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Four Quarters of Light

An Alaskan Journey

By: Brian Keenan

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Brian Keenan's fascination with Alaska began as a small boy choosing his first library book in a Belfast school. The book was Jack London's wondrous Call of the Wild. And it has permeated Keenan's life ever since. A short visit to Fairbanks several years ago was enough to seal his connection with the place and he resolved to return. Last year he did so with a head full of questions about its inspiring landscape and heart informed with his own love of the desolate and barren places of the world. In the course of a journey that takes him through four geographical quarters from snowmelt in May to snowfall in September, he discovers a land as fantastical as a fairytale but whose vastness has a very peculiar type of allure . . .

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Crown

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0307485048

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9780307485045

I'll Tell Me Ma

A Childhood Memoir

By: Brian Keenan

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I'll Tell Me Ma

A Childhood Memoir

By: Brian Keenan

Local rather than international, the dramas and privations described in this memoir are not the stuff of headlines. This is the story of an ordinary boy growing up in Belfast after the war; an ordinary boy who would go on to become world-famous as a hostage in Beirut and author of the extraordinary testimony of imprisonment and survival that was An Evil Cradling. Brian Keenan has captured the vanished world of 1950s Belfast in all its vivid vernacular and grey, post-war austerity. I'll Tell Me Ma is an affectionate story of a disaffected childhood. At the centre is a shy, self-conscious boy of unusual moral integrity; a boy puzzled by religion and sectarianism, in love with books and music and full of curiosity about the world outside. It is also a book about coming-to-terms with the past: a resounding, thrilling record of redemption.

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Random House

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1446477134

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9781446477137

His Story, My Story, Our Story

Eternal Lessons of Fatherhood, Sacrifice, and Service

By: Brian Ahearn, CPCU, CMCT

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His Story, My Story, Our Story

Eternal Lessons of Fatherhood, Sacrifice, and Service

By: Brian Ahearn, CPCU, CMCT

His Story, My Story, Our Story is a heartrending tale that illuminates the stark realities of war, from the battlegrounds of Vietnam to the emotional frontlines at home. Following a Marine veteran, the narrative intricately unravels his grapple with PTSD and the profound ripple effect it has on his family, particularly his son. Crafted from the personal wartime accounts of Brian Ahearn Sr. and juxtaposed with his son’s, Brian Ahearn Jr., candid reflections on growing up under the shadow of trauma, this story bridges two generations marked by war’s enduring scars. The dual lens through which His Story, My Story, Our Story is told provides a first-hand account of war and its aftershock within a family setting. Through raw storytelling, it seeks to guide Marines in evading service-related pitfalls, fortify understanding between Marine families, and mend the delicate fabric of father-son relationships. Addressing the often unspoken emotional challenges faced by military families, this profound and insightful work serves as a healing blueprint for those navigating the intricate dance of love, duty, trauma and legacy, standing as a beacon of hope and resilience.

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Morgan James Publishing

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1636983294

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9781636983295

Necroscope: Defilers

By: Brian Lumley

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Necroscope: Defilers

By: Brian Lumley

Jake Cutter, the new Necroscope, has the vampire Korath on his mind, since Korath holds the key to the Mobius equations. But Jake decides to put off vampire hunting while he hunts down the Italian mobsters who killed the woman he loved. But he soon discovers the gangsters are actually vampire-spawn hidden for generations in human guise.

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Macmillan

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0812566734

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9780812566734

An Evil Cradling

By: Brian Keenan

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An Evil Cradling

By: Brian Keenan

Brian Keenan went to Beirut in 1985 for a change of scene from his native Belfast. He became headline news when he was kidnapped by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen and held in the suburbs of Beirut for the next four and a half years. For much of that time he was shut off from all news and contact with anyone other than his jailers and, later, his fellow hostages, amongst them John McCarthy.

