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Leon M Arceneaux
The Crystal Skull : A Novel

2005 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionProfessor Karolovitch discovers ancient writings depicting a crystal skull of awesome power. Knowing that this power must not get into the wrong hands, he and his granddaughter, Natasha, retrieve it from a Mayan pyramid. The plan is to deposit it into a magma pool that will pull it into the earth?s molten center where it can never be retrieved. Tony and Mac, U.S. Air Force, are assigned as part of the team to accomplish this. Sandra Kay, PhD Geology, Dr. Aaron Slaughter, Parapsychologist, and Natasha, comprise the rest of the team. Tony and Mac are warned by an apparition that one of the enemy is in their midst. They are also told to help release Father Gorski from the power of the Vampire of Paris. In doing so they will receive the strength to fight the evil forces. Tony, Mac and Natasha meet Evil face to face in a terrifying encounter in Paris. Sandra?s research shows that the magma pool is on the island of St. Kitts in… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0595348033
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Olivia Rose Ochoa
The Crystal Wizards

2005 y.
Publisher: Authorhouse
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ISBN: 1420814974
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Eduardo Saenz Rovner, Russ Davidson
The Cuban Connection: Drug Trafficking, Smuggling, and Gambling in Cuba from the 1920s to the Revolution (Latin America in Translation/En Traduccion/Em Traducao)

2009 y.
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Description: A comprehensive history of crime and corruption in Cuba, The Cuban Connection challenges the common view that widespread poverty and geographic proximity to the United States were the prime reasons for soaring rates of drug trafficking, smuggling, gambling, and prostitution in the tumultuous decades preceding the Cuban revolution. Eduardo Saenz Rovner argues that Cuba`s historically well-established integration into international migration, commerce, and transportation networks combined with political instability and rampant official corruption to help lay the foundation for the development of organized crime structures powerful enough to affect Cuba`s domestic and foreign politics and its very identity as a nation.Saenz traces the routes taken around the world by traffickers and smugglers. After Cuba, the most important player in this story is the United States. The involvement of gangsters and corrupt U.S. officials and businessmen enabled prohibited substances to reach a strong… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0807831751
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Archibald R. M. Ritter
The Cuban Economy (Pitt Latin American Series)

— y.
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ISBN: 0822942186
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The Cuban Economy at the Start of the Twenty-First Century (David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies)

2005 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionHow can Cuba address the challenges of economic development and transformation that have bedeviled so many Latin American and Eastern European countries? For the Cuban and American social scientists and policy experts writing in this timely and provocative volume, the answer lies in examining Cuba`s development trajectory by delving into issues ranging from the political economy of reform to their impact on specific sectors including export development, foreign direct investment, and U.S.-Cuba trade. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0674017986
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Patrick J. Haney, Walt Vanderbush
The Cuban Embargo: The Domestic Politics Of An American Foreign Policy (Pitt Latin American S.)

2005 y.
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Description: The United States and Cuba share a complex, fractious, interconnected history. Before 1959, the United States was the island nation`s largest trading partner. But in swift reaction to Cuba`s communist revolution, the United States severed all economic ties between the two nations, initiating the longest trade embargo in modern history, one that continues to the present day. The Cuban Embargo examines the changing politics of U.S. policy toward Cuba over the more than four decades since the revolution. While the U.S. embargo policy itself has remained relatively stable since its origins during the heart of the Cold War, the dynamics that produce and govern that policy have changed dramatically. Although originally dominated by the executive branch, the president`s tight grip over policy has gradually ceded to the influence of interest groups, members of Congress, and specific electoral campaigns and goals. Haney and Vanderbush track the emergence of the powerful Cuban American… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0822958635
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Alfonso J. Garcia Osuna
The Cuban Filmography, 1897 Through 2001

2003 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionOn January 24, 1897, an event took place that would change Cuban culture forever: the first moving pictures were shown in Havana. A couple of weeks later, on February 7, the first movie was filmed on the island. Since then, cinematographyand Cuba have shared peculiar and innate connections, as their beginnings roughly coincide and Cubans are living in both the age of independence and revolution and the age of film. This work is a filmography of every Cuban film (including documentaries, shorts, and cartoons) released from 1897, the first year films were shown and made in Cuba, through 2001. Each entry gives the original title of the film, the English translation of it, director, production company or companies, year of release, blackand white or color, total running time, writing credits if the film is based on a story or novel, animation credits if the film is a cartoon, music credits if music has been written specifically for the film, cast credits, and a… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0786412755
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Brian Shawver
The Cuban Prospect

