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A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney

By: Andrew A. Rooney

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A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney

By: Andrew A. Rooney

Provides a collection of more than fifty of the best of "Sixty Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney's award-winning essays on the current American political, economic, and social scene.

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Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

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0020102011

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9780020102014

Word for Word

By: Andrew A. Rooney

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Word for Word

By: Andrew A. Rooney

The fourth collection of his newspaper columns.

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Macmillan Reference USA

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0816143153

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Andy Rooney

60 Years of Wisdom and Wit - Real Truth from Real Couples about Lasting Love

By: Charlie Charlie,Andrew A. Rooney

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Andy Rooney

60 Years of Wisdom and Wit - Real Truth from Real Couples about Lasting Love

By: Charlie Charlie,Andrew A. Rooney

Chairs. Neat people. Ugliness. War. Over six decades of intrepid reporting and elegant essays, Andy Rooney has proven a shrewd cultural analyst - unafraid to question the sometimes ridiculous, often surprising facts of our lives. Rooney's great gift is telling it straight, without a hint of sugar coating, but with more than a grain of truth and humor. His take on America? ''It's just amazing how long this country has been going to hell without ever having got there.'' On food? ''there's more dependable mediocrity than there used to be.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1458759601

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9781458759603

Not That You Asked...

By: Andrew A. Rooney

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Not That You Asked...

By: Andrew A. Rooney

Andy Rooney once again proves why he is one of America’s favorite curmudgeons. Writing at the top of his form, Rooney covers a plethora of subjects, from getting rid of leftovers to the worst job in the world, from travel tips for the travel industry to the best hotel room he ever had. Andy Rooney has an opinion on everything, and in his inimitably irreverent and crotchety style he voices here those things we’ve always wanted to say but never thought we could get away with. You’ll find yourself smiling and frowning and involuntarily bobbing your head in agreement. “As television watchers know, Andrew A. Rooney is a very funny fellow. He can be even funnier in print, as Not That You Asked… aptly demonstrates.”—Associated Press “The greatest thing about Andy is that he makes everyone uncomfortable—especially me.”—Don Hewitt, executive producer, 60 Minutes

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Penguin

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0140131728

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9780140131727

Too Close to Home

A Novel

By: Andrew Grant

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Too Close to Home

A Novel

By: Andrew Grant

His cover: courthouse janitor. His cause: justice. But when Paul McGrath uncovers a shocking connection to a file of missing evidence, he finds the truth sometimes hits a little too close to home. An intelligence agent-turned-courthouse janitor, Paul McGrath notices everything and everyone—but no one notices him. It’s the perfect cover for the justice he seeks for both his father and the people who’ve been wronged by a corrupt system. Now he’s discovered a missing file on Alex Pardew—the man who defrauded and likely murdered McGrath’s father but avoided conviction, thanks in large part to the loss of this very file. And what lies behind its disappearance is even worse than McGrath had feared. Meanwhile, at the courthouse, he stumbles on the case of Len Hendrie, a small businessman who’s been accused of torching a venture capitalist’s mansion. Though Hendrie admits starting the fire, McGrath learns how the VC has preyed on average Joes to benefit himself—and his extensive wine collection. McGrath can’t resist looking deeper into this financial predator and soon finds himself in a gray area between his avenging moral compass and the limits of the law. Then, just as the Hendrie case is heating up, McGrath receives word of the death of his father’s former housekeeper, sending him back to his family home to confront unfinished business from his past. And he’s about to find some unwelcome truths about the mother he lost as a child—and the father who hid even more secrets than he realized.

