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Oregon History: Score Key, Test & Test Key
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99Score Keys, Test Key & Key for the Oregon History Workbook, a comprehensive overview of the history of the state of Oregon for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. It is presented in a refreshing easy to read format with abundant graphics. It is a concise, one-volume workbook designed to be self-instructional or lecture taught. This student workbook will be a welcome addition to your Christian School curriculum and will guarantee your students a thorough understanding and lasting appreciation of Oregon State History.
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In Endless Wrath: Unraveling the Congo Genocide Inside Africa’s Longest War
Price range: $3.99 through $16.99“IN ENDLESS WRATH” opens with a gripping scene in Raleigh, North Carolina where, in the summer of 2013, a former political refugee lady from war-torn Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo confronted a former warlord who, in the not so distant past and in the same area, had murdered her husband and fifteen members of her family. This chilling encounter sets the stage for a riveting tale of justice and redemption.
As the narrative unfolds, readers are thrust into the heart of a trial where the warlord faces judgment for his heinous crimes. Amidst the courtroom drama, the story delves deep into the complexities of the Congo’s turbulent history, shining a light on the rampant genocide that has plagued the nation for decades.
Against the backdrop of the trial, “IN ENDLESS WRATH” exposes the insidious exploitation of Congo’s vast mineral wealth by various international stakeholders, unraveling the intricate web of greed and corruption that fuels the conflict.
From the blood-stained mines to the corridors of power, the book lays bare the stark realities faced by the Congolese people as they struggle to reclaim their sovereignty amidst a backdrop of endless violence and exploitation.
Through vivid storytelling and meticulous research, “IN ENDLESS WRATH” offers a searing indictment of humanity’s darkest impulses and a stirring testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable suffering.
As the trial unfolds, the book challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths about the global forces that perpetuate injustice and to join in the urgent call for accountability and change in one of Africa’s most troubled regions.
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Japan’s Intractable Problems and American Involvement
Price range: $3.99 through $14.99Over seventy-five years have passed without any changes in the Japanese Constitution. A similar length of time has elapsed without the resolving of small island disputes with three of Japan’s neighbors. The United States is involved in all of these protracted issues. The two sets of problems are: (1) revision of the status of the emperor and Article 9 with its war renunciation clause, and (2) island disputes with Russia, South Korea, and China. Individuals and organizations engaged the planning, formulation, and implementation of policies are discussed, including the prospects for change. The resolution of these problems will go a long way in determining the nature of the move and the direction Japan takes, and what role it will play in the global community.
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The World As It Was When Jesus Came: A Companion to the New Testament
Price range: $3.99 through $11.99Endowed with an unusual ability to identify current issues of importance to the public, Dr. Hopkins has the gift of analyzing reasonably and fairly every issue and then communicating his views in everyday language. He writes like he talks and, as an experienced Sunday school teacher and pastor, knows how to engage his audience. He tackles every issue with a strong ethical undertone but is always tolerant of other views. He utilizes history and factual data, is a stickler for accuracy, and stays clear of offending his readers. He brings to his books the background of an experience college president, and international traveler, and deep family roots which ground him in Christian values. He is a creative thinker who can challenge conventional wisdom on just about any Biblical subject while maintaining a balance between extremes. In an age when extremism gains national and international attention, it is refreshing to hear a sane voice which can be heard by young and old alike. Every serious-minded reader will be enriched by this book, especially Sunday school teachers and church leaders.
-Dr. Randall Ruble
Former dean of Erskine Seminary and Vice President of the College
Former president of Erskine College and Seminary
Due West, South Carolina
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A Negro Death: Minstrelsy: An African American Experience in the Development of Black Popular Culture:A Socio-Cultural Story of the African American Blues Experience during Ante Bellum and Reconstruction: Volume 1
Price range: $3.99 through $22.99DEATH OF THE NEGRO volume 1
“The ancestors of the Negro in America brought their songs with them into slavery”
[Negro Music in New York – a chronological survey”. Federal Writers Project, 1936-38.]
During the period of the antebellum south, “Sorrow-songs” or “Escapist songs” were placed in a similar category to the unpardonable songs because they were freedom songs that applied the same minor traditional tones from Africa as the songs already hated by the master. Later, at the beginning of the 20th Century, Spirituals and Sorrow songs were confused as coming out of the same whishes by collectors and religious apologists.
