What turns an ordinary person into a hero? What happens in the blink of an eye on a battlefield (or in any dangerous situation) to bring out true courage? The men and women who have been recognized by
What turns an ordinary person into a hero? What happens in the blink of an eye on a battlefield (or in any dangerous situation) to bring out true courage? The men and women who have been recognized by
This is the first and only biography of Jeane Kirkpatrick, who became an iconic figure in the 1980s as Ronald Reagan's UN ambassador and the most forceful presence in the administration, outside of th
Proust's famous novel A la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past) is a fascinating exploration not only of memory and desire, of high society and everyday life, but also of art. The stu
As leading New Leftists in the Sixties, Peter Collier and David Horowitz were intimately involved in the radicalism of the day. Later on, they became the first of their generation to publicly reject t
The Roosevelts is a brilliant and controversial account of twentieth-century American political culture as seen through the lens of its preeminent political dynasty. Peter Collier shows how Theodore a
A hero’s action is always extraordinary because it is so contrary to the basic human instincts of self-preservation and survival. For the fighter ace, it is often “kill or be killed”. The men whose im
The story of the Roosevelts is usually seen as a tale of two presidents—Theodore and Franklin—separated by time and politics, and of two families—the Oyster Bay and Hyde Park branches—that had little
Martin Heidegger's overt alliance with the Nazis and the specific relation between this alliance and his philosophical thought?the degree to which his concepts are linked to a thoroughly disreputable
Eight veterans from the war in Afghanistan have been awarded our nation’s highest honor for valor in combat since the publication of Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty, Third E
This description is based on the MIT professor's writings on linguistics in the 1950s; but beginning with his criticism of the Vietnam War in the 1960s, Chomsky became much better known for his radic
Music is an accumulation of mediators: instruments, languages, sheets, performers, scenes, media and so on. There is no musical object a€?in itselfa€?; music must always be made again. In this innovat
Zola's masterpiece of working life, Germinal (1885), exposes the inhuman conditions of miners in northern France in the 1860s. By Zola's death in 1902 it had come to symbolize the call for freedom fro
Sexual attraction, artistic insight, and the often ironic relationship between them are the dominant themes in the three short works by Balzac collected in this volume. In Sarrasine, an impetuous youn
This book offers 22 papers from the 4th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography held in 2012 at Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest. Arranged by region, they embody
First published on Veteran’s Day 2003 to glowing reviews (“Powerful”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer), energetic cross-country events, and instant national bestseller status, Medal
On October 25, 2010, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta became the first living?person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States’ highest military decoration, and both he and Sergeant Leroy Petr
This numbered, limited edition of Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty has been published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the medal. The clothbound book fits into an elegan
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This revised and updated fifth edition of Accounting for Managers builds on the international success of the previous editions in explaining how accounting is used by non-financial managers.
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Environmental stress is one of the most significant factors affecting livestock performance and health, and it is only expected to increase with effects of global warming. Environmental Physiology of
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