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  Navy Dog - A Dog's Days in the...

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  Having Seaman Jenna as the mascot on the USS Vandegrift was never meant to be a statement or symbolic act, or to put the crew on the radars of four-star admirals. Jenna came aboard unannounced, a Christmas gift that brought instant joy to the crew and transformed a gray ship into a home for 225 sailors. Her addition was not pre-approved by the chain of command—contrary to military protocol. Before long, Jenna became a phenomenon—the only dog on a Navy ship since World War II—despite the best efforts to keep her from the public eye. This orphaned Shiba Inu and the displaced crew shared countless adventures and trials during her five years on board. Jenna dodged being eaten in Korea (a country that still views dogs as edible fare), sidestepped Hawaii's strict quarantine law, avoided threats of being shot in Australia, charmed a Chinese admiral, and nearly initiated an international incident in Pakistan. Jenna became a symbol of the ship and of free will, and created a bond amongst the crew that remains strong decades later . . . long after her death. Neal Kusumoto is proud to say that he was the captain of that fine ship, blessed with a magnificent crew that included one special sea dog. Join Seaman Jenna as a part of the crew on her five-year adventure on the high seas.

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  A Hiker's History of the...

  Mills Kelly

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  Every history of the Appalachian Trail tells the story from the top down, focusing on who proposed the trail, who built it, who maintain it, and on a few of the most famous hikers. A Hiker's History of Appalachian Trail tells the trail's history from the ground up, or more accurately, from the boots up.
  Several million hikers each year set foot on the trail for a few hours, a few days, or perhaps a few weeks. The trail was created for them, yet their role in its history is largely ignored. Working with trail shelter logbooks, hiker accounts submitted to trail clubs, newspaper and magazine stories about the experiences of casual hikers, Mills Kelly reveals what it was like to hike the trail from the late 1920s until the 2020s.
  What did those hikers eat? What kind of gear did they carry? Why did they go hiking in the first place? What was their relationship to the natural world they found along the trail? What was it like to hike as a woman, as a person of color, as someone with a disability? And how did all those things change over the 100 years of the trail's history?

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  The English Constitution

  Walter Bagehot

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  The challenge facing Walter Bagehot while writing the essays that became his study of The English Constitution is that, infamously, there is no "English constitution," at least, not one that has ever been written down. The government of Great Britain and Ireland, in Bagehot's day, is the result of centuries of evolution, and so is the product of custom, precedent, reform, and a great degree of chance. As a "constitutional monarchy," the theory of government that Bagehot describes entails chiefly the role of the monarch, the main legislative assembly—the House of Commons—and its counterpart in the "upper house," the House of Lords which, despite its apparently higher social register, is in reality a subordinate assembly. In these arrangements, the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1867 (the latter being debated while Bagehot was writing his essays) played a major role, and loom large in Bagehot's discussion of the institutions of his day. The second edition of his work, published in 1872, takes a considered view of effects of the second phase of reform. At the time of writing, Bagehot was well settled into his role as Editor of The Economist , then a newspaper under the ownership of his father-in-law. Bagehot's prose remains eminently readable, showing a light touch and sense of humor in explaining sometimes arcane arrangements of government, and often reflecting on its contrast with American practice. His sturdy prose bears comparison with that of his contemporary, the novelist Anthony Trollope . In some ways, The English Constitution could be seen as the theoretical basis for Trollope's political novels , and those novels (especially Phineas Finn , Phineas Redux , and The Prime Minister ) as commentaries on Bagehot's theory. While now dated, Bagehot's essays were widely influential and remain the standard work on British constitutional arrangements. Woodrow Wilson took inspiration from Bagehot in his own thesis, Congressional Government , in which he called Bagehot "the most sagacious of political critics," without peer in "that field of critical exposition in which he was supreme, the philosophical analysis … of the English Constitution."

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  Sookie and Ivy Crochet Cute Dog...

  Jani Oja

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  Sookie and Ivy aren't your average Internet influencers. They're rescue dogs--and millions of people follow their online accounts for the latest pictures of them wearing the crochet dog hats from their self-taught owner, Jani Oja. In Crocheting Original Hats for Dogs, Oja finally reveals the crochet strategies behind all the cuteness! Take a peek behind the online curtains to find out how Oja, a self-taught crocheter, has turned her habit into the adventure of a lifetime! Inside, you'll discover crochet patterns for 16 of Oja's favorite amigurumi-inspired designs, such as the oft-requested Blueberry pattern. Some are completely crochet, while others offer Oja's crafty touches--including faux flowers, greenery, and pom poms. If you want the little fur babies in your life to enjoy the same kinds of crochet dog hats--or simply want to learn to crochet for yourself--this is the perfect book for logging off and bringing this cute habit into your own home.

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  Mumbai - A Million Islands

  Sidharth Bhatia

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  'Takes us to places that don't register in our everyday lives - a critical piece of work for future historians.'- Rahul Mehrotra, architect and professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design 
  'A timely book that brings slum dwellers into the public eye - as luxury apartments rise, millions remain invisible to policymakers.' - Shabana Azmi, actor and housing rights activist 
  'Reads like a tender love letter to a disappearing city - an important contribution to understanding our planet's complex urban future.' - James Crabtree, author of The Billionaire Raj, former Mumbai bureau chief, Financial Times 
   
  Since the East India Company merged seven islands into Bombay (now Mumbai), change has been constant-but now it is used as a weapon for displacement, disguised as development. Slums are erased overnight to make way for luxury towers priced in tens of crores. The working class is pushed to the margins-literally-and into distant housing projects with no infrastructure, transport or sanitation. Entire communities are uprooted while a new Mumbai is built for the privileged few, behind closed gates, inside glass walls. 
  Sidharth Bhatia's Mumbai: A Million Islands is a piercing look at a city in the throes of relentless transformation. What is vanishing is not just space, but memory, history and the very fabric of a living city. Mumbai's famed spirit of survival is being tested like never before. Where the original seven islands had symbolized a synergy, today they're multiplying as fractures-social, spatial and economic-splitting the city into a million islands, each more isolated than the other.

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  Journey Through the Forest:...

  Garrett L. Wrenxton

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  Journey Through the Forest: Uncover America's Appalachian Gems 
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