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A Tide in the Affairs of Men

By: Brian Alm

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After his stint in the U.S. Navy, Stan Olsson has made a comfortable life as an American literature teacher in Minneapolis. But that all changes when he gets a mysterious phone call and ends up meeting a man who will change the course of his life. The Coast Guard and the DEA cannot control drug trafficking in the Caribbean, and an organization of zealous vigilantes has something stealthier to put into play. That something is a "ghost ship," a vessel that has been surreptitiously acquired and armed with the specific intent to intercept vessels smuggling drugs in the Caribbean. Olsson has the chance to command it. Against his better judgment, he accepts. Olsson is told that he's not working for the CIA or the military, but for a small, undercover group that will take direct and forceful action against the drug trade. But how will Olsson and his crew respond when violent events force them to confront their innermost selves? As the clandestine operation travels through the labyrinths of the federal bureaucracy and the whirlpools of power in Washington, the interwoven network of complicity, both active and unwitting, raises a chilling question: Are men molded by duty, or do they mold duty to their own will?

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1475954522

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Cognitive Therapy of Depression

By: Aaron T. Beck,A. John Rush,Brian F. Shaw,Gary Emery,Robert J. DeRubeis,Steven D. Hollon

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Cognitive Therapy of Depression

By: Aaron T. Beck,A. John Rush,Brian F. Shaw,Gary Emery,Robert J. DeRubeis,Steven D. Hollon

Reflecting major contemporary developments in theory and clinical practice, the second edition of this authoritative guide has been significantly rewritten with 85% new material. Cognitive therapy (CT) pioneer Aaron T. Beck and associates provide cutting-edge knowledge about the cognitive model of depression and the most effective, lasting ways to reduce clients' suffering. The volume links clearly explained theoretical principles to specific therapeutic strategies. Techniques for identifying, examining, and changing the thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors that give rise to depression and related disorders are illustrated with compelling vignettes and sample dialogues. New to This Edition *Reflects the maturation of CT for treating more complicated presentations, including patients with chronic depression or underlying personality disorders. *Brings therapists up to date on schema-focused approaches as well as classic cognitive and behavioral interventions. *Incorporates data from basic research and many dozens of clinical trials. *All-new vignettes and a chapter-length case example. *Greater attention to the therapeutic relationship and to longer-term treatment.

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Guilford Publications

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1462555969

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9781462555963

Kent State: An American Tragedy

By: Brian VanDeMark

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Kent State: An American Tragedy

By: Brian VanDeMark

A definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam War protestors and the National Guard, illuminating its causes and lasting consequences. On May 4, 1970, at Kent State University in Ohio, political fires that had been burning across America during the 1960s exploded. Antiwar protesters wearing bell-bottom jeans and long hair hurled taunts and rocks at another group of young Americans—National Guardsmen sporting gas masks and rifles. At half past noon, violence unfolded with chaotic speed, as guardsmen—many of whom had joined the Guard to escape the draft—opened fire on the students. Two reductive narratives ensued: one, that lethal state violence targeted Americans who spoke their minds; the other, that law enforcement gave troublemakers the comeuppance they deserved. For over fifty years, little middle ground has been found due to incomplete and sometimes contradictory evidence. Kent State meticulously re-creates the divided cultural landscape of America during the Vietnam War and heightened popular anxieties around the country. On college campuses, teach-ins, sit-down strikes, and demonstrations exposed the growing rift between the left and the right. Many students opposed the war as unnecessary and unjust and were uneasy over poor and working-class kids drafted and sent to Vietnam in their place. Some developed a hatred for the military, the police, and everything associated with authority, while others resolved to uphold law and order at any cost. Focusing on the thirteen victims of the Kent State shooting and a painstaking reconstruction of the days surrounding it, historian Brian VanDeMark draws on crucial new research and interviews—including, for the first time, the perspective of guardsmen who were there. The result is a complete reckoning with the tragedy that marked the end of the sixties.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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1324066261

