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Berlin 1945

By: Brian Echenberg

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Gyprock, Breaking Dangerous Habits

Berlin 1945

By: Brian Echenberg

This book portrays me accurately as an individual with a severe case of OCD as well as a form of Tourette's syndrome. Most of my life has been dysfunctional especially from the age of 18 to 60 and has been accompanied by severe anger and destructive issues. I talk about my unique experiences in these regards and my living in largely demolished living quarters. I also discuss my early development and the source of my problems. I hope some readers, will be fascinated by my past circumstances and strange behavior accompanying my existence. The title of this short book refers to all the walls and gyprock I've punched and kicked in. Gyprock.

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9798823012164

Discovery of Australia's Fishes

A History of Australian Ichthyology to 1930

By: Brian Greig Saunders

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Discovery of Australia's Fishes

A History of Australian Ichthyology to 1930

By: Brian Greig Saunders

Provides insight into the diverse pathways by which Australia's fish were discovered and outlines the history of early maritime explorations in Australia that collected natural history specimens. The book covers the life and work of each of the most important discoverers, and assesses their accomplishments and the limitations of their work.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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0643106707

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The Long View

Career Strategies to Start Strong, Reach High, and Go Far

By: Brian Fetherstonhaugh

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The Long View

Career Strategies to Start Strong, Reach High, and Go Far

By: Brian Fetherstonhaugh

The Chairman & CEO of OgilvyOne Worldwide and career advisor extraordinaire, Brian Fetherstonhaugh, outlines the three stages of a long, successful work life and offers guidance to plan ahead and get the most out of each phase. The world of careers is vastly different than it was just five years ago—more choices, more competition, and relentless change in how we define work-life. It can be difficult to understand our options and plan for a prosperous future. Where can you go for answers? Colleges may teach us academic and technical skills, and there are places to look for tips on how to write a resume or prep for a job interview. But is it enough? Brian Fetherstonhaugh, CEO of OgilvyOne Worldwide, understands this dilemma and how to navigate it. He believes we need more than tactics—we need robust, road-tested strategies that combine old-school wisdom with new-school context so that we can flourish in the new professional reality. In The Long View, Fetherstonhaugh shows us the three distinct but interconnected stages of a career, and how we build ‘fuel’ at every step along the way to create long-term success. The Long View teaches us new ways of finding jobs, new methods to build careers that last, and a new definition of “work” that embraces life-satisfaction and happiness. The Long View offers highly practical exercises that challenge you to rethink how to assess your skills, invest your time and expand your personal network, and provides a framework for facing tough job decisions. With insights drawn from interviews with a variety of professionals—who share both success stories and cautionary tales—The Long View will help you establish your own path for overcoming obstacles and making the best choices for a long, accomplished, and rewarding career. “THE LONG VIEW is one of the most practical and comprehensive guides to a meaningful career that I have read. Whether you are just starting your search for a job or trying to get a career back on track, start by reading The Long View.”—Tom Rath, best-selling author of ARE YOU FULLY CHARGED?, EAT, MOVE, SLEEP, and STRENGTHSFINDER 2.0 “THE LONG VIEW is the career guide you’ve been looking for—forward-thinking advice from a seasoned business leader. Brian Fetherstonhaugh offers practical exercises, useful advice—and deep insights into what a meaningful career looks and feels like.”—Susan Cain, co-founder of Quiet Revolution and New York Times bestselling author of QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

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Diversion Books

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168230292X

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9781682302927

Enduring Armageddon

By: Brian Parker

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Enduring Armageddon

By: Brian Parker

From the ruins of the irradiated wastes emerge bloodthirsty scavengers and a dangerous new breed of creature known as the Changed. Some survivors call them zombies, others say that they’re mutants–whatever they truly are, their sole desire is to murder and eat those unaffected. A small group of survivors from Illinois attempts to escape further south away from the deepening cold of the nuclear winter. Along the way, they discover that the true monsters are not the Changed–the enemy to fear most is their fellow man.

