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Crisis and Legitimacy in Atlantic American Narratives of Piracy

1678-1865

By: Alexandra Ganser

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Crisis and Legitimacy in Atlantic American Narratives of Piracy

1678-1865

By: Alexandra Ganser

This Open Access book, Crisis and Legitimacy in Atlantic American Narratives of Piracy: 1678-1865, examines literary and visual representations of piracy beginning with A.O. Exquemelin’s 1678 Buccaneers of America and ending at the onset of the US-American Civil War. Examining both canonical and understudied texts—from Puritan sermons, James Fenimore Cooper’s The Red Rover, and Herman Melville’s “Benito Cereno” to the popular cross-dressing female pirate novelette Fanny Campbell, and satirical decorated Union envelopes, this book argues that piracy acted as a trope to negotiate ideas of legitimacy in the contexts of U.S. colonialism, nationalism, and expansionism. The readings demonstrate how pirates were invoked in transatlantic literary production at times when dominant conceptions of legitimacy, built upon categorizations of race, class, and gender, had come into crisis. As popular and mobile maritime outlaw figures, it is suggested, pirates asked questions about might and right at critical moments of Atlantic history.

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Springer Nature

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3030436233

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9783030436230

Albert Einstein

Ingenious Physicist and Father of Relativity

By: Alexandra Hanson-Harding

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Albert Einstein

Ingenious Physicist and Father of Relativity

By: Alexandra Hanson-Harding

This biography details Albert Einstein's life and his developments as one of history's most amazing scientists. The book details his early life and struggles in Germany.

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Encyclopaedia Britannica

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1508100209

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9781508100201

Slacker Girl

By: Alexandra Koslow

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Slacker Girl

By: Alexandra Koslow

A hilarious debut novel about life, love, and the pursuit of leisure Jane Cooper is a different kind of New York woman. Charmingly unambitious in workaholic New York City, Jane believes that until corporate life was unfairly glamorized in “propaganda” films of the 1980s such as Working Girl, there were more people like her: connoisseurs of leisure. Still, a girl does have to pay the rent, so Jane finds a corporate job that supports her lifestyle. Unaware that her cute, hipster boss Ray just put his neck on the line to keep her from being fired, she and her best friend, Rebecka, take off on possibly the worst timed vacation. When Jane finds out that her commitment to slacking may be causing real world problems, she springs into action, putting even Joan Collins’s character in Dynasty to shame to save her job, her company, her friendship, and her heart. Fun, edgy, and starring an irresistible heroine, this is a book for every working girl (and slacker) who has ever wanted to step outside the corporate box.

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Penguin

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1101213442

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Eugenic Nation

Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America

By: Alexandra Minna Stern

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Eugenic Nation

Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America

By: Alexandra Minna Stern

With an emphasis on the American West, Eugenic Nation explores the long and unsettled history of eugenics in the United States. This expanded second edition includes shocking details that demonstrate that the story is far from over. Alexandra Minna Stern explores the unauthorized sterilization of female inmates in California state prisons and ongoing reparations for North Carolina victims of sterilization, as well as the topics of race-based intelligence tests, school segregation, the U.S. Border Patrol, tropical medicine, the environmental movement, and opposition to better breeding. Radically new and relevant, this edition draws from recently uncovered historical records to demonstrate patterns of racial bias in California's sterilization program and to recover personal experiences of reproductive injustice. Stern connects the eugenic past to the genomic present with attention to the ethical and social implications of emerging genetic technologies"--Provided by publisher.

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Univ of California Press

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0520285069

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9780520285064

Jewish Responses to Persecution

1938–1940

By: Alexandra Garbarini

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Jewish Responses to Persecution

1938–1940

By: Alexandra Garbarini

Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Jewish Responses to Persecution: Volume II, 1938–1940 is the second volume of the five-volume set within the series "Documenting Life and Destruction: Holocaust Sources in Context." This volume brings together in an accessible historical narrative a broad range of documents—including diaries, letters, speeches, newspaper articles, reports, Jewish identity cards, and personal photographs—from Jews in Nazi-dominated Europe and beyond Europe's borders. The volume skillfully illuminates the daily lives of a diverse range of Jews who suffered under Nazism, their coping strategies, and their efforts to assess the implications for the present and future of the persecution they faced during this period. Volume II begins with Kristallnacht in 1938 and continues through the Jewish flight out of Germany, the onset of World War II, the forced relocation of the Jews of Europe to the East, and the formation of Jewish ghettos, particularly in Poland. The twelve chapters, divided into four parts, track the trajectory of German expansion and anti-Jewish policies chronologically, attesting to a clear progression of persecution over time and space. At the same time, they reflect the vast differences in the responses of Jewish communities, groups, and individuals within and beyond the Germans' grasp, differences that resulted both from the unevenness of the Reich's policy toward Jews as well as the varied backgrounds, traditions, expectations, and life histories of Jews affected by German policy. This volume raises essential questions, such as: What was the spectrum of Jewish perceptions and actions under Nazi domination? How did Jews affected directly, or others standing on the outside, view the situation? In what ways were Jews able to influence their own fate under persecution? What role did Jewish tradition play in how the present and future were interpreted? The answers inherent in the documents are often varied or inconclusive; nonetheless these sources add considerably to our understanding of the Holocaust.

