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The Condor Years

How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents

by John Dinges ...

A "compelling and shocking account" of a brutal campaign of repression in Latin America, based on interviews and previously secret documents ( The Miami Herald).Throughout the 1970s, six Latin American governments, led by Chile, formed a military alliance called Operation Condor to carry out kidnappings, torture, and political assassinations across three continents. It was an early "war on terror" ... Read more

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A "compelling and shocking account" of a brutal campaign of repression in Latin America, based on interviews and previously secret documents ( The Miami Herald).Throughout the 1970s, six Latin American governments, led by Chile, formed a military alliance called Operation Condor to carry out kidnappings, torture, and political assassinations across three continents. It was an early "war on terror"
... Read more
Our Man in Panama

The Shrewd Rise and Brutal Fall of Manuel Noriega

by John Dinges ...

A "carefully researched" account of the rise and fall of notorious dictator Manuel Noriega—and America's role in both ( The Washington Post).Written by a prize-winning NPR veteran who spent years covering Latin America, this blend of biography, history, and political reporting details the events that lead to the American invasion of Panama."Describes in considerable detail the fascinating and ... Read more

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A "carefully researched" account of the rise and fall of notorious dictator Manuel Noriega—and America's role in both ( The Washington Post).Written by a prize-winning NPR veteran who spent years covering Latin America, this blend of biography, history, and political reporting details the events that lead to the American invasion of Panama."Describes in considerable detail the fascinating and
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Assassination on Embassy Row

by John Dinges, Saul Landau ...

Series Book 7 - Forbidden Bookshelf
Edgar Award Finalist: The gripping account of an assassination on US soil and the violent foreign conspiracy that stretched from Pinochet's Chile to the streets of Washington, DC, with a new introduction by Ariel Dorfman.On September 10, 1976, exiled Chilean leader Orlando Letelier delivered a blistering rebuke of Augusto Pinochet's brutal right-wing regime in a speech at Madison Square Garden. ... Read more

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Edgar Award Finalist: The gripping account of an assassination on US soil and the violent foreign conspiracy that stretched from Pinochet's Chile to the streets of Washington, DC, with a new introduction by Ariel Dorfman.On September 10, 1976, exiled Chilean leader Orlando Letelier delivered a blistering rebuke of Augusto Pinochet's brutal right-wing regime in a speech at Madison Square Garden.
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Chile in Their Hearts

The Untold Story of Two Americans Who Went Missing after the Coup

by John Dinges ...

Set against the romance of revolution and the terror of a military coup, this arresting mystery is also a reckoning with the callousness of U.S. foreign policy.In 1972 two idealistic young Americans, Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi, arrived in Chile to participate in President Salvador Allende's socialist and democratic revolution. A year later they were secretly executed as Chile's military, ... Read more

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Set against the romance of revolution and the terror of a military coup, this arresting mystery is also a reckoning with the callousness of U.S. foreign policy.In 1972 two idealistic young Americans, Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi, arrived in Chile to participate in President Salvador Allende's socialist and democratic revolution. A year later they were secretly executed as Chile's military,
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Art of Living Chinese Proverbs and Wisdom

A Modern Reader of the 'Vegetable Roots Discourse'

by Liangyan Ding, Yingming Hong ...

This book offers a contemporary look at the popular, 400 year-old text Vegetable Roots Discourse.Ming Dynasty scholar and philosopher Hong Yingming wrote many books, but only Vegetable Roots Discourse has survived into the 21st century—remaining a widely studied text in China, Japan and Korea. In it, Yingming offers 360 observations and proverbs about life, human nature, heaven, earth and more. ... Read more

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This book offers a contemporary look at the popular, 400 year-old text Vegetable Roots Discourse.Ming Dynasty scholar and philosopher Hong Yingming wrote many books, but only Vegetable Roots Discourse has survived into the 21st century—remaining a widely studied text in China, Japan and Korea. In it, Yingming offers 360 observations and proverbs about life, human nature, heaven, earth and more.
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Laser Shock Peening

Performance and Process Simulation

by K Ding, L Ye ...

Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Metals and Surface Engineering
Laser shock peening (LSP) is a relatively new surface treatment for metallic materials. LSP is a process to induce compressive residual stresses using shock waves generated by laser pulses. LSP can greatly improve the resistance of a material to crack initiation and propagation brought on by cyclic loading and fatigue. This pioneering book was the first of its kind to consolidate scattered ... Read more

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Laser shock peening (LSP) is a relatively new surface treatment for metallic materials. LSP is a process to induce compressive residual stresses using shock waves generated by laser pulses. LSP can greatly improve the resistance of a material to crack initiation and propagation brought on by cyclic loading and fatigue. This pioneering book was the first of its kind to consolidate scattered
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Flash Marriage: CEO's Contract Wife

Volume 1

by Ding DingDangDang, Lemon Novel ...

