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Lessons from Joan
Living and Loving with Cancer, a Husband's Story
Eric R. Kingson
A book that will benefit everyone, especially those negotiating life-threatening
diagnoses; their caregivers, family members and friends; and health care providers
and their students.
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William Dudley Pelley
A Life in Right-Wing Extremism and the Occult
Scott Beekman
The first full-length biography of William Dudley Pelley, an important figure in
the development of right-wing extremism in the United States called by detractors
the "Star-Spangled Fascist."
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The "Bergson Boys" and the Origins of Contemporary Zionist Militancy
Judith Tydor Baumel
Tells the remarkable story of six young men and the organizations they founded
between 1939 and 1948 that would set the stage for the militant Zionist activism
of today.
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Blacks at the Net
Black Achievement in the History of Tennis
Volume One
Sundiata Djata
An unprecedented look at the rich history of blacks on U. S. tennis courts.
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Women in Korean Zen
Lives and Practices
Martine Batchelor
A rare and vivid narrative of a Buddhist nun's training and spiritual awakening.
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Scare Tactics
The Politics of International Rivalry
Michael P. Colaresi
Explains the process whereby countries become locked into long-term and deadly international conflict and how they can escape that conflict spiral.
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Formation of the Modern State
The Ottoman Empire 16th-18th Centuries, Second Edition
Rifa'at 'Ali Abou-El-Haj
With extensive new material, this classic book now in a second editionchallenges
the current paradigm of the societal decline as inadequate for understanding
the Ottoman society and state during this period.
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Technological Utopianism in American Culture
Twentieth Anniversary Edition
Howard P. Segal
In this anniversary edition, Howard P. Segal's acclaimed work on utopian visionariestwenty-five writers in allis reissued with additional material allowing
"New Perspectives for 2005."
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New in Paper
Iroquoia
The Development of a Native World
William Engelbrecht
Drawing on archaeology, historical evidence, oral traditions, and linguistics, this book provides a dynamic view of Iroquois life from the prehistoric period and Owasco sites through the establishment of the Five Nations.
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Logging Railroads of the Adirondacks
William Gove
Relates the history of railroad activity during that robust era that witnessed the most intense timber harvest ever undertaken in the Adirondacks.
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New in Paper
Boys
Stories and a Novella
David Lloyd
Set in 1966, these stories re-create the world of lower-middle-class adolescent boys coming of age in upstate New York.
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New in Paper
Marietta Holley
Life with "Josiah Allen's Wife"
Kate H. Winter
Recovers the buried reputation of one of America's most popular writers from
1873 to 1914.
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Painting Lake George
1774-1900
Erin Budis Coe and Gwendolyn Owens
Painting Lake George, 1774-1900 explores in depth the extraordinary paintings
that depict the famously beautiful Adirondack resort community.
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A Good Life in Your Eyes
The Art of Gerald Garston
Foreword by Bud Collins
Interpretive Essay by Alicia Currier Kallay
Shows the distinctiveness of Garston's flat, solid colorful figureswork that is often compared to that of early American folk artists and the
pre-Renaissance paintings of Giotto and Duccio.
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Life Lessons
The Art of Jerome Witkin, Second Ed.
Sherry Chayat
With a Foreword by Kenneth Baker
Elucidates Witkin's success in rendering subjects in ways both immediate and
powerfully universal.
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The Warriors
Harold Zissman
A first-hand account that gives special attention to the author's experience among predominantly
non-Jewish partisans in Soviet Russia, where he confronted anti-Semitism
while facing a common enemy.
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In Lieu of Memory
Contemporary Jewish Writing in France
Thomas Nolden
An encyclopedic introduction to French Jewish literature as it has emerged since the late 1960s.
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New Perceptions of Old Appearances in the
Art of Samuel Bak
Lawrence L. Langer
Showcases the distinctive work of one of the most innovative artists of our time.
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The Kurds and the State
Evolving National Identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran
Denise Natali
A timely book that analyzes the formation of Kurdish national identity from the late Imperial period to the present.
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Resistance, Repression, and Gender Politics
in Occupied Palestine and Jordan
Frances Hasso
Examines gender, women's involvement, and sexuality in the ideologies and strategies of a transnational Palestinian political movement.
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A Brave New Quest
100 Modern Turkish Poems
Talat S. Halman, Translator and Editor
Jayne L. Warner, Associate Editor
A representative selection of modern Turkish poems that conveys in faithful translations the full spectrum of Turkish emotions, humor, intellectual explorations, joys, and agonies.
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Lebanon
Poems of Love and War, Bilingual Ed.
Nadia Tuéni
Edited by Christophe Ippolito
Translated by Paul B. Kelley and Sam Hazo
A newly translated collection of poetryin a bilingual editionby Francophone
writer Nadia Tuéni, including more than forty selected poems, together with articles on Tuéni's work.
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Family and Court
Legal Culture and Modernity in Late Ottoman Palestine
Iris Agmon
Challenges prevailing assumptions about family, courts of law, and the nature of modernity in Muslim societies against the backdrop of Haifa and Jaffa during " the long nineteenth century."
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Obliged by Memory
Literature, Religion, Ethics
Edited by Steven Katz and Alan Rosen
A collection honoring Elie Wiesel's seventieth birthday.
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Imagined Country
Environment, Culture, and Society
John Rennie Short
Explores the relationship between society and the physical world through
representationthe artistic re-creation of the physical worldwhich reflects
interpretation.
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Darwin and the Crisis of 1882 in the Medical Department
Shafik Jeha
The engrossing story of an extraordinary crisis that reverberated far beyond the
shores of Lebanon as the first student protest in the Arab region.
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Slices of Orange
A Collection of Memorable Games and Performers in Syracuse University Sports History
Sal Maiorana and Scott Pitoniak
From the last-second heroics of Wilmeth Sidat-Singh in Archbold Stadium to
the last-second heroics of Donovan McNabb in the Carrier Dome more than a
half century later, this book is a chronicle of the rich tradition of Syracuse
University sports.
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One of a Kind
Learning the Secrets of World Leaders
Walter H. Diamond
A world-renowned tax authority, author, and economist shares lessons in life and
observations on great men he has met and known.
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The Intentional Leader
Kenneth A. Shaw
Foreword by James L. Fisher
A former chancellor of Syracuse University provides techniques and practical
guidance on the art of effective leadership.
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Quiet Diplomacy
From Cairo to Tokyo in the Twilight of Imperialism
Armin Meyer
Armin Meyer recounts and analyzes the wide-ranging experiences and lessons learned in his remarkable life and extraordinary diplomatic career.
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