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An accessible exploration of U.S.–Latin American relations. from the colonial period to the present day  “‘Our Hemisphere’? is a balanced and nuanced portrayal of the history of U.S.–Latin American relations. The attention given to more recent episodes on immigration, the drug war and U.S. policy toward Cuba and Venezuela, is especially welcome.”—Allen Wells, author of Tropical Zion: General Trujillo, FDR and the Jews of Sosúa “Our Hemisphere”? uncovers the range, depth, and veracity of the United States’ relationship with the Americas. Using short historical vignettes, Britta and Russell Crandall chart the course of inter‑American relations from 1776 to the present, highlighting the roles that individuals and groups of soldiers, intellectuals, private citizens, and politicians have had in shaping U.S. policy toward Latin America in the postcolonial, Cold War, and post–Cold War eras. The United States is usually and correctly seen as pursuing a monolithic, hegemonic agenda in Latin America, wielding political, economic, and military muscle to force Latin American countries to do its bidding, but the Crandalls reveal unexpected yet salient regional interactions where Latin Americans have exercised their own power with their northern and very powerful neighbor. Moreover, they show that Washington’s relationship with the region has relied, in addition to the usual heavy‑handedness, on cooperation and mutual respect since the beginning of the relationship.

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This anthology is comprised of personal narratives written by high school students at Morris Academy of Collaborative Studies.

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For Russian modernists in search of a past, there were many antiquities of different provenances and varying degrees of prestige from which to choose: Greece or Rome; Byzantium or Egypt. The modernists central to ""Our Native Antiquity"" located their antiquity in the Eurasian steppes, where they found objects and sites long denigrated as archaeological curiosities. The book follows the exemplary careers of two objects—the so-called “Stone Women” and the kurgan, or burial mound—and the attention paid to them by Russian and Soviet archaeologists, writers, artists, and filmmakers, for whom these artifacts served as resources for modernist art and letters and as arenas for a contest between vying conceptions of Russian art, culture, and history.

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One fine day, as Bruno Lambertazzi is going about his business, he receives the news that he is . . . dead. Well, as if that was not enough, everyone else agrees with the news. A surrealistic stage play by a Cuban-American playwright.

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One fine day, as Bruno Lambertazzi ig going about his business, he receives the news that he is ...dead. Well, as if that was not bad enough, everyone else believes the news. A bizarre stageplay by a Cuban-American playwriter.

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This is the first children's book in a series about a faith based owl family. This book is about the Mommy Owl's love for her Little Birds as she teaches them to keep God as their foundation. As they journey through life she teaches them life lessons through the words of the Bible. Each illustration was painted on canvas prints as a separate memory that unfold with each page. Once all prints are put together, it shows the beautiful tree of their lives.

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Join Little Bird and Baby Bird in the third book of the Little Bird series. In this book, they go camping with Grandpa Owl and get to learn all about becoming a Bird Scout.

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PA NSAKA is a compilation of 1000 Bemba Proverbs and Sayings which have been explained both in English and Bemba. Delve into it and discover the rich traditions of the Bemba Speaking People of the Republic of Zambia and other neighboring countries.

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