Scott Anderson
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World War I Collection Spotlight - Biography and Memoir
World War I Collection Spotlight - Middle East, Africa, and Asia
World War I Collection Spotlight - Middle East, Africa, and Asia
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A narrative chronicle of World War I's Arab Revolt explores the pivotal roles of a small group of adventurers and low-level officers who orchestrated a secret effort to control the Middle East, demonstrating how they instigated jihad against British forces, built an elaborate intelligence ring and forged ties to gain valuable oil concessions.
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"At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing--seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear--to some--that the Soviet Union was already executing a plan to expand and foment revolution around the world. The American government's strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly-formed CIA. THE QUIET AMERICANS chronicles the exploits of four...
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"This cutting-edge book reveals how a healthy gut can drive psychological well-being, improve your mood, and combat common diseases including depression, anxiety, obesity, heart disease--even autism and Alzheimer's--all by nurturing your microbiome. Welcome to psychobiotics, the revolutionary new scientific field that treats the common ailments of our time. Leading medical researchers John F. Cryan and Ted Dinan, together with veteran journalist Scott...
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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David Richards is a mid-level diplomate assigned to the middle eastern kingdom of Kutar. For centuries tribal conflict has flared sporadically in the arid hills hundreds of miles from the coastatl capital of Laradan. The residents of Laradan ignore the stories but the Americans decide to do something about it. Urged on by a Kirtzian American military advisroe the little-used Kutaran army marches into the hills and is quickly decimated. Rebel force...
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Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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In 2011, a series of anti-government uprisings shook the Middle East and North Africa in what would become known as the Arab Spring. Few could predict that these convulsions, initially hailed in the West as a triumph of democracy, would give way to brutal civil war, the terrors of the Islamic State, and a global refugee crisis. But, as New York Times bestselling author Scott Anderson shows, the seeds of catastrophe had been sown long before. In this...
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Criterion collection volume 776
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The Criterion Collection
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[2015]
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English
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On an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, two twelve-year-olds fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore, and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
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The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Having not spoken to each other in a year, three American brothers set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other. The brothers wanted to regain their friendship of each other. Their "spiritual quest," however, veers rapidly off-course -- thanks in part to over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray. Eventually the three find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert...
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