A
Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America by Greg
Robinson
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ePUB Reader, 16.8 MB
The
confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II,
often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as
the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history.
Greg Robinson not only offers a bold new understanding of these
events but also studies them within a larger time frame and from a
transnational perspective.
Drawing
on newly discovered material, Robinson provides a backstory of
confinement that reveals for the first time the extent of the
American government's surveillance of Japanese communities in the
years leading up to war and the construction of what officials termed
"concentration camps" for enemy aliens. He also considers
the aftermath of confinement, including the place of Japanese
Americans in postwar civil rights struggles, the long movement by
former camp inmates for redress, and the continuing role of the camps
as touchstones for nationwide commemoration and debate.
Most
remarkably, A Tragedy of Democracy is the first book to analyze
official policy toward West Coast Japanese Americans within a North
American context. Robinson studies confinement on the mainland
alongside events in wartime Hawaii, where fears of Japanese Americans
justified Army dictatorship, suspension of the Constitution, and the
imposition of military tribunals. He similarly reads the treatment of
Japanese Americans against Canada's confinement of 22,000 citizens
and residents of Japanese ancestry from British Columbia. A Tragedy
of Democracy recounts the expulsion of almost 5,000 Japanese from
Mexico's Pacific Coast and the poignant story of the Japanese Latin
Americans who were kidnapped from their homes and interned in the
United States. Approaching Japanese confinement as a continental and
international phenomenon, Robinson offers a truly kaleidoscopic
understanding of its genesis and outcomes.
Mary
Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen by Anna Whitelock
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ePUB, MOBI Reader, 10MB
Overview:
She was the first woman to inherit the throne of England, a key
player in one of Britain’s stormiest eras, and a leader whose
unwavering faith and swift retribution earned her the nickname
“Bloody Mary.” Now, in this impassioned and absorbing debut,
historian Anna Whitelock offers a modern perspective on Mary Tudor
and sets the record straight once and for all on one of history’s
most compelling and maligned rulers.
Though
often overshadowed by her long-reigning sister, Elizabeth I, Mary
lived a life full of defiance, despair, and triumph. Born the
daughter of the notorious King Henry VIII and the Spanish Katherine
of Aragon, young Mary was a princess in every sense of the
word—schooled in regal customs, educated by the best scholars,
coveted by European royalty, and betrothed before she had reached the
age of three. Yet in a decade’s time, in the wake of King Henry’s
break with the pope, she was declared a bastard, disinherited, and
demoted from “princess” to “lady.” Ever her deeply devout
mother’s daughter, Mary refused to accept her new status or to
recognize Henry’s new wife, Anne Boleyn, as queen. The fallout with
her father and his counselors nearly destroyed the teenage Mary, who
faced imprisonment and even death.
It
would be an outright battle for Mary to work herself back into the
king’s favor, claim her rightful place in the Tudor line, and
ultimately become queen of England, but her coronation would not end
her struggles. She flouted the opposition and married Philip of
Spain, sought to restore Catholicism to the nation, and fiercely
punished the resistance. But beneath her brave and regal exterior was
a dependent woman prone to anxiety, whose private traumas of phantom
pregnancies, debilitating illnesses, and unrequited love played out
in the public glare of the fickle court.
Anna
Whitelock, an acclaimed young British historian, chronicles this
unique woman’s life from her beginnings as a heralded princess to
her rivalry with her sister to her ascent as ruler. In brilliant
detail, Whitelock reveals that Mary Tudor was not the weak-willed
failure as so often rendered by traditional narratives but a complex
figure of immense courage, determination, and humanity.
Aunt
Sandy's Medical Marijuana Cookbook: Comfort Food for Mind and Body by
Sandy Moriarty
epub
6kmb
Medical
edibles have come a long way since the infamous pot brownies that
were consumed with crunchy, awful-tasting leaves and stems. Aunt
Sandy’s Medical Marijuana Cookbook is a collection of recipes by
cooking instructor, Sandy Moriarty, who is a professor at Oaksterdam
University in Oakland Ca. Oaksterdam University has pioneered
training for jobs in the booming marijuana industry.The cookbook is
retro in design and content, reminiscent of classic Betty
Crocker-type comfort foods. Some of Sandy’s favorites include mac
and cheese, spicy buffalo wings, and scalloped potatoes.