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Arrow

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009999030X

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Necroscope: Resurgence

The Lost Years: Volume Two

By: Brian Lumley

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Necroscope: Resurgence

The Lost Years: Volume Two

By: Brian Lumley

Radu Lykan is an original Lord of the Wamphyri who has lain preserved in resin for six centuries. But now is the time for his return - and for this he will need to use the Necroscope, Harry Keogh.

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Macmillan

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0812553640

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9780812553642

I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It)

Extremely Important Stuff About the Songs and Bands You Love, Hate, Love to Hate , and Hate to Love

By: Brian Boone

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I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It)

Extremely Important Stuff About the Songs and Bands You Love, Hate, Love to Hate , and Hate to Love

By: Brian Boone

Music breeds duality. We enjoy the music we love-listening to it, talking about it, reading about it. But it's just as fun to passionately revel in mocking the music we hate. Fortunately, musicians make this two-lane path very easy to follow. Half the time they're creating timeless works of art that speak to the soul; the other half, they're recording ridiculous concept albums about robots. I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It) covers both sides: It celebrates the music world's flashes of genius, the creation of masterpieces, and the little-known stories...as well as the entertainingly bad ideas. Armed with a healthy dose of Brian Boone's humorous asides and lively commentary, you'll learn extremely important stuff like: ? How bands got their stupid names ? All alternative rock bands directly descend from Pixies ? The most metal facts of metal in the history of metal ? The secret lives of one-hit wonders ? The story behind "Layla," and other assorted love songs about George Harrison's wife ? What is quite possibly the worst song in rock history Boone also reveals terribly useful information like chart trivia, the rules of music, lists, and many more origins, meanings, and stories about everyone's most loved and loathed musicians.

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Penguin

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110151731X

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9781101517314

Necroscope

By: Brian Lumley

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Necroscope

By: Brian Lumley

Except to Harry Keogh, Necroscope. And what they tell him is horrifying. In the Balkan mountains of Rumania, a terrible evil is growing. Long buried in hallowed ground, bound by earth and silver, the master vampire schemes and plots. Trapped in unlife, neither dead nor living, Thibor Ferenczy hungers for freedom and revenge. The vampire's human tool is Boris Dragosani, part of a super-secret Soviet spy agency. Dragosani is an avid pupil, eager to plumb the depthless evil of the vampire's mind. Ferenczy teaches Dragosani the awful skills of the necromancer, gives him the ability to rip secrets from the mind and bodies of the dead. Dragosani works not for Ferenczy's freedom but world domination. he will rule the world with knowledge raped from the dead. His only opponent: Harry Koegh, champion of the dead and the living. To protect Harry, the dead will do anything--even rise from their graves! Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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Macmillan

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031285787X

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9780312857875

Burke's Law

A Life in Hockey

By: Brian Burke,Stephen Brunt

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Burke's Law

A Life in Hockey

By: Brian Burke,Stephen Brunt

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The gruffest man in hockey opens up about the challenges, the feuds, and the tragedies he's fought through. Brian Burke is one of the biggest hockey personalities--no, personalities full-stop--in the media landscape. His brashness makes him a magnet for attention, and he does nothing to shy away from it. Most famous for advocating "pugnacity, truculence, testosterone, and belligerence" during his tenure at the helm of the Maple Leafs, Burke has lived and breathed hockey his whole life. He has been a player, an agent, a league executive, a scout, a Stanley Cup-winning GM, an Olympic GM, and a media analyst. He has worked with Pat Quinn, Gary Bettman, and an array of future Hall of Fame players. No one knows the game better, and no one commands more attention when they open up about it. But there is more to Brian Burke than hockey. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and an accomplished businessman with hard-earned lessons that comefrom highly scrutinized decisions made at the helm of multi-million-dollar companies. And despite his brusque persona on camera and in the boardroom, he is nevertheless a father with a story to tell. He lost his youngest son in a car accident, and has had to grapple with that grief, even in the glare of the spotlight. Many Canadians and hockey fans knew Brendan Burke's name already, because his father had become one of the country's most outspoken gay-rights advocates when Brendan came out in 2009. From someone whose grandmother told him never to start a fight, but never to run from one either, Burke's Law is an unforgettable account of old beefs and old friendships, scores settled and differences forgiven, and many lessons learned the hard way.