Please remember that many to the communities forcibly migrated from Africa were familiar with Hymns because of their immigration from Egypt thousands of years before. What we hear today is, all of the song were performed in what are referred to as “the blues”. As stated by Gellert, this music was brought from Africa with the,. This music was adapted to the current circumstances and has continued until the present.
The intellectual nature of these Escapists compositions was never promoted. Thus, because of how the actual songs were sung, the intent of the lyrics was not understood. Only Gellert understood the use of the word Escapist as a metaphor of “Sorrow Songs” urging the populous to take the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom. Freedom represented the name avoided.
The idea in giving this lecture as a narration/dialogue play short story is to create a setting in which the scholar learners may visualize the conditions people lived. The point is to use a lyric poet to speak about the feeling the oppressed poor felt during the time these songs were composed and delivered. The accompanying lyric post is an African American blues singer. This lyric poet comes from particular reference points because his lyrics are universal to all poor people of the world.
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Black Tuesday: A Novella
Price range: $3.99 through $8.99As an academic project, the author extensively researched the day and era of the cataclysmic financial event, the Stock Market Crash of October 29, 1929; its roots and causes he labeled The Gathering Storm; The Day Itself; The Deluge; and its Aftermath. Concurrent with the history unfolding is the capture of the flavor of the early third of the Twentieth Century, especially of New York City where the event transpired, and the lives and loves of a host of characters assembled by Hanrahan to show that the financial tragedy had its share of victims, participants and affected onlookers.
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La Guerra Que Casi Perdimos: Cómo Estuvimos a Punto de Perder la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99La guerra que casi perdimos: Cómo estuvimos a punto de perder la Segunda Guerra Mundial
En “La guerra que casi perdimos”, el autor explica cuán mal preparados estábamos para la guerra en 1941. Discute las áreas en las que podríamos haberlo hecho mucho mejor y cómo la responsabilidad podría haber sido compartida por muchos políticos y líderes militares.
El autor escribe sobre errores y meteduras de pata, así como movimientos brillantes realizados durante la guerra por ambos bandos que nos permitieron ganar, pero que casi nos cuestan la victoria. Una mejor planificación y ejecución por parte de los países del Eje podrían haber tenido efectos desastrosos en los Aliados. Pero al final, a través de un buen diseño, golpes de suerte y malas decisiones tomadas por nuestros enemigos, nos recuperamos y salimos adelante en la terrible guerra con colores voladores liderados por la “Generación más grande” de todos los tiempos.
Arthur A. Edwards fue un oficial naval y veterano del conflicto de Corea que creció en el norte de California durante la depresión y la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Estudió la guerra en la Universidad de California, Berkeley, y tiene una biblioteca llena de libros de historia. Desciende de una larga línea de veteranos; dos de sus bisabuelos sirvieron en el Ejército de la Unión durante la Guerra Civil, un abuelo que intentó alistarse en la Guerra Hispano-Americana y un padre que sirvió en la Marina dos veces, una justo cuando terminó la Primera Guerra Mundial, y otra en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Arthur se graduó en ingeniería mecánica en Cal Berkeley, y trabajó en la industria aeroespacial construyendo satélites meteorológicos y de comunicaciones. Cada vez que trae a casa otro libro sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial, su esposa pregunta, “¿Hay algo que no sepas sobre la guerra?”
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Germania: La Retorcida Fantasía de Hitler
Price range: $3.99 through $11.99La Retorcida Fantasía de Hitler
En esta historia ficticia del mundo de Hitler de “que hubiera pasado”, vemos en su neurótica mente el conflicto entre el bien y el mal. Mientras el duerme, nos lleva en una aventura en la cual su fantasia retorcida revela pensamientos de eventos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial como las Olimpiadas de Berlin de 1936, Lebenstraum, Oktoberfest, Blitzkrieg, la Operación Barbarossa, La conexión Lindbergh-Hitler, el plan de éxodo Judío, la Cumbre del pacifico, Gobierno Mundial, y Germania – buena vida.
