 | Fighting Back: Letters from the Diaspora - Alan B., Katz 10 Digit ISBN: 1425966640 13 Digit ISBN: 9781425966645 | | The harsh reality of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that it has been traumatic for the Israelis as well. But before we can evaluate the possibility of peace in the Middle East, we must understand the facts. Author Alan B. Katz defends the Israeli cause by revealing its side of the story. Beyond the headlines and talking heads lies a complex reality that the media studiously avoid. The Israelis are not the monsters that journalists have made them out to be. Indeed, "more sinned against than sinning," they are a compassionate, fair, and law-abiding nation who have faced far more pain and desolation than the world has been led to believe. With no wish to seek a public relations victory, the Israelis let nature take its course. In Fighting Back: Letters from the Diaspora, Mr. Katz humanizes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to show the sacrifices, pain, and courage of the Israelis, and exposes the hypocrisy of the media and the true nature of the Palestinians. Through a series of letters to the editor and personal essays, Katz delves into the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and brings a deeply human element to the images the world views on television. Fighting Back: Letters from the Diaspora is a timely contribution to the events happening in the Middle East today and brings a perspective sorely lacking in the current debate. |
 | Fighting Bob Evans - Edwin A., Falk 10 Digit ISBN: 1406705381 13 Digit ISBN: 9781406705386 | | Fighting Bob Evans EDWIN A. FALK NEW YORK JONATHAN CAPE HARRISON SMITH COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY EDWIN A. FALK FIRST PUBLISHED, 1931 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE CORNWALL PRESS, INC., AND BOUND BY THE J. F. TAPLEY COMPANY FOREWORD JL ALWAYS shall be happy that I had the privilege of knowing quot Fighting Bob quot Evans. While I was in college and in the years following my graduation, Admiral Evans was very distinctly one of our active living national heroes who was especially close to the hearts of Americans in every part of the country. There was something about his personality that made people recog nize him not alone for his courage or for his technical naval qualifications, but more especially for his gift of leadership. I am glad that this book has been written, because the two volumes which came from the pen of Admiral Evans himself were primarily biographies relating events and the part he took in them and it must be remembered that auto biographies by naval officers of necessity contain elements of restraint and a lack of personal touches which result from a lifetime of conformity to official restrictions. His particular lifetime covered three definite phases of the history of the American Navy. As a Midshipman, and during his early service he was an active participant in the largest and most efficient naval organization of the world a Navy actually engaged in warfare, a Navy making history with the introduction and use of weapons of offense and defense hitherto untried. He then passed through the second phase, an ordeal in which his profession saw the Navy of the Civil War re duced to the status of a third-rate power. It is hard for us vii viii FOREWORD to realizethat from 1865 almost to 1890 the officer per sonnel of our Naval service maintained their esprit de corps and scientific attainments in spite of a national policy which gave them no new ships and no new guns. Evans was fortunate that in the later years of his active service he was able to take a definite part in the building of the New Navy first the small protected cruisers, then the armored cruisers, then the coast defense battleships, then the torpedo boats. He saw the Spanish-American War bring home to the American people a realization of the need for a first-class Navy, and he became Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet at a moment when we first had a well-rounded Fleet to com mand. His will always be a household name among those of us who love the Navy and its glorious record his will always be a personality which will live in the traditions of the Serv ice. History will record that for half a century after steam replaced sail there was one great question-mark in the minds of the naval service and of the public as well could the fleet protect both our coasts To Admiral Evans it was re served to answer that question. Under his command not a squadron, not a division, but a complete quot fleet in being 1 passed successfully from our Atlantic ports to our Pacific ports. His name always will be associated with those of the great naval commanders of the United States. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. UNDERWAY 1 2. THE BROOD 22 3. FORT FISHER 43 4. LEGS AND HORIZONS 78 5. CHARLOTTE EVANS 94 6. NAVAL FRONTIERS 97 7. COMMAND 129 8. ON THE BEACH 133 9. quot FIGHTING BOB quot 145 10. READING BETWEEN THE LINES 169 11. THRESHOLD SEAS 184 12. POMP AND DIPLOMACY 193 13. BATTLESHIP No. 1 21114. THE quot UNTOWARD INCIDENT quot 220 15. WAR 250 16. TIDINGS FROM AFAR 258 17. BLIND MAN S BUFF 266 18. quot INCOMPREHENSIBLE quot 286 19. PRELUDE 298 ix x CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 20. THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO 322 21. REAR ADMIRAL 346 22. ASIATIC FLEET 370 23. SUPREMACY 400 24. THE LAST CRUISE 422 25. LANDLOCKED 439 ILLUSTRATIONS REAR ADMIRAL EVANS ABOARD THE Mayflower Frontispiece Facing page U. S. S. Powhatan IN A STORM 52 THE quot SLAUGHTER-HOUSE SANTIAGO SHOOTING OF AMERICANS IN 1873 104 U. S. S. Saratoga 130 U. S. S... |
