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William Penn

A Life

By: Andrew R. Murphy

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It may surprise many that William Penn, who founded one of the thirteen original American colonies, spent just four years on American soil. Even more surprising, though, is Penn's remarkable impact on the fundamental principles of religious freedom on both sides of the Atlantic, especially given his tumultuous life: from his youthful radicalism as leader of the Quaker movement to his role as governor and proprietor of a major American colony; from royal courtier to alleged traitor to the Crown. In the first major biography of this important transatlantic figure in more than forty years, Andrew R. Murphy takes readers through the defiant and complex life of a religious dissenter, political theorist, and social activist.

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0190234245

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The Chautauqua Moment

Protestants, Progressives, and the Culture of Modern Liberalism, 1874-1920

By: Andrew Chamberlin Rieser

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The Chautauqua Moment

Protestants, Progressives, and the Culture of Modern Liberalism, 1874-1920

By: Andrew Chamberlin Rieser

This book traces the rise and decline of what Theodore Roosevelt once called the "most American thing in America." The Chautauqua movement began in 1874 on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in western New York. More than a college or a summer resort or a religious assembly, it was a composite of all of these—completely derivative yet brilliantly innovative. For five decades, Chautauqua dominated adult education and reached millions with its summer assemblies, reading clubs, and traveling circuits. Scholars have long struggled to make sense of Chautauqua's pervasive yet disorganized presence in American life. In this critical study, Andrew Rieser weaves the threads of Chautauqua into a single story and places it at the vital center of fin de siècle cultural and political history. Famous for its commitment to democracy, women's rights, and social justice, Chautauqua was nonetheless blind to issues of class and race. How could something that trumpeted democracy be so undemocratic in practice? The answer, Rieser argues, lies in the historical experience of the white, Protestant middle classes, who struggled to reconcile their parochial interests with radically new ideas about social progress and the state. The Chautauqua Moment brings color to a colorless demographic and spins a fascinating tale of modern liberalism's ambivalent but enduring cultural legacy.

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Columbia University Press

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0231501137

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9780231501132

Van Gogh A Beg Guide

By: Andrew Forrest

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Van Gogh A Beg Guide

By: Andrew Forrest

Vincent Van Gogh had a profound gift of communication, and he remains an icon of modern art to this day. This book will explore Van Gogh's life, influences, English connections, painting techniques, perceptions of Van Gogh and the continuing Van Gogh phenomenon.

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Teach Yourself

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1444158384

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9781444158380

Building Institutions for Resilience

Combatting Climate Change

By: Andrew Simmons,Andree-Ann Simmons

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Building Institutions for Resilience

Combatting Climate Change

By: Andrew Simmons,Andree-Ann Simmons

This volume uses a case study approach to present data on the relevance and effectiveness of the strategic actions implemented by NGOs, IGOs and governments at national, regional, and international scales, drawing lessons and recommendations to enhance the capacity of governments and institutions to deliver on climate change adaptation and sustainable development initiatives. The authors provide insights to policymakers, community leaders, students and researchers working on climate change adaptation and resilience-building practices and strategies in vulnerable communities, including small island developing states and post-conflict states, focusing on innovative management practices and institutional capacity building. The cases presented here provide insights into how institutions can strengthen local, national, and regional capacities to adapt to climate change and other calamities.

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Springer Nature

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3031288815

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Perspectives on Stephen King

Conversations with Authors, Experts and Collaborators

By: Andrew J. Rausch

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Perspectives on Stephen King

Conversations with Authors, Experts and Collaborators

By: Andrew J. Rausch

Stephen King is one of the most successful authors in the history of American literature. His books--including 55 novels, 12 novellas, nine short story collections and a children's book--have sold 350 million copies worldwide. Over the past five decades his broader impact on popular culture has been immense. Most of his works have been adapted for film or television (some of them by King himself) and he may fairly be credited with single-handedly reinventing horror, once considered a B movie genre, for mainstream readership. This collection of original interviews with fellow authors, collaborators and critics covers all things King, from analyses of his best writing to his many screen adaptations to recurring themes in his stories.

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McFarland

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1476634467

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Sullivan's Run

By: Andrew Vaillencourt

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Sullivan's Run

By: Andrew Vaillencourt

John Sullivan didn’t ask to be born, and he certainly didn’t ask to be crazy. But that’s what happens when somebody else gets to pick out your DNA. Under the Genetic Equity Act of 2141, all artificial modifications granting 'unfair advantage' belong to society. As the genetically engineered son of a famous mobster, Sullivan’s physical gifts and illegal provenance condemn him to a life of government service hunting and apprehending others like himself. It's a perfect fit for Sullivan. Cursed with a state of unending aggression and neurologically inhibited from interacting with his anger, fieldwork is the only place he can explore his psychological demons without revealing how unhinged he really is. A disconcerting shift in his volatile mental state becomes frantic race against time when a brilliant scientist disappears with a groundbreaking discovery. Things start to go awry when the trail leads to a lawless underground metroplex filled with refugees and revolutionaries. Deep beneath the surface, new trials and unpleasant discoveries will challenge everything he knows about himself and his place in the world. Is John Sullivan a hero? A psychopath? Not even he knows for sure, and finding out means running a dangerous gauntlet of ruthless enemies. Whatever the answer, the world will be a very different place after the last brutal strides of: SULLIVAN'S RUN

