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Atomic Comics
Cartoonists Confront the Nuclear World
by Ferenc Morton Szasz
The advent of the Atomic Age challenged purveyors of popular culture to explain to the general public the complex scientific and social issues of atomic power.... more

[Hardcover] - $60.00,
[Paperback] - $39.95
The Basque Language
A Practical Introduction
by Alan R. King
Since its first publication in 1994, Alan R. King’s introduction to the Basque language has become the standard textbook for classroom language students and individuals learning this unique language on their own.... more

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Basques in the Philippines
by Marciano R. de Borja
The Basques played a remarkably influential role in the creation and maintenance of Spain’s colonial establishment in the Philippines.... more

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[Paperback] - $24.95
Conservation Fallout
Nuclear Protest at Diablo Canyon
by John Wills
One of the most controversial atomic projects of the US nuclear industry during the 1960s and 1970s was the construction of a nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon, a relatively unsettled and biologically rich part of the central California coast.... more

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Cries of Crisis
Rethinking the Health Care Debate
by Robert B. Hackey
Since the late 1960s, health care in the United States has been described as a system in crisis. No matter their position, those seeking to improve the system have relied on the rhetoric of crisis to build support for their preferred remedies, to the point where the language and imagery of a health care crisis are now deeply embedded in contemporary politics and popular culture.... more

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The Garden of the World
by Lawrence Coates
California’s Santa Clara Valley was once home to a vigorous wine industry. The Garden of the World is the tale of a pioneer winemaking family headed by Paul Tourneau, a fiercely ambitious vintner determined to make the finest wines in California.... more

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The Gold Rush Letters of E. Allen Grosh and Hosea B. Grosh
Edited by Ronald M. James, Robert E. Stewart
When brothers Ethan and Hosea Grosh left Pennsylvania in 1849, they joined throngs of men from all over the world intent on finding a fortune in the California Gold Rush.... more

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Landing in Las Vegas
Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Tourist City
by Daniel K. Bubb
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Las Vegas was a dusty, isolated desert town. By century’s end, it was the country’s fastest-growing city, a world-class travel destination with a lucrative tourist industry hosting millions of visitors a year.... more