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Halo Uprising #3
Brian Michael Bendis

Marvel Comics, 2007

The Earth is burning!!! Humans are running for their lives, caught in a war they did not start. How can two star-crossed lovers find their way to happiness when everything and everyone they knew is being destroyed around them?? And will the Master Chief discover the mysterious "key" that could end the war in time to save what is left of humanity? ...
  
  











  



  
Indian Uprising on the Rio Grande: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680
Franklin Folsom

University of New Mexico Press, 1996

The 1680 Pueblo Revolt - from the Indians' perspective
Franklin Folsom wrote a history of the 1680 Pueblo revolt in New Mexico using the same basic sources as many other historians, but chose to integrate much pueblo culture into his history, thus shifting the vantage point to one focused on the indians' story rather than ...
  
  











  



  
Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul
Erwin Raphael McManus

Thomas Nelson, 2006

Transformation and transparency
Erwin McManus is one of the most compelling Christian authors I've read in a long time. He shares his heart and is transparent about his strengths and weaknesses and how God is changing him. He has a vision for the church today, that we assess what it is we are ...
  
  











  



  
The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda
Yaroslav Trofimov

Doubleday, 2007

On not judging a book by its cover
I was prepared to dislike this book, suspecting an "action pack thriller", full of loopy historical inaccuracies, if not outright fantasy - all because of the jarring black and red cover. Instead I found a lean, scholarly, and almost certainly dispassionately accurate ...
  
  











  



  
The Zapatista Reader

Nation Books, 2001

Highly Detailed And Informative
"The Zapatista Reader" is one of the best collections of work pertaining to the Zapatista Indian uprising in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. On January 1, 1994, the Zapatista Army Of National Liberation announced itself to the world when it took over many provinces in ...
  
  











  



  
Mila 18
Leon Uris

Bantam, 1983

Inside the Uprising
Leon Uris takes us to the gritty inside of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Setting the stage with marvelous characters that capture out hearts and minds, he leads us through the gruesome oppression of occupied Poland,then never lets up through the last gasps of the fight ...
  
  











  



  
Uprising
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2007

IN THE FACE OF DISASTER
Written for a teen-aged audience, Uprising by Margaret Haddix is an historically accurate and informative book that adults too will find captivating. Set in 1910-11 New York City it tells the story of three girls from various social strata's who are brought ...
  
  











  



  
The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington
David Sirota

Crown, 2008

Excellent Read
You will learn something new from reading this book. David Sirota provides first hand accounts of populist movements around the US. I learned about the Working Family Party in New York and fusion. I also got a new perspective on Washington driven faux uprisings vs. ...
  
  











  



  
Halo: Uprising
Brian Michael Bendis

Marvel Comics, 2008

Picking up from the conclusion of blockbuster video game Halo 2, this must-read reveals how the Master Chief, while onboard a hostile ship headed towards Earth, is battling against Covenant forces! Interwined with Master Chief's interstellar one-man-war is the saga of a great American city's rebellion and downfall, two disparate lives' collision ...
  
  











  



  
How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion
Daniel H. Wilson

Bloomsbury USA, 2005

Get this now before its to late . . . .
They may already be watching these reviews so I'll make it quick. Its risky enough buying it online for they could easily track you down . . . get this book before you don't have a chance to get it. They'll be here before you know it and then you'll wish you had a ...
  
  











  



  
The Government Manual for New Superheroes
Matthew David Brozik, Jacob Sager Weinstein

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005

EXCELLENT - use it to teach!
I am so psyched that you have added a website ([...])! They should cite it in the book. I am teaching a class called Who wants to be a superhero?! We read The Government Manual for New Superheroes. It is the only text we use. I am a Superman collector and found this ...
  
  











  



  
Over The Earth I Come: The Great Sioux Uprising Of 1862
Duane Schultz

St. Martin's Griffin, 1993

Greek Tragedy in Minnesota, circa 1862
In "Over the Earth I Come," military historian Duane Schultz writes a popular history of the infamous Dakota uprising of 1862. The title of the book comes from a Dakota chant of defiance, a fitting title for a book that describes the efforts of a people to cast off the ...
  
  











  



  
Global Uprising : Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st Century : Stories from a New Generation of Activists
Neva Welton, Linda Wolf

New Society Publishers, 2001

Inspiring
In their epilogue to "Global Uprising," Neva Welton and Linda Wolf point out that in the context of 9/11, "Now, more than ever, we must examine the the consequences or our denial, ignorance and complacency [in dealing with global affairs]. We must strive to better ...
  
  











  



  
Who Built America? Working People and the Nation's Economy, Politics, Culture, and Society, Vol. 1: From ...
Christopher Clark, Nancy Hewitt, ...

Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000

At last, an American history about working Americans: what they thought, what they did, what happened to them. Volume One takes us from conquest and colonization through industrial expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Great Uprising of 1877
  
  











  



  
Halo Uprising #2
Brian Michael Bendis

Marvel Comics, 2007

2nd of 4 comics
Short mini series that introduces 2 new humans on earth to help tie the story of the covenant on earth looking for a key! Lead female rants for almost 4 pages before deciding she wants to marry the guy she just met about 2 hours prior. Contains breif nudity and ...
  
  











  



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