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State Erosion

Unlootable Resources and Unruly Elites in Central Asia

by Lawrence P. Markowitz ...

State failure is a central challenge to international peace and security in the post–Cold War era. Yet theorizing on the causes of state failure remains surprisingly limited. In State Erosion, Lawrence P. Markowitz draws on his extensive fieldwork in two Central Asian republics—Tajikistan, where state institutions fragmented into a five-year civil war from 1992 through 1997, and Uzbekistan, which ... Read more

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State failure is a central challenge to international peace and security in the post–Cold War era. Yet theorizing on the causes of state failure remains surprisingly limited. In State Erosion, Lawrence P. Markowitz draws on his extensive fieldwork in two Central Asian republics—Tajikistan, where state institutions fragmented into a five-year civil war from 1992 through 1997, and Uzbekistan, which
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Host of Many: Hades and His Retinue

by Terence P. Ward, Rebecca Buchanan, Anna Schoenbach, Ariadni Rainbird, Edward P. Butler, Jennifer Lawrence, Nightshade Purplebroom, James B. Nicola, Hayley Arrington, Ashley Dioses, Jamie Waggoner, Rev. Amber Doty, J.K. Bywaters, Mark Mellon, Iona Miller ...

Death.As mortals we long for those who have been separated from us by the veil of death. We venerate ancestors, known and unknown; we grieve for love ones lost; we ready ourselves for death, or fear it deeply as the ultimate unknown.In Hellenic tradition, the god who rules beyond the veil is called many things. Most often, He is referred to as Hades, a name also given to His realm. He is a somber ... Read more

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Death.As mortals we long for those who have been separated from us by the veil of death. We venerate ancestors, known and unknown; we grieve for love ones lost; we ready ourselves for death, or fear it deeply as the ultimate unknown.In Hellenic tradition, the god who rules beyond the veil is called many things. Most often, He is referred to as Hades, a name also given to His realm. He is a somber
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Following the Elephant

Ethnomusicologists Contemplate Their Discipline

by Bruno Nettl, Ethnomusicology, Charlotte J. Frisbie, Mieczylaw Kolinski, Gerhard Kubik, George List, Alan P Merriam, David Pruett, Adelaida Reyes, Timothy Rice0, Jesse D Ruskin1, Kay Shelemay2, Gabriel Solis3, Jeff Todd Titon4, J. Lawrence Witzleben5, Deborah Wong6 ...

Series series Common Threads
In Following the Elephant, Bruno Nettl edits articles drawn from fifty years of the pioneering journal Ethnomusicology. The roster of acclaimed scholars hail from across generations, using other works in the collection as launching points for dialogues on the history and accomplishments of the field. Nettl divides the collection into three sections. In the first, authors survey ethnomusicology ... Read more

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In Following the Elephant, Bruno Nettl edits articles drawn from fifty years of the pioneering journal Ethnomusicology. The roster of acclaimed scholars hail from across generations, using other works in the collection as launching points for dialogues on the history and accomplishments of the field. Nettl divides the collection into three sections. In the first, authors survey ethnomusicology
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Master Spy: The Life of Robert P. Hanssen

by Lawrence ...

For fifteen years, government worker Robert Hanssen passed along to the Soviets over 6,000 pages of top secret and classified information, including information on the U.S. investigation of smuggling nuclear weapons to third world countries and the entire plan for the continuity of the U.S. government if suddenly attacked. This is the story behind the man who so heinously betrayed his country. The ... Read more

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For fifteen years, government worker Robert Hanssen passed along to the Soviets over 6,000 pages of top secret and classified information, including information on the U.S. investigation of smuggling nuclear weapons to third world countries and the entire plan for the continuity of the U.S. government if suddenly attacked. This is the story behind the man who so heinously betrayed his country. The
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100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed

by Melissa P. ...

Translated by Lawrence Venuti ...

The international bestselling erotic novel about a young Sicilian girl's search for love in a pornographic world—"a scandal a la Catherine M." ( L'Espresso, Italy).An instant blockbuster in Italy that went on to become an international literary phenomenon, 100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed is the fictionalized memoir of Melissa P., a Sicilian teenager whose quest for love rapidly devolves into a ... Read more

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The international bestselling erotic novel about a young Sicilian girl's search for love in a pornographic world—"a scandal a la Catherine M." ( L'Espresso, Italy).An instant blockbuster in Italy that went on to become an international literary phenomenon, 100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed is the fictionalized memoir of Melissa P., a Sicilian teenager whose quest for love rapidly devolves into a
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Laughter Therapy: 63 Classic Books of Humorous Tales

The Wrong Twin, Perkins of Portland, Alex the Great, On With Torchy, Love Among the Lions, etc.

