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The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army
by Stephan TaltyIn the spring of 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte was at the height of his powers. But a powerful and ancient enemy awaited Napoleon's men in the Russian steppes. Virulent and swift, this microscopic foe would bring the emperor to his knees. This sweeping account takes readers beyond the battlefield to understand the origins of the pathogen that finally ended Napoleon's dreams of world conquest, and exposes this 'war plague's' hidden role throughout history. A glossary of foreign terms, military terms, and place names is included. Talty is a widely published journalist and bestselling author. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
The Illustrious Life of William McKinley, our Martyred President
by Murat HalsteadThe true story of the assassination, the shadow of death, passing away, funeral ceremonies together with his ancestry, boyhood, student days, his career as soldier, lawyer, statesman, governor, and president, the principles for which he stood and the triumphs he achieved, and his home life.
Illyricum in Roman Politics 229 BC-AD 68
by Danijel DzinoIllyricum, in the western Balkan peninsula, was a strategically important area of the Roman Empire where the process of Roman imperialism began early and lasted for several centuries. Dzino here examines Roman political conduct in Illyricum; the development of Illyricum in Roman political discourse; and the beginning of the process that would integrate Illyricum into the Roman Empire and wider networks of the Mediterranean world. In addition, he also explores the different narrative histories, from the romanocentric narrative of power and Roman military conquest, which dominate the available sources, to other, earlier scholarly interpretations of events.
Ilsa: A Novel
by Madeleine L'EngleA novel about the darker side of love by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time and the Crosswicks Journals. From the moment Henry Porcher first sees Ilsa Brandes, he worships her. Despite controversy surrounding the young girl, Henry is drawn to her, a fascination that turns into a lifelong infatuation. As the years pass, Ilsa's memory never leaves him, not until the day he returns to their sleepy Southern hometown and renews their childhood friendship. Henry watches as she becomes a wife, then a mother, then a widow, irrevocably changed by tragedy. Out of print for nearly six decades, this rare and sought-after novel is a portrait of a remarkable woman bound by both the stifling conventions of her time and place, and her own sense of honor and purpose. A departure from L'Engle's later works, Ilsa is a dark, intriguing novel about passion, fixation, and the real price of unrequited love by an author renowned for her children's classics as well as her candid personal memoirs. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L'Engle including rare images from the author's estate.
Ilse Koch on Trial: Making the “Bitch of Buchenwald”
by Tomaz JardimAn authoritative reassessment of one of the Third Reich’s most notorious war criminals, whose alleged sexual barbarism made her a convenient scapegoat and obscured the true nature of Nazi terror.On September 1, 1967, one of the Third Reich’s most infamous figures hanged herself in her cell after nearly twenty-four years in prison. Known as the “Bitch of Buchenwald,” Ilse Koch was singularly notorious, having been accused of owning lampshades fabricated from skins of murdered camp inmates and engaging in “bestial” sexual behavior. These allegations fueled a public fascination that turned Koch into a household name and the foremost symbol of Nazi savagery. Her subsequent prosecution resulted in a scandal that prompted US Senate hearings and even the intervention of President Truman.Yet the most sensational atrocities attributed to Koch were apocryphal or unproven. In this authoritative reappraisal, Tomaz Jardim shows that, while Koch was guilty of heinous crimes, she also became a scapegoat for postwar Germans eager to distance themselves from the Nazi past. The popular condemnation of Koch—and the particularly perverse crimes attributed to her by prosecutors, the media, and the public at large—diverted attention from the far more consequential but less sensational complicity of millions of ordinary Germans in the Third Reich’s crimes.Ilse Koch on Trial reveals how gendered perceptions of violence and culpability drove Koch’s zealous prosecution at a time when male Nazi perpetrators responsible for greater crimes often escaped punishment or received lighter sentences. Both in the international press and during her three criminal trials, Koch was condemned for her violation of accepted gender norms and “good womanly behavior.” Koch’s “sexual barbarism,” though treated as an emblem of the Third Reich’s depravity, ultimately obscured the bureaucratized terror of the Nazi state and hampered understanding of the Holocaust.
Ilusões do Coração
by Julia SuttonO primeiro ano na Universidade Chattlesbury está chegando ao fim. Cinco estudantes tornaram-se amigos e suas vidas estão progredindo tanto academicamente quanto pessoalmente. Forçado a amadurecer cedo demais, a vida de Will pode ser a mesma novamente? Prejudicada pela perda pessoal, Evelyn pode superar sua dor? Segredos e revelações ameaçam destruir o mundo que Sophie conhece. O crescente amor de Juliette por um homem pode superar a oposição daqueles ao seu redor? Ann está se esforçando para conseguir a única coisa que vai conseguir preenchê-la. Vida e sonhos colidem em “Ilusões do Coração”, com cinco personagens enfrentando novos desafios. É uma estória edificante de otimismo, amor, perda e tenacidade do espírito humano.
