includes a Preface, Introduction, Acknowledgments, and Photo Credits. The book contains 9 maps (most of them full page maps), as well as more than 100 black and white photographs. Stan B. Cohen has been an author and publisher in Missoula for more than three decades and has been a founder or board member of several local museums. The book title, "East Wind Rain," was the code phrase used by the Japanese government to notify its diplomatic corps throughout the world that it had made the decision to go to war with the United States. The two-hour attack on Pear Harbor, Hawaii, on Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, ranks among those remarkable moments that changed not only American history, but also events in the rest of the world. One could say that from the time the Japanese planes left their carriers until the first bomb dropped at 7:55 a.m., the world was in limbo. The Pearl Harbor attack was not an isolated incident, but part of an overall plan for the conquest of Southeast Asia and the promotion of what the Japanese called the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. The coded Winds message was reported from Hong Kong, late on Sunday 7 December local time. The signal was "higashi no kaze, ame; nishi no kaze, hare" ("Easterly wind, rain; Westerly wind, fine"); meaning that Japan was about to declare war on Britain and America (and attacked British Malaya before Hawaii). A skeleton staff had been left behind in Hong Kong when the British Far East Combined Bureau (FECB) moved to Singapore in August 1939. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States (a neutral country at the time) against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation AI, and as Operation Z during its planning. Japan intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. Over the course of seven hours there were coordinated Japanese attacks on the U.S.-held Philippines, Guam and Wake Island and on the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The attack commenced at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Time (18:18 GMT). The base was attacked by 353 Imperial Japanese aircraft (including fighters, level and dive bombers, and torpedo bombers) in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four sunk. All but USS Arizona were later raised, and six were returned to service and went on to fight in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one minelayer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded. Important base installations such as the power station, dry dock, shipyard, maintenance, and fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building (also home of the intelligence section) were not attacked. Japanese losses were light: 29 aircraft and five midget submarines lost, and 64 servicemen killed. Kazuo Sakamaki, the commanding officer of one of the submarines, was captured. Japan announced a declaration of war on the United States later that day (December 8 in Tokyo), but the declaration was not delivered until the following day. The following day, December 8, Congress declared war on Japan. On December 11, Germany and Italy each declared war on the U.S., which responded with a declaration of war against Germany and Italy. There were numerous historical precedents for the unannounced military action by Japan, but the lack of any formal warning, particularly while peace negotiations were still apparently ongoing, led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to proclaim December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy". Because the attack happened without a declaration of war and without explicit warning, the attack on Pearl Harbor was later judged in the Tokyo Trials to be a war crime., Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1989, 3, Oxford : Clarendon Press, MCMXXXI (1931), 1931. Good. 142 pp. 1 leaf., plates. frontispiece, folded map. 19 cm. ; LCCN: 31-26872 ; LC: DS258; Dewey: 915.5 ; OCLC: 423891 ; brown cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, pocket, date due, label ; bookplate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ; "The task I set myself in preparing this little book was not to produce an up-to-date abridgment of Lord Cruzon's work, or to write an exhaustive history of Persia and her civilization, but rather to make Persia more of a reality to the general reader, and to give him that familiarity with its history and geography which will enable him to think of Persia, not as some strange remote land, but as one as real and living as any country nearer home." ; G, Oxford : Clarendon Press, MCMXXXI (1931), 1931, 2.5, About The Alternative RightDuring the 2016 US presidential election, the "Alt" or Alternative Right went from the margins to the mainstream of political debate when Hillary Clinton gave a speech trying to tar Donald Trump by tying him to White Nationalists, conspiracy theorists, and cartoon frogs. Suddenly, "normies" were asking where the Alt Right came from, who its leading thinkers are, and where it wanted to take America. Greg Johnson's The Alternative Right answers those questions.The Alternative Right defines the ideas of the Alt Right and charts its rise and fall by gathering together 35 articles, primarily from the leading English-language New Right journal, Counter-Currents Publishing's webzine North American New Right (https://counter-currents.com/).The Alternative Right contains articles on race, the Jewish question, White Nationalism, conservatism, libertarianism, populism, nationalism, the Trump phenomenon, political correctness, memes, image boards, trolling, ironism, religion, the arts, sexual politics, and the relationship of the Alt Right to the European New Right, Southern nationalism, Eastern European nationalism, National Socialism, civic nationalism, conspiracy theorists, the manosphere, and the so-called "Alt Lite."The Alternative Right features leading white advocates Jared Taylor, Kevin MacDonald, Gregory Hood, Hunter Wallace, John Morgan, Colin Liddell, and Greg Johnson; rising stars Aedon Cassiel, Spencer Quinn, Lawrence Murray, Patrick LeBrun, David Yorkshire, Michael Bell, Ruuben Kaalep, Émile Durand, James Lawrence, and Donald Thoresen; and new voices F. C. Stoughton, Wolfie James, and Adam Wallace.The Alternative Right is unique in the growing literature on the Alt Right, which is mostly written from the Left and is often marred by tendentious editorializing and simple factual inaccuracies. This volume views the Alt Right from the Right, from the vantage point of participants, fellow travelers, and sympathetic critics. The authors are close enough to the Alt Right to ensure fair and accurate statements of its positions, but one of the leading traits of today's racially conscious Right is its intense intellectual contentiousness, which guarantees lively debate.The Alternative Right is an essential volume for those who wish to understand the rising tide of racial consciousness and populist nationalism throughout the white world.ContentsEditor's Preface iiiWhat the Alt Right Is1. Greg Johnson, "What is the Alternative Right?" 