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A full century later, our picture of World War I remains one of wholesale, pointless slaughter in the trenches of the Western front. Expanding our focus to the Eastern front, as David R. Stone does in this masterly work, fundamentally alters--and clarifies--that picture. A thorough, and thoroughly readable, history of the Russian front during the First World War, this book corrects widespread misperceptions of the Russian Army and the war in the east even as it deepens and extends our understanding of the broader conflict. Of the four empires at war by ...

Alex is a righteous witch hunter. I’m a stab-worthy witch. We loved each other once. Now, we can’t stand to be near each other. It’s my fault. We are natural born enemies, after all. I had to help him save his brother from a psychotic voodoo priest, though. What can I say? I like Little Remington as much as I pretend to dislike Alex. Besides, he promised to never bother me again after that.   He kept his end of the bargain. I left my dubious life behind and started over. All is well. Until—  The truth about a deal with ...

Musharraf Alam Zauqi is the most famous and most active name in the current Urdu world. Not only is he a key figure in contemporary Urdu literature, but he is also a crucial name in Urdu fiction. He has been producing excellent Urdu fiction in every genre for more than three decades. He is more well-known as an artist who is concerned with the nation's moral, political, and social decay. Some of his literary sketches of contemporary Urdu writers are included in this book.

Queer middle-aged librarian Nan Nethercott, a wisecracking hypochondriac with a lackluster career and a nonexistent love life, needs to make a drastic life change before it's too late. When she lands a job as librarian in a seemingly idyllic small town in southern New Jersey, Nan quickly discovers unforeseen challenges. Nan's landlady, Immaculata, launches daily intrusions from below. The library, housed in the former town jail, is overrun by marauding middle-schoolers. A mysterious reader leaves distressing messages in book stacks all over the library. ...

In our media-saturated society, multicultural writers have discovered the stage as their medium of choice.  These 37 scenes and monologs by new writers of the multicultural experience are certain to inspire actors and directors.  The scene selections offer unusually challenging characterizations for virtually any actor or acting student.  All selections are for one or two actors.  This is an excellent collection for expressing cultural diversity while offering an expanding range of new material.  Within the three-section book, the ...

El presente estudio consistió en dos etapas: en la primera se compararon las dimensiones de la conducta social entre hombres y mujeres adolescentes con necesidades educativas especiales; y se compararon los promedios académicos según los tipos de NEEs. Se utilizó la batería de socialización BAS-1 (maestros), BAS-2 (padres) y BAS-3 (autopercepción). Se realizó en una Telesecundaria de San Francisco de Campeche, con una muestra de 25 alumnos. Se encontraron diferencias significativas por género ...

Returning victorious from the war in Xegachtznel Galaxy Pez directs the Om Star Fleet to the planetary system of Vox in their home galaxy of Hub to liberate it from the Kundabuffer Empire. Her next stop is the planet Kundabuffer to end its enslavement of 188 inhabited planets. Once Pez eventually gets the fleet back to Om, Sarhi the Im reveals another mission Pez must undertake to find a way to topple the Royal Monarch Empire proliferating in the tri-galaxy cluster of Royal, Whirlpool and White Lotus galaxies. She is directed to allies of the planet Ahumdulilah ...

A page-turning account of first-time parenting that will leave you filled with wonder at the miracle of life. "The paediatrician came back without our baby. 'I'm afraid we have a problem.' Stars bounced around my vision of the doctor's talking head, his voice far away, like a dream. I felt like I was sinking into a void and leant back to steady myself on the bed. We had experienced the most life affirming event the night before, the birth of our first child. Now she was being taken away. It was a moment that would take us on an intense journey ...