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AltaMira Press

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0759120412

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9780759120419

Workin' Man Blues

Country Music in California

By: Gerald Haslam,Alexandra Haslam Russell,Richard Chon

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Workin' Man Blues

Country Music in California

By: Gerald Haslam,Alexandra Haslam Russell,Richard Chon

Workin' Man Blues is possibly the most brilliantly astute and thorough examination ever written about country music in California and the impact it has had in our lives and on our culture. I'm extremely flattered to be even mentioned in such august company."—Dwight Yoakam, Singer, Songwriter "With all the pathos of a Rose Maddox ballad and more edges than a Merle Haggard song, Haslam has spun together the stories of the artists who have made California part of country music and country music part of California."—James Gregory, author of American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California "This book clears new ground in both the history of music and American ethnicity. As gorgeously detailed as any shirt worn by a Rhinestone Cowboy, there's no other book like it."—Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California

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0520275055

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Still Here

The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch

By: Alexandra Jacobs

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Still Here

The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch

By: Alexandra Jacobs

One of The New Yorker's favorite nonfiction book of 2019 | A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Named one of Vogue's "17 Books We Can't Wait to Read This Fall" "Compulsively readable . . . ravenously consuming . . . manna from heaven . . . If ever someone knew how to put a genuinely irresistible book together, it's Jacobs in Still Here." —Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News Still Here is the first full telling of Elaine Stritch’s life. Rollicking but intimate, it tracks one of Broadway’s great personalities from her upbringing in Detroit during the Great Depression to her fateful move to New York City, where she studied alongside Marlon Brando, Bea Arthur, and Harry Belafonte. We accompany Elaine through her jagged rise to fame, to Hollywood and London, and across her later years, when she enjoyed a stunning renaissance, punctuated by a turn on the popular television show 30 Rock. We explore the influential—and often fraught—collaborations she developed with Noël Coward, Tennessee Williams, and above all Stephen Sondheim, as well as her courageous yet flawed attempts to control a serious drinking problem. And we see the entertainer triumphing over personal turmoil with the development of her Tony Award–winning one-woman show, Elaine Stritch at Liberty, which established her as an emblem of spiky independence and Manhattan life for an entirely new generation of admirers. In Still Here, Alexandra Jacobs conveys the full force of Stritch’s sardonic wit and brassy charm while acknowledging her many dark complexities. Following years of meticulous research and interviews, this is a portrait of a powerful, vulnerable, honest, and humorous figure who continues to reverberate in the public consciousness.

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Macmillan + ORM

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0374714657

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9780374714659

Timeless

By: Alexandra Monir

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Timeless

By: Alexandra Monir

When tragedy strikes Michele Windsor’s world, she is forced to uproot her life and move across the country to New York City, to live with the wealthy, aristocratic grandparents she’s never met. In their old Fifth Avenue mansion filled with a century’s worth of family secrets, Michele discovers a diary that hurtles her back in time to the year 1910. There, in the midst of the glamorous Gilded Age, Michele meets the young man with striking blue eyes who has haunted her dreams all her life – a man she always wished was real, but never imagined could actually exist. And she finds herself falling for him, into an otherworldly, time-crossed romance. Michele is soon leading a double life, struggling to balance her contemporary high school world with her escapes into the past. But when she stumbles upon a terrible discovery, she is propelled on a race through history to save the boy she loves – a quest that will determine the fate of both of their lives.

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Ember

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0385738390

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9780385738392

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with Resources for Study

2021-2022 Statutory Supplement

By: Stephen N. Subrin,Martha L. Minow,Mark S. Brodin,Thomas O. Main,Alexandra D. Lahav

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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with Resources for Study

2021-2022 Statutory Supplement

By: Stephen N. Subrin,Martha L. Minow,Mark S. Brodin,Thomas O. Main,Alexandra D. Lahav

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with Resources for Study: 2021-2022 Statutory Supplement

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Aspen Publishing

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1543846246

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Urban Trails East Bay

Oakland * Berkeley * Fremont * Richmond

By: Alexandra Kenin

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Urban Trails East Bay

Oakland * Berkeley * Fremont * Richmond

By: Alexandra Kenin

Urban Trails: East Bay offers 40 routes for walkers, runners, and hikers, with an emphasis on getting out and getting fit in your own backyard. Expert local hiking guide Alexandra Kenin offers a wide range of options, from leg stretchers overlooking the Bay Area at Tilden Regional Park to an afternoon stroll through the wineries around Jack London Square to a 6-mile hike along the slopes of Mount Diablo to spot seasonal waterfalls. Other features include: Trailhead locations, including public transit options Rated appeal for walkers, runners, or hikers Info for families and dog owners Trail distance, elevation gain, high point, amenities Sidebars on area history, nature, tips, and sights Historic trails, coastal trails, stairways, peak bagging

