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In 1848, two young men published what would become one of the defining documents of modern history, The Communist Manifesto. It rapidly realigned political faultlines all over the world and its aftershock resonates to this day. In the many years since its publication, no other social program has inspired such divisive and violent debate. Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world s first regime to adopt the Manifesto s tenets, historians have debated its intent and its impact. In the current era of market democracy in Russia and Eastern Europe, nationalism on every continent, and an ever tightening global economy, does the specter of Communism still haunt the world? Were the seeds of Communism s ultimate destruction already planted in 1848? Is there anything to be learned from Marx s envisioned uia? 《共产党宣言》，是马克思和恩格斯为共产主义者同盟（Communist League）起草的纲领，在这个纲领性文献中，阐述了矛盾对人类历史的影

A riveting exploration of the world's most highly trained military units, from the ancient Spartans to modern-day US Navy SEALs, this is the definitive guide to the world's special military forces. 作者简介： Hugh McManners is a former commando and the author of many books, including Scars of War, and several successful DK titles, including The Outdoor Training Manual, Backpackers Handbook, and The Complete Wilderness Training Book.

In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Senator Obama called “the audacity of hope.” Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of “our improbable experiment in democracy.” He explores those forces–from the fear of losing to the perpetual need to raise money to the power of the media–that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating hu

Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm thatswept the world remains the definitive history of the Second WorldWar. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep andfor its sense of personal involvement, it is universallyacknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction and is an enduring,compelling work that led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize forliterature. The Grand Alliance recounts the momentous events of1941 surrounding America's entry into the War and Hitler's march onRussia the continuing onslaught on British civilians during theBlitz, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the alliance betweenBritain and America that shaped the outcome of the War.

Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm thatswept the world remains the definitive history of the Second WorldWar. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep andfor its sense of personal involvement, it is universallyacknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction and is an enduring,compelling work that led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize forliterature. Triumph and Tragedy recounts the dramatic months as theWar drew to a close the Normandy landings, the liberation ofWestern Europe, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and thesurrender of Germany and Japan.

Barack Obama's first book, Dreams from My Father, was a compelling and moving memoir focusing on personal issues of race, identity, and community. With his second book The Audacity of Hope, Obama engages themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, shares personal views on faith and values and offers a vision of the future that involves repairing a "political process that is broken" and restoring a government that has fallen out of touch with the people. We had the opportunity to ask Senator Obama a few questions about writing, reading, and politics, see his responses below. --Daphne Durham

America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, onwhich its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. In What'sWrong with America?, Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaumanalyze those challenges - globalization, the revolution ininformation technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and itspattern of energy consumption - and spell out what needs to be donenow to rediscover America's power and prowess. They explain how the end of the cold war blinded the nation tothe need to address these issues seriously. They show how America'shistory, when properly understood, provides the key to copingsuccessfully and explain how the paralysis of the US politicalsystem and the erosion of key American values have made itimpossible to carry out the policies the country needs. What'sWrong with America? is both a searching exploration of the Americancondition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal.

?“Alone among American Presidents, it is possible to imagineLincoln, grown up in a different milieu, becoming a distinguishedwriter of a not merely political kind.?” --Edmund Wilson Ranging from finely honed legal argument to wry and somesometimes savage humor to private correspondence and politicalrhetoric of unsurpassed grandeur, the writings collected in thisvolume are at once a literary testament of the greatest writer everto occupy the White House and a documentary history of America inAbraham Lincoln?’s time. They record Lincoln?’s campaigns forpublic office; the evolution of his stand against slavery; hiselectrifying debates with Stephen Douglas; his conduct of the CivilWar; and the great public utterances of his presidency, includingthe Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. Library of America Paperback Classics feature authoritative textsdrawn from the acclaimed Library of America series and introducedby today?’s most distinguished scholars and writer

One overcast April morning in 1943, a fisherman notices a corpsefloating in the sea off the coast of Spain. When the body isbrought ashore, it is identified as a British soldier, MajorWilliam Martin of the Royal Marines. A leather attache case,secured to his belt,reveals an intelligence gold mine: top-secretAllied invasion plans.

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