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0735239487

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9780735239487

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

Mechanical Support for Cardiac and Respiratory Failure in Pediatric Patients

By: Brian Duncan

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Mechanical Support for Cardiac and Respiratory Failure in Pediatric Patients

By: Brian Duncan

Answering the demand for acomprehensive, all-purpose volume focusing on the challenging needs of pediatric patients, Mechanical Support for Cardiac and Respiratory Failure in Pediatric Patients summarizes a wealth of knowledge on the mechanical devices, clinical management, alternative applications, and future directions in the specialized field of

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CRC Press

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1482270145

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Brian Propp: Angel On My Wing

A Story of Faith, Determination, and Courage

By: Brian Propp,Wayne Fish,Bob Clarke

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Brian Propp: Angel On My Wing

A Story of Faith, Determination, and Courage

By: Brian Propp,Wayne Fish,Bob Clarke

As a left winger for the Philadelphia Flyers, Brian Propp was constantly in motion, racking up goals and assists and amassing over one thousand points during 15 NHL seasons. In retirement, he scarely slowed down, chasing opportunities in business, broadcasting, and leadership. But his life was changed forever on September 3, 2015, when he suffered a massive brain stroke. The life-threatening event temporarily took away Propp's ability to speak and walk. It required several years of dedicated rehabilitation just to return to normal life. In Angel On My Wing, Propp shares the full story of his personal journey on the ice and beyond— one of triumph, heartbreak, then determination. Today, he provides hope and motivation for other stroke victims. This candid chronicle of rebirth through hard work, discipline, patience, and faith will resonate among hockey fans and throughout the recovery community.

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Triumph Books

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1637276427

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9781637276426

The Easter Rising

By: Michael T. Foy,Brian Barton

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The Easter Rising

By: Michael T. Foy,Brian Barton

On Easter Monday, between 1,000 and 1,500 Irish Volunteers and members of the Irish Citizen Army seized the General Post Office and other key locations in Dublin. The intention of their leaders, including Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, was to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent thirty-two county Irish republic. For a week battle raged in the Irish capital until the Rising collapsed. The rebel leaders were executed soon afterwards, though in death their ideals quickly triumphed. lluminating every aspect of that fateful Easter week, The Easter Rising is based on an impressive range of original sources. It has been fully revised, expanded and updated in the light of a wealth of new material and extensive use has been made of almost 2,000 witness statements that the Bureau of Military History in Dublin gathered from participants in the Rising. The result is a vivid depiction of the personalities and actions not just of the leaders on both sides but the rank and file and civilians as well. The book brings the reader closer to the events of 1916 than has previously been possible and provides an exceptional account of a city at war.

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The History Press

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0752472720

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9780752472720

Ralph Bunche An American Odyssey

By: Brian Urquhart

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Ralph Bunche An American Odyssey

By: Brian Urquhart

A biography of the United Nations mediator and winner of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the armistice between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393318591

