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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Engaging the Evil Empire Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End of the Cold War【電子書籍】[ Simon Miles ]

＜p＞＜strong＞In a narrative-redefining approach,＜/strong＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞Engaging the Evil Empire＜/strong＞＜/em＞ ＜strong＞dramatically alters how we look at the beginning of the end of the Cold War.＜/strong＞ Tracking key events in US-Soviet relations across the years between 1980 and 1985, Simon Miles shows that covert engagement gave way to overt conversation as both superpowers determined that open diplomacy was the best means of furthering their own, primarily competitive, goals. Miles narrates the history of these dramatic years, as President Ronald Reagan consistently applied a disciplined carrot-and-stick approach, reaching out to Moscow while at the same time excoriating the Soviet system and building up US military capabilities.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The received wisdom in diplomatic circles is that the beginning of the end of the Cold War came from changing policy preferences and that President Reagan in particular opted for a more conciliatory and less bellicose diplomatic approach. In reality, Miles clearly demonstrates, Reagan and ranking officials in the National Security Council had determined that the United States enjoyed a strategic margin of error that permitted it to engage Moscow overtly.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As US grand strategy developed, so did that of the Soviet Union. ＜em＞Engaging the Evil Empire＜/em＞ covers five critical years of Cold War history when Soviet leaders tried to reduce tensions between the two nations in order to gain economic breathing room and, to ensure domestic political stability, prioritize expenditures on butter over those on guns. Miles's bold narrative shifts the focus of Cold War historians away from exclusive attention on Washington by focusing on the years of back-channel communiqu?s and internal strategy debates in Moscow as well as Prague and East Berlin.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Making Moros Imperial Historicism and American Military Rule in the Philippines' Muslim South【電子書籍】[ Michael C. Hawkins ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞Making Moros＜/strong＞＜/em＞ ＜strong＞offers a unique look at the colonization of Muslim subjects during the early years of American rule in the southern Philippines.＜/strong＞ Hawkins argues that the ethnological discovery, organization, and subsequent colonial engineering of Moros was highly contingent on developing notions of time, history, and evolution, which ultimately superseded simplistic notions about race. He also argues that this process was highly collaborative, with Moros participating, informing, guiding, and even investing in their configuration as modern subjects.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Drawing on a wealth of archival sources from both the United States and the Philippines, Making Moros presents a series of compelling episodes and gripping evidence to demonstrate its thesis. Readers will find themselves with an uncommon understanding of the Philippines' Muslim South beyond its usual tangential place as a mere subset of American empire.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Racial Contract【電子書籍】[ Charles W. Mills ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞The Racial Contract＜/strong＞＜/em＞ puts classic Western social contract theory, deadpan, to extraordinary radical use. With a sweeping look at the European expansionism and racism of the last five hundred years, Charles W. Mills demonstrates how this peculiar and unacknowledged "contract" has shaped a system of global European domination: how it brings into existence "whites" and "non-whites," full persons and sub-persons, how it influences white moral theory and moral psychology; and how this system is imposed on non-whites through ideological conditioning and violence. ＜em＞＜strong＞The Racial Contract＜/strong＞＜/em＞ argues that the society we live in is a continuing white supremacist state.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞As this 25th anniversary editionーfeaturing a foreword by Tommy Shelbie and a new preface by the authorーmakes clear, the still-urgent ＜em＞The Racial Contract＜/em＞ continues to inspire, provoke, and influence thinking about the intersection of the racist underpinnings of political philosophy.＜/strong＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Manpower and the Armies of the British Empire in the Two World Wars【電子書籍】

＜p＞＜strong＞In the first and only examination of how the British Empire and Commonwealth sustained its soldiers before, during, and after both world wars, a cast of leading military historians explores how the empire mobilized manpower to recruit workers, care for veterans, and transform factory workers and farmers into riflemen.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Raising armies is more than counting people, putting them in uniform, and assigning them to formations. It demands efficient measures for recruitment, registration, and assignment. It requires processes for transforming common people into soldiers and then producing officers, staffs, and commanders to lead them. It necessitates balancing the needs of the armed services with industry and agriculture. And, often overlooked but illuminated incisively here, raising armies relies on medical services for mending wounded soldiers and programs and pensions to look after them when demobilized.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Manpower and the Armies of the British Empire in the Two World Wars＜/em＞ is a transnational look at how the empire did not always get these things right. But through trial, error, analysis, and introspection, it levied the large armies needed to prosecute both wars.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Contributors Paul R. Bartrop, Charles Booth, Jean Bou, Daniel Byers, Kent Fedorowich, Jonathan Fennell, Meghan Fitzpatrick, Richard S. Grayson, Ian McGibbon, Jessica Meyer, Emma Newlands, Kaushik Roy, Roger Sarty, Gary Sheffield, Ian van der Waag＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Citizens of Peace: Beyond the Savagery of Sovereignty【電子書籍】[ Abhijit Naskar ]

