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With the sweep of an epic novel, Our Revolution follows charismatic and brilliant Jenny Moore, whose life changed as she became engaged in movements for peace and social justice. Decades after Jenny's early death, acclaimed poet and memoirist Honor Moore forges a new relationship with the seeker and truth teller she finds in her mother's writing. Our Revolution is a daughter's vivid, absorbing account of the mother who shaped her life as an artist and a woman, "beautifully recorded, documented, and envisioned as feminist art and American history" (Margo Jefferson).

Lt. Mike Ray was a naval aviator aboard the USS Hornet with VS-35 during the Far East cruise of 1965. Their airplane was the Grumman S2-D/E, a four crew twin engined prop plane affectionately called the "STOOF". Mike kept a meticulous journal of his day to day activities as well as hundreds of photographs. The book is a treasure.

In den ruinierten Landschaften einer von Kolonisierung geprägten Welt erscheint Sprache als Vehikel ökonomischer Aneignung und flüchtiger Begegnungen. Anne Storch und Ingo H. Warnke legen mit ihrem wissenschaftlichen Essay ein Tagebuch, eine Feldstudiendokumentation und einen Dialog über ihre Reise von Sylt über Kairo nach Sansibar vor - und hinterfragen dabei den linguistischen Blick ihrer Erfahrungen. Dabei gerät ihr Schreiben ins Stocken und sucht Wege zum Sprechen in der neokolonialen Welt. In Verbindung mit einer kritischen Sichtung postkolonialer Arbeiten zielt das Buch auf die Austreibung aus den Grenzen der Sprachlosigkeit.

Right wing populism has become an apparent and expanding phenomenon of the present. Nationalist claims to protect the state against waves of immigration are en vogue. Populists claim to secure national interests and to defend cultural values. The cultural Other is used to establish or to strengthen a narrative of fear. The proposed edited volume will examine the interrelationship of nationalism and populism during the 20th and 21st centuries.

Verheiratet, verschwägert, verschwippschwägert. Der Titel deutet es an: in diesem Band geht es vor allem um ein familiäres Netzwerk. Sechs Geschwister der um 1800 in Berlin ansässigen Familien Gilly, Hainchelin und Gentz, darunter der Baumeister und Architekt Friedrich Gilly (1772-1800) und seine Frau Marie Ulrike Hainchelin (1771-1849), finden zwischen 1793 und 1800 zu drei Ehepaaren zusammen. Sie sind auf so ungewöhnliche Weise untereinander verbunden, dass diese Familienkonstellation im vorliegenden Band ausführlich untersucht wird. Den äußeren Anlass für eine vertiefte Beschäftigung mit den Familien Gilly, Hainchelin und Gentz bot der 250. Geburtstag Friedrich Gillys im Jahr 2022. Neu ermittelte oder korrigierte Lebensdaten zu den drei Familien finden sich im ausführlichen genealogischen Anhang. Bisher ungedruckte Briefe und Dokumente sowie zahlreiche unbekannte Umstände aus dem näheren Umfeld Friedrich Gillys werden hier zum ersten Mal präsentiert.

Il cosiddetto "mestiere delle armi" come mercenari (oggi contractor) al soldo di questo o quel "signore della guerra", re, governo di una repubblica, più o meno democratica, o uomo d'affari, è antico come il mondo. Nella sua vita, quale informatore dei Servizi Segreti Militari italiani, Gian Ruggero Manzoni ne ha incontrati molti e in questo libro ne parla. L'autore ha raccontato trentadue di quegli "uomini d'arme" coi quali ha avuto modo di dialogare, entrando nel profondo delle loro menti e delle loro personalità. Parte di quei colloqui, assieme alle "vite" dei combattenti, sono riportati in queste pagine ci aiutano a comprendere il lato psicologico che li ha spinti a intraprendere una professione pericolosa, spesso crudele, spietata e sanguinaria. Anche il profano di questo mondo potrà rendersi conto di queste esistenze particolari, di cui ben poco si sa; inoltre capirà cosa sta succedendo nei numerosi conflitti che ancora divampano su questo pianeta quando ci si serve delle milizie a pagamento. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

What happened when Jane Austen’s heroines and heroes were finally wed?<BR>  <BR> Marriage is at the centre of Jane Austen’s novels. The pursuit of husbands and wives, advantageous matches, and, of course, love itself, motivate her characters and continue to fascinate readers today. But what were love and marriage like in reality for ladies and gentlemen in Regency England?<BR>  <BR> Rory Muir uncovers the excitements and disappointments of courtship and the pains and pleasures of marriage, drawing on fascinating first-hand accounts as well as novels of the period. From the glamour of the ballroom to the pressures of careers, children, managing money, and difficult in-laws, love and marriage came in many guises: some wed happily, some dared to elope, and other relationships ended with acrimony, adultery, domestic abuse, or divorce. Muir illuminates the position of both men and women in marriage, as well as those spinsters and bachelors who chose not to marry at all.<BR>  <BR> This is a richly textured account of how love and marriage felt for people at the time—revealing their unspoken assumptions, fears, pleasures, and delights.

