Adopted by the U.S. Navy for issue to all new Sailors, A Sailor’s History of the U.S. Navy brings to life the events that have shaped and inspired the Navy of today while highlighting the roles of all Sailorsfrom seaman to admiral. Rather than focus entirely upon such naval icons as Stephen Decatur and Chester Nimitz, as most histories do, author Thomas J. Cutler, a retired lieutenant commander and former second class petty officer, brings to the forefront the contributions of enlisted people. You’ll read about Quartermaster Peter Williams, who steered the ironclad Monitor into history, and Hospital Corpsman Tayinikia Campbell, who saved lives in USS Cole after she was struck by terrorists in Yemen.Unlike most histories, A Sailor’s History is arranged thematically rather than chronologically. Chapters are built around the Navy’s core values of honor, courage, and commitment, its traditions of "Don’t Tread on Me" and... Views: 64
The Tigers are in trouble.Baseball season is underway and Coach Skelly just quit.When Scott and his teammates can't find anyone to coach the team, it looks as if the Tigers' season might be over before it really begins.But then the Tigers have an idea: what if one of them became coach? After all, some of the biggest names in baseball history were player-coaches. Why not a kid coach? Views: 64
"Sisters! Come back! Please don't leave us yet!"Cisily Fisher has died in childbirth and now the village of Priors Byfield is held in a grip of fear. Can Dame Frevisse find the root of misery behind a murderer's sin before the next lethal blow falls? Or will be the village be lost in a hue and cry of terror? The gentling touch of the midwife may calm the tortured soul... or give birth to a bitter death.(The Midwife's Tale is part of the Margaret Frazer's Tales series.)PRAISE FOR THE SISTER FREVISSE MEDIEVAL MYSTERY SERIES"This series is full of the richness of the fifteenth century, handled with the care it deserves. Margaret Frazer's tales are charmingly and intelligently contrived." - Minneapolis Star Tribune"Accurate period detail, adroit characterization, and lively dialogue add to the pleasure." - Publishers Weekly"Sister Frevisse is a stalwart, appealing sleuth." - Mostly Murder"Truly shocking scenes and psychological twists."... Views: 64
Just shut your eyes and picture yourself walking around the corner. That′s what my friend told me. Somewhere around the corner and you′ll be safe. The demonstration was wild, out of control. Barbara was scared. She saw the policeman running towards her. She needed to escape. She closed her eyes and did precisely that: she walked somewhere around the corner - to another demonstration - to another time. Barbara was lucky she meet young Jim who took her out of this strange, frightening city to his home. It was 1932, when Australia was in the grip of the depression, and Jim lived in a shantytown. But Barbara found a true friend and a true home - somewhere safe around the corner. Ages 12+ Views: 64
Darcy Wills needs help. A frightening ordeal at the end of the school year has turned her world upside down. And her parents, distracted by problems at home, don't seem to notice her troubles. With her ex-boyfriend miles away in Detroit and her beloved grandmother gone, Darcy is more alone than ever. Unable to deny the painful truth she's been hiding, Darcy turns to her remaining friends only to discover one of them has an even bigger secret. Now, forced into a crisis beyond her control, Darcy must take a stand for herself—and for her friend. Only one thing is certain: when the dust settles, Darcy will never be the same. Views: 64
Geopolitical Exotica examines exoticized Western representations of Tibet and Tibetans and the debate over that land’s status with regard to China. Concentrating on specific cultural images of the twentieth century-promulgated by novels, popular films, travelogues, and memoirs-Dibyesh Anand lays bare the strategies by which “Exotica Tibet” and “Tibetanness” have been constructed, and he investigates the impact these constructions have had on those who are being represented. Although images of Tibet have excited the popular imagination in the West for many years, Geopolitical Exotica is the first book to explore representational practices within the study of international relations. Anand challenges the parochial practices of current mainstream international relations theory and practice, claiming that the discipline remains mostly Western in its orientation. His analysis of Tibet’s status with regard to China scrutinizes the vocabulary afforded by conventional international relations theory and considers issues that until now have been undertheorized in relation to Tibet, including imperialism, history, diaspora, representation, and identity. In this masterfully synthetic work, Anand establishes that postcoloniality provides new insights into themes of representation and identity and demonstrates how IR as a discipline can meaningfully expand its focus beyond the West. Dibyesh Anand is a reader in international relations at the University of Westminster, London. Views: 64
Award-winning author Josepha Sherman returns with the sequel to The Shattered Oath as Elven Prince Ardagh is forced to choose between standing by his sworncomrade or regaining all that he has lost--and to be in truth as well as name Ardagh Oathbreaker. Views: 64
Having established himself on Mycenae's throne, matching ruthless-ness with greater ruthlessness, Agamemnon accepts in all their gravity the burdens of a kingdom. His grand design is the unification of Achaea in preparation for a full campaign against the city state of Troy, long responsible for the interruption of shipments of grain westwards from the Crimea - with drastic economic consequences for Achaea. With the possible exception of Herodotus, it is likely that few before Shipway have put forward the idea that the Trojan War was about food and not about women. This novel bristles indeed with original ideas - many of them unorthodox and entertaining - about what actually happened three thousand years ago in Greece. Homer, whose writing has hitherto conditioned our understanding of events, is shown to be attached as PR man to a treacherous Achilles; Iphigeneia is mentally retarded and her sacrifice is Agamemnon's brainwave- a means of getting at Clytemnaistra, his wife and the girl's adoptive mother, who has recently poisoned her husband's mistress. Again, it is difficult to coax Heroes into a fighting mood merely over food and economics - they need a romantic ideal as motivation, so Agamemnon himself arranges for the elopement of Paris and Helen to Troy. The narrative sweep of this story is irresistible and the details which the author gives of the way of life, women, armour, the Theban vice and other sexual exertions, are constantly arresting and fascinating. George Shipway's gift in making history live again has never been better deployed than in the present book, following the previous and quite separate novel about Agamemnon's youth, Warrior in Bronze. Views: 64
