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The Language Lover's Puzzle Book: A World Tour of Languages and Alphabets in 100 Amazing Puzzles (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books)

By: Alex Bellos

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The Language Lover's Puzzle Book: A World Tour of Languages and Alphabets in 100 Amazing Puzzles (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books)

By: Alex Bellos

100 wonder-filled word puzzles that thrill and tantalize with the beauty, magic, and weirdness of world language Whether you’re a crossword solver, cryptogram fan, Scrabble addict, or Sudoku savant, The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book is guaranteed to tease your brain and twist your tongue. Puzzle master Alex Bellos begins in Japan, where we can observe some curious counting: boru niko = two balls tsuna nihon = two ropes uma nito = two horses kami nimai = two sheets of paper ashi gohon = five legs ringo goko = five apples sara gomai = five plates kaba goto = five hippos Now, how do the Japanese say “nine cucumbers”?* a) kyuri kyuhon b) kyuri kyuko c) kyuri kyuhiki d) kyuri kyuto Bellos finds the intrigue—and the human element—in a dizzying array of ancient, modern, and even invented tongues, from hieroglyphs to Blissymbolics, Danish to Dothraki. Filled with unusual alphabets, fascinating characters, and intriguing local customs for time-telling, naming children, and more, this is a bravura book of brainteasers and beyond—it’s a globe-trotting, time-traveling celebration of language. *The word endings depend on shape: Flat things end in -mai and spherical things end in -ko. Cucumbers are long things (like ropes and legs), so they end in -hon. The answer is (a)!

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The Experiment, LLC

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1615198059

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Changing Histories for KS3: Connected Worlds, c.1000–c.1600

By: Christine Counsell,Kerry Apps,Will Bailey-Watson,Hannah Cusworth,Alex Ford,Rachel Foster,Katie Hall,Tim Jenner,Nicolas Kinloch,Paula Worth

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Changing Histories for KS3: Connected Worlds, c.1000–c.1600

By: Christine Counsell,Kerry Apps,Will Bailey-Watson,Hannah Cusworth,Alex Ford,Rachel Foster,Katie Hall,Tim Jenner,Nicolas Kinloch,Paula Worth

Change the history that pupils learn at Key Stage 3. Reframe familiar topics, discover forgotten stories and amplify unheard voices. Through an evocative, story-based approach, this ground-breaking course brings together historical scholarship and enquiry, presenting a truly diverse, inclusive and ambitious history curriculum. This is the history we owe to our pupils. This is the past for today and tomorrow. b” Establish a strong foundation of British history. b” Journey far beyond Britain. b” Use the power of story to transform your teaching. /bCaptivated by vivid, intriguing narratives, pupils will remember more than they ever have before. See their literacy improve as they encounter a wide vocabulary in context, become immersed in rich, quality texts, and enjoy hearing the book read aloud or reading it themselves.brbrb” Teach a diverse curriculum with confidence. /bGender, class, race and religion are treated with sensitivity and sophistication, intrinsically woven into the content to create perspective on social, economic, religious and political history.brbrb” Stay up to date with historical scholarship. The course embodies the requirements for scope, coherence, rigour and sequencing. The Changing Histories curriculum is a progression model. Skills and knowledge are built systematically across each lesson sequence and new material makes sense to pupils because of the content covered earlier. b” Trust a meticulously planned approach. b” Benefit from some of the best minds in history education. /bLeaders in history curriculum, practice, research and debate, the authors have poured their expertise into every page, making quality history accessible to all.

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Hodder Education

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1398307165

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From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070

By: Alex Woolf

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From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070

By: Alex Woolf

In the 780s northern Britain was dominated by two great kingdoms; Pictavia, centred in north-eastern Scotland and Northumbria which straddled the modern Anglo-Scottish border. Within a hundred years both of these kingdoms had been thrown into chaos by the onslaught of the Vikings and within two hundred years they had become distant memories. This book charts the transformation of the political landscape of northern Britain between the eighth and the eleventh centuries. Central to this narrative is the mysterious disappearance of the Picts and their language and the sudden rise to prominence of the Gaelic-speaking Scots who would replace them as the rulers of the North. From Pictland to Alba uses fragmentary sources which survive from this darkest period in Scottish history to guide the reader past the pitfalls which beset the unwary traveller in these dangerous times. Important sources are presented in full and their value as evidence is thoroughly explored and evaluated.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748628215

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The Twelfth-Century Renaissance