 | Fighting by Southern Federals (1912) - Charles C., Anderson 10 Digit ISBN: 0548639973 13 Digit ISBN: 9780548639979 | | In Which The Author Places The Numerical Strength Of The Armies That Fought For The Confederacy At Approximately 1,000,000 Men, And Shows That 296,579 White Soldiers Living In The South, And 137,676 Colored Soldiers, And Approximately 200,000 Men Living In The North That Were Born In The South, Making 634,255 Southern Soldiers, Fought For The Preservation Of The Union. |
 | Fighting Byng: A Novel of Mystery, Intrigue and Adventure - Stone, A. 10 Digit ISBN: 0548328633 13 Digit ISBN: 9780548328637 | | This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. |
 | Fighting Byng: A Novel of Mystery, Intrigue and Adventure - A., Stone 10 Digit ISBN: 1432687336 13 Digit ISBN: 9781432687335 | | This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. |
 | Fighting Corruption in Uganda. the Process of Building a National Integrity System - A., Ruzindana 10 Digit ISBN: 9970020587 13 Digit ISBN: 9789970020584 | | Uganda's political leadership has identified itself with the fight against corruption. It has strengthened the investigative machinery of government as well as the judicial system; and the press have been free to inform the public about wrong doing. Against this background a seminar was convened by the Inspector General of Government in 1994, for representatives of the integrity system in the country. This seminar led to workshops in 1995 and 1997 during which an action plan was agreed. The essays in this volume are selected contributions to the seminar and workshops - ranging from the critical voices of academics and journalists, to the problems ofinvestigators, and to reflections on the ethics of accountability, transparency and the civil obligations of citizens. |
 | Fighting Dogs - The American Pit Bull Terrier - An Anthology - Various, 10 Digit ISBN: 1846642574 13 Digit ISBN: 9781846642579 | | A detailed collection of American Pit Bull Terrier articles dealing with all aspects of Game Dogs and the banned 'sport' of Dog fighting. Contents include: The Game Test - Game Testing a Dog Before the Pit - Ken Allen's Keep - Finkle Winkle's Keep - Barney Fife's Keep - Millmaker's Maximum Stress Keep - Don Mayfield's Keep - PowerHouse Roadwork Keep - Breakingstick / Partingstick - The Weigh-In - The rules for the Pit Contest - Scratch After the Match - Saving a Dog After the Fight - Treating Wounds Antibiotics |
 | Fighting Fair - John, Bradshaw 10 Digit ISBN: 1573881996 13 Digit ISBN: 9781573881999 | | In this series, FIGHTING FAIR, John Bradshaw teaches us the first rule in "fighting fair," which is to honestly value each other really hear each person's point of view. The greatest aid to establishing deep intimacy is accepting each other's differences. This is the essence of a good relationship. Growth in relationships is about working through conflict, not about avoiding conflict. In order to have true intimacy in a relationship, it is crucial to "fight fair" and know how to negotiate and resolve conflict in a healthy way. Sadly, healthy skills for managing conflict are not often learned in our developing years. We may have learned unhealthy and inappropriate ways of handling disagreements that are often translated into our adult relationships. One of the most important tools John uses, The Awareness Wheel, offers crucial guidelines on negotiating conflicts and "fighting fair." Anyone learning to fight fair will develop a healthy understanding of his or her own and other's anger. |
 | Fighting Fate - Julie, Melnick 10 Digit ISBN: 1424138175 13 Digit ISBN: 9781424138173 | | Trine, it's me. I'm sorry that my trying to contact you is disturbing you, and I'm sorry that I took my life away. It's far too late for me to change that now. The most important thing I have to say to you is: DON'T KILL YOURSELF. The fate of the world depends on it. You are the last chance. Do you understand me? Trine, a teenage girl from a small town, lives a typical life until events change everything. To ease her pain, she meditates, but this causes bizarre happenings. Even as it worsens her pain, meditation brings the knowledge she desperately desires. For this knowledge, she will pay a price far more valuable than her life. |
 | Fighting Fire with Fire - Jan, Chestnutt 10 Digit ISBN: 1413727506 13 Digit ISBN: 9781413727500 | | Suddenly throughout the world, the minds and hearts of people changed with the fall of the towers and the slaughter of thousands of people on that dreadful dark day, September 11, 2001. Questioning the reason for such a devastating blow, millions of people turned to look for answers, yet are still uneasy in not finding any. Fighting Fire with Fire offers a different explanation for that incredible day when the black smoke covered the sky and darkened the hearts of people all over the world. This new look at the event shows that it was much more devastating than anyone could have imagined, for it was only the beginning of our sorrows. In a chilling comparison to Bible Scripture, Fighting Fire with Fire reveals how the events of that day were merely the beginning stages of the most horrifying time in the history of the world: tribulations. It also explains how the modern day church is teaching us false doctrine that blinds us from the truth, just as God warned. |
