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Rebound

Soaring In The NBA, Facing An Incurable Disease, And Finding What Really Matters

By: Brian Grant,Ric Bucher

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Rebound

Soaring In The NBA, Facing An Incurable Disease, And Finding What Really Matters

By: Brian Grant,Ric Bucher

Basketball gave me a life; Parkinson's taught me how to live it." —Brian Grant After 12 years of playing basketball at the highest professional level, Brian Grant could have been forgiven for thinking that the hardest part of his life was behind him, that he'd be able to kick back and enjoy the fruits of his considerable labors. But soon after?his retirement from the NBA, Grant was diagnosed with Young-Onset Parkinson's disease, ushering in a challenge greater than any he'd faced before, as well as an opportunity to embrace what really matters. With esteemed basketball writer Ric Bucher, Grant shares his story in raw and candid fashion, as he takes readers to Sacramento, Portland, Miami, and beyond; to the airplane 30,000 feet in the air where he first came to understand the source of the tremors in his hand; and to the summit of Mount St. Helens alongside five others with PD, where he once again put himself to the test and defied expectations. In Rebound, Grant shares his remarkable life before, during, and after those NBA years with no shortage of compassion and wit.

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Triumph Books

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1641255927

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Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb

By: Brian Lamb,Brian Lamb and C-Span

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Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb

By: Brian Lamb,Brian Lamb and C-Span

In this newly updated book, C-SPAN provides a comprehensive guide to the final resting places of our nation's presidents. As much about the presidents' lives as it is about their burial sites and how to visit them, this book belongs in the glove box of every traveler and the bedside table of every American history fan. Contributions from presidential historian Richard Norton Smith and an afterword by historian Douglas Brinkley add to this unique look at the American presidency.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459618092

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9781459618091

Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?

A Tour of Presidential Gravesites

By: Brian Lamb,C-SPAN

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Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?

A Tour of Presidential Gravesites

By: Brian Lamb,C-SPAN

Some presidents have been larger than life but none of them have been larger than death. Brian Lamb has visited the gravesites of every American president, living and dead, in order to put together this book, with assistance from the staff of C-SPAN. Heavily illustrated and with contributions from historians Richard Norton Smith and Douglas Brinkley, Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb? is about the presidents' lives as much as it is about their final resting places. The book's collection of the presidents' last words, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "I have a terrific headache" to John Adams's "Thomas Jefferson still survives" offers a poignant and sometimes humorous look at the last moments of the great men. This is a great way to encounter the presidents, from the great ones to the near-forgottens. Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb? belongs in the glove box of every traveler and the bedside table of every fan of the American presidency and American history.

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PublicAffairs

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1586488708

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Era of Emancipation

British Government of Ireland, 1812-1830

By: Brian A. Jenkins

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Era of Emancipation

British Government of Ireland, 1812-1830

By: Brian A. Jenkins

Despite the 1800 Act of Union, Ireland was not an integral part of the United Kingdom. Its viceregal government, the breadth and depth of its poverty, and the extent, persistence, and savagery of peasant violence marked it as distinct. This distinction was emphasized by Ireland's Protestant ascendancy in an overwhelmingly Catholic population. In his examination of British administration in Ireland from 1812 to 1830, Brian Jenkins focuses on the Catholic issue which dominated Britain's Irish agenda during this period. He argues that the British government attempted, within the context of the time, to govern Ireland in a civilized and enlightened way.

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412

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773506594

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9780773506596

Anfernee Hardaway * Grant Hill

By: Brian Cazeneuve

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Anfernee Hardaway * Grant Hill

By: Brian Cazeneuve

Describes the lives of Anfernee Hardaway and Grant Hill, with emphasis on their basketball careers.

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100

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East End Publishing

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0943403359

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9780943403359

Australian Local Government Economics

By: Brian Dollery,Lin Crase,Andrew Johnson

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Australian Local Government Economics

By: Brian Dollery,Lin Crase,Andrew Johnson

The increasing complexities of Australian local government place onerous demands on municipal managers and oblige them to continually upgrade their skills. This book examines the economic environment of contemporary local governance.

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UNSW Press

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0868407518

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The Scourge of War

The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman

By: Brian Holden Reid

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The Scourge of War

The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman

By: Brian Holden Reid

William Tecumseh Sherman, a West Point graduate and veteran of the Seminole War, became one of the best-known generals in the Civil War. His March to the Sea, which resulted in a devastated swath of the South from Atlanta to Savannah, cemented his place in history as the pioneer of total war. In The Scourge of War, preeminent military historian Brian Holden Reid offers a deeply researched life and times account of Sherman. By examining his childhood and education, his business ventures in California, his antebellum leadership of a military college in Louisiana, and numerous career false starts, Holden Reid shows how unlikely his exceptional Civil War career would seem. He also demonstrates how crucial his family was to his professional path, particularly his wife's intervention during the war. He analyzes Sherman's development as a battlefield commander and especially his crucial friendships with Henry W. Halleck and Ulysses S. Grant. In doing so, he details how Sherman overcame both his weaknesses as a leader and severe depression to mature as a military strategist. Central chapters narrate closely Sherman's battlefield career and the gradual lifting of his pessimism that the Union would be defeated. After the war, Sherman became a popular figure in the North and the founder of the school for officers at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, known as the "intellectual center of the army." Holden Reid argues that Sherman was not hostile to the South throughout his life and only in later years gained a reputation as a villain who practiced barbaric destruction, particularly as the neo-Confederate Lost Cause grew and he published one of the first personal accounts of the war. A definitive biography of a preeminent military figure by a renowned military historian, The Scourge of War is a masterful account of Sherman' life that fully recognizes his intellect, strategy, and actions during the Civil War.

