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The Haunting of D.I. Stone

By: Brian Astwood

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A troubled Vietnam Vet, Vince Stone hooked on dope and booze wages war against his P.T.S.D. He joined the army to escape his dysfunctional family but discovered returning home on furlough that the anti-war movement has turned his home into a bitter, hostile and cold place. To make matters worse, Vince cannot seem to abate the nightmares from Vietnam; his buddies' deaths relived night after night, and the only outlet is through substance abuse. The war has ravaged Vince from the inside out and his mood swings were impossible to control. After the death of Gonzales, Vince is forced into a black ops situation and certain death, when he convinces his new wife, with a secret past to go A.W.O.L to Canada. Frozen and near death they witness a miracle in the form of Duffy. Finally, they find refuge with a hippie commune deep in the Canadian woods, but the F.B.I., are hot on their trail thanks to his wife. Chance is born in a mountain man's cabin where they have complete privacy, then after an escape from a ravenous wolf pack Vince is finally cornered in a Vancouver park by the F.B.I. to face desertion charges. He then escapes into an amnesty program where his world, in an instant, is shattered and destroyed. After many years of absence, Vince and Chance, now a teenager, finally reunite by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1681399474

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9781681399478

East End Heroes, Stateside Kings - The Amazing True Story of Three Footballer Players Who Changed the World

By: Brian Belton

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East End Heroes, Stateside Kings - The Amazing True Story of Three Footballer Players Who Changed the World

By: Brian Belton

On 1 April 1972 West Ham United made sporting history by becoming the first club from the highest echelon of English football to field three black players in League competition. What seems commonplace now was unheard of at the time. Their manager, Ron Greenwood, picked: Clive Charles (born in Canning Town, just a few miles from the Hammers' Upton Park home); Ade Coker (from Nigeria); and Clyde Best, who had made his way to London's Docklands from Bermuda. Together, these three players smashed a social barrier playing for this most romantic and enigmatic of clubs.East End Heroes, Stateside Kings tells of the origins of these players, that fateful day in '72 and their lives over the following 30 years as they became pioneering figures in the success of the North American Soccer League.After being named by Pele in the all-time greatest NASL team, Charles managed the leading College side Portland Timbers, guided the American Women to World Cup glory and achieved historic results in Olympic competition with the US Under-23s.Coker was another leading light in the modern American game and represented the USA at international level, overcoming devastating injury problems.Best grew to be a legend in the NASL and, along with Charles, was one of only four former West Ham players to manage at international level when he took over the Bermudian national side. He has recently been awarded an MBE.Painstakingly researched and including a foreword and interview with Kenny Lynch, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers and lifelong West Ham fan, this book tells the story of three young black men who genuinely broke the mould.

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Kings Road Publishing

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1782195424

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9781782195429

Artistic Ambassadors

Literary and International Representation of the New Negro Era

By: Brian Russell Roberts

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Artistic Ambassadors

Literary and International Representation of the New Negro Era

By: Brian Russell Roberts

During the first generation of black participation in U.S. diplomacy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a vibrant community of African American writers and cultural figures worked as U.S. representatives abroad. Through the literary and diplomatic dossiers of figures such as Frederick Douglass, James Weldon Johnson, Archibald and Angelina Grimké, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida Gibbs Hunt, and Richard Wright, Brian Roberts shows how the intersection of black aesthetic trends and U.S. political culture both Americanized and internationalized the trope of the New Negro. This decades-long relationship began during the days of Reconstruction, and it flourished as U.S. presidents courted and rewarded their black voting constituencies by appointing black men as consuls and ministers to such locales as Liberia, Haiti, Madagascar, and Venezuela. These appointments changed the complexion of U.S. interactions with nations and colonies of color; in turn, state-sponsored black travel gave rise to literary works that imported international representation into New Negro discourse on aesthetics, race, and African American culture. Beyond offering a narrative of the formative dialogue between black transnationalism and U.S. international diplomacy, Artistic Ambassadors also illuminates a broader literary culture that reached both black and white America as well as the black diaspora and the wider world of people of color. In light of the U.S. appointments of its first two black secretaries of state and the election of its first black president, this complex representational legacy has continued relevance to our understanding of current American internationalism.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813933676

