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  • The Group 13 Metals Aluminium, Gallium, Indium and Thallium

    Chemical Patterns and Peculiarities

    The last two decades have seen a renaissance in interest in the chemistry of the main group elements. In particular research on the metals of group 13 (aluminium, gallium, indium and thallium) has led to the synthesis and isolation of some very novel and unusual molecules, with implications for organometallic synthesis, new materials development, and with biological, medical and, environmental ... Read more

    $250.00 USD

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    Playing Cards: How a 52-Card Deck Conquered the World

    Narrated by Simon Aldridge ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 48 min

    Uncover the captivating cultural history of how fragile paper squares ignited a global empire of gambling and strategy. Perfect for an engaging daily commute, this lively narrative tracks the ultimate origins story from ancient royal courts to chaotic modern casinos.Transform your next relaxing evening into an intriguing intellectual adventure as you explore the hidden mechanics of globalization. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • September eleven

    America's War on Terror and the Decade of War, 2001-2011

    September 11 history — al-Qaeda, the 9/11 attacks, the war on terror, and the decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2001-2011. Narrative American history of how one Tuesday morning remade the United States. The sky over the Northeast on September 11, 2001, was a perfect, cloudless blue. By 10:28 AM, 2,977 people were dead, the twin towers had collapsed into dust, the Pentagon's western facade had ... Read more

    $5.96 USD

  • SEPTEMBER ELEVEN

    America's War on Terror and the Decade of War, 2001-2011

    **A cloudless blue sky. An ordinary Tuesday morning.** By the time it was over, nearly 3,000 Americans were dead — and the world we knew was gone. You remember where you were. The footage of the towers, the smoke at the Pentagon, the field in Shanksville. But two decades on, the story of what came after — Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, drones, the surveillance state, the killing of bin Laden — has ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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    September eleven

    America's War on Terror and the Decade of War, 2001-2011

    Unabridged

    5 hours 15 min

    September eleven — Audiobook · Narrated by Adrian Sullivan. Listen time: 5 hours 15 minutes September 11 history — al-Qaeda, the 9/11 attacks, the war on terror, and the decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2001-2011. Narrative American history of how one Tuesday morning remade the United States. The sky over the Northeast on September 11, 2001, was a perfect, cloudless blue. By 10:28 AM, 2,977 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury

    A Light on a Dark Night

    Musical improvisation is an increasingly recognised rehabilitative therapy for people who have experienced traumatic brain injury initially thought to be `unreachable' or `non-responsive'.Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury demonstrates how music therapy can be used to attend to the holistic, rather than purely functional, needs of people affected by severe head trauma. Divided into three ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

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  • Beyond Bin Laden

    America and the Future of Terror

    Osama bin Laden was the most wanted man in American history—an enemy who brought the United States what President George W. Bush called “a day of fire,” and ushered in a new era of terrorism. It took a decade of blood and sacrifice, of determination and frustration, but finally, in a nighttime raid at the end of a dirt road in Pakistan, the hunt for Bin Laden ended with a gunshot. It was a ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Accidental Guerrilla : Fighting Small Wars In The Midst Of A Big One

    David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare. A Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq, his vision of war dramatically influenced America's decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the surge." Now, in The Accidental Guerrilla, Kilcullen provides a remarkably fresh perspective on the War ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Accidental Guerrilla:Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One

    Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One

    David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare. A Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq, his vision of war dramatically influenced America's decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the surge." Now, in The Accidental Guerrilla, Kilcullen provides a remarkably fresh perspective on the War on ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • Zero-Sum Victory

    What We're Getting Wrong About War

    2021 Foreword INDIES Gold Winner for War & HistoryWhy have the major post-9/11 US military interventions turned into quagmires? Despite huge power imbalances in the United States' favor, significant capacity-building efforts, and repeated tactical victories by what many observers call the world's best military, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq turned intractable. The US government's fixation on ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • No Exit from Pakistan

    America's Tortured Relationship with Islamabad

    This book tells the story of the tragic and often tormented relationship between the United States and Pakistan. Pakistan's internal troubles have already threatened US security and international peace, and Pakistan's rapidly growing population, nuclear arsenal, and relationships with China and India will continue to force it upon America's geostrategic map in new and important ways over the ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Jihad & Co.

    Black Markets and Islamist Power

    by Aisha Ahmad ...
    For two decades, militant jihadism has been one of the world's most pressing security crises. In civil wars and insurgencies across the Muslim world, certain Islamist groups have taken advantage of the anarchy to establish political control over a broad range of territories and communities. In effect, they have built radical new jihadist proto-states. Why have some ideologically-inspired Islamists ... Read more

    $21.89 USD