Albert Brooks's Books

2030

The Real Story of What Happens to America

By: Albert Brooks

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2030

The Real Story of What Happens to America

By: Albert Brooks

Is this what's in store? June 12, 2030 started out like any other day in memory—and by then, memories were long. Since cancer had been cured fifteen years before, America's population was aging rapidly. That sounds like good news, but consider this: millions of baby boomers, with a big natural predator picked off, were sucking dry benefits and resources that were never meant to hold them into their eighties and beyond. Young people around the country simmered with resentment toward "the olds" and anger at the treadmill they could never get off of just to maintain their parents' entitlement programs. But on that June 12th, everything changed: a massive earthquake devastated Los Angeles, and the government, always teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, was unable to respond. The fallout from the earthquake sets in motion a sweeping novel of ideas that pits national hope for the future against assurances from the past and is peopled by a memorable cast of refugees and billionaires, presidents and revolutionaries, all struggling to find their way. In 2030, Albert Brooks' all-too-believable, dystopian imagining of where today's challenges could lead us tomorrow makes gripping and thought-provoking reading.

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St. Martin's Press

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1429996501

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9781429996501

To Defy the Monster

By: Albert Arthur Allison

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To Defy the Monster

By: Albert Arthur Allison

July 8, 1932, 11 PM. East Austin, an African-American district in Jim Crow Texas. Sixty-year-old Charles Johnson is driving home from Bible study when a car full of young white men swerves in front of him. A brief altercation ensues. Convinced that his life is threatened, Johnson fires his pistol and drives away. Johnson's shot kills the unarmed, eighteen-year-old son of Albert Allison, a prominent cotton landlord, influential in politics and an advocate for racial justice. To Defy the Monster shows how the confluence of unique cultural and historical events determines Johnson fate and why Allison orders his family never to speak of the matter. "A family's compelling racial truth has been unearthed for future generations with Al Allison eloquently redefining justice and healing"-Joyce F. King, author of Hate Crime-The story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas

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284

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iUniverse

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0595332986

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9780595332984

Guardian Records of Williamson County, Tennessee 1859-1929

By: Albert L. Johnson, Jr.

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Guardian Records of Williamson County, Tennessee 1859-1929

By: Albert L. Johnson, Jr.

This volume comprises a genealogical index to historical county records of Williamson County.

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500

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Genealogy Pubs

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1931453101

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9781931453103

Minute Book Genealogy of Williamson County, Tennessee

1799-1865

By: Albert L Johnson (Jr.)

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Minute Book Genealogy of Williamson County, Tennessee

1799-1865

By: Albert L Johnson (Jr.)

Genealogical extracts from the county court minute books of Williamson Co. Tennessee - indexed to the official records

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264

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Genealogy Pubs

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1931453152

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9781931453158

The Charisma of World Revolution

Revolutionary Internationalism in Early Soviet Society, 1917–1927

By: Gleb J. Albert

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The Charisma of World Revolution

Revolutionary Internationalism in Early Soviet Society, 1917–1927

By: Gleb J. Albert

What impact did the idea of world revolution and international solidarity have on the Bolshevik rank and file and on early Soviet society at large? This book offers a first social history of early Soviet internationalism based on contemporary sources.

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585

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BRILL

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900452777X

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9789004527775

Parasitism

The Diversity and Ecology of Animal Parasites

By: Albert O. Bush

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Parasitism

The Diversity and Ecology of Animal Parasites

By: Albert O. Bush

Explains parasite biology as a branch of ecology - essential reading for zoology and ecology students.

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580

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Cambridge University Press

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0521664470

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9780521664479

Writing the Blockbuster Novel

By: Albert Zuckerman

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Writing the Blockbuster Novel

By: Albert Zuckerman

Albert Zuckerman, legendary literary agent, has worked with many bestselling authors, including Ken Follett, Olivia Goldsmith, Antoinette Van Heugten, Michael Lewis, and F. Paul Wilson. Zuckerman is a master at teaching writers the skills necessary to crack the bestseller list. For this revised edition of Writing the Blockbuster Novel, Zuckerman has added an analysis of Nora Roberts's The Witness, which he uses along with classic books like Gone With the Wind and The Godfather, to illustrate his points. Zuckerman's commentary on Ken Follett's working outlines for The Man From St. Petersburg provide a blueprint for building links between plot and character. A new introduction discusses social media and self-publishing. Writing the Blockbuster Novel is an essential tool for any aspiring author. As Dan Brown said in an interview: "Not long ago, I had an amusing experience meeting the author of a book I received as a gift nearly two decades ago a book that in many ways changed my life. I was halfway through writing my first novel when I was given a copy of Writing the Blockbuster Novel. [Zuckerman's] book helped me complete my manuscript and get it published. [When] I met Mr. Zuckerman for the first time. I gratefully told him that he had helped me. He jokingly replied that he planned to tell everyone that he had helped me write The Da Vinci Code." At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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256

