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Dialogues with the Dead: The Discussion of Mortality among the Sora of Eastern India (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
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    Dialogues with the Dead: The Discussion of Mortality among the Sora of Eastern India (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
    Piers Vitebsky
    Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 0521384478

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    Piers Vitebsky's study of religion, healing and psychology in tribal India focuses on a unique dialogue between the living and the dead, conducted through a shaman. By exploring memories of emotional attachments, the Sora people negotiate the meaning of particular deaths. Vitebsky analyzes these relationships over a period of years, and develops a typology of moods of the dead. He contrasts Sora procedures with the treatment of bereavement in psychoanalysis, and shows how Sora dialogues with the dead serve to negotiate relationships with other members of the community.
    Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan
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      Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan
      A C Grayling
      Manufacturer: Walker & Company
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Hardcover

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      5. The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West

      ASIN: 0802714714
      Release Date: 2006-03-07

      Book Description

      When Nuremberg was scouted in 1945 as a possible site for the Nazi war crime trials, an American damage survey of Germany described it as being “among the dead cities” of that country, for it was 90% destroyed, its population decimated, its facilities lost. As a place to put Nazis on trial, it symbolized the devastation Nazism brought upon Germany, while providing evidence of the destruction the Allies wrought on the country in the course of the war.

      In Among the Dead Cities, the acclaimed philosopher A. C. Grayling asks the provocative question, how would the Allies have fared if judged by the standards of the Nuremberg Trials? Arguing persuasively that the victor nations have never had to consider the morality of their policies during World War II, he offers a powerful, moral re-examination of the Allied bombing campaigns against civilians in Germany and Japan, in the light of principles enshrined in the post-war conventions on human rights and the laws of war.

      Intended to weaken those countries’ ability and will to make war, the bombings nonetheless destroyed centuries of culture and killed some 800,000 non-combatants, injuring and traumatizing hundreds of thousands more in Hamburg, Dresden, and scores of other German cities, in Tokyo, and finally in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “Was this bombing offensive justified by the necessities of war,” Grayling writes, “or was it a crime against humanity? These questions mark one of the great remaining controversies of the Second World War.” Their resolution is especially relevant in this time of terrorist threat, as governments debate how far to go in the name of security.

      Grayling begins by narrating the Royal Air Force’s and U. S. Army Air Force’s dramatic and dangerous missions over Germany and Japan between 1942 and 1945. Through the eyes of survivors, he describes the terrifying experience on the ground as bombs created inferno and devastation among often-unprepared men, women, and children. He examines the mindset and thought-process of those who planned the campaigns in the heat and pressure of war, and faced with a ruthless enemy. Grayling chronicles the voices that, though in the minority, loudly opposed attacks on civilians, exploring in detail whether the bombings ever achieved their goal of denting the will to wage war. Based on the facts and evidence, he makes a meticulous case for, and one against, civilian bombing, and only then offers his own judgment. Acknowledging that they in no way equated to the death and destruction for which Nazi and Japanese aggression was responsible, he nonetheless concludes that the bombing campaigns were morally indefensible, and more, that accepting responsibility, even six decades later, is both a historical necessity and a moral imperative.

      Rarely is the victor’s history re-examined, and A. C. Grayling does so with deep respect and with a sense of urgency “to get a proper understanding for how peoples and states can and should behave in times of conflict.” Addressing one of today’s key moral issues, Among the Dead Cities is both a dramatic retelling of the World War II saga, and vitally important reading for our time.
      Marvel Knights Spider-Man Vol. 1: Down Among the Dead Men
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        Marvel Knights Spider-Man Vol. 1: Down Among the Dead Men
        Mark Millar , and Terry Dodson
        Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback

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        ASIN: 0785114378

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        The pwerhouse creative team of Mark Millar and Terry Dodson bring you a hyper-realistic, action-packed look at Spider-Man - as you've never seen him before! A mysterious villain has discovered Spider-Man's secret identity... and is using the information to slowly destroy everything and everyone that Peter Parker cares about. But how far will Spider-Man go to protect the people he loves? Is he willing to cross a boundary we thought we'd never see him cross? Featuring Spider-Man's most fearsome foes and avenging allies!
        Good-bye to the Mermaids: A Childhood Lost in Hitler's Berlin
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          Good-bye to the Mermaids: A Childhood Lost in Hitler's Berlin
          Karin Finell
          Manufacturer: University of Missouri Press
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Hardcover

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          ASIN: 0826216900
          Release Date: 2006-10-30
          Blue Moon: Down Among The Dead Men With Manchester City (Mainstream Sport)
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            Blue Moon: Down Among The Dead Men With Manchester City (Mainstream Sport)
            Mark Hodkinson
            Manufacturer: Mainstream Publishing
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            Dry guillotine: Fifteen years among the living dead (A Berkley Medallion book)
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              René Belbenoit
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              Thirty Years Among the Dead
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                Thirty Years Among the Dead
                Carl A. Wickland
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                Down Among the Dead Men
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                Down Among the Dead Men
                Patricia Moyes
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                5 out of 5 stars Really enjoyable.......2003-09-18

                Chief Inspector Henry Tibbett and his wife Emmy are spending a couple of weeks vacationing with some friends on board their yacht Ariadne. This one, unlike some Dead Men Don't Ski and others, really does start about as a vacation, but before long, he's interested in the recent drowning of local sailor Pete Rawnsley. Something about the death just doesn't sound right to Henry. He's also interested in recent jewel robbery in the area. Before long, another murder convinces him that the two are related. Now the question is, can he save Emmy from being the next victim?

                I enjoyed this book a lot. You don't have to be sailor to like it, but if you knew something about boats (I don't) you'd probably enjoy it more. I still really liked it. I like the whole series and I wish that more of Moyes books were still in print.
                Among the Lowest of the Dead
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                  Among the Lowest of the Dead
                  David Von Drehle
                  Manufacturer: Fawcett
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                  ASIN: 0449225232
                  Release Date: 1996-06-01

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                  "[A] GRIPPING PORTRAIT . . . Von Drehle takes us inside the culture of the condemned seeking to live."
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                  From the cavernous halls of justice to the desolate cells on death row, from the brutal crimes of the convicted to the unbearable anguish of the victims, prizewinning journalist David Von Drehle takes us, as never before, into the harrowing world of the ultimate punishment. Here are the lawyers, on both sides, who dedicate their lives to saving or ending the lives of the accused. Here are the judges who pass the sentences and the politicians who pass the buck. And here are the inmates, staring at their walls and looking death in the face.
                  A work of profound insight and stark vision, AMONG THE LOWEST OF THE DEAD sheds a revelatory light on this deepest, darkest realm. Acclaimed as one of the most powerful books ever written about crime and punishment in America, it is certain to shock both you . . . and the system.
                  "BITTERLY HONEST . . . [Von Drehle ] frames the legal issues well and vividly evokes both the tense calm of the courtroom and the cramped, fetid gloom of prison cells."
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                  "SEDULOUSLY RESEARCHED AND BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN . . . Read this book; by all means read this book."
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                  The Resurrected Dead, Now Immortal, Live Among Us: A Manual for Immortality
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                    The Resurrected Dead, Now Immortal, Live Among Us: A Manual for Immortality
                    Jhershierra
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                    ASIN: 159113479X

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                    In Matthew, Jesus commands his disciples to, "Raise the Dead". These resurrected Immortals are living among us. Personal encounters with Immortals, practical steps to immortality and the truth about the greatest "mistake" in human history are revealed in this book.

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