A Reader

By: Alex J. Novikoff

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The Twelfth-Century Renaissance

A Reader

By: Alex J. Novikoff

The twelfth century was a time of new ideas and creative innovation spurred on by patron-monarchs like King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, poets like Marie de France and Chrétien de Troyes, lovers and intellectuals like Abelard and Heloise, and religious thinkers like Bernard of Clairvaux and Hildegard of Bingen. In his thoughtful introduction, Novikoff explores the term "twelfth-century renaissance" and whether or not it should be applied to a range of thinkers with differing outlooks and attitudes. With reference to this ongoing historiographical debate, Novikoff embraces the harmony of disharmonies and allows the authors of the twelfth century to define the period for themselves. He situates classic works against a broad backdrop of other sources, many appearing in translation for the first time, in order to highlight the period's diverse currents of thought. Sixteen black-and-white images are included.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442605480

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From Babylon to Eternity

The Exile Remembered and Constructed in Text and Tradition

By: Bob Becking,Alex Cannegieter,Wilfred van der Poll,Anne-Mareike Wetter

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From Babylon to Eternity

The Exile Remembered and Constructed in Text and Tradition

By: Bob Becking,Alex Cannegieter,Wilfred van der Poll,Anne-Mareike Wetter

First Published in 2014. Generally, readers have a negative idea of the Exile. Psalm 137 has fuelled the idea that this was a time of sorrow and despair. This image of the Exile influenced, for instance, Luther’s ideas on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church. The four essays in this volume deconstruct and reconstruct this image. Bob Becking tries to recreate a history of the Exile. On the basis of the available evidence, this could be no more than a fragmented history, nevertheless showing that the fate of the exiles was not as bad as often supposed. Anne-Mareike Wetter reveals that the biblical image of exile is multi-faceted. She shows how a tradition of a people tied to their God-given land was challenged by the reality of foreign occupation. And how that people eventually succeeded in translating this experience, appropriating it through a transformation into a counter-tradition that enabled them to cope with the new situation, without breaking entirely with their cultural and religious heritage. Jewish ideas on exile are discussed by Wilfred van de Poll. He concentrates on the use of the concept of galut, which refers to the paradigmatic and identity-shaping function of the dispersion of the people of Israel and showed that the Exile in Jewish thinking had become a permanent reality up until the present day. From the perspective of intertextual reading, Alex Cannegieter discusses four texts of varying ages and background – Augustine, Petrarch, Luther, and a Dutch sermon held after the end of the Second World War. She explores the ways authors chose biblical texts to appropriate them a new context, thereby changing the meaning of the new, as well as the source texts.

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Routledge

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1134903863

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Old Testament Pseudepigrapha

More Noncanonical Scriptures

By: Richard Bauckham,James R. Davila,Alex Panayotov

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Old Testament Pseudepigrapha

More Noncanonical Scriptures

By: Richard Bauckham,James R. Davila,Alex Panayotov

This work stands among the most important publications in biblical studies over the past twenty-five years. Richard Bauckham, James Davila, and Alexander Panayotov’s new two-volume collection of Old Testament pseudepigrapha contains many previously unpublished and newly translated texts, complementing James Charlesworth’s Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and other earlier collections. Including virtually all known surviving pseudepigrapha written before the rise of Islam, this volume, among other things, presents the sacred legends and spiritual reflections of numerous long-dead authors whose works were lost, neglected, or suppressed for many centuries. Excellent English translations along with authoritative yet accessible introductions bring those ancient documents to life for readers today.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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1467463361

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The Eternal Books Retold

A Rabbi Summarizes the 39 Books of the Bible

By: Alex J. Goldman

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The Eternal Books Retold

A Rabbi Summarizes the 39 Books of the Bible

By: Alex J. Goldman

In The Eternal Books Retold, Alex J. Goldman takes on the role of a friendly, dedicated teacher as he summarizes the 39 books of the Bible. The familiar stories from Genesis, through the Prophets, Judges, Psalms, Proverbs, Job, the Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Daniel, and many more, are revitalized by the author's literary gifts and Hebrew scholarship.