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Macmillan + ORM

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1466887591

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9781466887596

Healing Without Medicine

From Pioneers to Modern Practice

By: Albert Amao

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Healing Without Medicine

From Pioneers to Modern Practice

By: Albert Amao

As a man thinketh, so is he—thus is the biblical King Solomon often quoted by proponents of New Thought, one of the most influential native religious movements in America. Albert Amao provides an engaging and serious history of this and related movements from the eighteenth century to the present. His discussion ranges from Phineas P. Quimby, the father of New Thought, and Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science, to Myrtle Fillmore, cofounder of Unity Church of Christianity, William James, the father of American psychology, and leaders in the emerging field of Energy Psychology. Amao’s aim is to provide a rational explanation of the power of thought to heal the mind and body. All methods of mind/spiritual healing are self-healing, he says; we all have an inner capacity to heal ourselves. He examines cases of contemporary New Thought leaders who self-healed from “incurable” diseases free of medicine, and he describes the mechanism that triggered their healing. Their experiences have benefited millions of followers worldwide. The beauty of New Thought, says Amao, is that it empowers us to become conscious co-creators of our well-being and achieve success in other areas of life beyond recovering our health.

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222

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Quest Books

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083563132X

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9780835631327

A Mic for All Seasons

By: Kenny Albert

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A Mic for All Seasons

By: Kenny Albert

When Kenny Albert was growing up, family gatherings sounded a lot like a dispatch from the first all-sports radio station. There was his father, Marv, whose voice shaped the sound of modern basketball, and there too were his uncles Al and Steve— a trio of professional play-by-play men with a listenership that spanned the country. It was only a matter of time before Kenny, armed with a toy tape recorder, yearned to follow in their footsteps. Some 3,000 broadcasts later, Kenny Albert has amassed countless stories from the world of sports and media. A Mic for All Seasons is his chronicle of a charmed yet unlikely journey, from a youth spent calling games in his bedroom for a fictitious audience to ten-hour bus rides with a minor-league hockey team, plus the time he worked five different sports in one chaotic, 19-day stretch. The only play-by-play broadcaster who currently calls all four major sports in North America, Albert details the stand-out moments from his three-decade career, including the 1994 Stanley Cup Final, Jose Bautista's bat flip in the 2015 ALCS, and the U.S. women's hockey Olympic gold-medal winning shootout in Pyeongchang in 2018. Part memoir, part behind-the-scenes look at the world of broadcast media, A Mic for All Seasons also features stories about life in the booth, game preparation, travel hijinks, marquee events, meetings with star athletes and coaches, and much more.

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Triumph Books

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1637276028

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9781637276020

Veterinary Ocular Pathology

A Comparative Review

By: Richard R. Dubielzig,Kerry L. Ketring,Gillian J McLellan,Daniel M. Albert

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Veterinary Ocular Pathology

A Comparative Review

By: Richard R. Dubielzig,Kerry L. Ketring,Gillian J McLellan,Daniel M. Albert

Veterinary Ocular Pathology: A Comparative Review links the clinical features of ocular disease with gross and microscopic pathology to demonstrate the essential features observable during diagnosis. It is designed to be kept next to the microscope as an invaluable guide to accurate diagnosis in ocular pathology. The book presents a wide range of images of the highest quality. A unique and distinctive feature is the juxtaposition of clinical and pathological images while offering detailed enumeration of the diagnostic features. Expert comparative comments by Dr Daniel Albert and contextual information on relative incidence are provided throughout. The authors address spontaneous disease of the eye in all animal species, with a particular emphasis on companion species. In addition, specific, common or interesting conditions of exotic species are included. - The first text devoted to the pathology of spontaneous diseases of the eyes and periocular tissues of domestic animal species - Exceptionally high quality illustrations are presented throughout, demonstrating clinical features, gross pathology and histopathology - Written by pathologists and clinicians - Includes a chapter devoted to the pathology of conditions associated with glaucoma in domestic animals A convenient, comprehensive and easy-to-use reference for veterinary pathologists, veterinary ophthalmologists, students and comparative vision scientists. - The first text devoted to the pathology of spontaneous diseases of the eyes and periocular tissues of domestic animal species - Exceptionally high quality illustrations are presented throughout, demonstrating clinical features, gross pathology and histopathology - Written by pathologists and clinicians - Includes a chapter devoted to the pathology of conditions associated with glaucoma in domestic animals