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9780393318593

Keane on Company Law

By: Brian Hutchinson

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Keane on Company Law

By: Brian Hutchinson

Keane on Company Law, Fifth Edition (previously: Company Law by Justice Ronan Keane) covers the Companies Act 2014 and is essential reading for students, solicitors and barristers alike. This latest edition of Judge Keane's highly regarded text on Irish company law is substantially revised and updated to cover the Companies Act 2014, as amended up to October 2016, and also covers the many developments in the case-law since the fourth edition was published in 2006. Hardly any aspect of company law is left untouched in some way by the 2014 Act. The Act not only repeals the prior Companies Acts and replaces them with a consolidated code, but also introduces many innovations designed to make companies more accessible to those doing business, and to streamline corporate compliance and procedures. The Act creates two new forms of private company: the private company limited by shares (LTD), which enjoys concessions not previously available to private companies, and the designated activity company (DAC) which more closely resembles to private company known under the former legislation. It also overhauls the requirements relating to other forms of company, namely PLCs, guarantee companies (CLGs) and unlimited companies, while also clarifying and extending the obligations of external companies which operate in Ireland. Among the key changes are the effective abolition of the ultra vires rule, which has applied to all companies up to now, and changes in the requirements relating to the constitutions of companies. The Act also changes the rules regarding company capital, and makes significant changes to the law concerning: the registration of company charges; the conduct of windings up; the passing of written resolutions; and the approval of certain transactions which previously were either prohibited or required Court approval, by a new Summary Approval Procedure involving a special resolution combined with an appropriate declaration by the directors, subject to safeguards to prevent improper use. The Act also codifies the previously common-law fiduciary duties of directors, and substantially modifies the regime regarding disclosure and approval of transactions involving directors. The Act also introduces new procedures whereby Irish companies can be merged or divided. Recent amendments to the Act have added further requirements regarding statutory audit and auditors; and impending changes (addressed in this edition) will alter the regime governing annual financial statements and impose filing requirements on unlimited companies. Meanwhile the courts have been busy, particularly in the areas of restriction and disqualification of directors, and examinership, but also notably in the areas of company charges, reservation of title, financial assistance in the purchase of shares, to mention but a few. All these changes to Irish company legislation are covered in this new edition which continues in the accessible and user-friendly but authoritative style for which previous editions have made the work a renowned standard

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526501627

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9781526501622

Policing the Crisis

Mugging, the State and Law and Order

By: Stuart Hall,Chas Critcher,Tony Jefferson,John Clarke,Brian Roberts

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Policing the Crisis

Mugging, the State and Law and Order

By: Stuart Hall,Chas Critcher,Tony Jefferson,John Clarke,Brian Roberts

This special 35th anniversary edition contains the original, unchanged text that inspired a generation, alongside two new chapters that explore the book's continued significance for today's readers. The Preface provides a brief retrospective account of the book's original structure, the rich ethnographic, intellectual and theoretical work that informed it, and the historical context in which it appeared. In the new Afterword, each of the authors takes up a specific theme from the original book and interrogates it in the light of current crises, perspectives and contexts.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137007214

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9781137007216

Irish Nationalism and the British State

From Repeal to Revolutionary Nationalism

By: Brian Jenkins

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Irish Nationalism and the British State

From Repeal to Revolutionary Nationalism

By: Brian Jenkins

The emergence of revolutionary Irish nationalism in the mid-nineteenth century.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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077356005X

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9780773560055

Legal Translation Explained

By: Enrique Alcaraz,Brian Hughes

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Legal Translation Explained

By: Enrique Alcaraz,Brian Hughes

Focusing on the problems of translating English legal language, Alcaraz and Hughes offer a wide-ranging view of one of the most demanding and vital areas of contemporary translation practice. Individual chapters deal with legal English as a linguistic system, special concepts in the translation of legal English, the genres of legal translation, and offer a series of practical problems together with discussions of proposed solutions, as well as insight into the pragmatic ways translators go about finding solutions. The numerous examples and discussions of specific terms make the book useful both as a manual in the translation class and as an invaluable reference work for students, teachers, self-learners and professional translators.