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Andrew Vaillencourt

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1386173983

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Nelson

Britannia's God of War

By: Andrew Lambert

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Nelson

Britannia's God of War

By: Andrew Lambert

Fascinating . . . Shot through with fresh insights . . . No previous biography has attempted anything so comprehensive.' ObserverNelson is a thrilling new appraisal of Horatio Nelson, the greatest practitioner of naval command the world has ever seen. It explores the professional, personal, intellectual and practical origins of one man's genius, to understand how the greatest warrior that Britain has ever produced transformed the art of conflict, and enabled his country to survive the challenge of total war and international isolation. In Nelson, Andrew Lambert - described by David Cannadine as 'the outstanding British naval historian of his generation' - is able to offer new insights into the individual quality which led Byron rightly to celebrate Nelson's genius as 'Britannia's God of War'. He demonstrates how Admiral Nelson elevated the business of naval warfare to the level of the sublime. Nelson's unique gift was to take that which other commanders found complex, and reduce it to simplicity. Where his predecessors and opponents saw a particular battle as an end in itself, Nelson was always a step ahead - even in the midst of terrifying, close-quarters action, with officers and men struck down all around him. 'Excellent . . . Worthy of the stirring events [it celebrates].' Independent

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Faber & Faber

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0571265707

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9780571265701

Choice of Evil

By: Andrew Vachss

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Choice of Evil

By: Andrew Vachss

When his girlfriend, Crystal Beth, is gunned down at a gay rights rally in Central Park, Burke, the underground man-for-hire and expert hunter of predators, vows vengeance. But someone beats him to the task: a shadowy killer who calls himself Homo Erectus and who seems determined to wipe gay bashers from the face of the earth. As the killer's body count rises, most citizens are horrified, but a few see him as a hero, and they hire Burke to track him down...and help him escape. In Choice of Evil, Burke is forced to confront his most harrowing mystery: the mind of an obsessive serial killer. And soon the emotionally void method behind the killer's madness becomes terrifyingly familiar, reminding Burke of his childhood partner, Wesley, the ice-man assassin who never missed, even when the target was himself. Has Wesley come back from the dead? The whisper-stream says so. And the truth may just challenge Burke's very sense of reality. Expertly plotted, addictive, enthralling, Choice of Evil is Andrew Vachss' most haunting tale to date.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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037571913X

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9780375719134

In the Best Interests of Baseball

The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig

By: Andrew Zimbalist

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In the Best Interests of Baseball

The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig

By: Andrew Zimbalist

The season's best book so far gets right to the heart of the game's survival at the organizational level." —The Boston Globe "A compelling examination of the national pastime as seen through the prism of the commissioner's office." —The Wall Street Journal "A thoughtful and objective analysis of baseball's labor and economic policy evolution. Interesting, relevant, and a good read." — Randy Levine, President of the New York Yankees and former chief labor negotiator for MLB "A tour de force. It's an incredibly interesting read that ends with a vision for the sport that is squarely on target and a clarion call to our industry." — John Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red Sox and member of the MLB Executive Committee "Those who are determined to have Selig's head on a stick will be disappointed; rational baseball fans will rejoice in this tough but fair view of a decent man in a thankless job." — John Thorn, coauthor of Total Baseball "This thoroughly researched book by one of the foremost authorities on sports business is an oral history of the game through the Office of the Commissioner. Zimbalist provides a fascinating look at the game's history and those who have helped shape it." —mlb.com, April 3, 2006 "The best baseball book I've read in forty years." —Mike Murphy, 670 The Score, Chicago

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470128240

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9780470128244

The Rhythm of Betrayal

By: Andrew Pacholyk

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The Rhythm of Betrayal

By: Andrew Pacholyk

Lie. Betray. Murder. Repeat. Drew and his talented friends are the toast of the town in Miami, captivating crowds with their electrifying performances. However, their carefree lives are shattered when a wealthy shipping tycoon is brutally murdered, sending shockwaves throughout the city. Suspicion falls on several family members, including Drew and his crew, when they discover incriminating evidence in their possession while being seen with the tycoon’s daughter shortly after the murder takes place. Now, unwittingly tangled in the web of this sinister plot, the dancers are on a race against time to prove their innocence and catch the real killer. They embark on a thrilling quest that takes them across Miami, revealing a conspiracy more twisted than they ever imagined. Drew and his friends must uncover the truth and clear their names before the killer strikes again. Every second counts in The Rhythm of Betrayal.

