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We Give Our Hearts to Dogs to Tear

Intimations of their Immortality

By: Alston Chase

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We Give Our Hearts to Dogs to Tear

Intimations of their Immortality

By: Alston Chase

More than a hauntingly beautiful memoir about small dogs in Big Sky country, this book is a wise account of the relationships among dogs, humans, and the land that surrounds them. It is the story of successive generations of Jack Russell terriers, their animal friends, and their human companions. Alston Chase searches for the immortality of dogs, what makes them unique companions, and why we humans willingly give them our hearts knowing that someday they will be broken. This book will resonate with anyone who has ever loved a dog. Chase muses that dogs are the embodiment of spirit over mortality and through the window of their brief lives we glimpse eternity. This eternal includes the Earth, the land, and the bonds forged between people and dogs over thousands of years. Chase sees threats in the decline of rural life, unbridled urbanization, and in dog breeders who judge by conformation to breed standards and fashion rather than ability and health. An uplifting tribute to the dogs we love, and a reflection on the limitations of life, this book shows a triumph of the spirit. Rich in poetic citations, it is an environmental cry for help, a naturalistic appreciation of a dissolving world, and a deeply spiritual reminder that nothing loved is ever lost.

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1412854504

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9781412854504

In a Dark Wood

The Fight Over Forests & the Myths of Nature

By: Alston Chase

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In a Dark Wood

The Fight Over Forests & the Myths of Nature

By: Alston Chase

In a Dark Wood presents a history of debates among ecologists over what constitutes good forestry, and a critique of the ecological reasoning behind contemporary strategies of preservation, including the Endangered Species Act. Chase argues that these strategies, in many instances adopted for political, rather than scientific reasons, fail to promote biological diversity and may actually harm more creatures than they help. At the same time, Chase offers examples of conservation strategies that work, but which are deemed politically incorrect and ignored. In a Dark Wood provides the most thoughtful and complete account yet written of radical environmentalism. And it challenges the fundamental—but largely unexamined—assumptions of preservationism, such as those concerning whether there is a "balance of nature," whether all branches of ecology are really science, and whether ecosystems exist. In his new introduction, Chase evaluates the response to his book and reports on recent developments in environmental science, policy, and politics. In a Dark Wood was judged by a recent national poll to be one of the one hundred best nonfiction books written in the English language during the twentieth century. A smashing good read, this book will be of interest to environmentalists, ecologists, philosophers, biologists, and bio-ethicists, and anyone concerned about ecological issues.

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Transaction Publishers

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0765807521

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9780765807526

A Mind for Murder

The Education of the Unabomber and the Origins of Modern Terrorism

By: Alston Chase

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A Mind for Murder

The Education of the Unabomber and the Origins of Modern Terrorism

By: Alston Chase

Through Chase's compelling narration of the planning and execution of unabomber Ted Kaczynski's crimes, we come to know a thoroughly cold-blooded killer, but one whose ideas were uncannily close to those of mainstream America.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393325563

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9780393325560

Roald Dahl

By: Ann Alston,Catherine Butler

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Roald Dahl

By: Ann Alston,Catherine Butler

Roald Dahl is one of the world's best-loved authors. More than twenty years after his death, his books are still highly popular with children and have inspired numerous feature films – yet he remains a controversial figure. This volume, the first collection of academic essays ever to be devoted to Dahl's work, brings together a team of well-known scholars of children's literature to explore the man, his books for children, and his complex attitudes towards various key subjects. Including essays on education, crime, Dahl's humour, his long-term collaboration with the artist Quentin Blake, and film adaptations, this fascinating collection offers a unique insight into the writer and his world.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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135030901X

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9781350309012

Meggs' History of Graphic Design

By: Philip B. Meggs,Alston W. Purvis

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Meggs' History of Graphic Design

