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The Outer Spheres

By: Andrew Wallace

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How can such a bright future be so full of darkness? Beautiful young Charity Freestone has it all: the love of a good man, the revelation of her remarkable identity, and her family reunited after their spectacular battle with the Sons of the Crystal Mind. However, at her moment of triumph Charity is tricked into joining the mysterious New Form Enterprise, whose harsh regime seems designed to break her. Before she can learn their strange purpose, a shocking betrayal brings unique and terrifying freedom. Cut off from its advanced technology, Charity is hunted through war-torn, subterranean Diamond City by an enemy who is always closer than she thinks. As she struggles to make sense of her inhumanly ruthless pursuers, Charity must confront her own complicity in the nightmare that engulfs her. And when she does, she discovers there are far worse places than the dreaded Outer Spheres. Book Two of Andrew Wallace’s viscerally thrilling Diamond Roads science fiction series, The Outer Spheres takes extraordinary heroine Charity Freestone into even stranger and more disturbing territory. The novel threads bleeding-edge science through a fearsomely-wrought war story to explore the unimaginable outcomes of our most terrifying decisions. Blending the vast and eerie scale of Peter F Hamilton’s The Reality Dysfunction with the originality and political insight of Anne Leckie’s Ancilliary Justice, The Outer Spheres forges a unique vision of fear and wonder. Diamond Roads is fast becoming a whole new mythology, exploring the way things are against a wildly-imagined backdrop of how they might turn out. To see if Charity survives, and whether she can be truly free of her pursuers and her own demons, buy the book now. Praise for Diamond Roads: Andrew Wallace shows a real talent for world building in this well-written, fast-paced debut novel. From the first page, Diamond Roads is packed with sci-fi smarts. I’m looking forward to reading more from this author – Anne Charnock, winner of the Clarke Award for Dreams Before the Start of Time & the BSFA Award for The Enclave Fast-paced, clever and beautifully written, Diamond Roads is a richly imagined dystopian thriller that introduces the latest in a long line of cool, kick-ass SF heroines. Charity Freestone combines the strength of Ripley with the wiles of Katniss and the vulnerability of Halo Jones. If you liked Wool, you'll love this – Mark Edwards, bestselling author of The Magpies & Follow You Home I loved this smart, continually surprising thriller set in a richly drawn world – Simon Guerrier, author of Doctor Who: The Pirate Loop; Primeval: Fire & Water & Being Human: The Road

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Andrew Wallace

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0995700702

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Brokering Servitude

Migration and the Politics of Domestic Labor During the Long Nineteenth Century

By: Andrew Urban

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Brokering Servitude

Migration and the Politics of Domestic Labor During the Long Nineteenth Century

By: Andrew Urban

A note on language -- Introduction -- Liberating free labor : vere foster and assisted Irish emigration to the United States, 1850-1865 -- Humanitarianism's markets : brokering the domestic labor of black refugees, 1861-1872 -- Chinese servants and the American colonial imagination : domesticity and opposition to restriction, 1865-1882 -- Controlling and protecting white women : the state and sentimental forms of coercion, 1850-1917 -- Bonded Chinese servants : domestic labor and exclusion, 1882-1924 -- Race and reform : domestic service, the great migration, and European quotas, 1891-1924 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- About the author

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NYU Press

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0814785840

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Babyface Goes to Hollywood

Fighters, Mobsters & Film Stars. The Jimmy McLarnin Story

By: Andrew Gallimore

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Babyface Goes to Hollywood

Fighters, Mobsters & Film Stars. The Jimmy McLarnin Story

By: Andrew Gallimore

He was the Darling of the Depression. At a time when the Mob ruled the prize ring, Jimmy McLarnin and his manager Pop Foster stayed out of the clutches of the gunmen. This is the story of two Irishmen who found each other on foreign shores and formed one of the great partnerships in sports – the old fairground fighter and the scrawny kid he promised to make champion of the world someday. Theirs is an epic journey that begins in County Down and ends on the star-lined pavements of Sunset Boulevard. Along the way lie murders and organised crime; Nazis, filmstars and gangsters; glamour, gang wars and Gaelic football!