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Permuted Press

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1618685856

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Promoters and Politicians

The North-Shore Railways in the History of Quebec 1854-85

By: Brian J Young

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Promoters and Politicians

The North-Shore Railways in the History of Quebec 1854-85

By: Brian J Young

The history of the north-shore railways provides a case study in the complexities of industrial development in nineteenth-century Quebec. Constructed in the fifteen years following Confederation, the North Shore and the Montreal Colonization Railways reinforced Quebec's integration into a transcontinental unit. Yet bankruptcy of both companies in 1875 forced the provincial government to assume ownership of the railways and to shoulder a financial burden that kept the province preoccupied, weak, and subservient to Ottawa. Diverse political, clerical, and business interests united to construct the railways and to manoeuvre them from private companies into a public venture and ultimately into the Canadian Pacific system. The two railways brought new concentrations of capital and power that cut across French and English ethnic lines and sharpened regional rivalries. Along the south short of the St. Lawrence both French- and English-speaking inhabitants protested against the province's commitments to its north-shore railways. By the late 1870s Quebec City's English community was lobbying hard against the growing power of their English-speaking counterparts in Montreal. The north-shore railways plagued a generation of Quebec politicians, and their construction bared incompatible regional aspirations. By 1885 years of negotiation, scandal, and political blackmail culminated in the incorporation of the two north-shore railways into the Canadian Pacific system. As this study so clearly demonstrates, Quebec paid a high price in making its contribution to linking Canada by steel a mari usque ad mare.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487586302

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9781487586300

Spirited Men

Story, Soul and Substance

By: Brian Doyle

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Spirited Men

Story, Soul and Substance

By: Brian Doyle

In this remarkable collection of essays, acclaimed writer Brian Doyle offers “resurrections, restorations, reconsiderations, appreciations, enthusiasms, headlong solos, laughing prayers, imaginary meetings with most unusual and most interesting men.” Geographically and chronologically diverse—Plutarch of Greece; William Blake of England; Robert Louis Stevenson of Scotland; James Joyce and Van Morrison of Ireland; and others—Doyle sees them as men of “immense spiritual substance, prayerful fury, enormous grace,” men concerned with “the moral grapple” and “the sinuous crucial puzzle of love.” In telling the stories of these talented, troubled, and extraordinary men, Doyle discerns clues about how to be a good man, headlong in the pursuit of love and capable of greatness.

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Cowley Publications

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1461733030

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9781461733034

Curiosities of the Confederate Capital

Untold Richmond Stories of the Spectacular, Tragic, and Bizarre

By: Brian Burns

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Curiosities of the Confederate Capital

Untold Richmond Stories of the Spectacular, Tragic, and Bizarre

By: Brian Burns

Uncover the secrets of the River City’s Confederate past. In the early days of the Civil War, Richmond was declared the capital of the Confederacy, and until now, countless stories from its tenure as the Southern headquarters have remained buried. Mary E. Walker, a Union doctor and feminist, was once held captive in the city for refusing to wear proper women’s clothing. A coffee substitute factory exploded under intriguing circumstances. Many Confederate soldiers, when in the trenches of battle, thumbed through the pages of Hugo’s Les Miserables. Author Brian Burns reveals these and many more curious tales of Civil War Richmond.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614239215

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The O’Farrell Cup

The Quest for the Holy Grail of Riverina Cricket

By: John Scascighini; Brian Lawrence

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The O’Farrell Cup

The Quest for the Holy Grail of Riverina Cricket

By: John Scascighini; Brian Lawrence

The cup was presented to the Wagga Wagga CA on the October 20, 1925, by Mr. Thomas Joseph “Tom” O’Farrell, who was a tailor with a business in Wagga Wagga. Its purpose was to raise the standard of country cricket and help arouse the interest and enthusiasm of both players and public in the game. By the original rules, which were drawn up by Mr. O’Farrell, Mr. M. Cusick, and Mr. G. Pinkstone, the cup was won outright by Wagga, who wisely redonated it, and it was put into play in the 1930–31 season as a perpetual challenge trophy for teams within one hundred miles radius of Wagga Wagga. O’Farrell was a frequent spectator at games and often handed over the cup to the winning captain. He was later to say, “I am particularly glad that the competition is doing so much to let the residents of surrounding towns learn more of each other in so friendly a way.”

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Xlibris Corporation

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1514445069

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9781514445068

The Church Mission Society

By: Brian Stanley,Kevin Ward

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The Church Mission Society

By: Brian Stanley,Kevin Ward

The Church Missionary Society (now renamed the Church Mission Society) has been for most of its 200-year history the largest and most influential of the British Protestant missionary agencies. Its bicentenary in 1999 is being marked by the publication of this collection of historical and theological essays by an international team of scholars, including Lamin Sanneh, Kenneth Cragg, and Geoffrey A. Oddie. The volume contains re-assessments of the classic centenary history of the CMS by Eugene Stock and of the strategic vision of Henry Venn, one of the two architects of the Three-Self theory of the indigenous church. There are chapters on the close links between the CMS and the Basel Mission, women missionaries, and regional studies of Samuel Crowther and the Niger mission, Iran, the Middle East, New Zealand, India, and Kikuyu Christianity. The volume makes a major contribution to the growing body of literature on the indigenization of missionary traditions, and will be of interest to historians of the missionary movement and non-western Christianity, as well as theologians concerned with religious pluralism, dialogue, and Christian mission.