By: Philip B. Meggs,Alston W. Purvis

The bestselling graphic design reference, updated for the digital age Meggs' History of Graphic Design is the industry's unparalleled, award-winning reference. With over 1,400 high-quality images throughout, this visually stunning text guides you through a saga of artistic innovators, breakthrough technologies, and groundbreaking developments that define the graphic design field. The initial publication of this book was heralded as a publishing landmark, and author Philip B. Meggs is credited with significantly shaping the academic field of graphic design. Meggs presents compelling, comprehensive information enclosed in an exquisite visual format. The text includes classic topics such as the invention of writing and alphabets, the origins of printing and typography, and the advent of postmodern design. This new sixth edition has also been updated to provide: The latest key developments in web, multimedia, and interactive design Expanded coverage of design in Asia and the Middle East Emerging design trends and technologies Timelines framed in a broader historical context to help you better understand the evolution of contemporary graphic design Extensive ancillary materials including an instructor's manual, expanded image identification banks, flashcards, and quizzes You can't master a field without knowing the history. Meggs' History of Graphic Design presents an all-inclusive, visually spectacular arrangement of graphic design knowledge for students and professionals. Learn the milestones, developments, and pioneers of the trade so that you can shape the future.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118772059

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9781118772058

Mastering Import and Export Management

By: Thomas Cook,Rennie ALSTON,Kelly Raia

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Mastering Import and Export Management

By: Thomas Cook,Rennie ALSTON,Kelly Raia

With billions of dollars generated annually, importing and exporting is a potentially lucrative arena for growth—and a bewildering tangle of rules and regulations. Packed with hundreds of cost-effective strategies, ready-to-use forms, and valuable checklists, the second edition of Mastering Import & Export Management explains how to efficiently—and legally—navigate the complex world of international trade. From the big picture of pinpointing the best markets to the nitty-gritty of packing a container, this sweeping guide examines how to spot potential risks, apply quality control procedures, prepare documentation accurately, and more. This revised and updated edition addresses how best to handle recent crises like the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan, the economic downturn, or political instability in countries like Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain, and Libya. It also covers every new compliance and security regulation, as well as evolving best practices, including: • C-TPAT guidelines • Incoterms • In-house compliance programs • Freight cost–reduction tips • Beefed-up TSA regulations • Improved technology options • President Obama’s new export initiatives. It’s an indispensable resource for today’s complex and changing global marketplace.

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AMACOM

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081441723X

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9780814417232

The Confederate Culture and Its Weakenesses

How Culture Contributed to the Confederate Defeat

By: Jon P. Alston

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The Confederate Culture and Its Weakenesses

How Culture Contributed to the Confederate Defeat

By: Jon P. Alston

SOUTHERN CULTURE CONTAINED ELEMENTS THAT PROVED DYSFUNCTIONAL TO WINNING A PRE-MODERN WAR FOR SECESSION. SOUTHERN CAVALIERS WERE OFTEN MORE CONCERNED WITH THEIR OWN AMBITIONS AND SEARCH FOR HONOR AND POPULARITY. ROBERT E. LEE LOST THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG BECAUSE JEB STUART WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH HIS HONOR THAN WITH FOLLOWING ORDERS. OTHER GENERALS REFUSED TO COOPERATE AND REFUSED TO PREVENT THE UNION CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS AND VICKSBURG.