 | Fighting Fire with Fire - Peter, Attiwill 10 Digit ISBN: 0643094431 13 Digit ISBN: 9780643094437 | | "Fighting Fire with Fire" discusses the role of fire in Australia's ecosystems, how we have to accept and live with fire, and how we can manage fire both for safety and for diversity. The book aims to change people's attitudes to fire, and to be politically influential in encouraging changes in land management by government agencies. It will be imperative reading for wildland fire specialists, land managers, farmers, forestry managers and planners, as well as a general audience. |
 | Fighting Fire with Fire: Charging Your Way Out of Credit Card Debt - Bob, Donnelly 10 Digit ISBN: 1425983073 13 Digit ISBN: 9781425983079 | | This plan was designed to Jump Start you into action, so that you can regain control of your out-of-pocket cash flow, structure the charges and payments you make to your credit cards, and get out from under that terrific debt burden. I certainly hope you follow the plan closely, so that it can do just that. But once you get into the swing of it and monitor your steady progress each month, I'm sure that you will devise ways to get it going even faster You'll notice that I didn't bug you about drastically cutting down your overall spending. I realize that you might not have been ready to make the sacrifice. But any cutting back you do in your overall spending will certainly be for your own benefit now and in the future. Again, the choice is always yours. As I stated earlier, the other authors were certainly on to something So at some point, perhaps when my Jump Start Plan has helped you to feel like you've gotten your head above water, you may want to look closer and explore many of the great ideas they have. Wishing you all the very best of luck Your friend, Bob Donnelly |
 | Fighting for Bread and Roses - Lynn A. , Coleman 10 Digit ISBN: 0825424097 13 Digit ISBN: 9780825424090 | | Romance, family, and politics converge explosively in a suspicious murder during the Bread and Roses Strike of 1912 and threaten to engulf a 21st-century woman researching the strike. When textile workers went on strike in 1912 for better wages and working conditions, they never imagined the violence that would overwhelm them. The first person to die was Anna Lopizzo . . . and then John Rami. . . and then many others. The strikers claimed the police had killed Anna, but the police said one of the strikers shot her. Who was right? Fast forward to present-day Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Lindsey Marc, a historic mystery writer, is tracking down what really happened to Anna and the other workers. Along the way, someone gets wind of what Lindsey is researching and is threatened by what she may discover. It begins with phone calls and quickly moves to ransacking her hotel room. Can Lindsey find out the truth before something terrible happens to her? A Guaranteed Fiction Title! |
 | Fighting for Fallujah: A New Dawn for Iraq - John R. , Ballard 10 Digit ISBN: 0275990559 13 Digit ISBN: 9780275990558 | | The vicious urban battle for the insurgent-controlled city of Fallujah in November 2004 was a turning point in the ongoing counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq. It demonstrated the resolve of the Iraqi government to fight terrorists domestically, using both multinational and Iraqi forces, and its results included a returning population willing to vote in national elections held in January 2005. Ballard tells the story of the Fallujah campaign, beginning with the horrific deaths of the American Blackwater contractors in March 2004 and continuing through the battle, the painstaking reconstruction of the city, and the precedent-setting elections that followed. Based on first-person accounts, interviews, and official documents, this book gives readers rare insight into the significant actions and innovative techniques of the year-long fight for the city. Opening with a historical overview of the initial crisis in Fallujah and the similar coalition battle in Najaf, the book includes a detailed account of the planning and execution of the operation to retake the city. Finally, it describes the political and military lessons proven in Fallujah, including coalition force integration, information operations, urban combat techniques, interagency coordination and innovative reconstruction procedures. This is the story of real combat in Iraq--told in a way every American should understand. |
 | Fighting for Ireland? - M. L. R., Smith 10 Digit ISBN: 0415091616 13 Digit ISBN: 9780415091619 | | M.L.R. Smith challenges many assumptions about the IRA, pinpointing the organisation's successes as well as its missed opportunities. He demonstrates the tension in the movement between ideology and strategic realities regarding the use of force, revealing that doctrinal purity has sometimes hampered the IRA in the pursuit of its goals. Contrary to the Irish republican move |
 | Fighting for Peace - Van Dyke, Henry 10 Digit ISBN: 0548036241 13 Digit ISBN: 9780548036242 | | 1917. Van Dyke, the American clergyman, diplomat, educator, and author, narrates some his experiences in Holland as an envoy of the world-peace founded on justice which is America's great desire. He writes prophetically in the Foreword...The third peace conference is more needed, more desirable, than ever. But we shall never get it until the military forces of Germany are broken, and the predatory Potsdam gang which rules them is brought low. Contents: Fair-Weather and Storm Signs; Apologue; The Werwolf at Large; Germania Mendax; A Dialogue on Peace between a Householder and a Burglar; Stand Fast, Ye Free ; and Pax Humana. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
