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The Puppeteer

The Tragedy of the Fifteen Days

By: A. L. Provost

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The Puppeteer

The Tragedy of the Fifteen Days

By: A. L. Provost

In wartime 1943 small towns along the North Carolina Coastal Plain were invaded by many thousands of Marines from Camp Lejeune and soldiers from Ft. Bragg. Cheap motels, cheaper booze, easy sex and young men with uncertain futures disrupted the life of rural Lenoir County. However, civilians and soldiers got along. That is, until a soldier hired a Marine to murder the soldiers beautiful wife, and in a tragic case of mistaken identity the Marine murdered his co-conspirators teenage daughter. Then the situation changed. Set against the backdrop of the wartime small-town South, The Puppeteer is a classic tale of murder for hire, mistaken identity, cunning betrayal and exacting revenge, during a period that came to be known as The Fifteen Days in the Summer of 1943.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1465331107

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9781465331106

Medicine Bags and Dog Tags

American Indian Veterans from Colonial Times to the Second Iraq War

By: Al Carroll

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Medicine Bags and Dog Tags

American Indian Veterans from Colonial Times to the Second Iraq War

By: Al Carroll

As far back as colonial times, Native individuals and communities have fought alongside European and American soldiers against common enemies. Medicine Bags and Dog Tags is the story of these Native men and women whose military service has defended ancient homelands, perpetuated longstanding warrior traditions, and promoted tribal survival and sovereignty.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803216297

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Blessed Are the Merciful

By: Al Lacy,Joanna Lacy

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Blessed Are the Merciful

By: Al Lacy,Joanna Lacy

In 1878 Adam Burke leaves Philadelphia for North Platte, Nebraska. The young lawyer wants to start a new life after being spurned by his fiancee. Adam also has another reason to leave -- he accidentally ran over and killed a woman named Nancy Mason in a thunderstorm. In North Platte he finds success in more ways than one when Rachel Mason answers his ad for a mail order bride. Adam considers the last name an odd coincidence -- but only after their marriage and after they both come to the Lord do they discover the awful truth: Adam killed Rachel's mother. Thanks to a pastor's intervention, Rachel overcomes her shock and bitterness to forgive Adam, just as God forgives us all.

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Multnomah

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0307814408

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RV Capital of the World

A Fun-filled Indiana History

By: Al Hesselbart

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RV Capital of the World

A Fun-filled Indiana History

By: Al Hesselbart

Time spent with the family in a Coachmen Leprechaun or a Holiday Rambler is unforgettable. Indiana retains a unique place in the RV industry going back to the 1930s, when pioneering individuals like Milo Miller, Harold Platt and Wilbur Schult created the original RV businesses in the Elkhart-South Bend area, making campers for sale. By the end of World War II, the national media was identifying Elkhart as the "Trailer Capital of the World." That status has been reinforced ever since, and the industry is still thriving in Indiana with the successes of Thor Industries and Forest River. Join author and RV expert Al Hesselbart as he chronicles how the Hoosier State became the RV Capital of the World.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625858051

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New Paris York

A Novel

By: Al Stotts

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New Paris York

A Novel

By: Al Stotts

New Paris York is a love story that explores the histories, cultures, politics, art and architecture of its three geographic locations: Paris, New York and New Mexico. The story begins before the Covid pandemic and continues into the spread of the virus around the world. There’s sexual and romantic intrigue as well. Before meeting Taos Pueblo artist Betty Lujan in New York, history professor Kiloran Hamill has a complicated relationship with a fashion journalist who lives in his East Village building. And Betty is pursued in Paris by a wealthy French high-tech executive who is obsessed with art and with her. As French author Anatole France observed, a tale without romance is like beef without mustard -- an insipid dish.