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Jason Aronson, Incorporated

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1461734118

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The Sword of Darrow

By: Hal Malchow,Alex Malchow

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The Sword of Darrow

By: Hal Malchow,Alex Malchow

In a magical realm filled with creatures of every possible shape and size, war is brought upon the peaceful kingdom of Sonnencrest by evil goblin King Malmut. Princess Babette, the only surviving member of the royal family, manages to escape and seeks refuge with Asterux, a powerful wizard who agrees to teach Babette magic, and who disguises her as an ugly gypsy girl to protect her from King Malmut's thugs. Ten years later, Babette must use the magic she has learned to help aid the kingdom's only hope at defeating the goblins' horrible reign: Darrow, a lame boy who can barely pick up a sword but has a great gift for inspiring others. With Babette's unseen help, Darrow begins a journey to free his country once and for all and bring peace back to Sonnencrest. Written by a father and his then eight- year-old son who struggled with a learning disability at the time, "The Sword of Darrow" is an enjoyable adventure that shows how even the unlikeliest of heroes can rise up against injustice.

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BenBella Books, Inc.

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1935618881

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My System

FastTrack Edition

By: Alex Fishbein

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My System

FastTrack Edition

By: Alex Fishbein

100 Years Later, Nimzovich Is Still Good for Your Chess! Almost a century ago, a chess book about positional play and strategic concepts appeared on the chess scene. Written by a Latvian grandmaster residing in Denmark, it quickly took its place as one of the classics of chess literature. Since then, Aron Nimzovich’s magnum opus My System has been embraced by every generation of chessplayers. However, there were some inherent flaws. For starters, it was quite “dense.” The reader had to plow through many subjective digressions and other literary detours before getting to the core concepts. Now American Grandmaster Alex Fishbein has adapted this classic for the modern chessplayer. While remaining true to the original text – and with the same goals as his outstanding work with the FastTrack Edition of Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual – Fishbein has produced an eminently readable, modernized version of My System. The result is a book that not only retains the unique imagery of the original text, but a book that is also easy to understand by both club players and masters. As the author stated in his preface: Nimzovich’s ideas have stood the test of time and, if anything, are more relevant today. In his famous foreword to the Russian edition from 1974, Mikhail Tal wrote: “This old book, sustaining many editions in different forms and different languages, is imbued with an elixir of eternal chess youth.” My aim was to retain that elixir in this new translation. Alex brings you the best of Nimzovich’s My System, erasing all misconceptions. As a newcomer to the game, you will feel blessed to learn pure, unmistakable strategies, while if you are an old chap like me, you will appreciate the fresh clarity, helping you re-evaluate your personal chess philosophy... Nimzovich is good for your chess, and a more coherent Nimzovich even better. – From the Foreword by GM Vassilios Kotronias

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SCB Distributors

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1949859908

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The One vs. the Many

Minor Characters and the Space of the Protagonist in the Novel

By: Alex Woloch

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The One vs. the Many

Minor Characters and the Space of the Protagonist in the Novel

By: Alex Woloch

Does a novel focus on one life or many? Alex Woloch uses this simple question to develop a powerful new theory of the realist novel, based on how narratives distribute limited attention among a crowded field of characters. His argument has important implications for both literary studies and narrative theory. Characterization has long been a troubled and neglected problem within literary theory. Through close readings of such novels as Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations, and Le Père Goriot, Woloch demonstrates that the representation of any character takes place within a shifting field of narrative attention and obscurity. Each individual--whether the central figure or a radically subordinated one--emerges as a character only through his or her distinct and contingent space within the narrative as a whole. The "character-space," as Woloch defines it, marks the dramatic interaction between an implied person and his or her delimited position within a narrative structure. The organization of, and clashes between, many character-spaces within a single narrative totality is essential to the novel's very achievement and concerns, striking at issues central to narrative poetics, the aesthetics of realism, and the dynamics of literary representation. Woloch's discussion of character-space allows for a different history of the novel and a new definition of characterization itself. By making the implied person indispensable to our understanding of literary form, this book offers a forward-looking avenue for contemporary narrative theory.

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Princeton University Press

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140082575X

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Australian History for Dummies

By: Alex McDermott

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Australian History for Dummies

By: Alex McDermott

Created especially for the Australian customer! Exciting and informative history of the land down under Australian History For Dummies is your tour guide through the important events of Australia's past, introducing you to the people and events that have shaped modern Australia. Be there as British colonists explore Australia's harsh terrain with varying degrees of success. In this informative guide you'll Find out about Australia's infamous bushrangers Learn how the discovery of gold caused a tidal wave of immigration from all over the world Understand how Australia took two steps forward to become a nation in its own right in 1901, and two steps back when the government was dismissed by the Crown in 1975 Discover the fascinating details that made Australia the country it is today!