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Mountaineers Books

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1680512579

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9781680512571

Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)

By: Alexandra Petri

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Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)

By: Alexandra Petri

“Satire at the highest level.… [A] godsend of a book.” —Amy Fusselman, Washington Post A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri’s US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed! As a columnist for the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has watched in real time as those who didn’t learn from history have been forced to repeat it. And repeat it. And repeat it. If we repeat history one more time, we’re going to fail! Maybe it’s time for a new textbook. Alexandra Petri’s US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren G. Harding.) Petri’s "historical fan fiction" draws on real events and completely absurd fabrications to create a laugh-out-loud, irreverent takedown of our nation’s complicated past. On Petri’s deranged timeline, John and Abigail Adams try sexting, the March sisters from Little Women are sixty feet tall, and Susan Sontag goes to summer camp. Nearly eighty short, hilarious pieces span centuries of American history and culture. Ayn Rand rewrites The Little Engine That Could. Nikola Tesla’s friends stage an intervention when he falls in love with a pigeon. The characters from Sesame Street invade Normandy. And Mark Twain—who famously said reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated—offers a detailed account of his undeath, in which he becomes a zombie. This side-splitting work of historical humor shows why Alexandra Petri has been hailed as a "genius,"* a "national treasure,"† and "one of the funniest writers alive"‡. *Olivia Nuzzi, Katha Pollitt †Julia Ioffe, Katy Tur, John Scalzi, Chuck Wendig, Jamil Smith, and Susan Hennessey ‡Randall Munroe

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W. W. Norton & Company

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1324006447

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9781324006442

Colorado's Historic Hotels

By: Alexandra Walker Clark

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Colorado's Historic Hotels

By: Alexandra Walker Clark

Lured by the promise of land and opportunity, miners, cowhands, laborers, settlers and fortune-seekers poured into Colorado during the mid-to-late 19th Century and into the 20th. To accommodate the population boom, industrious Coloradoans built scores of hotels some elaborate, some modest, all a touchstone to this critical era in Centennial State history. Join Alexandra Walker Clark on this tour through Colorado's historic hotels. Discover how the Oxford and Brown Palace Hotels have managed to maintain their elegance, while others such as the Timberline Hotel of Holy Cross City and the California Hotel of Independence have vanished. With timeless recipes from hotel kitchens, learn how hotels have adapted to eras like the Native American desertion and the Roaring Twenties.

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Arcadia Publishing

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161423387X

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9781614233879

Princeton, Massachusetts

A History of its Villages

By: Joyce Bailey Anderson,Sheila Dubman,Alexandra Fiandaca

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Princeton, Massachusetts

A History of its Villages

By: Joyce Bailey Anderson,Sheila Dubman,Alexandra Fiandaca

Nestled at the foot of Wachusett Mountain, Princeton has come a long way since the days when cows outnumbered its citizens. Today, within its small circumference, the town boasts four nationally registered historical districts. With an array of styles from Colonial to Greek Revival, Richardsonian to Romanesque, its distinguished architectural landscape serves as a lasting reminder of the towns many transitions. Anderson, Dubman and Fiandaca document Princetons growth from eighteenth-century agrarian community to turn-of-the-century summer resort.

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1625842597

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A Roosevelt Smile

By: Alexandra Kulick

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A Roosevelt Smile

By: Alexandra Kulick

1915, New York: After the gunshots that roused the Great War, eighteen-year-old Franceska immigrates to America ballooned with the hope of rising above her quaint beginnings. The jagged realities of daily domestic service work quickly deflate her picturesque vision, yet when Sara Delano Roosevelt selects her for temporary work, Frances senses her American dream is about to begin. With the arrival of Franklin and his family for Christmas, Frances finds herself captivated by his alluring charm. Franklin's generous spirit helps her through the most difficult times and pulls her into a gilded world of belonging. Could indiscretion cost her everything she'd gained? Or propel her further into the life she'd dreamed of? -- Written by Frances's great-granddaughter, this novel will delight readers of historical fiction, inviting them into a century-old mystery of a servant and her son.

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Alexandra Kulick

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9798223916178

Cracking the AP World History Exam

2004-2005

By: Monty Armstrong,David Daniel,Princeton Review (Firm),Abby Kanarek,Alexandra Freer

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Cracking the AP World History Exam

2004-2005

By: Monty Armstrong,David Daniel,Princeton Review (Firm),Abby Kanarek,Alexandra Freer

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the AP World History Exam is very different from getting straight A's in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about world history-only what you'll need to score higher on the exam. There's a big difference. In Cracking the AP World History Exam, we'll teach you how to think like the test makers and -Focus on the key ideas and information by using the History Review, structured to help you wade through thousands of facts -Nail the essay questions by learning how to compare and contrast across civilizations and through the centuries -Learn time-tested Princeton Review techniques for answering multiple- choice questions and acing essays This book includes 2 full-length practice AP World History tests. All of our practice test questions are like the ones you'll see on the actual exam, and we fully explain every answer.