2004 y.
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Description: Book Description With disarming intensity, humor, and great heart, Brian Shawver tells the story of Dennis Birch, a washed up thirty-four-year-old failed ball player turned minor league scout whose field of dreams has always been baseball. No longer a candidate for baseball greatness himself?if he ever was?Dennis accepts the challenge of smuggling a hot left-handed pitcher out of Cuba in the hope that promoting the greatness of another will somehow confer a small, manageable portion of it on himself. A novel of last-ditch hopes, destiny?s curve balls, and quiet redemption, The Cuban Prospect projects a vision at once humorous, harrowing, and affirming. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1585675067
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Geraldine Lievesley
The Cuban Revolution: Past, Present and Future Perspectives

2004 y.
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Description: The Cuban Revolution offers a reflective account of what the Revolution has meant to various actors (the dominant powers, the Third World, fellow revolutionaries, intellectuals and Cuban citizens) at different periods in its history. Rather than offer a simple narrative of events, Geraldine Lievesley addresses significant themes with which the Revolution has engaged and the problems it has encountered. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0333968522
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Geraldine Lievesley
The Cuban Revolution: Past, Present and Future Perspectives

— y.
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ISBN: 0333968530
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Teo A. Babun
The Cuban Revolution: Years of Promise

2005 y.
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ISBN: 0813028604
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Ana Julia Jatar-Hausmann
The Cuban Way: Capitalism, Communism and Confrontation

— y.
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Description: Focusing on the experiences of contemportary Cuban people, this book is an original analysis of the economic policies and trends in socialist Cuba. First-hand information was collected during the author`s multiple trips to Cuba. Each chapter is complemented with vignettes depicting daily problems of citizens who live on this changing island. Readers are presented with dilemmas and complexities of a socialist country in transition toward a more open economy. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1565490886
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Guillaume Apollinaire
The Cubist Painters (Documents of Twentieth-Century Art)

2004 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionGuillaume Apollinaire`s only book on art, The Cubist Painters, was first published in 1913. This essential text in twentieth-century art presents the poet and critic`s aesthetic meditations on nine painters: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque,Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Marie Laurencin, Juan Gris, Fernand Leger, Francis Picabia, and Marcel Duchamp. As Picasso`s closest friend and Marie Laurencin`s lover, Apollinaire witnessed the development of Cubism firsthand. This collection of essays and reviews, written between 1905 and 1912, is a milestone in the history of art criticism, valued today as both a work of reference and a classic example of modernist creative writing. In addition to a faithful and fluid translation of Apollinaire`s text, Peter Read provides his own scholarly analysis of its importance in the history of modernism. He examines Apollinaire`s art criticism, his relationship to the Cubist movement, and, more specifically, the genesis of Cubist… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0520243544
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Guillaume Apollinaire
The Cubist Painters

2003 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionGuillaume Apollinaire`s only book on art, The Cubist Painters, was first published in 1913. This essential text in twentieth-century art presents the poet and critic`s aesthetic meditations on nine painters: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque,Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Marie Laurencin, Juan Gris, Fernand Leger, Francis Picabia, and Marcel Duchamp. As Picasso`s closest friend and Marie Laurencin`s lover, Apollinaire witnessed the development of Cubism firsthand. This collection of essays and reviews, written between 1905 and 1912, is a milestone in the history of art criticism, valued today as both a work of reference and a classic example of modernist creative writing. In addition to a faithful and fluid translation of Apollinaire`s text, Peter Read provides his own scholarly analysis of its importance in the history of modernism. He examines Apollinaire`s art criticism, his relationship to the Cubist movement, and, more specifically, the genesis of Cubist… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0946311129
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George Ellis
The Cubs Fan`s Guide to Happiness

2007 y.
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ISBN: 0157243936
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Glenn Stout
The Cubs: The Complete Story of Chicago Cubs Baseball

2007 y.
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ISBN: 0618595007
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Robert Reed
The Cuckoo`s Boys

2005 y.
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Description: Book Description A decade`s worth of prolific short stories are showcased in this compilation of Robert Reed`s best work. Among the dozen thought-provoking tales is the never-before-published `Abducted Souls,` about a college student who becomes increasingly unsure of himself and his self-worth when the alien abduction he experienced as a child is questioned. Also included is the Asimov`s Science Fiction Reader`s Choice Award– winning `Savior,` about a military commander who is held accountable for tortuous acts that may have saved the human race. The hot topic of cloning is discussed in futuristic terms in the title tale, `The Cuckoo`s Boys,` which tells of a lonely genius who clones himself, not once, but millions of times, and of a teacher who tests and challenges three of these clones. Two ageless aliens become friends with Ash, an immortal human, as he strives to help them recover lost memories in `Night of Time,` a selection taken from the popular Marrow … [detailed...]

