Step right up! The show's about to begin with this mesmerizing, full color collection of outrageous banners from the heyday of traveling circus sideshows. See the giant ?Alaskan king crab! Marvel at the Bearded Lady! Look, if you dare, at the Dog-Faced Boy! Watch the Woman Changing to Stone! Circus sideshows from the turn of the century through the 1950s boasted unbelievable "freaks of nature," incredible transformations, and death defying acts -- and the brazen banners that drew in the crowds were as colorful and intriguing as the lurid attractions themselves. For ?collectors and nostalgia buffs, as well as the merely curious, Freak Show celebrates this unique American commercial folk art phenomenon with vivid photographs of authentic banners highlighting the genre's most memorable ?examples, the artists who created them, and the unusual people and bizarre creatures they immortalized.

Freak Show: Sideshow Banner Art

Arts & Photography

Bosker, Gideon

Hammer, Carl

Photography & Video

Chronicle Books LLC.

The profound impact of Jean-Jacques Rousseau on Western thought has been frequently examined, yet the extent of Goethe's relationship to Rousseau has never before received thorough study. Carl Hammer Jr. here analyzes Goethe's works, paying particular attention to his mature production, to reveal the profound affinities of thought between these two European giants.Scholars have long recognized the direct influence of Rousseau on Goethe's first novel, Werther, but have believed that Goethe's enthusiasm waned thereafter. Hammer, in contrast, finds the affinity revealed even more strongly in Goethe's later works.

Goethe and Rousseau;: Resonances of the mind

Literature & Fiction

University Press of Kentucky

Well-executed entry ops are vital to the success of intelligence-gathering missions and other secret warfare assignments. This book reveals the most effective ways of busting into desks and files, improvising lock picks, breaking into cars, executing forced and covert entries and more.

Expedient B & E: Tactics and Techniques for Bypassing Alarms and Defeating Locks

Reference

Paladin Pr

This first English translation of the training manual used before and during World War II provides a rare glimpse into the actual operating procedures of the Gestapo, SS and Waffen-SS - procedures until now virtually undocumented. Part I covers police training; Part II describes paramilitary operations in open terrain; Part III details urban police operations during peace and war times.

Gestapo and Ss Manual

Too many people get lulled into a false sense of security by silver-tongued salesmen and install expensive alarm systems but do nothing about their vulnerable doors, windows and locks. Home Security reveals how burglars actually target and break into buildings and offers proven techniques and tactics for thwarting would-be burglars, from neighborhood vandals to the most sophisticated art thieves and government agents. The advice includes dozens of low-tech, low-cost, low-maintenance measures to safeguard your home or office inside and out. An extensive section on alarms shows you the best way to install a secure system that meets your protection needs, as well as how even the most expensive of these systems can be circumvented if you're not careful. The last part of the book details reliable home safes, safe gun storage, vehicle alarms and other special situations, including how you can protect yourself and family members when you are away from home. In the war against burglary, knowledge is your best defense.

Home Security: How To Select Reliable Locks And Alarms For Your Home, Office, Or Car

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Paladin Press

Paladin is pleased to provide you with this exclusive high-level analysis of the rise of the terrorist threat that all citizens now face in their daily lives. Tracing Sunni Islamic extremism - the kind espoused by Usamah bin Ladin – from its origins in Saudi Arabia, former intelligence officer Carl Hammer chronicles how it came to the fore during the Soviet war in Afghanistan and erupted with the 9/11 attacks on the United States. In addition to detailing the political and military situation in Afghanistan and the neighboring countries at the outset of the subsequent War on Terror, Hammer also examines the evolution of Islamic extremism in other key countries and regions (a series of appendices details the situation in countries as diverse as Algeria, Yemen and the Philippines, among others), as well as how the West has attempted to combat it. He concludes with a frank assessment of the potential for eventually eradicating the threat from Islamic extremism and winning the War on Terror.

Tide of Terror: America, Islamic Extremism, and the War on Terror

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Paladin is pleased to provide you with this exclusive high-level analysis of the rise of the terrorist threat that all citizens now face in their daily lives. Tracing Sunni Islamic extremism - the kind espoused by Usamah bin Ladin – from its origins in Saudi Arabia, former intelligence officer Carl Hammer chronicles how it came to the fore during the Soviet war in Afghanistan and erupted with the 9/11 attacks on the United States. In addition to detailing the political and military situation in Afghanistan and the neighboring countries at the outset of the subsequent War on Terror, Hammer also examines the evolution of Islamic extremism in other key countries and regions (a series of appendices details the situation in countries as diverse as Algeria, Yemen and the Philippines, among others), as well as how the West has attempted to combat it. He concludes with a frank assessment of the potential for eventually eradicating the threat from Islamic extremism and winning the War on Terror.

Tide of Terror: America, Extremism, and the War on Terror

Classica et Mediaevalia is an international periodical with articles written by Danish and international scholars. They are mainly published in English, but some essays are also in French and German language text. From a philological point of view, Classica et Mediaevalia deals with classical antiquity in general and topics such as history of law, philosophy, and the medieval ecclesiastic history. Classica et Mediaevalia covers the period from the Greek-Roman antiquity until the Late Middle Ages. The contents of Volume 59 include: The Golden Homer: The Geometry of the Iliad and the Homeric Question * How to Present Line 136a of the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite * Tired of What? A Note on Aristophanes, BIRDS 787 * Socrates' Argumentative Strategy * A Note on Reading Velleius Paterculus * Roman Inscriptions from Ferrara, Mazara and NÃ®mes * Persius' Re-reading of Horace: The Case of Some Proper Names * Bemerkungen zu zwei Epigrammen * 'The Example of the Saints': Reading Eugippius' Account of Saint Severin * Tadpoles! * The Date of Walter of ChÃ¢tillon's Alexandreis Once Again * Greeks and Latins in Medieval Hungary * Kierkegaard and the Euthyphro Dilemma.

Classica Et Mediaevalia: Danish Journal of Philology and History (59)

History

Kragelund, Patrick

Anghelina, Catalin

Lech, Marcel

Ostenfeld, Niels

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Museum Tusculanum

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