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The O'Brien Press

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1847176240

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Working With Denied Child Abuse: The Resolutions Approach

The Resolutions Approach

By: Turnell, Andrew,Essex, Susanne

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Working With Denied Child Abuse: The Resolutions Approach

The Resolutions Approach

By: Turnell, Andrew,Essex, Susanne

This volume presents a safety-focused, partnership-based, practice model called resolutions, which provides an alternate approach to working with the problem of denied child abuse. It describes each stage of this model and demonstrates the approach through many practice examples.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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Multi-Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa

A Treatment Manual

By: Mima Simic,Julian Baudinet,Esther Blessitt,Andrew Wallis,Ivan Eisler

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Multi-Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa

A Treatment Manual

By: Mima Simic,Julian Baudinet,Esther Blessitt,Andrew Wallis,Ivan Eisler

Multi-Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa is a treatment manual that details an empirically supported and innovative treatment for this disorder. This book provides a detailed description of the theory and clinical practice of MFT-AN. The treatment draws on the Maudsley Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa model as well as integrating other psychological and group frameworks. Part I details the theoretical concepts, MFT-AN structure, content and implementation, including clinically rich and detailed guidance on group facilitation, therapeutic technique and troubleshooting when the group process encounters difficulties. Part III provides step-by-step instructions for the group activities in the initial four-day intensive workshop and for the subsequent follow-up days that occur over a further six to eight months. The book will serve as a practical guide for both experienced and new clinicians working with children and adolescents with eating disorders and their families, in utilising multi-family therapy in their clinical practice.

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Routledge

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1000427587

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Towards Belonging

Negotiating New Relationships for Adopted Children and Those in Care

By: Andrew Briggs

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Towards Belonging

Negotiating New Relationships for Adopted Children and Those in Care

By: Andrew Briggs

This book explores what a sense of belonging—its components and state—means for the adopted children and those in care. It contributes to reader's understanding of these children's emotional well-being, mental health, and potential for success in life through education and beyond.

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0429923112

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How Christians Grow

Spiritual Transformation for Life

By: Andrew James Prince

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How Christians Grow

Spiritual Transformation for Life

By: Andrew James Prince

When someone becomes a Christian, they enter into a lifelong journey of God-driven transformation into the likeness of Christ. But what does this transformation process look like, and what means does God use to bring about spiritual growth? How does a Christian continue growing spiritually? How do they prevent the practice of the spiritual discipline of meditating on God’s word from become mechanical when they may have read through the Bible many times? How do they mature in prayer? And how do they continue being conformed to the image of Christ for the rest of their lives rather than simply putting their spiritual gearstick into neutral and coasting into eternity? This book seeks to answer such questions. It begins by exploring the contours of this spiritual transformation into Christlikeness before introducing various means God uses to bring this about. The book seeks to give hope and instruction, both to the weary and to the strong, so that they can grow more like Christ through the means of grace that God has provided.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666738441

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Child Protection and the Family Court: What you Need to Know

By: Andrew McFarlane,Madeleine Reardon,Alexander Laing

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Child Protection and the Family Court: What you Need to Know

By: Andrew McFarlane,Madeleine Reardon,Alexander Laing

Child protection made simple: the plain-speaking guide for all those concerned with the protection of children. Providing a clear and uncomplicated route through the child protection process. Diagrams and charts are included to aid understanding; jargon and acronyms are only included in order to explain them and key court decisions are explained in their proper context. In addition to coverage of local authority safeguarding duties and investigations, parental responsibility, wardship and the inherent jurisdiction and secure accommodation, new content in this edition includes: A chapter on special guardianship, helpful for those who find themselves involved in legal proceedings without access to legal aid, such as grandparents Developments in cases involving: Radicalisation Adoption Children or parents who are nationals of a foreign country The introduction of the Child Arrangements Programme for private law

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526505959

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Saints, Sinners, and the God of the World

The Hartford Sermon Notebook Transcribed, 1679-1680.