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Routledge

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1136830960

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9781136830969

Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices

By: Christina V. Schwarz,Cynthia Passmore,Brian J. Reiser

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Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices

By: Christina V. Schwarz,Cynthia Passmore,Brian J. Reiser

When it’s time for a game change, you need a guide to the new rules. Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices provides a play-by-play understanding of the practices strand of A Framework for K–12 Science Education (Framework) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Written in clear, nontechnical language, this book provides a wealth of real-world examples to show you what’s different about practice-centered teaching and learning at all grade levels. The book addresses three important questions: 1. How will engaging students in science and engineering practices help improve science education? 2. What do the eight practices look like in the classroom? 3. How can educators engage students in practices to bring the NGSS to life? Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices was developed for K–12 science teachers, curriculum developers, teacher educators, and administrators. Many of its authors contributed to the Framework’s initial vision and tested their ideas in actual science classrooms. If you want a fresh game plan to help students work together to generate and revise knowledge—not just receive and repeat information—this book is for you.

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NSTA Press

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1941316956

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9781941316955

Disappointment River

Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage

By: Brian Castner

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Disappointment River

Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage

By: Brian Castner

In 1789, Alexander Mackenzie traveled 1200 miles on the immense river in Canada that now bears his name, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage that had eluded mariners for hundreds of years. In 2016, the acclaimed memoirist Brian Castner retraced Mackenzie's route by canoe in a grueling journey -- and discovered the Passage he could not find. Disappointment River is a dual historical narrative and travel memoir that at once transports readers back to the heroic age of North American exploration and places them in a still rugged but increasingly fragile Arctic wilderness in the process of profound alteration by the dual forces of globalization and climate change. Fourteen years before Lewis and Clark, Mackenzie set off to cross the continent of North America with a team of voyageurs and Chipewyan guides, to find a trade route to the riches of the East. What he found was a river that he named "Disappointment." Mackenzie died thinking he had failed. He was wrong. In this book, Brian Castner not only retells the story of Mackenzie's epic voyages in vivid prose, he personally retraces his travels, battling exhaustion, exposure, mosquitoes, white water rapids and the threat of bears. He transports readers to a world rarely glimpsed in the media, of tar sands, thawing permafrost, remote indigenous villages and, at the end, a wide open Arctic Ocean that could become a far-northern Mississippi of barges and pipelines and oil money.

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0385541635

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9780385541633

The Laboratory Mouse

A Guide to the Location and Orientation of Tissues for Optimal Histological Evaluation

By: Jennifer Johnson,Brian DelGiudice,Dinesh Bangari,Eleanor Peterson,Gregory Ulinski,Susan Ryan,Beth Thurberg

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The Laboratory Mouse

A Guide to the Location and Orientation of Tissues for Optimal Histological Evaluation

By: Jennifer Johnson,Brian DelGiudice,Dinesh Bangari,Eleanor Peterson,Gregory Ulinski,Susan Ryan,Beth Thurberg

Key features: High quality full color photographs and descriptive texts on the location and removal of the organs from the mouse Instructive methods and clear visuals for trimming and orienting the organs for paraffin histology to obtain the best possible sections for analysis Full color photomicrographs of the resulting section for each organ stained with hematoxylin and eosin demonstrating important features and landmarks for the histologist to ensure the optimal area for analysis is achieved All in one, easy to use guide organized by individual organs of the laboratory mouse Spiralbound for easy reference in the lab This "one-stop" guide offers an essential resource for any academic, research or development operation where mouse necropsy and/or histology are performed. Connecting the reader ‘from the mouse to the microscope’, it provides a detailed guide for locating, trimming, orientating and embedding of the most frequently investigated tissues collected in the laboratory mouse. It shows where the organs reside in the mouse, how to trim and embed them as well as the resulting optimal sections. This guide brings together the wealth of scattered information into one high-quality text, the emphasis is on providing knowledge that will help histologists and scientists get better results in any downstream assays where ideal sections are needed.