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iUniverse

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1663251509

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9781663251503

Bullen's Voyages

The Life of Frank T Bullen: Sailor, Whaler, Author

By: Alston Kennerley

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Bullen's Voyages

The Life of Frank T Bullen: Sailor, Whaler, Author

By: Alston Kennerley

Frank Bullen burst on the national and international popular literary scene at the end of the nineteenth century like a supernova which shone for the first decade or so of the next century and then was gone. But the memory of that brilliance lasts, like his fictional whaling epic, The Cruise of the Cachalot, into the present; this is a book still in print in any number of editions. Bullen’s Voyages is a long overdue tribute to that memory, focusing on the sea career which is so prominent in his writing. Of the era of his youth he wrote that ‘those were the days when boys in Geordie colliers or East Coast fishing smacks were often beaten to insanity and jumped overboard, or were done to death in truly savage fashion, and all that was necessary to account for their non-returning was a line in the log to the effect that they had been washed or had fallen overboard’. It was a brutal world, and a close examination of maritime records shows that the bullying, two shipwrecks and the tropical illnesses he describes so vividly, really occurred before he was even fifteen; and those were just the start. Hardly a voyage passes without similar dramatic episodes. But disentangling truth from fiction is not always easy. At one level The Cruise of the Cachalot is undoubtedly fiction, and there are unanswered questions about his young life as a ‘street arab’, as he once described himself. Yet Rudyard Kipling could write in 1898 of Cachalot ‘it is immense... I’ve never read anything that equals it... such real and new sea pictures’. Though Bullen conceals the names of several of his ships, this new biography reveals their real identities, while the author carefully distinguishes the fact and the fiction through his sea-going career. Bullen, who wrote more than thirty books, is second to none in his remarkable writing about the days of sail and the lives of merchant seafarers. A literary commentator writing in 1917, two years after his death, asserted: ‘Perhaps no writer has ever written so graphically or so sympathetically of the trials and dangers incurred by our merchant sailors than Frank Bullen, and his books today are a living witness to the courage and loyalty of our mercantile marine’. This elegant and highly readable biography is the first to describe his extraordinary life, and Bullen’s own vivid writing colors every page.

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Seaforth Publishing

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1399074288

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9781399074285

Hammer Spade and the Long Shooter

By: E. B. Alston

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Hammer Spade and the Long Shooter

By: E. B. Alston

Hammer Spade, private investigator and bail bondsman in Durham, North Carolina, is good at finding missing persons. This time a member of the British aristocracy has gone missing, only thing is that not only is she a socialite, she's a British Secret Service agent.--Source other than Library of Congress.

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1934936189

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9781934936184

Hammer Spade and the Ring of Fire

By: E. B. Alston

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Hammer Spade and the Ring of Fire

By: E. B. Alston

On their wedding day Xerxes, King of ancient Persia, gave a gold ring with mysterious qualities to his new Jewish Queen, Esther. It has been stolen from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Hammer Spade is hired to recover it.

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0979620910

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9780979620911

Excelsior

Seeking the Beyond

By: George Alston

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Excelsior

Seeking the Beyond

By: George Alston

Set in the French Alps, a story of two lovers. Steve, a man who has lost his love and endeavours to find her again in France, and Simone, a woman whom people consider has had too many lovers. Steve seeks to find the real Simone and eventually discovers her, despite many upsets which revolve in the mountains. Chamonix and the Alps are paramount to the story, as is Provence. A story is full of exciting climaxes which will appeal to men and women who are a bit different – we seek them out!

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1805140426

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9781805140429

Why Do I Find Myself in These Situations?

By: Harold Alston

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Why Do I Find Myself in These Situations?

By: Harold Alston

Why Do I Find Myself in These Situations? was chosen because of many unique situations during fifty-five years of flying military and civilian aircraft. All are specific that are unique to this pilot. Many are specific that have not been experienced by other pilots and hopefully will not be experienced on their flights. Heavenly guidance was certainly present in several of these experiences that guided responses, subtly prompted actions, and allowed a very experienced pilot to respond beyond normal human abilities. After each individual story, the title question could be asked, but you will enjoy that it was not you who had to deal with the same situations. Enjoy!

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1638449260

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9781638449263

Shelly’s Homecoming

By: Angela Jenean Alston

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Shelly’s Homecoming

By: Angela Jenean Alston

When Artist Shelly Foreman leaves Charm City for the Windy City to search for her estranged father, she thinks that she's seen the worst that life can throw at her. But when her new boutique property starts to reveal its haunting secrets she soon discovers that finding her father is the least of her problems. Shelly's initial social call with her father in a decade is unforgettable. P.I. Shelton Foreman wasn't her dad anymore. She'd mistaken him for family! Despite their stormy reunion, Shelton is determined to regain his adult child's trust once again, and soon they restore their father/daughter bond. The detective is committed to helping her solve the mystery regarding the mine shaft underneath her building and stop a family of thieves from threatening to destroy everything a group of store owners have worked so hard to achieve in the run-down business community.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984555499