 | Fighting for Peace - Henry, Van Dyke 10 Digit ISBN: 1417948787 13 Digit ISBN: 9781417948789 | | 1917. Van Dyke, the American clergyman, diplomat, educator, and author, narrates some his experiences in Holland as an envoy of the world-peace founded on justice which is America's great desire. He writes prophetically in the Foreword...The third peace conference is more needed, more desirable, than ever. But we shall never get it until the military forces of Germany are broken, and the predatory Potsdam gang which rules them is brought low. Contents: Fair-Weather and Storm Signs; Apologue; The Werwolf at Large; Germania Mendax; A Dialogue on Peace between a Householder and a Burglar; Stand Fast, Ye Free ; and Pax Humana. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
 | Fighting for Peace (Dodo Press) - Henry, Van Dyke 10 Digit ISBN: 1406547131 13 Digit ISBN: 9781406547139 | | Henry van Dyke (1852-1933) was an American author, educator, and clergyman. He graduated from Princeton University, 1873, and from Princeton Theological Seminary, 1874 and served as a professor of English literature at Princeton between 1899 and 1923. In 1908-09 Dr. Van Dyke was an American lecturer at the University of Paris. By appointment of President Wilson he became Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1913. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received many other honors. He chaired the committee that wrote the first Presbyterian printed liturgy, The Book of Common Worship of 1906. Among his popular writings are the two Christmas stories The Other Wise Man (1896) and The First Christmas Tree (1897). Various religious themes of his work are also expressed in his poetry, hymns and the essays collected in Little Rivers (1895) and Fisherman's Luck (1899). He compiled several short stories in The Blue Flower named after a story by Novalis in 1902. He also contributed a chapter to the collaborative novel, The Whole Family (1908). |
 | Fighting for Survival - Carey, Brown 10 Digit ISBN: 1845492277 13 Digit ISBN: 9781845492274 | | Britain is at war. On the first day of September 1939, Hitler's armies invade Poland. Hannah and Richard Baker are evacuated to the coast, where they soon become friends with the Pavitt children, Beth and the mischievous Tom. John Baker is sent to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force, to face the mighty onslaught of the German 'Blitzkrieg'. Within a year, Britain faces the most serious invasion threat for several centuries. The Pavitt's cousin, Peter Stone, and a relatively few other airmen have to defend their country against the seemingly invincible Nazi enemy. The two families experience the hardships, new friendships and horrors of combat that war brings, and the morale of a nation is tested. |
 | Fighting for the People - Nash, Sunny 10 Digit ISBN: 13 Digit ISBN: | | Fighting for the People is the autobiography of civil rights activist, Ernest McBride, Sr., who migrated from the Deep South to Long Beach, California, in 1930.Ernest McBride, Sr., (1909-2007), born in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, grew up in a family of strong convictions. He lived his life, as his parents did, proving his beliefs on a daily basis, constantly reassessing his own motives for defying the status quo, while conducting himself honorably and legally and encouraging others to do the same.McBride's eventful life nearly spanned the Twentieth Century and allowed him participation int he Twenty-first. He witnessed global modernization and change he never dreamed of when he was a child. Born during a period of American History, when the nation was bursting at the seams with racial and class struggle, McBride faced issues that molded his life and caused him to fight for change for all people.To Purchase Fighting for the People, go to:http://longbeachblackhistory.sunnynash.com/Fightingforthepeople.html |
 | Fighting for the Right - Oliver, Optic 10 Digit ISBN: 1890623121 13 Digit ISBN: 9781890623128 | | In the fifth book in The BLue and the Gray Series, Christy and the incredible inspector, Monsieur Gilfleur, play spy on the so-called neutral islands of the Bermudas and Bahamas. Things go well in Bermuda, but in the Bahamas, old adversaries turn up to complicate matters. Later, in Tampa Bay, Christy discovers a cotton steamer hidden in the islands. Christy takes command, but all is not what it seems onboard the steamer. |
 | Fighting for the Right (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) - Oliver, Optic 10 Digit ISBN: 1406560537 13 Digit ISBN: 9781406560534 | | William Taylor Adams (1822-1897) was a noted academic, author, and Massachusetts state legislator. He was born in Medway, Massachusetts. He became a teacher in the Boston, Massachusetts public schools in 1845, and remained in that capacity through 1865. He served as a member of the School Board of Dorchester, Massachusetts, for 14 years. In 1869, he became a member of the Massachusetts General Court. He wrote many books of fiction for boys under the pseudonym "Oliver Optic," including All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake (1855), Poor and Proud; or, The Fortunes of Katy Redburn (1858), The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army (1863), The Birthday Party: A Story for Little Folks (1864), Outward Bound; or, Young America Afloat (1867), Now or Never; or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright (1872), Taken by the Enemy (1888), Little by Little; or, The Cruise of the Flyaway (1888), On The Blockade (1890), Within the Enemy's Lines (1890), Stand by the Union (1891), Fighting for the Right (1893), A Victorious Union (1893), Haste and Waste; or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain (1894), and Across India; or, Live Boys In The Far East (1895). |