12. Jared Taylor, "Race Realism & the Alt Right" 293. Kevin MacDonald, "Jews & the Alt Right" 354. Aedon Cassiel, "Trump, the Alt Right, & the Revolt Against Political Correctness" 475. Gregory Hood, "Conservativism & the Alt Right" 616. Gregory Hood, "The End of Libertarianism & the Rise of the Alt Right" 687. Aedon Cassiel, "The Alt Right & National Greatness" 748. Adam Wallace, "Memes, Image Boards, & Troll Culture" 809. Hunter Wallace, "The Alt South" 8910. Ruuben Kaalep, "Safe East European Home" 98What the Alt Right Isn't11. Patrick Le Brun, "What the Alt Right Isn't" 10712. Michael Bell, "The Caste System of the Alt Right" 12013. John Morgan, "Alt Right vs. New Right" 13314. Greg Johnson, "White Nationalism, the Alt Right, & the Alt Lite" 14315. Donald Thoresen, "Stand Your Ground: Milo, the Alt Right, & Mainstream Attention" 14816. Lawrence Murray, "The Fight for the Alt Right" 15517. Spencer J. Quinn, "The Alt Lite & the Spectrum Axis" 159The Alt Right & National Socialism18. Colin Liddell, "1488 is a Gateway to the Alt Right, Not Vice-Versa" 16519. Émile Durand, "Nazism & the Alt Right: At Peace with Ourselves" 16820. James Lawrence, "The Kursk Strategy" 173Art, Religion, & Politics21. David Yorkshire, "The Alt Right & the Arts" 18522. F. C. Stoughton, "Toward an Alt Right Religion" 19223. Lawrence Murray, "What Would an Alt-Right Administration Look Like?" 200Sexual Politics & the Alt Right24. F. Roger Devlin, "Sexual Liberation & Racial Suicide" 20925. Wolfie James, "A Place for Women in the Alt Right" 21526. Gregory Hood, "Sexual Serfdom & the Sexual Counter-Revolution" 22027. Spencer J. Quinn, "Men Going their Own Way" 23428. Greg Johnson, "Does the Manosphere Morally Corrupt Men?" 24029. Donald Thoresen, "Whigger Sharia" 24430. Greg Johnson, "Gay Panic on the Alt Right" 249The End of the Alt Right31. Greg Johnson, "The Alt Right: Obituary for a Brand?" 25332. Greg Johnson, "God Emperor No More" 25933. Greg Johnson, "Identity vs. Irony" 26634. James Lawrence, "Thoughts on the State of the Right" 27435. Greg Johnson, "Beyond the Alt Right: Toward a New Nationalism" 287Index 291About the Authors 295About the EditorGreg Johnson, Ph.D., is the author of Confessions of a Reluctant Hater (Counter-Currents, 2010; expanded edition, 2016), New Right vs. Old Right (Counter-Currents, 2012), Truth, Justice, and a Nice White Country (Counter-Currents, 2015), In Defense of Prejudice (Counter-Currents, 2017), You Asked for It: Selected Interviews, vol. 1 (Counter-Currents, 2017), Toward a New Nationalism (Counter-Currents, 2018), and The White Nationalist Manifesto (Counter-Currents, 2018). He is the editor of North American New Right, vol. 1 (Counter-Currents, 2012) and North American New Right, vol. 2 (Counter-Currents, 2017)., Counter-Currents Publishing, 2018, 6, Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2013. [Bibliotheca Himalayica Series IV, Vol. 2] A detailed first-hand account - and critical analysis - of the impact of the first contingent of American Peace Corps volunteers to live and work in Nepal, arriving in 1962 just following the King's seizure of absolute power and the tentative opening of the country to the outside world. The book not only explores the successes and failures of the volunteers in their efforts to have a positive effect on Nepalese development, but also the reverse effects of their transformative experience on the lives of the volunteers themselves. The narrative is further expanded as the author places the mission in the broader perspective of the globalization process that has so changed our world in the past 50 years. A richly rewarding account for all with interests in globalization, social change and transnational anthropology. 212 pp., 20 b&w illustrations, endnotes, bibliography, index.. First. Hard bound. New. 22 x 14 cm.., Orchid Press, 2013, 6, Washington: Duff Green, 1836. First edition. Rare pamphlet, quite impossible to find another. William Blount Carter represented Tennessee’s first district in Congress. Bill in question was to appropriate three million dollars for military and naval service including fortifications and ordinance and increase in the navy, for defense of the country. 24pp., ends with a table. What appears to be a wine stain at top, other light stains, foxing. “....It would in the first place, very uselessly involve the Government in an enormous public debt, and, what would be worse than all, it would rivet upon the country, in time of peace, a large standing army, alone for the safe keeping and preservation of these forts and the necessary attached ordnance, to be supported and sustained by a very heavy charge to the community, and to the prejudice of the agricultural, manufacturing, and all the better interests of the country.....He said he had with great mortification, seen encroachment after encroachment upon the rights and liberties of the people, by the aid and influence of party, but he had not expected to see the day arrive, when those who claimed to be exclusively the republicans of the day, adopt a favorite principle of John Adams the elder, the father of the federal party, by an attempt to change the form of our Government; to sap the very foundation of liberty by riveting upon the nation a large standing army in time of profound peace, with all its dangerous and demoralizing influences.....Sir, let these improvements be made, and instead of sending your four or five Major Generals, as has lately been done, to defend the Southern frontier against a few hundred hostile Indians -- wheeling their right and left wings, and firing canon every morning, as if to notify the enemy to get out of the way -- that American Generals were about -- at the expense of millions to your