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Routledge

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1317641884

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9781317641889

Morphology and Universals in Syntactic Change

Evidence from Medieval and Modern Greek

By: Brian D. Joseph

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Morphology and Universals in Syntactic Change

Evidence from Medieval and Modern Greek

By: Brian D. Joseph

This book, first published in 1990, is a study of both the specific syntactic changes in the more recent stages of Greek and of the nature of syntactic change in general. Guided by the constraints and principles of Universal Grammar, this hypothesis of this study allows for an understanding of how these changes in Greek syntax occurred and so provides insight into the mechanism of syntactic change. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

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Routledge

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1315515717

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9781315515717

The Lost Revolution

The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party

By: Brian Hanley,Scott Millar

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The Lost Revolution

The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party

By: Brian Hanley,Scott Millar

The story of contemporary Ireland is inseparable from the story of the official republican movement, a story told here for the first time - from the clash between Catholic nationalist and socialist republicanism in the 1960s and '70s through the Workers' Party's eventual rejection of irredentism. A roll-call of influential personalities in the fields of politics, trade unionism and media - many still operating at the highest levels of Irish public life - passed though the ranks of this secretive movement, which never achieved its objectives but had a lasting influence on the landscape of Irish politics. 'A vibrant, balanced narrative' Diarmaid Ferriter, Irish Times Books of the Year 'An indispensable handbook' Maurice Hayes, Irish Times 'Hugely impressive' Irish Mail on Sunday 'Excellent' Sunday Business Post

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Penguin UK

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0141935014

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9780141935010

The Gunslingers of '69

Western Movies' Greatest Year

By: Brian Hannan

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The Gunslingers of '69

Western Movies' Greatest Year

By: Brian Hannan

In 1969--the counter-cultural moment when Easy Rider triggered a "youthquake" in audience interests--Westerns proved more dominant than ever at the box office and at the Oscars. It was a year of masterpieces--The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Once Upon a Time in the West and True Grit. Robert Redford achieved star status. Old-timers like John Wayne, Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum appeared in two Westerns apiece. Raquel Welch took on the mantle of Queen of the West. Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin tried their hand at a musical (Paint Your Wagon). New directors like George Roy Hill reinvigorated the genre while veteran Sam Peckinpah at last found popular approval. Themes included women's rights, social anxieties about violence and changing attitudes of and towards African-Americans and Native Americans. All of the 40-plus Westerns released in the U.S. in 1969 are covered in depth, offering a new perspective on the genre.

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McFarland

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147663727X

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9781476637273

Gone with the Glory

The Civil War in Cinema

By: Brian Steel Wills

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Gone with the Glory

The Civil War in Cinema

By: Brian Steel Wills

From Birth of a Nation to Cold Mountain, Hollywood has used the Civil War to create compelling cinema with each generation resolving the tug of war between entertainment value and historical accuracy differently. Wills looks at the portrayal of the war in film, explores their accuracy, how the films influenced each other, and how they reflect America's changing understandings of the conflict and of the nation.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742545261

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White-Collar Crime

A Systems Approach

By: Brian K. Payne

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White-Collar Crime

A Systems Approach

By: Brian K. Payne

Updated with an exciting new chapter on political crime that highlights the debated connections between crime and politics, the Third Edition of White-Collar Crime: A Systems Approach provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the most important topics within white-collar crime. Brian K. Payne provides a theoretical framework and context for students to explore white-collar crime as a crime problem, a criminal justice problem, and a social problem. By introducing the topics within a systems-focused framework, Payne encourages students to examine the many types of white-collar crime as well as the various systems for responding to white-collar crime. Included with this text The online resources for your text are available via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site.

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SAGE Publications

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1071848712

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9781071848715

Win Some

By: Brian Slipka

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Win Some

By: Brian Slipka

Meet Sam Masterson, an aging professional baseball player who feels he can’t catch a break. In most conversations, Sam strikes out, causing strained relationships wherever he is. Self-absorbed and distracted, Sam tries to rehab his aching body so no one will notice his diminishing prowess. Then a public debacle threatens to end his career. Just when things appear hopeless, the team’s clubbie befriends Sam and teaches him five tools for developing positive and authentic relationships. Using these tools, Sam begins to change his self-centered communication and negative outlook in hopes of helping his family, restoring his place on the team, and re-establishing trust. In Win Some, author Brian Slipka wraps vital relational skills inside an inspiring life story. Learn how to shift your mindset from selfish ambition to wanting the best for others, so you can engage in meaningful relationships at work, home, and play.