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Ballantine Books

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0525619631

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9780525619635

Governing Ethnic Conflict

Consociation, Identity and the Price of Peace

By: Andrew Finlay

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Governing Ethnic Conflict

Consociation, Identity and the Price of Peace

By: Andrew Finlay

This book offers an intellectual history of an emerging technology of peace and explains how the liberal state has come to endorse illiberal subjects and practices. The idea that conflicts are problems that have causes and therefore solutions rather than winners and losers has gained momentum since the end of the Cold War, and it has become more common for third party mediators acting in the name of liberal internationalism to promote the resolution of intra-state conflicts. These third-party peace makers appear to share lessons and expertise so that it is possible to speak of an emergent common technology of peace based around a controversial form of power-sharing known as consociation. In this common technology of peace, the cause of conflict is understood to be competing ethno-national identities and the solution is to recognize these identities, and make them useful to government through power-sharing. Drawing on an analysis of the peace process in Ireland and the Dayton Accords in Bosnia Herzegovina, the book argues that the problem with consociational arrangements is not simply that they institutionalise ethnic division and privilege particular identities or groups, but, more importantly, that they close down the space for other ways of being. By specifying identity categories, consociational regimes create a residual, sink category, designated 'other'. These 'others' not only offer a challenge to prevailing ideas about identity but also stand in reproach to conventional wisdom regarding the management of conflict. This book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, ethnic conflict, identity, and war and conflict studies in general. Andrew Finlay is Lecturer in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin.

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Routledge

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1136940421

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Once Loved Always Loved

The Logic of Apokatastasis

By: Andrew Hronich

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Once Loved Always Loved

The Logic of Apokatastasis

By: Andrew Hronich

In this book, Andrew Hronich endeavors to synthesize the many strands of orthodox doctrine into a single telos: ultimate reconciliation. While a great deal of ink has already been spilled on this subject, this book addresses ponderances previously overlooked due to a lack of ecumenical dialogue between the differing streams of Christian tradition. Ancient lights, such as Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Clement of Alexandria are given a voice to speak again to the masses, whilst contemporary thinkers, such as Thomas Talbott, David Bentley Hart, and Eric Reitan, are unleashed upon the unwitting world of Christian philosophy. Stagnant tradition has hindered the church from abiding by its historic motto semper reformanda, but with its ecumenical voice, this book calls on Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox adherents alike to acknowledge apokatastasis panton, the salvation of all beings, as the orthodoxy it always has been.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666756229

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The Strong Spirit

History, Politics and Aesthetics in the Writings of James Joyce 1898-1915

By: Andrew Gibson

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The Strong Spirit

History, Politics and Aesthetics in the Writings of James Joyce 1898-1915

By: Andrew Gibson

This study provides the first comprehensive historical account of Joyce's writings 1898-1915 in the context both of the distinct phases and shifting currents of British-Irish history during the period, and the sometimes rather different phases important in the works"--From jacket.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199642508

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Ireland, Reading and Cultural Nationalism, 1790-1930

By: Andrew Murphy

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Ireland, Reading and Cultural Nationalism, 1790-1930

By: Andrew Murphy

Examination of literacy and reading habits in nineteenth-century Ireland and implications for an emerging cultural nationalism.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107133564

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Fight for Old DC

George Preston Marshall, the Integration of the Washington Redskins, and the Rise of a New NFL

By: Andrew O'Toole

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Fight for Old DC

George Preston Marshall, the Integration of the Washington Redskins, and the Rise of a New NFL

By: Andrew O'Toole

The story of the convergence of Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall, resisting integration as the last holdout in football and in pro sports, with the major changes that took place in the NFL from 1958 through 1962"--

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803299354

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The Long Peace Process

The United States of America and Northern Ireland, 1960-2008

By: Andrew Sanders

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The Long Peace Process

The United States of America and Northern Ireland, 1960-2008

By: Andrew Sanders

This book examines the role of the United States of America in the Northern Ireland conflict and peace process. Featuring interviews with former government figures from the US, UK, and Ireland, it analyses the complicated diplomatic relationship between the three countries during the years of violence.