＜p＞＜strong＞"The biggest enemies of the state are those politicians who look to win a war, instead of organizing the peace, and the citizens who allow them do so."＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞When the world of peace politics was in desperate need of light, Mother Nature gave us Abhijit Naskar. Now that light of peace Naskar points us in the direction of global peace, health and harmony, beyond the petty and primitive disputes of sovereignty.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】In the Looking Glass Mirrors & Identity in Early America【電子書籍】[ Rebecca K. Shrum ]

＜p＞＜strong＞"[An] utterly fascinating reading of the multiple uses and meanings of mirrors among European Americans, African Americans, and Native Americans." ー ＜em＞Journal of Social History＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜br /＞ What did it mean, Rebecca K. Shrum asks, for peopleーlong-accustomed to associating reflective surfaces with ritual and magicーto became as familiar with how they looked as they were with the appearance of other people? Fragmentary histories tantalize us with how early Americansーpeople of Native, European, and African descentーinteracted with mirrors.＜br /＞ Shrum argues that mirrors became objects through which white men asserted their claims to modernity, emphasizing mirrors as fulcrums of truth that enabled them to know and master themselves and their world. In claiming that mirrors revealed and substantiated their own enlightenment and rationality, white men sought to differentiate how they used mirrors from not only white women but also from Native Americans and African Americans, who had long claimed ownership of and the right to determine the meaning of mirrors for themselves. Mirrors thus played an important role in the construction of early American racial and gender hierarchies.＜br /＞ Drawing from archival research, as well as archaeological studies, probate inventories, trade records, and visual sources, Shrum also assesses extant mirrors in museum collections through a material culture lens. Focusing on how mirrors were acquired in America and by whom, as well as the profound influence mirrors had, both individually and collectively, on the groups that embraced them, ＜em＞In the Looking Glass＜/em＞ is a piece of innovative textual and visual scholarship.＜br /＞ ＜strong＞"A superb reflection of the many meanings held by an object usually taken for granted. Highly recommended." ー ＜em＞Choice＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Demystifying Discipleship A Fresh Look at the Great Commission【電子書籍】[ Dr. Raphael J. Thomas ]

＜p＞As the end of time approaches, we need to redouble our effort to respond to the Lord’s command to make disciples of all nations. Fueling the fire for passionate and consistent discipleship, this study provides an exposition of the Great Commission and practical insights to participate in its fulfilment.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Praise for Demystifying Discipleship＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Compelling! Elucidating! Demystifying! Dr. Raphael Thomas’s major contribution on the subject of discipleship is a must-read for every Christian leader and believer involved in the Great Commission. Congrats, Brother Raphael!”＜br /＞ ーDr. Gerry O. Gallimore, former president and CEO of＜br /＞ YFC International; retired senior pastor of Metropolitan＜br /＞ Baptist Church; and author of Living by Faith＜/p＞ ＜p＞“… What I really appreciate about Dr. Thomas’s approach is that the scope of the content is full and the reader is led step by step from beginning to end. One of the elements that delivers a connective thread is the arrangement and articulation of the chapters. The sections are thoughtful and smart and give an overarching succession that paints a bigger picture that is vital for the topic of discipleship. …”＜br /＞ ーDr. Steve McCoy, lead Pastor of the 360 Church,＜br /＞ Sarasota, Florida, and founder of SMALLCIRCLE＜/p＞ ＜p＞“This volume is about simplifying our understanding of Christian discipleship. Utilizing sound hermeneutical skills, Dr. Raphael Thomas carefully exegetes the critical biblical texts to establish the need for a shift in our thinking. This refreshing perspective on Discipleship is a must-read for astute Christians and scholars.”＜br /＞ ーDr. David Corbin, former President of the＜br /＞ Caribbean Graduate School of Theology＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Demystifying Discipleship” is a passionate and urgent call to all Christians to engage in our primary mission of making disciples. Dr. Thomas’ passion and experience in making disciples can be felt on every page, and not only inspires readers to get into action, but also provides them with practical steps to become effective disciple-makers.＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーPastor Brian Grant, Germantown Christian Assembly＜br /＞ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Zetas History, Hybrids, and Human Contacts【電子書籍】[ Robert Shapiro ]

