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Autor:
Michael Soukup, Gary E Machlis
An intimate and candid account of our national parks and their strengths, vulnerabilities, and essential role in American life Part memoir, part critique, and paean to the value of national parks, American Covenant distills the experience and insight
Autor:
Jin Xu
A thousand-year history of how China's obsession with silver influenced the country's financial well-being, global standing, and political stability This revelatory account of the ways silver shaped Chinese history shows how an obsession with “whit
Autor:
Janet M. Hartley
A rich and fascinating exploration of the Volga—the first to fully reveal its vital place in Russian history“A work of masterful condensation [and] commanding storytelling.”—Matthew Janney, Spectator“'Without the Volga, there would be no Ru
Autor:
Leon R Kass
In this long†‘awaited follow†‘up to his 2003 book on Genesis, humanist scholar Leon Kass explores how Exodus raises and then answers the central political questions of what defines a nation and how a nation should govern itself. Considered by
Autor:
Jonathan Petropoulos
A charged biography of a notorious Nazi art plunderer and his career in the postwar art world†‹'[Petropoulos] brings Lohse into sharper focus, as a personality and axis point from which to explore a network of art dealers, collectors and museum c
Autor:
Audrey Mayer
An examination of the struggle to conserve biodiversity in urban regions, told through the story of the threatened coastal California gnatcatcher The story of the rare coastal California gnatcatcher is a parable for understanding the larger ongoing s
Autor:
Bentley Layton, David Brakke
A collection of extra-biblical scriptures written by the gnostics, updated with three ancient texts including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas “The one indispensable book for the understanding of Gnosis and Gnosticism.”—Harold Bloom Thi
Autor:
Patrick J. Lynch
A beautifully illustrated field guide to the Mid-Atlantic region, from the Jersey Shore to Cape Hatteras The Outer Banks of North Carolina and the beaches of the Mid-Atlantic Coast are among the most popular tourist destinations in the United States.
Autor:
Evgeny Dobrenko
How the last years of Stalin's rule led to the formation ofan imperial Soviet consciousness In this nuanced historical analysis of late Stalinism organized chronologically around the main events of the period—beginning with Victory in May 1945 and
Autor:
Thomas P. Crocker
An argument for why emergencies are no excuse for extralegal action by presidents Using emergency as a cause for action ultimately leads to an almost unnoticed evolution in the political understanding of presidential powers. The Constitution, however