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A Social Theory of Congress

Legislative Norms in the Twenty-First Century

By: Brian Alexander

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A Social Theory of Congress

Legislative Norms in the Twenty-First Century

By: Brian Alexander

What is the role that norms play in the U.S. Congress? At a time of unprecedented partisanship and high-profile breaches of legislative norms in the modern Congress, the relationship between norms and the functioning of the institution is a growing and pressing concern. Despite the importance of the topic, recent scholarship has not focused on congressional norms. Meanwhile, previous research leaves open many relevant questions about the role of norms in the Congress of the twenty-first century. A Social Theory of Congress brings norms back in to the study of Congress by defining what are legislative norms, identifying which norms currently exist in the U.S. Congress, and examining the effects that congressional norms have. This book provides a new research approach to study congressional norms through a comprehensive review of previous scholarship and a combination of interviews, survey research, and analysis of member behavior. What’s more, an innovative theoretical framework — a social theory of Congress — provides new perspectives in the study of legislatures and political behavior. The findings are striking. Norms of cooperation are surprisingly alive and well in an otherwise partisan Congress. But norms of conflict are on the rise. In addition, norms of a changing culture are affecting how members understand their role as lawmakers and in their interactions among one another. Together, these findings suggest that norms play an important role in the functioning of the legislature and as norms evolve so too does the performance of Congress in American democracy.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793601283

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9781793601285

Prayer, Faith, and Healing

Cure Your Body, Heal Your Mind, and Restore Your Soul

By: Kenneth Winston Caine,Brian Paul Kaufman

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Prayer, Faith, and Healing

Cure Your Body, Heal Your Mind, and Restore Your Soul

By: Kenneth Winston Caine,Brian Paul Kaufman

Collects the thoughts of pastors, counselors, doctors, and health researchers on the efficacy and practice of prayer

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Rodale

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1579542654

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9781579542658

Tynedale at War, 1939–1945

By: Brian Tilley

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Tynedale at War, 1939–1945

By: Brian Tilley

Barawling Australians, Polish pilots burning to avenge themselves on Germany for the invasion of their country, the German officer who drowned while trying to escape from a South Tyne PoW camp, and the pub landlady who watered down her gin in order, she claimed, to prevent naive Land Army girls getting drunk it was all part of life in Tynedale as the district went to war for the second time in twenty-five years.Although well away from the battlegrounds of Europe, Tynedale did not escape the ravages of the Second World War. The rolling moorlands of the heart of Northumberland are still pitted with dozens of craters, where both Allied and Axis aircraft crashed in flames, and there were tragedies on the Home Front too.At remote Coanwood, twenty-four men were left dead or seriously injured when a training exercise went badly wrong, and an exploding ammunition train at Hexham railway station left three men dead. Even before the conflict began, founder of the British Union of Fascists Sir Oswald Mosley and the hated Nazi propaganda broadcaster, William Joyce better known as Lord Haw Haw both came to the heart of Northumberland to preach the Fascist gospel in Hexham.This book deals with the everyday impact of six years of war on the district, from the arrival of gravely wounded soldiers from Dunkirk at Hexham Emergency Hospital, through to dealing with thousands of often louse-ridden evacuees from industrial Tyneside, the heroics of local servicemen and the antics of the Home Guard.

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Casemate Publishers

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147386397X

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The Thames Ironworks

A History of East London Industrial and Sporting Heritage

By: Brian Belton

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The Thames Ironworks

A History of East London Industrial and Sporting Heritage

By: Brian Belton

Located in the heart of London's East End, the Thames Ironworks might be described as characteristic of the industrial and social landscape of the Victorian era. This successful enterprise, headed by the respected Hills family, undertook projects in shipping, civil engineering, electrical engineering and motoring. But as well as providing employment, the ironworks was also central to the social lives of its workers. Its football team, founded by Arnold Hills in 1895, was destined to become world famous as West Ham United. Author Brian Belton explores how the Victorian values of commercialism, religion, philanthropy and patriarchy that made this giant of industry a success were inextricably linked with a sense of fair play, competitive spirit and the growth of football as a national obsession. Peppered with the songs and memories of a treasured cockney region, this is an entertaining portrait of ships, industry, sport and, most of all, the people of the Docklands communities that relied on the ironworks for their daily bread.