＜p＞"The beings on Zeta Reticuli are the future selves ー granted, several million years into the future ー of the beings on Earth right now. On the soul line, this has to do with your evolution to become more, to be more established benevolently on a creative level. By the time your souls become those Zeta Reticulian beings several million years into the future, you will be able to interact with all life in the most benevolent way while being strongly intellectual and scientific.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"In this way, your science will have a complete balance with heart and soul. This is one of the greatest aspects of significance between you and the Zeta Reticulian beings as of this time. So to them you are their past lives ー that's why they're so fascinated with you ー but for you, when you interact with these beings, you are truly meeting, in many senses, your future."＜/p＞ ＜p＞ー Zoosh through Robert Shapiro＜/p＞ ＜p＞"If you can do nothing else when you read this book, look around on your planet. Look at all the different forms of life and know that from the smallest to the largest, they all have cousins on other planets. And while they might not look exactly the same on other planets, there are similarities that you would notice, not unlike how you notice similarities from one family member to another. They do not look identical, but there are similarities. When you travel, you will note that, but when you return, you will always be happy to be home. Welcome to the universe."＜/p＞ ＜p＞ー Joopah through Robert Shapiro＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】TPT The Book of Hebrews 12-Lesson Study Guide【電子書籍】[ Dr. Brian Simmons ]

＜p＞The book of Hebrews presents Jesus as gloriously divine, wonderfully human, and the fulfillment of the Old Testament. It is also one of God’s greatest gifts to his church as it provides an expository look at the person, life, covenant, sacrifice, and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is indeed greater than all others.＜br /＞ This 12-lesson Bible study guide on the book of Hebrews provides a unique and welcoming opportunity to immerse yourself in God’s precious Word as expressed in The Passion Translation?. Begin your journey with a thorough introduction that details the authorship of Hebrews, date of composition, first recipients, setting, purpose, central message, and key themes. Each lesson then walks you through a portion from the book and includes features such as notable verses, historical and cultural background information, definitions of words and language, cross references to other books of the Bible, maps, and character portraits of figures from the Bible and church history.＜br /＞ Enrich your biblical understanding of the book of Hebrews, experience God’s love for you, and share his heart with others.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Power Tends To Corrupt Lord Acton's Study of Liberty【電子書籍】[ Christopher Lazarski ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Lord Acton (1834?1902) is often called a historian of liberty.＜/strong＞ A great historian and political thinker, he had a rare talent to reach beneath the surface and reveal the hidden springs that move the world. While endeavoring to understand the components of a truly free society, Acton attempted to see how the principles of self-determination and freedom worked in practice, from antiquity to his own time. But though he penned hundreds of papers, essays, reviews, letters and ephemera, the ultimate book of his findings and views on the history of liberty remained unwritten. Reading a book a day for years he still could not keep pace with the output of his time, and finally, dejected, he gave up. Today, Acton is mainly known for a single maxim, power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞Power Tends to Corrupt＜/em＞, Christopher Lazarski presents the first in-depth consideration of Acton's thought in more than fifty years. Lazarski brings Acton's work to light in accessible language, with a focus on his understanding of liberty and its development in Western history. A work akin to Acton's overall account of the history of liberty, with a secondary look at his political theory, this book is an outstanding exegesis of the theories and findings of one of the nineteenth century's keenest minds.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Empty Buddha Awaken To Emptiness【電子書籍】[ Babaji ]

＜p＞Come journey to the Self, in a profound but animated look into the traditions of Self-Realization and the possibilities held therein. Using my own path of self-discovery as the roadmap, I light the way forward for other seekers desperately wanting to touch reality again with the innocence of a child and the intimacy of a first kiss.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As a jenga game must always come to an end through the path of destruction, we find the true Self through the eventual fall of the ego. In the ruins we awaken into emptiness…＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Last Godfather the John Gotti Story【電子書籍】[ David Kennedy ]

＜p＞John Gotti was the last great leader of the Gambino crime family, the dominant Sicilian Mafia family of New York.＜br /＞ Gotti had his fingers in everything from gambling houses, to drug trafficking, prostitution, to weapons dealing. Gotti originally came to lead the organization in 1985, but had been an enforcer for the mob since the early 70's.＜br /＞ Originally, Gotti made a name for himself by helping avenge the death of Manny Gambino, nephew of the notorious leader of the family, Carlo Gambino.＜br /＞ Gotti did a long stint in prison for this crime. When he was released, the Gambino family rewarded his loyalty by giving Gotti a position of power within the family.＜br /＞ But with this power came the desire to one day become the Don of this great criminal empire.＜br /＞ In this book we will look at the life of John Gotti. From the days of the Fulton-Rockaway Boys in the late 1950’s, to his death on June 10, 2002.＜br /＞ We will look at the man, the myth and the legend that is John Gotti; “The Last Godfather.”＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Reconstruction and Mormon America【電子書籍】