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iUniverse

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1663241007

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Battles of Destiny 2-in-1 Vol. 4

By: Al Lacy

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Battles of Destiny 2-in-1 Vol. 4

By: Al Lacy

Dramatic Tales of Love and Civil War The Battles of Destiny series is now available in four attractive two-in-one volumes! Bestselling author Al Lacy packs each dramatic novel in the popular historical fiction series with heartwarming romance and solid moral values. Set during the Civil War, these are the tales of families, soldiers, nurses, and spies as they contend with the deadly threats posed by war and the eternal hope that springs from love. Fast-moving and historically accurate, these stories appeal to men and women who enjoy a trip back in time. Now longtime and new Lacy fans can purchase the entire Battles of Destiny classics and enjoy hours of endless reading pleasure. The Civil War Wings of the Wind Battle of Antietam Early in his life, tragedy and hardship caused young Hunter McGuire to lose everyone he loved: his parents, his little sister, his best friend. Years later, Dr. Hunter McGuire grieves once again after being separated from the young nursing student who has stolen his heart. This time, however, a tender reunion takes place after Jodie returns unexpectedly and helps Hunter tend the wounded at the battle of Antietam. Yet their struggles have just begun, for their life together is threatened by more than they realize. And only One can save their love: the God who walks on the wings of the wind. Turn of Glory Battle of Chancellorsville Confederate Major Rance Dayton is wounded on the battlefield and fears he will die until four friends risk their lives to save him. The courageous four are honored and live as heroes until, in the confusion and darkness of a nighttime battle, an unthinkable tragic accident changes their lives forever. The four, so recently renowned as heroes, are now despised and hounded as miscreants, and soon they desert the army and head west to live as outlaws. It is there that Rance, a newly commissioned U.S. Marshal, meets the four again, this time in very different circumstances but with the knowledge that he owes them his life. Story Behind the Book “While studying American history in high school, I was struck with a strange fascination for the Civil War. That fascination grew stronger when I studied it again in college, and I’ve visited many of the sites where the battles took place. When I visited the Appomattox Court House in Virginia , where General Robert E. Lee signed the documents of surrender before General Ulysses S. Grant, I was struck with the thought of creating a series of novels based upon specific battles in the Civil War. I wanted to mold fictional characters with real ones and fill the stories with romance, suspense, intrigue, and the excitement of battle. That’s how the Battles of Destiny series came to be.” –Al Lacy

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030756861X

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1960

When Art and Literature Confronted the Memory of World War II and Remade the Modern

By: Al Filreis

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1960

When Art and Literature Confronted the Memory of World War II and Remade the Modern

By: Al Filreis

In 1960, when World War II might seem to have been receding into history, a number of artists and writers instead turned back to it. They chose to confront the unprecedented horror and mass killing of the war, searching for new creative and political possibilities after the conservatism of the 1950s in the long shadow of genocide. Al Filreis recasts 1960 as a turning point to offer a groundbreaking account of postwar culture. He examines an eclectic group of artistic, literary, and intellectual figures who strove to create a new language to reckon with the trauma of World War II and to imagine a new world. Filreis reflects on the belatedness of this response to the war and the Holocaust and shows how key works linked the legacies of fascism and antisemitism with American racism. In grappling with the memory of the war, he demonstrates, artists reclaimed the radical elements of modernism and brought forth original ideas about testimony to traumatic history. 1960 interweaves the lives and works of figures across high and popular culture—including Chinua Achebe, Hannah Arendt, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Paul Celan, John Coltrane, Frantz Fanon, Roberto Rossellini, Muriel Rukeyser, Rod Serling, and Louis Zukofsky—and considers art forms spanning poetry, fiction, memoir, film, painting, sculpture, teleplays, musical theater, and jazz. A deeply interdisciplinary cultural, literary, and intellectual history, this book also offers fresh perspective on the beginning of the 1960s.