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1786940442

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Modernism and the Crisis of Sovereignty

By: Andrew John Miller

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Modernism and the Crisis of Sovereignty

By: Andrew John Miller

This book describes how three of the most significant Anglophone writers of the first half of the twentieth century – Yeats, Eliot, and Woolf – wrestled with a geopolitical situation in which national boundaries had come to seem increasingly permeable at the same time as war among (and within) individual nation-states had come to seem virtually inescapable. Drawing on Jean-François Lyotard's analysis of the elements of performativity in J.L. Austin's speech act theory, and making critical use of Carl Schmitt’s writings on sovereignty and world order, Miller situates the writings of Yeats, Eliot, and Woolf in the context of what Lyotard describes as a "civil war of language." By virtue of its dissolution of any clear boundary between "interiority" and "exteriority," as well as by virtue of its resistance to any decisive form of resolution or regulation, this "civil war of language" takes on dimensions that are ultimately global in scope. Miller examines the emergence of modernism as bound up with a crisis of personal, political, and aesthetic sovereignty that undermined traditional distinctions between the public and private. In the process, he directly engages with the theoretical discourse surrounding the geopolitical impact of globalization and biopolitics: a discourse that is central to the influential and widely-debated work of such varied figures as Carl Schmitt, Hardt and Negri, Giorgio Agamben, and Jean-Luc Nancy. This book will be of interest to anyone concerned not only with twentieth-century literature but also with questions of nationalism and globalization.

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Routledge

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1135024693

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Sweet William

The Life of Billy Conn

By: Andrew O'Toole

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Sweet William

The Life of Billy Conn

By: Andrew O'Toole

An Irish working-class hero of Pittsburgh, Billy Conn captured hearts through his ebullient personality, stellar boxing record, and good looks. A light heavyweight boxing champion best remembered for his sensational near-defeat of heavyweight champion Joe Louis in 1941, Conn is still regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time. Andrew O'Toole chronicles the boxing, Hollywood, and army careers of "the Pittsburgh Kid" by drawing from newspaper accounts, Billy's personal scrapbooks, and fascinating interviews with family. Presenting an intimate look at the champion's relationships with his girlfriend, manager, and rivals, O'Toole compellingly captures the personal life of a public icon and the pageantry of sports during the 1930s and '40s.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252056108

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Together: the story of Arsenal's unbeaten season

By: Andrew Allen,Andrew Mangan

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Together: the story of Arsenal's unbeaten season

By: Andrew Allen,Andrew Mangan

When Arsene Wenger said he wanted his team to go through a season undefeated, he was roundly mocked, yet just over 12 months later the Arsenal manager guided his team to footballing immortality. The Gunners’ 2003-2004 campaign was extraordinary, and not just because of their remarkable league achievement. From the highs and lows of Europe, to disciplinary charges, pitched battles, the frantic scramble to finance a new stadium, a club record transfer deal in January, and winning the title at the ground of the old enemy, this special collector’s edition book looks back on everything that happened during an unforgettable campaign. Match reports, behind the scenes stories, exclusive interviews and illustrations, stats, tactics, pictures; all the things you know, and lots of stuff you’ve forgotten. Together: tells the story of Arsenal’s ‘unbeaten’ season.

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Portnoy Publishing

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1909255092

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Karl Marx

By: Andrew Rowcroft

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Karl Marx

By: Andrew Rowcroft

Karl Marx is the most important modern philosopher. His work has radically changed the course of world history, continental philosophy, political theory, literary criticism, and cultural studies. The sheer range of his achievements, and the depth of his critical insights, continue to speak to our present moment. This book places Marx’s writings in their historical context, providing a clear guide to his key ideas and intellectual legacy. Written for both students and scholars, it illustrates Marx’s ideas with examples drawn from William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Bertolt Brecht, Theodor Dreiser, Thomas Pynchon, Toni Morrison, Sally Rooney, Claude McKay, Tennessee Williams, Mad Men, and Margin Call. Key ideas discussed in this guide include: Tracing historical contexts and developments in Marx’s work over his lifetime Focusing on Marxism as an interpretative strategy, paying special attention to its impact on literary criticism and cultural studies Examining recent developments in Marxist theory, such as a stronger focus on the environment, climate crisis, and world ecology Exploring the continued relevance of Marx and Marxism today. This Routledge Critical Thinkers guide will enable readers to critically assess and interpret Marx’s major works, while also introducing his methods of critical analysis. Preparing readers to approach his original texts, this guide ensures that readers of all levels will find Marx accessible, challenging, and of continued relevance. Andrew Rowcroft offers a comprehensive introduction to Marx’s revolutionary ideas, examining the influence Marx had on literary studies, cultural studies, modernism, and philosophy.