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CRC Press

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0429615353

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9780429615351

Looks Like Rain

The Songwriting Legacy of Mickey Newbury

By: Brian T. Atkinson

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Looks Like Rain

The Songwriting Legacy of Mickey Newbury

By: Brian T. Atkinson

Mickey Newbury (1940–2002) grew up in Houston and moved to Nashville in the early 1960s, following his muse. He wrote top hits for many well-known artists, including Don Gibson, Andy Williams, Kenny Rogers, Tom Jones, and others. He is probably best known, however, for being name-checked in the song “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” by Waylon Jennings. Newbury has been cited by Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Townes Van Zandt, and many other eminent singer-songwriters as a primary influence. In his own independent fashion, Newbury helped to loosen the grip maintained for decades by the Nashville studio system, thus paving the way for later innovators like Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe, and others. He is still the only songwriter to produce hits on four different charts in the same year in 1968: “Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition was In)” on the pop/rock charts, “Sweet Memories” on easy listening, “Time Is a Thief” on the R & B charts, and “Here Comes the Rain, Baby” in country. Following the successful pattern established in his previous works on Townes Van Zandt and Ray Wylie Hubbard, veteran music journalist Brian T. Atkinson has interviewed artists such as Kris Kristofferson, Bobby Bare, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, and many others to learn how Newbury’s influence continues to shape the musical and artistic approach of both seasoned and newer performers. Forewords by Larry Gatlin and Don McLean set the stage for a fascinating look back at one of the most revered songwriters and musicians of recent decades.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1623499275

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9781623499273

The Fiction of Evil

By: Peter Brian Barry

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The Fiction of Evil

By: Peter Brian Barry

What makes someone an evil person? How are evil people different from merely bad people? Do evil people really exist? Can we make sense of evil people if we mythologize them? Do evil people take pleasure in the suffering of others? Can evil people be redeemed? Peter Brian Barry answers these questions by examining a wide range of works from renowned authors, including works of literature by Kazuo Ishiguro, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and Oscar Wilde alongside classic works of philosophy by Nietzsche and Aristotle. By considering great texts from literature and philosophy, Barry examines whether evil is merely a fiction. The Fiction of Evil explores how the study of literature can contribute to the study of metaphysics and ethics and it is essential reading for those studying the concept of evil or philosophy of literature at undergraduate level.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317594789

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Doing Good Things Better

By: Brian Martin

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Doing Good Things Better

By: Brian Martin

This is a book for how to improve what you are already doing well. How to improve your writings as an academic, playing skills as a musician, jogging as a runner or honour codes as a good citizen and friend.

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Lulu.com

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1471001075

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9781471001079

New Lepidium (Brassicaceae) from New Zealand

By: Peter James De Lange,Peter Brian Heenan,G. J. Houliston,Jeremy R. Rolfe,A. D. Mitchell

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New Lepidium (Brassicaceae) from New Zealand

By: Peter James De Lange,Peter Brian Heenan,G. J. Houliston,Jeremy R. Rolfe,A. D. Mitchell

The vascular flora of New Zealand contains an estimated 2400 species of indigenous plant, of which a staggering 83% are endemic. Nevertheless, despite the 244 years of botanical exploration there are still many flowering plants left to formally describe from New Zealand. In this issue of PhytoKeys the diversity of the endemic Cook’s Scurvy grass (Lepidium oleraceum) is subjected to a modern taxonomic treatment, recognising in the process ten new endemic species, and accepting six others described by past workers. This issue includes detailed descriptions for all 16 Lepidium species and discusses their ecology, ethnobotany and conservation status. A dichotomous key to the naturalised and indigenous Lepidium of the New Zealand archipelago is also provided.

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PenSoft Publishers LTD

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9546426881

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9789546426888

Church, College, and Clergy

A History of Theological Education at Knox College, Toronto, 1844-1994

By: Brian J. Fraser

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Church, College, and Clergy

A History of Theological Education at Knox College, Toronto, 1844-1994

By: Brian J. Fraser

Using the public writings of faculty members, Fraser describes the evolution of theological education at Knox College and, by extension, the ministry and mission of the Presbyterian Church of Canada. Fraser argues that Knox College, with its mission to uphold and spread the great evangelical truths of the Gospel, played a crucial role in the development of Presbyterian culture and in shaping the dominant views of the church.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773565663

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Reading Melville's Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