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Columbia University Press

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023155429X

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9780231554299

Birds of Ontario: Habitat Requirements, Limiting Factors, and Status

Volume 2–Nonpasserines: Shorebirds through Woodpeckers

By: Al Sandilands

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Birds of Ontario: Habitat Requirements, Limiting Factors, and Status

Volume 2–Nonpasserines: Shorebirds through Woodpeckers

By: Al Sandilands

The volumes in the Birds of Ontario series summarize life history requirements of bird species that are normally part of the ecology of Ontario. This is the second volume in the series and completes the treatment of the nonpasserine bird species occurring in Ontario on a regular basis. Information on habitat, limiting factors, and status is summarized for 83 species in this volume. These topics are covered for the three primary avian seasons: breeding, migration, and winter. Habitat, nest sites, territoriality, site fidelity, annual reproductive effort, habitat loss and degradation, environmental contaminants, and a variety of other topics are covered in the species accounts. Maps depicting breeding and wintering range are presented for most species along with drawings by Ross James. Birds of Ontario is an essential reference source for wildlife biologists, environmental consultants, and planners preparing or reviewing environmental impact statements and environmental assessments. Serious birders will find the volumes of interest as well. Although the books focus on Ontario birds, the information is highly relevant to adjacent provinces and states.

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UBC Press

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0774843748

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A Review of Statistical Methods for Medical and Allied Health Professionals

By: Antoine Al-Achi

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A Review of Statistical Methods for Medical and Allied Health Professionals

By: Antoine Al-Achi

Statistics is a subject that benefits many other disciplines in its application and has contributed tremendously to the advancement of medicine. In recognition of the central role of statistics in the health fields, certification agencies have incorporated this science into their requirements for knowledge acquisition by their members. This recognition is also reflected in the board exams, particularly those taken for clinical board specialty certification tests. This book reinforces statistical principles for those who have taken a course in the subject during their years of education. It provides many examples and exercises to allow the reader to review the material discussed. Its concise presentation and the repetition of ideas throughout the text help solidify the reader’s learning and retention of knowledge of the various topics presented.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527588599

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9781527588592

The EC Archives: Impact

By: Al Feldstein,Bill Gaines

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The EC Archives: Impact

By: Al Feldstein,Bill Gaines

Collects the complete EC Comics series Impact in digitally remastered color"--

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Dark Horse Comics

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1506711928

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Social Workers' Desk Reference

By: Lisa Rapp-McCall,Al Roberts,Kevin Corcoran

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Social Workers' Desk Reference

By: Lisa Rapp-McCall,Al Roberts,Kevin Corcoran

What makes the profession of social work distinctive and exciting? How do social workers differ from sociologists, psychologists, and other counselors, advocates, and helping professionals? Which degrees, licenses, and credentials can social workers obtain? And in what kinds of work, or fields of practice, can social workers specialize? All these questions are worth considering when one feels led to become a professional social worker"--

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Oxford University Press

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0190095547

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Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia

Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas

By: Sumanto Al Qurtuby

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Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia

Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas

By: Sumanto Al Qurtuby

Maluku in eastern Indonesia is the home to Muslims, Protestants, and Catholics who had for the most part been living peaceably since the sixteenth century. In 1999, brutal conflicts broke out between local Christians and Muslims, and escalated into large-scale communal violence once the Laskar Jihad, a Java-based armed jihadist Islamic paramilitary group, sent several thousand fighters to Maluku. As a result of this escalated violence, the previously stable Maluku became the site of devastating interreligious wars. This book focuses on the interreligious violence and conciliation in this region. It examines factors underlying the interreligious violence as well as those shaping post-conflict peace and citizenship in Maluku. The author shows that religion—both Islam and Christianity—was indeed central and played an ambiguous role in the conflict settings of Maluku, whether in preserving and aggravating the Christian-Muslim conflict or supporting or improving peace and reconciliation. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and interviews as well as historical and comparative research on religious identities, this book is of interest to Indonesia specialists, as well as academics with an interest in anthropology, religious conflict, peace and conflict studies.