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John Wiley & Sons

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0730376435

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9780730376439

Do Not Write off the Least

To See, Know and Grow

By: ALEX MATHEW

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Do Not Write off the Least

To See, Know and Grow

By: ALEX MATHEW

Ordinarily, things do not happen the way we want them to happen. They do happen the way they happen not because we want them to happen that way but because that’s the way things happen. We loathe letting things happen in any other way other than how we want them to happen. Most of us do not have the time to take a look at ourselves. We do not have time to ‘see’ ourselves. This book is for encouraging ourselves to look for the specific purpose of looking to see even the unseen. Because we fail to see—to know—and do not care to understand the existential meaning and ontic purpose of the mode-of-being-in-the-world, we lose our mooring and start practicing undesirable ways of living. Some turn into self-praisers, some get busy creating victims and programing them, ignoring and denying the ever-present sufficiency of peace and love—being blind to it. “A great take away from this book is that meaningful reflections are within touching distance of everyone one of us; we do not have to be professional or trained philosophers to embark on it.” — Rev. (Dr) Valson Thampu

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Notion Press

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1646506413

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The Domenech Bible Interpretations

The Bible & Climate Change

By: Alex Domenech

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The Domenech Bible Interpretations

The Bible & Climate Change

By: Alex Domenech

REVISED 7/30/2021 EDITION This book clearly defines prophecy and explains how specific biblical messages can be linked to the crises that are hitting our world — global warming, climate change, dead zones in the ocean, polar ice melting, earthquakes, hurricanes, ocean acidification, and many other calamities. Mr. Alex Domenech comes across as an expert in biblical studies, demonstrating an impeccable understanding of the history of the Bible, its composition, and the historical, cultural, and religious contexts in which the scriptures were composed. The author also demonstrates great mastery of other disciplines related to the study of the Bible. This isn’t a book to be read quickly. It’s a study that will transform the way we approach the sacred scriptures, and readers will enjoy the concise definitions the author offers of complex terms. The Domenech Bible Interpretations will appeal to readers who are interested in the truth about the sacred scriptures, and those who are curious about the relationship between the Bible and contemporary times (Reviewed By Romuald Dzemo for Readers’ Favorite, 2018).

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WestBow Press

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1512708496

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9781512708493

Toronto Architecture

A City Guide

By: Patricia McHugh,Alex Bozikovic

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Toronto Architecture

A City Guide

By: Patricia McHugh,Alex Bozikovic

Toronto has been hailed as “a city in the making” and “the city that works.” It’s an ongoing project: in recent years Canada’s largest city has experienced transformative, exciting change. But just what does contemporary Toronto look like? This authoritative architectural guide, newly updated and expanded, leads readers on 26 walking tours—revealing the evolution of the place from a quiet Georgian town to a dynamic global city. More than 1,000 designs are featured: from modest Victorian houses to shimmering downtown towers and cultural landmarks. Over 300 photographs, 29 maps, a description of architectural styles, a glossary of architectural terms, and indexes of architects and buildings pilot readers through Toronto’s diverse cityscape. New sections illustrate the swiftly changing face of Toronto’s waterfront and design highlights across the region. Originally written by architectural journalist Patricia McHugh and enhanced with new material and insights by Globe and Mail architecture critic Alex Bozikovic, this definitive guide offers a revealing exploration of Toronto’s past and future, for the city’s visitors and locals alike.

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McClelland & Stewart

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0771059892

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9780771059896

O Come Emmanuel

An Advent Study

By: Alex Thompson

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O Come Emmanuel

An Advent Study

By: Alex Thompson

Amidst the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, Advent is often treated as little more than an extended celebration of Christmas. In this short study, Alex Thompson examines the season of Advent as a distinct and important part of the Christian story as it looks forward both to Christ's arrival and his return in glory. Using the rich imagery of the classic Advent hymn "O Come, O Come Emmanuel," he explores the way the New Testament draws on the Old Testament to express the longing for God's deliverance in Jesus. Individual readers and small groups alike are invited to reclaim Advent as a Christian season that captures the longing of the church and invites them into deeper commitment to Jesus as Emmanuel, God with us.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666724351