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9781984555496

The Vendetta

Special Agent Melvin Purvis, John Dillinger, and Hoover's FBI in the Age of Gangsters

By: Alston Purvis

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The Vendetta

Special Agent Melvin Purvis, John Dillinger, and Hoover's FBI in the Age of Gangsters

By: Alston Purvis

By the end of 1934 Melvin Purvis was, besides President Roosevelt, the most famous man in America. Just thirty-one years old, he presided over the neophyte FBI's remarkable sweep of the great Public Enemies of the American Depression -- John Dillinger; Pretty Boy Floyd; Baby Face Nelson. America finally had its hero in the War on Crime, and the face of all the conquering G-Men belonged to Melvin Purvis. Yet these triumphs sowed the seeds of his eventual ruin. With each new capture, each new headline touting Purvis as the scourge of gangsters, one man's implacable resentment grew. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, was immensely jealous of the agent who had been his friend and prot'g', and vowed that Melvin Purvis would be brought down. A vendetta began that would not end even with Purvis's death. For more than three decades Hoover trampled Purvis's reputation, questioned his courage and competence, and tried to erase his name from all records of the FBI's greatest triumphs. Alston Purvis is Melvin's only surviving son. With the benefit of a unique family archive of documents, new testimony from colleagues and friends of Melvin Purvis and witnesses to the events of 1934, he has produced a grippingly authentic new telling of the gangster era, seen from the perspective of the pursuers. By finally setting the record straight about his father, he sheds new light on what some might call Hoover's original sin -- a personal vendetta that is one of the earliest and clearest examples of Hoover's bitter, destructive paranoia.

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PublicAffairs

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0786746661

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9780786746668

Winning Government Contracts

How Your Small Business Can Find and Secure Federal Government Contracts Up to $100,000

By: Malcolm Parvey,Deborah Alston

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Winning Government Contracts

How Your Small Business Can Find and Secure Federal Government Contracts Up to $100,000

By: Malcolm Parvey,Deborah Alston

Winning Government Contracts shows you the way. It begins at the beginning, assuming no prior knowledge of the government marketplace and its sometimes complicated terminology. Written in a clear, easy-to-understand language by experienced sales and marketing professionals, this book takes you through the registration and bidding process step by step.

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Red Wheel/Weiser

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1564149757

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9781564149756

Between You, Me and the Gatepost

A Memoir

By: Clarence Alston

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Between You, Me and the Gatepost

A Memoir

By: Clarence Alston

Between You, Me and the Gatepost is a coming of age story. It chronicles the early life of Eugene Cannon. He is a boy growing up among the remnants of Jim Crow in the late 1950s and the dawning of the sexual revolution in the 1960s. He is catapulted between contrasting worlds of the ambivalent South and the socially ambitious North. Eugene struggles to establish his own beliefs between these extremes. The violent loss of his mother stimulates the swaying of the pendulum in his precarious existence. His confl icts are emotional and psychological. Uncouth role models infl uence unhealthy resolutions which fail to satisfy his young mind; a mind where decisions are dictated by passion rather than reason. Eugene matriculates through high school preparing for college as a teenage father. His survival is uncertain and his potential for genuine affection is damaged. If he retreats into one of his myriad facades he could disappear for ever. No one has been privy to his authentic mind. When the truth is revealed it will be among his most intimate companions.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1456841041

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9781456841041

Come Laugh with Me

By: James Alston Branscomb

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Come Laugh with Me

By: James Alston Branscomb

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, Proverbs 17:22. These 420 diverse and unique anecdotes are not available anywhere else. Once you read them, you will laugh with me. Personal recollections of a 94-year-old man through humorous glimpses into his childhood in small-town south Alabama; his University of Alabama days; his work years at Reynolds Metals Aluminum Company; his service with the Kiwanis Club; his United Methodist Church participation; and his community experiences. Many people have asked me throughout my life, When are you going to write a book? and have then said, I want the first copy!