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Know Publishing New York

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1735319961

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The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean

By: Phil Gunson,Greg Chamberlain,Andrew Thompson

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The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean

By: Phil Gunson,Greg Chamberlain,Andrew Thompson

First published in 1991, The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean provides a guide to the most important organizations, figures, events and themes in the contemporary politics of Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The countries covered include Mexico, Guatamala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, St Vincent, St Lucia, Dominica, St Kitt’s-Nevis, Antigua and Puerto Rico. The background information supplied in the book explains how, for many in Central America, the guerrilla wars have merely been the intensification of a conflict previously fought by the likes of Nicaragua’s Sandino or the Salvadorean Farabundo Marti, and before them by the Indian leaders who resisted the Spanish settlement. Although first published in 1991, this book will be a valuable resource for journalists, students, diplomats, business people, and anyone else who is interested in the politics of this richly diverse continent.

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Routledge

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1317270541

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9781317270546

French Vernacular Books / Livres vernaculaires français (FB) (2 vols.)

Books Published in the French Language before 1601 / Livres imprimés en français avant 1601

By: Andrew Pettegree,Malcolm Walsby,Alexander Wilkinson

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French Vernacular Books / Livres vernaculaires français (FB) (2 vols.)

Books Published in the French Language before 1601 / Livres imprimés en français avant 1601

By: Andrew Pettegree,Malcolm Walsby,Alexander Wilkinson

This work offers for the first time a complete list of all books published wholly or partially in the French language before 1601. Based on twelve years of investigations in libraries in France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, the Netherlands and elsewhere, it provides an analytical short-title catalogue of over 52,000 bibliographically distinct items, with reference to surviving copies in over 1,600 libraries worldwide. Many of the items described are editions and even complete texts fully unknown and re-discovered by the project. French Vernacular Books is an invaluable research tool for all students and scholars interested in the history, culture and literature of France, as well as historians of the early modern book world. For vols. III & IV please go to French Books III & IV.

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BRILL

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9047422449

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9789047422440

Australian Coastal Systems

Beaches, Barriers and Sediment Compartments

By: Andrew D. Short

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Australian Coastal Systems

Beaches, Barriers and Sediment Compartments

By: Andrew D. Short

This book describes the entire coast and beaches and barrier systems of Australia. It covers the coastal processes and systems that form and impact Australia's 30.000 km coast, 12.000 beaches and 2750 barrier systems. These processes include geology, geomorphology, climate, waves, tides, currents, sediment supply, as well as coastal ecosystems. The coast is divided into tropical northern and southern temperate provinces, within which are seven divisions, 23 regions and 354 coastal sediment compartments each of which is described in detail in the 34 chapters. Within these systems are the full range of wave through tide-dominated beaches and barriers ranging from cheniers to massive transgressive dune systems together with a range of onshore and longshore sand transport systems. This is an up to date reference for the entire coast, its present condition and likely responses to the impacts of climate change.

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Springer Nature

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3030142949

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9783030142940

Call Centers and the Global Division of Labor

A Political Economy of Post-Industrial Employment and Union Organizing

By: Andrew J.R. Stevens

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Call Centers and the Global Division of Labor

A Political Economy of Post-Industrial Employment and Union Organizing

By: Andrew J.R. Stevens

Call centers have come, in the last three decades, to define the interaction between corporations, governments, and other institutions and their respective customers, citizens, and members. The offshoring and outsourcing of call center employment, part of the larger information technology and information-technology-enabled services sectors, continues to be a growing practice amongst governments and corporations in their attempts at controlling costs and providing new services. While incredible advances in technology have permitted the use of distant and "offshore" labor forces, the grander reshaping of an international political economy of communications has allowed for the acceleration of these processes. New and established labor unions have responded to these changes in the global regimes of work by seeking to organize call center workers. These efforts have been assisted by a range of forces, not least of which is the condition of work itself, but also attempts by global union federations to build a bridge between international unionism and local organizing campaigns in the Global South and Global North. Through an examination of trade union interventions in the call center industries located in Canada and India, this book contributes to research on post-industrial employment by using political economy as a juncture between development studies, the sociology of work, and labor studies.

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Routledge

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1135118671

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The Architecture of Paris

An Architectural Guide

By: Andrew Ayers

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The Architecture of Paris

An Architectural Guide

By: Andrew Ayers

The author here presents an architectural history of Paris, stretching from the 3rd century BC up until the end of the 20th century.

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Edition Axel Menges

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393069896X

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William Penn

William Penn

The Chautauqua Moment

The Chautauqua Moment

Van Gogh A Beg Guide

Van Gogh A Beg Guide

Building Institutions for Resilience

Building Institutions for Resilience

Perspectives on Stephen King

Perspectives on Stephen King

Sullivan's Run

Sullivan's Run

Nelson

Nelson

Choice of Evil

Choice of Evil

In the Best Interests of Baseball

In the Best Interests of Baseball

The Rhythm of Betrayal

The Rhythm of Betrayal

The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean

The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean

French Vernacular Books / Livres vernaculaires français (FB) (2 vols.)

French Vernacular Books / Livres vernaculaires français (FB) (2 vols.)

Australian Coastal Systems

Australian Coastal Systems

Call Centers and the Global Division of Labor

Call Centers and the Global Division of Labor

The Architecture of Paris

The Architecture of Paris

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