by Ellis Parker Butler, Honoré de Balzac, Mark Twain, John Kendrick Bangs, Thorne Smith, Robert Fitzgerald, Harry Leon Wilson, H. C. Witwer, F. Anstey, S. R. Crockett, Marietta Holley, Sewell Ford, A. S. M. Hutchinson, Anne Warner, Dornford Yates, Charles Heber Clark, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Finley Peter Dunne, Robert W. Chambers, W. W. Jacobs, F. Morton Howard, Richard Marsh, H. H. Sir Bashford, J. Storer Clouston, O. Henry, Charles Battell Loomis, E. F. Benson, Anita Loos, Wallace Irvin, Lawrence Daniel Fogg, Terry Southern, Henry Wallace Phillips, George V. Hobart, Stephen Leacock, Daisy Ashford, W. A. Darlington, Kendell Foster Crossen, Israel Zangwill, Ring Lardner, Charles Eustace Merriman, Wallace Irwin, Howard Roger Garis, W. Heath Robinson, Lucretia P. Hale, Richmal Crompton, Peter Newell ...

Laughter Therapy: 63 Classic Books of Humorous Tales is a vast and vibrant anthology that explores the rich tradition of humorous literature. Spanning a wide range of styles from satirical wit to slapstick humor, this collection features stories that highlight human folly and celebrate life's absurdities through laughter. This anthology skillfully brings together works from the golden age of humor ... Read more

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Laughter Therapy: 63 Classic Books of Humorous Tales is a vast and vibrant anthology that explores the rich tradition of humorous literature. Spanning a wide range of styles from satirical wit to slapstick humor, this collection features stories that highlight human folly and celebrate life's absurdities through laughter. This anthology skillfully brings together works from the golden age of humor
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My Father's Name

A Black Virginia Family after the Civil War

by Lawrence P. Jackson ...

An African American studies scholar traces his family lineage to a Black Virginia neighborhood in the era of Reconstruction in this historical memoir.As an expectant father, Lawrence P. Jackson decides to go looking for his late grandfather's home in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, an old house by the railroad tracks in Blairs. Armed with nothing but childhood memories, his journey evolves into a ... Read more

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An African American studies scholar traces his family lineage to a Black Virginia neighborhood in the era of Reconstruction in this historical memoir.As an expectant father, Lawrence P. Jackson decides to go looking for his late grandfather's home in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, an old house by the railroad tracks in Blairs. Armed with nothing but childhood memories, his journey evolves into a
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Shield of Wisdom: A Devotional for Athena and Minerva

by Rebecca Buchanan, Amanda Artemisia Forrester, Jason Ross Inczauskis, Edward P. Butler, Ariadni Rainbird, Jennifer Lawrence, Frances Billinghurst, Zachariah Shipman ...

Wisdom. Weaving. Warfare.Known to the Greeks as Athena, and to the Romans as Minerva, she leapt fully grown from the skull of the Lord of Thunder. Frighteningly intelligent, quick-witted and fiercely loyal, she is a Goddess who watches over heroes, warriors, and artisans alike. A Goddess of the mind, she admires and rewards cleverness and creativity. And, while she inspires intense devotion in ... Read more

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Wisdom. Weaving. Warfare.Known to the Greeks as Athena, and to the Romans as Minerva, she leapt fully grown from the skull of the Lord of Thunder. Frighteningly intelligent, quick-witted and fiercely loyal, she is a Goddess who watches over heroes, warriors, and artisans alike. A Goddess of the mind, she admires and rewards cleverness and creativity. And, while she inspires intense devotion in
... Read more
Scorched Earth

Seeds of War

by Jonathan P. Brazee, Lawrence M. Schoen ...

Series series Seeds of War
When the alien Gardener invaded the agricultural world of Vasquez, only that planet was in immediate danger. Now humanity must be warned of possible attack and retired Marine Lieutenant General Colby Edson is the only man for the job. With his dog Duke, he jury rigs an alien ship and traverses the wormhole to New Mars, only to become trapped while more of the Gardener's soldiers invade and attempt ... Read more

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When the alien Gardener invaded the agricultural world of Vasquez, only that planet was in immediate danger. Now humanity must be warned of possible attack and retired Marine Lieutenant General Colby Edson is the only man for the job. With his dog Duke, he jury rigs an alien ship and traverses the wormhole to New Mars, only to become trapped while more of the Gardener's soldiers invade and attempt
... Read more
100+ Civil War Soldier Memoirs

