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English | ISBN: 0700635645 | 2023 | 344 pages | EPUB | 1522 KB
A presidency unlike any other, Franklin D. Roosevelt's legacy in foreign affairs has been contested since the day of his passing. Few presidential statements have echoed through history like FDR's charge to conquer "fear itself." Yet immediately after the end of World War II, the United States was gripped by a pervasive sense of national insecurity.

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English | ISBN: 1625346751 | 2022 | 400 pages | PDF | 25 MB
In 1966, the most destructive flood in the history of Venice temporarily submerged the city and threatened its extraordinary art and architecture. Among the organizations that mobilized to protect this fragile heritage was Save Venice Inc. Founded in Boston and now headquartered in New York City, this nonprofit has become the largest and most active committee dedicated to preserving the artistic legacy of Venice.

Free Download Richard W. Myers, "Rethinking and Reforming American Policing: Leadership Challenges and Future Opportunities"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030888983 | EPUB | pages: 428 | 5.2 mb
Policing in the US and many western nations is in an era of crisis, facing extensive calls for reformation and change. This edited book outlines the major challenges and changes needed to achieve a more stable future for the policing profession and police organizations. The chapters come from innovative police leaders and officers as well as academics with subject matter expertise, to provide insight into how reform can be done with the police. It focusses on how leaders should understand and approach their role during times of instability and uncertainty. It starts with an examination of how policing reached this state of crisis and discusses some interviews conducted with police leaders, particularly chiefs as agents of change and reform. This is followed by chapters from several veteran police leaders and personnel describing some of the factors that brought policing to this critical time of change and reform, how has policing evolved in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and how that impacts the current environment, and some potential strategies to create meaningful change while considering unintended consequences. The following chapters from academics seek to define paths that policing can take toward needed changes that will increase legitimacy, trust, and equality of policing services. It speaks to students, academics and professionals interested in police organization and administration, police leadership, and contemporary issues in policing and criminal justice.

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English | ISBN: 1350400009 | 2024 | 232 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1076 KB + 20 MB
With seemingly obsessive regularity, American authors, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, evoke the sermon at culturally loaded moments in their works, deploying the form to underscore the cultural work they imagine their novels or poetry to perform. Examining this longstanding tradition of "literary preaching," this book draws on literary applications of design theory to provide a nuanced account of American literature's complex, anxious, and persistent engagement with the Protestant sermon.

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by Rachel Mclean Sailor
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9004519742 | 237 Pages | True PDF | 29 MB

Free Download Van Jackson, "Pacific Power Paradox: American Statecraft and the Fate of the Asian Peace"
English | ISBN: 0300257287 | 2023 | 312 pages | PDF | 1115 KB
A new history of America's paradoxical role in the Asian peace since 1979

Free Download More Classic American Railroads by Mike Schafer
English | 2000 | ISBN: 076030758X | 156 Pages | PDF | 53.7 MB
This follow-up to the MBI bestseller Classic American Railroads is a beautiful tribute to 15 additional railroads not included in the first volume.

Free Download Richard A. Santillan, Mark A. Ocegueda, Alfonso Ledesma, "Mexican American Baseball in the Pomona Valley"
English | 2014 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 1467132284, 1531676871 | EPUB | 71,1 mb
This volume pays homage to the wonderful teams and players from Azusa, La Verne, Claremont, Pomona, Chino, Cucamonga, Ontario, and Upland. A common thread of all these diverse communities was the establishment of baseball teams and, later, softball teams. Baseball played a critical role in advancing civil and political rights, labor reform, gender equality, educational integration, and cultural legitimacy. These remarkable photographs revive the often-overlooked history of Mexican American baseball in the Greater Pomona Valley.

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English | 2016 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 1467124710, 1540201686 | EPUB | 22,7 mb
Mexican American Baseball in East Los Angeles highlights the unforgettable teams, players, and coaches who graced the hallowed fields of East Los Angeles between 1917 and 2016 and brought immense joy and honor to their neighborhoods. Off the field, these players and their families helped create the multibillion-dollar wealth that depended on their backbreaking labor. More than a game, baseball and softball were political instruments designed to promote and empower civil, political, cultural, and gender rights, confronting head-on the reactionary forces of prejudice, intolerance, sexism, and xenophobia. A century later, baseball and softball are more popular than ever in East Los Angeles. Dedicated coaches still produce gifted players and future community leaders. These breathtaking photographs and heartfelt stories shed unparalleled light to the long and rich history of baseball and softball in the largest Mexican American community in the United States.

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English | 2013 | ISBN: 147676638X, 0671215922 | EPUB | pages: 416 | 8.0 mb
The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning biographer of Mark Twain and Walt Whitman brings alive the life and world of Lincoln Steffens, the original Muckraker and father of American investigative journalism.