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A Manual for Cleaning Women

Selected Stories

by Lucia Berlin ...

One of The New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of 2015One of Jezebel's Favorite Books of 2016A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin.With the grit of Raymond Carver, the humor of Grace Paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all her own, Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday, uncovering moments of grace in the L... ... Read more

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One of The New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of 2015One of Jezebel's Favorite Books of 2016A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin.With the grit of Raymond Carver, the humor of Grace Paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all her own, Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday, uncovering moments of grace in the L...
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Air War Over North Vietnam

Operation Rolling Thunder, 1965–1968

by Stephen Emerson ...

Series series Cold War, 1945–1991
In early 1965 the United States unleashed the largest sustained aerial bombing campaign since World War II, against North Vietnam. Through an ever escalating onslaught of destruction, Operation Rolling Thunder intended to signal Americas unwavering commitment to its South Vietnamese ally in the face of continued North Vietnamese aggression, break Hanois political will to prosecute the war, and ... Read more

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In early 1965 the United States unleashed the largest sustained aerial bombing campaign since World War II, against North Vietnam. Through an ever escalating onslaught of destruction, Operation Rolling Thunder intended to signal Americas unwavering commitment to its South Vietnamese ally in the face of continued North Vietnamese aggression, break Hanois political will to prosecute the war, and
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The Battle for Laos

Vietnam's Proxy War, 1955–1975

by Stephen Emerson ...

Series series Cold War, 1945–1991
A history of the "secret war" in Southeast Asia in which nearly three million tons of bombs decimated a newly independent nation.By 1959 the newly independent Kingdom of Laos was transforming into a Cold War battleground for global superpower competition, having been born out of the chaos following the French military defeat and withdrawal from Indochina in 1954. The country was soon engulfed in a ... Read more

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A history of the "secret war" in Southeast Asia in which nearly three million tons of bombs decimated a newly independent nation.By 1959 the newly independent Kingdom of Laos was transforming into a Cold War battleground for global superpower competition, having been born out of the chaos following the French military defeat and withdrawal from Indochina in 1954. The country was soon engulfed in a
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North Vietnam's 1972 Easter Offensive

Hanoi's Gamble

by Stephen Emerson ...

Series series Cold War, 1945–1991
A history of the military campaign that set the stage for the end of the Vietnam War.By the end of 1971, in what Hanoi called the American War and at the height of the Cold War, the fighting had dragged on for eight years with neither side gaining a decisive advantage on the battlefield and talks in Paris to the end the war were going nowhere. While the United States was steadily drawing down its ... Read more

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A history of the military campaign that set the stage for the end of the Vietnam War.By the end of 1971, in what Hanoi called the American War and at the height of the Cold War, the fighting had dragged on for eight years with neither side gaining a decisive advantage on the battlefield and talks in Paris to the end the war were going nowhere. While the United States was steadily drawing down its
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Mozambican Civil War

Marxist-Apartheid Proxy, 1977–1992

by Stephen Emerson ...

Series series Cold War, 1945–1991
How superpower interests and Cold War politics exacerbated a war in Africa that left millions dead or displaced.As the Cold War raged on in the 1970s and 1980s, much of southern Africa, from Angola to Mozambique, became caught up in the superpower competition as local and regional proxies for both Moscow and Washington fought it out on the battlefield. Thus, the struggle to determine the future of ... Read more

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How superpower interests and Cold War politics exacerbated a war in Africa that left millions dead or displaced.As the Cold War raged on in the 1970s and 1980s, much of southern Africa, from Angola to Mozambique, became caught up in the superpower competition as local and regional proxies for both Moscow and Washington fought it out on the battlefield. Thus, the struggle to determine the future of
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Vietnam's Final Air Campaign

Operation Linebacker I & II, May–December 1972

by Stephen Emerson ...

Series series Cold War, 1945–1991
An account of the last American bombardments that took place over North Vietnam while peace talks struggled in Paris. Includes maps and photos.On March 30, 1972, some thirty thousand North Vietnamese troops, along with tanks and heavy artillery, surged across the demilitarized zone into South Vietnam in the opening round of Hanoi's Easter Offensive. By early May, South Vietnamese forces were on ... Read more

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An account of the last American bombardments that took place over North Vietnam while peace talks struggled in Paris. Includes maps and photos.On March 30, 1972, some thirty thousand North Vietnamese troops, along with tanks and heavy artillery, surged across the demilitarized zone into South Vietnam in the opening round of Hanoi's Easter Offensive. By early May, South Vietnamese forces were on
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African security in the twenty-first century

Challenges and opportunities

by Stephen Emerson, Hussein Solomon ...

