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  • The Side of the Angels

    by Robert McLaughlin ...
    The Side of the Angels, first published in 1947, is a novel set in World War II centering on two brothers: Tom Egan and his older brother Clark. Tom, a private in the U.S. Army, sails for Italy and takes part in the landings at Salerno. Clark, also in Italy, serves in the OSS. The brothers' experiences - Tom is wounded and Clark escapes death during a German air-raid - and differing viewpoints ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pleasure Island

    1959-1969

    by Robert McLaughlin ...
    Series series Images of Modern America
    Pleasure Island opened on June 22, 1959, in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Designed by Marco Engineering of Los Angeles, it was the second of three innovative theme parks built across America to mimic Disneyland. Pleasure Island was conceived by William Hawkes, president of Child Life magazine, and with support from Boston's Cabot, Cabot & Forbes and local and national investors, the vision of the park ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Freedomland

    1960-1964

    by Robert McLaughlin ...
    Series series Images of Modern America
    Freedomland opened on June 19, 1960, in the Baychester section of the Bronx, New York. Historically themed attractions and costumed cast members were located throughout the seven sections. Designed by Marco Engineering of Los Angeles for International Recreation Corporation, it was the third and largest innovative theme park built across America to mimic Disneyland. Constructed in the shape of the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Magic Mountain

    by Robert McLaughlin ...
    Series series Images of Modern America
    Nestled in the foothills of Golden, Colorado, construction started on Magic Mountain just two years after Disneyland's opening season. Through never-before-seen photographs, Magic Mountain tells the exciting story of the first attempt in America to spread the Disneyland model. The dream of a theme park in Colorado was conceived by Walter F. Cobb and designed by Marco Engineering of Los Angeles. ... Read more

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  • Freedomland

    by Robert McLaughlin, Frank R. Adamo ...
    Series series Images of America
    Billed as New York's answer to Disneyland, innovative Freedomland opened on June 19, 1960. Designed by Marco Engineering of Los Angeles for the International Recreation Corporation, Freedomland transformed a former landfill, lowlands, and farms into an exciting theme park in the shape of the United States. Through photographs, Freedomland recalls boat rides on the Great Lakes, putting out a fire ... Read more

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  • New Technologies and the Law of Armed Conflict

    Edited by Robert McLaughlin, Hitoshi Nasu ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Modern technological development has been both rapid and fundamentally transformative of the means and methods of warfare, and of the broader environment in which warfare is conducted. In many cases, technological development has been stimulated by, and dedicated to, addressing military requirements. On other occasions, technological developments outside the military sphere affect or inform the ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Recognition of Belligerency and the Law of Armed Conflict

    by Robert McLaughlin ...
    Series series The Lieber Studies Series
    Prior to the progressive development of the law of armed conflict heralded by the 1949 Geneva Conventions — most particularly in relation to the concepts of international and non-international armed conflict-the customary doctrine on recognition of belligerency functioned for almost 200 years as the definitive legal scheme for differentiating internal conflict from "civil wars", in which the law ... Read more

    $104.39 USD

  • Irish Canadian Conflict and the Struggle for Irish Independence, 1912-1925

    by Robert McLaughlin ...
    Between 1912 and 1925, Ireland convulsed with political and revolutionary upheaval in pursuit of self-government. Canadians of Irish descent, both Catholic and Protestant, diligently followed these conflicts, and many became actively involved in the dramatic events overseas.Irish Canadian Conflict and the Struggle for Irish Independence tells the unique story of how Irish Canadians identified with ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

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  • A Short History of Canada

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  • Towers of Gold

    How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California

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    An award-winning journalist chronicles the life of a Jewish immigrant-turned-financier who guided California industry into the modern age.A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller2009 Best Book Award Winner, Northern California Independent Bookseller's Association"Impressively researched, engagingly told . . . does an excellent job of tracing Hellman's career and sketches a crisp portrait of the ... Read more

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  • Ramp Hollow

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