ISBN: 1930846371
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Cliff Stoll
The Cuckoo`s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

2005 y.
Publisher: Pocket
Description: Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U.S. citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of sies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll`s dramatic firsthand account is `a computer-age detective story, instantly fascinating [and] astonishingly gripping` (Smithsonian). Cliff Stoll was an astronomr turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorized user on his system. The hacker`s code name was `Hunter` -- a mysterious invader who managed to break into U.S. computer system and steal sensitive military and security information. Stoll began a one-man hunt of his own: spying on the spy. It was a dangerous game of deception, broken codes, satellites, and missile bases -- a one-man sting operation that… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1416507787
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Clifford Stoll
The Cuckoo`s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

2000 y.
Publisher: Pocket
Description: A sentimental favorite, The Cuckoo`s Egg seems to have inspired a whole category of books exploring the quest to capture computer criminals. Still, even several years after its initial publication and after much imitation, the book remains a good read with an engaging story line and a critical outlook, as Clifford Stoll becomes, almost unwillingly, a one-man security force trying to track down faceless criminals who`ve invaded the university computer lab he stewards. What first appears as a 75-cent accounting error in a computer log is eventually revealed to be a ring of industrial espionage, primarily thanks to Stoll`s persistence and intellectual tenacity. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0743411463
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Michael J. Rosen
The Cuckoo`s Haiku: and Other Birding Poems

2009 y.
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Description: A joyful primer on the pleasures of bird-watching merges haiku, notes for identifying species, and exquisite watercolor illustrations.In spare and graceful words, poet and birder Michael J. Rosen capturesthe forecasting call of the mysterious cuckoo as well as essential characteristics of more than twenty commonly seen North American birds. This artfully compiled fi eld notebook — enriched by the evocative artwork of watercolorist Stan Fellows — captures the excitement of recognizing a bird, whether a darting kingfi sher, a wandering wild turkey, or a chirpy house sparrow. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0763630497
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Rob Grader
The Cuddle Sutra

2007 y.
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ISBN: 1402207670
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Martha Campbell, Geert Reuten, G. A. Reuten
The Culmination of Capital: Essays on Volume III of Marx`s `Capital`

— y.
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Description: Four philosophers and four economists consider each of the major themes of volume III of Marx`s Capital --competition, the formation and development of the general rate of profit, the credit system and finance capital, rent, the Trinity Formula and the concept of class--in light of the two previous volumes. The collection is intended both for specialists in Marxian theory and for students of the history of economic thought and methodology. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0333964934
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Edward Augustus Horton
The Culmination of the Puritan Theocracy

2009 y.
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ISBN: 1113390220
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Cooper Lawrence
The Cult of Celebrity: What Our Fascination with the Stars Reveals About Us

2009 y.
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Description: America’s fast-growing religion is—let’s face it—celebrity worship. From gossip magazines to entertainment TV, from blogs to ads featuring famous faces, the stars are our new gods and goddesses. But why are we so quick to put them on pedestals? Why are we even more spellbound when they topple back down to earth? The Cult of Celebrity is the first book to explore this phenomenon comprehensively and yet in eminently readable terms. In a compulsive read, Cooper Lawrence maps out the psychology behind the behavior of the stars—and that of the millions out there who follow their every move. She points both to the benefits and dangers not only to society but also to us personally, to our spending habits, health, social awareness, attitude toward personal failure and toward relationships, and above all, our self-image. And she offers practical tips on keeping our interest under control. Drawing on the latest research as well as interviews with fans and entertainment industry insiders, as… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1599213354
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Janice Gross Stein
The Cult of Efficiency (The Massey Lectures Series)

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Description: This thought-provoking discourse on the unquestioned pursuit of `efficiency` reveals how the discussion of efficiency in the delivery of public goods, such as education and health care, has risen to prominence in postindustrial society. Stein`s provocative argument, reminiscent of the thinking of Lewis Mumford, demonstrates that efficiency can too often be a cloak for political agendas, and that pressure for efficiency can actually be a detrimental rather than a positive force. Citizens in public schools, community clinics, and hospitals are shown engaging directly with such agendas, redrawing the face of the state as they impose new ways of delivering public goods. Stein demonstrates how they are calling not only for efficiency but for accountability and choice as they confront the dilemmas of democratic processes in a global age. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0887846785
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Theodore Roszak
The Cult of Information: A Neo-Luddite Treatise on High Tech, Artificial Intelligence, and the True Art of Thinking