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The Princeton Review

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0375763805

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9780375763809

Civil Procedure

Doctrine, Practice, and Context

By: Stephen N. Subrin,Martha L. Minow,Mark S. Brodin,Thomas O. Main,Alexandra D. Lahav

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Civil Procedure

Doctrine, Practice, and Context

By: Stephen N. Subrin,Martha L. Minow,Mark S. Brodin,Thomas O. Main,Alexandra D. Lahav

Written by respected scholars and experienced educators, this book showcases rules and doctrine of civil procedure at work in the actual practice of law. The procedural and nonprocedural aspects of the cases are framed to hold students’ interest: doctrines reflect the choices of policymakers and also present strategic options for litigators. Each chapter contains a well-written introduction, cases, and clear explanations of the doctrine, supported by review questions and comments which deepen students’ understanding and clarify key concepts. Offering more than forty well-crafted problems (both for class use and review), these practice exercises and review exercises help students solidify their understanding of the materials whether used in class or as out-of-class assignments. In-class exercises and simulations based on two sample case files are integrated throughout. Pleadings, memoranda, transcripts, exhibits, motions, and more – all taken from real cases – appear in the Appendix. Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice, and Context consistently emphasizes the skills and values of lawyering as it offers a consideration of social responsibility. New to the Sixth Edition: A new, more digestible format Updated cases and all new chapters on Discovery and ADR Revised review questions to enhance student learning Updated historical narratives and questions to ponder that promote critical thinking Professors and students will benefit from: Practice exercises that allow students to learn by doing – integrating doctrine, practice, and context. These exercises can be covered in class or, instead, recommended as content for study groups. Rewritten sections on topics that are especially hard to teach (like discovery) and those that require a lot of time to teach in response to adopters’ requests. The case files – one involving New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy, the other a car accident – continue to be accessible and provide good teaching tools for procedure professors. Review questions that have been revised to focus on student comprehension, while broader critical questions have been separated out in “questions to ponder” sections. More background material integrated into the text to promote critical thinking and engage students with the latest debates over civil procedure. New practice problems promote engagement with cutting edge issues like Multidistrict Litigation. Authors that are continuously developing new teaching materials for those who use the book

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Aspen Publishing

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1543820913

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A Field Guide to Awkward Silences

By: Alexandra Petri

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A Field Guide to Awkward Silences

By: Alexandra Petri

Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri shares her stories of awkwardness in this insightful and supremely funny debut. Most twentysomethings avoid awkwardness. Not Alexandra Petri. She auditioned for America’s Next Top Model. She lost Jeopardy! by answering “Who is that dude?” One time, she let some cult members baptize her, just to be polite. Alexandra Petri is a connoisseur of the kind of awkwardness most people spend lifetimes avoiding. If John Hodgman and Amy Sedaris had a baby. . .they would never let Petri babysit it. Here, the Washington Post columnist turns her satirical eye on her own life—with hilarious results. And she’s here to tell you that interesting things start to happen when you stop caring what people think.

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0451469615

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Natural Resources Law

By: CHRISTINE A. KLEIN,BRET C. BIRDSONG,ALEXANDRA B. KLASS,ERIC BIBER,DAVE OWEN

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Natural Resources Law

By: CHRISTINE A. KLEIN,BRET C. BIRDSONG,ALEXANDRA B. KLASS,ERIC BIBER,DAVE OWEN

Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook on CasebookConnect, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities, plus an outline tool and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. Natural Resources Law, Fifth Edition, continues to emphasize the importance of place through a visually rich text that invites students to consider the passion behind natural resources disputes. Chapters open with a map marking the geographic location of each case and all judicial opinions begin with a context-setting, place-based narrative and photograph. This teachable book groups readings into discrete, assignment-sized chunks and accommodates a wide range of pedagogical approaches. For those who want to focus on cross-cutting themes and policy, each chapter includes thought-provoking article excerpts concludes with a discussion problem that applies the chapter's cases to a contemporary policy issue or dispute. For those who want to get into the nitty-gritty details of the law, each chapter presents statutory and regulatory excerpts in standalone, easily referenced sections, rather than scattered throughout the text. New to the Fifth Edition: New/updated discussion problems, including: access to nature and urban conservation; Dakota Access Pipeline; expanding tribal management of resources; mitigation under Clean Water Act; and climate change and rising seas New cases, including: Wyoming v. DOI; WildEarth Guardians v. Zinke; Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA; Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. U.S. Forest Service; Wetlands America v. White Cloud Nine Ventures; Edwards Aquifer v. Bragg; Butte Environmental Council v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New/expanded discussion: Wildfire and state/private forestry regulation Negative impacts on Native Americans of the historical settlement of the public domain and the preservation movement Renewable energy infrastructure on public lands Overlooked and growing relevance of CWA section 404 on streams and wetlands Efforts to recognize "rights of nature" Importance of access to nature; role of urban parks ESA critical habitat; agency policy documents implementing the ESA Water transfers, groundwater regulation, and reserved rights Snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park; continuing challenges to the Antiquities Act and presidentially designated national monuments Revised chapter on energy and federal lands by national expert Alexandra Klass, including debates over the use of federal lands for continued fossil fuel development and siting of renewable energy infrastructure on public lands Professors and students will benefit from: Place-based approach--conveys passion and drama fueling resource disputes and policy and brings to life judicial analysis and statutory interpretation Broad national coverage--includes both traditional public lands issues and broader natural resource topics of interest to both eastern and western students Factually rich discussion problem at end of each chapter--based on a contemporary dispute or policy issue

