Mao Zedong by Spence, Jonathan D.

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Child of Hunan -- Self-strengthening -- Casting around -- Into the party -- Workers and peasants -- Long retreat -- Crafting the image -- Taking over -- Ultimate vision -- Bleak harvest -- Fanning the flames -- Embers -- Notes.…”


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Inside North Korea's theocracy : the rise and sudden fall of Jang Song-thaek by Na, Chong-il

Table of Contents: “…In the shadow of greatness -- A shadow cast across love -- Edgy romance -- Kim Kyong-hui's residence -- The dark side of success -- Northern snakehead and rice -- Sunshine, shade, and shadows -- The past is never dead.…”


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Mao Zedong by Spence, Jonathan D.

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Child of Hunan -- Self-strengthening -- Casting around -- Into the party -- Workers and peasants -- Long retreat -- Crafting the image -- Taking over -- Ultimate vision -- Bleak harvest -- Fanning the flames -- Embers -- Notes.…”


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Eminent educators : studies in intellectual influence by Berube, Maurice R.

Table of Contents: “…In search of leadership -- John Dewey : American genius -- John Dewey and the abstract expressionists -- Howard Gardner and the theory of multiple intelligences -- Carol Gilligan and moral development -- John Ogbu and the theory of caste -- An intellectual legacy.…”


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George Grosz, 1893-1959 by Kranzfelder, Ivo

Table of Contents: “…Alone with my doppelgangers -- Pulp magazines and plaster casts -- Oh that city feeling -- Revolution and dada -- Weapons and straws -- Critical realism and disillusionment -- Dreams and reality -- George Grosz 1893-1959: a chronology.…”


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Booker T. Washington : "character is power" by Schraff, Anne E.

Table of Contents: “…Boy on fire -- Childhood -- From student to teacher -- The road to Tuskegee -- Founding of Tuskegee and family life -- Washington's way -- "Cast down your bucket where you are" -- The deepening rift -- Race riots and the NAACP -- Death and legacy.…”


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The city of Akhenaten and Nefertiti : Amarna and its people by Kemp, Barry J.

Table of Contents: “…The Cast of characters -- City of the horizon -- Building a vision -- Akhenaten's resources -- The city of the Sun-God -- The apartments of the Pharaoh -- City of people -- The quality of life -- Spiritual life at Amarna -- What kinds of city? …”


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John Paul Jones : the pirate patriot by Sperry, Armstrong, 1897-1976

Table of Contents: “…-- Victory -- Afterword -- The Man and the myth -- Cast of Characters -- Timeline -- Index -- About the author.…”


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Nelson Mandela by Nagadya Isdahl, Nansubuga

Table of Contents: “…Nelson is named -- Nelson gets some boots -- Nelson heads for the city -- Nelson joins the fight -- Nelson stirs things up -- Nelson undercover -- Nelson makes his plea -- Nelson casts his first vote.…”


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Colorado's war on militant unionism; James H. Peabody and the Western Federation of Miners, by Suggs, George G., Jr. (George Graham), 1929-

Table of Contents: “…Roots of reaction -- Preparation for battle -- The die is cast -- Link up: Peabody and the employers? movement -- The "labor wars" at Cripple Creek -- Strikebreaking in the San Juans -- The "law and order" governer -- Peabody and the courts -- Peabody: workingman?…”


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Renegade : Martin Luther, the graphic biography by Palmerino, Dacia

Table of Contents: “…In dark times -- The lightning bolt -- The monk in Rome -- The freedom of faith -- Money in the coffers -- Face to face with the emperor -- In hiding -- The morning star of Wittenberg -- "Their blood is on my hands" -- A beggar's farewell -- Epilogue: Augsburg, 1555 -- Cast of characters.…”


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King of the north wind : the life of Henry II in five acts by Gold, Claudia

Table of Contents: “…Maps -- Family trees -- Cast of characters -- Prologue -- Act I: The bargain -- Act II: Triumph -- Act III: Pariah -- Act IV: Rebellion -- Act V: Nemesis -- Epilogue -- Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- Index.…”


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Mandela : a film and historical companion : a major motion picture based on Nelson Mandela's bestselling autobiography Long walk to freedom

Table of Contents: “…Foreword by Ahmed Kathrada -- Producing Mandela by Anant Singh -- Directing Mandela by Justin Chadwick -- Designing Mandela by Johnny Breedt -- Introduction by William Nicholson -- Mandela: a film and historical companion -- Nelson Mandela timeline -- Principal cast, Mandela.…”


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Amy Carmichael : rescuer of precious gems by Benge, Janet, 1958-

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Lawrence and his laboratory : a history of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory by Heilbron, J. L.

Table of Contents: “…El Dorado -- A million volts or bust -- Foundations of the rad lab -- Research and development, 1932-36 -- Cast of characters -- American cyclotronics -- Technology transfer -- New lines -- Little-team research with big-time consequences -- Between peace and war.…”


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Four seasons : a Ming emperor and his grand secretaries in sixteenth-century China by Dardess, John W., 1937-2020

Table of Contents: “…A young emperor shows his teeth -- Spring: Grand Secretary Zhang Fujing -- Summer: Grand Secretary Xia Yan -- Autumn: Grand Secretary Yan Song -- Winter: Grand Secretary Xu Jie -- Cast of principal characters -- Timeline.…”


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Abolition's axe : Beriah Green, Oneida Institute, and the Black freedom struggle by Sernett, Milton C., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Forged in New England -- Axe-Honing on the Western Reserve -- Hewing Oneida Institute -- "To Cut the Cord of Caste" -- Weapons of the Mind -- "A Troubler of Israel" -- "Gone, Gone, Sold & Gone" -- The Axe and the Political Scepter -- "A Voice in the Wilderness" -- Stayed on Righteousness.…”


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Elena

Table of Contents: “…Turn to water ; Ophelias ; Sea of memories ; A Japanese diary ; Underground ; A passage through the USA ; Casting test ; Boi voador ; The last trip ; Impermanence ; Father, colors and ashes ; Dancing with herself ; Memory of creation.…”


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The trials of Richard Goldstone by Terris, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Divisions -- The striver -- Cracks in the wall -- Demonstrations -- The third force -- In the footsteps of Robert Jackson -- A patchwork court -- Big fish, little fish -- The paper tiger -- The bargaining chip -- In the dock -- Rwanda -- Globetrotter -- Cast lead -- Gaza -- The Goldstone report -- Outrage -- Bar mitzvah.…”


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The castaway's war : one man's battle against Imperial Japan by Harding, Stephen, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Roll tide -- Taking ship -- War among the islands -- On a collision course -- Death by long lance -- Adrift in Kula Gulf -- Cast upon a hostile shore -- Alone among enemies -- Back in the war -- Back to the world -- Congress, television, and the silver screen.…”


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