Prelude to Civil War


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Fresh analysis revises many previous theories on origins & significance of the nullification controversy.




The Quicksand War


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The Lions of July


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Presents an original, thorough, and eloquent analysis of the events immediately preceding World War I.




Battlestar Galactica (Songbook)


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(Piano Solo Songbook). Variety called composer Bear McCreary's score for the hit Syfy series Battlestar Galactica "the most innovative music on TV today," and NPR said it "fits the action so perfectly, it's almost devastating: (it's) a sci-fi score like no other." For this special collection, McCreary himself has translated the acclaimed orchestral score into fantastic solo piano arrangements at the intermediate to advanced level. Includes 19 selections in all, and as a bonus, simplified versions of "Roslin and Adama" and "Wander My Friends." Contains a note from McCreary, as well as a biography. A must for all BSG fans! "At last, fans can now be a part of the musical process themselves and experience the score as I first did: with fingertips touching the ivories." Composer Bear McCreary




The Munich Crisis, 1938


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Most of the works on the crises of the 1930s and especially the Munich Agreement in 1938 were written when it was virtually impossible to gain access to the relevant archive collections on both sides of the Iron Curtain. This text studies the Czechoslovak-German crisis and its impact from previously neglected perspectives and celebrates the post-Cold War openness by bringing in new evidence from hitherto inaccessible archives.




Prelude to Nuremberg


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Analyzes the complicated domestic and international politics that shaped the Allied nations' policy toward war crimes that culminated in the Nuremberg trials, reconstructing the little-studied deliberations among the Allies at the end of the war. UP.




Marvel's Avengers


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Collects Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War Prelude #1-2, Infinity #1 And Thanos Annual #1. When a terrorist puts the Avengers at odds, Captain America and the Winter Soldier go rogue to find him — but Iron Man isn’t far behind. Will the Avengers survive the fallout? Then, find out where Captain America, Falcon and Black Widow are headed next — because the world needs heroes, whether it wants them or not. Get a sneak peek at Tony Stark’s brand-new armor! Get ready for 2018’s biggest blockbuster with this special prelude! Plus, with the Avengers distracted, see Thanos seize his opportunity to strike at Earth in the first chapter of Jonathan Hickman’s epic Infinity! Delve into the Mad Titan’s past as he joins himself on a time-bending journey of discovery — one that sets the stage for his next cosmic odyssey!




Prelude to War


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To extract the sadistic sons of Saddam Hussein from under the noses of the Republican Guard, Roscoe G. Spangler gathers a fighting force of former Delta men. Even as they go into battle, allegiances are shifting, and power plays are being made that could endanger the mission--and seal their own doom. Original.




Prelude to Leadership


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Prelude to Leadership is the private diary of John F. Kennedy when he was a 28-year-old reporter in Europe. It offers a short yet intimate look into the mind of the man who was to become the 35th President of the United States. As World War II was ending and the Cold War was just beginning, a young naval hero decommissioned before war's end because of his crippling injuries, traveled through a devastated Europe. During the trip, John F. Kennedy kept a diary, never before published. As the diary makes clear, that European trip was a turning point in the future President's life. It was on this trip that Kennedy first confronted the "long twilight struggle" for the preservation of Western freedom that would define his Presidency. In these few months an agenda for a Presidency began to be forged, and the closing pages of the diary make clear that it was at this moment in time that Kennedy began laying plans for his first run for Congress , the first step in his journey to the White House.




Prelude to War


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Edie and Carl Schmidt didn't think things could get worse at school. But that was before the German navy began blowing American ships out of the water. That was before the rumors started, whispers that said Germany was going to invade the United States through Mexico. That was before their good friend Truman Vaught left to drive an ambulance on the battlefront in France. Now their best friends think Carl and Edie may be traitors just because their father is German. What can Carl and Edie do to prove their loyalty?