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Homage to Catalonia
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George Orwell |
[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Span… |
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Operación Valkiria
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Jesús Hernández |
Un hombre clave: el coronel Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg. Su objetivo: eliminar a Hitler, Goering y Himmler, neutralizar a las SS y tratar de detener la guerra. Todos los detalles del complot que pu… |
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The cycles of American history
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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. |
What is the key to the American enigma? We cannot escape history; and in The Cycles of American History, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, shows how our past shapes our … |
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Conversations with Myself
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Nelson Mandela,Barack Obama,Rosa Maria Borràs Montané |
Nelson Mandela is one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to record thoughts and events, hardships and victories, he has bestowed his ent… |
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My life
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Bill Clinton |
President Bill Clinton's My life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard… |
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Divorcing the dictator
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Frederick Kempe |
The story behind America's disastrous relationship with General Manuel Antonio Noriega. |
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Theory and reform in the European Union
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Stelios Stavridis,Dimitris N. Chryssochoou,Michael J. Tsinisizelis,Kostas Ifantis |
This substantially updated and revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges confronting the political system as well as the international politics of the European Union. It draws… |
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The Constitution
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David Armentrout,Patricia Armentrout |
Explains the formation of the United States Constitution, the people involved in getting it ratified, and how it changed government. |
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The Declaration of Independence
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David Armentrout,Patricia Armentrout |
Examines the issues that led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the people involved, and its impact on the nation then and now |
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Perspectives on feminist political thought in European history
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Siep Stuurman,Tjitske Akkerman |
Spanning six centuries of political thought in European history, this book puts the ideas of thinkers from Christine de Pizan to Simone de Beauvoir in the broader contexts of their time. Conventional… |
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Danger and Survival
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McGeorge Bundy |
An informed and informative appreciation of nuclear weapons as instruments of diplomatic policy. A special assistant for national security affairs in both the JFK and LBJ administrations who now teac… |
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The heart that bleeds
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Alma Guillermoprieto |
"Poignant stories capturing the essence of everyday life for average Latin Americans. This New Yorker essayist and Mexican-born journalist perspicaciously covers topics from violence, inequality, and… |
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The assault on reason
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Al Gore,Albert Gore |
La verdad, y la razón como modo de llegar a ella, son dos elementos fundamentales para la salud de una democracia. Sin embargo, la política contemporánea parece seguir un camino prácticamente opuesto… |
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Palestine
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Joe Sacco |
"In late 1991 and early 1992, Joe Sacco spent two months with Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, traveling and taking notes. Upon returning to the United States in mid-1992, he started writing… |
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The tragic era
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Claude Gernade Bowers |
Claude Bower's history of the Johnson administration, impeachment, Grant administration, and congressional reconstruction is a very entertaining tour through this troubled period of our national hist… |
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