By: Andrew Mallory

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Saints, Sinners, and the God of the World

The Hartford Sermon Notebook Transcribed, 1679-1680.

By: Andrew Mallory

Representing important new primary source material for scholars of early New England; Saints, Sinners, and the God of the World: The Hartford Sermon Notebook Transcribed, 1679-1680, is a complete transcription of 62 previously unknown Puritan sermons from five different ministers.

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BRILL

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Know Your Rights

Employment and Family Rights

By: Andrew McCann

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Know Your Rights

Employment and Family Rights

By: Andrew McCann

Know Your Rights: Employment and Family brings together the most up-to-date information on: Family law, including the Civil Partnership Act, from marriage to divorce; adoption to guardianship; sale of the family home to wills and inheritance; domestic violence to custody.The rights of the employee and the employer, including terms of employment, notice periods, redundancy, unfair dismissal, payment of wages, sick pay and sick leave. Using a question-and-answer format in order to apply the information to real examples, Know Your Rights: Employment and Family is an indispensable guide for all households. ‘Andrew McCann easily cuts through the red tape that traditionally surrounds bureaucracy. His number is always close to hand when we need to discuss the rights of Irish citizens, while his refusal to use the convoluted language of officialdom makes his analysis accessible to all.’ Jonathan Healy, presenter of Lunchtime, Newstalk ‘Andrew McCann's Know Your Rights: Employment and Family is a most helpful and practical aid to the ordinary citizen in dealing with situations that may arise in the areas of employment and relationships within the family. It is written in an easy and accessible style and will be very useful to people dealing with difficult situations.' Senator David Norris ‘Andrew McCann is an expert in every sense of the word and his ability to deliver jargon-free advice makes this book a must for anyone seeking a way through what can often be a bureaucratic nightmare.’ Aidan Cooney, co-presenter of Ireland AM and Call Cooney on Q102. ‘More and more, we need to know our rights and our entitlements in society. This book is a great addition to the library of the concerned and involved citizen.’ Joe Duffy, presenter of Liveline, RTÉ Radio 1

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1909518611

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The Zen of Helping

Spiritual Principles for Mindful and Open-Hearted Practice

By: Andrew Bein

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The Zen of Helping

Spiritual Principles for Mindful and Open-Hearted Practice

By: Andrew Bein

Bring compassion, self-awareness, radical acceptance, practitioner presence, and caring to the relationships you have with you patients by utilizing the advice in The Zen of Helping: Spiritual Principles for Mindful and Open-Hearted Practice. As a mental health professional, you will appreciate the vivid metaphors, case examples, personal anecdotes, quotes and poems in this book and use them as a spiritual foundation for your professional practice. Connect Zen Buddhism with your human service and address issues like dealing with your own responses to your client’s trauma and pain.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047033309X

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Moral Authority, Ideology, And The Future Of American Social Welfare

By: Andrew W. Dobelstein

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Moral Authority, Ideology, And The Future Of American Social Welfare

By: Andrew W. Dobelstein

This book suggests how welfare can be re-formed by taking the American ideological context as a road map for which welfare changes are possible and which are not, laying out a framework for welfare as America enters the twenty-first century.

