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Shark Heart

A Love Story

by Emily Habeck ...

A New York Times Editors’ ChoiceA USA TODAY BestsellerA Booklist Editor’s ChoiceA Goodreads Choice Award NomineeA Massachusetts Book Awards Fiction Honors SelectionShortlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book PrizeA “beautifully written” (Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Li... ... Read more

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A New York Times Editors’ ChoiceA USA TODAY BestsellerA Booklist Editor’s ChoiceA Goodreads Choice Award NomineeA Massachusetts Book Awards Fiction Honors SelectionShortlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book PrizeA “beautifully written” (Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Li...
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Knowing the Enemy

Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror

by Mary Habeck ...

"In considerable detail and with admirable clarity, [Habeck] contributes one of the most valuable books on the ongoing Middle East—and world—crisis" ( Booklist , starred review).After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. Analysts have offered a wide variety of explanations for the attack, ... Read more

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"In considerable detail and with admirable clarity, [Habeck] contributes one of the most valuable books on the ongoing Middle East—and world—crisis" ( Booklist , starred review).After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. Analysts have offered a wide variety of explanations for the attack,
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Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North

by Joachim Otto Habeck ...

Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North breaks new ground by exploring the concept of lifestyle from a distinctly anthropological perspective. Showcasing the collective work of ten experienced scholars in the field, the book goes beyond concepts of tradition that have often been the focus of previous research, to explain how political, economic and technological changes in Russia have created a ... Read more

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Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North breaks new ground by exploring the concept of lifestyle from a distinctly anthropological perspective. Showcasing the collective work of ten experienced scholars in the field, the book goes beyond concepts of tradition that have often been the focus of previous research, to explain how political, economic and technological changes in Russia have created a
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Walks The Sky

by Ron Habeck ...

Award winning, Walks the Sky, the first novel from promising new writer Ron Habeck,delivers the powerful story of Captain Thomas Edwards, a seasoned veteran of the Florida Seminole War, who reports to Fort Newnan in northern Georgia to assist in the removal of the Cherokee Nation to the Indian Lands west of the Mississippi. Fooled into believing the Cherokees are leaving voluntarily, Edwards ... Read more

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Award winning, Walks the Sky, the first novel from promising new writer Ron Habeck,delivers the powerful story of Captain Thomas Edwards, a seasoned veteran of the Florida Seminole War, who reports to Fort Newnan in northern Georgia to assist in the removal of the Cherokee Nation to the Indian Lands west of the Mississippi. Fooled into believing the Cherokees are leaving voluntarily, Edwards
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Storm of Steel

The Development of Armor Doctrine in Germany and the Soviet Union, 1919–1939

by Mary R. Habeck ...

Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
In this fascinating account of the battle tanks that saw combat in the European Theater of World War II, Mary R. Habeck traces the strategies developed between the wars for the use of armored vehicles in battle. Only in Germany and the Soviet Union were truly original armor doctrines (generally known as "blitzkreig" and "deep battle") fully implemented. Storm of Steel relates how the German and ... Read more

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In this fascinating account of the battle tanks that saw combat in the European Theater of World War II, Mary R. Habeck traces the strategies developed between the wars for the use of armored vehicles in battle. Only in Germany and the Soviet Union were truly original armor doctrines (generally known as "blitzkreig" and "deep battle") fully implemented. Storm of Steel relates how the German and
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Nomadic and Indigenous Spaces

Productions and Cognitions

by Judith Miggelbrink, Joachim Otto Habeck, Nuccio Mazzullo, Peter Koch ...

This volume is devoted to aspects of space that have thus far been largely unexplored. How space is perceived and cognised has been discussed from different stances, but there are few analyses of nomadic approaches to spatiality. Nor is there a sufficient number of studies on indigenous interpretations of space, despite the importance of territory and place in definitions of indigeneity. At the ... Read more

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This volume is devoted to aspects of space that have thus far been largely unexplored. How space is perceived and cognised has been discussed from different stances, but there are few analyses of nomadic approaches to spatiality. Nor is there a sufficient number of studies on indigenous interpretations of space, despite the importance of territory and place in definitions of indigeneity. At the
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Country Girl by the Creek

by Linda Habeck ...