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Aspen Publishing

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1543838901

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English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700

New Kingdoms of Womanhood

By: Alexandra Verini

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English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700

New Kingdoms of Womanhood

By: Alexandra Verini

English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700: New Kingdoms of Womanhood uncovers a tradition of women’s utopianism that extends back to medieval women’s monasticism, overturning accounts of utopia that trace its origins solely to Thomas More. As enclosed spaces in which women wielded authority that was unavailable to them in the outside world, medieval and early modern convents were self-consciously engaged in reworking pre-existing cultural heritage to project desired proto-feminist futures. The utopianism developed within the English convent percolated outwards to unenclosed women's spiritual communities such as Mary Ward's Institute of the Blessed Virgin and the Ferrar family at Little Gidding. Convent-based utopianism further acted as an unrecognized influence on the first English women’s literary utopias by authors such as Margaret Cavendish and Mary Astell. Collectively, these female communities forged a mode of utopia that drew on the past to imagine new possibilities for themselves as well as for their larger religious and political communities. Tracking utopianism from the convent to the literary page over a period of 300 years, New Kingdoms writes a new history of medieval and early modern women’s intellectual work and expands the concept of utopia itself.

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Springer Nature

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3031009177

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9783031009174

Hello, My Name Is Awesome

How to Create Brand Names That Stick

By: Alexandra Watkins

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Hello, My Name Is Awesome

How to Create Brand Names That Stick

By: Alexandra Watkins

The ultimate guide to naming your product or business has been updated throughout with twice as many resources as before, new stories (of both hits and flops), and an entirely new chapter on the power of names in the workplace. Too many new companies and products have names that look like the results of a drunken Scrabble game (Xobni, Svbtle, Doostang). In this entertaining and engaging book, ace-naming consultant Alexandra Watkins explains how anyone—even noncreative types—can create memorable and effective brand names. No degree in linguistics required. The heart of the book is Watkins's proven SMILE and SCRATCH Test. A great name makes you SMILE because it is Suggestive—evokes something about your brand; is Memorable—makes an association with the familiar; uses Imagery—aids memory through evocative visuals; has Legs—lends itself to a theme for extended mileage; and is Emotional—moves people. A bad name, on the other hand, makes you SCRATCH your head because it is Spelling challenged—looks like a typo; is a Copycat—similar to competitors' names; is Restrictive—limits future growth; is Annoying—seems forced and frustrates customers; is Tame—feels flat, merely descriptive, and uninspired; suffers from the Curse of Knowledge—speaks only to insiders; and is Hard to pronounce—confuses and distances customers. This 50 percent–new second edition has double the number of brainstorming tools and techniques, even more secrets and strategies to nab an available domain name, a brand-new chapter on how companies are using creative names around the office to add personality to everything from cafeterias to conference rooms, and much more.

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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1523099992

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9781523099993

From Sarah to Sydney

The Woman Behind All-Of-a-Kind Family

By: June Cummins,Alexandra Dunietz

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From Sarah to Sydney

The Woman Behind All-Of-a-Kind Family

By: June Cummins,Alexandra Dunietz

The untold life story of All-of-a-Kind Family author Sydney Taylor, highlighting her dramatic influence on American children's literature This is the first and only biography of Sydney Taylor (1904-1978), author of the award-winning All-of-a-Kind Family series of books, the first juvenile novels published by a mainstream publisher to feature Jewish children characters. The family--based on Taylor's own as a child--includes five sisters, each two years apart, dressed alike by their fastidious immigrant mother so they all look the same: all-of-a-kind. The four other sisters' names were the same in the books as in their real lives; only the real-life Sarah changed hers to the boyish Sydney while she was in high school. Cummins elucidates the deep connections between the progressive Taylor's books and American Jewish experiences, arguing that Taylor was deeply influential in the development of national Jewish identity. This biography conveys the vital importance of children's books in the transmission of Jewish culture and the preservation of ethnic heritage.

