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The Wilmington Campaign: Last Departing Rays of Hope
While prior books on the battle to capture Wilmington, North Carolina, have focused solely on the epic struggles for Fort Fisher, in many respects this was just the beginning of the campaign In addition to complete coverage (with significant new information) of both battles for Fort Fisher, "The Wilmington Campaign" includes the first detailed examination of the attack and defence of Fort Anderson. It also features blow-by-blow accounts of the defence of the Sugar Loaf Line and of the operations of Federal warships on the Cape Fear River. This masterpiece of military history proves yet again that there is still much to be learned about the American Civil War..
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Vital Nourishment: Departing from Happiness
The philosophical tradition in the West has always subjected life to conceptual divisions and questions about meaning In Vital Nourishment, François Jullien contends that although this process has given rise to a rich history of inquiry, it proceeds too fast. In their anxiety about meaning, Western thinkers since Plato have forgotten simply to experience life. In this installment of his continuing project of plumbing the philosophical divide between Eastern and Western thought, Jullien slows down, and, using the third and fourth century B.C.E. Chinese thinker Zhuanghi as a foil, begins to think about life from a point outside of Western inquiry. The question of how to "feed life," or nourish it, is the point of departure for the Chinese tradition that Jullien locates in Zhuanghi. Life passes through each of us, and we have a duty to become amenable to its ebbs and flows. We must cultivate a sense of being adequate to it so that we can house it. Exploring notions of breath, energy, and immanence, Jullien reopens a vibrant space of intellectual exchange between East and West. In doing so, he refuses to commit to a rigid framework of meaning, and his text unfolds as an elegant process that mirrors the very type of thought he explores. Pointing out that it seems intellectually and politically imperative today to reinvigorate Western thought with ideas from the East, Jullien seeks to create a space of mutual inquiry that maintains the integrity of both Eastern and Western thinking. Vital Nourishment is both a rich intellectual historical journey and a text very much attuned to the philosophical politics of the present..
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The Train now Departing
Subtle and perceptive, atmospheric and lyrical, these two novellas- The Train Now Departing and When 'The Mousetrap' Closes-combine the singular characters and richly textured narrative that readers have grown to expect from this acclaimed author. A book that expands her art, her reputation-and her audience." ( The Richmond Times-Dispatch) As atmospherically evocative as [an] Edward Hopper painting. ( The Washington Post)Full of suspense and surprise. These carefully written gems showcase Grimes at her best. ( Library Journal) Brilliantly told. ( The Boston Globe) Atmospheric and chilling... Grimes [exhibits] a complete mastery of emotional nuance and [a] virtuoso treatment of the grayest coloration. ( The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)) Merits applause. ( The Toronto Star).
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Departing from Deviance: A History of Homosexual Rights and Emancipatory Science in America
The struggle to remove the stigma of sickness surrounding same-sex love has a long history In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its diagnostic classification of mental illness, but the groundwork for this pivotal decision was laid decades earlier. In this new study, Henry L. Minton looks back at the struggle of the American gay and lesbian activists who chose scientific research as a path for advancing homosexual rights. He traces the history of gay and lesbian emancipatory research from its early beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its role in challenging the illness model in the 1970s. By examining archival sources and unpublished manuscripts, Minton reveals the substantial accomplishments made by key researchers and relates their life stories. He also considers the contributions of mainstream sexologists such as Alfred C. Kinsey and Evelyn Hooker, who supported the cause of homosexual rights through the advancement of scientific knowledge. By uncovering this hidden chapter in the story of gay liberation, Departing from Deviance makes an important contribution to both the history of science and the history of sexuality. .
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Before Departing
Adrian is a regular editorial contributor in the Nationalist Times as well as contributing articles to The Barnes Review of History, Culture Wars, The Portman Papers UK, as well as numerous periodicals and newspapers in America and Europe. The Essays and article contained in this book are a segment of published works in these and other various venues. In way of introduction, Adrian, was a CEO in the machine tool industry for 37 years, journeyed metal worker, has over 25 manufacturing patents, was awarded the NATTCO award for best new development in gas welding in 1983, is past member of a NH school board, on the board of directors of scores of corporations, and associations, and honorary member of the board of the NH Center for Constitutional Studies and was appointed co-chair of the department of Political Science at World University in 2007. Secretary of Commerce Baldridge appointed him to the CT/RI DEC on which he served for 15 years. He may be frequently heard on talk radio for which he does about 100 shows per year. For more info you can Google Dr. Adrian Krieg..
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