treasury,---make these improvements, and in future call upon the hardy sons of Tennessee, who are always ready and willing to brave the storms of war in defence of their country, to volunteer with the privilege of choosing their own officers -- and they will end your little wars, and return home to their farms and families, before your scientific Generals will have issued their manifestos and gone into summer quarters...."And the publisher is himself quite interesting:“Duff Green (August 15, 1791 – June 10, 1875), American politician and journalist, was born in Woodford County, Kentucky.He was a school teacher in his native state, served during the War of 1812 in the Kentucky militia, and then settled in Missouri, where he worked as a schoolmaster and practiced law. He was a member of the Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1820, and was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1820 and to the state Senate in 1822, serving one term in each house. Becoming interested in journalism, he purchased and for two years edited the St Louis Enquirer. In 1825, in Washington, D.C., he bought and later edited, The United States Telegraph, which soon became the principal organ of the Jackson men in opposition to the Adams administration.Upon Andrew Jackson's election to the presidency, the Telegraph became the principal mouthpiece of the administration, and received printing patronage estimated in value at $50,000 a year, while Green became one of the côterie of unofficial advisers of Jackson known as the Kitchen Cabinet. In the quarrel between Jackson and John C. Calhoun, Green supported the latter, and through the columns of the Telegraph violently attacked the administration.In consequence, the Jackson administration revoked its patronage in the spring of 1831. Under date of December 24, 1833, John Quincy Adams records in his diary that Francis Preston Blair "had knocked down and very severely beaten Duff Green, editor of the Telegraph..." Diary (New York, Longmans, Green, 1929) p. 434. Blair paid "three hundred dollars fine for beating and breaking the bones" of Green. op. cit., p. 450.Green, however, continued to edit The United States Telegraph in the Calhoun interest until 1835, and gave vigorous support to that leader's nullification views. From 1835 to 1838 he edited The Reformation, a radically partisan publication, devoted to free trade, states' rights, and the idea of "Manifest Destiny". In 1841-1843 he was in Europe on behalf of the Tyler administration, and he is said to have been instrumental in causing the appointment of Lord Ashburton to negotiate in Washington concerning the boundary dispute between Maine and Canada.In January 1843 Green established in New York City a short-lived journal, The Republic, to combat the spoils system and to advocate free trade. In September 1844 Calhoun, then secretary of state, sent Green to Texas ostensibly as consul at Galveston, but actually, it appears, to report to the administration, then considering the question of the annexation of Texas, concerning the political situation in Texas and Mexico.After the close of the war with Mexico, Green was sent to that country in 1849 by President Taylor to negotiate concerning the moneys which, by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States had agreed to pay; and he saved his country a considerable sum by arranging for payment in exchange instead of in specie. Subsequently Green was engaged in railway building in Georgia and Alabama. On 10 June 1875 he died in Dalton, Georgia, a city which in 1848 he had helped to found.” -wikipedia, Duff Green, 1836, 0, New York: The Penguin Press, 2006. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Jeffrey L. Ward (Maps). [12], 386, [2] pages. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Index. An NPR correspondent presents an account of the return to the violence and corruption of warlord activity in Afghanistan after the displacement of the Taliban, revealing how the U.S. government assisted the return of corrupt militia commanders to the country. Sarah Chayes (born March 5, 1962) is a former senior associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former reporter for National Public Radio, she also served as special advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After covering the fall of the Taliban and the early weeks of post-Taliban Afghanistan, in 2002 Chayes decided to leave reporting and stay behind to try to contribute to the rebuilding of the war-torn country. Chayes lived in Kandahar, Afghanistan from 2002 to 2009. Having learned to speak Pashto, she helped rebuild homes and set up a dairy cooperative. In 2010, Chayes became a special adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. In this capacity, she contributed to strategic US policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Arab Spring. Sarah Chayes is a senior fellow in Carnegie's Democracy and Rule of Law program.] At Carnegie, Chayes has launched a corruption and security initiative, which analyzes the structure of kleptocratic governments around the world, the other risk factors with which public corruption is interacting in specific countries, the likelihood of a significant security event resulting, and potential approaches available to different local and international actors. Derived from a Kirkus review: A tale of good guys and bad guys in the Wild West of Afghanistansave that "good" and "bad" are strangely fluid notions. Chayes, a onetime NPR correspondent, takes an anthropologist's and historian's view to explain how America got it so wrong following the post-9/11 invasion, and she is not shy of asking hard questions to make her point. For one, she asks, "Do we, as American citizens, wish to have the bulk of our foreign policy conducted by the Department of Defense?" United States military officers are doing just such work in Afghanistan, guided by supposed insiders who have axes to grind and enemies to dispatchthe very people, she adds, who convinced the Western press corps that U.S.