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Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Exploring more than 100 big ideas on topics as diverse as the rule of law, the extent of liberty, and the justification of warfare, [this book] takes you on a journey through the history of politics, from the influential theories of ancient Greece, Rome, and Asia to modern concepts voiced by today's brightest political thinkers."--Front jacket flap.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Seven years ago Mia Briscoe was at a frat party with her friend Serena when a fire broke out. Serena was never heard from or seen again. Now an investigative journalist, Mia covers the political scene in New York City, but she hasn't given up trying to find out what happened to her friend. When an old photo taken at the frat party gives her clues, Mia enlists Sherlock's help to uncover a sinister string of events going all the way back to that disastrous...
28) Maclean's
Publisher
Maclean-Hunter
Pub. Date
1911-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 28-31 cm
Language
English
30) Holdout: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
When a freak accident befalls the International Space Station and injure veteran American astronaut Belk "Walli" Beckworth and the two Russian cosmonauts aboard, NASA and Roscomos order all astronauts to abandon ship. Walli refuses to return to Earth as her fellow astronauts blast off toward home. As the ISS orbits the Earth, Walli watches the blaze of fires in the Amazon rainforest: villages are destroyed, the forest is devastated. As the Brazilian...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Language
English
Formats
Description
The year 1945 was a chaotic one, both for the world, of course, and for Winston Churchill. Communism was on the march and the people of Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Poland all found themselves in the grip of the Soviets. The Red Army occupied a large German territory, and the Kremlin was manipulating post-war food shortages, labor disputes, and social unrest in Greece, France, and Italy.
Having spent his "wilderness years" in the late 1930s...
Having spent his "wilderness years" in the late 1930s...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
xii, 333 pages : illustrations , maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Beginning with World War II and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union, this is a new account of the strategic dynamics that drove the age, with portraits of its major personalities and much fresh insight into its most crucial events. It contains much new information drawn from newly opened Soviet, East European, and Chinese archives. Now, as America once again finds itself in a global confrontation with an implacable ideological enemy, this...
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