 | Fighting for Time: The Battle of Monocacy - Glenn H., Worthington 10 Digit ISBN: 0942597710 13 Digit ISBN: 9780942597714 | | In the summer of 1864, General Jubal A. Early led about 15,000 Confederates on a daring sweep through Maryland. The savage battle proved to be one of the most decisive engagements of the Civil War. The hard-marching Confederate troops of General Early were embarked on a desperate gamble - an invasion of the North meant to take the pressure off Robert E. Lee's besieged forces at Petersburg. Early's goal was nothing less than the seat of the Federal Government, Washington, D.C. Glenn Worthington, a youthful witness at Monocacy, recounts in rich detail the see-saw fighting as lines of blue and gray swept across the rolling pasture land and wheat fields of central Maryland. Replete with official reports of the engagement, and the anecdotal recollections and memoirs of participants. |
 | Fighting Forces, Writing Women - Sharon, Ouditt 10 Digit ISBN: 0415047056 13 Digit ISBN: 9780415047050 | | "Fighting Forces" offers an in-depth feminist reading of the traumatic nature of women's experience during the First World War and illuminates the complex ideological structures within which women sought an identity during the war. In this period of both idealism and devastation, women often found themselves wanting to join their male compatriots in the trenches. Instead, they gained temporary powers of citizenship, privileges which were again exclusive to men after the Armistice. "Fighting Forces" ranges over the works of several women writers of the period: from Jeannie Maitland, author of "Woman's Own," to Virginia Woolf. Unpublished memoirs, diaries and stories by both famous and little-known writers provide a fascinating spectrum of female responses to the war. Propaganda and institutional directives inspire the work of Vera Brittain; pacifist rhetoric emerges in the writings of Rose Maculay, while Virginia Woolf contests the propagandist discourse of her male contemporaries. |
 | Fighting France - Edith, Wharton 10 Digit ISBN: 1419119656 13 Digit ISBN: 9781419119651 | | That night we went up once more to the rock of Cassel. The moon was full, and as civilians are not allowed out alone after dark a staff-officer went with us to show us the view from the roof of the disused Casino on top of the rock. It was the queerest of sensations to push open a glazed door and find ourselves in a spectral painted room with soldiers dozing in the moonlight on polished floors, their kits stacked on the gaming tables. |
 | Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort (Dodo Press) - Edith, Wharton 10 Digit ISBN: 1406566047 13 Digit ISBN: 9781406566048 | | Edith Wharton (1862-1937), born Edith Newbold Jones, was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humourous and incisive novels and short stories. Wharton was well-acquainted with many of her era's literary and public figures, including Henry James and Theodore Roosevelt. Besides her writing, she was a highly regarded landscape architect, interior designer, and taste-maker of her time. She wrote several influential books, including The Decoration of Houses (1897), her first published work, and Italian Villas and Their Gardens (1904). The Age of Innocence (1920), perhaps her best known work, won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, making her the first woman to win the award. Her other works include: The Greater Inclination (1899), The Touchstone (1900), Sanctuary (1903), The Descent of Man, and Other Stories (1904), The House of Mirth (1905), Madame De Treymes (1907), The Fruit of the Tree (1907), The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories (1908), Ethan Frome (1912), In Morocco (1921), and The Glimpses of the Moon (1921). |
 | Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belport - Edith , Wharton 10 Digit ISBN: 1843914514 13 Digit ISBN: 9781843914518 | | Edith Wharton (1862-1937), born Edith Newbold Jones, was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humourous and incisive novels and short stories. Wharton was well-acquainted with many of her era's literary and public figures, including Henry James and Theodore Roosevelt. Besides her writing, she was a highly regarded landscape architect, interior designer, and taste-maker of her time. She wrote several influential books, including The Decoration of Houses (1897), her first published work, and Italian Villas and Their Gardens (1904). The Age of Innocence (1920), perhaps her best known work, won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, making her the first woman to win the award. Her other works include: The Greater Inclination (1899), The Touchstone (1900), Sanctuary (1903), The Descent of Man, and Other Stories (1904), The House of Mirth (1905), Madame De Treymes (1907), The Fruit of the Tree (1907), The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories (1908), Ethan Frome (1912), In Morocco (1921), and The Glimpses of the Moon (1921). |
 | Fighting Germany's Spies - Strother, French 10 Digit ISBN: 0548026904 13 Digit ISBN: 9780548026908 | | 1918. Illustrated. Strother's narrative is intended to bring home to the public in a detailed and convincing manner the character of the German activities in the United States. Contents: The inside story of the passport frauds and the first glimpse of Werner Horn; the inside story of Werner Horn and the first glimpse of the ship bombs; Robert Fay and the ship bombs; The inside story of the Captain of the Eitel Friedrich; James J.F. Archibald and his pro-German activities; A tale told in telegrams; German codes and ciphers; The Tiger of Berlin meets the Wolf of Wall Street; The American Protective League; The German-Hindu conspiracy; and Dr. Scheele, chemical spy. |
