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Island at the End of the World
Reaktion Books 2006; US$ 24.95On a long stretch of green coast in the South Pacific, hundreds of enormous, impassive stone heads stand guard against the ravages of time, war, and disease that have attempted over the centuries to conquer Easter Island. Steven Roger Fischer offers the first English-language history of Easter Island in Island at the End of the World, a fascinating... more...
CultureShock! Bolivia
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2008; US$ 11.17CultureShock! Bolivia provides readers with a thorough understanding of this South American country, a nation steeped in history, culture, and tradition. Containing pages of useful information, advice, tips and resources, this book will guide you through the social and psychic adjustment necessary when moving to Bolivia. Learn, first and foremost,... more...
A Texas Cowboy
Penguin Group US 2000; US$ 15.00After a nomadic childhood, Charles Siringo signed on as a teenage cowboy for the noted Texas cattle king, Shanghai Pierce, and began a life that embraced all the hard work, excitement, and adventure readers today associate with the cowboy era. He "rid the Chisholm trail," driving 2,500 heads of cattle from Austin to Kansas; knew Tascosa? now a historic... more...
Twentieth-century Texas
University of North Texas Press 2008; US$ 15.16A collection of fifteen essays which cover Indians, Mexican Americans, African Americans, women, religion, war on the homefront, music, literature, film, art, sports, philanthropy, education, the environment, and science and technology in twentieth-century Texas. more...
June Keith's Key West & The Florida Keys
Palm Island Press 2005; US$ 14.95From Key Largo to the Dry Tortugas, this true insider?s guide to Florida?s subtropical islands, offers a comprehensive look at famous attractions such as daily sunset celebrations, historic bars, renowned restaurants, and America?s only living coral reef. Supplemented with information about local hidden gems, it offers tips about secret gardens, hip... more...
Inside Alabama
University of Alabama Press 2008; US$ 27.50An affectionate, irreverent, candid look at the "Heart of Dixie." This book tells Alabama's history in a conversational style with an unapologetically subjective approach. Accessible to general readers and students alike, it recounts the history and politics of a state known for its colorful past, told by one of the state's most noted historians... more...
Toward High-quality Education in Peru
World Bank Publications 2007; US$ 19.99This book has three main recommendations. First, it is necessary to generate basic standards, quality goals, and quality measurement systems. Second, once quality can be measured, a clear system of accountability should be implemented based on these standards and quality goals. The clients will play a central role in these systems by demanding their... more...
Alabama in the Twentieth Century
University of Alabama Press 2009; US$ 36.00An authoritative popular history that places the state in regional and national context. Alabama is a state full of contrasts. On the one hand, it has elected the lowest number of women to the state legislature of any state in the union; yet according to historians it produced two of the ten most important American women of the 20th century—Helen... more...









