Cranston Public Library

This is the story of President Jimmy Carter's post-presidency, the most admired and productive in the nation's history. Through The Carter Center, which he and Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982, he has fought neglected diseases, waged peace in war zones, and built hope among some of the most forgotten and needy people in the world. Serving in more than seventy nations, Carter has led peacekeeping efforts for Ethiopia, North Korea, Haiti, Bosnia and...

An iconic figure in the history of rock and pop culture (inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), Neil Young has written his eagerly awaited memoir.

Over two thousand years ago, Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War. In today's struggle to stop war, terrorism, and other global problems, West Point graduate Paul K. Chappell offers new and practical solutions in his pioneering book, The Art of Waging Peace. By sharing his own personal struggles with childhood trauma, racism, and berserker rage, Chappell explores the anatomy of war and peace, giving strategies, tactics, and leadership principles to resolve...

An account of America's growing dependence on its military to manage world affairs describes the cultural clashes experienced by the nation's generals, soldiers, and Green Berets in eighteen different countries.

"The adventures of the newly resurrected Jean Grey and her handpicked "Red Squad" continue! One of the X-Men's greatest foes has come calling on Namor's undersea kingdom of Atlantis, and they're determined to bring about its end! But Namor's teammates aren't going to let that happen without a fight... Now, Jean Grey and the Red team find themselves out of their element and under the sea, as they must fi gure out a way to repel a devastating attack...

"The conflicts between Israel and its Arab neighbors have lasted for more than half a century. How can they be ended? In Waging Peace, the noted scholar-diplomat Itamar Rabinovich goes beyond the old formulas to suggest new ways of understanding how to achieve normalized relations between Jews and Arabs."--Jacket.