By: Brian Higgins,Hershel Parker

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Reading Melville's Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

By: Brian Higgins,Hershel Parker

Herman Melville's Pierre; or. The Ambiguities has a storied place in the history of American publishing. Melville began writing this follow-up to Moby-Dick in October 1851, thinking that it might prove even more significant than its predecessor. The 1852 publication of Pierre was catastrophic, however. Melville lost his English publisher, and American reviewers derided the book and called the author mad. InReading Melville's "Pierre; or, The Ambiguities," noted Melville authorities Brian Higgins and Hershel Parker probe the daunting story behind a deeply flawed but revealing work, one that directly reflects the major crisis of Melville's authorial life. Weighed down by huge debts, Melville took the manuscript of Pierre to his New York publisher, Harper and Brothers, desperately needing the new work to be a financial success. The Harpers balked at publishing such a dangerous psychological novel (incest was a theme) and offered him less than half the royalties they had paid for his previous books. The anguished Melville accepted the contract but subsequently added new passages to his manuscript -- passages that disparage the publishing industry and reflect his agony at the looming loss of his career. Higgins and Parker examine what can plausibly be reconstructed of Melville's original version of Pierreand explore the consequences of his belated decision to expand his work, showing in detail how his hastily written and awkwardly inserted additions marred much of what he had brilliantly achieved in the shorter version. They demonstrate that to understand Pierre, and Melville himself at this crisis, one must first understand the compositional history that resulted in the book as published. Setting Pierre in the context of Melville's literary life, Higgins and Parker's study is an illuminating demonstration of biographical and textual scholarship by two of the field's finest practitioners.

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LSU Press

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0807149063

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Two for the Road

56,671 kms, 27 Countries, One Dream

By: Shirley Hardy-Rix,Brian Rix

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Two for the Road

56,671 kms, 27 Countries, One Dream

By: Shirley Hardy-Rix,Brian Rix

Roads are for journeys, not destinations. In 2003 Melbourne couple Shirley Hardy-Rix and her husband Brian Rix fulfilled a lifelong ambition of motorcycling across the world. In an incredible 350-day journey, they would do everything they'd ever dreamed of as well as getting much more than they'd bargained for. Crossing 27 countries and covering 56,671 kilometres, they raced around the Isle of Man motorcycle circuit on Mad Sunday, survived Iran's traffic and travelled through Taliban strongholds under armed guard. Shirley and Brian's story is an epic account of the ups and downs of seeing the world on two wheels - from the frustrations of potholes and flat tyres, to the splendour of some of Europe and Asia's most awe-inspiring sights. Full of terrific anecdotes, down-to-earth humour and practical advice, Two for the Road is a must for anyone who's ever imagined escaping the daily grind to experience the romance of the open road.

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Hardy-Rix Media Services

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1742984193

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Staying Scared - The Films of a Horror Movie Legend

By: Brian Dailey

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Staying Scared - The Films of a Horror Movie Legend

By: Brian Dailey

Staying Scared - The Films of a Horror Movie Legend" delves into the chilling world of George A. Romero, a titan of terror cinema. This comprehensive exploration takes readers on a thrilling journey through Romero's iconic horror films, from the groundbreaking "Night of the Living Dead" to the apocalyptic "Dawn of the Dead" and beyond. The book offers an in-depth analysis of Romero's unique approach to filmmaking, his remarkable ability to transform low-budget productions into timeless horror classics, and his profound influence on the genre. It examines the socio-political themes that underpin his films, revealing how Romero used horror as a lens to critique society and expose its deepest fears.

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Indulge Media Group

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Colonialism's Currency

Money State and First Nations in Canada 1820-1950

By: Brian Gettler

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Colonialism's Currency

Money State and First Nations in Canada 1820-1950

By: Brian Gettler

Money, often portrayed as a straightforward representation of market value, is also a political force, a technology for remaking space and population. This was especially true in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Canada, where money - in many forms - provided an effective means of disseminating colonial social values, laying claim to national space, and disciplining colonized peoples. Colonialism's Currency analyzes the historical experiences and interactions of three distinct First Nations - the Wendat of Wendake, the Innu of Mashteuiatsh, and the Moose Factory Cree - with monetary forms and practices created by colonial powers. Whether treaty payments and welfare provisions such as the paper vouchers favoured by the Department of Indian Affairs, the Canadian Dominion's standardized paper notes, or the "made beaver" (the Hudson's Bay Company's money of account), each monetary form allowed the state to communicate and enforce political, economic, and cultural sovereignty over Indigenous peoples and their lands. Surveying a range of historical cases, Brian Gettler shows how currency simultaneously placed First Nations beyond the bounds of settler society while justifying colonial interventions in their communities. Testifying to the destructive and the legitimizing power of money, Colonialism's Currency is an intriguing exploration of the complex relationship between First Nations and the state.