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Don't Forget the Child

Sermons for Advent and Christmas

By: Alex A. Gondola

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Don't Forget the Child

Sermons for Advent and Christmas

By: Alex A. Gondola

Alex Gondola says that in our modern culture we sometimes "experience Christmas at its worst: overcommercialized, expensive, exhausting, nearly devoid of spiritual significance." In this collection of twenty cogent and inspiring sermons for Advent and Christmas, he reminds us of the key to putting the season in its proper perspective -- "Don't forget the child!" For it is only when we are drawn nearer to the child of Bethlehem, celebrating the simple beauties of the stable, that we can escape from the rush of the season into the divine light of saving grace heralded by the birth of God's Son. This volume is an exceptional source of inspiration for sermon preparation, but it's also excellent for personal devotions exploring the meaning of Advent and Christmas. It's a great Christmas gift! Alex Gondola has given us a lovely round of Advent and Christmas meditations. They are reflective and delightful. They shine with little gems of human interest stories that can light our path throughout the whole year. Catherine Clark Kroeger Editor, Study Bible for Women (The New Testament) This outstanding collection of Advent/Christmas sermons brings rich insights and new appreciation for the wondrous story of Christ's coming. Whether you are in a pew or in a pulpit on Sundays, you will be grateful for this book. Dr. William P. Baker Senior Pastor Emeritus, First Presbyterian Church Allentown, Pennsylvania Author of Everyone in the Bible, Who's Who in Church History, A Savior for All Seasons Alex Gondola, a master preacher, in this collection of sermons, with wonderful illustrations, can assist the working preacher expand her or his creative imagination for Advent and Christmas preaching. Dr. Benjamin Griffin President and Professor of Liturgics Andover Newton Theological School Alex A. Gondola Jr. is senior pastor of Dennis Union Church (United Church of Christ) in Dennis, Massachusetts (located on Cape Cod). He has also served congregations in Springfield, Massachusetts; Rome, New York; and Utica, New York. Gondola is a graduate of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania (B.A.), Andover Newton Theological School (M.Div.), and Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, New York (D.Min.), and has also studied at the New College of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). He is the author of Come As You Are (CSS), and contributed several stewardship sermons to the CSS anthology From Every Angle.

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CSS Publishing

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0788018345

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9780788018343

A Crown for Cold Silver

By: Alex Marshall

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A Crown for Cold Silver

By: Alex Marshall

It was all going so nicely, right up until the massacre." Twenty years ago, feared general Cobalt Zosia led her five villainous captains and mercenary army into battle, wrestling monsters and toppling an empire. When there were no more titles to win and no more worlds to conquer, she retired and gave up her legend to history. Now the peace she carved for herself has been shattered by the unprovoked slaughter of her village. Seeking bloody vengeance, Zosia heads for battle once more, but to find justice she must confront grudge-bearing enemies, once-loyal allies, and an unknown army that marches under a familiar banner. Five villans. One Legendary General. A final quest for vengence.

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Hachette+ORM

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0316277991

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Against Civility

The Hidden Racism in Our Obsession with Civility

By: Alex Zamalin

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Against Civility

The Hidden Racism in Our Obsession with Civility

By: Alex Zamalin

The first history of racial injustice to examine how civility and white supremacy are linked, and a call for citizens who care about social justice to abandon civility and practice civic radicalism The idea and practice of civility has always been wielded to silence dissent, repress political participation, and justify violence upon people of color. Although many progressives today are told that we need to be more polite and thoughtful, less rancorous and angry, when we talk about race in America, civility maintains rather than disrupts racial injustice. Spanning two hundred years, Zamalin’s accessible blend of intellectual history, political biography, and contemporary political criticism shows that civility has never been neutral in its political uses and impacts. The best way to tackle racial inequality is through “civic radicalism,” an alternative to civility found in the actions of Black radical leaders including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin, Malcolm X, and Audre Lorde. Civic radicals shock and provoke people. They name injustice and who is responsible for it. They protest, march, strike, boycott, and mobilize collectively rather than form alliances with those who fundamentally oppose them. In Against Civility, citizens who care deeply about racial and socioeconomic equality will see that they need to abandon this concept of discreet politeness when it comes to racial justice and instead more fully support disruptive actions and calls for liberation, which have already begun with movements like #MeToo, the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, and Black Lives Matter.