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Case Studies in Sport Law

By: Andrew T. Pittman,John O. Spengler,Sarah J. Young

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Case Studies in Sport Law

By: Andrew T. Pittman,John O. Spengler,Sarah J. Young

Case Studies in Sport Law, Second Edition, provides students with specific examples and perspectives of some of the most significant cases in sport law in an accessible tone that is free of legal jargon. The text is an ideal companion for non-law students who are seeking clarity and context for legal issues commonly encountered in sport management and sport law settings. The 87 cases provide real-life applications for students and scholars of sport management. This updated second edition of Case Studies in Sport Law contains one new case study to provide a more contemporary example while maintaining the most significant precedent cases. The text is easily incorporated as a supplement to course studies, especially for its recommended companion text, Introduction to Sport Law, Second Edition. These two texts were designed with the other in mind, and the structures match each other in order of topics presented so that students can easily cross-reference the two to obtain the best understanding of sport law. The 87 cases in Case Studies in Sport Law have been carefully curated by a team of experts in the field and represent many of the multifaceted aspects of sport law. Some of the areas covered in the text are school districts, colleges and universities, interscholastic and recreational programs, professional sport franchises, sporting goods manufacturers and trademarks, and governing bodies. This broad approach encourages students to understand the impact of legal issues on the sport industry, including many of the areas that students are hoping to pursue as a career. Case Studies in Sport Law offers condensed versions of each case as opposed to the full legal proceedings, which enables students to grasp key concepts of the case instead of wading through legal jargon. The cases are divided into the main topics that are most prevalent in sport law courses: agency law, antitrust law, constitutional law, contract law, employment law, intellectual property, labor law, products liability, risk management, statutory law, Title IX, tort law, and the U.S. legal system. This is an easy-to-follow format that allows instructors and readers easy selection of cases based on the topic at hand. In addition to the abridged court cases, each section provides introductory information to prepare students on the type of law that will be examined and key concepts to bear in mind while reading. Further, each case study ends with review questions that can test student comprehension, be used for review, and prompt in-class discussions. Answers to these review questions are in the instructor guide, which is free to course adopters and available at www.HumanKinetics.com/CaseStudiesInSportLaw. Litigation and lawsuits in sport are increasing; therefore, managers and operators must maintain a thorough understanding of legal practices. Case Studies in Sport Law is the ideal text to supplement a sport management or sport law class and bolster student comprehension of sport law issues, and it is a supreme reference in the professional library of all practitioners in college, high school, professional, and recreational sport settings.

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1492585645

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Key Modern Architects

50 Short Histories of Modern Architecture

By: Andrew Higgott

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Key Modern Architects

50 Short Histories of Modern Architecture

By: Andrew Higgott

Key Modern Architects provides an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to the work of the most significant architects of the modern era. Fifty short chapters introduce fifty key architects, from Le Corbusier to Aldo Van Eyck to Zaha Hadid, exploring their most influential buildings and developing a critique of each architect's work within a broader cultural and historical context. The selection represents the most influential architects working from 1890 to the present, those most likely to be taught on survey courses in modern architectural history, along with some lesser-known names with an equal claim to influence. Emphasis is placed on a critical and interpretative approach, allowing the student to position each architect in a cultural and intellectual context quickly and easily. Artistic, technical, social, and intellectual developments are brought to the fore – built and unbuilt projects, writings and influences. This approach brings to light the ideology behind architectural work, offering insights into each architect's working practice. - Helps students to develop a critical approach to understanding modern architectural history. - One chapter per architect – meaning chapters may be read individually as a concise resource for the study of an architect, or together as a coherent book-length history of the whole period of modern architecture. - Chapters are supported by boxed lists of each architect's most significant projects, along with suggestions for further reading as a springboard to further study and research. Combining the clarity and accessibility of a textbook with in-depth reading and a critical approach, Key Modern Architects provides an invaluable resource for both the classroom and for independent study in architectural and art history.

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Case Studies in Sport Law-2nd Edition

By: Pittman, Andrew,Spengler, John O.,Young, Sarah

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Case Studies in Sport Law-2nd Edition

By: Pittman, Andrew,Spengler, John O.,Young, Sarah

Case Studies in Sport Law, Second Edition, provides students and legal professionals with specific examples and perspectives of some of the most significant cases in sport law in an accessible tone that is free of legal jargon.