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0228002540

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9780228002543

Seán MacDiarmada

16Lives

By: Brian Feeney

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Seán MacDiarmada

16Lives

By: Brian Feeney

Seán MacDíarmada moved in the shadows, ultra-cautious about what he committed to paper, aware that his letters could be intercepted by the police. Because of this, history has not allocated MacDíarmada the prominent role he deserves in the organisation of the Easter Rising. This book gives Seán MacDíarmada his proper place in history. It outlines his substantial role in the detailed planning of the Rising, which led to him signing the Proclamation of the Irish Republic: second only to Tom Clarke.

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The O'Brien Press

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1847176534

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Mirror in the Shadows

By: Alan Brown,Brian Brown

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Mirror in the Shadows

By: Alan Brown,Brian Brown

When a police detective from Wichita takes a vacation, his idea of fun is trying to catch a serial killer in Springfield, Missouri. Detective Mason Chase can’t let an old case go, so he turns to private investigator Booger McClain for help. Together with Booger’s resourceful wife, Rose, the trio soon close in on their elusive killer, only to find there’s more to this string of cases than anyone realized. To uncover the truth, the detectives will have to risk everything they hold dear, as well as reflect on what they thought they knew about the past. And what happens when the hunters become the hunted? When dangers lurk in the shadows, the prey can only pray their aim is true.

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The Diversity of Fishes

Biology, Evolution, and Ecology

By: Gene Helfman,Bruce B. Collette,Douglas E. Facey,Brian W. Bowen

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The Diversity of Fishes

Biology, Evolution, and Ecology

By: Gene Helfman,Bruce B. Collette,Douglas E. Facey,Brian W. Bowen

The second edition of The Diversity of Fishes represents a major revision of the world’s most widely adopted ichthyology textbook. Expanded and updated, the second edition is illustrated throughout with striking color photographs depicting the spectacular evolutionary adaptations of the most ecologically and taxonomically diverse vertebrate group. The text incorporates the latest advances in the biology of fishes, covering taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, biogeography, ecology, and behavior. A new chapter on genetics and molecular ecology of fishes has been added, and conservation is emphasized throughout. Hundreds of new and redrawn illustrations augment readable text, and every chapter has been revised to reflect the discoveries and greater understanding achieved during the past decade. Written by a team of internationally-recognized authorities, the first edition of The Diversity of Fishes was received with enthusiasm and praise, and incorporated into ichthyology and fish biology classes around the globe, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The second edition is a substantial update of an already classic reference and text. Companion resources site This book is accompanied by a resources site: www.wiley.com/go/helfman The site is being constantly updated by the author team and provides: · Related videos selected by the authors · Updates to the book since publication · Instructor resources · A chance to send in feedback

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The A to Z of Fantasy Literature

By: Brian Stableford

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The A to Z of Fantasy Literature

By: Brian Stableford

Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic existed, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs. As the mythical past was displaced in Western estimation by the historical past and novelists became increasingly preoccupied with the present, fantasy was temporarily marginalized until the late 20th century, when it enjoyed a spectacular resurgence in every stratum of the literary marketplace. Stableford provides an invaluable guide to this sequence of events and to the current state of the field. The chronology tracks the evolution of fantasy from the origins of literature to the 21st century. The introduction explains the nature of the impulses creating and shaping fantasy literature, the problems of its definition and the reasons for its changing historical fortunes. The dictionary includes cross-referenced entries on more than 700 authors, ranging across the entire historical spectrum, while more than 200 other entries describe the fantasy subgenres, key images in fantasy literature, technical terms used in fantasy criticism, and the intimately convoluted relationship between literary fantasies, scholarly fantasies, and lifestyle fantasies. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography that ranges from general textbooks and specialized accounts of the history and scholarship of fantasy literature, through bibliographies and accounts of the fantasy literature of different nations, to individual author studies and useful websites.