— y.
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Description: As we devote ever-increasing resources to providing, or prohibiting, access to information via computer, Theodore Roszak reminds us that voluminous information does not necessarily lead to sound thinking. `Data glut` obscures basic questions of justice and purpose and may even hinder rather than enhance our productivity. In this revised and updated edition of The Cult of Information, Roszak reviews the disruptive role the computer has come to play in international finance and the way in which`edutainment` software and computer games degrade the literacy of children. At the same time, he finds hopeful new ways in which the library and free citizens` access to the Internet and the national data-highway can turn computer technology into ademocratic and liberating force. Roszak`s examination of the place of computer technology in our culture is essential reading for all those who use computers, who are intimidated by computers, or who are concerned with the… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0520085841
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Leander Kahney
The Cult of Mac

2006 y.
Publisher: No Starch Press
Description: There is no product on the planet that enjoys the devotion of a Macintosh computer. Apple`s machines have legions of loyal, sometimes demented fans. The Cult of Mac surveys the devoted following that has grown up around Macintosh computers. Like fans of a football team or a rock group, Macintosh fanatics have their own subculture, with clearly defined obsessions, rites, and passages. Famously dedicated to their computers, many Mac fans eat, sleep, and breathe the Macintosh. Fans who get Mac tattoos and haircuts, people who attend Apple Store openings like they are Grateful Dead shows, counterculture icons who love the Mac, people who turn old Macs into aquariums (or bongs), Ellen Fein lookalike contests, erotic fiction featuring Steve Jobs, it`s all here. Technology reporter Leander Kahney exposes all sides of Mac fanaticism, from the innocuous to the insane. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1593271220
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Peter Alan Olsson
The Cult of Osama: Psychoanalyzing Bin Laden and His Magnetism for Muslim Youths

2007 y.
Publisher: Praeger Security International General Interest-Cloth
Description: In The Cult of Osama, Psychiatrist Peter Olsson examines Osama bin Laden`s early life experiences and explains, from a psychoanalytical perspective, how those created a mind filled with perverse rage at America, as well as why his way of thinking makes him in many cases a hero to Arab and Muslim youths. `Many other writings totally demonize bin Laden, and therein strangely play into putting this troubled man onto a pedestal,` says Olsson, who spent 25 years on a social psychological and psychoanalytical study of destructive cults and cult leaders. There are many journalistic, political, military, and intelligence books about bin Laden and his terror cult group. But this one offers a purely psychological and psychobiographical perspective on bin Laden and his mushrooming influence. Bin Laden`s destructive `Pied Piper` appeal, leading youths to murder others and even themselves in suicide missions, stems from the peculiar and profoundly important synchrony of shared trauma and pain… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0275999890
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Cooper Lawrence
The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace with Your Inner Overachiever

2008 y.
Publisher: Skirt!
Description: For some women, success is a relative term. One in six women is an overachiever, constantly striving to do more, better, faster, and look fabulous at all times-so if you are looking around the room at your five closest friends thinking they`re all slackers, it`s you! You know who you are: the successful woman who feels competitive with her own friends and family members, the stick-thin athlete who won`t stop working out, the guilt-ridden executive who always feels she has to do more than others to stay ahead, the grown-up `Little Miss Perfect` who can`t stop being the Stepford wife and mother. No matter how hard you try, no matter how much you achieve, your life remains totally out of balance. Achievements should not be the total measure of how a woman feels about herself. Syndicated radio talk-show host Cooper Lawrence has been there. With humor and compassion, she helps readers assess the overachiever`s goals, their states of mind, the pressure from their families . . . and… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1599211793
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Andrew Keen
The Cult of the Amateur: How blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today`s user-generated media are destroying our economy, our culture, and our values

2008 y.
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Description: Amateur hour has arrived, and the audience is running the showIn a hard-hitting and provocative polemic, Silicon Valley insider and pundit Andrew Keen exposes the grave consequences of today’s new participatory Web 2.0 and reveals how it threatens our values, economy, and ultimately the very innovation and creativity that forms the fabric of American achievement. Our most valued cultural institutions, Keen warns—our professional newspapers, magazines, music, and movies—are being overtaken by an avalanche of amateur, user-generated free content. Advertising revenue is being siphoned off by free classified ads on sites like Craigslist, television networks are under attack from free user-generated programming on YouTube and the like, file-sharing and digital piracy have devastated the multibillion-dollar music business and threaten to undermine our movie industry. Worse, Keen claims, our “cut-and-paste” online culture—in which intellectual property is freely swapped, downloaded,… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0385520816
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Bridget Heal
The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Early Modern Germany: Protestant and Catholic Piety, 1500-1648 (Past and Present Publications)

2007 y.
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ISBN: 0521871034
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