 | Fighting Germany's Spies - French, Strother 10 Digit ISBN: 1417931698 13 Digit ISBN: 9781417931699 | | 1918. Illustrated. Strother's narrative is intended to bring home to the public in a detailed and convincing manner the character of the German activities in the United States. Contents: The inside story of the passport frauds and the first glimpse of Werner Horn; the inside story of Werner Horn and the first glimpse of the ship bombs; Robert Fay and the ship bombs; The inside story of the Captain of the Eitel Friedrich; James J.F. Archibald and his pro-German activities; A tale told in telegrams; German codes and ciphers; The Tiger of Berlin meets the Wolf of Wall Street; The American Protective League; The German-Hindu conspiracy; and Dr. Scheele, chemical spy. |
 | Fighting Identity: Sacred War and World Change - Michael , Vlahos 10 Digit ISBN: 0313348456 13 Digit ISBN: 9780313348457 | | This work highlights a national ethos infused by a sacred narrative of divine mission. This deep association leads to a narrow approach to conflict relationships, built around an Us vs. Them distance from the enemy, in which their submission is achieved through "kinetic effects" and their subsequent redemption through our good works (reconstruction). Vlahos contends that America's difficult engagement in the Muslim world demonstrates urgently that different operational approaches and tactics (like "counterinsurgency") are not enough. Alternative paradigms of strategic engagement are needed, but their very consideration requires deeper cultural rethinking about how we assess world change and other cultures, and how our national ethos makes war. Why are terrorists and insurgents we fight so formidable? Their strength - and our vulnerability - is in identity. Clausewitz knew that geist (spirit) was always stronger than the material: identity is power in war. But how can "non-state actors" face up to nation states? The answer is in globalization. This is the West's 3rd globalization. Two centuries of intense mixing has torn down old ways of life and created a growing demand for new belonging. There is also a decline in US universalism. America's vision as history's anointed prophet and manager is now competing head-to-head with renewed universal visions. Like Late Antiquity and the High Middle Ages our globalization begins to subside. We may be in the later days of American modernity. We can see this worldwide, as emerging local communities within states and meta-movements find their voice - through conflict and war. Identities struggling for realization are always the most powerful. Addthe diffusion of new technology and new practice, and even the poorest and seemingly most primitive group can now make war against those on high. They are successful because of a symbiotic "fit" between old states and new identities. Increasingly, old societies no longer find identity-celebration in war - while non-state identities embrace the struggle for realization. Hence non-state wars with America become a mythic narrative for them. Our engagement actually helps them realize identity - and we become the midwife. This book offers another path to deal with non-state challenges, one that does not further weaken us. |
 | Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History - Sports Publishing, 10 Digit ISBN: 1582612951 13 Digit ISBN: 9781582612959 | | Limited Leatherbound Edition. Limited to 400 copies. Signed by Anthony Welch, Dike Eddleman, Stephen Bardo, Dave Downey, Lou Henson, Tony Wysinger, Art Mathisen and Chris Gandy. Includes certificate of authenticity. The University of Illinois has fielded a basketball team since 1905. Over the years, many memorable players have donned the orange and blue, including Derek Harper, Dave Downey, Doug Altenberger, Kendall Gill, Eddie Johnson, Ken Norman, Kenny Battle, Johnny Kerr, Dike Eddleman, and many more. Coaches such as Doug Mills, Lou Henson, and Lon Kruger have led their teams to conference championships and postseason tournaments. A Hardwood History chronicles the players and coaches who have shaped Illinois basketball history and the moments no Illini basketball fan can forget. |
 | Fighting in Flanders - E. Alexander, Powell 10 Digit ISBN: 1419119664 13 Digit ISBN: 9781419119668 | | In writing of the battles in Belgium I find myself at a loss as to what names to give them. After the treaty-makers have affixed their signatures to a piece of parchment and the arm-chair historians have settled down to the task of writing a connected account of the campaign, the various engagements will doubtless be properly classified and labelled--and under the names which they will receive in the histories we, who were present at them, will probably not recognize them at all. |
 | Fighting in Flanders (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) - E. Alexander, Powell 10 Digit ISBN: 140656740X 13 Digit ISBN: 9781406567403 | | Edward Alexander Powell (1879-1957) was the American author who wrote: Fighting in Flanders (1914), Vive la France (1915), Italy at War and the Allies in the West (1917), The New Frontiers of Freedom: From the Alps to the Aegean (1920), By Camel and Car to the Peacock Throne (1923), The Struggle for Power in Muslim Asia (1923), In Barbary (1926), The Last Home of Mystery (1929), Yonder Lies Adventure (1932), Slanting Lines of Steel (1933), Free Lance (1937), and Gone are the Days (1938). "Nothing is more unwise, on general principles, than to attempt to write about a war before that war is finished and before history has given it the justice of perspective. The campaign which began with the flight of the Belgian Government from Brussels and which culminated in the fall of Antwerp formed, however, a separate and distinct phase of the Greatest of Wars, and I feel that I should write of that campaign while its events are still sharp and clear in my memory and before the impressions it produced have begun to fade." |
