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The great game: the struggle for empire in central asia
The Great Game, a deadly struggle in the last century between secret agents of the two superpowers--Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia--has once again become ominously topical, as a new power struggle begins in Central Asia
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- 9781568360225
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- xxiv, 565 p : ill., maps, portraits; 25 cm.
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- SS 320.958 HOP g
In retrospect: the tragedy and lessons of vietnam
Robert S. McNamara, secretary of defense for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, helped lead America into Vietnam. McNamara believed that the fight against communism in Asia was worth the sacrifice of American lives, and yet he eventually came to believe that the war was, in fact, unwinnable. Outnumbered by those who wanted to continue fighting, he left the Johnson administration and his involvemen…
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- 9780679767497
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- xviii, 414 p. : ill., portraits, maps ; 25 cm.
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- SS 959.704 MCN i
The first crusade: a new history
In 1095, Pope Urban II delivered an electrifying speech that launched the First Crusade. In the largest mobilization since the fall of the Roman Empire, some 100,000 men took up the call, driven on by intense religious devotion, convinced that their struggle would earn them the reward of eternal paradise in Heaven. This book recounts a three-year adventure filled with barbarity: from the mobili…
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- 9780743220842
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- xvi, 408 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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- SS 956.014 ASB f
Much ado about nothing
One of Shakespeare's comedies, this is the tale of the feisty Beatrice, who wants never to get married, and most especially not to Benedick, or so she says. This study edition contains the text and a commentary upon it.
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- 9780460875158
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- xlvi; 258 p. ; 20 cm.
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- Everyman shakespeare
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- SS 822.33 SHA m
The elegant universe: superstring, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the u…
Physicist Brian Greene relates the scientific story behind the research on string theory, which reveals a vision of the universe with new dimensions hidden within the fabric of space, black holes transmuting into elementary particles, rips and punctures in the space-time continuum, and gigantic universes interchangeable with minuscule ones
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- 9780375708114
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- xiii, 448 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- SS 539.725 GRE e
Light years: an exploration of mankind's enduring fascination with light
This is the story of light and the people who were determined to unlock the secrets of this puzzling phenomenon. The book recounts spiritual interpretations, from the Ancient Egyptians to the Mayans and looks at some of the first scientific grapplings with light.
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- 9780749922726
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- x, 310 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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- SS 535 CLE l
The fox
ormer chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service Adrian Weston is awoken in the middle of the night by a phone call from the prime minister. Her news is shocking: the Pentagon, the NSA, and the CIA have been hacked simultaneously, their seemingly impenetrable firewalls breached by an unknown enemy known only as "The Fox". Even more surprisingly, the culprit is revealed to be a young Briti…
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- 9780552175852
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- 307 p. ; 24 cm.
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- SS F FOR f
Ripley's game
Tom Ripley detested murder. Unless it was absolutely necessary. If possible, he preferred someone else to do the dirty work. In this case someone with no criminal record, who would commit 'two simple murders' for a very generous fee...
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- 9780099503934
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- 255 p. ; 20 cm.
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- Vintage classics
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- SS F HIG r
First aid manual
Treatments and techniques are illustrated in this first aid manual to give comprehensive step-by-step instructions. The photographs are, where possible, shot from the vantage point of the first aider. The manual also includes an emergency section, which is also supplied as a separate booklet
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- 751307076
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- 288 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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- SS REF 616.025 WEB f
Dark cosmos: in search of our universe's missing mass and energy
Explores the origins of dark matter and dark energy. One holds the Universe together while the other tears it apart. What these forces really are has been a mystery for as long as anyone has suspected they were there, but the latest discoveries of experimental physics have brought us closer to that knowledge
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- 9780061130328
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- xiii, 240 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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- SS 523.1 HOO d
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