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9780813933672

Cartilage V1

Structure, Function, and Biochemistry

By: Brian K. Hall

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Cartilage V1

Structure, Function, and Biochemistry

By: Brian K. Hall

Cartilage, Volume 1: Structure, Function, and Biochemistry provides an in-depth treatment of cartilage structure, function, and biochemistry. Topics range from vertebrate and invertebrate cartilages to chondroblasts and chondrocytes, along with the use of transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy to examine cartilage. The collagens and cell kinetics of cartilage are also discussed. Comprised of 12 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the diversity of cartilage in vertebrates and invertebrates in terms of structure, function, and evolution. The principal common attributes of vertebrate cartilages as well as those specific parameters that usefully serve to distinguish between cartilaginous tissues at several phylogenetic levels are discussed. Function and level of function are considered, along with their correlations with the structural attributes of a specific cartilage. Subsequent chapters explore the chondroblasts and chondrocytes of cartilage, particularly how they arise and how they are maintained; the ultrastructure of cartilage; the biochemistry of cartilaginous extracellular matrices; and the kinetic and metabolic properties of cartilage cells. The final chapter analyzes the mechanisms of calcification of cartilage. This book will be of interest to biologists and biochemists.

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Academic Press

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0323139582

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9780323139588

Evaluation of Analytical Methods in Biological Systems

Part A

By: Brian Evans

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Evaluation of Analytical Methods in Biological Systems

Part A

By: Brian Evans

Evaluation of Analytical Methods in Biological Systems

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Elsevier

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0080875513

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9780080875514

The Haunting of D.I. Stone

By: Brian Astwood

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The Haunting of D.I. Stone

By: Brian Astwood

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Page Publishing Inc

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1681399474

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Blood on the Tracks

The Lifea nd Times of S. Brian Willson

By: Willson, S. Brian

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The Lifea nd Times of S. Brian Willson

By: Willson, S. Brian

“We are not worth more, they are not worth less.” This is the mantra of S. Brian Willson and the theme that runs throughout his compelling psycho-historical memoir. Willson’s story begins in small-town, rural America, where he grew up as a “Commie-hating, baseball-loving Baptist,” moves through life-changing experiences in Viet Nam, Nicaragua and elsewhere, and culminates with his commitment to a localized, sustainable lifestyle. In telling his story, Willson provides numerous examples of the types of personal, risk-taking, nonviolent actions he and others have taken in attempts to educate and effect political change: tax refusal—which requires simplification of one’s lifestyle; fasting—done publicly in strategic political and/or therapeutic spiritual contexts; and obstruction tactics—strategically placing one’s body in the way of “business as usual.” It was such actions that thrust Brian Willson into the public eye in the mid-’80s, first as a participant in a high-profile, water-only “Veterans Fast for Life” against the Contra war being waged by his government in Nicaragua. Then, on a fateful day in September 1987, the world watched in horror as Willson was run over by a U.S. government munitions train during a nonviolent blocking action in which he expected to be removed from the tracks and arrested. Losing his legs only strengthened Willson’s identity with millions of unnamed victims of U.S. policy around the world. He provides details of his travels to countries in Latin America and the Middle East and bears witness to the harm done to poor people as well as to the environment by the steamroller of U.S. imperialism. These heart-rending accounts are offered side by side with inspirational stories of nonviolent struggle and the survival of resilient communities Willson’s expanding consciousness also uncovers injustices within his own country, including insights gained through his study and service within the U.S. criminal justice system and personal experiences addressing racial injustices. He discusses coming to terms with his identity as a Viet Nam veteran and the subsequent service he provides to others as director of a veterans outreach center in New England. He draws much inspiration from friends he encounters along the way as he finds himself continually drawn to the path leading to a simpler life that seeks to “do no harm.&rdquo Throughout his personal journey Willson struggles with the question, “Why was it so easy for me, a ’good’ man, to follow orders to travel 9,000 miles from home to participate in killing people who clearly were not a threat to me or any of my fellow citizens?” He eventually comes to the realization that the “American Way of Life” is AWOL from humanity, and that the only way to recover our humanity is by changing our consciousness, one individual at a time, while striving for collective cultural changes toward “less and local.” Thus, Willson offers up his personal story as a metaphorical map for anyone who feels the need to be liberated from the American Way of Life—a guidebook for anyone called by conscience to question continued obedience to vertical power structures while longing to reconnect with the human archetypes of cooperation, equity, mutual respect and empathy.

