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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>>     sort list by title | author Rule by Secrecy The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids Jim Marrs You can believe this book or not -- but first you must read it, so that you can contemplate your misunderstanding of the past. This is a book of disturbing secret societies that have run the world as we know it for too long. After you finish you will... Pedagogy of Freedom Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage Paulo Freire This book displays the striking creativity and profound insight that characterized Freire's work to the very end of his life-an uplifting and provocative exploration not only for educators, but also for all that learn and... Landscapes of War From Sarajevo to Chechnya Juan Goytisolo Landscapes of War: From Sarajevo to Chechnya is an incisive examination of the tensions that exist between the West and Islamic societies of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. These essays, originating in Goytisolo's travels in the late 1990s... Codex Espangliensis From Columbus to the Border Patrol Enrique Chagoya, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Felicia Rice Inspired by the pre-Hispanic codices that escaped immolation during colonial invasions, this artists' book opens out in accordion folds expanding to a length of over 21 feet. Rice has created a series of beautiful and jarring montages in which the... Memories of Our Future Selected Essays 1982-1999 Ammiel Alcalay Voted one of the Top 25 Books of 1999 by the Village Voice."An outstanding anthology of essays surveying the complexities of Mediterranean cultures; the diverse, changing space of the Balkans, Middle East, and North Africa-areas of diasporas... Fantasies of the Master Race Literature, Cinema, and the Colonization of American Indians Ward Churchill Chosen an "Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in the United States" by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights. In this volume of incisive essays, Ward Churchill looks at representations of American Indians in literature... A Little Matter of Genocide Holocaust and Denial in the Americas 1492 to the Present Ward Churchill Ward Churchill has achieved an unparalleled reputation as a scholar-activist and analyst of indigenous issues in North America. Here, he explores the history of holocaust and denial in this hemisphere, beginning with the arrival of Columbus and... Absinthe History in a Bottle One hundred forty-four proof, notoriously addictive, and the drug of choice for nineteenth-century poets, absinthe is gaining bootleg popularity after almost a century of being banned. Due to popular demand, Absinthe: History in a Bottle is back in... Open Veins of Latin America Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Eduardo Galeano A superbly written, excellently translated, and powerfully persuasive expose which all students of Latin American and U.S. history must read.--Choice Indians in Overalls Jaime de Angulo The best-known work by the eccentric anthropologist Jaime de Angulo, Indians in Overalls is a fascinating account of his first linguistic field trip-in 1921-to the Achumawi tribe of northeastern California. The Pit River tribe had lived in the barren... First World, Ha, Ha, Ha! The Zapatista Challenge Elaine Katzenberger The Zapatista Army emerged from the jungle on New Year's Day, 1994, and provoked a national crisis in Mexico. At a demonstration in Mexico City, over 100,000 people marched together and shouted, First World, HA HA HA!-a defiant declaration of... The Autobiography of Malcolm X As Told to Alex Haley Alex Haley, Malcolm X "Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, and important book." THE NEW YORK TIMESIf there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, that man was Malcolm X. His AUTOBIOGRAPHY is the result... American Indian Myths and Legends Richard Erdoes, Alfonso Ortiz Gathering 160 tales from 80 tribal groups to offer a rich and lively panarama of the Native American mythic heritage. 100... Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown John Kuo Wei Tchen 130 rare photos offer fascinating visual record of Chinatown before the great 1906 earthquake. Informative text traces history of Chinese in... <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>>