＜p＞The South has been the standard focus of Reconstruction, but reconstruction following the Civil War was not a distinctly Southern experience. In the post?Civil War West, American Indians also experienced reconstruction through removal to reservations and assimilation to Christianity, and Latter-day SaintsーMormonsーsaw government actions to force the end of polygamy under threat of disestablishing the church. These efforts to bring nonconformist Mormons into the American mainstream figure in the more familiar scheme of the federal government’s reconstructionーaimed at rebellious white Southerners and uncontrolled American Indians. In this volume, more than a dozen contributors look anew at the scope of the reconstruction narrative and offer a unique perspective on the history of the Latter-day Saints.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Marshaled by editors Clyde A. Milner II and Brian Q. Cannon, these writers explore why the federal government wanted to reconstruct Latter-day Saints, when such efforts began, and how the initiatives compare with what happened with white Southerners and American Indians. Other contributions examine the effect of the government’s policies on Mormon identity and sense of history. Why, for example, do Latter-day Saints not have a Lost Cause? Do they share a resentment with American Indians over the loss of sovereignty? And were nineteenth-century Mormons considered to be on the “wrong” side of a religious line, but not a “race line”? The authors consider these and other vital questions and topics here. Together, and in dialogue with one another, their work suggests a new way of understanding the regional, racial, and religious dynamics of reconstructionーand, within this framework, a new way of thinking about the creation of a Mormon historical identity.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Eden-Eisenhower Correspondence, 1955-1957【電子書籍】

＜p＞The personal correspondence between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister Anthony Eden during the time they were simultaneously in office tells the dramatic story of a relationship that began with great promise but ended in division and estrangement. Many of the letters have only recently been declassified, making it possible for the first time to publish this unique historic collection in its entirety.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Peter G. Boyle's introduction, annotations, and conclusion provide context for the letters--details about the personalities and careers of Eden and Eisenhower and major issues that influenced the Anglo-American relationship up to 1955, such as relations with the Soviet Union, nuclear concerns, colonialism, the Middle and Far East, economic issues, and intelligence matters. The letters themselves offer an intimate look into the special connection between Britain and the United States through the often eloquent words of their leaders. They offer particular insight into the Suez Crisis of 1956, when Eden's and Eisenhower's views greatly diverged over the use of force to resolve the situation. Their personal relationship cooled from that point on and ended with Eden's resignation in January 1957.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】A Touch of Imagination: An Intelligent Traveler’s Guide to Hungary【電子書籍】[ Chris Wilkinson ]

＜p＞This book is mostly about one thing: Places in Hungary. Places in the sense of what they can tell us about Hungarian history, both natural and cultural. Places in the sense of how they can help us relocate the past not just in Hungary, but most importantly within ourselves.＜br /＞ This book is probably best described as a series of essays written in both frustration and exultation.＜br /＞ Frustration, at the guidebooks and popular sources that do not go deep enough into what makes Hungary one of the most fascinating places in Europe. Exultation at Hungary's intermixture of both the dark and light hearted. It is a microcosm of the vicissitudes of European History. It has been built up, ran over, conquered and freed, torn apart and stitched together. It is constantly on the mend and tearing open old wounds. It is western, eastern and central European in its outlook. But most of all it is Hungarian. There is no place like it in Europe and I hope this book helps those who are interested understand it a little better. More than anything I hope it casts a fresh light on the Land of the Magyars. Please go there and see it for yourself. If you have been there once, go back again. It is worth a second look or in my case worth a lifetime.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Inventing Baseball Heroes Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and the Sporting Press in America【電子書籍】[ Amber Roessner ]

