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Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tom Mueller
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (2011, Dec 5th).
Pages: 256
The sacred history and profane present of a substance long seen as the essence of health and civilization.For millennia, fresh olive oil has been one of life's necessities-not just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious ritual. Today's researchers are continuing to confirm the remarkable, life-giving properties of true extra-virgin, and "extra-virgin Italian" has become the highest standard of quality. But what if this symbol of purity has become deeply corrupt? Starting with an explosive article in The New Yorker, Tom Mueller has become the world's expert on olive oil and olive oil fraud-a story of globalization, deception, and crime in the food industry from ancient times to the present, and a powerful indictment of today's lax protections against fake and even toxic food products in the United States. more
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Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: David Treuer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press (2012, Jan 31st).
Pages: 368
Celebrated novelist David Treuer has gained a reputation for writing fiction that expands the horizons of Native American literature. In Rez Life, his first full-length work of nonfiction, Treuer brings a novelist’s storytelling skill and an eye for detail to a complex and subtle examination of Native American reservation life, past and present.With authoritative research and reportage, Treuer illuminates misunderstood contemporary issues of sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource conservation. He traces the waves of public policy that have disenfranchised and exploited Native Americans, exposing the tension that has marked the historical relationship between the United States government and the Native American population. Through the eyes of students, teachers, government administrators, lawyers, and tribal court judges, he shows how casinos, tribal government, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have transformed the landscape of Native American life. more
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Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Susan Bachrach
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown; 1st edition (1994, Oct 3rd).
Pages: 128
This ambitious work, produced in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, is the book equivalent of a museum tour. Each spread investigates a different aspect of the Holocaust: the rise of the Nazi party, the Wannsee conference, the murder of the mentally ill, persecution of homosexuals and gypsies, and the destruction of the Jews. While unusually comprehensive, the text does not dominate the book. Thoughtfully chosen, uncommon documentary photographs overwhelm the pages with their pathos and horror (a woman, sitting on a park bench marked "for Jews only," hides her face from the camera; grinning children pose shortly before their mass execution in a Lithuanian shtetl; a killing squad trains its rifles on a Soviet Jew perched above a ditch filled with corpses). more
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Alix and Nicky: The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Virginia Rounding
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (2012, Jan 17th).
Pages: 400
The dramatic story of Emperor Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna, the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia—A penetrating and deeply personal study that gives profound psychological insight into their marriage and how it shaped the events that engulfed them.There are few characters in history about whom opinion has been more divided than the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, and his wife the Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna. On one hand, they are venerated as saints, innocent victims of Bolshevik assassins, and on the other they are impugned as the unwitting harbingers of revolution and imperial collapse, blamed for all the ills that befell the Russian people in the 20th century. Theirs was also a tragic love story; for whatever else can be said of them, there can be no doubt that Alix and Nicky adored one another. more
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World War II (Cornerstones of Freedom. Third Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: R. Conrad Stein
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Children's Press (2012, Mar 1st).
Pages: 64
Just how does the democratic process work? And what exactly did the Louisiana Purchase mean for our country? Packed with intriguing history and eye-catching images, Cornerstones of Freedom brings you an in-depth look at the ideas, people, and events that have made our nation what it is today. more
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The Louisiana Purchase (Cornerstones of Freedom: Third)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Peter Benoit
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Childrens Pr (2012, Feb 1st).
Pages: 64
Just how does the democratic process work? And what exactly did the Louisiana Purchase mean for our country? Packed with intriguing history and eye-catching images, Cornerstones of Freedom brings you an in-depth look at the ideas, people, and events that have made our nation what it is today. more
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The Nuclear Age (Cornerstones of Freedom. Third Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Peter Benoit
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Children's Press (2012, Mar 1st).
Pages: 64
Just how does the democratic process work? And what exactly did the Louisiana Purchase mean for our country? Packed with intriguing history and eye-catching images, Cornerstones of Freedom brings you an in-depth look at the ideas, people, and events that have made our nation what it is today. more
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The Space Race (Cornerstones of Freedom. Third Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Peter Benoit
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Childrens Pr (2012, Feb 1st).
Pages: 64
Just how does the democratic process work? And what exactly did the Louisiana Purchase mean for our country? Packed with intriguing history and eye-catching images, Cornerstones of Freedom brings you an in-depth look at the ideas, people, and events that have made our nation what it is today. more
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The Statue of Liberty (Cornerstones of Freedom. Third Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Deborah Kent
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Childrens Pr (2012, Feb 1st).
Pages: 64
Just how does the democratic process work? And what exactly did the Louisiana Purchase mean for our country? Packed with intriguing history and eye-catching images, Cornerstones of Freedom brings you an in-depth look at the ideas, people, and events that have made our nation what it is today. more
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The Wounded Warrior Handbook: A Resource Guide for Returning Veterans (Military Life)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Janelle Hill
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Government Institutes; 2nd Edition edition (2012, Jan 16th).
Pages: 368
The typical wounded soldier must complete and file twenty-two forms after an active-duty injury. To soldiers and their families coping with the shock and reality of the injuries, figuring out what to do next--even completing tasks that seem easy like submitting paperwork--can be overwhelming and confusing.The second edition of this popular resource guide has been thoroughly revised to reflect new policies, additional benefits, updated procedures, and changes to insurance, including traumatic injury insurance and social security disability insurance. New chapters cover veterans' benefits in depth-which have seen significant changes in the last two years-and returning to active duty after an injury.As in the previous edition, this guide directs you to answers and resources for the most pressing and difficult questions that wounded veterans face, such as:-Where can I find information on symptoms and treatments of injuries?-How do I get through all this paperwork?-Where can I get legal assistance?-What can I do for employment?-How do I get back into everyday life? -How can I return to active duty?-How do I deal with insurance?-What benefits are available to me, and how do I claim them?-What about my family? How can they help me?This trusted resource is both comprehensive and easy to use, and now the most up-to-date guide for wounded veterans and their families dealing with active-duty injuries. more
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