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Routledge

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1317333284

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And Then Came Dance

The Women who Led Volynsky to Ballet's Magic Kingdom

By: A. L. Volynskiĭ,Stanley J. Rabinowitz

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And Then Came Dance

The Women who Led Volynsky to Ballet's Magic Kingdom

By: A. L. Volynskiĭ,Stanley J. Rabinowitz

Presenting for the first time Akim Volynsky's (1861-1926) pre-balletic writings on Leonardo da Vinci, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Otto Weininger, and on such illustrious personalities as Zinaida Gippius, Ida Rubinstein, and Lou Andreas-Salome, And Then Came Dance provides new insight into the origins of Volynsky's life-altering journey to become Russia's foremost ballet critic. A man for whom the realm of art was largely female in form and whose all-encompassing image of woman constituted the crux of his aesthetic contemplation that crossed over into the personal and libidinal, Volynsky looks ahead to another Petersburg-bred high priest of classical dance, George Balanchine. With an undeniable proclivity toward ballet's female component, Volynsky's dance writings, illuminated by examples of his earlier gendered criticism, invite speculation on how truly ground-breaking and forward-looking this critic is.

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019094336X

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Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah

The Transformation of Kuwait

By: Souad M. Al-Sabah

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Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah

The Transformation of Kuwait

By: Souad M. Al-Sabah

Sheikh Mubarak was the founder of the modern state of Kuwait. But the man who actually led Kuwait to modernity was his son Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah, one of the most significant figures of Kuwait from the 1940s to Kuwaiti independence in 1961. Largely responsible for the creation of the Kuwaiti defence forces, Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah made a point of prioritising what he saw to be Kuwait's national interests in the face of British, American and Iranian pressures during a crucial period of change. He developed carefully crafted, cautious relations with foreign oil companies and secured Kuwait's economic standing through his driven and single-minded policies. The author here presents this part-biography, part-history of modern Kuwait, with fresh new research and insights. From America's drive to build stronger connections in the region in the 1950s, when both the Cold War and Arab nationalisms were in full play, to sensitive diplomatic issues such as water, border disputes and difficult interactions with Iraq, especially following the 1958 revolution of Abd al-Karim Qasim, the author examines Kuwait's relations with its neighbours and the West, and the role played by this pivotal figure in the country's history and development. This book makes a significant contribution to understanding the complex politics of modern Kuwait and the recent history of the Gulf States.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857738526

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Arabic Poetry

Trajectories of Modernity and Tradition

By: Muhsin J. al-Musawi

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Arabic Poetry

Trajectories of Modernity and Tradition

By: Muhsin J. al-Musawi

Since the late 1940s, Arabic poetry has spoken for an Arab conscience, as much as it has debated positions and ideologies, nationally and worldwide. This book tackles issues of modernity and tradition in Arabic poetry as manifested in poetic texts and criticism by poets as participants in transformation and change. It studies the poetic in its complexity, relating to issues of selfhood, individuality, community, religion, ideology, nation, class and gender. Al-Musawi also explores in context issues that have been cursorily noticed or neglected, like Shi’i poetics, Sufism, women’s poetry, and expressions of exilic consciousness. Arabic Poetry employs current literary theory and provides comprehensive coverage of modern and post-modern poetry from the 1950s onwards, making it essential reading for those with interests in Arabic culture and literature and Middle East studies.

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Routledge

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1135989257

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Delusions of Grandeur

By: A L Masters

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Delusions of Grandeur

By: A L Masters

Spence Hargreaves has been luxuriating in a local blues festival, held in wintry Malmesbury. It is not quite his god, Eric, but it was pretty good. But then his world is turned upside down as he and his Superintendent receive a bizarre communication. Follow Spence Hargreaves and his team as they are hurled into their latest investigation. ‘Spence’ finds himself drawn into the deluded world of a serial-killer, and this time things get very personal. Will Spence and his team be able to unravel the sick world into which they have been thrust? As things deteriorate, it seems that only disaster looms as a media frenzy threatens to jeapordise the investigation while the killer teases and plays with Spence’s mind. “Delusions of Grandeur” is the second of the “Spence Hargreaves” stories, following on from “Malicious Obsession”. You’ll be wanting more…

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A L Masters

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0648651681

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What Do a Christian Be?

From Belief to Behavior

By: Al Fasol,Malinda S. Fasol

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What Do a Christian Be?