＜p＞In Inventing Baseball Heroes, Amber Roessner examines "herocrafting" in sports journalism through an incisive analysis of the work surrounding two of baseball's most enduring personalities -- Detroit Tigers outfielder Ty Cobb and New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson. While other scholars have demonstrated that the mythmakers of the Golden Age of Sports Writing (1920--1930) manufactured heroes out of baseball players for the mainstream media, Roessner probes further, with a penetrating look at how sportswriters compromised emerging professional standards of journalism as they crafted heroic tales that sought to teach American boys how to be successful players in the game of life.＜br /＞ Cobb and Mathewson, respectively stereotyped as the game's sinner and saint, helped shape their public images in the mainstream press through their relationship with four of the most prominent sports journalists of the time: Grantland Rice, F. C. Lane, Ring Lardner, and John N. Wheeler. Roessner traces the interactions between the athletes and the reporters, delving into newsgathering strategies as well as rapport-building techniques, and ultimately revealing an inherent tension in objective sports reporting in the era.＜br /＞ Inventing Baseball Heroes will be of interest to scholars of American history, sports history, cultural studies, and communication. Its interdisciplinary approach provides a broad understanding of the role sports journalists played in the production of American heroes.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Berdan's United States Sharpshooters in the Army of the Potomac 1861~1865 (Abridged, Annotated)【電子書籍】[ Historian Capt. C. A. Stevens ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Dispensing 52-caliber death at long distance＜/strong＞ was their specialty and it made them a favorite target. With their Colts, Sharps, and Whitworth globe rifles, led by one of the world's premier marksmen, Berdan's sharpshooters played an important role at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Brandy Station, and many other battles.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Here is the complete history of this unique cadre of men and how they prosecuted their unique brand of warfare from 1861 to 1865.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Engineer, inventor, military officer, world-renowned marksman, and commanding colonel of the United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiments during the American Civil War, Hiram Berdan's story and that of his men are little-known today. Yet it is one of the most compelling, exciting, and important stories of the war.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Berdan's regiments played a pivotal role in delaying Confederate attacks at Devil's Den and the Peach Orchard at the Battle of Gettysburg.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Charles N. Race, of Company K, was one of the youngest soldiers in the Union service, having mustered in 1862 at the age of 14, and was the only Berdan Sharpshooter of the original members remaining as a sharpshooter until the end of the war, July 17, 1865＜/p＞ ＜p＞After the war, Hiram Berdan invented the Berdan rifle, Berdan primer, and other weapons.＜/p＞ ＜p＞For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Just Keep Praying: A Journey About Life, Death, and Living【電子書籍】[ Susan Eidson Claxton ]

＜p＞Fourteen years in the making, Just Keep Praying: A Journey about Life, Death, and Living will take you on a journey that could forever change how you look at life and death. Susan started the journey more than forty years ago.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Have you ever felt that God has abandoned you? Susan did; however, she was able to reconnect to God in a very special way.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Just Keep Praying will take you on Susans journey, but it may not be so different than your own journey. As you read through the journey, you may see yourself in the anger, fear, happiness, and other emotions that Susan shares with raw honesty. You will come away from this experience with renewed hope and understanding that prayer can help you through your journey of life. Yes you can survive tragedybut more than that, you can learn to thrive after a tragedy.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Understanding Human Emotions【電子書籍】[ Anthony Ekanem ]

＜p＞Infidelity is the greatest and most misunderstood of all relationship infractions. This small, sometimes one minute act of passion or revenge, has the capability to initiate a relationship and/or end a relationship at the same time. But what is Infidelity? Most people will classify infidelity as either a man having an affair with a woman while he is in a relationship or a woman having an affair with a man with whom she is not in a relationship. This is a basic definition of what infidelity entails. It merely scratches the surface of what makes up the playing field of being unfaithful. Infidelity has many names. It is called cheating, stepping out, a transgression, betrayal, unfaithfulness, perfidy, fooling around and so on. In addition to infidelity having many names, it also has many meanings. For the most part, the widely accepted definition of infidelity revolves around indulging in sexual intercourse with another man or woman who is not the married or committed partner. But there are many other meanings as to what defines infidelity and these are often determined by the individual who faces infidelity or by the one who commits the act of infidelity. The thing about infidelity, which is beneficial and at the same time confusing, is the fact that everybody can make up what infidelity means to them. This means that they do not have to be bound by anybody else's interpretation of what cheating or subdivisions of cheating may or may not actually be. Here's the hypocrisy when it comes to infidelity: for some, if you are in a relationship and you look at someone else in a lustful manner, then you have cheated. For others, if you are in a relationship and you indulge in a platonic relationship with another that your significant other does not know about, then again you have cheated.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Putin, the Russian Elite, and the Future of Russia【電子書籍】[ Alex Markman ]

＜p＞There is a dialectical logic to why an individual like Putin came to power in Russia. His policies in the past were controversial at best, but now, after the annexation of Crimea and turmoil in Ukraine, Russia's future is not expected to be bright. Why do Russia's leaders always seem embroil the country in one conflict after another?＜br /＞ Every nation has a characterーthe sum of its temperament, values, traditions, and mindsetーthat explains its history and its present, and helps define its future. It provides the foundations of social life, both for individuals and the whole society. In this thoughtful monograph, the author traces how this character has shaped the evolution of Russia, with a particular focus on how the ruling "elite" has led the country from one disaster to another.＜br /＞ The book explores a conspicuous phenomenon: Russia has always had the wrong people in power. These people, incapable of making decisions based on logic or wisdom, have invariably chosen paths that lead either to terror or to other forms of oppression. This work is an attempt to answer three questions: Why? What is wrong with the nation? And why it is always in the wrong hands?＜br /＞ Readers will also learn why terror in Russia was inevitable after World War I, regardless of who assumed the power, the Reds or the Whites. The author analyses the mechanics of the leadership selection process, designed to concentrate power at the top with the "elite" echelon, and its effect on the country's governance since Lenin's regime. This includes an objective look at why and how Putin ascended to power, and outlines some of his successesーand reasons for his inevitable failure.＜br /＞ Supporting his arguments with statistics, the author shows demographic trends that have resulted in the depopulation of vast Russian territories, a shrinking of labour force, and a negative effect on economy. Statistics also present a picture of the deterioration of the nation's integrity and sense of decency, as evidenced by the number of abandoned and homeless children, high rates of alcoholism and violent crime, and many other manifestations of the nation's trouble mental and spiritual health.＜br /＞ The book provides some interesting data about the Russian army, including the price of its victories in the past and a comparison of its strength with the primary military powers of the twenty-first century. The author devotes serious analysis to the Crimea and Ukrainian crises, the Russian mob mentality, and on the country's role in global political and economic affairs.＜br /＞ Examining Russia through the lens of character, the nation's psychology and mentality, the author offers insights into the economic, political, and social evolution, and provides a somber view of the country's near and the distant futures.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】A Crack in the Edge of the World America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906【電子書籍】[ Simon Winchester ]