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Ethics for Psychologists

A Casebook Approach

By: Liang Tien,Amy Davis,Thomas H. Arnold,G. Andrew H. Benjamin

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Ethics for Psychologists

A Casebook Approach

By: Liang Tien,Amy Davis,Thomas H. Arnold,G. Andrew H. Benjamin

With full coverage of the APA Code of Ethics and engaging vignettes to draw students into the material, Ethics for Psychologists provides unique multicultural, moral, and legal perspectives to the standards of conduct in the field of psychology. This book describes complex ethical dilemmas students may encounter and offers a variety of frameworks through which to examine such dilemmas. Legal, moral, values-driven, and global approaches are provided in concise commentaries about the dictates of our own Code of Ethics. Students will be challenged to take control of their learning experience by moving beyond the basics of looking up each situation to find "the right thing to do," into a more active and engaged approach, with the goal of not only becoming ethical thinkers but informed decision makers.

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SAGE Publications

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1483341518

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Major League Umpires' Performance, 2007-2010

A Comprehensive Statistical Review

By: Andrew Goldblatt

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Major League Umpires' Performance, 2007-2010

A Comprehensive Statistical Review

By: Andrew Goldblatt

Thirty years into baseball's sabermetric revolution, relatively little attention has been paid to the impact of a major league umpire's ball-and-strike judgment on game results. This welcome study corrects this omission by profiling more than ninety current umpires, summarizing their professional history, and charting their performance at home plate from 2007 through 2010. Annual and four-season rankings place the umpires according to four categories: runs per nine innings, walks per nine innings, strikeouts per nine innings, and strikeout-to-walk ratio. The statistical analysis reveals that the home plate umpire's influence on a game can be huge, both in terms of runs scored and the distribution of walks and strikeouts. By introducing umpires as individuals and encouraging a rational discussion of their work, this examination depicts umpires as dynamic actors whose impact on the game can be measured, analyzed, and enjoyed.

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McFarland

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0786486872

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Wolverines in the Sky

By: Andrew Layton

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Wolverines in the Sky

By: Andrew Layton

Wolverines in the Sky tells the story of Michigan's fighter aces; 56 men who distinguished themselves as some of the greatest aviators in history by shooting down five or more enemy aircraft in flight. Wolverines in the Sky is a fitting tribute to a group of men who answered America's call to service and defended her under exceptional circumstances. It's a book not to be missed by any patriot. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An excellent account of Michigan's aces. I thoroughly enjoyed every word of it. - Stanley J. Bozich, Curator, Michigan's Own Military and Space Museum Andrew Layton is a home school graduate who has enjoyed a love for history and our nation's veterans for as long as he can remember. It was this passion that inspired him to begin writing Wolverines in the Sky at the age of fourteen after personally contacting each of America's living fighter aces to thank them for their service.

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Xulon Press

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1602663890

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The Best Man Plays

Major League Baseball and the Black Athlete, 1901-2002

By: Andrew O’Toole

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The Best Man Plays

Major League Baseball and the Black Athlete, 1901-2002

By: Andrew O’Toole

It has been said that sport is the great leveler, that on the playing field everyone is of equal status. Through the years, however, few institutions have better embodied America's ideals and prejudices than baseball. Jackie Robinson's debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers marked the first time an African American participated in a major league contest in the 20th century, and his abilities verified what many had believed all along--that African Americans could compete with white players and excel. The experiences and important contributions of six African American baseball players from the 1900s to the present day are presented in this work. The players are Andrew "Rube" Foster, perhaps the most important figure in black baseball during the first quarter of the 20th century; Satchel Paige, whose talent quickly became known in organized baseball and was built into a near mythical figure by an enchanted press; Larry Doby, who took the field with the Cleveland Indians three months after Jackie Robinson appeared with the Dodgers; Curt Flood, remembered less for the exceptional player he was than for challenging baseball's reserve clause; Dave Parker, the first black player to make a million dollars a year but also a prominent witness to the Pittsburgh drug trial; and Barry Bonds, known for his clashes with fans and the media but most recently revered for his MVP season in 2002 and record-breaking 73 home runs in 2001.