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1000374386

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Tech Leadership

The Blueprint for Evolving from Individual Contributor to Tech Leader

By: Andrew Swerdlow

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Tech Leadership

The Blueprint for Evolving from Individual Contributor to Tech Leader

By: Andrew Swerdlow

Want to develop your career in tech? Discover how to thrive as a leader and mentor. Are you a high performer looking for new challenges? Do you have an insatiable desire to continue learning? Wish you could magnify your team’s performance? Pioneer in technology development Andrew Swerdlow, MSc, has been leading global teams at Instagram, Google, and YouTube for decades. And now he’s here to help the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators move from individual contributors to knowledgeable, effective managers and team leads. Tech Leadership is an accessible guide to growing into a larger role no matter your education or background. Packed with real-life stories from years in the field, practical frameworks and tools, and anecdotes from seasoned experts, Swerdlow neatly translates collective wisdom into a straightforward handbook. By diving into his multifaceted examination of organizational and self-development, you’ll soon transform your career and become an influential, supportive coach. In Tech Leadership, you’ll discover: - Insider secrets from some of the top tech companies, so you can become a world-class leader - The five most critical elements you need to embrace to create products that truly matter - Ways to build your mentorship capacity to enhance your team’s performance - That supporting your colleagues’ success is the foundation of an effective management approach - Guidance on collaboration, building strategy, efficient execution, and much, much more! Tech Leadership is a detailed blueprint for career development in a dynamic industry. If you like empowering others, accomplishing big things, and gaining insights from today’s visionaries, then you’ll love Andrew Swerdlow’s seasoned wisdom and mentorship. Buy Tech Leadership to amplify your impact today!

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Defining Sport Communication

By: Andrew C. Billings

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Defining Sport Communication

By: Andrew C. Billings

Defining Sport Communication is a comprehensive resource addressing core topics and issues, including humanistic, organizational, relational, and mediated approaches to the study of sport communication. It provides foundational work in sport communication for students and scholars, reflecting the abundance of research published in recent years and the ever-increasing interest in this area of study. Bringing together scholars from various epistemological viewpoints within communication, this volume provides a unique opportunity for defining the breadth and depth of sport communication research. It will serve as a seminal reference for existing scholarship while also providing an agenda for future research.

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1317437918

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Wade Hampton

Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer

By: Rod Andrew Jr.

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Wade Hampton

Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer

By: Rod Andrew Jr.

One of the South's most illustrious military leaders, Wade Hampton III was for a time the commander of all Lee's cavalry and at the end of the war was the highest-ranking Confederate cavalry officer. Yet for all Hampton's military victories, he also suffered devastating losses in his family and personal life. Rod Andrew's critical biography sheds light on his central role during Reconstruction as a conservative white leader, governor, U.S. senator, and Redeemer; his heroic image in the minds of white southerners; and his positions and apparent contradictions on race and the role of African Americans in the New South. Andrew also shows that Hampton's tragic past explains how he emerged in his own day as a larger-than-life symbol--of national reconciliation as well as southern defiance.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807889008

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The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012

By: Andrew Burbidge,John Woinarski,Peter Harrison

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The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012