La Ilustración en el Río de la Plata: Cultura eclesiástica y cultura laica durante el Virreinato
by José Carlos ChiaramonteEste libro, ya considerado un clásico en su género, analiza losproblemas referidos a la vida intelectual en el Río de la Plata duranteel período colonial. Publicada originalmente en 1989, La Ilustración en el Río de la Plata esel corolario de una serie de investigaciones emprendidas por José CarlosChiaramonte desde los inicios de su carrera como historiador. Esta obra,de referencia ineludible para la historia de las ideas en la Argentina,propone un enfoque que trasciende la polarización del debate sobre losorígenes ideológicos de la revolución de independencia entre quienesprivilegiaban la influencia directa de la ilustración francesa y los quereivindicaban el arraigo en una tradición neoescolástica puramentehispánica. Comienza por ubicar a la denominada #ilustración rioplatense#no en sintonía directa con los pensadores franceses sino en el másadecuado marco de la historia intelectual peninsular de la época, cuyosrasgos principales no estaban dados por la vieja escolástica sino porlos intentos de conciliar los dogmas de la fe con las desafiantes#novedades del siglo#, algo que ha sido sintetizado con la problemáticaexpresión #ilustración católica#. El panorama intelectual rioplatense afines del siglo XVIII resultaba, pues, más consecuente con el reformismoborbónico que con un supuesto cuestionamiento del orden colonial. Y estecuadro, a su vez, revelaba otra falencia de la vieja polémica entre#liberales# y #católicos#: una interpretación mecánica del papel causalde las ideas en la historia política que, en el fondo, ambas visionescompartían.Si hoy la mayoría de los historiadores ha dejado atrás interpretacionesteleológicas #amén de partisanas# de los antecedentes de Mayo, si ya nose resuelve el dilema en la disyuntiva entre Rousseau o Suárez, entre elenciclopedismo y la teología política de los jesuitas, ello se debe enbuena medida al aporte de esta obra cuya reedición presentamos.
Los Ilustres Vínculos del Sr. Darcy.
by Abigail Reynolds Denise De NikleHay una sola cosa en la que el afamado libertino Lord Charles Carlisle, y su primo, Fitzwilliam Darcy pueden estar de acuerdo: una fiesta de campo organizada por la Marquesa de Bentham está destinada a ser insoportablemente aburrida. Para aliviar su aburrimiento, Lord Charles apuesta a que puede seducir a la bella amiga de su hermana durante su estadía en Bentham Park. Después de todo, eso es dinero fácil para un seductor experimentado. ¿Por qué le importaría si su serio primo no aprueba este comportamiento? Pero Darcy descubre que su nueva víctima no es otra que Elizabeth Bennet, la mujer que rechazó su propuesta de matrimonio. Él no puede quedarse mirando cómo la mujer a la que aún ama es cruelmente arruinada. Lo que él no sabe es que Lord Charles guarda un oscuro secreto, y sus atenciones para con Elizabeth pueden no ser lo que parecen. Luego de un rescate de media noche, encuentros clandestinos, un hijo perdido años atrás, conspiraciones, extorsiones, y un intento de huída, todos pueden estar de acuerdo en que esta fiesta lo es todo, excepto aburrida.
Ilyushin/Beriyev A-50: The 'Soviet Sentry' (FlightCraft)
by Yefim Gordon Dmitriy KomissarovBrought out in the late 1970s as a successor to the obsolete Tu-126 airborne early warning aircraft, the A-50 co-developed by the Il'yushin and Beriyev bureaux is one of the most interesting military variants in the field of IL-76 military transport. Differing outwardly from the latter mainly in having a conventional saucer rotodome, the A-50 entered flight testing in 1980; the new Soviet AWACS entered service four years later. The improved A-50M was developed several years after that. The type continues in service with the Russian Air Force today, and the fleet is being upgraded to A-50U standard. This book describes the A-50's thrilling developmental history, taking in its many variants (including the A-50EI export model for India) and gives an extensive overview of the various scale model kits covering the subject currently available on the market.