Die hier erstmals in Farbe publizierte Berner Bilderhandschrift mit 200 Zeichnungen zeigt zur Hälfte eidgenössische Milizen, zur anderen Hälfte Angehörige der Hauptarmee der Verbündeten (Österreicher, Russen, Preußen und Bayern) sowie Schweizer Soldaten in fremden Diensten, französische, britische, spanische, italienische und sardische Truppen aus der Zeit des Marsches der Verbündeten durch die Schweiz (um 1813/14).Eine Einführung in den Kontext der Entstehung der Bilderhandschrift, ein Vergleich mit anderen zeitgenössischen Bilderserien, eine Analyse der Zeichnungen sowie eine Dislokation der eidgenössischen Grenzsicherungstruppen Ende 1813 ergänzen diese Edition.

Søren Hjorth: Inventor of the Dynamo-electric Principle, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Instant New York Times Bestseller<BR><BR>A Politico Top 10 Most Anticipated Book of 2024<BR><BR>A New York Times Notable Book<BR><BR>A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice<BR><BR>“An absorbing account of 21st-century brinkmanship . . . . one that should be read by every legislator or presidential nominee sufficiently deluded to think that returning America to its isolationist past or making chummy with Putin is a viable option in today’s world.” –New York Times Book Review<BR><BR>The essential new book by CNN anchor and chief national security analyst Jim Sciutto, identifying a new, more uncertain global order with reporting on the frontlines of power from existing wars to looming ones across the globe.<BR> <BR>The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 dawned what Francis Fukuyama called “The End of History.” Three decades later, Jim Sciutto said on CNN’s air as the Ukraine war began, that we are living in a “1939 moment.” History never ended—it barely paused—and the global order as we long have known it is now gone. Powerful nations are determined to assert dominance on the world stage. And as their push for power escalates, a new order will affect everyone across the globe. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a part of it, but in reality, this power struggle impacts every corner of our world—from Helsinki to Beijing, from Australia to the North Pole. This is a battle with many fronts: in the Arctic, in the oceans and across the skies, on man-made islands and redrawn maps, and in tech and cyberspace.<BR><BR>Through globe-spanning, exclusive interviews with dozens of political, military, and intelligence leaders, Sciutto defines our times as a return of great power conflict, “a definitive break between the post–Cold War era and an entirely new and uncertain one.” With savvy, thorough, in-person reporting, he follows-up his 2019 bestseller, The Shadow War: Inside Russia’s and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America, which focused on the covert tactics of a hidden conflict. <BR><BR>The Return of Great Powers analyzes a historic and visible shift in real time. It details the realities of this new post–post–Cold War era, the increasingly aligned Russian and Chinese governments, and the flashpoint of a new, global nuclear arms race. And it poses a question: As we consider uncertain, even terrifying, outcomes, will it be possible for the West and Russia and China to prevent a new World War?

At a time in our history where the Spanish Mexican roots of this great place we call Texas are being questioned, this third volume of selected essays is most timely. For example, if Texas history begins in 1836 as implied in mainstream Texas history, why then is everything historically old (towns, roads, rivers, mountain ranges, regions, etc.) named in Spanish? Our ancestors' legacy is why we have a right to practice our heritage year-round; not just during Hispanic History Month.Importantly, the network of vibrant communities in New Spain connected by the Camino Real are indeed what first attracted U.S. Anglo Saxon and Northern European immigrants to Texas and the west. In remembering our ancestors, "Aquí todavía estamos, y no nos vamos". (Here we still are and we're not leaving.)

In the late 1800s and early 1900s the Keowee Courier was Oconee County's dominant newspaper. An important aspect of the Courier was weekly reports by community correspondents from throughout the county, who would tell about the day-to-day goings-on in their communities.One of those communities, of course, was Seneca, and this book consists of a compilation of news reports from the Seneca correspondents, spanning the period 1888-1918, specifically from the years 1888, 1889, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 1911, 1914 and 1918.Although several excellent Seneca history books have been published, the author feels that this book will add an extra dimension by focusing on the day-to-day, week-to-week, year-to-year goings on as Senecaites (as they were called back then) adapted to the coming of cotton mills, automobiles, electric lights, etc.