By: Andrew Burbidge,John Woinarski,Peter Harrison

The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012 is the first review to assess the conservation status of all Australian mammals. It complements The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010 (Garnett et al. 2011, CSIRO Publishing), and although the number of Australian mammal taxa is marginally fewer than for birds, the proportion of endemic, extinct and threatened mammal taxa is far greater. These authoritative reviews represent an important foundation for understanding the current status, fate and future of the nature of Australia. This book considers all species and subspecies of Australian mammals, including those of external territories and territorial seas. For all the mammal taxa (about 300 species and subspecies) considered Extinct, Threatened, Near Threatened or Data Deficient, the size and trend of their population is presented along with information on geographic range and trend, and relevant biological and ecological data. The book also presents the current conservation status of each taxon under Australian legislation, what additional information is needed for managers, and the required management actions. Recovery plans, where they exist, are evaluated. The voluntary participation of more than 200 mammal experts has ensured that the conservation status and information are as accurate as possible, and allowed considerable unpublished data to be included. All accounts include maps based on the latest data from Australian state and territory agencies, from published scientific literature and other sources. The Action Plan concludes that 29 Australian mammal species have become extinct and 63 species are threatened and require urgent conservation action. However, it also shows that, where guided by sound knowledge, management capability and resourcing, and longer-term commitment, there have been some notable conservation success stories, and the conservation status of some species has greatly improved over the past few decades. The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012 makes a major contribution to the conservation of a wonderful legacy that is a significant part of Australia’s heritage. For such a legacy to endure, our society must be more aware of and empathetic with our distinctively Australian environment, and particularly its marvellous mammal fauna; relevant information must be readily accessible; environmental policy and law must be based on sound evidence; those with responsibility for environmental management must be aware of what priority actions they should take; the urgency for action (and consequences of inaction) must be clear; and the opportunity for hope and success must be recognised. It is in this spirit that this account is offered.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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0643108742

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Sincerely, Andy Rooney

By: Andy Rooney,Andrew A. Rooney

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Sincerely, Andy Rooney

By: Andy Rooney,Andrew A. Rooney

A collection of letters by the popular TV commentator to fans, friends, CBS executives, tax collectors, and his children.

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0786224835

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Common Nonsense

By: Andrew A. Rooney

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Common Nonsense

By: Andrew A. Rooney

Presents a collection of essays covering such topics as politics, money, sports, religion, education, the arts, travel, doctors, people, and progress.

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1586481479

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Colloquial English

Structure and Variation

By: Andrew Radford

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Colloquial English

Structure and Variation

By: Andrew Radford

A brilliant analysis of colloquial English, both its syntax and its variations, using novel data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts and the internet.

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Cambridge Studies in Linguisti

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1108428053

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9781108428057

Refugee Roulette

Disparities in Asylum Adjudication and Proposals for Reform

By: Jaya Ramji-Nogales,Andrew I. Schoenholtz,Philip G. Schrag

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Refugee Roulette

Disparities in Asylum Adjudication and Proposals for Reform

By: Jaya Ramji-Nogales,Andrew I. Schoenholtz,Philip G. Schrag

The first analysis of decisions at all four levels of the asylum adjudication process : the Department of Homeland Security, the immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the United States Courts of Appeals. The data reveal tremendous disparities in asylum approval rates, even when different adjudicators in the same office each considered large numbers of applications from nationals of the same country. After providing a thorough empirical analysis, the authors make recommendations for future reform. From publisher description.

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NYU Press

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0814741061

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Leslie Stuart

Composer of Florodora

By: Andrew Lamb

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Leslie Stuart

Composer of Florodora

By: Andrew Lamb

Leslie Stuart (1864-1928) was a British songwriter best remembered as the composer of the hit show, Florodora. He began writing popular songs as a teenager, first for blackface and vaudeville performers, and eventually for more "legitimate" shows and revues. Florodora (1899), written in collaboration with London's most fashionable librettist, Owen Hall, was a musical-comedy sensation. Its combination of the traditional slow love ballads and waltzes with more rhythmic and long-lined numbers made it a worldwide success. He continued to compose through the first decade of the 20th century, laying the groundwork for the coming innovations in British and American musical theater.