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Beacon Press

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0807026565

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9780807026564

Untying the Knots in Buddhism

Selected Essays

By: Alex Wayman

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Untying the Knots in Buddhism

Selected Essays

By: Alex Wayman

The field of non-Tantric Buddhism still has many problems and debated issues. The present volumes included numerous solutions of these problems by the senior author Alex Wayman. The categories of the Twenty-four essays are Heroes of the system, Theory of the Heroes, Buddhist Doctrine, Buddhist Practice and hindu Buddhist Studies. Among these essays are one of his earliest from the late 1950`s.

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Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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8120813219

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9788120813212

The Peasant Prince

Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution

By: Alex Storozynski

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The Peasant Prince

Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution

By: Alex Storozynski

Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian born in 1746, was one of the most important figures of the modern world. Fleeing his homeland after a death sentence was placed on his head (when he dared court a woman above his station), he came to America one month after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, literally showing up on Benjamin Franklin's doorstep in Philadelphia with little more than a revolutionary spirit and a genius for engineering. Entering the fray as a volunteer in the war effort, he quickly proved his capabilities and became the most talented engineer of the Continental Army. Kosciuszko went on to construct the fortifications for Philadelphia, devise battle plans that were integral to the American victory at the pivotal Battle of Saratoga, and designed the plans for Fortress West Point—the same plans that were stolen by Benedict Arnold. Then, seeking new challenges, Kosciuszko asked for a transfer to the Southern Army, where he oversaw a ring of African-American spies. A lifelong champion of the common man and woman, he was ahead of his time in advocating tolerance and standing up for the rights of slaves, Native Americans, women, serfs, and Jews. Following the end of the war, Kosciuszko returned to Poland and was a leading figure in that nation's Constitutional movement. He became Commander in Chief of the Polish Army and valiantly led a defense against a Russian invasion, and in 1794 he led what was dubbed the Kosciuszko Uprising—a revolt of Polish-Lithuanian forces against the Russian occupiers. Captured during the revolt, he was ultimately pardoned by Russia's Paul I and lived the remainder of his life as an international celebrity and a vocal proponent for human rights. Thomas Jefferson, with whom Kosciuszko had an ongoing correspondence on the immorality of slaveholding, called him "as pure a son of liberty as I have ever known." A lifelong bachelor with a knack for getting involved in doomed relationships, Kosciuszko navigated the tricky worlds of royal intrigue and romance while staying true to his ultimate passion—the pursuit of freedom for all. This definitive and exhaustively researched biography fills a long-standing gap in historical literature with its account of a dashing and inspiring revolutionary figure.

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Macmillan

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1429966076

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Crafting and Executing Strategy

The Quest for Competitive Advantage

By: Alex Janes,Ciara Sutton

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Crafting and Executing Strategy

The Quest for Competitive Advantage

By: Alex Janes,Ciara Sutton

This new edition of Craftingand Executing Strategy continues to provide a valuable resource forEuropean readers while embracing new and updated core concepts and key theoriesin strategy. Throughout the text you will find a range of examples thatillustrate how strategy works in the real world and encourage the practicalapplication of learning. Complementing the chapters is a section of new casesproviding in-depth analysis of the challenges of strategic management at arange of companies. This edition includes: • A new 6Ds framework, allowing readers to structure theirapproach to strategic management around the fundamental elements of thestrategy process (Diagnosis, Direction, Decisions and Delivery) and the contextwithin which that process is managed (Dynamism and Disorder). • Opening cases that begin each chapter and feature real-lifebusiness scenarios from companies such as Tinder, Ikea and Victorinox,introducing strategic concepts and theories. • Illustration Capsules, which have been updated to illustratecontemporary business concerns and demonstrate how companies have reactedstrategically, increasing understanding of successful strategies. Companiesfeatured include Burberry, TOMS, Aldi, Novo Nordisk and more. • Key Debates that stimulate classroom discussion and encouragecritical analysis. • Emerging Themes that present contemporary strategicopportunities and issues such as ripple intelligence and technology and neworganizational structures. • A Different View encouraging readers to appreciate differingviewpoints on strategic concepts and theories. • End of chapter cases that capture each chapter’s main theoriesthrough engaging cases on companies such as Adidas and Nike, Lego and Uber. • New recommended reading at the end of each chapter which help tofurther knowledge, including classic texts and advanced reading, and authornotes providing context Connect is McGraw-Hill Education’s learning and teachingenvironment that improves student performance and outcomes while promotingengagement and comprehension of content. New for this edition are interview-style videos, featuring authorAlex Janes in discussion with business leaders, exploring how organizationalstrategy has developed within companies as diverse as Jeep, Levi Strauss, NovoNordisk and a prestigious oil and gas company. The videos are provided infull-length or in segments, with questions aimed at encouraging classroomdiscussion or self-testing. This new edition is available with SmartBook, McGraw-HillEducation’s adaptive, digital tool that tests students’ knowledge of key conceptsand pinpoints the topics on which they need to focus study time. Crafting and Executing Strategy is also available with both TheBusiness Strategy Game and GLO-BUS – the world’sleading business strategy simulations.

