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Soft Power
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Joseph S. Nye |
"Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently - and often incorrectly - by political leaders, editorial writers, and academics around the world. So what is sof… |
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James Madison and the spirit of republican self-government
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Colleen A. Sheehan |
In the first study that combines an in-depth examination of Madison's National Gazette essays of 179192 with a study of The Federalist, Colleen Sheehan traces the evolution of Madison's conception of… |
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Culture shock and Japanese-American relations
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Sadao Asada |
"Examines historical episodes in the interactions between the United States and Japan from 1890 to 2006, focusing on naval stategy before and during World War II and transpacific racism. Asada analye… |
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Ratification
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Pauline Maier |
The dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years. |
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Political culture in Panama?
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Orlando J. Pérez |
"Twenty years have passed since the 1989 U.S. invasion that toppled Panama's military regime and initiated a period of democratization. This book represents the most comprehensive and empirically gro… |
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Darkness in El Dorado
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Patrick Tierney |
Examines the destructive impact of journalists, anthropologists, and scientists on the Yanomami Indians, one of the Amazon Basin's oldest tribes. |
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Aircraft Interior Comfort and Design
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P. Vink |
"Containing the latest knowledge regarding aircraft interior comfort, this book reviews research based on a unique study among 10,000 passengers. It includes tips on passenger likes and dislikes as w… |
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Digital assassination
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Richard Torrenzano |
"Two leading reputation experts reveal how the internet is being used to destroy brands, reputations and even lives, and how to fight back. From false Wikipedia entries, to fake YouTube videos, to F… |
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Fast girls
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Emily White |
The American high school is a tribal place -- and often a cruel one. Divisions are drawn between jocks, cheerleaders, nerds, drama geeks, goths. But there is one person who exists outside of the cliq… |
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Solar dance
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Modris Eksteins |
A consideration of how the growth in popularity of Vincent van Gogh's paintings and the trial of Otto Wacker for forgery, resulted in an examination of truth and authenticity during and after the Sec… |
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American public support for U.S. military operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad
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Eric V. Larson |
"Contains the technical appendixes for a study that describes American public opinion toward the use of military force in support of the global war on terrorism ... The main document is Eric V. Larso… |
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Safe food
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Marion Nestle |
Previous edition published in : 2003. |
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Occupy
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Noam Chomsky |
From the back cover:
"Since its appearance in Zuccotti Park, New York, in September 2011, the Occupy movement has spread to hundreds of towns and cities across the world. No longer occupying small t… |
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It's Dangerous to Believe
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Mary Eberstadt |
Mary Eberstadt, “one of the most acute and creative social observers of our time,” (Francis Fukuyama) shines a much-needed spotlight on a disturbing trend in American society: discrimination against … |
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Mistero in Madagascar
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Elisabetta Dami |
Attending an adventure camp in Madagascar, the Thea Sisters enjoy learning about the region's exotic plant and animal species before discovering that someone has been stealing endangered animals from… |
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Los enigmas del poder : Fujimori, 1990-1996
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Aldo Panfichi,Fernando Tuesta Soldevilla |
"The most comprehensive treatment available in Spanish of Peruvian politics during the first six years of the Fujimori governments. Includes detailed, data-rich chapters by leading Peruvian and US po… |
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Seeing the first Australians
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Tamsin Donaldson,Ian Donaldson |
First sight / Ian Donaldson & Tamsin Donaldson -- The first European depictions / Bernard Smith -- Reactions on Cook's voyage / Glyndwr Williams -- Savage sportsmen / James Urry -- The Darwinian pers… |
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You can't see the elephants
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Susan Kreller |
When thirteen-year-old Mascha is sent to her grandparents' for the summer, she spends her days bored and lonely at a nearby playground. There she meets Julia and Max, two young siblings who are incre… |
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The Book of Matt
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Stephen Jiminez |
What role did crystal meth and other previously underreported factors play in the brutal murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard? The Book of Matt is a page-turning cautionary tale that humaniz… |
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Indian work
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Daniel H. Usner |
202 pages : 25 cm |
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