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Yale University Press

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0300243553

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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, With Resources for Study, 2023-2024

By: Stephen N. Subrin,Martha L. Minow,Mark S. Brodin,Thomas O. Main,Alexandra D. Lahav

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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, With Resources for Study, 2023-2024

By: Stephen N. Subrin,Martha L. Minow,Mark S. Brodin,Thomas O. Main,Alexandra D. Lahav

An ideal accompaniment to any Civil Procedure casebook, including the authors’ own Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice, and Context, Sixth Edition, the 2023–2024 statutory supplement presents the current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP). Useful cross-references to Advisory Committee Notes, Restatement sections, and Transnational Rules have been integrated into the FRCP to help students explore the larger context of each Rule. Complete features include: The current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and proposed amendments The U.S. Constitution and U.S. Code provisions current through June 1, 2023 Excerpts from the Restatement (Second) of Judgments Excerpts from the American Law Institute/UNIDROIT Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure Examples of state long-arm and venue statutes Recent Supreme Court Case Law

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Implementing Tootling Interventions

A Practitioner’s Guide to Increasing Peer Prosocial Behaviors

By: Alexandra Hilt-Panahon,Kennedi J. Alstead

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Implementing Tootling Interventions

A Practitioner’s Guide to Increasing Peer Prosocial Behaviors

By: Alexandra Hilt-Panahon,Kennedi J. Alstead

This book is a comprehensive guide to the history and implementation of the tootling intervention that was designed to increase prosocial behaviors in school-aged children. Implementing Tootling Interventions provides practitioners with the resources and information needed to implement tootling effectively and successfully in their desired setting to increase prosocial behavior, decrease disruptive behavior, and increase academic engaged time for students. To address individuals of all abilities and ages, modifications are provided for early childhood education, elementary education, middle school, high school, special education, after-school programs, and more intensive behavioral settings. Specific components within tootling that lead to its effectiveness are discussed, along all the information and resources needed for this feasible, cost-effective intervention to be implemented. This book is ideal for classroom teachers, school psychologists, social workers, or other school professionals looking for a practical and effective intervention to increase the prosocial behavior of their students.

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1000862534

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The Sport of Presidents

The History of US Presidents and Golf

By: Alexandra Kitty

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The Sport of Presidents

The History of US Presidents and Golf

By: Alexandra Kitty

The book examines the relationship between the presidency and the sport, and argues through stories that the two naturally go together. Golf is the sport of presidents. It defines the presidency. It is a game of patience, concentration, focus, and moving forward toward a target. The job is about aim and guiding others toward an end goal amid the obstacle, and the job requires simplicity and making progress in as fewer moves as possible. Golf allows access to the president, and it is also a form of communication the leader uses to send subtle messages to the public.

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The Man Who Designed the Future

Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America

By: B. Alexandra Szerlip

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The Man Who Designed the Future

Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America

By: B. Alexandra Szerlip

Before there was Steve Jobs, there was Norman Bel Geddes. A ninth-grade dropout who found himself at the center of the worlds of industry, advertising, theater, and even gaming, Bel Geddes designed everything from the first all-weather stadium, to Manhattan's most exclusive nightclub, to Futurama, the prescient 1939 exhibit that envisioned how America would look in the not-too-distant 60s. In The Man Who Designed the Future, B. Alexandra Szerlip reveals precisely how central Bel Geddes was to the history of American innovation. He presided over a moment in which theater became immersive, function merged with form, and people became consumers. A polymath with humble Midwestern origins, Bel Geddes’ visionary career would launch him into social circles with the Algonquin roundtable members, stars of stage and screen, and titans of industry. Light on its feet but absolutely authoritative, this first major biography is a must for anyone who wants to know how America came to look the way it did.

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Melville House

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Meet Me by the Fountain

An Inside History of the Mall

By: Alexandra Lange

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Meet Me by the Fountain

An Inside History of the Mall

By: Alexandra Lange

Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Awards “A smart and accessible cultural history.”-Los Angeles Times A portrait--by turns celebratory, skeptical, and surprisingly moving--of one of America's most iconic institutions, from an author who “might be the most influential design critic writing now” (LARB). Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they have loomed large as temples of commerce, the agora of the suburbs. In their prime, they proved a powerful draw for creative thinkers such as Joan Didion, Ray Bradbury, and George Romero, who understood the mall's appeal as both critics and consumers. Yet today, amid the aftershocks of financial crises and a global pandemic, as well as the rise of online retail, the dystopian husk of an abandoned shopping center has become one of our era's defining images. Conventional wisdom holds that the mall is dead. But what was the mall, really? And have rumors of its demise been greatly exaggerated? In her acclaimed The Design of Childhood, Alexandra Lange uncovered the histories of toys, classrooms, and playgrounds. She now turns her sharp eye to another subject we only think we know. She chronicles postwar architects' and merchants' invention of the mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. In Lange's perceptive account, the mall becomes newly strange and rich with contradiction: Malls are environments of both freedom and exclusion--of consumerism, but also of community. Meet Me by the Fountain is a highly entertaining and evocative promenade through the mall's rise, fall, and ongoing reinvention, for readers of any generation.