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The Legacy of Serbia's Great War

Politics and Remembrance

By: Alex Tomić

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The Legacy of Serbia's Great War

Politics and Remembrance

By: Alex Tomić

In the winter of 1915, following the invasion of Serbia by the Central Powers, the Serbian Army retreated across the mountains of Albania and Montenegro together with thousands of civilians. Around 240,000 lost their lives. Today, the story of the retreat is little known, except in Serbia where it is represents the heroic Serbian sacrifice in the Great War. In this book Alex Tomić examines the centenary events memorializing the First World War with the retreat at its core, and provides a persuasive account of the ways in which the remembrance of Serbian history has been manipulated for political purposes. Whether through commemorations, ceremonies, or grass- root initiatives, she demonstrates how these have been used as distractions from the more recent unexamined past and in doing so provides an important new perspective on the cultural history of commemoration.

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Great Men and Women of the Bible

By: Marlee Alex,Anne De Graaf,Ben Alex

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Great Men and Women of the Bible

By: Marlee Alex,Anne De Graaf,Ben Alex

In this full-color book, favorite characters of the Bible, eight men and eight women, come alive. Dramatic illustrations together with an exciting text make their age-old stories spring off the pages and into the hearts of children and adults.

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Plural Logic

Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged

By: Alex Oliver,Timothy Smiley

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Plural Logic

Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged

By: Alex Oliver,Timothy Smiley

Alex Oliver and Timothy Smiley provide a natural point of entry to what for most readers will be a new subject. Plural logic deals with plural terms ('Whitehead and Russell', 'Henry VIII's wives', 'the real numbers', 'the square root of -1', 'they'), plural predicates ('surrounded the fort', 'are prime', 'are consistent', 'imply'), and plural quantification ('some things', 'any things'). Current logic is singularist: its terms stand for at most one thing. By contrast, the foundational thesis of this book is that a particular term may legitimately stand for several things at once; in other words, there is such a thing as genuinely plural denotation. The authors argue that plural phenomena need to be taken seriously and that the only viable response is to adopt a plural logic, a logic based on plural denotation. They expound a framework of ideas that includes the distinction between distributive and collective predicates, the theory of plural descriptions, multivalued functions, and lists. A formal system of plural logic is presented in three stages, before being applied to Cantorian set theory as an illustration. Technicalities have been kept to a minimum, and anyone who is familiar with the classical predicate calculus should be able to follow it. The authors' approach is an attractive blend of no-nonsense argumentative directness and open-minded liberalism, and they convey the exciting and unexpected richness of their subject. Mathematicians and linguists, as well as logicians and philosophers, will find surprises in this book. This second edition includes a greatly expanded treatment of the paradigm empty term zilch, a much strengthened treatment of Cantorian set theory, and a new chapter on higher-level plural logic.

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Dickens Dictionary (MAXNotes Literature Guides)

By: Editors of REA,Alex Phillips

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Dickens Dictionary (MAXNotes Literature Guides)

By: Editors of REA,Alex Phillips

REA's MAXnotes Dickens Dictionary The MAXNotes Dickens Dictionary is your key to the places and characters in the books of Charles Dickens. This text includes synopses of each of Dickens's works, both major and minor, along with dictionary style entries referring to the body of work as a whole. A must for any student of Dickens.

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Moss Gate

The Jack of Magic Book 2

By: Alex Linwood

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Moss Gate

The Jack of Magic Book 2

By: Alex Linwood

The queen supports the Magic Academy and its students. But Portia struggles with her hard-won place in it. And the most important magic lesson waits far outside its walls. Portia steps up to the role that only she can fulfill in Moss Gate. If you love tales of magic and adventure, grab it today. The second novel in the fast-paced Jack of Magic series, it is perfect for readers who enjoy classic epic fantasy.

