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  • Florida's Coast-to-Coast Trail Guide

    250-Miles of C2C Bicycle Rides and Walks- Titusville to St. Petersburg

    by Nanci Adler ...
    Florida's Coast-to-Coast Trail Guide is a guidebook designed specifically for the 250-mile dedicated bicycle/pedestrian trail that provides an uninterrupted cross-Florida trail from Titusville to St. Petersburg. The trail (over 80% complete and to be completed by 2025) already attracts not only local cyclists and walkers, but also out-of-state cycling enthusiasts. This book provides readers with a ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Gulag Survivor

    Beyond the Soviet System

    by Nanci Adler ...
    Even before its dissolution in 1991, the Soviet Union was engaged in an ambivalent struggle to come to terms with its violent and repressive history. Following the death of Stalin in 1953, entrenched officials attempted to distance themselves from the late dictator without questioning the underlying legitimacy of the Soviet system. At the same time, the Gulag victims to society opened questions ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Keeping Faith with the Party

    Communist Believers Return from the Gulag

    by Nanci Adler ...
    How is it that some prisoners of the Soviet gulag—many of them falsely convicted—emerged from the camps maintaining their loyalty to the party that was responsible for their internment? In camp, they had struggled to survive. Afterward they struggled to reintegrate with society, reunite with their loved ones, and sometimes renew Party ties. Based on oral histories, archives, and unpublished ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Perspectives on the Entangled History of Communism and Nazism

    A Comnaz Analysis

    by Klas-Göran Karlsson, Johan Stenfeldt, Ulf Zander, Nanci Adler, Johan Dietsch, Maria Karlsson, Jörn Rüsen, Anton Weiss-Wendt0, John Paul Himka1 ...
    The collective work deals with the problems of if, how, and why the histories of German Nazism and Soviet Communism should and could be situated within one coherent narrative. As historical phenomena, can Communism and Nazism fruitfully be compared to each other? Do they belong to the same historical contexts? Have they influenced, reacted to or learned from each other? Are they interpreted, ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Understanding the Age of Transitional Justice

    Crimes, Courts, Commissions, and Chronicling

    by Nanci Adler, Vladimir Petrovic, William A. Schabas, Jeremy Sarkin, Stephan Parmentier, Mina Rauschenbach, Maarten van Craen, Richard Ashby Wilson, Thijs B Bouwknegt, Nicole L Immler0, Christian Axboe Nielsen1, Timothy Williams2, Kjell Anderson3 ...
    Series series Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights
    Since the 1980s, an array of legal and non-legal practices—labeled Transitional Justice—has been developed to support post-repressive, post-authoritarian, and post-conflict societies in dealing with their traumatic past. In Understanding the Age of Transitional Justice, the contributors analyze the processes, products, and efficacy of a number of transitional justice mechanisms and look at how ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Narratives of War

    Remembering and Chronicling Battle in Twentieth-Century Europe

    Edited by Nanci Adler, Remco Ensel, Michael Wintle ...
    Series series Memory and Narrative
    Narratives of War considers the way war and battle are remembered and narrated across space and time in Europe in the twentieth century.The book reflects on how narratives are generated and deployed, and on their function as coping mechanisms, means of survival, commemorative gestures, historical records and evidence. The contributions address such issues as the tension and discrepancy between ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • Tapestry of Memory

    Evidence and Testimony in Life-Story Narratives

    Edited by Nanci Adler ...
    Series series Memory and Narrative
    In this volume, contributors present narratives and explore the way they influence the perception of the past. While acknowledging the debate about the validity of qualitative research based on narratives, this volume aims to illuminate how truth and evidence form part of a much wider debate on the representation of history.The volume includes the work of historians but the interdisciplinary ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • The Future of the Soviet Past

    The Politics of History in Putin's Russia

    by Kiril Feferman, Johanna Dahlin, Boris Noordenbos, Stephen M. Norris, Nikolay Koposov, George Soroka, Štěpán Černoušek, Ivan Kurilla, Nikita Petrov, Steven A. Barnes ...
    In post-Soviet Russia, there is a persistent trend to repress, control, or even co-opt national history. By reshaping memory to suit a politically convenient narrative, Russia has fashioned a good future out of a "bad past."While Putin's regime has acquired nearly complete control over interpretations of the past, The Future of the Soviet Past reveals that Russia's inability to fully rewrite its ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Symbolic Interaction

    An Introduction to Social Psychology

    by Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler, Leon Anderson, Herbert Blumer, David G. Bromley, Richard A. Brymer, Steven L. Buban, Spencer Cahill, Charles H. Cooley, Carl Couch0, John Dewey1, Mary Lorenz Dietz2, Andrea Fontana3, George M. Gmelch4, Erving Goffman5, Peter M. Hall6, Bill Hanson7, Michael A. Katovich8, Lewis M. Killian9, David R. Maines0, Jerome Manis1, Joseph Marolla2, Don Martindale3, Bernard N. Meltzer4, Charlene Miall5, Dan E. Miller6, Warren R. Paap7, C Eddie Palmer8, Robert Perinbanayagam9, John W.Petras0, Robert Prus1, Larry T. Reynolds2, Laurel Richardson4, Diana Scully5, William Shaffir6, Tamotsu Shibutani7, Anson D. Shupe Jr8, David A. Snow9, Stephan Spitzer0, John Stratton1, W.I Thomas2, Scott Thumma3, Ruth A. Wallace4, Alison Wolf5 ...
    Series series The Reynolds Series in Sociology
    This reader shows the rich history and wide contemporary application of symbolic interaction theory. ... Read more

    $168.99 CAD

  • The Portland Edge

    Challenges And Successes In Growing Communities

    by Jennifer Dill, Alan Yeakley, Mattew Witt, Steven Reed Johnson, Gerald Sussman, J.R. Estes, Chet Orloff, Carl Abbott, Deborah Howe, Nancy Chapman, Hollie Lund, Sy Adler, John Provo, Karen Gibson, Tracy Prince, Leslie Good, Ethan Seltzer, Heike Mayer ...
    Portland, Oregon, is often cited as one of the most livable cities in the United States and a model for "smart growth." At the same time, critics deride it as a victim of heavy-handed planning and point to its skyrocketing housing costs as a clear sign of good intentions gone awry. Which side is right? Does Portland deserve the accolades it has received, or has hype overshadowed the real story?In ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • My Brother's Keeper

    by Jonathan Burnside, Joanna Adler, Nancy Loucks, Gerry Rose ...
    Ten years ago there were no faith-based units in prisons outside South America. Today, they are spreading all over the world, including the United States, Europe and the Commonwealth. My Brother's Keeper is the first major study of a global phenomenon.Exploring the roots of faith-based units in South America, it explains why the Prison Service of England and Wales set up the first Christian-based ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • Fraction Fun

    by David A. Adler ...
    Illustrated by Nancy Tobin ...
    Would you rather eat 1/4 of a pizza or 1/8 of a pizza? Find 3/4 of a dollar or 1/10 of a dollar? Confused? You don't have to be! Fractions are made easy in this simple and hands-on math concept book. You'll learn what the top and bottom numbers are called, and what they mean. You will also find out how to recognize and compare different fractions. Just follow the clear instructions and you will ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD