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    Irish Modernism, Queer Labor, and Postcolonial History

    With the weakening moral authority of the Catholic Church, the boom ushered in by the Celtic Tiger, and the slow but steady diminishment of the Troubles in the North, Ireland has finally stepped out from the shadows of colonial oppression onto the world stage as a major cosmopolitan country.Taking its title from a veiled reference to Roger Casement-the humanitarian and Irish patriot hanged for ... Read more

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  • VIETNAM WARHORSE: A HUEY PILOT'S MEMOIRS: A HUEY PILOT'S MEMOIRS

    Told by a Two-tour US Army Iroquois (Huey) Pilot During the Vietnam War. A Tribute to the Many Who Flew This Wonderful Warhorse

    Starting with basic, officer, and flight training, this powerful Vietnam War aviation memoir traces the journey of a young Huey pilot thrust into the chaos of combat, the weight of command, and the lifelong search for meaning, duty, and legacy.From the jungles of Vietnam to the quiet moments, decades later, when memory refuses to fade, this deeply personal narrative follows a pilot who flew the ... Read more

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  • Right to the Juke Joint

    A Personal History of American Music

    Series series Music in American Life
    The cowboy songs and dusty Texas car rides of his youth set Patrick B. Mullen on a lifelong journey into the sprawling Arcadia of American music. That music fused so-called civilized elements with native forms to produce everything from Zydeco to Conjunto to jazz to Woody Guthrie. The civilized/native idea, meanwhile, helped develop Mullen's critical perspective, guide his love of music, and steer ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Bible Says What?, The: Dealing with Difficult Scripture Passages

    Narrated by Patrick J. Mullen ...
    Series series Learn25: Religion

    Unabridged

    4 hours 49 min

    You will love this course. Expertly and faithfully taught, this special 12-lecture series promises numerous “Aha!” moments. You will learn, laugh and grow as you enjoy this amazing set of talks in your car or at home.The Scriptures can be the inspired word of God and a puzzle, all at the same time. Even for Christians, questions arise about appropriate roles of women as described in the Bible, for ... Read more

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  • Multilingualism in the Graeco-Roman Worlds

    Edited by Alex Mullen, Patrick James ...
    Through words and images employed both by individuals and by a range of communities across the Graeco-Roman worlds, this book explores the complexity of multilingual representations of identity. Starting with the advent of literacy in the Mediterranean, it encompasses not just the Greek and Roman empires but also the transformation of the Graeco-Roman world under Islam and within the medieval mind ... Read more

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    It was 1968 and Robert Hartley was on his first combat mission in Vietnam as copilot of a helicopter gunship. As he and his platoon leader flew over the A Shau Valley, a Chinook helicopter engulfed in flames suddenly came into view. Hartley noticed tiny black smoking objects exiting the tail ramp of the aircraft. Seconds later, he realized those objects were men escaping the flames and plunging to ... Read more

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  • Paul Simon

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    Acclaimed music writer Robert Hilburn’s “epic” and “definitive” (Rolling Stone) biography of music icon Paul Simon, written with Simon’s full participation—but without his editorial control—that “reminds us how titanic this musician is” (The Washington Post).For more than fifty years, Paul Simon has spoken to us in songs about alienation, doubt, resilience, and empathy in ways that have ... Read more

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    Rattler One-Seven puts you in the helicopter seat to see the war in Vietnam through the eyes of an inexperienced pilot as he transforms himself into a seasoned combat veteran. At the age of twenty Chuck Gross spent his 1970-71 tour with the 71st Assault Helicopter Company flying UH-1 Huey helicopters. He inserted special operations teams into Laos and participated in Lam Son 719 a misbegotten ... Read more

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  • Ten Legendary Blues Songs You Should Know About

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    From the time the first "Diddley Bo" appeared on a wooden barnyard wall, countless great sounding blues songs, acoustic and electric, have been written and recorded by many talented artists.These ten legendary songs, among them "Boom Boom," "Little Red Rooster" and "The Thrill is Gone," from fabled musicians like John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon and B.B.King, provide some of the critical links in the ... Read more

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  • War Paint

    The 1st Infantry Division's LRP/Ranger Company in Fierce Combat in Vietnam

    by Bill Goshen ...
    The men who served with in the 1st Infantry Division with F company, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) later redesignated as Company I, 75th Infantry (Ranger) --engaged in some of the fiercest, bloodiest fighting during the Vietnam War, suffering a greater relative aggregate of casualties that any other LRRP/LRP/ Ranger company. Their base was Lai Khe, within hailing distance of the Vietcong central ... Read more

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  • Low Level Hell

    A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One

    The aeroscouts of the 1st Infantry Division had three words emblazoned on their unit patch: Low Level Hell. It was then and continues today as the perfect concise definition of what these intrepid aviators experienced as they ranged the skies of Vietnam from the Cambodian border to the Iron Triangle. The Outcasts, as they were known, flew low and slow, aerial eyes of the division in search of the ... Read more

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  • Crossroads

    The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson

    by Tom Graves ...
    The result of careful research, this stylish biography of infamous blues musician Robert Johnson reveals the real story behind the mythical talent that made him a musical legend. According to some, Robert Johnson learned guitar by trading his soul away to the Devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi. When he died at age 27 of a mysterious poisoning, many superstitious fans came to believe that ... Read more

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