-backed militias were fighting and winning desperate battles with the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Sometimes they were; mostly they weren't, though that didn't keep dollars from flowing. Chayes served as a lecturer and informal advisor to American forces, and in that capacity, she has urged them to do a better job of backing the right horses, such as an anti-Taliban friend of hers, a police commander killed by a suicide bomber for his troubles. But finding those horses is a challenge, for the convenient designations do not apply, and in all events, Chayes writes, the Taliban enemy were in essence a creation of Pakistan, meant to serve its narrow regional interests, "pressing into service ambitious petty commanders from the anti-Soviet period and uprooted, madrassa-inculcated youth from the refugee camps." And indeed, some of the Taliban she meets surely seem preferable to some of their supposed opponents, including one corrupt governor who emerges from these pages as the worst of a very mixed lot. Absorbing readingnecessary, even, for anyone posted to a place where our performance "will determine where a lot of people come down on the clash of civilizations."., The Penguin Press, 2006, 3, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Priority Publishing, 1995. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Good. 182, [2] pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Autographed sticker on front cover. Inscribed with sentiment on the half-title page by the author (Thieman). Inscription reads: Barb, Peace! LeAnn Thieman. In early April 1975, two housewives, LeAnn Thieman and Carol Day, were asked to fly into Vietnam and bring back six babies for adoption. As the fall of Saigon became imminent, however, President Ford approved a massive "baby lift," and the six babies became two hundred. Ms. Thieman has been a nurse for thirty years and coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul, LeAnn Thieman knows first hand the "war zones" of healthcare today. As a renowned motivational speaker, LeAnn shares life-changing lessons learned from her daring Operation Babylift adventure, when she helped to rescue 300 babies as Vietnam was falling to the communists! Believing we all have individual "war zones," she inspires audiences to balance their lives, truly live their priorities and make a difference in the world. 'Did you hear the news? President Ford okayed Operation Babylift. Instead of taking out 6 babies, you'll help us take home 300!' 'With that exciting announcement, all the questions about why two Midwestern homemakers would fly into a war zone were answered. Their mission at last was clear. But nothing in their pasts had prepared them for what they were about to see and experience. Saigon was falling to the Vietcong. And the lives of thousands of orphan children hung in the balance. Operation Babylift was the name given to the mass evacuation of children from South Vietnam to the United States and other countries (including Australia, France, West Germany, and Canada) at the end of the Vietnam War (see also the Fall of Saigon), on April 3-26, 1975. By the final American flight out of South Vietnam, over 3,300 infants and children had been evacuated, although the actual number has been variously reported. Along with Operation New Life, over 110,000 refugees were evacuated from South Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War. Thousands of children were airlifted from Vietnam and adopted by families around the world. With the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang having fallen in March, and with Saigon under attack and being shelled, on April 3, 1975, U.S. President Gerald Ford announced that the U.S. government would begin evacuating orphans from Saigon on a series of 30 planned flights aboard Military Airlift Command (MAC) C-5A Galaxy and C-141 Starlifter cargo aircraft operated by 62nd Airlift Wing of the United States Air Force under the command of Major General Edward J. Nash. Service organizations including Holt International Children's Services, Friends of Children of Viet Nam (FCVN), Friends For All Children (FFAC), Catholic Relief Service, International Social Services, International Orphans and the Pearl S. Buck Foundation petitioned the government to help evacuate the various orphans in their facilities in Vietnam. Flights continued until artillery attacks by North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong military units on Tan Son Nhut Airport rendered airplane flights impossible. Over 2,500 children were relocated and adopted by families in the United States and by its allies., Priority Publishing, 1995, 2.5, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1992. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xx, 347, [1] pages. Foreword by Mrs. Sadako Ogata. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Judith Ann Mayotte (born January 25, 1937) is an American humanitarian, author, theologian, producer, former Catholic religious sister, ethicist, and university professor. In 1976 earned a doctorate in theology at Marquette University. In 1982 she joined Turner Broadcasting as Senior Researcher and a producer for the Emmy and Peabody Award winning documentary series Portrait of America. In 1985 she won an Emmy for writing and producing the "Washington" segment of the series. It was during this time that Mayotte found herself drawn, inexplicably, she says, to refugee work. Mayotte applied for and received a grant from the MacArthur Foundation to write a book about refugees. In 1989, at age 51, she embarked on two years of living alone in Eritrea, Sudan, Pakistan, Thailand, and Cambodia. Her book, Disposable People? The Plight of Refugees, was published in 1992. Faced with stagnation and total dependency, the refugees' lives have been shattered, yet their hope remains alive--as do their dreams of returning home. Why are there refugees? Who are they? What is their fate? Refugees from war and persecution - an estimated 18 million people - can be found on all the inhabitable continents. Most flee from poverty-stricken lands to other lands just as desperately poor. Judy Mayotte lived among refugee peoples: staying in their make-shift homes, sharing their food, running with them to escape shelling, listening to their stories. Her family became the "long-term" displaced. She tells their stories, and their countries' tortured histories, sharing their lives, and bringing home the immensity of their struggles. Disposable People? describes the geopolitics, the economics, and the social conflicts that propel people into flight from their homelands. Disposable People? drives home the simple point that the world community must be aware and involved in constructive responses to the "refugee problem." It is imperative not only in monetary terms - building peace is less costly by far than waging war - but in terms of our shared humanity as well., Orbis Books, 1992, 3, Charlottesville, Virginia: Just World Books, 2012. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Good. 221, [7] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Some cover wear and soiling. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads: Dear Tamar, Peace! Miko Peled, 6/24/12. Author's e-mail address written in ink on first page. Includes Foreword by Alice Walker, Introduction, and Acknowledgments. Chapters include The Early Years; A Long Way from Home; The Road to Palestine; and Hope for Peace. Miko Peled (born 1961) is an Israeli-American activist and author. He is author of the books The General's Son: The Journey of an Israeli in Palestine and Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five. He is also an international speaker. Peled has described his book, The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine (2012), as an account of how he, "the son of an Israeli General and a staunch Zionist, came to realize that "the story upon which I was raised ... was a lie." The book, he has said, is based largely on long conversations with his mother, on a thorough reading of "everything my dad had ever written," and on material about his father's career in the Israeli army archives. The book, which has been characterized as "part confessional, part cinematic epic and part emotional appeal for 'different answers' to the Israeli-Palestinian conundrum," contains a foreword by Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple. In this candid account, Miko Peled tells how he followed in the footsteps of the genera (his father)l, from parachutist to fighter for peace. This fascinating story provides much food for thought. Alice Walker (born 1944) is a novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1997, a tragedy struck the family of Israeli-American Miko Peled. His beloved niece Smadar was killed by a suicide bomber in Jerusalem. That tragedy propelled Peled onto a journey of discovery. It pushed him to re-examine many of the beliefs he had grown up with, as the son and grandson of leading figures in Israel's political-military elite, and transformed him into a courageous and visionary activist in the struggle for human rights and a hopeful, lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. In The General's Son, Peled writes about growing up in Jerusalem in the heart of the group that ruled the then-young country, Israel. He describes the path he took to his belief in peace between the two peoples living in the Holy Land. And he paints numerous touching portraits of Palestinian and Israeli peace activists he has worked with in recent years. This is the powerful account by Israeli peace activist Miko Peled of his transformation from a young man growing up in the heart of Israel's elite and serving proudly in its military into a fearless advocate of nonviolent struggle and equal rights for all Palestinians and Israelis. His journey mirrors in many ways the transformation his father Matti Peled, a much-decorated Israeli general, had undergone three decades earlier. Peled paints touching portraits of his childhood in Jerusalem, of the tumultuous events that sparked his transformation, and of the Palestinian and Israeli peace activists he has worked with in recent years., Just World Books, 2012, 2.5, Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2009. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Format is approximately 9 inches by 11.25 inches. 215, [1] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Maps. Foreword by President Barack Obama. Consultant was Dr. Robert D. Johnston, Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Chart of Presidential Election Results. Resource Guide. Bibliography. Index. Ink notation on the fep. DJ has minor wear and soiling. Ann Bausum is an award-winning author. Her works, including With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote and Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement, examine significant events from American history. Our Country's Presidents offers not only portraits of the men who served as leaders of the United States but also essays on the electoral college, presidential landmarks, First Ladies, the White House, and other topics. "Bausum gives a real sense of the person behind the office in every case," observed Booklist critic GraceAnne A. DeCandido, and Library Journal reviewer Karen Sutherland praised the work's "beautiful illustrations ..., current information, and user-friendly layout." Bausum noted on her home page that she searches for new book ideas even before she finishes her current project. "I may not have written a single word yet," she acknowledged, "but my mind is brimming with ideas, images, facts, and visions for the form this new work will take. As much fun as the last phaseand the last bookhave been, the unknown of what lies ahead is best of all." Ladies and Gentlemen: the next President of the United States will soon be included within the pages of one of our perennial favorites. National Geographic Children's Books will publish this fully revised and updated edition of Our Country's Presidents in time for the Inauguration of our 44th head of state, the first Presidents reference book on the market after the election. This president will follow in the footsteps of 43 predecessors who have assumed America's greatest responsibility: these men have faithfully executed their duties, they have signed treaties, addressed Congress, brokered peace, and waged war. Each has left his own indelible mark on the history of the United States and on the lives of the American people. Find out why George Washington gave up his life as a Virginia planter to lead the nation; why John Taylor was deemed "His Accidency"; walk with the presidents through wars, depressions, civil rights movements, and the space race; romp with the Garfield children in a White House pillow fight; and mourn with a nation for John F. Kennedy. This timely update will offer fascinating and comprehensive profiles of all the presidents, timelines of their administrations, historic images, and features on important aspects of their terms. A fresh cover design and informative insight about our new leader will make this volume stand apart from all other