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1462886604

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9781462886609

The Definitive Guide to Government Contracts

Everything You Need to Apply for and Win Federal and GSA Schedule Contracts

By: Malcolm Parvey,Deborah Alston

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The Definitive Guide to Government Contracts

Everything You Need to Apply for and Win Federal and GSA Schedule Contracts

By: Malcolm Parvey,Deborah Alston

The U.S. government is the biggest customer in the world! How can your small business get a piece of the pie? The Definitive Guide to Government Contracts begins at the beginning, and assumes no prior knowledge of the government marketplace. Written in a clear, easy-to-understand language by experienced sales and marketing professionals, it takes you through every step of the process--finding the opportunities; understanding the requirements; registering your company and submitting your bid; shipping, packaging, and invoicing requirements. The same step-by-step approach is used to explain the increasingly popular GSA contract, from researching the schedules, preparing the paperwork, and submitting your proposal, to the all-important marketing that is required once the contract has been awarded. Thinking about selling to the federal government but don't know where to begin? The Definitive Guide to Government Contracts is all the help you need.

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Red Wheel/Weiser

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1601631111

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9781601631114

Entertaining Mathematical Teasers and how to Solve Them

By: James Alston Hope Hunter

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Entertaining Mathematical Teasers and how to Solve Them

By: James Alston Hope Hunter

160 math teasers and 40 alphametics will provide hours of mind-stretching entertainment. Accessible to high school students. Solutions. Four Appendices.

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Courier Corporation

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0486245004

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9780486245003

Jacob's Flight

By: Emily Alston Beke

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Jacob's Flight

By: Emily Alston Beke

Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. Or a Pilgrimage to Harran and thence in the Patriarch's Footsteps into the Promised Land.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752588772

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9783752588774

Childhood Stories and Perspectives

A Memoir

By: William L. Alston

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Childhood Stories and Perspectives

A Memoir

By: William L. Alston

Walter and Julia Alston were two parents with two different upbringings—one was from a family of means, and the other was from a family with very little. One was about trying to have success and wealth, and the other was about having nothing, spending and splurging and wasting more than could be grasped. Both Walter and his spouse, Julia, had major flaws. Both were all about him and herself. They had no plans to effectively share between themselves or among their ten children. They were all in it for themselves and not for each other and certainly not for their offspring. Despite their selfishness, they left their children with more than they realized; they left their children a treasure trove of stories—stories that were handed down through several generations from their parents and their parents’ parents. For generations, this had transpired by word of mouth that revealed family history, culture, entertainment, and family accomplishments. These stories brought pride, pleasure, and a sense of direction and well-being to the Alston family. These stories brought assured tangibles that would encourage, empower, teach, and would point the way forward.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662435282

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9781662435287

Telling It Like It Was

Collected Columns and Stories

By: E. B. Alston

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Telling It Like It Was

Collected Columns and Stories

By: E. B. Alston

This is all about growing up in the south during the 1930s and 1940s and going into the Army in 1953. Childhood adventures, my first real job at the telephone company and hunting stories. This was the south before ¿progress¿ came into our lives.

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Righter Bookstore

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1934936227

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9781934936221

Intelligent Businessman's Guide to Japan

By: Jon P. Alston

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Intelligent Businessman's Guide to Japan

By: Jon P. Alston

This Japanese business guide contains insider's tips that will make dealings with the Japanese both manageable and successful. For Westerners dealing with Japanese, simple differences in business practices can be troublesome obstacles to successful negotiation. They need not be according to sociologist Jon P. Alston. In this informed and straightforward presentation, Alston describes common Japanese rules for social interaction, and shows how foreigners who understand them can put this knowledge to profitable use. In such chapters as: Establishing a Personal Relationship Closing the Deal Maintaining Contact Alston explains Japanese expectations and the importance placed on preperation, form, and follow–up. For those planning their first interculturual deal as well as for experienced negociations, The Intelligent Businessman's Guide to Japan is an invaluable aid for acquiring the extra edge that leads to business success.