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0786414944

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Hollywood's All-Time Greatest Stars

A Quiz Book

By: Andrew J. Rausch

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Hollywood's All-Time Greatest Stars

A Quiz Book

By: Andrew J. Rausch

Both academic and entertaining, this quiz book will introduce a whole new generation of film buffs to America's classic movies. Each of the 100 individual star entries opens with a quote and follows with a biography and filmography. With more than 100 quizzes, one for each star and additional master' quizzes on general knowledge and quotes, this guide covers every aspect of each work, from the plot and the star's character to its production and reception.

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Citadel Press

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0806524693

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There Comes a Moment...

A Haunting in Highland

By: Andrew Carmitchel

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There Comes a Moment...

A Haunting in Highland

By: Andrew Carmitchel

During the early dawn of a summer morning in July, Jonathon Parker is awakened by a scream and runs outside to find his neighbor standing over a dead body. Suddenly, the harmony that has surrounded his peaceful cul-de-sac for years is shattered. An eyeless, hairless head of a corpse is not what Jon expects to see on his suburban lawn first thing in the morning, yet overnight, he and his neighbors are unwillingly cast into a nightmare of horrific proportions. All of a sudden, something is consuming his quiet little neighborhood in Highland, Illinois, and no one can explain why. Unfortunately, the first dead body will not be the last, and what follows in the days and especially the nights to come will forever change the lives of those who live on one street, in the middle of one town, in one part of the country. The Devonshire cul-de-sac residents are decent people who thought they were ready for anything ... but it turns out no one is ready to face a ruthless killer seeking vengeance.

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1440142688

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The Saintly Scoundrel

The Life and Times of Dr. John Cook Bennett

By: Andrew F. Smith

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The Saintly Scoundrel

The Life and Times of Dr. John Cook Bennett

By: Andrew F. Smith

This is the first biography of one of this nation's most outrageous individuals, a man who was president of the medical departments of two universities and chancellor of two others, a member and officer of at least twenty different agricultural, medical, or social organizations, an itinerant minister in three different denominations, and a lobbyist who successfully ushered bills through legislatures in Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, and Illinois. Bennett's roles ranged from mayor of Nauvoo, confidant of Joseph Smith, and chicken breeder to surgeon, quartermaster general of Illinois, promoter of the tomato, and diploma salesman. His story is brilliantly told by an author who spent nine years uncovering and piecing together the facts. The Saintly Scoundrel reveals Bennett as one of the nineteenth century's most enterprising and entertaining humbugs, truly a man who excelled at promoting beliefs, places, things, and himself, whose ability to abruptly shift positions on people and faiths would dazzle even the most formidable propagandist of the twentieth century.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252022823

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Cricket's Strangest Matches

Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricket

By: Andrew Ward

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Cricket's Strangest Matches

Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricket

By: Andrew Ward

Cricket’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of cricketing weirdness – and there’s a lot of it to choose from! Within these pages you’ll find a game that was played on ice, meet a plague of flying ants who failed to dampen players’ enthusiasm, and examples of the grand old tradition of one-armed teams versus one-legged teams. The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true. Fully revised, redesigned and updated with a selection of new material for 2016, this book is the perfect gift for the cricket fanatic in your life. Word count: 45,000 words

