Jerusalem: A Will to Survive

John Phillips

Hart-Davis

A journalist offers a frontline report on the recent ethnic-based warfare in Macedonia that once threatened to engulf the Balkans—and may still do so in the future The disintegration of Yugoslavia in the 1990s shattered the Balkans, unleashing the horror of extreme nationalism. Macedonia seemed to have been spared the bloodletting. In reality, it was only postponed. The newly independent Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia remains a powder-keg waiting to explode.
Journalist John Phillips describes the bloody rebellion initiated by Albanian guerrillas demanding rights equal to those of the dominant Slavs in Macedonia, a conflict that killed and wounded hundreds of people and set off fears that the crisis would draw in surrounding Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria, and Greece. International intervention brought an uneasy halt to the bloodshed in the summer of 2001, but hardline Macedonian nationalists—including some under investigation by the international war crimes tribunal—have hindered full implementation of the peace agreement and may renew their campaign.
John Phillips has covered both the fighting on the front lines and the behind-the-scenes diplomatic intrigue in Macedonia. Now, presenting the events, politics, and personalities, he shows how the instability in Macedonia threatens any hope of a lasting peace in the Balkans.

Macedonia: Warlords and Rebels in the Balkans

History

Ancient Civilizations

Yale University Press

How Algeria became a breeding ground for instability, violence, and Islamic terrorism After liberating itself from French colonial rule in one of the twentieth century’s most brutal wars of independence, Algeria became a standard-bearer for the non-aligned movement. By the 1990s, however, its revolutionary political model had collapsed, degenerating into a savage conflict between the military and Islamist guerillas that killed some 200,000 citizens. In this lucid and gripping account, Martin Evans and John Phillips explore Algeria’s recent and very bloody history, demonstrating how the high hopes of independence turned into anger as young Algerians grew increasingly alienated. Unemployed, frustrated by the corrupt military regime, and excluded by the West, the post-independence generation needed new heroes, and some found them in Osama bin Laden and the rising Islamist movement. Evans and Phillips trace the complex roots of this alienation, arguing that Algeria’s predicament—political instability, pressing economic and social problems, bad governance, a disenfranchised youth—is emblematic of an arc of insecurity stretching from Morocco to Indonesia. Looking back at the pre-colonial and colonial periods, they place Algeria’s complex present into historical context, demonstrating how successive governments have manipulated the past for their own ends. The result is a fractured society with a complicated and bitter relationship with the Western powers—and an increasing tendency to export terrorism to France, America, and beyond.

Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed

Martin Evans

Africa

John Phillips, founder and songwriter of the group The Mamas and the Papas, recounts his life and career from childhood to stardom to drug busts, in this startling and reflective look at the turbulent, dope-crazed decade of the sixties and beyond

Papa John: An Autobiography (of the Mamas and the Papas): A Music Legend's Shattering Journey Though Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll

Arts & Photography

Music

DOUBLEDAY

A Will to Survive

Dial Press/James Wade

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The other woman: A life of Violet Trefusis, including previously unpublished correspondence with Vita Sackville-West

Philippe Jullian

Houghton/Mifflin

The Modern Contract of Guarantee, currently in its 3rd Australian edition, is regarded in Australia and New Zealand as the leading text on the subject of commercial credit and security. This English edition of a classic text has been re-written to emphasise English law, and focuses on the liability of a surety to pay a commercial debt if the principal borrower does not. Guarantees are often a vital security in financial and commercial transactions. This work will be essential to both those involved in drafting commercial contracts and those involved in litigation. Its coverage includes: * Analysis of the factors affecting the validity of the guarantee such as duress and undue influence and the liability of the lender for the acts of the principal borrower * Construction of guarantees and the meaning of clauses commonly inserted in guarantees * Special principles applicable to guarantees being discharged, and how the lender can guard against that eventuality * Difficulties in enforcing guarantees * Rights of guarantors, including rights of set off, indemnity and contribution

The Modern Contract of Guarantee

James O'Donovan

SWEET MAXWELL

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Dear parrot: Pertaining to the care, nurture & befriending of man's oldest pet

Clarkson. N. Potter

Exploring Romans

MOODY PRESS *

Exploring Hebrews

"John Phillips writes with enthusiasm and clarity, . . . cutting through the confusion and heretical dangers associated with Bible interpretation." —Moody magazine

Religion & Spirituality

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