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1951098013

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The Little Prince Strategy for Authentic Happiness

A Practical Guide to Break Free to Joy by the Hand of Your Own Little Prince

By: Prof. Alex Llantada CIP

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The Little Prince Strategy for Authentic Happiness

A Practical Guide to Break Free to Joy by the Hand of Your Own Little Prince

By: Prof. Alex Llantada CIP

This book is useful for those people who believe that a different path awaits for them and those who sense something better but don't know what it is yet. The Little Prince tugs at your clothes to tell you things he wants to get done because he does know what is good for you. He says so insistently . . . fearlessly. Millions of people have read The Little Prince as kids. And those reflective ones have been left with a sensation that there's something else behind each character's words. A glimpse of guidance of wisdom is perceived. Innocent wisdom is, therefore, valuable. It is absurd that having in our hands the key to happiness since we were children, we resort to the Prince of Machiavelli (consciously or unsconsciously) to sort out our lives. Intrigues, selfishness, distrust, disloyalty—all are part of the strategy we use day by day: the Machiavellianism. That strategy is the root of sadness, suffering in companies, countries, and in our own lives. Why not let your childhood's old buddy walk along with you?—that Little Prince that annoys you with weird questions. Why not give your childhood's buddy—that little price who asks awkward questions—the opportunity to walk along with you. Let that little fellow guide you to authentic success on an adventurous journey through an infinite and unfamiliar world: your inner self.

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1982218975

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Total Propaganda

From Mass Culture To Popular Culture

By: Alex S. Edelstein

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Total Propaganda

From Mass Culture To Popular Culture

By: Alex S. Edelstein

Total Propaganda moves the study of propaganda out of the exclusive realm of world politics into the more inclusive study of popular culture, media, and politics. All the participatory functioning elements of the society are aspects of membership in the popular culture. Thus, the values of popular music, media, politics, debates over social issues, and even international trade become everyday propaganda to which everyone may relate. To emphasize the necessity for new thinking about propaganda, Edelstein creates the concepts of the new propaganda and the old, and he devises a language of "uninyms" to convey their meanings more quickly. "Oldprop" is characteristic of mass cultures and utilizes totalitarian methods of conflict, hegemony, minimization, demonization, and exclusiveness to achieve its goals. By contrast, "newprop" is created by members of the popular culture to allow them to engage in accomodation, enhance the individual, and promote inclusiveness. Shifts in the old and the new propaganda are tracked across social issues such as race, religion, sexuality, gender, gun control, and the environment, as well as in fashion, politics, advertising, sports, media, and politics. Central to the concept of total propaganda is that it is not simply additive; it is the product of new energies that are produced by the fusing of propaganda in such related forums as music, art, advertising, sports and politics. It is these synergies, and their production of new energies, that make total propaganda greater than the sum of its parts. Edelstein concludes that the most important distinction that should be drawn between mass culture and popular culture is its text; i.e., its propaganda. In a popular culture, everyone creates and consumes propaganda; in a mass culture almost everyone consumes it but only a few create it. This formulation offers new ways to discuss power and ideology in media texts. As an example, where once the least informed and the least educated were the most subject to propaganda, now the most informed and most educated often are the first to create propaganda and the first to consume it.

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1136691189

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Walking with Presidents

Louis Martin and the Rise of Black Political Power

By: Alex Poinsett

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Walking with Presidents

Louis Martin and the Rise of Black Political Power

By: Alex Poinsett

In the last weeks of the 1960 presidential race, Louis Martin pulled off a minor miracle. With two days to go before the election, this passionate civil rights advocate and Democratic activists put two million pamphlets into the hands of black voters across America, informing them of Senator John F. Kennedy's sympathetic phone call to Martin Luther King, Jr., then languishing in a Georgia prison. The center of gravity in black partisan support shifted, and Kennedy won by a hair. This is just one example of the remarkable influence Louis Martin had on national politics for more than four decades. Now, for the first time, the story of Louis Martin's life is told. Walking with Presidents traces the career of an African American who rose from crusading journalist to preeminent presidential advisor and civil rights liason in the Kennedy, Johnson, and Carter administrations. Martin was the consummate insider, unconcerned about who got credit for his work so long as he could advance his mission--bringing African Americans into the political mainstream.

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The Story of Silence

By: Alex Myers

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The Story of Silence

By: Alex Myers

A knightly fairy tale of royalty and dragons, of midwives with secrets and dashing strangers in dark inns. Taking the original French legend as his starting point, The Story of Silence is a rich, multilayered new story for today’s world – sure to delight fans of Uprooted and The Bear and the Nightingale.

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