Series Book 1 - Volume 1
During the graduation party, Qing Huan had gotten drunk and had somehow managed to push down a man. Then, the god-like man looked at her coldly with a 100,000,000 yuan promissory note in his left hand and a small red book in his right hand, "Choose which one?" Qing Huan trembled in fear. "Choose … The red book. " The man smiled in satisfaction. Three months ago, Qing Huan had married the man with ... Read more

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During the graduation party, Qing Huan had gotten drunk and had somehow managed to push down a man. Then, the god-like man looked at her coldly with a 100,000,000 yuan promissory note in his left hand and a small red book in his right hand, "Choose which one?" Qing Huan trembled in fear. "Choose … The red book. " The man smiled in satisfaction. Three months ago, Qing Huan had married the man with
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Technology and the Rise of Great Powers

How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition

by Jeffrey Ding ...

Series series Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powersWhen scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that center the moment of innovation—the eureka moment that sparks astonishing technological feats. In this book, Jeffrey Ding offers a different explanation of how technological ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

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A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powersWhen scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that center the moment of innovation—the eureka moment that sparks astonishing technological feats. In this book, Jeffrey Ding offers a different explanation of how technological
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An Ultimate Guide to Bouldering: Accessories, Equipment, Shoes, Tips, Gear, Essentials & More

by Brad Dingly ...

Are you looking to get into bouldering/climbing? Would you like to learn how to climb like the pros do? If you answered yes to these questions then this book is for you. Learn how to get started as well as everything you need to know about the sport and how to climb like a pro. Using these climbing techniques and tips will help you get started & climb better than ever before! Introducing the ... Read more

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Are you looking to get into bouldering/climbing? Would you like to learn how to climb like the pros do? If you answered yes to these questions then this book is for you. Learn how to get started as well as everything you need to know about the sport and how to climb like a pro. Using these climbing techniques and tips will help you get started & climb better than ever before! Introducing the
... Read more
Reinforced Concrete: Basic Theory and Standards

by Yining DING, Xiliang NING ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book is intended to establish a bridge between the GB 50010, Fib MC2010, BS 8110 and ACI 318 or EC2. The respective pros and cons of different theories and methods according to various standards are compared or analyzed. Undergraduate and graduate students, foreign exchange students of international classes at Chinese universities who desire to work in China, or who are willing to work abroad ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

This book is intended to establish a bridge between the GB 50010, Fib MC2010, BS 8110 and ACI 318 or EC2. The respective pros and cons of different theories and methods according to various standards are compared or analyzed. Undergraduate and graduate students, foreign exchange students of international classes at Chinese universities who desire to work in China, or who are willing to work abroad
... Read more
Gendering Security and Insecurity

Post/Neocolonial Security Logics and Feminist Interventions

Edited by Navtej K. Purewal, Sophia Dingli ...

Series series ThirdWorlds
Security studies and international relations have conventionally relegated gendered analysis to the margins of academic concern, most commonly through the ‘women in’ or ‘women and’ politics and IR discourse. This comprehensive volume contributes to debates which seek to move feminist scholarship away from the reification of the war/peace and security/economy divides. By foregrounding the empirical ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

Security studies and international relations have conventionally relegated gendered analysis to the margins of academic concern, most commonly through the ‘women in’ or ‘women and’ politics and IR discourse. This comprehensive volume contributes to debates which seek to move feminist scholarship away from the reification of the war/peace and security/economy divides. By foregrounding the empirical
... Read more
Shareholder Activism in China and Beyond

Legal Foundations, Regulatory Frameworks, and Comparative Perspectives

by Yaqi Ding ...

Series series China Perspectives
Combining legal analysis, comparative methodologies, and original empirical research, this book provides a detailed examination of institutional shareholder activism in China and its wider global implications.It traces the evolution of shareholder activism in China, from the emergence of modern institutional investors in the early 2000s, through to the 2023 revision of China’s Company Law. This ... Read more

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Combining legal analysis, comparative methodologies, and original empirical research, this book provides a detailed examination of institutional shareholder activism in China and its wider global implications.It traces the evolution of shareholder activism in China, from the emergence of modern institutional investors in the early 2000s, through to the 2023 revision of China’s Company Law. This
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