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702044423

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9780702044427

Analyzing Baseball Data with R

By: Jim Albert,Benjamin S. Baumer,Max Marchi

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Analyzing Baseball Data with R

By: Jim Albert,Benjamin S. Baumer,Max Marchi

“Our community has continued to grow exponentially, thanks to those who inspire the next generation. And inspiring the next generation is what the authors of Analyzing Baseball Data with R are doing. They are setting the career path for still thousands more. We all need some sort of kickstart to take that first or second step. You may be a beginner R coder, but you need access to baseball data. How do you access this data, how do you manipulate it, how do you analyze it? This is what this book does for you. But it does more, by doing what sabermetrics does best: it asks baseball questions. Throughout the book, baseball questions are asked, some straightforward, and others more thought-provoking.” From the Foreword by Tom Tango Analyzing Baseball Data with R Third Edition introduces R to sabermetricians, baseball enthusiasts, and students interested in exploring the richness of baseball data. It equips you with the necessary skills and software tools to perform all the analysis steps, from importing the data to transforming them into an appropriate format to visualizing the data via graphs to performing a statistical analysis. The authors first present an overview of publicly available baseball datasets and a gentle introduction to the type of data structures and exploratory and data management capabilities of R. They also cover the ggplot2 graphics functions and employ a tidyverse-friendly workflow throughout. Much of the book illustrates the use of R through popular sabermetrics topics, including the Pythagorean formula, runs expectancy, catcher framing, career trajectories, simulation of games and seasons, patterns of streaky behavior of players, and launch angles and exit velocities. All the datasets and R code used in the text are available for download online. New to the third edition is the revised R code to make use of new functions made available through the tidyverse. The third edition introduces three chapters of new material, focusing on communicating results via presentations using the Quarto publishing system, web applications using the Shiny package, and working with large data files. An online version of this book is hosted at https://beanumber.github.io/abdwr3e/.

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418

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CRC Press

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ISBN 10

104009712X

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9781040097120

Analyzing Baseball Data with R

By: Max Marchi,Jim Albert

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Analyzing Baseball Data with R

By: Max Marchi,Jim Albert

With its flexible capabilities and open-source platform, R has become a major tool for analyzing detailed, high-quality baseball data. Analyzing Baseball Data with R provides an introduction to R for sabermetricians, baseball enthusiasts, and students interested in exploring the rich sources of baseball data. It equips readers with the necessary skills and software tools to perform all of the analysis steps, from gathering the datasets and entering them in a convenient format to visualizing the data via graphs to performing a statistical analysis. The authors first present an overview of publicly available baseball datasets and a gentle introduction to the type of data structures and exploratory and data management capabilities of R. They also cover the traditional graphics functions in the base package and introduce more sophisticated graphical displays available through the lattice and ggplot2 packages. Much of the book illustrates the use of R through popular sabermetrics topics, including the Pythagorean formula, runs expectancy, career trajectories, simulation of games and seasons, patterns of streaky behavior of players, and fielding measures. Each chapter contains exercises that encourage readers to perform their own analyses using R. All of the datasets and R code used in the text are available online. This book helps readers answer questions about baseball teams, players, and strategy using large, publically available datasets. It offers detailed instructions on downloading the datasets and putting them into formats that simplify data exploration and analysis. Through the book’s various examples, readers will learn about modern sabermetrics and be able to conduct their own baseball analyses.

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1466570237

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9781466570238

Book's by Albert Brooks

2030

2030

To Defy the Monster

To Defy the Monster

Guardian Records of Williamson County, Tennessee 1859-1929

Guardian Records of Williamson County, Tennessee 1859-1929

Minute Book Genealogy of Williamson County, Tennessee

Minute Book Genealogy of Williamson County, Tennessee

The Charisma of World Revolution

The Charisma of World Revolution

Parasitism

Parasitism

Writing the Blockbuster Novel

Writing the Blockbuster Novel

Healing Without Medicine

Healing Without Medicine

A Mic for All Seasons

A Mic for All Seasons

Veterinary Ocular Pathology

Veterinary Ocular Pathology

Analyzing Baseball Data with R

Analyzing Baseball Data with R

Analyzing Baseball Data with R

Analyzing Baseball Data with R

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