contenders, and confirm its place as the definitive family reference guide to the fascinating lives of our leaders past and present., National Geographic Society, 2009, 3, New York: Gotham Books, 2010. First Edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xi, [1], 287, [3] pages. Inscribed by author on title page. Notes. Illustrations. Selected bibliography. After writing his first article about the downfall of footballer Michael Vick in Sports Illustrated, senior editor Jim Gorant received a number of letters asking "What does this have to do with sports?", "Why does it matter? They're just dogs" and "No one cares if you kill cows or chickens or hunt deer. What's different about dogs?" The people who wrote these letters were in a distinct minority. Most people had been shocked and appalled by the Vick case. So what was it, Gorant wondered, that had so horrified most people ... and left others completely unmoved? Why, also, were people so polarized in their attitudes to Pit Bulls? Why did these dogs inspire so much love in some people and so much fear in others? And what about the dogs themselves? What had been the outcome for them? The questions led Gorant to travel the country, to meet the people who'd been involved in the case and in the rescue groups that cared for the dogs, as well as the dogs themselves and the people who were now adopting them. The result was the best-selling book The Lost Dogs. In July 2007, Michael Vick and three other men were arrested and charged with operating an interstate dogfighting ring. When the authorities arrived, they seized 51 pit bulls from Vick's Virginia fighting compound, which he'd nicknamed the "Bad Newz Kennels." The pit bulls showed clear signs of being abused and tortured. Much attention has been paid to Vick and whether he should have been eligible to return to the NFL when he was released from prison. It turns out there was also an extremely successful effort to rehabilitate the pit bulls rescued from his compound. Many found new lives as pets, and others live peacefully with other dogs in animal sanctuaries. Jim Gorant, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, has been following the 49 surviving pit bulls the past three years. Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. Vick played college football at Virginia Tech, where as a freshman he placed third in the Heisman Trophy balloting. He left after his sophomore year to enter the NFL and was drafted first overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 NFL Draft, the first African-American quarterback ever to be taken first overall. In six seasons with the Falcons, he gained wide popularity for his performance on the field, and led the Falcons to the playoffs twice. During his tenure with Atlanta, Vick was selected to three Pro Bowls. He has also played for Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers. In April 2007, Vick was implicated in an illegal interstate dog fighting ring that had operated on his property for five years. A federal judge noted that he had promoted, funded, and facilitated a dog fighting ring on his property, and had engaged in hanging and drowning dogs who did not perform well. He also had failed to cooperate fully with police. In August 2007, Vick pleaded guilty to federal felony charges and served 21 months in prison, followed by two months in home confinement. Hurt financially by the loss of his NFL salary and product endorsement deals, combined with previous financial mismanagement, Vick filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2008. Falcons owner Arthur Blank did not want Vick on his team, so the team released Vick after failing to trade him. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles and was reinstated in Week 3 of the 2009 season. In 2010, Vick became the Eagles' starting quarterback and led them to the 2011 NFL Playoffs as NFC East Champions. Despite starting only 12 games, Vick set career highs in passing yards, passing percentage, QB rating, passing touchdowns, and rushing touchdowns. He was named the 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year and was selected to his fourth Pro Bowl. Vick is the NFL's all-time leader among quarterbacks in career rushing yards., Gotham Books, 2010, 3<

2011, ISBN: 63cb3472973698556e178a0ef217b91b

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London: Collins, 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The interior of the book is clean and tight. There is a former owner's name and small stamp on the front free end p… Mehr…

London: Collins, 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The interior of the book is clean and tight. There is a former owner's name and small stamp on the front free end paper, but no other marks or damage. The red covers are fresh, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has a darkened spine, with a nick of paper missing at the bottom of the spine area. The spine has been reinforced at some time in the past with scotch tape. The tape is gone, but the glue has left a mark on the bottom of the rear panel. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: This is the story of "two families of children who start a pack of foxhounds. They have to conquer much opposition and they meet many difficulties in feeding, kennelling and exercising. Some of their first days out are a failure, but they are quick to learn from their mistakes and show great perserverance. At last, with a great and exciting hunt, they entirely vindicate themselves, securing the praise of the hunting people and winning the respect of the last antagonistic farmer., Collins, 1949, 2.75, Chicago: Published by the Author, 1890. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. c 1889. Blue cloth with beautiful gilt decoration of dog bearing keys on front board, titles in gilt. Boards with very slight age darkening, gilt bright & attractive. Boards with very slight wrap. Tips gently rubbed, bumped. Spine ends gently bumped. Binding cracked at p 30, intact though front hinge with a bit of play. No missing or loose pages. Previous owner's book plate on front paste down & name on front end paper, else unmarked and clean.., Published by the Author, 1890, 3, New York: Gotham Books, 2010. First Edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xi, [1], 287, [3] pages. Inscribed by author on title page. Notes. Illustrations. Selected bibliography. After writing his first article about the downfall of footballer Michael Vick in Sports Illustrated, senior editor Jim Gorant received a number of letters asking "What does this have to do with sports?", "Why does it matter? They're just dogs" and "No one cares if you kill cows or chickens or hunt deer. What's different about dogs?" The people who wrote these letters were in a distinct minority. Most people had been shocked and appalled by the Vick case. So what was it, Gorant wondered, that had so horrified most people ... and left others completely unmoved? Why, also, were people so polarized in their attitudes to Pit Bulls? Why did these dogs inspire so much love in some people and so much fear in others? And what about the dogs themselves? What had been the outcome for them? The questions led Gorant to travel the country, to meet the people who'd been involved in the case and in the rescue groups that cared for the dogs, as well as the dogs themselves and the people who were now adopting them. The result was the best-selling book The Lost Dogs. In July 2007, Michael Vick and three other men were arrested and charged with operating an interstate dogfighting ring. When the authorities arrived, they seized 51 pit bulls from Vick's Virginia fighting compound, which he'd nicknamed the "Bad Newz Kennels." The pit bulls showed clear signs of being abused and tortured. Much attention has been paid to Vick and whether he should have been eligible to return to the NFL when he was released from prison. It turns out there was also an extremely successful effort to rehabilitate the pit bulls rescued from his compound. Many found new lives as pets, and others live peacefully with other dogs in animal sanctuaries. Jim Gorant, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, has been following the 49 surviving pit bulls the past three years. Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. Vick played college football at Virginia Tech, where as a freshman he placed third in the Heisman Trophy balloting. He left after his sophomore year to enter the NFL and was drafted first overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 NFL Draft, the first African-American quarterback ever to be taken first overall. In six seasons with the Falcons, he gained wide popularity for his performance on the field, and led the Falcons to the playoffs twice. During his tenure with Atlanta, Vick was selected to three Pro Bowls. He has also played for Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers. In April 2007, Vick was implicated in an illegal interstate dog fighting ring that had operated on his property for five years. A federal judge noted that he had promoted, funded, and facilitated a dog fighting ring on his property, and had engaged in hanging and drowning dogs who did not perform well. He also had failed to cooperate fully with police. In August 2007, Vick pleaded guilty to federal felony charges and served 21 months in prison, followed by two months in home confinement. Hurt financially by the loss of his NFL salary and product endorsement deals, combined with previous financial mismanagement, Vick filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2008. Falcons owner Arthur Blank did not want Vick on his team, so the team released Vick after failing to trade him. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles and was reinstated in Week 3 of the 2009 season. In 2010, Vick became the Eagles' starting quarterback and led them to the 2011 NFL Playoffs as NFC East Champions. Despite starting only 12 games, Vick set career highs in passing yards, passing percentage, QB rating, passing touchdowns, and rushing touchdowns. He was named the 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year and was selected to his fourth Pro Bowl. Vick is the NFL's all-time leader among quarterbacks in career rushing yards., Gotham Books, 2010, 3<

2010, ISBN: 63cb3472973698556e178a0ef217b91b

Gebundene Ausgabe, Erstausgabe

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Gotham Books, New York], MICHAEL VICK, ANIMAL RESCUE, DOG FIGHTING, BLOOD SPORTS, BAD NEWZ KENNELS, PIT BULLS, ASPCA, CRUELTY, PAWS FOR TALES, REHABILI… Mehr…

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Gotham Books, New York], MICHAEL VICK, ANIMAL RESCUE, DOG FIGHTING, BLOOD SPORTS, BAD NEWZ KENNELS, PIT BULLS, ASPCA, CRUELTY, PAWS FOR TALES, REHABILITATION, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, NFL, QUARTERBACK, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, Jacket, xi, [1], 287, [3] pages. Inscribed by author on title page. Notes. Illustrations. Selected bibliography. After writing his first article about the downfall of footballer Michael Vick in Sports Illustrated, senior editor Jim Gorant received a number of letters asking "What does this have to do with sports?", "Why does it matter? They're just dogs" and "No one cares if you kill cows or chickens or hunt deer. What's different about dogs?" The people who wrote these letters were in a distinct minority. Most people had been shocked and appalled by the Vick case. So what was it, Gorant wondered, that had so horrified most people . and left others completely unmoved? Why, also, were people so polarized in their attitudes to Pit Bulls? Why did these dogs inspire so much love in some people and so much fear in others? And what about the dogs themselves? What had been the outcome for them? The questions led Gorant to travel the country, to meet the people who'd been involved in the case and in the rescue groups that cared for the dogs, as well as the dogs themselves and the people who were now adopting them. The result was the best-selling book The Lost Dogs. In July 2007, Michael Vick and three other men were arrested and charged with operating an interstate dogfighting ring. When the authorities arrived, they seized 51 pit bulls from Vick's Virginia fighting compound, which he'd nicknamed the "Bad Newz Kennels." The pit bulls showed clear signs of being abused and tortured. Much attention has been paid to Vick and whether he should have been eligible to return to the NFL when he was released from prison. It turns out there was also an extremely successful effort to rehabilitate the pit bulls rescued from his compound. Many found new lives as pets, and others live peacefully with other dogs in animal sanctuaries. Jim Gorant, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, has been following the 49 surviving pit bulls the past three years. Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. Vick played college football at Virginia Tech, where as a freshman he placed third in the Heisman Trophy balloting. He left after his sophomore year to enter the NFL and was drafted first overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 NFL Draft, the first African-American quarterback ever to be taken first overall. In six seasons with the Falcons, he gained wide popularity for his performance on the field, and led the Falcons to the playoffs twice. During his tenure with Atlanta, Vick was selected to three Pro Bowls. He has also played for Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers. In April 2007, Vick was implicated in an illegal interstate dog fighting ring that had operated on his property for five years. A federal judge noted that he had promoted, funded, and facilitated a dog fighting ring on his property, and had engaged in hanging and drowning dogs who did not perform well. He also had failed to cooperate fully with police. In August 2007, Vick pleaded guilty to federal felony charges and served 21 months in prison, followed by two months in home confinement. Hurt financially by the loss of his NFL salary and product endorsement deals, combined with previous financial mismanagement, Vick filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2008. Falcons owner Arthur Blank did not want Vick on his team, so the team released Vick after failing to trade him. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles and was reinstated in Week 3 of the 2009 season. In 2010, Vick became the Eagles' starting quarterback and led them to the 2011 NFL Playoffs as NFC East Champions. Despite starting only 12 games, Vick set career highs in passing yards, passing percentage, QB rating, passing touchdowns, and rushing touchdowns. He was named the 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year and was selected to his fourth Pro Bowl. Vick is the NFL's all-time leader among quarterbacks in career rushing yards.<

2011, ISBN: 63cb3472973698556e178a0ef217b91b

Gebundene Ausgabe

New York: Gotham Books, 2010. First Edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xi, [1], 287, [3] pages. Inscribed by author on title page. Notes. Illustratio… Mehr…

New York: Gotham Books, 2010. First Edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xi, [1], 287, [3] pages. Inscribed by author on title page. Notes. Illustrations. Selected bibliography. After writing his first article about the downfall of footballer Michael Vick in Sports Illustrated, senior editor Jim Gorant received a number of letters asking "What does this have to do with sports?", "Why does it matter? They're just dogs" and "No one cares if you kill cows or chickens or hunt deer. What's different about dogs?" The people who wrote these letters were in a distinct minority. Most people had been shocked and appalled by the Vick case. So what was it, Gorant wondered, that had so horrified most people ... and left others completely unmoved? Why, also, were people so polarized in their attitudes to Pit Bulls? Why did these dogs inspire so much love in some people and so much fear in others? And what about the dogs themselves? What had been the outcome for them? The questions led Gorant to travel the country, to meet the people who'd been involved in the case and in the rescue groups that cared for the dogs, as well as the dogs themselves and the people who were now adopting them. The result was the best-selling book The Lost Dogs. In July 2007, Michael Vick and three other men were arrested and charged with operating an interstate dogfighting ring. When the authorities arrived, they seized 51 pit bulls from Vick's Virginia fighting compound, which he'd nicknamed the "Bad Newz Kennels." The pit bulls showed clear signs of being abused and tortured. Much attention has been paid to Vick and whether he should have been eligible to return to the NFL when he was released from prison. It turns out there was also an extremely successful effort to rehabilitate the pit bulls rescued from his compound. Many found new lives as pets, and others live peacefully with other dogs in animal sanctuaries. Jim Gorant, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, has been following the 49 surviving pit bulls the past three years. Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. Vick played college football at Virginia Tech, where as a freshman he placed third in the Heisman Trophy balloting. He left after his sophomore year to enter the NFL and was drafted first overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 NFL Draft, the first African-American quarterback ever to be taken first overall. In six seasons with the Falcons, he gained wide popularity for his performance on the field, and led the Falcons to the playoffs twice. During his tenure with Atlanta, Vick was selected to three Pro Bowls. He has also played for Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers. In April 2007, Vick was implicated in an illegal interstate dog fighting ring that had operated on his property for five years. A federal judge noted that he had promoted, funded, and facilitated a dog fighting ring on his property, and had engaged in hanging and drowning dogs who did not perform well. He also had failed to cooperate fully with police. In August 2007, Vick pleaded guilty to federal felony charges and served 21 months in prison, followed by two months in home confinement. Hurt financially by the loss of his NFL salary and product endorsement deals, combined with previous financial mismanagement, Vick filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2008. Falcons owner Arthur Blank did not want Vick on his team, so the team released Vick after failing to trade him. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles and was reinstated in Week 3 of the 2009 season. In 2010, Vick became the Eagles' starting quarterback and led them to the 2011 NFL Playoffs as NFC East Champions. Despite starting only 12 games, Vick set career highs in passing yards, passing percentage, QB rating, passing touchdowns, and rushing touchdowns. He was named the 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year and was selected to his fourth Pro Bowl. Vick is the NFL's all-time leader among quarterbacks in career rushing yards., Gotham Books, 2010, 3<