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It is sometimes said that, in the 21st century, the country that tells the better story wins, rather than the country whose army can prevail on the battlefield. That ability to attract others, persu……続きを見る

This fast paced historical thriller takes place against the background of a rising Fenian movement in the United States and the overt hostility of Washington toward the ‘Canadas’ immediately after t……続きを見る

Water is found almost everywhere in nature, and in all three physical states. As vapour, water occurs in the atmosphere, and in this form it is distributed over the entire surface of the earth. The ……続きを見る

The reader of this book will find unprecedented answers to many questions related to the appearance of our planet and our solar system, as well compelling evidence of our own creation along with det……続きを見る

In this unique study of the process of filmmaking, director Edward Dmytryk blends abstract film theory and the practical realities of feature film production to provide an artful and elegant analysi……続きを見る

A revisionist account of Zionist history, challenging the inevitability of a one-state solution, from a bold, path-breaking young scholar The Jewish nation-state has often been thought of as Zionism……続きを見る

With On Screen Directing, renowned filmmaker Edward Dmytryk distills a lifetime of experience as a director into a dozen short essays on the craft of directing, spanning every stage of the filmmakin……続きを見る

With On Screen Acting, director Edward Dmytryk and actress Jean Porter Dmytryk offer a lively dialogue between director and actress about the principles and practice of screen acting for film and te……続きを見る

Tout à côté de l’église Or San Michele, à Florence, se trouvaient les grands entrepôts de la corporation des teinturiers. Des annexes disgracieuses, en forme de garde-manger, soutenues par des soliv……続きを見る

During the Cold War, many believed that the superpowers shared a conception of strategic stability, a coexistence where both sides would compete for global influence but would be deterred from using……続きを見る

John A. Gentry and Joseph S. Gordon update our understanding of strategic warning intelligence analysis for the twenty-first century. Strategic warningーthe process of long-range analysis to alert s……続きを見る

In 1964, a young Australian girl, Linda Carr, is trying to track down the wreckage of the Liberator bomber in which her father died when it crashed in North Italy in 1944 during World War Two. She e……続きを見る

History, heritage, and colonialism explores the politics of history-making and interest in preserving the material remnants of the past in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century colonial societ……続きを見る

Where in Indianapolis can you find a disappearing painting, a towering “ice tree,” or a giant pink elephant holding a martini? What caused the Great Squirrel Invasion of 1822, and why did Hollywood ……続きを見る

The key roles played by the Royal Observer Corps in the Second World War have, all too often, been overshadowed by more glamourous arms of the defense forces. The teams in the Sector Stations, plott……続きを見る

Vasily Yan (Vassily Grigoryevich Yanchevetsky, 1874–1954) was a writer of historical novels whose popularity survives the test of time. He was widely read throughout the Soviet era and continues to ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1976, Working Class Radicalism in Mid-Victorian England examines working-class radicalism in the mid-Victorian period and suggests that after the fading of Chartist militancy……続きを見る

At the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, visitors confront the past upon arrival. They must decide whether to enter the museum through a door marked "whites" or another marked "non-whi……続きを見る

Mary Shewchuk immigrated with her family from Ukraine in 1897. They were one of the earliest families to settle in the first Ukrainian settlement in Manitoba, Canada. Although they had little materi……続きを見る

''Shastry's polemic cites extensive research from experts and exploits the author's knowledge of Asia and his connections to the region's elite, with whom he rubs shoulders at Davos and other summit……続きを見る

Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to drink fine wine, use birth control, or survive surgery? In a series of short and humorous essays, Nake……続きを見る

Mit dem französisch abgefassten Band über die Zeit von 1874 bis 1906 wird die noch offene Lücke in der Geschichte des Schweizerischen Generalstabs geschlossen. Nach dem Deutsch-Französischen Krieg b……続きを見る

Race Unequals: Overseer Contracts, White Masculinities, and the Formation of Managerial Identity in the Plantation Economy is a re-imagining of the plantation not as Black and White, but in shades o……続きを見る

Ritrovati a Lodz dopo la guerra, conservati dalla sorella per cinquant'anni, i taccuini di Abram Cytryn, scomparso a 17 anni ad Auschwitz, costituiscono un documento eccezionale e sconvolgente sul g……続きを見る

¿Cuándo y cómo se crea el término transexual?, ¿quiénes han luchado en el contexto norteamericano a la hora conseguir derechos para las personas que se salen de las normas de género, son travestis, ……続きを見る

История шестидесяти лет моей жизни в СССР и России от рождения в 1957 году до отъезда в эмиграцию в 2017. Детство и молодость, друзья и враги, работа и путешествия, любовь и одиночество, искусство и……続きを見る

Manifiesto contra la injusticia actual y propuestas de soluciones combativas. Las luchas globales encierran luchas locales. Definir el enemigo, qué se puede hacer contra él con las herramientas de q……続きを見る

Welche Beweggründe motivierten Deutsche, in die NSDAP einzutreten? Und welche Strategien wählten genau diese Parteimitglieder nach 1945, um sich in ihren Entnazifizierungsprozessen zu entlasten? Anh……続きを見る

The Mamluk Sultanate ruled Egypt, Syria and the Arabian hinterland along the Red Sea. Lasting from the deposition of the Ayyubid dynasty (c. 1250) to the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517, this regi……続きを見る

Based upon addresses given to Anglican audiences in North America and Australia, Bill Countryman directly confronts the challenges that face Anglicans and other Western Christians at a time of inter……続きを見る