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0810863456

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Discourse Analysis

An Introduction

By: Brian Paltridge

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Discourse Analysis

An Introduction

By: Brian Paltridge

Outlining the core methodological and theoretical premises, this book presents the essential approaches that you need to know when doing discourse analysis for the first time. Chapters cover discourse and society, discourse and pragmatics, discourse and genre, discourse and conversation, discourse grammar, corpus approaches, multimodal discourse and critical discourse analysis. Encompassing the latest trends and developments, this third edition includes: - A new chapter on discourse and digital media - New topics including English as a lingua franca, linguistic landscapes and translanguaging - Updated examples from a variety of global perspectives and contexts, ranging from North America to East Asia - Updated discussion questions throughout Each chapter also features exercises, discussion questions and lists of further reading. Alongside online resources with lecture slides, extended readings and enhanced bibliographies, this is the only book you need for doing discourse analysis.

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Road to Manzikert

Byzantine and Islamic Warfare, 527–1071

By: Brian Todd Carey,Joshua B. Allfree,John Cairns

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Road to Manzikert

Byzantine and Islamic Warfare, 527–1071

By: Brian Todd Carey,Joshua B. Allfree,John Cairns

“Take[s] us through 500 years of conflict from Justinian through the rise of Islam to the coming of the Turks . . . good chapters on Islamic warfare.”—Balkan Military History In August 1071, the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenese led out a powerful army in an attempt to roll back Seljuk Turkish incursions into the Anatolian heartland of the Empire. Outmaneuvered by the Turkish sultan, Alp Arslan, Romanus was forced to give battle with only half his troops near Manzikert. By the end of that fateful day much of the Byzantine army was dead, the rest scattered in flight and the Emperor himself a captive. As a result, the Anatolian heart was torn out of the empire and it was critically weakened, while Turkish power expanded rapidly, eventually leading to Byzantine appeals for help from Western Europe, prompting the First Crusade. This book sets the battle in the context of the military history of the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic World (Arab and Seljuk Turkish) up to the pivotal engagement at Manzikert in 1071, with special emphasis on the origins, course and outcome of this battle. The composition, weapons and tactics of the very different opposing armies are analyzed. The final chapter is dedicated to assessing the impact of Manzikert on the Byzantine Empire’s strategic position in Anatolia and to the battle’s role as a causus belli for the Crusades. Dozens of maps and battle diagrams support the clear text, making this an invaluable study of a crucial period of military history. “A gripping story of desertion, defection and betrayal amongst the Byzantine troops and of the fleet and ferocious Seljuk steppe warriors.”—Today’s Zaman

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1848849168

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The End of Iberian Rule on the American Continent, 1770–1830

By: Brian R. Hamnett

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The End of Iberian Rule on the American Continent, 1770–1830

By: Brian R. Hamnett

In this new work, Brian R. Hamnett offers a comprehensive assessment of the independence era in both Spanish America and Brazil by examining the interplay between events in Iberia and in the overseas empires of Spain and Portugal. Most colonists had wanted some form of unity within the Spanish and Portuguese monarchies but European intransigence continually frustrated this aim. Hamnett argues that independence finally came as a result of widespread internal conflict in the two American empires, rather than as a result of a clear separatist ideology or a growing national sentiment. With the collapse of empire, each component territory faced a struggle to survive. The End of Iberian Rule on the American Continent, 1770–1830 is the first book of its kind to give equal consideration to the Spanish and Portuguese dimensions of South America, examining these territories in terms of their divergent component elements.

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Cambridge University Press

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131680285X

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Madness in Post-1945 British and American Fiction

By: C. Baker,P. Crawford,Brian Brown,Maurice Lipsedge,R. Carter

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Madness in Post-1945 British and American Fiction

By: C. Baker,P. Crawford,Brian Brown,Maurice Lipsedge,R. Carter

A comprehensive and thematic exploration of representations of madness in postwar British and American Fiction, this book is relevant to those with interests in literary studies and is a vital read for psychiatric clinicians and professionals who are interested in how literature can inform and enhance clinical practices.