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Oxford University Press

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0190079142

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9780190079147

Christian Ethics in a Technological Age

By: Brian Brock

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Christian Ethics in a Technological Age

By: Brian Brock

Through close analysis of the historical and conceptual roots of modern science and technology, Brian Brock here develops a theological ethic addressing a wide range of contemporary perplexities about the moral challenges raised by new technology.

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419

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802865178

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9780802865175

Succession Act 1965 and Related Legislation: A Commentary

By: Brian Spierin

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Succession Act 1965 and Related Legislation: A Commentary

By: Brian Spierin

The Succession Act 1965 became operative on the 1 January 1967, and was accompanied by McGuire's seminal work of commentary on the Act. Now fifty years on, this commentary is in its this fifth edition, and continues to be a cornerstone work, examining the Succession Act 1965 in detail along with other related legislation which impacts upon succession. Each section of the 1965 Act (as amended) is set out in full, and followed by a detailed narrative commentary which explains the sections and examines how they have been interpreted by the courts. Up-to-date appendices contain the relevant Probate Office, Superior Courts and Circuit Courts forms. Written by one of the leading experts in the field, the aim of this book is to make it as accessible as possible in assisting solicitors, barristers and judges alike. The Succession Act has long acted as a weathervane of social change in Ireland, taking into account changes such as the status of illegitimacy and the introduction of divorce. This new edition these into account most recent social and constitutional changes which have impacted the law of succession, including the introduction of marriage equality. Includes the following important cases: DPP v Heather Perrin Nevin v Nevin Cawley v Lillis.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1784518093

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Best Little Stories from the Civil War

By: C. Brian Kelly

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Best Little Stories from the Civil War

By: C. Brian Kelly

A collection of more than one hundred true stories from the Civil War era that recount the exploits of key figures and chronicle important events that shaped the war.

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356

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Cumberland House Publishing

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1888952806

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9781888952803

Spectacular Homes of the Southwest

An Exclusive Showcase of the Finest Designers in Arizona and New Mexico

By: John Shand,Brian Carabet

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Spectacular Homes of the Southwest

An Exclusive Showcase of the Finest Designers in Arizona and New Mexico

By: John Shand,Brian Carabet

More than 250 photographs of the work nearly 40 leading designers in Phoenix, Tucson, Scottsdale, and New Mexico.

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Gibbs Smith

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1933415150

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9781933415154

Henry Fairfield Osborn

Race and the Search for the Origins of Man

By: Brian Regal

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Henry Fairfield Osborn

Race and the Search for the Origins of Man

By: Brian Regal

The discovery in the 1920s of a huge cache of fossils in the Gobi Desert fuelled a mania for dinosaurs that continues to the present. But the original goal of the expedition was to search for the origins of man. Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935), director of the American Museum of Natural History, stood at the forefront of the debate over human evolution and the expedition aimed to prove his theory of human origins. Osborn rejected the idea of primate ancestry and constructed a non-Darwinian theory that the evolution of man was the long adventurous story of individuals and groups exerting personal will-power and inborn characteristics to achieve both biological and spiritual success. It is an idea that still echoes today. Study of Osborn’s thinking, however, has been obscured by the perception that racism influenced his theories. Brian Regal paints a different and more textured picture in this book - he shows that Osborn's views on race, like his political ideas, were motivated by his science, itself grounded in religious doctrine. His belief in the Central Asian origins of man, his role as an activist for eugenic reform and immigration controls, his support for Nordicism, his place in the 'New' versus 'Old' biology debate, his role in the Christian Fundamentalist controversy, the Scopes Monkey trial, and finally his construction of the 'Dawn Man' hypothesis - all stemmed from his desire to support his human evolution theory, and point the way to salvation. This biography charts Osborn's intellectual development, from its roots in the eclectic Christianity of his mother, through his student days with Arnold Guyot, James McCosh, and T.H. Huxley, to his mature work at the American Museum. It examines his trials and tribulations, friendships and conflicts, and the world in which he lived: all contributed to the construction of his theory. It is the dramatic story of a man holding onto ideas that for him represented the very meaning of life itself.