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Routledge

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1000143481

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The Man Who Got Carter

Michael Klinger, Independent Production and the British Film Industry, 1960-1980

By: Andrew Spicer,A.T. McKenna,A. T. McKenna

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The Man Who Got Carter

Michael Klinger, Independent Production and the British Film Industry, 1960-1980

By: Andrew Spicer,A.T. McKenna,A. T. McKenna

Michael Klinger was the most successful indpendent producer in the British film industry over a 20 year period from 1960 to 1980, responsible for 32 films, including classics such as Repulsion (1965) and Get Carter (1971). Despite working with many famous figures- including actors Michael Caine, Peter Finch, Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Mickey Rooney and Susannah York; directors Claude Chabrol,Mike Hodges and Roman Polanski and author Wilbur Smith- Klinger's contribution to British cinema has been almost largely ignored. This definitive book on Micheal Klinger, largely based on his previously unseen personal papers, examines his origins in Sixties Soho 'sexploitation' cinema and 'shockumentaries' through to major international productions including Gold (1974) and Shout at the Devil (1976). It reveals how Klinger deftly combined commercial product-the hugely popular 'Confessions' series (1974-78)- with artistic, experimental cinema that nurtured young talent, including Polanski and Hodges, Peter Colinson, Alastair Reid, Linda Hayden and Moshe Mizrahi, the Israeli director of Rachel's Man (1975). Klinger's career is contextualised through a reassessment of the British film industry during a period of unprecedented change and volatility as well as highlighting the importance of his Jewishness. The Man Who Got Carter offers a detailed analysis of the essential but often misunderstood role played by the producer.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857734539

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Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom

By: Andrew E. Taslitz

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Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom

By: Andrew E. Taslitz

Rape law reform has been a stunning failure. Defense lawyers persist in emphasizing victims' characters over defendants' behavior. Reform's goals of increasing rape report and conviction rates have generally not been achieved. In Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom, Andrew Taslitz locates the cause of rape reform failure in the language lawyers use, and the cultural stories upon which they draw to dominate rape victims in the courtroom. Cultural stories about rape, Taslitz argues, such as the provocatively dressed woman "asking for it," are at the root of many unconscious prejudices that determine jury views. He connects these stories with real-life examples, such as the Mike Tyson and Glen Ridge rape trials, to show how rape stereotypes are used by defense lawyers to gain acquittals for their clients. Building on Deborah Tannen's pathbreaking research on the differences between male and female speech, Taslitz also demonstrates how word choice, tone, and other lawyers' linguistic tactics work to undermine the confidence and the credibility of the victim, weakening her voice during the trial. Taslitz provides politically realistic reform proposals, consistent with feminist theories of justice, which promise to improve both the adversary system in general and the way that the system handles rape cases.

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NYU Press

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0814783422

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Six Dramatists in Search of a Language

Studies in Dramatic Language

By: Andrew K. Kennedy

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Six Dramatists in Search of a Language

Studies in Dramatic Language

By: Andrew K. Kennedy

In this penetrating study Andrew Kennedy sets out to analyse the modern movement in drama through the theatrical language of six key figures writing in English - Shaw, Eliot, Beckett, Pinter, Osborne and Arden. Dr Kennedy argues that a study of theatrical language should be an exercise in 'practical criticism' and not merely narrowly linguistic. The whole range of theatrical expressiveness must be examined in detail from play text and performance alike and the conclusions correlated with the author's known intentions if a full evaluative judgement is to be attempted. Dr Kennedy shows how the modern movement in drama reveals a growing difficulty in creating any type of fully expressive dramatic language. He has written a work with an unusual breadth of reference, which should prove of value to all students of modern drama, modern English and European literature and to the theatre-going public.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521204925

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Working in Statutory Contexts

By: Andrew Hill

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Working in Statutory Contexts

By: Andrew Hill

`This is an excellent book and should be compulsory reading for social work students. It is clearly written, sensitively related to social work practice, with some first-rate examples; above all, it really "speaks" to the realities of contemporary statutory professional practice in the twenty-first century. Andrew Hill has written a thorough but readable text for students which they will find useful at any stage in their qualification degree.---David Shemmings, University of Kent --

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ISBN 10

0745642691

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