Hard Tack and Coffee, Memoirs of a Veteran, The Falling Flag, Army Life in a Black Regiment, Heroes of the Great Conflict

by Ulysses S. Grant, Heros von Borcke, John D. Billings, Charles W. Reed, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, J. W. Gibson, William Howard Russell, Samuel S. Hildebrand, Joseph Warren Keifer, John A. Sloan, Thomas North, George Perkins, Jacob D. Cox, Henry Bascom Smith, W. H. Morgan, Henry B. James, Louis Richards, Preston Lafayette Ledford, Henry Martyn Kieffer, Charles A. Fuller, Thomas Coleman Younger, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Samuel R. Watkins, John Singleton Mosby, James Longstreet, Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, James Madison Page, Alonzo Cooper, Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Isaac Hermann, Richard Taylor, Leander Stillwell, Charles Anderson Dana, Raphael Semmes, James Harvey Kidd, John Beatty, William Watson, Carlton McCarthy, Hampton Sidney Thomas, James Harrison Wilson, Frederick L. Hitchcock, James R. Carnahan, J. Wilkinson, Joseph W. Grant, Daniel P. Smith, Richard J. Fulfer, John Lockwood, Henry C. Meyer, Richard L. Maury, Samuel Scoville, James Carson Elliott, H. Clay Trumbull, James Madison Stone, La Salle Corbell Pickett, Stanton P. Allen, Allen Ripley Foote, Alfred J. Vaughan, Thomas Kirwan, Henry Lane Stone, E. H. Clement, Edward Mott Robbins, Luther W. Hopkins, Martin A. Haynes, Grenville Mellen Dodge, John G. B. Adams, Ansel D. Nickerson, Warren Olney, Daniel Avery Langworthy, John Porter Fort, Joshua M. Addeman, Eugene Winslow Watson, Samuel Dana Greene, John Lorimer Worden, H. Ashton Ramsay, Bradford Ripley Jr. Wood, Frank A. Rollin, Arthur Peronneau Ford, Marion Johnstone Ford, John Milton Hubbard, John Watson Foster, Rufus H. Peck, R. E. McBride, Charles Carleton Coffin, Wickham Hoffman, George T. Ulmer, Thomas D. Duncan, Edward Alexander Moore, John Call Dalton, Henry H. Meacham, David E. Johnston, William A. Canfield, Abner Doubleday, John M. Batten, George Cary Eggleston, Lawrence Van Alstyne, Wayland Fuller Dunaway, David W. Stafford, James H. Wood, Charles C. Nott, William Meade Dame, S. Emma E. Edmonds, John Levi Maile, Edward M. Boykin, D. H. Fletcher, Samuel H. Fletcher, William N. Tyler, John Azor Kellogg, James Pike, Lot D. Young, Francis Warrington Dawson, David Lathrop ...

'100+ Civil War Soldier Memoirs" includes memoirs and testimonies by Union and Confederate soldiers, voices from both trenches. Their struggle and sacrifice, their pride and devotion to their country - is something they all have in common. This anthology captures a broad spectrum of experiences, from the fierce battles and strategic maneuvers to the intimate reflections and everyday challenges of ... Read more

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'100+ Civil War Soldier Memoirs" includes memoirs and testimonies by Union and Confederate soldiers, voices from both trenches. Their struggle and sacrifice, their pride and devotion to their country - is something they all have in common. This anthology captures a broad spectrum of experiences, from the fierce battles and strategic maneuvers to the intimate reflections and everyday challenges of
... Read more
Bitter Harvest

Seeds of War, #3

by Jonathan P. Brazee, Lawrence M. Schoen ...

Series Book 3 - Seeds of War
After defeating the Gardener's forces on New Mars, newly recalled Marine Lieutenant General Colby Merritt Edson returns to the agricultural world of Vasquez, rescue any survivors, and ensure that the alien menace won't come back through the wormhole. It should be easy, but . . .Defeated but far from dead, the alien Gardener must warn its people of the threat of this new kind of Meat that has dared ... Read more

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After defeating the Gardener's forces on New Mars, newly recalled Marine Lieutenant General Colby Merritt Edson returns to the agricultural world of Vasquez, rescue any survivors, and ensure that the alien menace won't come back through the wormhole. It should be easy, but . . .Defeated but far from dead, the alien Gardener must warn its people of the threat of this new kind of Meat that has dared
... Read more
Make Your Business Our Business

An Interactive, Step-by-Step Guide to Policies, Procedures, & Profits

by Judith P. Lawrence, Daniel C. Lewis ...

Judith Lawrence was employed by a law firm for many years and suddenly, without revocation and at 60, had no job. After some serious struggles she reinvented herself and today is a business owner and entrepreneur. She delivers a strong message in this book that it is never too late and that with hard work and determination you can turn around your life. There are presently 4.5 million notaries ... Read more

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Judith Lawrence was employed by a law firm for many years and suddenly, without revocation and at 60, had no job. After some serious struggles she reinvented herself and today is a business owner and entrepreneur. She delivers a strong message in this book that it is never too late and that with hard work and determination you can turn around your life. There are presently 4.5 million notaries
... Read more

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State Erosion

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100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed

Laughter Therapy: 63 Classic Books of Humorous Tales

My Father's Name

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