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  • Gangster States

    Organized Crime, Kleptocracy and Political Collapse

    by K. Hirschfeld ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The author draws on behavioral ecology to predict the evolution of organized crime in unregulated systems of exchange and the further development of racketeer economies into unstable kleptocratic states. The result is a new model that explains the expansion and contraction of political-economic complexity in prehistoric and contemporary societies. ... Read more

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  • The World's Rarest Birds

    Series series WILDGuides
    An illustrated survey of the world's most endangered birdsThis illustrated book vividly depicts the most endangered birds in the world and provides the latest information on the threats each species faces and the measures being taken to save them. Today, 571 bird species are classified as critically endangered or endangered, and a further four now exist only in captivity. This landmark book ... Read more

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  • Re-Engage: How America's Best Places to Work Inspire Extra Effort in Extraordinary Times

    WHY SHOULD I WORRY ABOUT KEEPING WORKERS HAPPY IN A TIME OF RISING UNEMPLOYMENT?Because you can't afford not to. In an eye-opening survey of 10,000 employers in 43 states, the Best Places to Work are not only the most engaging work environments for employees—they are also the most efficient, productive, and successful. Even in the toughest economic times.WHAT SEPARATES THE "BEST" FROM THE REST ... Read more

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  • Hirschfeld

    The Secret Diary of a U-Boat

    Whilst there have been many memoirs written by U-boat commanders of the Second World War, a book such as this, based upon the diaries of a senior Petty Officer telegraphist, written in 'real time' is something very special. Wolfgang Hirschfeld, whose diaries Geoffrey Brooks has translated is a born story teller. The principal chapters describe his experiences during six war patrols in U-109, in ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Under Swiss Protection

    Jewish Eyewitness Accounts from Wartime Budapest

    This volume retraces Carl Lutz’s diplomatic wartime rescue efforts in Budapest, Hungary, through the lens of Jewish eyewitness testimonies. Together with his wife, Gertrud Lutz-Fankhauser, the director of the Palestine Office in Budapest, Moshe Krausz, fellow Swiss citizens Harald Feller, Ernst Vonrufs, Peter Zürcher, and the underground Zionist Youth Movement, Carl Lutz led an extensive rescue ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Teenage Orca Rampage

    One killer whale against the ultimate evil

    A teenage orca. The billionaire who killed her pod. And the bloody road to vengeance.That’s the whole story — a teenage orca’s quest to get revenge against a corrupt asshole who has no regard for any life except his own. And she gets it. BUT AT WHAT COST???(That was a trick question; orcas don’t use money.)If you like Kung Fury, The Meg, Deadpool, or Tropic Thunder but wish it was a book where the ... Read more

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  • The Extraordinary Book of Native American Lists

    While Native Americans are perhaps the most studied people in our society, they too often remain the least understood and visible. Fictions and stereotypes predominate, obscuring substantive and fascinating facts about Native societies. The Extraordinary Book of Native American Lists works to remedy this problem by compiling fun, unique, and significant facts about Native groups into one volume, ... Read more

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  • Judah Hallevi's Kitab Al Khazari

    Judah Hallevi's Kitab al Khazaritranslated by Hartwig HirschfeldA classic of Medieval Jewish philosophy, set in a legendary (but historical) central Asian kingdom.Framed as a dialog between the king of the Khazars, a Central Asian kingdom, and a Rabbi, the Khazari is an exposition of late medieval Jewish philosophy. Legend has it that the king of the Khazars held a symposium to decide whether his ... Read more

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  • Scorched Earth

    The Germans on the Somme, 1914–18

    This book discusses in detail the experience of German warfare in the first World War, focusing specifically on the battle of the Somme. The Somme, together with other regions of northern France, had also lain under German domination. Its inhabitants had been rigorously suppressed and their possessions carted off as booty. Finally, during their 1917 withdrawal, the Germans had subjected the whole ... Read more

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  • Kitab al Khazari, in English translation

    by Judah Hallevi ...
    Translated by Hartwig Hirschfeld ...
    "Framed as a dialog between the king of the Khazars, a Central Asian kingdom, and a Rabbi, the Khazari is an exposition of late medieval Jewish philosophy. Legend has it that the king of the Khazars held a symposium to decide whether his people should convert to Judaism, Christianity or Islam. This book is a fictional account of the Jewish side of this debate. Judah Ha-Levi, the author, was born ... Read more

    $1.16 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Indian Stereotypes in the World of Children

    A Reader and Bibliography

    The world of contemporary American infants and young children is saturated with inappropriate images of American Indians. American Indian Stereotypes in the World of Children reveals and discusses these images and cultural stereotypes through writings like Kathy Kerner's previously unpublished essay on Thanksgiving and an essay by Dr. Cornell Pewewardy on Disney's Pocahontas film. This edition ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • Pressure Cooking

    Series series Idiot's Guides
    Pressure cookers have been around for generations, but are now making a big comeback. Not to be confused with a pressure canner, the modern pressure cooker can be an automated all-in-one device or a stovetop cooker. Regardless of the technological advances, people can still be intimidated by the pressurized contents and the possibility of having hot food explode out of the cooker. Idiot’s Guides®: ... Read more

    $10.99 USD