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BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC

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142456865X

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Irish Emigration Lists, 1833-1839

Lists of Emigrants Extracted from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs for Counties Londonderry and Antrim

By: Brian Mitchell

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Irish Emigration Lists, 1833-1839

Lists of Emigrants Extracted from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs for Counties Londonderry and Antrim

By: Brian Mitchell

Based on notebooks compiled during the famous Ordnance Survey of Ireland (1835-1846), these lists have been extracted, arranged under parish, and alphabetized, and they identify the emigrant's destination and his place of origin in Ireland--key pieces of information for anyone tracing his Irish ancestry. In addition, the age, town and address, year of emigration, and religious denomination are given for the more than 3,000 emigrants listed.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806312335

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9780806312330

How to Recruit and Retain Higher Education Students

A Handbook of Good Practice

By: Tony Cook,Brian S. Rushton

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How to Recruit and Retain Higher Education Students

A Handbook of Good Practice

By: Tony Cook,Brian S. Rushton

How to Recruit and Retain Higher Education Students is an invaluable resource for academic staff, administrators and policy makers involved in student recruitment and improving student retention. It offers practical advice on how universities can influence the expectations of prospective students, allowing them to make sensible decisions about careers, courses and institutions. Many surveys of students who drop out of university show that most do so out of disappointment. Failing to understand what higher education was about quickly enough, they become confused and frustrated. Dropping out seems the best solution. This book describes a series of practices proven to encourage students to stay on, discussing the background research on student attrition. By preparing students better for their higher education experience, the practices in this book are effective not only in recruiting students but also in matching them to the right institutions and programmes. The practices described range from those reaching out in a broad way to communities of potential students, to university support for pre-entry examinations, to enhanced communication between institutions and applicants. All are described in sufficient detail to allow judgments to be made about how to use and adapt them to suit local needs. How to Recruit and Retain Higher Education Students provides a sound theoretical foundation for research into student retention and provides the necessary underpinning for those academic staff embarking on courses and assists in preparing them for their roles in both teaching and student support.

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Routledge

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1135853258

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9781135853259

Necroscope V: Deadspawn

By: Brian Lumley

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Necroscope V: Deadspawn

By: Brian Lumley

When the slaughtered victims of a maniacal woman killer contact Necroscope Harry Keogh, asking him to apprehend the murderer, the vampire hunter embarks on a mission that could cost him his soul.

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Macmillan

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0812508351

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9780812508352

Early Exits

The Premature Endings of Baseball Careers

By: Brian McKenna

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Early Exits

The Premature Endings of Baseball Careers

By: Brian McKenna

Each story contains an overview of the baseball figure, including career-ending details, and many entries contain background information describing the historical significance of the individual and his or her place within the baseball community."--BOOK JACKET.

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White-Collar Crime: The Essentials

The Essentials

By: Brian K. Payne

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The Essentials

By: Brian K. Payne

White Collar Crime: The Essentials is a comprehensive, yet compact text addresses the most important topics in white collar crime, while allowing for more accessibility through cost. Author Brian Payne provides a theoretical framework and context for students and explores such timely topics as crimes by workers sales oriented systems, crimes in the health care system, crimes by criminal justice professionals and politicians, crimes in the educational system, crimes in the economic and technological systems, corporate crime, environmental crime, and others. This is an easily-supplemented resource for any course that covers white collar crime.