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Operation Torch

The American Amphibious Assault on French Morocco, 1942

By: Alexandra Lohse,Jon Middaugh

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Operation Torch

The American Amphibious Assault on French Morocco, 1942

By: Alexandra Lohse,Jon Middaugh

Published as part of an ongoing World War II 75th anniversary commemoration, this monograph succinctly covers Operation Torch, the U.S. amphibious invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. Torch was also the first U.S. amphibious operation in this theater and provided a number of lessons learned for both U.S. Navy and U.S. Army for future joint and combined endeavors. A series of vignettes that accompany the main text gives biographical details of key U.S. commanders and provides background details of significant naval vessels of the Torch invasion fleet. Operation Torch directly led to the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa and set the stage for later landings in Italy and, eventually, German-occupied France. Related products: World War II resources collection: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/world-war-ii Other products published by the U.S. Navy, Naval History and Heritage Command can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/naval-history-heritage-command

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1943604290

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Steal This Country

A Handbook for Resistance, Persistence, and Fixing Almost Everything

By: Alexandra Styron

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Steal This Country

A Handbook for Resistance, Persistence, and Fixing Almost Everything

By: Alexandra Styron

A walk-the-walk, talk-the-talk, hands-on, say-it-loud handbook for activist kids who want to change the world! Inspired by Abbie Hoffman's radical classic, Steal This Book, author Alexandra Styron's stirring call for resistance and citizen activism will be clearly heard by young people who don't accept "it is what it is," who want to make sure everybody gets an equal piece of the American pie, and who know that the future of the planet is now. Styron's irreverent and informative primer on how to make a difference is organized into three sections: The Why, The What, and The How. The book opens with a personal essay and a historic look at civil disobedience and teenage activism in America. That's followed by a deep dive into several key issues: climate change, racial justice, women's rights, LGBTQIA rights, immigration, religious understanding, and intersectionality. Each chapter is introduced by an original full page comic and includes a summary of key questions, interviews with movers and shakers--from celebrities to youth activists--and spotlights on progressive organizations. The book's final section is packed with how-to advice on ways to engage, from group activities such as organizing, marching, rallying, and petitioning to individual actions like voting with your wallet, volunteering, talking with relatives with different viewpoints, and using social activism to get out a progressive message. This is a perfect book for older middle-schoolers and teens who care about the planet, the people with whom they share it, and the future for us all.

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0451479394

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Indians in the Making

Ethnic Relations and Indian Identities Around Puget Sound

By: Alexandra Harmon

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Indians in the Making

Ethnic Relations and Indian Identities Around Puget Sound

By: Alexandra Harmon

A compelling survey history of Pacific Northwest Indians as well as a book that brings considerable theoretical sophistication to Native American history. Harmon tells an absorbing, clearly written, and moving story."—Peggy Pascoe, University of Oregon "This book fills a terribly important niche in the wider field of ethnic studies by attempting to define Indian identity in an interactive way."—George Sánchez, University of Southern California

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0520226852

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Earth Squad

50 People Who Are Saving the Planet

By: Alexandra Zissu

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Earth Squad

50 People Who Are Saving the Planet

By: Alexandra Zissu

Join fifty inspiring and extraordinary environmental crusaders working to save our planet and see how you can make a difference just like them. Kids across the globe will be moved by the passion of these amazing eco-warriors who have dedicated their lives to making our world a better place. Alongside dynamic illustrations and entertaining biographical information, you'll find practical tips that anyone can do to help save the earth. Every one of us can make a difference, and, together as an Earth Squad, we can change the world. Will Allen * Anohni * Yann Arthus-Bertrand * Inka Saara Arttijeff * David Attenborough * Precious Brady-Davis * Erin Brockovich * Vicki Buck * Rachel Carson * Yvon Chouinard * Opha Pauline Dube * Lamya Essemlali * Christiana Figueres * Eileen Fisher * Eunice Newton Foote * Wan Gang * Al Gore * James Hansen * Vanessa Hauc * Hilda Heine * Chai Jing * Alexandra Koroleva * Winona LaDuke * Dr. Phil Landrigan * Annie Leonard * Wangari Maathai * Xiuhtezcatl Martinez * Gina McCarthy * William McDonough * Bill McKibben * Angela Merkel * Charles Moore * Margaret "Mardy" Murie * Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez * Gabriel Orozco * Carlo Petrini * Mark Ruffalo * Pete Seeger * Peggy Shepard * Vandana Shiva * Marina Silva * Sandra Steingraber * David Suzuki * Greta Thunberg * Sarah Toumi * The Trimates * Alexandria Villaseñor * Alice Waters * Charles Windsor * Ken Yeang

