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During World War II, a few, carefully selected women in the US and the UK were briefly given the unprecedented opportunity to fly military aircraft. Yet the story of these pioneer women pilots is made even more intriguing by the fact that, despite many notable similarities in the utilization and organization of the women in their respective countries, they experienced radically different fates.

"In Islam Through Western Eyes, Jonathan Lyons unpacks Western habits of thinking and writing about Islam, conducting a careful analysis of the West's grand totalizing narrative across one thousand years of history. He observes the discourse's corrosive effects on the social sciences, including sociology, politics, philosophy, theology, international relations, security studies, and human rights scholarship. He follows its influence on research, speeches, political strategy, and government policy, preventing the West from responding effectively to its most significant twenty-first-century challenges: the rise of Islamic power, the emergence of religious violence, and the growing tension between established social values and multicultural rights among Muslim immigrant populations.".

Examines the societal impact of obsessions with celebrities and the celebrity lifestyle, covering the influence of star worship on children and other psychological factors involved in focusing on the lives and activities of those who are famous.

Discusses how society tries to achieve perfection through cosmetic surgery and studies what society's definition of normal is.

Examines why people leave different objects at the Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. and discusses how those objects affect Vietnam Veterans who visit the wall.

Combines historical narrative and analysis, first-person accounts, and photographs from official and private collections to tell the story of the liberation of German concentration camps as experienced by American soldiers and other eyewitnesses.

Examines how young Americans are dealing with the issue of race in an age in which the idea of America as a white society is rapidly becoming obsolete.

Explains the social, economic, and military phenemena of the Nazi regime.

A collection of letters and drawings from young people around the world that express their feelings about nature and the environmental problems the world faces.