I'm a Celebrity... Where's Kiosk Keith?
by Mark Cowley and Bill HopeI'm A Celebrity's Kiosk Keith has escaped the Outback Shack and is somewhere in the jungle. Can you locate him, 10 bushtucker trial stars, and key celebrities, critters and objects? It's not as easy as you may think!This fun, family activity book includes: 17 incredible artworks, one for each season plus a bonus 'behind the scenes' artwork Photos of the show's most iconic moments Potted histories of each series, with season highlights and a list of all the delightfully gruesome bushtucker trials from every yearHosted by iconic duo Ant and Dec, I'm a Celebrity has gone from strength to strength since its first airing in 2002, becoming a hugely anticipated fixture in the nation's TV calendar. In 2016 it had its best year ever and recorded a peak audience of 12.7 million viewers... comfortably ITV's biggest show of the year.With stars, celebs and special objects waiting to be found in 17 stunningly detailed artworks, this is the perfect indulgence for every I'm a Celebrity fan.
I'm a Scaredy-Mouse! (Geronimo Stilton Cavemice #7)
by Geronimo StiltonGeronimo Stilton's ancient ancestor Geronimo Stiltonoot is back in another prehistoric adventure!Geronimo Stiltonoot and his family save a young dinosaur from the river! The dinosaur and Benjamin quickly become good friends. But the dino turns out to have a tremendous talent . . . for mischief! Can Geronimo get him back to his herd before he causes a megalithic disaster?
I'm Black. I'm Christian. I'm Methodist.
by Justin Coleman F. Willis Johnson Pamela R. Lightsey Lillian C. Smith Erin Beasley Jevon Caldwell-Gross Vance P. Ross Rodney Lorenzo Graves Tori C. ButlerIt’s uncertain that Howard Thurman made the remark often attributed to him, "I have been writing this book all my life," but there is little doubt that he was deeply immersed in reflection on the times that bear an uncanny resemblance to the present day, which give voice to the Black Lives Matter movement. <P><P> Our "life’s book" is filled with sentence upon sentence of marginalization, pages of apartheid, chapters of separate and unequal. Now this season reveals volumes of violence against Blacks in America. <P><P> Ten Black women and men explore life through the lens of compelling personal religious narratives. They are people and leaders whose lives are tangible demonstrations of the power of a divine purpose and evidence of what grace really means in face of hardship, disappointment, and determination. Each of the journeys intersect because of three central elements that are the focus of this book. We’re Black. We’re Christians. We’re Methodists. Each starts with the fact, "I'm Black," but to resolve the conflict of being Christian and Methodist means confronting aspects of White theology, White supremacy, and White racism in order to ground an oppositional experience toward domination over four centuries in America.
I'm Deborah Sampson: A Soldier in the War of the Revolution
by Patricia ClappRelates the experiences of the woman who disguised herself as a man in order to enlist and fight in the American Revolution.
I'm from the Government and I'm Here to Kill You: The True Human Cost of Official Negligence
by David HardyGallup recently found that 49 percent of Americans believe that the government poses “an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens.” I’m from the Government and I’m Here to Kill You, written by a former federal attorney, shows that even the 49 percent have no idea how bad things really are. Rights and freedoms are not the only things at stake; all too often government imperils the very lives of those it supposedly serves. Federal employees have, with legal impunity, blown up a town and killed six hundred people, released staggering amounts of radioactive contamination and lied about the resulting cancer, allowed people to die of an easily treated disease in order to study their deaths, and run guns to Mexican drug cartels in hopes of expanding agency powers. Law enforcement leaders have ordered their subordinates to commit murder. Medical administrators have “cooked the books” and allowed patients to die, while raking in plump bonuses. Federal prosecutors have sent Americans to prison while concealing evidence that proved their innocence.I’m from the Government documents how we came to this pass: American courts misconstrued and expanded the old legal concept of sovereign immunity, “the king can do no wrong.” When Congress attempted to allow suits against the government, the legislators used vague language that the courts construed to block most lawsuits. The result is a legal system that allows official negligence to escape legal consequences and paradoxically punishes an agency if it tries to secure public safety. I’m from the Government ends with proposals for legal reforms that will hold the government and its servants accountable when they inflict harm on Americans.
I'm Glad I Did
by Cynthia WeilMad Men meets Nashville in this debut mystery set in 1963, written by Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Cynthia Weil.It's the summer of 1963 and JJ Green is a born songwriter--which is a major problem, considering that her family thinks the music business is a cesspool of lowlifes and hustlers. Defying them, she takes an internship at the Brill Building, the epicenter of a new sound called rock and roll.JJ is finally living her dream. She even finds herself a writing partner in Luke Silver, a boy with mesmerizing green eyes who seems to connect instantly with her music. Best of all, they'll be cutting their first demo with legendary singer Dulcie Brown. Though Dulcie is now a custodian in the Brill Building and has fallen on hard times, JJ is convinced that she can shine again.But Dulcie's past is a tangle of secrets, and when events take a dark turn, JJ must navigate a web of hidden identities and shattered lives--before it snares her, too.From the Hardcover edition.
