The Destruction of the Soviet Economic System: An Insider's History by Michael Ellman, ISBN 0765602644
The political collapse of the Soviet Union has been much better documented than the course of its economic and social disintegration. To get an inside account, Ellman and Kontorovich questioned former top Soviet officials and economic and other policy advisors (both Soviet and foreign) who were privy not only to the data but also to the internal policy debate during the 1980s. They have woven their informants' analyses of key issues and turning points into a compelling history of systemic collapse.
Gendered Freedoms
In May 1862, hundreds of African-American freed themselves in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta and in the process destroyed the South's fundamental structure of power--the plantation household. Yet at the moment of freedom, southerners did not discard what they knew. Instead, blacks and whites, men and women constructed competing visions of freedom based on their particular understanding of household authority. Gendered Freedoms explores this first generation of freedom and presents an intimate history of the political consciousness of the franchised and disenfranchised during the Civil War and Reconstruction in the Mississippi Delta. Gendered Freedoms is the first book to analyze black and white southerners' subjective understandings of the household, challenging us to reexamine the relationship between identity and political consciousness. Where others emphasize the household principally as a structure based on an ideology of power, Nancy Bercaw demonstrates how deeply household hierarchies...
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Suite Life Of Zack & Cody, Vol. 1: Taking Over The Tipton, The (Full Frame)
Check into Boston's totally cool Tipton Hotel, where Zack and Cody - the hottest twins on television - are living the "Suite Life!" Join them for mischief, mayhem, and all sorts of outrageous adventures in four hilarious episodes from their hit Disney Channel original series - now on DVD for the first time ever! Plus, superstar guests Jesse McCartney and Zac Efron ("High School Musical") drop by for a visit! When their mom gets a job as a singer in the hotel lounge, Zack and Cody move in and take over! It's twice the adventure and two times the fun as Cody builds a happenin' bachelor pad, Zack gets an unexpected pass from his basketball playing gal-pal, and both guys do their best to charm everyone who passes through the luxurious lobby.
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Porsche: The Road Cars by Laurence Meredith, ISBN 076031005X
This wide-ranging pictorial history celebrates the race-bred heritage, the innovative engineering, and the imaginative designs that have distinguished Porsche's superlative sports cars over the last half-century. Particular attention is given to the fact that the differences between road and race editions have never been absolute, as witnessed by the fact that owners of some competition 911s still enjoy their cars on both the street and track. Archival photographs -- including production line images -- are accompanied by modern photos of restored cars at speed and at rest.
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The Queen's Throat by Wayne Koestenbaum, ISBN 0306810085
This passionate love letter to opera, lavishly praised and nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award when it was first published, is now firmly established as a cult classic. In a learned, moving, and sparklingly witty melange of criticism, subversion, and homage, Wayne Koestenbaum illuminates mysteries of fandom and obsession, and has created an exuberant work of personal meditation and cultural history.
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Women of Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha by Lesley Downer, ISBN 0767904907
Ever since Westerners arrived in Japan, they have been intrigued by Japanese womanhood and, above all, by geisha. This fascination has spawned a wealth of extraordinary fictional creations, from Puccini's "Madame Butterfly to Arthur Golden's "Memoirs of a Geisha. But as denizens of a world defined by silence and mystery, real geisha are notoriously difficult to meet and even to find. As a result, their history has long been cloaked in secrecy.
Lesley Downer, an award-winning writer, Japanese scholar, and consummate storyteller, gained more access to this world than almost any other Westerner, and spent several months living in it. In "Women of the Pleasure Quarters, she weaves together intimate portraits of modern geisha with the romantic legends and colorful historical tales that shape their fascinating past. Contrary to popular opinion, geisha are not prostitutes but, literally, "arts people." Accomplished singers, dancers, and musicians, they are, above all, masters of the art of...
Women of Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha by Lesley Downer, ISBN 0767904907
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Gods, Genes, and Consciousness: Nonhuman Intervention in Human History
A provocative look at how Advanced Beings (angels and extraterrestrials) have been influencing human history since the dawn of time through contributions to the roots of language, technology, math, science, and more.
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Gardens in China by Peter Valder, ISBN 0881925551
In this new companion book to The Garden Plants of China, Peter Valder describes more than 200 gardens he has visited in China. He documents temple courtyards and gardens, evocative enclosures of ancient burial grounds and imperial tombs, and public parks, botanical gardens, and arboreta, most of which have sprung up since 1949. Gardens in China is illustrated with more than 500 color photographs, many of them depicting gardens not previously illustrated in any Western publication, as well as reproductions of illustrations of historical interest. With their distinctive characteristics, the gardens of China are among the most fascinating in the world. This book is essential reading for visitors to China with an interest in gardens, garden history, and Chinese culture.
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Topper by Thorne Smith, ISBN 0375753052
Thorne Smith is a master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee. Topper, his best-known work, is the hilarious, ribald comedy on which the hit television show and movie (starring Cary Grant) were based. It all begins when Cosmo Topper, a law-abiding, mild-mannered bank manager, decides to buy a secondhand car, only to find it haunted by the ghosts of its previous owners - the reckless, feckless, frivolous couple who met their untimely demise when the car careened into an oak tree. The ghosts, George...
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Vuepoint FPM30S Flat-Panel TV Wall Mount
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