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Routledge

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1351930958

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9781351930956

Social Media for School Leaders

A Comprehensive Guide to Getting the Most Out of Facebook, Twitter, and Other Essential Web Tools

By: Brian Dixon

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Social Media for School Leaders

A Comprehensive Guide to Getting the Most Out of Facebook, Twitter, and Other Essential Web Tools

By: Brian Dixon

How to create an effective social media strategy for a school or district School leaders may be familiar with social media in their own lives, but many still need help in effectively using social media in their professional practice. In this book, Brian Dixon, an expert in social media in education, offers detailed descriptions of the best online tools available today and provides step-by-step instructions for using them to move a school community from awareness to advocacy and from feedback to collaboration. Offers school leaders everything they need to implement social media throughout their campus and their communities Contains expert advice for creating a sustainable social engagement strategy Features screenshots and examples from schools and individuals who are using social media to the best effect This important resource can help savvy school leaders shift their leadership strategy from communicating to connecting.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118388895

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9781118388891

Rebound

Soaring in the NBA, Battling Parkinson's, and Finding What Really Matters

By: Brian Grant,Ric Bucher

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Rebound

Soaring in the NBA, Battling Parkinson's, and Finding What Really Matters

By: Brian Grant,Ric Bucher

Basketball gave me a life; Parkinson's taught me how to live it." --Brian Grant After 12 years of playing basketball at the highest professional level, Brian Grant could have been forgiven for thinking that the hardest part of his life was behind him, that he'd be able to kick back and enjoy the fruits of his considerable labors. But soon after his retirement from the NBA, Grant was diagnosed with Young-Onset Parkinson's disease, ushering in a challenge greater than any he'd faced before, as well as an opportunity to embrace what really matters. With esteemed basketball writer Ric Bucher, Grant shares his story in raw and candid fashion, as he takes readers to Sacramento, Portland, Miami, and beyond; to the airplane 30,000 feet in the air where he first came to understand the source of the tremors in his hand; and to the summit of Mount St. Helens alongside five others with PD, where he once again put himself to the test and defied expectations. In Rebound, Grant shares his remarkable life before, during, and after those NBA years with no shortage of compassion and wit.

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Triumph Books (IL)

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1629379808

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Sybase DBA Survival Guide

By: Jeffrey R. Garbus,Brian Tretter

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Sybase DBA Survival Guide

By: Jeffrey R. Garbus,Brian Tretter

This book takes the reader through job responsibilities and planning to implementation and performance monitoring. Checklists are included to guide the reader through various tasks. The authors provide a hands-on guide to setting up and administrating a network as well as a reference guide that administrators can refer to for troubleshooting tips and techniques.

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0672306514

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9780672306518

Oracle Database Administration: The Essential Refe

By: David Kreines,Brian Laskey

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Oracle Database Administration: The Essential Refe

By: David Kreines,Brian Laskey

Oracle database administration requires a vast amount of information and an ability to perform a myriad of tasks--from installation to tuning to network troubleshooting to overall daily administration. Oracle provides many tools for performing these tasks; the trick is knowing what tool is right for the job, what commands you need to issue (and when), and what parameters and privileges you need to set. And, as every DBA knows, you need to know how do all this under pressure, while you face crisis after crisis. This book provides a concise reference to the enormous store of information an Oracle DBA needs every day (as well as what's needed only when disaster strikes). It's crammed full of quick-reference tables, task lists, and other summary material that both novice and expert DBAs will use time and time again. It covers the commands and operations new to Oracle8, but also provides Oracle7 information for sites still running earlier versions. Oracle Database Administration provides two types of material: DBA tasks--chapters summarizing how to perform critical DBA functions: installation, performance tuning, preventing data loss, networking, security and monitoring, auditing, query optimization, and the use of various Oracle tools and utilities DBA reference--chapters providing a quick reference to the Oracle instance and database, the initialization (INIT.ORA) parameters, the SQL statements commonly used by DBAs, the data dictionary tables, the system privileges and roles, and the SQL*Plus, Export, Import, and SQL*Loader syntax The book also includes a resource summary with references to additional books, Web sites, and other online and offline resources of special use to Oracle DBAs. Oracle Database Administration is the single essential reference you'll turn to again and again. If you must choose only one book to use at the office, keep at home, or carry to a site you're troubleshooting, this will be that book.

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O'Reilly Media, Incorporated

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1565925165

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9781565925168

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Rebound

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Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb

Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb

Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?

Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?

Era of Emancipation

Era of Emancipation

Anfernee Hardaway * Grant Hill

Anfernee Hardaway * Grant Hill

Australian Local Government Economics

Australian Local Government Economics

The Scourge of War

The Scourge of War

Christian Ethics in a Technological Age

Christian Ethics in a Technological Age

Succession Act 1965 and Related Legislation: A Commentary

Succession Act 1965 and Related Legislation: A Commentary

Best Little Stories from the Civil War

Best Little Stories from the Civil War

Spectacular Homes of the Southwest

Spectacular Homes of the Southwest

Henry Fairfield Osborn

Henry Fairfield Osborn

Social Media for School Leaders

Social Media for School Leaders

Rebound

Rebound

Sybase DBA Survival Guide

Sybase DBA Survival Guide

Oracle Database Administration: The Essential Refe

Oracle Database Administration: The Essential Refe

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