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The Good War of Consul Reeves

de Peter Rose ...

Months before the start of the Pacific War in 1941, John Reeves – his career and marriage failing – is posted as British consul to the tiny Portuguese colony of Macao in southern China. The Japanese soon declare war on the West with their attacks on Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong. But because Portugal is neutral, Macao is left alone and becomes a tiny island of neutrality, an Asian Casablanca ... Leer más

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Months before the start of the Pacific War in 1941, John Reeves – his career and marriage failing – is posted as British consul to the tiny Portuguese colony of Macao in southern China. The Japanese soon declare war on the West with their attacks on Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong. But because Portugal is neutral, Macao is left alone and becomes a tiny island of neutrality, an Asian Casablanca
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Tropes of Intolerance

Pride, Prejudice, and the Politics of Fear

de Peter Rose ...

Tropes of Intolerance is a Baedeker of bigotry, a short course on xenophobic racism and populist nationalism – both enduring threats to the social fabric of democratic societies.Each chapter is a self-contained commentary and a building block. In the first, the author considers the concepts of pride and prejudice and discusses patterns of discrimination and strategies of resistance. This is ... Leer más

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Tropes of Intolerance is a Baedeker of bigotry, a short course on xenophobic racism and populist nationalism – both enduring threats to the social fabric of democratic societies.Each chapter is a self-contained commentary and a building block. In the first, the author considers the concepts of pride and prejudice and discusses patterns of discrimination and strategies of resistance. This is
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Postmonitions of a Peripatetic Professor

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Postmonitions of a Peripatetic Professor describes the lucky journey of Peter Rose, an octogenarian sociologist, ethnographer, writer, teacher and world traveler. In the pages of this colorful memoir, the author comments on six decades of academic life in the U.S. and abroad, his work as researcher, editor and consultant, his excursions as a travel journalist, and some intimate portraits of those ... Leer más

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Postmonitions of a Peripatetic Professor describes the lucky journey of Peter Rose, an octogenarian sociologist, ethnographer, writer, teacher and world traveler. In the pages of this colorful memoir, the author comments on six decades of academic life in the U.S. and abroad, his work as researcher, editor and consultant, his excursions as a travel journalist, and some intimate portraits of those
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As My Accountant Instructed and other writings

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A collection of short stories and poetry Adventure, history, thrills and intrigue all mixed with insight and meaning. ... Leer más

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Kidnapped by mistake from her hometown of San Diego, Hope Ryan is transported into the heart of a community under the control of a Mexican drug cartel.Cut o? from her beloved husband and family, she escapes death on more than one occasion, yet is unable to get back home. Frustrated by the lack of clues as to her whereabouts, John, her husband, remains con?dentwithout apparent reasonthat they will ... Leer más

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Kidnapped by mistake from her hometown of San Diego, Hope Ryan is transported into the heart of a community under the control of a Mexican drug cartel.Cut o? from her beloved husband and family, she escapes death on more than one occasion, yet is unable to get back home. Frustrated by the lack of clues as to her whereabouts, John, her husband, remains con?dentwithout apparent reasonthat they will
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A Paradise Built in Hell

The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

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The author of Men Explain Things to Me explores the moments of altruism and generosity that arise in the aftermath of disasterWhy is it that in the aftermath of a disaster? whether manmade or natural?people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal ... Leer más

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The author of Men Explain Things to Me explores the moments of altruism and generosity that arise in the aftermath of disasterWhy is it that in the aftermath of a disaster? whether manmade or natural?people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal
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Life in a 17th Century Coffee Shop

de David Brandon ...

Looks at what it was really like in the first cafes, as coffee drinking became more popular. This book also deals with such questions as: what else did the shops sell? How did coffee shop life influence politics, the media and everyday life? We have all seen the hilarious depiction of Mrs Miggins' coffee shop in 'Blackadder', but what was it really like in the first cafes, as coffee drinking ... Leer más

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Looks at what it was really like in the first cafes, as coffee drinking became more popular. This book also deals with such questions as: what else did the shops sell? How did coffee shop life influence politics, the media and everyday life? We have all seen the hilarious depiction of Mrs Miggins' coffee shop in 'Blackadder', but what was it really like in the first cafes, as coffee drinking
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In the Time of the Butterflies

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Internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies, a modern-day classic about three sisters' rebellion against a Dominican dictator, told by the sister who survives to tell their story"Beautiful, heartbreaking and alive . . . A lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, revolutionary heroes who had opposed and ... Leer más

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Internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies, a modern-day classic about three sisters' rebellion against a Dominican dictator, told by the sister who survives to tell their story"Beautiful, heartbreaking and alive . . . A lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, revolutionary heroes who had opposed and
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Behind Japanese Lines

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In early 1942, with World War II going badly, President Roosevelt turned to General William Wild Bill” Donovan, now known historically as the Father of Central Intelligence,” with orders to form a special unit whose primary mission was to prepare for the eventual reopening of the Burma Road linking Burma and China by performing guerilla operations behind the Japanese lines. Thus was born OSS ... Leer más

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In early 1942, with World War II going badly, President Roosevelt turned to General William Wild Bill” Donovan, now known historically as the Father of Central Intelligence,” with orders to form a special unit whose primary mission was to prepare for the eventual reopening of the Burma Road linking Burma and China by performing guerilla operations behind the Japanese lines. Thus was born OSS
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Ghosts of the Tower of London

de G. Abbott ...

Series series The Paranormal
Tales of haunting from one of the world's most terrifying landmarks.The Tower of London's most horrific tragedies are well known; the gruesome deaths of the two boy princes in the Bloody Tower, Anne Boleyn's execution, the Jesuit priests and heretics who suffered the agonies of the rack and thumbscrew. Is it any wonder, then, that there are frequent reports of bloodcurdling screams and moans, of ... Leer más

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Tales of haunting from one of the world's most terrifying landmarks.The Tower of London's most horrific tragedies are well known; the gruesome deaths of the two boy princes in the Bloody Tower, Anne Boleyn's execution, the Jesuit priests and heretics who suffered the agonies of the rack and thumbscrew. Is it any wonder, then, that there are frequent reports of bloodcurdling screams and moans, of
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

de Julia Alvarez ...

**Named A Great American Novel by The Atlantic!From the international bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and Afterlife, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is "poignant...powerful... Beautifully captures the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory." (The New York Times Book Review)**Don't miss Alvarez’s new novel, The Cemetery of Untold ... Leer más

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**Named A Great American Novel by The Atlantic!From the international bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and Afterlife, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is "poignant...powerful... Beautifully captures the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory." (The New York Times Book Review)**Don't miss Alvarez’s new novel, The Cemetery of Untold
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Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station

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“Absorbing and worthwhile . . . You won't want to put the book down.”—Portland TelegramThe cheerful Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is once again plunged headfirst into a hair-raising CIA mission.Posing as a tourist in China, Mrs. Pollifax meets the sinister challenges of the Orient to safeguard a treasure for the CIA . . . and all but loses her life in the bargain. ... Leer más

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“Absorbing and worthwhile . . . You won't want to put the book down.”—Portland TelegramThe cheerful Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is once again plunged headfirst into a hair-raising CIA mission.Posing as a tourist in China, Mrs. Pollifax meets the sinister challenges of the Orient to safeguard a treasure for the CIA . . . and all but loses her life in the bargain.
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