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Ash! From the May 18, 1980, explosion of Mount St. Helens
$14.99Five-year-old Charissa is looking forward to a fishing trip with Grandpa and the rest of the family, but a huge storm appears to be brewing on the horizon much to her dismay. The weather event is a complete surprise and one they are not likely to ever experience again. Ash falling from the sky. Ash that turns day to night. Ash that needs shoveling as one would shovel snow. It is 1980, and the volcano, Mount Saint Helens in Washington State, has erupted, spreading tons of ash thousands of miles. Ash! is a true story of the impact the massive ash fallout had on the author’s family who lived directly in line with the fallout zone.
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Germania: Hitler’s Twisted Fantasy
$11.99in this “what if” fictional tale of Hitler’s world, we see in his neurotic mind the conflict of Evil versus Good. In his sleep, he takes us on a journey in which his twisted fantasy will reveal thoughts of World War II events such as the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Lebenstraum, Oktoberfest Blitzkrieg, Operation Barbarossa, Lindbergh-Hitler Connection, the Jewish Exodus Plan, the Pacific Summit, World Government, and Germania-Good Life.
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A Terror From Within
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99A Terror from Within is a fictional account of an embedded terrorist cell within the United States. A psychologically flawed middle-eastern student endeavors to attack the United States by any means possible in order to fulfill his misguided destiny.
Yousef Khan devises challenging scenarios and plots putting his injudicious plans into action, with not always the best results. Will he be discovered the next time one of his plots fails, or will he continue to devise plots until he meets with the success that he desires to honor Allah?
Based on real-life intelligence reports and law enforcement bulletins, the story is a no nonsense account of the security realities facing our nation post 9/11. The notion of a rogue group of individuals being able to penetrate and disrupt our society is plausible in the face of the challenges in homeland security that we are facing today.
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Journey to Gettysburg
$13.99Journey to Gettysburg is a dramatic replay of the events leading up to the most important battle of the Civil War. It is seen through the eyes of a Quaker boy who is first, a bystander and observer. Then, he is drawn into the conflict and becomes a participant in Pickett’s Charge, the climax of the three-day conflict. Matt Mason is a 15-year-old boy who was raised on an isolated farm in rural North Carolina. With the untimely death of his mother, it becomes necessary for him to nd his father who is fighting for the Army of Northern Virginia. Much of the story is involved with the trek of the young man through war-torn Virginia in search of the Southern Army which is on the way to Gettysburg and the climactic battle that proves to be the turning point of the war. During the trip to north, Matt matures from a boy to a young man in what becomes a “coming of age” story. e experiences on the trek, the challenges he faces day to day as he searches for his father, and the friendships he develops make the book memorable and hard to put down once the story begins. at is especially true in the developing relationship with the beautiful Ami-Ruth who provides a new dimension to his life as the conflict surrounding them threatens to consume them both.
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Volume 3: Death of The Negro From The Ante Bellum To The Renaissance & Beyond: An African American Experience In The Development of Black Popular Culture: The Jazz Worker: A Blues Aesthetic Philosophy
Price range: $13.99 through $20.99Blues Aesthetics
Blues Aesthetics (Volume 3) examines Blues as an Aesthetic musical art that operates with a philosophical base rooted in the cultural forms that have developed over the centuries of African progression and transplantation to the United States during the Middle Passage. Blues Aesthetics is a construct developed out of a desire to offer Blues on the same level playing field reserved for other musical forms from other traditions.
Using European Classical Music as an example, it is assumed that this form emanates out of the European fine art tradition. That is why it has been given the name “Classical Music”. This name automatically gives one the idea the music requires the listener to be prepared to create a mode of understanding where full attention is given. I have never heard anyone state that this music does not belong to or come from Europe.