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1452219931

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The Encyclopedia of Native Music

More Than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet

By: Brian Wright-McLeod

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More Than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet

By: Brian Wright-McLeod

Want the word on Buffy Sainte-Marie? Looking for the best powwow recordings? Wondering what else Jim Pepper cut besides “Witchi Tai To”? This book will answer those questions and more as it opens up the world of Native American music. In addition to the widely heard sounds of Carlos Nakai’s flute, Native music embraces a wide range of forms: country and folk, jazz and swing, reggae and rap. Brian Wright-McLeod, producer/host of Canada’s longest-running Native radio program, has gathered the musicians and their music into this comprehensive reference, an authoritative source for biographies and discographies of hundreds of Native artists. The Encyclopedia of Native Music recognizes the multifaceted contributions made by Native recording artists by tracing the history of their commercially released music. It provides an overview of the surprising abundance of recorded Native music while underlining its historical value. With almost 1,800 entries spanning more than 100 years, this book leads readers from early performers of traditional songs like William Horncloud to artists of the new millennium such as Zotigh. Along the way, it includes entries for jazz and blues artists never widely acknowledged for their Native roots—Oscar Pettiford, Mildred Bailey, and Keely Smith—and traces the recording histories of contemporary performers like Rita Coolidge and Jimmy Carl Black, “the Indian of the group” in the original Mothers of Invention. It also includes film soundtracks and compilation albums that have been instrumental in bringing many artists to popular attention. In addition to music, it lists spoken-word recordings, including audio books, comedy, interviews, poetry, and more. With this unprecedented breadth of coverage and extensively cross-referenced, The Encyclopedia of Native Music is an essential guide for enthusiasts and collectors. More than that, it is a gateway to the authentic music of North America—music of the people who have known this land from time immemorial and continue to celebrate it in sound.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816538646

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In Defence of Conspiracy Theories

With Examples from Irish and International History and Politics

By: Brian Nugent

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In Defence of Conspiracy Theories

With Examples from Irish and International History and Politics

By: Brian Nugent

This book is an attempt to address the widespread criticism of 'conspiracy theories', raising issues like: the control and negligence of the main organs of the media and police which make it difficult for true information to reach the public (and hence the public remain in ignorance of - and dismiss as a 'conspiracy theory' - the true facts); and the public's habit of underestimating the complexity of modern day politics. A number of complex political plots and allegations are described in detail including: the 1641 Rebellion, British Intelligence manipulation of the 1919-21 Irish leaders, Secret Societies and the role of Occult organisations in Ireland and around the world, the allegations that Martin McGuinness is a British agent, and the motivation behind large scale immigration into Ireland. The author also addresses the question of value systems in modern Western societies and asks are even these being manipulated in order to assist the process of political control.

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Brian Nugent

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0955681227

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Necroscope: The Lost Years

By: Brian Lumley

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Necroscope: The Lost Years

By: Brian Lumley

A part of the Necroscope saga that tells the story of what occurred during the eight years in which Harry Keogh, a man who can converse with the dead and has discovered the existence of vampires, searched for his lost wife and son.

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Macmillan

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0812553632

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Cine Mhac an TSaoir

Guide to Sources for Researching McAteer/McIntyre Families in Ireland

By: Ulster Historical Foundation,Shane McAteer,Brian Trainor

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Cine Mhac an TSaoir

Guide to Sources for Researching McAteer/McIntyre Families in Ireland

By: Ulster Historical Foundation,Shane McAteer,Brian Trainor

Updated and enlarged guide to sources for the surname McAteer. The original edition was produced for the McAteer gatherings in 1993 and 1994. Covering 8 counties including Antrim, Armagh, Donegal, Down, Leitrim, Londonderry and Tyrone, plus Belfast city, this guide includes several thousand references to individuals named McAteer and McIntyre taken from tithe, valuation and census records; church and civil registers of baptism, birth and marriage; wills and gravestone inscriptions, including a few from far distant Australia and Argentina.

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Ulster Historical Foundation

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1903688078

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9781903688076

Sinn Feín

A Hundred Turbulent Years

By: Brian Feeney

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Sinn Feín

A Hundred Turbulent Years

By: Brian Feeney

A devout young boy in rural Ohio, Andrew Evans had his life mapped for him: baptism, mission, Brigham Young University, temple marriage, and children of his own. But as an awkward gay kid, bullied and bored, he escaped into the glossy pages of National Geographic and the wide promise of the world atlas. The Black Penguin is Evans's memoir, travel tale, and love story of his eventual journey to the farthest reaches of the map, a wild yet touching adventure across some of the most astonishing landscapes on Earth. Ejected from church and shunned by his family as a young man, Evans embarks on an ambitious overland journey halfway across the world. Riding public transportation, he crosses swamps, deserts, mountains, and jungles, slowly approaching his lifelong dream and ultimate goal: Antarctica. With each new mile comes laughter, pain, unexpected friendship, true weirdness, unsettling realities, and some hair-raising moments that eventually lead to a singular discovery on a remote beach at the bottom of the world. Evans's 12,000-mile voyage becomes a soulful quest to balance faith, family, and self, reminding us that, in the end, our lives are defined by the roads we take, the places we touch, and those we hold nearest.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299186741

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Political Purgatory

The Battle to Save Stormont and the Play for a New Ireland

By: Brian Rowan

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Political Purgatory

The Battle to Save Stormont and the Play for a New Ireland

By: Brian Rowan

This is a book about political stasis; the purgatory that Stormont became, and the sins of that long standoff. The story begins in January 2017, with Martin McGuinness’s dramatic resignation as Deputy First Minister, and chronicles all the behind-the-scenes negotiations that ultimately resulted in the restoration of the Executive in January 2020, with the ‘New Decade, New Approach’ agreement. Then, that new fight with a fearsome and unknowable foe: coronavirus. Political Purgatory charts the three years from the collapse then restoration of the northern Executive to Covid-19 in the wider frame of building peace after conflict, and it turns the next corner into the centenary of Northern Ireland and that louder call for Irish unity since Brexit, like a piece of heavy machinery on fragile ground, has left cracks across the Union. Spanning several decades, some of the biggest names on the inside of Irish and British politics, including Gerry Adams, Naomi Long, Peter Robinson, Julian Smith and Simon Coveney, help veteran journalist Brian Rowan turn the pages in what President Clinton has called the ‘long war for peace’.

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Merrion Press

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1785373838

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MEGA-CRISES

Understanding the Prospects, Nature, Characteristics, and the Effects of Cataclysmic Events

By: Ira Helsloot,Arjen Boin,Brian Jacobs,Louise K. Comfort

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MEGA-CRISES

Understanding the Prospects, Nature, Characteristics, and the Effects of Cataclysmic Events

By: Ira Helsloot,Arjen Boin,Brian Jacobs,Louise K. Comfort

We live in turbulent times with continents and nations facing ever-heightening risks such as natural disasters, intense and protracted conflicts, terrorism, corporate crises, cyber threats to infrastructures and mega-events. We are witnessing the rise of mega-crises and a new class of adversity with many unknowns. The prospect of mega-crises presents professionals and students in the field of crisis management with four major tasks. First, they should engage in “deep thinking” about the causes of the increasing occurrence of mega-crises. Second, they should identify and work through the dominant trends which complicate contemporary crisis management. Third, they should upgrade institutional crisis management capacity. Fourth, they should improve societal resilience since no institutional complex can mitigate or manage these mega-crisis on its own. This book is divided into four primary parts, each of which looks at one facet of mega-crises. Part I focuses on the concept of a mega-crisis and mega-crisis management; Part II examines crisis management of mega-natural disasters; Part III evaluates crisis management of man-made mega-crises; and Part IV identifies mega-threats and vulnerabilities. Additional major topics include Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Gustav; the London Bombings; the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks of July 7, 2005; corporate meltdowns; the subprime crisis; the Olympic Games; electricity grids; global climate change; the Dutch Delta; risks to food security; and mega-crises and the Internet. This comprehensive text will provide practitioners and academics with the results of an across-the-board research effort in the prospects, nature, characteristics, and the effects of mega-crises.

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0398086834

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