 | Fighting Indians in the 7th United States Cavalry: Custer's Favorite Regiment - Ami Frank, Mulford 10 Digit ISBN: 1408680203 13 Digit ISBN: 9781408680209 | | Extracts from Autobiography - At six ocbck on the snowy morning of February rst, 1770. I beheld the li ht of the world at the Damside, in the Parish of 8 t. hlary, in the suburbs of the ancient city of Carlisle. I was a pcsor little tender being scarce worth the trouble of rearing, and was the youngest of nine children, born of parents getting up in years, who with all their kindred had been kept in bondage by poverty, hard labour and crosses. At an early age I was placed in a Charity School, supported at that time by the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle for the Education of children only. Having studied my letters. the see-saw drone of the Primer and waded through the Reading-Made-Easy. and Dyches Spelling Book I was now turned over to a long, lean, needy Pretender to Knowledge. He devoted much time to angling. and I was always selected to accompany him in those fishing expeditions, It was during those summer excursions that an attachment to rural scenery first stole over my mind. A love of nature grew in me from this period to manhood and such has been the influence of this passion for nature, that it has been the dearest wish of my heart to creep into retirement in the declining ears of my life, and strike the strings of my feeble garp in the shades of peace. From this teacher I was removed by my parents to the Quakers School, under Mr. Isaac Ritson a very learned and ingenious man. At the age of 10 years, I left school to try to earn a little to assist my father who was n w very inhrm. I was employed as a Calico Printer undu my brother and my wages one and sixpence a week were presented to my beloved father. From infancy I was fond of drawing, especially animals, and to this amusementmy evenings were chiefly devoted. For a self-taught artist my early efforts b afforrI evidence of industry, but they are devoid of anythin indicative of genius. My next change was to e bound apprentice to a pattern drawer with Messrs. T. Lash ahd Co., Dmton Holme near Carlisle where I enjoyed dI the happiness an industrious apprentice can ho e for being with every mark of esteem. W R l e here b I e i t n u g r ntereda t m ed y thoughts to music, and as from childhood a love opfo rrtuurnailt ielisf e o f h a s d p e g n r d o in w g n twheit hS ambbe, a t 1 h lmeto r s e li p e sfpeewci a o l Y y - In summer with friends in some neighbouring village. It was on paying a welcome visit at a friends house that I was first smitteu with female charms. Picture to yourself a hffident o u t h in his sixteenth year ddaily pouring out the sigs of a sincere heart for an artless cottager sornmvl at youger than myself. She was aU my thoughts by day, And aU my dreams by night., t church she drew my attention from the preacher. On her I could have gazd my soul away, and I have a thousand times fancied to myself our joining handa at the Hymeneal altar. Whatever I had had of worldly possessions I would gladly have bestowed upon her. When - in London. where 1 had obtained employment before the expiration of my appren ticeship, my first attempt at poetical composition was made in a song called Lncy Grey, which with some others . as afterwards set to music and sung at the Vauxhall... |
 | Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 - Corbett, Julian S. 10 Digit ISBN: 0548274444 13 Digit ISBN: 9780548274446 | | This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. |
 | Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 - Julian S., Corbett 10 Digit ISBN: 1432679252 13 Digit ISBN: 9781432679255 | | This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. |
 | Fighting Joe Hooker - James A., Rawley 10 Digit ISBN: 0803273231 13 Digit ISBN: 9780803273238 | | "I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which, I am not quite satisfied with you." With this opening sentence in a two-page letter from Abraham Lincoln, Union general Joseph Hooker (1814-79) gained a prominent place in Civil War history. Hooker assumed command of an army demoralized by defeat and diminished by desertion. Acting swiftly, the general reorganized his army, routed corruption among quartermasters, improved food and sanitation, and boosted morale by granting furloughs and amnesties. His hour of fame and the test of his military skill came in the May 1863 battle of Chancellorsville. It was one of the Union Army's worst defeats; shortly thereafter Hooker's resignation was accepted. This definitive biography of a man who could lead so brilliantly and yet fall so ignominiously remains the only full-length treatment of Hooker's life. His renewal as an important commander in the western theater during the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns is discussed, as is his life before and after his Civil War military service. In a new introduction James A. Rawley, Carl Adolph Happold Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Nebraska, reminds today's readers of Fighting Joe's place in history. |