When I decided that I would treat blues as the metaphor for the study of the development and advancement of Black Popular Culture in particular and the culture of the United States in general, I wanted to have a sound basis in which to place my analysis. With blues one cannot go wrong. Why? It has chronicled the political economy of the United States of American since slavery. The analytic tool that has been used to inform this process is the Law of Position, a Position Theory. The Law of Position, a Position Theory is a paradigm that has as its basic premise, “we take as given the idea of distinction and the idea of indication, and that in order to make an indication we must make a distinction. We take therefore the form of distinction for the form.” (G. Spencer-Brown)
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Volume 2: A Negro Death: The Jazz Age: An African American Experience in the Development of Black Popular Culture: A Socio-Cultural Story of the African American Blues Experience during Post-Reconstruction to the Renaissance: A Progression and Modernization of the African Cultural Form
Price range: $15.99 through $22.99With the great Liberation War ending in 1865 C.E., ‘slave narratives’ immediately became the source of information for scholars who studied Black Life and Culture. After William Allen, et al, published the “Slave Songs of The United States,” Scholars searched for narratives to uncover how the slave lived. The purposes were usually noble in chat they were truly interested in black popular culture. The result of this interest was, many allowed the slaves to tell the story of suffering and depravation, i.e., the narrative, without the interference of another voice. For many scholars the intent was to speak to some moral issues affecting the treatment of the slave.
The political economy that depended on agricultural production and the use of slave labor produced the most ideal time and space for the evolution of a musical form Paul Laurence Dunbar will promote 1890 book series of poems. Although Dunbar has already produced the musical form of Blues-In-Print with his lyrics entitled, “Blue, Dirge, Lament, e.g., “Pickin’ off De Cotton”, Ware and W.C Handy will be credited with giving “Blues” its name. What makes this information so vital, is all of the preconditions existed for “Devil’s Songs” [Blues form] to grow, expand and evolve during this epoch.
Africans as people in bondage occupied the least favored position. As the social commentator the lyric poet’s role was to analyze the system of slavery that kept the African Oppressed. The audience and support were there among the People in bondage. As the reader shall see, this support was later challenged on in the development of blues. By then, however, the lyric poet had already set stage for the creation of what the most favored will call ‘Black Music’.
What is Black Music? Those styles, genres, and forms that owe their existence to t he people enslaved as captives within the Americas. How did the development occur? The system of bondage was so complete and vast lyric poets were given many settings in which to materialize their works. The African cultural sensibilities as expressed through song and suicide, thus endangering the social continuity of the African.
As we are told, the Negro lived within a culture of poverty as the salve and through denial suffered a poverty of culture. As a slave, the Negro was supposed to exist without culture. This was their poverty of culture. As a slave, the Negro live in an assigned position. That position dictated the conditions under which suffering was permitted. The Negro had no other place to call home. There was no Negro land as a place of origin. Africa renamed many did not exist, except as a faraway place of origin that allowed is inhabitants to be sold into bondage. Bondage was forever.
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The Last Laugh Is Mine
$2.99This novel is about the struggle by a young man to change an age-old traditional matrilineal system of inheritance and its consequences. The hero Owia Atta is forced to become a farmer, contrary to his wish to be educated to play a leadership role in this fictionalized African community of Wofakurom. He works to create his father’s wealth but is disinherited at his father’s death when the assets are given to his father’s nephew in accordance with tradition and customs. Owia Atta’s resistance against this practice provides moments of tension in the novel, leading to his clash with tradition and consequent felony for which he is punished. But his daring efforts have a big impact on his society. The novel reflects the reality of an ethnic group’s worldview and draws attention to its potential to create social unrest. It interweaves political, social, cultural, and economic issues, bringing together historical developments and the place of the traditional African society in the modern world.
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World War 2- Opening Gambits: The Manstein Alternative: Part 3
Price range: $4.99 through $23.99The relationship between the Catholic Entente (France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal) and the United Kingdom is a powder keg and South America provides the spark. The Organization of American States (an alliance set up by and friendly to the Catholic Entente) invades Colombia and Argentina, attacking British merchant ships in the process. The United Kingdom orders reprisals and the Catholic Entente uses them as an excuse to go to war. At sea, the Entente attack concentrates on the oil tankers that power the United Kingdom’s factories. On land, they work to close off the Mediterranean Sea and overrun the resources of Africa. A rebellion in Quebec cuts even further into the resources that Great Britain desperately needs. The League of Nations, led by the USA and USGA, is trying to end the war with economic sanctions. Erich von Manstein tries to end the war between his Central Coalition and the USSR before the Catholic Entente decides to turn their gaze in Germany’s direction. Things look grim for the United Kingdom until they get help from an unexpected direction. Even with the help, the British Isles face a cold and bitter winter as their own actions anger potential allies.