I'm Gonna Paint: Ralph Fasanella, Artist of the People
by Anne BroylesThe life of visionary folk artist and labor organizer Ralph Fasanella stunningly illustrated for picture book readers.When dared to jump, Ralph always took the dare. So begins this loving tribute to a singular artist and his tireless efforts to honor and celebrate immigrant and working-class communities through his paintings.Born in 1914 New York City to Italian immigrants, Ralph&’s youth was one of dress factories, ice deliveries, union meetings, and Momma&’s stories of the Bread & Roses Strike around the dinner table. By teaching himself how to paint, Ralph discovered a new way to reach working people: he would depict their lives, their work, and American history with electric color at a grand scale.Focusing on themes of social justice, immigrant rights, labor rights, and the dignity of working people, I&’m Gonna Paint inspires to give a new generation the confidence to continue the fight for better working conditions.Anne Broyles taps into Ralph's indomitable spirit to show his evolution as an artist, while Victoria Tentler-Krylov&’s energetic art leaps off the page with wonder and homages to Ralph&’s style. Meticulously researched with quotes from Ralph to underline his philosophy and approach to artmaking, the robust back matter includes reproductions of his paintings, historical photos, a timeline, a bibliography, a source notes, and much more.
I’m Here to Ask for Your Vote: How Presidential Campaign Visits Influence Voters
by Christopher J. DevineDuring presidential campaigns, candidates crisscross the country nonstop—visiting swing states, their home turf, and enemy territory. But do all those campaign visits make a difference when Election Day comes? If so, how and under what conditions? Do they mobilize the partisan faithful or persuade undecided voters? What do campaigns try to achieve through campaign visits—and when do they succeed?I’m Here to Ask for Your Vote is a comprehensive and compelling examination of the strategy and effectiveness of presidential campaign visits. Christopher J. Devine uses an original database of presidential and vice-presidential campaign visits from 2008 through 2020 to estimate the effects of visits on vote choice and turnout, both among individual voters and within counties. He finds that campaign visits do not usually influence voting behavior, but when they do, most often it is by persuading undecided voters—as was the case for John McCain in 2008 and even Donald Trump in 2020. Challenging the recent emphasis on candidates playing to their base, this book suggests that persuasion is still a viable campaign strategy, in which candidate visits may play a major role.I’m Here to Ask for Your Vote is an authoritative and engaging analysis designed for scholars, strategists, students, and other readers interested in understanding how campaign visits—and campaigns more broadly—shape presidential election outcomes.
Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema
by Kyung Hyun Kim David E. JamesKorean cinema was virtually unavailable to the West during the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945), and no film made before 1943 has been recovered even though Korea had an active film-making industry that produced at least 240 films. For a period of forty years, after Korea was liberated from colonialism, a time where Western imports were scarce, Korean cinema became an innovative force reflecting a society whose social and cultural norms were becoming less conservative. Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema is a colleciton of essays written about Im Kwon-Taek, better know as the father of New Korean Cinema, that takes a critical look at the situations of filmmakers in South Korea. Written by leading Koreanists and scholars of Korean film in the United States, Im Kwon-Taek is the first scholarly treatment of Korean cinema. It establishes Im Kwon-Taek as the only major Korean director whose life's work covers the entire history of South Korea's military rule (1961-1992). It demonstrates Im's struggles with Korean cinema's historical contradictions and also shows how Im rose above political discord. The book includes an interview with Im, a chronology of Korean cinema and Korean history showing major dynastic periods and historical and political events, and a complete filmography. Im Kwon-Taek is timely and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Korean cinema. These essays situate Im Kwon-Taek within Korean filmmaking, placing him in industrial, creative, and social contexts, and closely examine some of his finest films. Im Kwon-Taek will interest students and scholars of film studies, Korean studies, religious studies, postcolonial studies, and Asian studies.
I'm Movin' On: The Life and Legacy of Hank Snow
by Vernon OickleA biography on the Canadian country musician, from his poor childhood in Nova Scotia to international celebrity on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.Born in tiny Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Hank Snow enjoyed a musical career that spanned five decades and sales of more than 80 million albums. In I’m Movin’ On, journalist Vernon Oickle chronicles Snow’s hardscrabble life, from his destitute childhood in Queens County to international fame. Leaving no stone unturned in his richly detailed profile of the Singing Ranger, Oickle exposes the highs and lows of Snow’s career, and his journey (“Everywhere, man,”) from small East Coast radio stations to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Includes a foreword from Hank’s son, Jimmie Rodgers Snow, a timeline, discography, and 75 photographs.