＜p＞The international bestselling author of ＜strong＞The Professor and the Madman＜/strong＞ and ＜strong＞Krakatoa＜/strong＞ vividly brings to life the 1906San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive force.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, San Francisco and a string of towns to its north-northwest and the south-southeast were overcome by an enormous shaking that was compounded by the violent shocks of an earthquake, registering 8.25 on the Richter scale. The quake resulted from a rupture in a part of the San Andreas fault, which lies underneath the earth's surface along the northern coast of California. Lasting little more than a minute, the earthquake wrecked 490 blocks, toppled a total of 25,000 buildings, broke open gas mains, cut off electric power lines throughout the Bay area, and effectively destroyed the gold rush capital that had stood there for a half century.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Perhaps more significant than the tremors and rumbling, which affected a swatch of California more than 200 miles long, were the fires that took over the city for three days, leaving chaos and horror in its wake. The human tragedy included the deaths of upwards of 700 people, with more than 250,000 left homeless. It was perhaps the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Simon Winchester＜/strong＞ brings his inimitable storytelling abilities -- as well as his unique understanding of geology -- to this extraordinary event, exploring not only what happened in northern California in 1906 but what we have learned since about the geological underpinnings that caused the earthquake in the first place. But his achievement is even greater: he positions the quake's significance along the earth's geological timeline and shows the effect it had on the rest of twentieth-century California and American history.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞A Crack in the Edge of the World＜/strong＞ is the definitive account of the San Francisco earthquake. It is also a fascinating exploration of a legendary event that changed the way we look at the planet on which we live.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Julian and Christianity Revisiting the Constantinian Revolution【電子書籍】[ David Neal Greenwood ]

＜p＞＜strong＞The Roman emperor Julian is a figure of ongoing interest and the subject of David Neal Greenwood's＜/strong＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞Julian and Christianity.＜/strong＞＜/em＞ This unique examination of Julian as the last pagan emperor and anti-Christian polemicist revolves around his drive and status as a ruler. Greenwood adeptly outlines the dramatic impact of Julian's short-lived regime on the course of history, with a particular emphasis on his relationship with Christianity.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Julian has experienced a wide-ranging reception throughout history, shaped by both adulation and vitriol, along with controversies and rumors that question his sanity and passive ruling. His connections to Christianity, however, are rooted in his regime's open hostility, which Greenwood shows is outlined explicitly in Oration 7: To the Cynic Heracleios. Greenwood's close reading of ＜em＞Oration 7＜/em＞ highlights not only Julian's extensive anti-Christian religious program and decided rejection of Christianity but also his brilliant, calculated use of that same religion. As Greenwood emphasizes in ＜em＞Julian and Christianity＜/em＞, these attributes were inextricably tied to Julian's relationship with Christianityーand how he appropriated certain theological elements from the religion for his own religious framework, from texts to deities.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Through his nuanced, detailed readings of Julian's writings, Greenwood brings together ancient history, Neoplatonist philosophy, and patristic theology to create an exceptional and thoughtful biography of the great Roman leader. As a result, ＜em＞Julian and Christianity＜/em＞ is a deeply immersive look at Julian's life, one that considers his multifaceted rule and the deliberate maneuvers he made on behalf of political ascendancy.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】A to B: A 12-Month Journey of Deepening Your Roots in God No Matter How Long You've Known Him【電子書籍】[ Angel J. Storm, Ph.D. ]

＜p＞This year-long devotional starts at a point (A) and was created to help guide you to the next point in your journey (B). Your journey from ＜em＞A＜/em＞ to ＜em＞B＜/em＞ will likely not be a straight line, smooth and paved. It will circle issues more than once, you’ll take a few detours and even a few steps back. I pray you will trust God enough to know that while it might look like stagnation on the outside, you are actually going higher and deeper on the inside. Only in the Kingdom is that kind of directional trajectory possible! Your spiritual quest with God doesn't end in a year, but it is my hope that you will not finish the book (or the year!) at the same place. No matter where you are in life - if you're on the mountain or in the valley - the journey isn't over. Learning how to continuously press forward is one of the most powerful mindsets and motivation I hope to impart in this book.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Epistles of Titus, Philemon and Hebrews A Devotional Look at the Epistles to Titus, Philemon and Hebrews【電子書籍】[ F. Wayne Mac Leod ]

＜p＞This is a devotional commentary on the Epistles of Paul to Titus, Philemon and the Hebrews.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Titus was a Gentile co-worker with Paul and Barnabas. He ministered with them in the region of Corinth and was a very enthusiastic worker for the gospel. Paul wrote to Titus in Crete, and island in the Mediterranean Sea to instruct him in some practical matters concerning the church in that region and to challenge Titus to deal with some individuals who had not matured in their personal faith in Christ.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Philemon was a believing slave owner whose slave Onesimus had escaped. During the time of his escape, Onesimus came to know the Lord. Paul was sending him back to Philemon. In this letter, Paul instructs Philemon to treat this slave now as a brother and offers to pay for any personal loss Philemon had suffered as a result of this escape.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The book of Hebrews was written to teach Jewish converts to Christianity the difference between the Jewish faith and their newfound faith in Jesus Christ. Many of these believers had not grown in their faith. The letter points the Hebrews to how Christ fulfilled the Law. It challenges each believer to perseverance despite the struggles that were facing them at this time.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Each chapter of this commentary is concluded with some questions to consider and some points for prayer to help the reader apply the teaching of each passage to his or her personal life.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Screenshots... My Purging Season【電子書籍】[ Life Coach Marie "MJ" Jenkins ]

＜p＞Have you ever been unequally yoked with yourself? I was merely existing, weighing in at 350 pounds... I was lost until I took a deep look at the inner me. My mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual being had spiraled out of control. Never would I have imaged that I would be so lost in this world of life. It was no game yet, I was missing puzzle pieces of myself. This book is a true testament of self-love and pure determination. I was on a journey of weight loss and discovered my destiny. It was revealed to me that it was not about my weight... It was about living. I had to let God purge me of all the toxicity that had me bound. I had to live. I had to overcome the mental roadblocks within myself and I began to stare reality in the face. My reality met my destiny and I no longer lacked anything. A change had to come and I volunteered my time, sweat, and tears. I was ready to live in my purpose as I have be destined for a life other than what I was in. I welcomed the peace that surpassed all of my understanding.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Includes: Book & Workbook＜br /＞ www.MarieJenkins.com＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Looking Out by Looking In...a Poet's View of Life【電子書籍】[ Brenda Rockward ]

＜p＞In this spectacular and unique style of poetry, the reader will enter the heart of the author and reach the depth of his or her own as the author plays the strings of the soul in a lilting, sometimes melancholy melody...hanging every verse in the readers’ mind as fine art in a gallery. There are no specific or profound rhythm or prose in the native literary rituals of writing poetry which is what makes this reading so intriguing. It’s a mixture of emotions, moods, travel, feelings and more; it’s the author's world and the world a lot people live in; survive in even. This author's uniqueness and playfulness with the verses that are reminiscent and like other famous poets of past time such as ee. cummings, Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Emily Dickinson. Its work exemplifies a message that emanates narrative, descriptive, expository styles and even hint on the argumentative proportion. What better way to find and understand yourself and the ways of life; than in the words of this book that are deeply insightful and provide vivid imagery throughout. It's a musical development of life that will make your mind come alive and unfold into something real, functional, and everlasting.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Life Is ComplicatedーGod Is Not Explore the Basics【電子書籍】[ J. Melvin Zink ]

＜p＞I too ask: what is truth, and who can know it? Where would I begin to look? Is religion the answer? If so, what ideas or persuasion could I have confidence in? Is it a waste of my time to look for something I may not find anyway? I decided to look.＜/p＞ ＜p＞By searching, I became aware that truth is not just one small thing. I continually find truth in thoughts and in saying. I discover it in experiences and in circumstances. There is truth in things I hear and read. I found it handed down from days of old. Truth is intertwined in my life and in the lives of those around me.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book contains some basic thoughts about life and truth I have discovered over the years. If youre curious about the Creator and the meaning of our existence or if you are wondering what comes next, this book may be a valuable resource.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】In This Land of Plenty Mickey Leland and Africa in American Politics【電子書籍】[ Benjamin Talton ]

＜p＞On August 7, 1989, Congressman Mickey Leland departed on a flight from Addis Ababa, with his thirteen-member delegation of Ethiopian and American relief workers and policy analysts, bound for Ethiopia's border with Sudan. This was Leland's seventh official humanitarian mission in his nearly decade-long drive to transform U.S. policies toward Africa to conform to his black internationalist vision of global cooperation, antiracism, and freedom from hunger. Leland's flight never arrived at its destination. The plane crashed, with no survivors.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When Leland embarked on that delegation, he was a forty-four-year-old, deeply charismatic, fiercely compassionate, black, radical American. He was also an elected Democratic representative of Houston's largely African American and Latino Eighteenth Congressional District. Above all, he was a self-proclaimed "citizen of humanity." Throughout the 1980s, Leland and a small group of former radical-activist African American colleagues inside and outside Congress exerted outsized influence to elevate Africa's significance in American foreign affairs and to move the United States from its Cold War orientation toward a foreign policy devoted to humanitarianism, antiracism, and moral leadership. Their internationalism defined a new era of black political engagement with Africa. ＜em＞In This Land of Plenty＜/em＞ presents Leland as the embodiment of larger currents in African American politics at the end of the twentieth century. But a sober look at his aspirations shows the successes and shortcomings of domestic radicalism and aspirations of politically neutral humanitarianism during the 1980s, and the extent to which the decade was a major turning point in U.S. relations with the African continent.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Exploring the links between political activism, electoral politics, and international affairs, Benjamin Talton not only details Leland's political career but also examines African Americans' successes and failures in influencing U.S. foreign policy toward African and other Global South countries.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】India in the Chinese Imagination Myth, Religion, and Thought【電子書籍】

＜p＞India and China dominate the Asian continent but are separated by formidable geographic barriers and language differences. For many centuries, most of the information that passed between the two lands came through Silk Route intermediaries in lieu of first-person encountersーleaving considerable room for invention. From their introduction to Indian culture in the first centuries C.E., Chinese thinkers, writers, artists, and architects imitated India within their own borders, giving Indian images and ideas new forms and adapting them to their own culture. Yet India's impact on China has not been greatly researched or well understood.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞India in the Chinese Imagination＜/em＞ takes a new look at the ways the Chinese embedded India in diverse artifacts of Chinese religious, cultural, artistic, and material life in the premodern era. Leading Asian studies scholars explore the place of Indian myths and storytelling in Chinese literature, how Chinese authors integrated Indian history into their conception of the political and religious past, and the philosophical relationships between Indian Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism, and Daoism. This multifaceted volume, illustrated with over a dozen works of art, reveals the depth and subtlety of the encounter between India and China, shedding light on what it means to imagine another cultureーand why it matters.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Contributors:＜/strong＞ Stephen R. Bokenkamp, Bernard Faure, John Kieschnick, Victor H. Mair, John R. McRae, Christine Mollier, Meir Shahar, Robert H. Sharf, Nobuyoshi Yamabe, Ye Derong, Shi Zhiru.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Culture and Customs of Puerto Rico【電子書籍】[ Javier A. Galv?n ]

＜p＞This exciting addition to the ＜strong＞Culture and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean＜/strong＞ series provides readers with an all-encompassing look at contemporary life in Puerto Rico. Having always been under the watchful eyes of other colonies and countries, Puerto Rico's own customs and traditions have managed to flourish throughout the ages, culturally uniting what is a politically divided island. In addition to gaining an understanding of Puerto Rico's political relationship with the continental United States, students can explore extensive narrative chapters that cover contemporary religion, cuisine, sports, media, cinema, literature, performing arts, and visual arts. An essential for high school and public library shelves, ＜em＞Culture and Customs of Puerto Rico＜/em＞ is the perfect research resource for students and general readers.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This exciting addition to the Culture and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean series provides readers with an exhaustive look at contemporary life in Puerto Rico. Having always been under the watchful eyes of other colonies and countries, Puerto Rico's own customs and traditions have managed to flourish throughout the ages, culturally uniting what is a politically divided island. In addition to gaining an understanding of Puerto Rico's political relationship with the continental United States, students can explore the small island nation's history with Spain during the colonial era. This fascinating volume provides illustrative narrative chapters on religious practices in Puerto Rico, as well as religious and secular festivals. Social customs, such as sports, cuisine, gender issues, family values, and nightlife, are discussed in depth. Extensive coverage on the media, performing arts, cinema, visual arts, and literature provides students with a solid foundation in Puerto Rican past and contemporary culture. An essential for high school and public library shelves, ＜em＞Culture and Customs of Puerto Rico＜/em＞ is the perfect research resource for students and general readers.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。