From Belief to Behavior

By: Al Fasol,Malinda S. Fasol

Christian doctrine and Christian belief are like breathing in and breathing out. Each is a separate function and each is dependent on the other. In What Do A Christian Be? the two main characters, Scott and Lori, work through how to become a Christian, and then how to face various issues in the Chrisitan life. Scott and Lori confront dysfunctional family life, sexual temptations, false prophets, race relations, social elitism, and other contemporary problems. How Scott and Lori work through those problems helps us to know how to move from Christian belief into Christian behavior.

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1438915284

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9781438915289

The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf

By: Muhammad Al-Qasimi

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The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf

By: Muhammad Al-Qasimi

The British became the dominant power in the Arab Gulf in the late eighteenth century. The conventional view has justified British imperial expansion in the Gulf region because of the need to supress Arab piracy. This book, first published in 1988, challenges the myth of piracy and argues that its threat was created by the East India Company for commercial reasons. The Company was determined to increase its share of Gulf trade with India at the expense of the native Arab traders, especially the Qawasim of the lower Gulf. However, the Company did not possess the necessary warships and needed to persuade the British Government to commit the Royal Navy to achieve this dominance. Accordingly the East India Company orchestrated a campaign to misrepresent the Qawasim as pirates who threatened all maritime activity in the northern Indian Ocean and adjacent waters. Any misfortune that happened to any ship in the area was attributed to the ‘Joasmee pirates’. This campaign was to lead eventually to the storming of Ras al-Khaimah and the destruction of the Qawasim. Based on extensive use of the Bombay Archives, previously unused by researchers, this book provides a thorough reinterpretation of a vital period in Gulf history. It also illuminates the style and method of the East India Company at a critical period in the expansion of the British Empire.

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Routledge

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1000156370

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9781000156379

Jonathan of Scots

By: Al Allaway

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Jonathan of Scots

By: Al Allaway

Political intrigue sets off a string of adventures in 17th-Century Scotland. An evil duke burns young Jonathan's family home and usurps his lands, then falsifies charges against him for murder and arson. Jon's loyalty is closely associated with the Stuart kings of England, whose religious belief is being challenged by Oliver Cromwell during the Second English Civil War. Jon sets out on a quest over land and sea to find a priceless heirloom, held by one of his four uncles, one of whom wants to murder Jon because whoever owns the gem has power to assist the Stuarts regain the throne. In this fast moving novel, numerous enemies stalk Jon and his companions, at one time confining them to a deep dungeon with no chance to survive. Two tender love stories evolve while Jon searches through colorful historical locations, including a sea voyage and conflict with pirates.

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Lulu.com

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1312064846

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Arabic Literature for the Classroom

Teaching Methods, Theories, Themes and Texts

By: Mushin al-Musawi

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Arabic Literature for the Classroom

Teaching Methods, Theories, Themes and Texts

By: Mushin al-Musawi

This book presents theoretical and methodical cultural concerns in teaching literatures from non-American cultures along with issues of cross-cultural communication, cultural competency and translation. Covering topics such as the 1001 Nights, Maqamat, Arabic poetry, women’s writing, classical poetics, issues of gender, race, and class, North African concerns, language acquisition through literature, Arab-spring writing, women’s correspondence, issues connected with the so called nahdah (revival) movement in the 19th century and many others, the book provides perspectives and topics that serve in both the planning of new courses and accommodation to already existing programs.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315451646

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9781315451640

Called Out But Safe

A Baseball Umpire's Journey

By: Al Clark,Dan Schlossberg

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Called Out But Safe

A Baseball Umpire's Journey

By: Al Clark,Dan Schlossberg

If an umpire could steal the show in a Major League game, Al Clark might well have been the one to do it. Tough but fair, in his thirty years as a professional umpire he took on some of baseball’s great umpire baiters, such as Earl Weaver, Billy Martin, and Dick Williams, while ejecting any number of the game’s elite—once tearing a hamstring in the process. He was the first Jewish umpire in American League history, and probably the first to eject his own father from the officials’ dressing room. But whatever Clark was doing—officiating at Nolan Ryan’s three hundredth win, Cal Ripken’s record breaker, or the “earthquake” World Series of 1989, or braving a labor dispute, an anti-Semitic tirade by a Cy Young Award winner, or a legal imbroglio—it makes for a good story. Called Out but Safe is Clark’s outspoken and often hilarious account of his life in baseball from umpire school through the highlights to the inglorious end of his stellar career. Not just a source of baseball history and lore, Clark’s book also affords a rare look at what life is like for someone who works for the Major Leagues’ other team.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803246889