Pauline is almost sixteen and the oldest of four children. When their papa has to go away to look for work, life gets hard at home. So in addition to helping mamma at home, Pauline takes a job in town.She is hoping to get a teachers certificate and get a teaching job after she graduates in the spring. After meeting a boy new to the area, things change for Pauline. ... Read more

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Pauline is almost sixteen and the oldest of four children. When their papa has to go away to look for work, life gets hard at home. So in addition to helping mamma at home, Pauline takes a job in town.She is hoping to get a teachers certificate and get a teaching job after she graduates in the spring. After meeting a boy new to the area, things change for Pauline.
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Shark Heart

A Love Story

by Emily Habeck ...

Narrated by Karissa Vacker, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Soneela Nankani ...

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7 hours 47 min

A New York Times Editors’ ChoiceA USA TODAY BestsellerA Booklist Editor’s ChoiceA Goodreads Choice Award NomineeA Massachusetts Book Awards Fiction Honors SelectionShortlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book PrizeA “beautifully written” (Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Li... ... Read more

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A New York Times Editors’ ChoiceA USA TODAY BestsellerA Booklist Editor’s ChoiceA Goodreads Choice Award NomineeA Massachusetts Book Awards Fiction Honors SelectionShortlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book PrizeA “beautifully written” (Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Li...
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Knowing the Enemy

Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror

by Mary Habeck ...

Narrated by Jo Anna Perrin ...

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5 hours 18 min

After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. Analysts have offered a wide variety of explanations for the attack, but the one voice missing is that of the terrorists themselves. This penetrating book is the first to present the inner logic of al-Qaeda and like-minded extremist groups by which ... Read more

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After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. Analysts have offered a wide variety of explanations for the attack, but the one voice missing is that of the terrorists themselves. This penetrating book is the first to present the inner logic of al-Qaeda and like-minded extremist groups by which
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Speed Limits

Where Time Went and Why We Have So Little Left

by Mark C. Taylor ...

Narrated by Mel Foster ...

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14 hours 41 min

Drawing together developments in religion, philosophy, art, technology, fashion, and finance, Mark C. Taylor presents an original and rich account of a great paradox of our times: how the very forces and technologies that were supposed to free us by saving time and labor now trap us in a race we can never win. The faster we go, the less time we have, and the more we try to catch up, the farther ... Read more

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Drawing together developments in religion, philosophy, art, technology, fashion, and finance, Mark C. Taylor presents an original and rich account of a great paradox of our times: how the very forces and technologies that were supposed to free us by saving time and labor now trap us in a race we can never win. The faster we go, the less time we have, and the more we try to catch up, the farther
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Nixon Agonistes

The Crisis of the Self-Made Man

by Garry Wills ...

Narrated by Adam Barr ...

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24 hours 5 min

In this acclaimed biography that earned him a spot on Nixon's infamous "enemies list," Garry Wills takes a thoughtful, in-depth, and often "very amusing" look at the thirty-seventh US president, and draws some surprising conclusions about a man whose name has become synonymous with scandal and the abuse of power (Kirkus Reviews).Arguing that Nixon was a reflection of the country that elected him, ... Read more

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In this acclaimed biography that earned him a spot on Nixon's infamous "enemies list," Garry Wills takes a thoughtful, in-depth, and often "very amusing" look at the thirty-seventh US president, and draws some surprising conclusions about a man whose name has become synonymous with scandal and the abuse of power (Kirkus Reviews).Arguing that Nixon was a reflection of the country that elected him,
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Invisible Countries

Journeys to the Edge of Nationhood

by Joshua Keating ...

Narrated by Joshua Keating ...

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7 hours 42 min

What is a country? While certain basic tenets—such as the clear demarcation of a country's borders, and the acknowledgment of its sovereignty by other countries and by international governing bodies like the United Nations—seem applicable, journalist Joshua Keating's book explores exceptions to these rules, including "breakaway," "semi-autonomous," or "self-proclaimed" countries such as Abkhazia, ... Read more

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What is a country? While certain basic tenets—such as the clear demarcation of a country's borders, and the acknowledgment of its sovereignty by other countries and by international governing bodies like the United Nations—seem applicable, journalist Joshua Keating's book explores exceptions to these rules, including "breakaway," "semi-autonomous," or "self-proclaimed" countries such as Abkhazia,
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