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Nova Science Publishers, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. ... more information

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Nova Science Publishers, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Brian T. Yeh and Charles Doyle, who are not further identified, present a legal analysis of the 2005 conference bill extending the draconian 9/11 legislation until after the Bush administration is out of office. They also compare the conference version and the version passed by the US Senate line-by-line in graphical form. The two sections are excerpted from reports by the Congressional Research Service in February 2006. (©2009 Book News, ... more information

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Specialty Press, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. ... more information

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Potomac Books, Inc., 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Sixty b&w photos of the US Army in action in WWII are collected here in two-page spreads. The photos are combined with 200-word captions telling the full story of what's happening in the photo and what happened next to the individuals shown. Captions also give notes on weapons, equipment, and uniforms. The book will appeal to military buffs and general readers alike. Crawford is a military historian. (©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, O... more information

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Ashgate Publishing Co., 2000. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Uyehara, an independent consultant in Washington, DC on US-Japanese relations, was involved in the negotiations for the 1988 S&T agreement he critiques in the present lengthy and thoroughly researched and documented study (comparative, side-by-side versions of the treaty appear in an appendix). The text proceeds chronologically, giving a blow-by-blow account of the meetings and negotiations that led to the agreement, the passive role he beli... more information

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Potomac Books, Inc., 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Crawford, a military historian, offers a visual history of the battles and campaigns of the US Marine Corps in WWII, with 60 b&w photos of Marines in action. Each photo is accompanied by a detailed 200-word caption identifying landmarks, weapons, personnel, and other details of the event photographed. In cases where the identities of those photographed are known, the captions give biographical details. The book is distributed in the US by Books... more information

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San Diego State U. Press, 2003. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. ... more information

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Univ. Press of America, 1997. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Examines the American banking industry and its dire need for reform, focusing on the Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA). Shows how this and other banking regulations came to pass despite intensive planning and lobbying by the Bush administration for legislation designed to produce results diametrically opposed to FIRREA, and argues that the reason for this legislative perversion is the lobbying process and the corruption of p... more information

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National Academies Press, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. In 2007, the Department of Defense asked for a lot of money to convert some of its submarine missile fleet to launch non-nuclear missiles that could hit within meters of their targets, anywhere in the world, within one hour. Congress balked. Negotiations led to a request for this study looking at the current situation, technology operations for achieving desired objectives, and mitigating policy concerns such as inadvertently inaugurating nucl... more information

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M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. ... more information

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Gale Group, 2004. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Designed for high school and beginning undergraduate students, this two-volume survey presents concise histories of specific cultural groups as well as chapters on larger issues, such as forced migrations, urbanization, and westward migrations. Included in the descriptions of the different groups of immigrants are details of their country of origin, the history of their immigration to the US, cultural traditions that were maintained in the US, contributions... more information

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Gale Group, 2004. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. The 50 biographies in these volumes are written at an appropriate level for high school or beginning undergraduate students. The individuals featured are either notable immigrants, or American born figures who made some significant contribution to attitudes, laws, or other issues concerning immigration. Among the figures selected are Marcus Garvey, Felix Frankfurter, Millard Fillmore, Edward Said, Yoko Ono, Arnold Schwarzenegger, An Wang, and I.M. Pei. A &q... more information

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Gale Group, 2004. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Part of a larger series on immigration, this volume contains 18 primary documents, each of them carefully introduced to assist the high school or beginning undergraduate student in contextualizing the work within the history of US immigration. The documents are presented in chronological order and include the Maryland Toleration Act, the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the Homestead Act of 1862, Ozawa v. United States, California Proposition 187, and an excerpt fro... more information

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AEI Press, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Berndt (applied economics, MIT Sloan School of Management) delves into markets for vaccines, traditional drugs, and 'biologics,' and looks at the political, economic, and regulatory factors that influence their development. Drawing on interviews with representatives from industry, insurance providers, government agencies, and health care providers, the book investigates the key business drivers and challenges of vaccine markets, considering areas suc... more information

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ABC-CLIO, 2007. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. This reference for a general audience addresses recent history and contemporary issues regarding military service in the U.S. Along with brief discussions of topics such as mandatory vs. voluntary service, women and homosexuals in the military, and whether the military relies too heavily on minority participation, this volume also excerpts major documents on U.S. military service and lists further resources for framing debates and organizations concerned with... more information

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H.W. Wilson Company, 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This volume reprints 23 articles published in American magazines between 2003 and 2005 about the implications for individual citizen rights of security policies implemented by the Bush administration in response to 9/11. The compilation examines the USA Patriot Act, racial profiling to find enemies of the state, detention of suspects without charge, government surveillance of civilian activities, gay marriage, and abortion. (©2006 Book News, I... more information

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H.W. Wilson Company, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Health care in Sub-Saharan Africa is the focus of this volume, which brings together 23 articles from a variety of journals and newspapers, such as The Humanist, the New York Times, Current Science, and the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, from 2001 to 2007. The articles cover the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the effects of the disease on women and children, neglected endemic diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, problems and solutions in Afri... more information

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H.W. Wilson Company, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. For high school students, Roush compiles 30 articles related to the annual US National High School Policy Debate Topic for 2009-2010: social services for the poor. Articles, which were originally published between 2003 and 2009 in USA Today, Newsweek, The American Prospect, The New York Times, Amber Waves, and other publications, consider how and to what extent America's federal government should provide social programs for the poor, as well as... more information

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Naval Institute Press, 2009. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Illustrated with more than 100 b&w photographs, this reference offers a complete, up-to-date history of the development of US nuclear weapons and detailed descriptions of the entire American nuclear arsenal, including the variety of systems capable of delivering them. It describes all of the nuclear weapons developed by the US, as well as the nuclear missiles and rockets carried by air-defense fighters within the US, and the nuclear-armed sur... more information

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Congressional Quarterly, 1999. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. A basic reference for congressional and gubernatorial primary results in the 1997-98 election cycle, useful for researchers, students, and politicians. Includes summary primary data, officially certified results organized in chapters for each state, complete county-by- county general election returns, and state maps broken down by county and congressional district. Also provides statewide vote tables for governors and senators since 1945, winne... more information

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