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Running Press Kids

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0762499206

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This Is Our Town

Those Yesteryears in War Born Henderson, Nevada

By: Alexandra Osborn Spotti

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This Is Our Town

Those Yesteryears in War Born Henderson, Nevada

By: Alexandra Osborn Spotti

With World War II raging throughout Europe, the United States knew it needed to produce magnesium—the “miracle metal”—in prodigious quantities. Thousands of souls from across the United States heeded the call and traveled to Southern Nevada to build the world’s largest magnesium production plant. Living conditions were harsh in the parched desert encampment that some called Tent City. But the iron-willed men and women who answered the call would break all records in magnesium production. When the war ended, however, a mass exodus from the settlement left it on the brink of becoming just another ghost town. In this book, the author offers readers a front-row seat to the development of Henderson, Nevada. In plain, straightforward language, she examines the forces that propelled the small community through the war and how it continued to thrive into the twenty-first century. Whether you’re interested in World War II, the history of Nevada, or the history of Henderson in particular, this book reveals the powerful impact of a small desert town.

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Archway Publishing

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1665709847

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From Here and There

Diaspora Policies, Integration, and Social Rights Beyond Borders

By: Alexandra Delano

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From Here and There

Diaspora Policies, Integration, and Social Rights Beyond Borders

By: Alexandra Delano

When immigrants to the United States need to learn English, receive health services, open a bank account or get a work certification, US state and local governments or non-profit organizations usually assist as part of the process of supporting immigrant integration and, ultimately, citizenship. But over the past two decades, Mexico, and other origin countries of migrants have been increasingly filling gaps in these activities through their consular representations, particularly focusing on populations with precarious legal status. Put in the larger context of diaspora policies, these practices -- focused on establishing closer ties between the origin country and the emigrant population and protecting their rights through the provision of social services -- are one of the clearest manifestations of the reconceptualization of the boundaries of citizenship and the rights and obligations that come with it. This book looks at citizenship and immigrant integration from the perspective of countries of origin: specifically the processes through which Mexico and other Latin American countries are establishing programs to give their emigrant populations better access to education, health, banking, labor rights, language acquisition and civic participation in the United States. While immigrant integration is often assumed as an issue that mainly concerns the population and institutions of the country of destination, these cases demonstrate the role that origin countries play in supporting migrants' access to opportunities to participate as members of the societies they are a part of, challenging the limits of citizenship and sovereignty, and offering examples of innovative practices in the protection of migrants' rights. As an area of migration governance that is rarely discussed, this book offers a critical evaluation of these programs and their impact on emigrants, particularly on those who are undocumented or have precarious legal status, and the collaborations between governments and civil society groups on which the programs are based.

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Oxford University Press

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0190688572

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Grace Notes

By: Alexandra Stoddard

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Grace Notes

By: Alexandra Stoddard

Throughout her life, Alexandra Stoddard has sought inspiration from writers, poets, and people she has met. In Grace Notes, she shares this wisdom and her own learnings, beautifully captured in brief, motivating observations, in 365 daily meditations of warmth, affirmation, encouragement, and optimism. Season by season, day by day, you'll explore different themes: joy, love, loss, risk, courage, wholeness, growth, play, and success. In addition to offering inspirational quotes from many cultures and two "grace notes," each page provides space to write down your own sacred inspirations. With courage and confidence, Grace Notes takes you on a spiritual journey every day of your life—and whenever you feel the need to be transported to serenity and grace.

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Harper Collins

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0062250086

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SAT DeMYSTiFieD

By: Alexandra Mayzler,Joseph Daniele

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SAT DeMYSTiFieD

By: Alexandra Mayzler,Joseph Daniele

When you want to raise your SAT score but don’t want to work through hundreds of pages of subject reviews, here's a straightforward, step-by-step approach for fast and fun mastery of SAT skills SAT DeMYSTiFieD takes the mystery out of studying for the SAT by walking you step-by-step through the fundamentals of the subject. Following the easy-to-use format of the books in the bestselling DeMYSTiFieD series, SAT DeMYSTiFieD helps you build the skills you need to prepare for the test. Inside you will find: Sample practice tests at the end of each of the four sections with complete answer explanations Three comprehensive practice exams Sample tests designed to match the real SAT in degree of difficulty Classroom-tested tips and strategies for mastering every question type Extra help and practice with every math topic tested on the SAT Strategies for answering all multiple-choice and constructed response math question types on the SAT

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McGraw Hill Professional

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007175296X

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The Uncertainty Doctrine

Narrative Politics and US Hard Power after the Cold War

By: Alexandra Homolar

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The Uncertainty Doctrine

Narrative Politics and US Hard Power after the Cold War

By: Alexandra Homolar

The first account of narrative politics in US defense policy surrounding the end of the Cold War. This book will appeal to a broad readership group including Foreign Policy Analysis, (Critical) Security Studies, and International Relations. It will also be useful for courses on American politics.

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1009355104

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