 | Fighting Liberal - George W., Norris 10 Digit ISBN: 1406705403 13 Digit ISBN: 9781406705409 | | - 4 THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF George W. ft orris NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1945 i tew hut tiff 1 f f amp gt rl SENATOR GEORGE W. NORMS Copyright, 1945, by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. All rights reserved no part o this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. PRIHTED IK THE UKITED STATKS OF AMERICA Acknowledgment FOR QUITE a number of years members of my family and hundreds of warm personal friends have urged me to write the story of my life. Various reasons have been given, most of which did not appeal to me. I could not see, and do not see now, just why people would be interested in the struggling and somewhat discouraging life that I have lived from boyhood. When I left the United States Senate, this urgency on thfc part of my friends was intensified greatly. Literally thousands of letters came from all parts of the country, a great many of which were written by people who had never seen or heard me. Their ideas regarding me had been formed from what they had read in the magazines and in the newspapers, and in the reports of the various legislative struggles through which I had passed in my forty years service in Congress. Most of these letters were from young people in many cases, just graduating from high schools. Many of them were from students and professors in various colleges and universities scattered from Maine to California and from the Canadian boundary to the Gulf of Mexico. The beautiful, appealing language of so many of the letters made a great impression upon me. The writers told of personal strugglesmost of them, for an edu cationin which the story of my life would give them encourage ment and greater hope. I was moved strongly by the appeals from the multitude of young people striving so earnestly for an education under the handicap of poverty. Most of them were doing what I had done when young alternately attending classes while the money lasted, and teaching, perhaps, awhile, until their funds were re-MAY28194b ACKNOWLEDGMENT college until their education was com pleted .-t cS j For sik ftdths after my retirement from the United States Sen ate these letters continued to come. Every letter was written from the impulse of some struggling young man or young woman, who was then seeking, under adverse circumstances, to better his or her condition and the conditions of the community in which he or she lived. Although I was impressed deeply, and although I felt honored by the fact that the battles that I had fought were an inspiration to many aspiring young people, I still could not see that a book about myself would accomplish what these friends thought it would, give hope to others faced with similar struggles. While this struggle was going on in my heart, my old friend James E Lawrence of Lincoln, Nebraska, whom I think one of the ablest editorial writers of the country, made several personal visits to my home in McCook, and with an eloquence far above the average possessed by mortal man, urged me to undertake the writing of my autobiography. He promised to help me outlined what seemed to be a necessary work that I should undertake for the bene fit of hundreds of thousands of my countrymen who apparently were appealing to me for help and comfort in a period of great nationaldistress and confusion. I had not kept a diary of my early life, but under the urgent appeals of Mr. Lawrence, and with his assistance, I have undertaken to tell the story truthfully, however doubtful of its value. In a volume of this size, only a part of the many struggles of a rather long and eventful life could be given in detail One of Mr... |
 | Fighting My War and Keeping My Peace: A Personal Struggle with Chronic Illness - Paula Masso, Carnes 10 Digit ISBN: 1420877232 13 Digit ISBN: 9781420877236 | | This book has rare qualities: it says much with few words, it is real and hopeful simultaneously. Paula is someone who understands very well what she is talking about. James L. Schaller, MD, Master of Arts in Religion, Specializing in Treatment-Resistant Illnesses Paula writes from a brutally frank place, but in such a way that there is a lush experience from which I can glean. Patricia Fero, Director Wisconsin Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association, Inc. Paula Carnes examines the devastation and the struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Lyme Disease, bringing to it all the resources of her heart, her soul and her lucid intellect. Michael S. Allen, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and author, living for 14 years with ME/CFS Paula writes with passion and personal knowledge of the horrors of living with chronic illness. Her clear, concise and cogent prose helps us all keep the faith when such illness steals our life away. Tom Hennessy, founder of RESCIND, Inc., a patient advocacy group Fighting My War and Keeping My Peace describes the private journey of a patient living with an illness that seems to have no end. Paula Masso Carnes describes in prose and poetry the frightening realization that she has been sick for two months with no idea what is wrong. Seven months later she is still too sick to work and resigns from her career. Used to controlling her life with logic and will power, Paula now finds that she must fight for effective treatment while finding peace with herself as she endures an illness that has continued years. She writes about loss, despair, friendships, purpose, and hope. Paula answers the question, "How do you fight a war with chronic illness and still keep your peace?" |
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