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2022
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English
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A tense real-life thriller follows a group of retired Green Berets as they worked together to save a former comrade, along with five hundred Afghans, right before the ISIS-K suicide bombing at Kabul airport amidst the chaos of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
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Twayne's masterwork studies volume no. 50
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Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1990.
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English
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Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work A Separate Peace, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.
84) Peaceful me
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English
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"A young child tells us about the different times when he feels peaceful, as well as how he copes when he needs to find a peaceful state again. Acclaimed picture-book creators Sandra V. Feder and Rahele Jomepour Bell have teamed up once again to create a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated exploration of peacefulness. "I like feeling peaceful," the young narrator tells us, then describes the times when he is filled with this emotion. When he is...
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NAL Caliber
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"From the acclaimed author of The King's Mother and Bosworth 1485 -- a fascinating look at ten days that changed the course of history.... With the world at war, ten days can feel like a lifetime.... On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin. But victory over the Nazi regime was not celebrated in western Europe until May 8, and in Russia a day later, on the ninth. Why did a peace agreement take so much time? How did this...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"A groundbreaking, revelatory history of Abraham Lincoln's plan to secure a just and lasting peace after the Civil War-a vision that inspired future presidents as well as the world's most famous peacemakers, including Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. It is a story of war and peace, race and reconciliation"--
"As the tide of the Civil War turned in the spring of 1865, Abraham Lincoln took a dangerous two-week trip to visit...
87) The killing moon
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Dreamblood duology volume 1
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English
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In a city where Gatherers harvest the magic of the sleeping mind and use it to judge the corrupt, Ehiru, the most famous of the city's Gatherers, learns that he must protect the woman he was sent to kill or watch the city be devoured by forbidden magic
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English
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"When individuals are suffering through unpleasant or undesirable situations and circumstances, they are often unaware of how they participate in creating or re-creating their experience. In severe cases, there is addiction or suffering. Frequently, my first attempt at offering suffering individuals another way of seeing their experience is met with fierce resistance, which I call "the fight to be right." Often people unwittingly fight to maintain...
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English
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How much time do we spend scrutinizing others, judging them, finding fault with them, being disappointed in how they've treated us? How much unhappiness could be avoided if we had a different way of dealing with the anxiety, stress, and broken relationships in our lives? In this new book, author John Kuypers shows how Jesus' teaching in the gospel of Matthew can revolutionize our relationships and our approach to the issues that trouble us. If we...
90) Peace
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Publisher
NorthSouth
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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"From saying hello and pronouncing your friend's name correctly to giving more than you take and saying I'm sorry, this simple concept book explores definitions of peace and actions small and big that foster it"--
91) Stateless
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Stella North is one of twelve young pilots competing in a 1937 air race meant to promote peace in Europe, but when one of her competitors is sabotaged, Stella races to determine who is capable of murder, and who might be the next victim
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Kingmaker chronicles volume 4
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English
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"The epic story continues in this brand new book in the USA Today bestselling Kingmaker Chronicles, perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Jennifer Armentrout. The queen has been cursed, and Jocasta-herbalist and member of the royal family-is the only one who can brave Circe's Garden to save her. But with treachery brewing on Mount Olympus, only one thing is clear: Thalyria and its new royals are still pawns in an epic game of power one that might...
93) Peace and me
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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An illustrated collection of inspirational ideas about peace based on the lives of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates of the 20th and 21st centuries. Includes: Jean Henry Dunant, Fridtjof Nansen, Jane Addams, John Boyd Orr of Brechin, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nelson Mandela, Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Malala Yousafzai
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English
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From the establishment of the Liberian state in 1847, the government's indirect rule over the majority indigenous Liberian population was oppressive and exploitative, and in 1980, the settler government was overthrown. But, instead of uniting Liberians, the first indigenous Liberian president presided over a 10-year dictatorship, followed by a brutal civil war that lasted until 2003.
In this case study, we examine the methodologies and approaches...
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English
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From the cofounder of Food Not Bombs, an action-oriented guide to anarchism, social change, and vegan cooking Unlike the original Anarchist Cookbook, which contained instructions for the manufacture of explosives, this version is both a cookbook in the literal sense and also a "cookbook" of recipes for social and political change. The coffee-table–sized book is divided into three sections: a theoretical section explaining what anarchism is and...
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English
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To see if nonviolence could be taught, in 1982 Colman McCarthy became a volunteer teacher at one of the poorest high schools in Washington, DC. In the thirty-two years, since then, he has taught peace studies courses for more than ten thousand college and high school students. Large numbers of those students have faithfully kept in touch with McCarthy, often with handwritten letters, and he has answered them with the same seriousness he brought to...
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Español
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"Todas mis acciones tienen su origen en mi amor inalienable por la humanidad". - Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi es una de las figuras menos comprendidas de todos los tiempos, incluso entre sus admiradores. En esta Conferencia Anual de Gandhi para la Asociación Internacional de Estudios Gandhianos, Mark Shepard aborda algunas visiones persistentemente equivocadas de Gandhi, ofreciéndonos una imagen más precisa del hombre y su no violencia.
"Un modelo de...
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English
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A clear, expert, and inspiring guide to social change, based on case studies of grassroots movements that won, from two leading community and labor experts
"Our movements must seek and win governing power to achieve our visions for a more just society. This book is a vital resource for progressives who want to win." -Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus
How do underdogs, facing far stronger opponents, sometimes...
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English
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The South Korean warship Cheonan was sunk in mysterious circumstances on 26 March 2010. The remarkable events that followed are analysed by Tim Beal and woven into a larger study of the increasingly volatile relations between North and South Korea and US concern about the rise of China.
South Korea's stance towards the North has hardened significantly since the new conservative government came to power. Beal argues that the South moved quickly...
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English
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Bosnia, Rwanda, Haiti, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria-a quarter-century of stumbles in America's pursuit of a more peaceful and just world. American military interventions have cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars, yet we rarely manage to enact positive and sustainable change. In Peace Works: America's Unifying Role in a Turbulent World, ambassador and global conflict leader Rick Barton uses a mix of stories, history, and analysis for a transformative...
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