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9780803246881

The Arabian Nights in Contemporary World Cultures

By: Muhsin J. al-Musawi

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The Arabian Nights in Contemporary World Cultures

By: Muhsin J. al-Musawi

A rich and nuanced study of the Arabian Nights in world cultures, analysing the celebration, appropriation, and translation of the stories over time.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108474853

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9781108474856

Statistical Analysis for Civil Engineers

Mathematical Theory and Applied Experiment Design

By: Hussam K. Risan,Adel A. Al‐Azzawi,Faiq M.S. Al-Zwainy

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Statistical Analysis for Civil Engineers

Mathematical Theory and Applied Experiment Design

By: Hussam K. Risan,Adel A. Al‐Azzawi,Faiq M.S. Al-Zwainy

Statistical Analysis for Civil Engineers: Mathematical Theory and Applied Experiment Design is a well-researched and topically organized reference book that guides its readers, both in academia and industry, to recognize how to describe unpredictable events in a quantitative way and to learn how these events can be incorporated into practical engineering analysis that facilitates data-driven problem solving and optimization-based decision-making.Written by experts in the field with a proven track record as educators and practicing consultancy specialists, this book has been developed in such a manner that it advances understanding of the mathematical theory underlying analytical methodology gradually. It also supports practical application through relevant worked examples in a variety of civil engineering branches, notably structural, materials, transportation, and geotechnical engineering. Through all stages of data analysis, numerical modeling and simulation, and implementation, the volume emphasizes the need to change the current perception with respect to the use of modern statistical techniques in the scientific as well as practical spheres of civil engineering. - Describes and applies numerical modeling for various civil engineering disciplines - Uses MINITAB as a programming language to help readers analyze the results of the worked examples included - Features exercises at the end of each chapter to evaluate acquired knowledge

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0443273634

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9780443273636

Viper

By: Al E. Gateson

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Viper

By: Al E. Gateson

BOOK DESCRIPTION On 9/11/2001 America declared itself at war with International terrorism. As of this date, this war continues with no end in sight. The controversial war in Iraq rages on to this day not a war with organized opposing armies but one of the might of the united States military and its coalition partners against an undisciplined, motivated army of insurgents waging a guerrilla war. These insurgents and the foreign fighters that make up their number have only one objective in mind and that is to kill the occupying forces and innocent Iraqis in a vicious, sectarian struggle and they don’t mind dying to accomplish this task. This book, for the most part, is concerned with the other facet of the war and that is the one against Al Queda and its evil masters who plan world domination in a world wide caliphate with its capital in Baghdad. It is the intelligence networks with their field operatives who oppose the terrorists in every Western democratic country who hunt their enemy down based on information gleaned from many sources. Among the many dedicated agents from the United States, Britain, France and Germany there is a special international force which has been named VIPER and is funded and manned by all of the above nations. In the story, the headquarters for this unit is in Miami, Florida. Viper goes much further in combating terrorism. It takes the war to the enemy and most of the time, negates the necessity of bringing these enemies of mankind to trial by eliminating them where they find them. Some of their people are in deep cover, working covertly with the terrorists until the opportunity comes to subdue them, others are waiting for an assignment and still others are scanning computer screens gleaning intelligence to be passed on for interpretation. The Viper unit has its successes and it inevitably has its failures but the terrorists have learned that they have a special opponent out there and are starting to look over their shoulders as they prepare to execute their evil deeds.