The
book visually demonstrates and reveals the process for creating
Sandy’s 10x Cannabutter. It includes 40 easy-to-prepare, delicious
dishes from her signature dessert, Blue Sky Lemon Bars, to the Dizzy
Bird Turkey with Stuffing for a festive holiday dinner. The book
updates some of the classics with low-calorie, vegetarian, vegan,
sugar-free and gluten-free options.
Each
individual’s potency level is different. The author teaches how
potency can be adjusted by the amount of plant material used in the
butter, oil or tincture.
The
American Medical Association has now recognized the medical value of
marijuana and the federal government has provided medical marijuana
to selected medical patients for many years.
Marilyn
Monroe The Biography by Donald Spoto
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ePUB , MOBI Reader, 5.4 MB
Spoto's
biography of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe makes use of over 150
interviews and more than 35,000 pages of previously sealed files,
including Monroe's diaries, letters, and other personal and revealing
documents. The book reveals new details of every aspect of her life,
from her guarded childhood, and her relationships with men and
marriages, to her mysterious death. Spoto comments on previous books
about Marilyn, and puts to rest questions regarding Monroe's
connection with the Kennedys.
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ePUB , MOBI Reader, 3 MB
"Tyburn"
is synonymous with the idea of execution - over 50,000 people died
there between the 12th century and 1783. Among those who met their
end at Tyburn were William Wallace, the Scottish patriot, Perkin
Warbeck, who claimed to be one of the Princes in the Tower and the
hated Jonathan Wild, perhaps London's first master criminal. Alan
Brooke and David Brandon tell the story of how Tyburn came to be the
place of execution and of the rituals and spectacle associated with
the deaths of so many people, both famous and obscure. They provide a
vivid picture of crime and punishment in London, mixing martyrs,
pickpockets, traitors and errant aristocrats all playing their final
scene on London's 'nevergreen tree'
Alfred
Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light by Patrick McGilligan
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ePUB + Mobi | 3.8MB
Director
Hitchcock is in a class by himself. His legendary films, including
Rear Window, The 39 Steps and Notorious, coupled with his TV show,
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, aired his singular brand of evil and
salvation. In this enthralling, scholarly and candid appraisal of the
artist, McGilligan, a biographer of James Cagney and Jack Nicholson,
neatly reveals the man behind the camera. A quiet Catholic boy from
London's East End, Hitchcock (1899- 1980) began as a production
designer on silent films and eventually became Britain's premier
movie director. David Selznick tapped him for Hollywood, and although
their relationship was stormy, it spelled success. Hitchcock, who
claimed, "I'm not interested in logic, I'm interested in
effect," quickly redefined the medium. He told his stories
visually, invented innovative camera angles and revealed in suspense
tales. Always, he was aided by his wife, Alma, an invaluable partner
on every project. A Hitchcock film "characteristically mingled
light with darkness," possibly because its creator was so
conflicted. Hitchcock adored gossip, dirty jokes and icy blondes,
though, sexually impotent, he could not consummate his desire; his
voyeurism instead played out on screen. He relished the occasional
cruelty, but it did not obscure his genius or his generosity. He
worked tirelessly for the British war effort, though America was
committed to neutrality until Pearl Harbor, and was deeply loyal to
old friends. McGilligan has crafted an inside look at this unique
director and the studio machinations that sustained him. Film buffs
will relish how power and creativity play out in Hollywood. The rest
will learn how obsession can produce art.
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ePUB reader, 9.5 MB
Most
people are familiar with references to Scottish battles such as
Bannockburn and Flodden but know little if anything about those
events. Rugby and soccer fans outside Scotland may wonder at the sign
’1314′ held up by Scottish fans and not know that it is the date
of the Battle of Bannockburn when an English king was defeated on
Scottish soil. The battle is also commemorated in Scotland’s
unofficial national anthem, ‘The Flower of Scotland’. Battles
fought on Scottish soil include those of the Scottish Wars of
Independence, those occasioned by the English Civil Wars and the
Jacobite Rebellions. This book tells the stories of these battles and
many others fought in Scotland from the Roman victory at Mons
Graupius in AD 83 to the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie at Culloden
Moor in 1746.