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462904769

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9781462904761

A Realist Conception of Truth

By: William P. Alston

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A Realist Conception of Truth

By: William P. Alston

One of the most important Anglo-American philosophers of our time here joins the current philosophical debate about the nature of truth. William P. Alston formulates and defends a realist conception of truth, which he calls alethic realism (from "aletheia," Greek for truth). This idea holds that the truth value of a statement (belief or proposition) depends on whether what the statement is about is as the statement says it is. Michael Dummett and Hilary Putnam are two of the prominent and widely influential contemporary philosophers whose anti-realist ideas Alston attacks.

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Cornell University Press

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1501720554

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9781501720550

The Emerald Necklace and Other Stories

By: E. B. Alston

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The Emerald Necklace and Other Stories

By: E. B. Alston

An eclectic and witty collection of short stories including a story about how an ordinary bridge game in a small south Texas town turns dramatic over the value of an emerald necklace.

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0974773557

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The Winning Edge

Show Ring Secrets

By: George Alston

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The Winning Edge

Show Ring Secrets

By: George Alston

George Alston has been one of the country's preeminent professional handlers for over thirty years. Now, the secrets of his success are shared with every dog fancier. The Winning Edge is the very first book to apply sports psychology to dog showing. Here, serious exhibitors, including the seasoned veteran, will have the opportunity to develop and polish the skills necessary to take a place in the winners' circle. With award-winning author Connie Vanacore, George Alston shows us all how to gain consistent success in the only sport in which amateurs compete directly with the professionals. Chapters focus on the advantages of being an amateur and underscore the necessity for the mental preparation and psychology that are essential to every exhibitor's success. The authors cover every ingredient in the recipe for show ring success, with chapters on the perfect handler, the making of a show dog, psychocybernetics, where and how to focus when in the ring and learning from the competition. The Winning Edge, an essential for every dog exhibitor's bookshelf, now makes George Alston's professional know-how available to everyone with the desire to win. A Howell Dog Book of Distinction

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Turner Publishing Company

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0470336455

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9780470336458

The Evidential Argument from Evil

By: William L. Rowe,Paul Draper,Richard Swinburne,Eleonore Stump,Alvin Plantinga,William P. Alston,Stephen J. Wykstra,Peter van Inwagen,Bruce Russell,Richard M. Gale

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The Evidential Argument from Evil

By: William L. Rowe,Paul Draper,Richard Swinburne,Eleonore Stump,Alvin Plantinga,William P. Alston,Stephen J. Wykstra,Peter van Inwagen,Bruce Russell,Richard M. Gale

Is evil evidence against the existence of God? A collection of essays by philosophers, theologians, and other scholars. Even if God and evil are compatible, it remains hotly contested whether evil renders belief in God unreasonable. The Evidential Argument from Evil presents five classic statements on this issue by eminent philosophers and theologians, and places them in dialogue with eleven original essays reflecting new thinking by these and other scholars. The volume focuses on two versions of the argument. The first affirms that there is no reason for God to permit either certain specific horrors or the variety and profusion of undeserved suffering. The second asserts that pleasure and pain, given their biological role, are better explained by hypotheses other than theism. Contributors include William P. Alston, Paul Draper, Richard M. Gale, Daniel Howard-Snyder, Alvin Plantinga, William L. Rowe, Bruce Russell, Eleonore Stump, Richard G. Swinburne, Peter van Inwagen, and Stephen John Wykstra.

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Indiana University Press

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0253114098

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9780253114099

African American Fathers' Involvement in their Children's Education

By: Tasha L. Alston

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African American Fathers' Involvement in their Children's Education

By: Tasha L. Alston

The literature tells us that parental involvement affects academic achievement. However, much of the literature on parental involvement focuses on the involvement of mothers with limited information about the involvement of fathers, especially African American fathers. The parental involvement literature on African American fathers is insufficient compared to their White counterparts. African American fathers do not have a “voice” in the literature on parental involvement. A racial and gender bias exists in the literature on parental involvement that marginalizes the voice of African American fathers. African American Fathers' Involvement in their Children’s Education seeks to understand the relationship that African American fathers have with the education of their children by using Critical Race Theory as a theoretical framework to privilege the "voice" of African American fathers. This text focuses on the contributions that African American fathers make in the lives of their children and families, challenges the master deficient narrative, and humanizes African American fathers. This book purposefully and unapologetically portrays African American fathers as the brilliant, excellent human beings they are.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793632596