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Portico

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1911042408

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The Identity Man

A Novel

By: Andrew Klavan

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The Identity Man

A Novel

By: Andrew Klavan

“A gritty, twist-filled thriller” of crime and corruption by a two-time Edgar Award winner (The Wall Street Journal). John Shannon is a petty thief on the run. A three-time loser framed for a murder he didn’t commit, he knows the cops are closing in on him and that he’s facing life in prison—or death by lethal injection. Then, as if out of nowhere, a bizarre text message draws him to a meeting in the dark of night. A foreigner who calls himself the Identity Man offers Shannon an incredible chance to start again: a new face, a new home, a new beginning. Soon Shannon finds himself living a life he never dreamed possible. In a ruined city trying to rebuild, he finds work as a carpenter and a wood carver. He meets the beautiful Teresa Grey and for the first time falls in love with the sort of woman who could make him a better man. It seems too good to be true—and it is. It turns out this ruined city is crawling with corruption. There are crooked politicians, gangsters, dirty cops everywhere—and, for some reason he doesn’t understand, all of them seem to want Shannon dead . . . “Klavan builds slow-burning tension like nobody’s business, and Shannon’s struggle to redeem himself is powerful and compelling.” —Booklist

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0547504357

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The Papers of Andrew Jackson: 1770-1803

By: Andrew Jackson

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The Papers of Andrew Jackson: 1770-1803

By: Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson is one of the most critical and controversial figures in American history. A dominant actor on the American scene in the period between the Revolution and Civil War, he stamped his name first on a mass political movement and then an era. At the same time Jackson's ascendancy accelerated the dispossession and death of Native Americans and spurred the expansion of slavery. 'The Papers of Andrew Jackson' is a project to collect and publish Jackson's entire extant literary record. The project is now producing a series of seventeen volumes that will bring Jackson's most important papers to the public in easily readable form."--

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Power of Dog

By: Andrew Marshall

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Power of Dog

By: Andrew Marshall

A memoir about getting a first puppy, turning forty and transforming a son and mother's complicated relationship. On the eve of the millenium, the life of therapist and best-selling self-help author Andrew Marshall was in a dark place.The counselling that he recommended to everybody else had not shifted the grief from the death of his much-loved partner - despite trying three different therapists.His career as journalist had reached a dead end. He was struggling with low-level depression and his polite but distant relationship with his mother had left them both tip-toeing round each other.His Solution? To get Flash, a collie cross puppy - perhaps not the best choice for someone who'd never owned a dog, or even lived with one, before. In this funny and moving memoir, Marshall chronicles not only the ups and downs of training an excitable puppy but how Flash brings back his childhood fear of wolves and the unresolved issues with his parents.Slowly but surely, by looking though Flash's eyes, Marshall starts to laugh again, fall in love with the Sussex countryside and heal old wounds with his mother.At the climax of Flash's puppy years, he gives him enough confidence to take a real-life wolf for a walk. And in the final section of Marshall's diary, Flash still has one last lesson to teach him.

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eBook Partnership

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191045396X

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Sins of the People

By: Andrew D Malloy

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Sins of the People

By: Andrew D Malloy

Almost from the moment British Secret Service agent Ryan Taylor vows to help old friend and supposed rogue CIA operative Troy Williams, he finds his own life in danger. He and Williams are being set-up. But why, and by whom? Deadly assassins close in as Taylor embarks on a perilous mission that threatens to shake the very foundations of the world’s most powerful administration. Despite finding an unlikely ally in Maxie Royce, one of the members of a shadowy organisation known as The Firm, Taylor struggles to survive against overwhelming odds. Can he piece together the jigsaw and solve the puzzle before he loses all he holds dear?

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Pneuma Springs Publishing

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1782284834

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Non-homogeneous Random Walks

Lyapunov Function Methods for Near-Critical Stochastic Systems

By: Mikhail Menshikov,Serguei Popov,Andrew Wade

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Non-homogeneous Random Walks