I'm Movin' On: The Life and Legacy of Hank Snow
by Vernon OickleA biography on the Canadian country musician, from his poor childhood in Nova Scotia to international celebrity on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. Born in tiny Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Hank Snow enjoyed a musical career that spanned five decades and sales of more than 80 million albums. In I&’m Movin&’ On, journalist Vernon Oickle chronicles Snow&’s hardscrabble life, from his destitute childhood in Queens County to international fame. Leaving no stone unturned in his richly detailed profile of the Singing Ranger, Oickle exposes the highs and lows of Snow&’s career, and his journey (&“Everywhere, man,&”) from small East Coast radio stations to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Includes a foreword from Hank&’s son, Jimmie Rodgers Snow, a timeline, discography, and 75 photographs.
I'm Not Scared
by Niccolò Ammaniti Jonathan HuntIn an unforgiving landscape, Ammaniti skillfully blends comedy, the world of children and their language, the strength of friendship, and the drama of betrayal. The result is a lyrical novel, a compelling portrait of losing one's innocence and a reflection on the complexities inherent in growing up.
I'm Off to Montana for to Throw the Hoolihan (Code of the West #6)
by Stephen A. BlyAcres of rolling Montana land await Tap and Pepper in their last Code of the West adventure. And so do a whole peck of surprises that will test Tap's faith -- and his patience!
I'm Only Wicked with You: The Palace of Rogues (The Palace of Rogues #3)
by Julie Anne LongUSA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long continues her Palace of Rogues series with a brand-new romance about an ambitious American and a headstrong British heiress.He’s the battle-hardened son of a bastard, raised in the wilds of New York. She’s the sheltered, blue-blooded darling of the London broadsheets, destined to marry a duke. Their worlds could only collide in a boardinghouse by the London docks...and when they do, the sparks would ignite all of England. Nothing can stop Hugh Cassidy’s drive to build an American empire...unless it’s his new nemesis, the arrogant, beautiful, too-clever-by-half Lady Lillias Vaughn. The fascination is mutual. The temptation is merciless. And the inevitable indiscretion? Soul-searing—and the ruination of them both. Hugh’s proposal salvages Lillias’s honor but kills their dreams for their futures...until they arrive at a plan that could honorably set them free. But unraveling their entanglement inadvertently uncovers enthralling truths: about Lillias’s wounded, tender heart and fierce spirit. About Hugh’s stunning gentleness, depth, and courage. Soon Hugh knows that as surely as he’d fight a thousand battles to win her...the best way to love Lillias means breaking his own heart.
I'm Sorry, I Love You: A must-read' - Mick Foley
by Jim Smallman'Clever, funny, authoritative and illuminating' - Times Literary Supplement 'Filled with passion, humour, and a little bit of welcome weirdness. A must-read for every die-hard wrestling fan' - Mick FoleyFor fans of books from Chris Jericho, Steve Austin, Daniel Bryan, Mick Foley and Jim Ross. 'We have all felt every emotion today. Remember today, the next time a family member or workmate tells you that wrestling is stupid. We've laughed, we've cried, we've screamed our lungs out. Professional wrestling is the greatest thing in the entire world.' - Jim Smallman, 2016 Comedian and PROGRESS Wrestling founder Jim Smallman takes us on a wild ride through the history of pro-wrestling, from its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century to the pop-culture, pay-per-view juggernaut that it is today.Join Jim as he looks at the most defining and iconic moments in wrestling's history and attempts to nail down just why this ludicrous, over the top, compelling quasi-sport means so much to so many people.
I'm Sorry, I Love You: A must-read' - Mick Foley
by Jim SmallmanFor fans of books from Chris Jericho, Steve Austin, Daniel Bryan, Mick Foley and Jim Ross. 'We have all felt every emotion today. Remember today, the next time a family member or workmate tells you that wrestling is stupid. We've laughed, we've cried, we've screamed our lungs out. Professional wrestling is the greatest thing in the entire world.' - Jim Smallman, 2016 Comedian and PROGRESS Wrestling founder Jim Smallman takes us on a wild ride through the history of pro-wrestling, from its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century to the pop-culture, pay-per-view juggernaut that it is today.Join Jim as he looks at the most defining and iconic moments in wrestling's history and attempts to nail down just why this ludicrous, over the top, compelling quasi-sport means so much to so many people.(P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd