Posts Tagged ‘United States’
War, Inc DVDRIP (2008)
1 CommentA political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President. In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the corporation’s CEO hires a troubled hit man, to kill a Middle East oil minister. Now, struggling with his own growing demons, the assassin [...]
Passover Around the World,
1 CommentReading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing (December 26, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1580132154
ISBN-13: 978-1580132152
From School Library Journal
Grade 2–5—Short chapters describe various rituals that are observed in several countries, including the United States and Israel, within a narrative format. Jewish-American children will be intrigued by the practices in Ethiopia, India, Turkey, and Gibraltar, among other places [...]
Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America
1 CommentHardcover: 560 pages
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; 1 edition (December 15, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0761925848
ISBN-13: 978-0761925842
From Booklist
Here is a reference work that provides readers with information about the history of social welfare in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. According to the preface, the purpose of the encyclopedia is to give users basic information about how these three [...]
Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities,
1 CommentHardcover: 1400 pages
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; 1 edition (December 15, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 076192731X
ISBN-13: 978-0761927310
From Booklist
This encyclopedia features 400 alphabetically arranged, signed entries on the history and current state of imprisonment in America. The varied topics include prison architecture (Cottage system, Supermax prisons); life in prison (Gangs, Islam in prison, Lawyer’s visits); security (Electronic monitoring, Minimum [...]
Writing With Power: Mastering The writing Process
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Amazon.com
Whatever your reason for writing, Peter Elbow has a “recipe” to guide you. A longtime proponent of “freewriting” (writing without stopping, for a preset amount of time), Elbow incorporates its use in a variety of ways. Have a limited amount of time? Spend half of it freewriting and half of it cleaning up your prose. [...]
100 Strangest Mysteries
No CommentsWere the Amityville hauntings cynical media manipulation? Is levitation possible? Has Earth been visited by UFOs from other realms? All these questions, and more, are considered in 100 Strangest Mysteries. Paranormal investigator Matt Lamy documents in detail the numerous phenomena and events which can be termed ‘mysterious’ and cannot be dismissed as mere hysteria or [...]
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Condensed Matter Physics
No CommentsHardcover: 1672 pages
Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (March 26, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0125614659
ISBN-13: 978-0125614658
Review
More than 4,000 articles written by more than 700 specialists make up this unique and long awaited reference work on solid state physics. The articles are highly scientific and aimed at upper-division undergraduate and graduate students and researchers who want information about subjects [...]
UXL Newsmakers (6 Volume Set)
No CommentsVolumes 1-4
Board book: 896 pages
Publisher: U·X·L; 1 edition (November 12, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0787691895
ISBN-13: 978-0787691899
Volumes 5&6
Hardcover: 488 pages
Publisher: U·X·L; 1 edition (November 18, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1414401558
ISBN-13: 978-1414401553
Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations
No CommentsPaperback: 234 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (September 16, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0198565984
ISBN-13: 978-0198565987
Secret History of the Iraq War
No CommentsIn the months leading up to March 2003, fresh from its swift and heady victory in Afghanistan, the Bush administration mobilized the United States armed forces to overthrow the government of Iraq. Eight months after the president declared an end to major combat operations, Saddam Hussein was captured in a farmhouse in Al-Dawr. And yet [...]