This book explores and analyses the evolving African security paradigm in light of the multitude of diverse threats and challenges facing the continent and the international community. It challenges current thinking and traditional security constructs as woefully inadequate to meet the real security needs of African governments and their 1 billion plus citizens in an increasingly globalised and ... Read more

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This book explores and analyses the evolving African security paradigm in light of the multitude of diverse threats and challenges facing the continent and the international community. It challenges current thinking and traditional security constructs as woefully inadequate to meet the real security needs of African governments and their 1 billion plus citizens in an increasingly globalised and
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Made of Water

by Stephen Emerson Haire ...

When I wrote this book, over a period of about 5 years, I wanted to communicate something of my experience to the reader. Most importantly, I wanted to convey a view of English that the reader may not be familiar with, that it can be an object of play. In writing the book, I forced myself, stretched myself, to play with English, to expand its potential. I took something of an inspiration from ... Read more

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When I wrote this book, over a period of about 5 years, I wanted to communicate something of my experience to the reader. Most importantly, I wanted to convey a view of English that the reader may not be familiar with, that it can be an object of play. In writing the book, I forced myself, stretched myself, to play with English, to expand its potential. I took something of an inspiration from
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A Manual for Cleaning Women

Selected Stories

by Lucia Berlin ...

Narrated by Thom Rivera, Dawn Harvey, Carol Monda, Hillary Huber, Bernadette Dunne, Kyla Garcia, various narrators0 ...

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“I have always had faith that the best writers will rise to the top, like cream, sooner or later, and will become exactly as well-known as they should be—their work talked about, quoted, taught, performed, filmed, set to music, anthologized. Perhaps, with the present collection, Lucia Berlin will begin to gain the attention she deserves.”—Lydia Davis, from the forewordA Manual for Cleaning Women ... Read more

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“I have always had faith that the best writers will rise to the top, like cream, sooner or later, and will become exactly as well-known as they should be—their work talked about, quoted, taught, performed, filmed, set to music, anthologized. Perhaps, with the present collection, Lucia Berlin will begin to gain the attention she deserves.”—Lydia Davis, from the forewordA Manual for Cleaning Women
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Evening in Paradise

More Stories

by Lucia Berlin ...

This second posthumous story collection by the New York Times– bestselling author of A Manual for Cleaning Women "shines with compassion and dark wit" ( Guardian , UK).In 2015, eleven years after her death, Lucia Berlin became a literary sensation with her widely acclaimed short story collection, A Manual for Cleaning Women. Re... ... Read more

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This second posthumous story collection by the New York Times– bestselling author of A Manual for Cleaning Women "shines with compassion and dark wit" ( Guardian , UK).In 2015, eleven years after her death, Lucia Berlin became a literary sensation with her widely acclaimed short story collection, A Manual for Cleaning Women. Re...
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The Cult of Creativity

A Surprisingly Recent History

by Samuel W. Franklin ...

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year. "A beautifully written and well-documented account of how creativity gained the societal value it has today." —Vlad Glăveanu, author of CreativityCreativity is one of American society's signature values, but the idea that there is such a thing as "creativity"—and that it can be cultivated—is surprisingly recent, entering our everyday speech in the 1950s. As S ... Read more

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A New Yorker Best Book of the Year. "A beautifully written and well-documented account of how creativity gained the societal value it has today." —Vlad Glăveanu, author of CreativityCreativity is one of American society's signature values, but the idea that there is such a thing as "creativity"—and that it can be cultivated—is surprisingly recent, entering our everyday speech in the 1950s. As S
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All the Lovers in the Night

A Novel

by Mieko Kawakami ...

"What makes [this] novel so brilliant is an understanding of why women might willingly adhere to . . . performative femininity, even while they criticize it." ——Jo Hamya, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the international bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs, "one of the most insightful and important writers of our time....[an] extraordinary exploration of relationships, work and the intimate ... Read more

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"What makes [this] novel so brilliant is an understanding of why women might willingly adhere to . . . performative femininity, even while they criticize it." ——Jo Hamya, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the international bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs, "one of the most insightful and important writers of our time....[an] extraordinary exploration of relationships, work and the intimate
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