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  Wars that Forged Imperial Japan...

  Editors Charles River

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  Completing the Meiji Restoration that heralded the dawn of a new era for both Japan and Asia, the island nation found itself thrust into the modern world, a world of industry and conquest. Flexing its new muscles, the burgeoning power soon came to blows with the regional power that for centuries dominated the area politically and culturally: China. In its first modern war, the modernized Japanese empire went to war against the dominant power in the region, and though interested Western powers favored China, Japan won the day, claiming Korea as their conquest and permanently upsetting the balance of power in the region. The conflict paved the way for the future Empire of Japan and the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. 
  Though both nations modernized, and China far outweighed Japan in terms of men and materiel potential, the island nation handily won its first modern war. The conflict resulted in Japan’s short-term gains in the wake of victory, and the long term disaster for both sides’ new roles in Asia, for with the end of Chinese dominance in East Asia came a new era for the region as a whole, an era whose consequences and horrors would not be fully realized for several more decades. 
  In 1937, the Empire of Japan once more went to war with China, a nation broken into petty warlord fiefdoms and wracked by civil war. The most modern Asian nation enacted a brutal campaign over the fragmented realms that made up China, committing atrocities just as horrendous as their Axis ally in Europe. Despite this, the sheer size of China, coupled with Japan’s overextension, allowed the larger, less developed nation to endure.

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  Learn All About - TENNIS -...

  Owen Jones

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  Welcome to the world of tennis, where skill, strategy, and sheer determination converge on the court. Whether you’re picking up a racquet for the first time, looking to refine your game or just need to impress someone with your knowledge of the game, this book is your comprehensive guide to understanding and excelling at tennis. The transformative power of mastering tennis fundamentals is quite astonishing! 
  This is also the perfect crib-sheet if you know nothing about tennis, but want to be able to discuss a game knowledgeably within a day! 
  In these pages, you’ll discover the essential techniques that define a great player — from mastering different grips and stances to perfecting your footwork and understanding strategic play. We’ll unravel the complexities of tennis equipment, guiding you through choosing the right racquet, understanding tennis balls, and selecting the best footwear for your game. 
  But this book isn’t just about the mechanics of tennis; it’s about fostering a deep appreciation for the sport. You’ll learn how to distinguish between top players and good players, uncovering the nuances that elevate performances on the grandest stages. Whether you aspire to compete or simply enjoy a casual game with friends, the principles and insights shared here will empower you to step onto the court or into a debate with confidence. 
  Get ready to unlock your potential, embrace the challenge, and embark on a journey that celebrates the artistry and athleticism of tennis. Let’s dive into the fundamentals and discover what it takes to succeed in this exhilarating sport.

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  The Original Peer Support...

  Gregorio Lewis

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  The Original Peer Support Recovery & Coping Skills Workbook & Curriculum is a book by someone who believes in recovery with all his heart. That guy's name is Gregorio Lewis. 
  Sometimes, life happens and things change. This author walked his talk straight into the gutter-living a fairly desperate and upsetting, yet transformative life while homeless-until a mere 3 years and two months ago. Now, living a new life. Truly alive and well in the heart of Mexico. He's evidence that if you want to get better, do the work, experience the improvements. 
  This workbook and curriculum is for people like me: the poor, the unwanted, the blamed, the hurt, the labeled, the outcast, and the rejected. This workbook and curriculum is for people like you: the carers, the lovers, the educators, the agents-of change and the healers. Everything you read in this book was learned and earned the hard way. 
  Recovery is some of the hardest work possible. Do it, and keep doing it and maybe, just maybe, your dreams will also come true.

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  Grave Dealings - Body Snatching...

  Tim Dewysockie

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  In the eighteenth century the first American medical school was established in Philadelphia. Following the model of European universities, anatomical lectures were conducted with cadavers. But where did the bodies come from? Dissection was viewed as a fate worse than death, and the only legal source of "stiffs" was executed criminals. But there were not enough. As the medical profession and its need for "anatomical material" grew, a new, macabre practice emerged: body snatching. 
   
   
   
  Body snatchers secretly obtained bodies from cemeteries and sold them to medical schools for dissection. But how did body snatching work? How did body snatchers and medical schools avoid getting caught, and what happened when they did? How did the era of the body snatchers end? Grave Dealings: Body Snatching In Philadelphia, 1762-1883 digs through archives to unearth the forgotten history of a time of graveyard patrols and anatomy riots, when the dead needed protection from the living. Philadelphia pioneered and became the center of American medical education and practice–and body snatching–in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 
   
   
   
  Grave Dealings explores the social, cultural, practical, and legal aspects of body snatching in America's first capital city and relates it to the continuing ethical struggles that surround the treatment of human remains to this day.

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  Internet for the People - The...

  Ben Tarnoff

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  Why is the internet so broken, and what could ever possibly fix it? 
   
   
   
  In Internet for the People, leading tech writer Ben Tarnoff offers an answer. The internet is broken, he argues, because it is owned by private firms and run for profit. Google annihilates your privacy and Facebook amplifies right-wing propaganda because it is profitable to do so. But the internet wasn't always like this. Tarnoff tells the story of the privatization that made the modern internet, and which set in motion the crises that consume it today. 
   
   
   
  The solution to those crises is straightforward: deprivatize the internet. Deprivatization aims at creating an internet where people, and not profit, rule. It calls for shrinking the space of the market and diminishing the power of the profit motive. It calls for abolishing the walled gardens of Google, Facebook, and the other giants that dominate our digital lives and developing publicly and cooperatively owned alternatives that encode real democratic control. To build a better internet, we need to change how it is owned and organized. Otherwise, a small number of executives and investors will continue to make choices on everyone's behalf, and these choices will remain tightly bound by the demands of the market. It's time to demand an internet by, and for, the people now.

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  The Three Colors of Complicity

  Jemar Tisby

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  Compromise has three colors. 
  The American church has a history of creating and maintaining racist ideas and practices. This audio original recording from NYT bestselling author Jemar Tisby is based on the themes introduced in The Color of Compromise but goes a step further, showing how compromise has three distinct colors: green, white, and red. Green represents the greed than accompanies support of racism. It is white, representing the white supremacy that views white people as inherently superior to other skin colors. And it is red, representing the blood that has been spilled--and continues to be shed--to fight against racism. Tisby offers a powerful challenge to avoid complicity with racism by taking a bold stand for racial justice, starting today.

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