Lyapunov Function Methods for Near-Critical Stochastic Systems

By: Mikhail Menshikov,Serguei Popov,Andrew Wade

Stochastic systems provide powerful abstract models for a variety of important real-life applications: for example, power supply, traffic flow, data transmission. They (and the real systems they model) are often subject to phase transitions, behaving in one way when a parameter is below a certain critical value, then switching behaviour as soon as that critical value is reached. In a real system, we do not necessarily have control over all the parameter values, so it is important to know how to find critical points and to understand system behaviour near these points. This book is a modern presentation of the 'semimartingale' or 'Lyapunov function' method applied to near-critical stochastic systems, exemplified by non-homogeneous random walks. Applications treat near-critical stochastic systems and range across modern probability theory from stochastic billiards models to interacting particle systems. Spatially non-homogeneous random walks are explored in depth, as they provide prototypical near-critical systems.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316867366

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Love in the Time of Revolution

Transatlantic Literary Radicalism and Historical Change, 1793-1818

By: Andrew Cayton

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Love in the Time of Revolution

Transatlantic Literary Radicalism and Historical Change, 1793-1818

By: Andrew Cayton

In 1798, English essayist and novelist William Godwin ignited a transatlantic scandal with Memoirs of the Author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman." Most controversial were the details of the romantic liaisons of Godwin's wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, with both American Gilbert Imlay and Godwin himself. Wollstonecraft's life and writings became central to a continuing discussion about love's place in human society. Literary radicals argued that the cultivation of intense friendship could lead to the renovation of social and political institutions, whereas others maintained that these freethinkers were indulging their own desires with a disregard for stability and higher authority. Through correspondence and novels, Andrew Cayton finds an ideal lens to view authors, characters, and readers all debating love's power to alter men and women in the world around them. Cayton argues for Wollstonecraft's and Godwin's enduring influence on fiction published in Great Britain and the United States and explores Mary Godwin Shelley's endeavors to sustain her mother's faith in romantic love as an engine of social change.

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1469607514

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The Original Knickerbocker

The Life of Washington Irving

By: Andrew Burstein

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The Original Knickerbocker

The Life of Washington Irving

By: Andrew Burstein

Washington Irving-author, ambassador, Manhattanite, and international celebrity-has largely slipped from America's memory, and yet, his creations are still very well known. With a historian's eye for scope and significance, Andrew Burstein returns Irving to the context of his native nineteenth century where he was a major celebrity-both a colorful comic genius and the first name in our national literature. Though he gave his young nation such enduring tales as “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” he was far more than one of our nation's most outsized literary talents. Irving was an American original and a citizen of the world.

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Basic Books

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0786722223

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Secular Monasticism

A Journey

By: Jane Fitz-Gibbon,Andrew Fitz-Gibbon

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Secular Monasticism

A Journey

By: Jane Fitz-Gibbon,Andrew Fitz-Gibbon

Like an underground river, the monastic tradition keeps on resurging in a host of unexpected times and places. Secular Monasticism, A Journey describes one of its most recent incarnations. The founders and members of the Lindisfarne Community share with us their bold attempt to be a secular monastic religious order open to the exigencies of the contemporary world. Age-old wisdom once again reveals its perennial relevance in helping us learn how to be followers of Christ in God's today. Brother John, Taizé In the first five pages, I thought of ten people I know who should read this book: young people, old people, all people tired of taken-for-granted spirituality. Devour this book. Let it help you dream up a way of joining or creating a micro-community of prayer and action that frees you to experiment in following the ways of Christ. That´s what these folks have done. This story helps us imagine ourselves out of the boxes and buildings Christianity has become. The Rev. Dr. Dori Baker, Scholar-in-Residence, The Fund for Theological Education Lindisfarne Community has graciously accepted God's call to dance with the radical (and sometimes wearying) changes of our time. Like the Celts, they find meaning in their ongoing spiritual evolution through poetry and story, through a willingness to navigate the waters of the soul while remaining fiercely loyal to the good earth that bore us and nurtures us. Like the Celts, this family of secular monastics hungers more for mystical union with the Divine Mystery than for any trappings of earthly renown or success. Carl McColman, author and blogger (from the foreword)

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1479707198

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