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1462815731

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9781462815739

The EC Archives: Crime Patrol Volume 1

By: Gardner Fox,Al Feldstein

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The EC Archives: Crime Patrol Volume 1

By: Gardner Fox,Al Feldstein

The infamous EC Comics pre-trend crime classic is beautifully reprinted in full color and collected into a deluxe hardcover edition. Presenting tales of horrific crimes, grisly murders, and bizarre homicide cases featuring the titanic artistic talents of Johnny Craig, Sheldon Moldoff, H. C. Keifer, Ed Walden, Ann Brewster, and Stan Ashe. EC's "Pre-Trend" titles were published by M.C. Gaines, and then William Gaines after his father's death in 1947. Collects Crime Patrol issues #7–#11.

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Portugal's Guerrilla Wars in Africa

Lisbon's Three Wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea 1961-74

By: Al Venter

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Portugal's Guerrilla Wars in Africa

Lisbon's Three Wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea 1961-74

By: Al Venter

Nominated for the NYMAS Arthur Goodzeit Book Award 2013 Portugal's three wars in Africa in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea (Guiné-Bissau today) lasted almost 13 years - longer than the United States Army fought in Vietnam. Yet they are among the most underreported conflicts of the modern era. Commonly referred to as Lisbon's Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies, the War of Liberation (Guerra de Libertação), these struggles played a seminal role in ending white rule in Southern Africa. Though hardly on the scale of hostilities being fought in South East Asia, the casualty count by the time a military coup d'état took place in Lisbon in April 1974 was significant. It was certainly enough to cause Portugal to call a halt to violence and pull all its troops back to the Metropolis. Ultimately, Lisbon was to move out of Africa altogether, when hundreds of thousands of Portuguese nationals returned to Europe, the majority having left everything they owned behind. Independence for all th Indeed, on a recent visit to Central Mozambique in 2013, a youthful member of the American Peace Corps told this author that despite have former colonies, including the Atlantic islands, followed soon afterwards. Lisbon ruled its African territories for more than five centuries, not always undisputed by its black and mestizo subjects, but effectively enough to create a lasting Lusitanian tradition. That imprint is indelible and remains engraved in language, social mores and cultural traditions that sometimes have more in common with Europe than with Africa. Today, most of the newspapers in Luanda, Maputo - formerly Lourenco Marques - and Bissau are in Portuguese, as is the language taught in their schools and used by their respective representatives in international bodies to which they all subscribe. ing been embroiled in conflict with the Portuguese for many years in the 1960s and 1970s, he found the local people with whom he came into contact inordinately fond of their erstwhile 'colonial overlords'. As a foreign correspondent, Al Venter covered all three wars over more than a decade, spending lengthy periods in the territories while going on operations with the Portuguese army, marines and air force. In the process, he wrote several books on these conflicts, including a report on the conflict in Portuguese Guinea for the Munger Africana Library of the California Institute of Technology. Portugal's Guerrilla Wars in Africa represents an amalgam of these efforts. At the same time, this book is not an official history, but rather a journalist's perspective of military events as viewed by somebody who has made a career of reporting on overseas wars, Africa's especially. Venter's camera was always at hand; most of the images used between these covers are his. His approach is both intrusive and personal and he would like to believe that he has managed to record for posterity a tiny but vital segment of African history.

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1909384577

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Atlas of British Columbia

By: A.L. Farley

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Atlas of British Columbia

By: A.L. Farley

The Atlas of British Columbia is the first major cartographic study of the province to be published since 1956. Created through close co-operation between government, the private sector, and the unviersity, it is the successor to the British Columbia Atlas of Resources which, for twenty years, has been the standard reference work used by schools, industry, government, and the general public. The most recent data available have been used to give an accurate, comprehensive picture of British Columbia's economy as it is today. Comparative studies show the development orf the province's manpower and natural resources as well as the rapid growth of industry and technology since the beginning of the century. In party, the emphasis of the atlas reflects thousands of specific requests for up-to-date resource information rercorded over the last ten years.

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