BOOK REVIEW: "MERCHANT Merchant Reyes REYES: when companies said the world by Stephen R. Bown Thomas Dunne Books 308 pages $ 26.99 revised by Joseph C. Goulden For three centuries, since 1600, much of world trade was controlled by what might be called "imperialism privatized" in the form six private companies owned by …
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WAIKIKI In the Wake of Dreams – A rare historical look at the most famous beach in the world – 2001 by Edgy Lee A rare historical look at the most famous beach in the world. This lively film is full of rich images rarely seen before – a product of two years of historical research, oral history interviews, little seen film clips and photographs. A first time chronicle of Waikiki’s history. A film by Edgy Lee… |
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King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa $1.99 King Leopold of Belgium, writes historian Adam Hochschild in this grim history, did not much care for his native land or his subjects, all of which he dismissed as “small country, small people.” Even so, he searched the globe to find a colony for Belgium, frantic that the scramble of other European powers for overseas dominions in Africa and Asia would leave nothing for himself or his people…. |
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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1 $12.83 The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain s death. In celebration of this important milestone, Twain s uncensored autobiography is available in its entirety and exactly as he left it. I ve struck it! Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. And I will give it away–to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography. Thus, … |
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Ulysses S. Grant : Memoirs and Selected Letters : Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant / Selected Letters, 1839-1865 (Library of America) $13.97 Grant wrote his “Personal Memoirs” to secure his family’s future. In doing so, the Civil War’s greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters. His character, sense of purpose, and simple compassion are evident throughout this deeply moving account, as well as in the letters to his wife, Julia, included here…. |
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