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Springer

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0230290442

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Building on a Common Foundation

The Baptist Union of Scotland 1869-2019

By: Brian R. Talbot

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Building on a Common Foundation

The Baptist Union of Scotland 1869-2019

By: Brian R. Talbot

In the second half of the nineteenth century Scottish Baptists like other Evangelical Protestant denominations were focusing more on things they had in common, such as a commitment to home evangelization and church-planting; providing a common fund to assist small and struggling congregations; the provision of theological education for the training of prospective pastors, together with the need to disseminate information between the churches concerning their progress in the work of the gospel. From the start of this Baptist Union in 1869 the numbers of churches and members grew steadily until 1935. It was a remarkable story of dedicated Christian service. Scottish Baptists came through two world wars, the social revolution of the 1960s, and the materialistic emphases of the 1980s with a significant degree of success in adapting their evangelistic activities to relate to their social context. There is little doubt that from the late 1980s the growing secularization in this country ensured that mission strategies adopted by these Scottish Christians were less successful than in previous decades. However, a revitalization of its work in the early years of the twenty-first century has given renewed grounds for hope for its work and witness in the coming years.

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1725298678

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NEFYN, WALES Recollections from America

By: Brian Owen

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NEFYN, WALES Recollections from America

By: Brian Owen

Go back to an earlier time in the tiny town of Nefyn, Wales. Visit with a way-of-life and characters who made growing up there so interesting. Focused primarily on fishing experiences on Nefyn Beach, the reminiscences of a former resident brings this unique little town to life. Visit the places and the recollections the author experienced. A pleasant group of tales that take you back to the good old days - a time to be remembered with fondness and nostalgia. Follow the author as he leaves Nefyn to pursue a career in America. There he meets other Welsh emigrants and visits places where some of his ancestors established roots in the 1800's and early 1900's. Not surprisingly, his own roots are firmly entrenched in a very special place - old Nefyn.

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1105547817

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Adventures of a Time Traveling Hippie Surfer

By: Brian Jarvis

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Adventures of a Time Traveling Hippie Surfer

By: Brian Jarvis

Time Travel Is Real? For Brian, the "Time Traveling Hippie Surfer", Time Travel is pure fact! It turns out that the exact center of "Time the Universe and All Things" is a Yellow Pole that sits about a mile or so behind his house in the coastal pine forest of North Carolina. Our narrator, "Brian" is living in the year 1974, until he stumbles upon the Yellow Pole, the Dome of Time and the Keeper of Time, "Carl the First". Carl takes him 65,000,000 years back in time to watch the prehistoric dinosaurs. That Time Trip changed Brian''s world forever; he begins his new life as a "Time Traveler". Sandra is the only other time traveler in the universe. She is the perfect "California Surfer Girl", a tall tan blonde who can't resist "Zapping" around in time with the "Boys". This fantastic odyssey is narrated by the Hippie Surfer Dude riding the Cosmic Waves of Time.

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1483482820

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Magical House Protection

The Archaeology of Counter-Witchcraft

By: Brian Hoggard

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Magical House Protection

The Archaeology of Counter-Witchcraft

By: Brian Hoggard

Belief in magic and particularly the power of witchcraft was once a deep and enduring presence in popular culture. “Diving into Brian Hoggard’s Magical House Protection is a remarkable experience... [It] provides an immersive and fascinating read.”—Fortean Times People created and concealed many objects to protect themselves from harmful magic. Detailed are the principal forms of magical house protection in Britain and beyond from the fourteenth century to the present day. Witch-bottles, dried cats, horse skulls, written charms, protection marks and concealed shoes were all used widely as methods of repelling, diverting or trapping negative energies. Many of these practices and symbols can be found around the globe, demonstrating the universal nature of efforts by people to protect themselves from witchcraft. From the introduction: The most popular locations to conceal objects within buildings are usually at portals such as the hearth, the threshold and also voids or dead spaces. This suggests that people believed it was possible for dark forces to travel through the landscape and attack them in their homes. Whether these forces were emanations from a witch in the form of a spell, a witch’s familiar pestering their property, an actual witch flying in spirit or a combination of all of those is difficult to tell. Additional sources of danger could be ghosts, fairies and demons. People went to great lengths to ensure their homes and property were protected, highlighting the fact that these beliefs and fears were visceral and, as far as they were concerned, literally terrifying.

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178920206X

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Unlikely Stories

Causality and the Nature of Modern Narrative

By: Brian Richardson

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Unlikely Stories

Causality and the Nature of Modern Narrative

By: Brian Richardson

This study brings together a number of related critical issues, including the causal laws that attempt to govern fictional worlds, the reader's implication in the causal dilemmas that confront major characters, and the philosophical and ideological ascriptions of cause that are variously embodied, interrogated, or parodied. One of the most significant features of this study is its disclosure of just how fundamental and widespread causal issues are in complex narratives - and how insistently they are thematized in twentieth-century works.

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0874136091

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