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9781793632593

Early Canadian Printing

A Supplement to Marie Tremaine's A Bibliography of Canadian Imprints, 1751-1800

By: Patricia Fleming,Sandra Alston,Marie Tremaine

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Early Canadian Printing

A Supplement to Marie Tremaine's A Bibliography of Canadian Imprints, 1751-1800

By: Patricia Fleming,Sandra Alston,Marie Tremaine

In addition to verifying as many of Tremaine's original library locations as possible, and identifying additional copies of the items, the authors of the supplement have added many new entries that have come to light in the last 45 years.

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University of Toronto Press

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080204218X

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9780802042187

And Deliver Us from Evil

By: E. B. Alston

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And Deliver Us from Evil

By: E. B. Alston

Deliver Us From Evil is the sequel to Those Whom The Gods Love. In Bill Davis? return appearance, we have the same loveable, considerate man we met earlier, but the lessons he learned in the first book have made him harder, deliberate, more ruthless.This assignment has Bill Davis tracking down a drug gang. Against his wishes, he is assigned a woman partner. These two and a Chesapeake Bay retriever named Bear form an excellent team. Retaliation against the drug dealers is immediate, unerring, and deadly.The skills Bill learned in Vietnam are honed again as he sets up a series of ambushes. His ability to think on his feet is demonstrated by his capacity to anticipate the enemy?s next move and stay one step ahead of them. Keeping out of sight of the local law enforcement officers while performing these nefarious deeds is also quite challenging.All of Bill?s qualities and expertise are needed at the climax. A miscalculation lands the trio in hot water. Quick thinking and teamwork are called for in a battle reminiscent of the days of the early American western frontier. This is a swift moving, hard edged, straight forward, no nonsense story. The hero has all of the qualities that legends are made of, yet he retains his warmth and approachability. Here?s hoping we meet Bill Davis again in the future.Judy Jacobs September 24, 2005

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Righter Bookstore

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0974773522

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9780974773520

All Things Well: Helping Youth Discover Their Open Door

By: Dr. Clarence Alston

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All Things Well: Helping Youth Discover Their Open Door

By: Dr. Clarence Alston

A disproportional percentage of children from identified subgroups in America demonstrate substandard academic performance in our public schools. Some educators, psychologists and even sociologists attribute this discrepancy to inherently deficient intellectual ability, exasperated by poverty and disinterest , This book challenges modern- day Christians particularly-- to question the Biblical legitimacy and morality of this phenomenon. Is such a glaring discrepancy acceptable in America when we advocate that “...God is no respecter of persons ...”and” ,,, he has done All Things Well. If this is indeed a spiritual matter then perhaps Christians need to be more vocal or more engaged in the conversation . We must help each child see the door that God has set before them.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1669813266

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9781669813262

Women and Climate Change in Bangladesh

By: Margaret Alston

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Women and Climate Change in Bangladesh

By: Margaret Alston

Bangladesh is by no means a high emitter of carbon, but it is nevertheless one of the countries most critically affected. There is a significant risk of damage to lives and livelihoods due to climate change in the form of cyclones, flooding and storm surges, and slow-onset impacts such as droughts, sea level rises and river basin erosion. Moreover, Bangladeshis are especially vulnerable as a high proportion of people live in extreme poverty. This book assesses the impact of climate change in Bangladesh, and presents the findings of a three-year, in-depth study undertaken at village level in different districts of the country. It examines national policies, contrasting them with what is actually happening at village level. It outlines the impact of climate change on livelihood strategies and health, and focuses particularly on the impact on gender relations, showing that although women have a significant role to play in helping communities cope with the effects of climate change, cultural customs and practices often work against this. The book argues for, and puts forward policy proposals for, recognising women’s active contribution and supporting gender equality as a critical strategy in global adaptation to climate challenges.

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Routledge

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1317684869

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