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PM Press

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160486592X

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9781604865929

Some Lives of Brian

By: Brian Stuart

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Some Lives of Brian

By: Brian Stuart

An only child living in Aldershot, Brian Stuart has always been in touch with the arts. When his father was called up to the army in 1940 his mother decided to take in boarders who performed weekly in the Hippodrome.

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Pen Press

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190717284X

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9781907172847

Brian’s Autobiography and Featuring Some of His Great Achievements

The Wonder of What One Can Achieve When We Take the Time to Build on What We Can Do

By: Brian Willetts

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Brian’s Autobiography and Featuring Some of His Great Achievements

The Wonder of What One Can Achieve When We Take the Time to Build on What We Can Do

By: Brian Willetts

This book does not offer any miracles, although it does offer a better opportunity for someone to get results, for one who is prepared to get out of the victim role and take a positive step into seeing what they can do for themselves. By reading this book, you will realise the significance of continuous learning. And that’s how philosophy tries to discover the nature of truth and knowledge, to find what is of basic value and importance in life. This is about the relationships between humanity and nature and between the individual and the society.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984503472

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9781984503473

I Am Brian Wilson

A Memoir

By: Brian Wilson,Ben Greenman

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I Am Brian Wilson

A Memoir

By: Brian Wilson,Ben Greenman

Memoir of legendary Beach Boy member Brian Wilson

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Da Capo Press

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0306823063

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Blood on the Tracks

The Life and Times of S. Brian Willson : a Psychohistorical Memoir

By: S. Brian Willson

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Blood on the Tracks

The Life and Times of S. Brian Willson : a Psychohistorical Memoir

By: S. Brian Willson

After serving in the Vietnam War, S. Brian Willson became a radical, nonviolent peace protester and pacifist, and this memoir details the drastic governmental and social change he has spent his life fighting for. Chronicling his personal struggle with a government he believes to be unjust, Willson sheds light on the various incarnations of his protests of the U.S. government, including the refusal to pay taxes, public fasting, and, most famously, public obstruction. On September 1, 1987, Willson was run over by a U.S. government munitions train during a nonviolent blocking action in which he expected to be removed from the tracks. Providing a full look into the tragic event, Willson, who lost his legs in the incident, discusses how the subsequent publicity propelled his cause toward the national consciousness. Now, 23 years later, Willson tells his story of social injustice, nonviolent struggle, and the so-called American way of life.

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Pm Press

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1604864214

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9781604864212

I Am Brian Wilson

By: Brian Wilson,Professor in the School of Kinesiology Brian Wilson,Ben Greenman

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I Am Brian Wilson

By: Brian Wilson,Professor in the School of Kinesiology Brian Wilson,Ben Greenman

Memoir of legendary Beach Boy member Brian Wilson

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Random House Canada

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0345813936

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9780345813930

Book's by Brian Astwood

The Haunting of D.I. Stone

The Haunting of D.I. Stone

East End Heroes, Stateside Kings - The Amazing True Story of Three Footballer Players Who Changed the World

East End Heroes, Stateside Kings - The Amazing True Story of Three Footballer Players Who Changed the World

Artistic Ambassadors

Artistic Ambassadors

Cartilage V1

Cartilage V1

Evaluation of Analytical Methods in Biological Systems

Evaluation of Analytical Methods in Biological Systems

The Haunting of D.I. Stone

The Haunting of D.I. Stone

Blood on the Tracks

Blood on the Tracks

Some Lives of Brian

Some Lives of Brian

Brian’s Autobiography and Featuring Some of His Great Achievements

Brian’s Autobiography and Featuring Some of His Great Achievements

I Am Brian Wilson

I Am Brian Wilson

Blood on the Tracks

Blood on the Tracks

I Am Brian Wilson

I Am Brian Wilson

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