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The History Press

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0750965797

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Between Two Worlds

Politics and Economy in Independent Ireland

By: Brian Girvin

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Between Two Worlds

Politics and Economy in Independent Ireland

By: Brian Girvin

Between Two Worldstraces the social and economic performance of independent Ireland since the establishment of the state in 1922. The book is an analytical survey. It provides an overview of Ireland's social and economic policy from independence to the present day but also employs a comparative context in order to identify the nature of Irish economy and society. It concludes that Ireland has not benefited from economic growth to the same degree as other small open economies in Europe. The book assesses a number of possible explanations for this situation, including colonialism, neo-colonialism and under development. The author contends, however, that none of these models offer a satisfactory explanation of the reality of modern Ireland. He suggests instead that the Republic of Ireland can be characterised as a semi-peripheral state, similar to some Mediterranean countries, neither first world nor third worldoin short, a society that has experienced some development but which is neither a mature industrial nation nor a conspicuously poor one. DEGREESR Contents: Politics and National Development; Independence and the Obstacles to Economic Development in the Free State 1922-1927; Fianna Fail and the Challenge to the Free Trade Economy 1927-1932; The Drive to Industrialie: Fianna Fail and Protectionism 1932-1939; The Failure of Radical Alternatives: Policy Formation 1939-1948; The Crisis of the Traditional 1948-1961; Towards and Industrial Ec

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0389208760

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Stock Assessment

Quantitative Methods and Applications for Small Scale Fisheries

By: Vincent F. Gallucci,Saul B. Saila,Daniel J. Gustafson,Brian J. Rothschild

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Stock Assessment

Quantitative Methods and Applications for Small Scale Fisheries

By: Vincent F. Gallucci,Saul B. Saila,Daniel J. Gustafson,Brian J. Rothschild

Stock Assessment: Quantitative Methods and Applications for Small Scale Fisheries is a book about stock assessment as it is practiced. It focuses on applications for small scale or artisanal fisheries in developing countries, however it is not limited in applicability to tropical waters and should also be considered a resource for students of temperate fishery management problems. It incorporates a careful sample design, various mathematical models as a basis for predicting consequences for stock exploitation, and discusses the impact of exploitation on non-targeted species. This was a unique concept involving a collaborative effort between U.S. and host country scientists to address issues of regional and global concern through innovative research. Unlike other books on stock assessment that show mathematical models, this is the only book of its kind that discusses how an assessment is carried out. It looks at the field as a whole and includes sampling, age determination and acoustics. The book represents the culmination of a nine-year program financed by the United States Agency for International Development to provide new or improved methods of stock assessment for artisanal fisheries.

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1000940969

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Dundee in 50 Buildings

By: Brian King

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Dundee in 50 Buildings

By: Brian King

Explores the rich and fascinating history of Dundee through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.

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1445664933

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Name That Movie! A Painless Vocabulary Builder Comedy & Action Edition

Watch Movies and Ace the SAT, ACT, GED and GRE!

By: Brian Leaf

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Name That Movie! A Painless Vocabulary Builder Comedy & Action Edition

Watch Movies and Ace the SAT, ACT, GED and GRE!

By: Brian Leaf

The most entertaining way to master vocabulary for the SAT, ACT, GED, and GRE exams Do you need to brush up on your vocabulary skills for the SAT, ACT, GED, or GRE exam? Ever wish you could put your talent for quoting movies to more use than one-upping your friends? Now you can do both with Name That Movie! A Painless Vocabulary Builder: Comedy & Action Edition. Name That Movie! is the only vocabulary workbook that capitalizes on your insatiable appetite for comedy and action movies to help build your vocabulary for standardized tests. First, you'll be presented with a popular quote. Then you'll identify the movie and scene from which it was taken. Next, you'll jot down possible definitions for each bolded word in the quote and check your answers against the solutions provided. It's that easy! 1000 cumulative vocabulary words, including synonyms Quotes taken from popular comedy and action movies Other titles by Leaf: Defining Twilight, Defining New Moon, Defining Eclipse, and Defining Breaking Dawn Whether you're the king of quoting Knocked Up or just want to find a more exciting way to build your vocabulary skills, Name That Movie! A Painless Vocabulary Builder: Comedy & Action Edition is for you!

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0544187466

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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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0141935014

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Discourse Power and Justice

By: Michael Adler,Brian Longhurst

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Discourse Power and Justice

By: Michael Adler,Brian Longhurst

First Published in 1994. Discourse, Power and Justice is a distinctive and theoretically informed empirical study of the administration of the Scottish prison system. It is based on extensive research and combines theoretical innovation with detailed empirical evidence. The book is located at the confluence of two academic traditions and their associated literatures, socio-legal studies and the sociology of knowledge, which are combined to produce a novel theoretical framework. The authors focus on the activities of those who manage the prison system. They identify the most important social actors in the prison system, located both historically and comparatively, and examine their characteristic forms of discourse. A number of crucial areas of decision-making are analysed in depth, including decisions about the initial classification of prisoners, transfers between establishments and the allocation of prisoners to different forms of work. Another major focus is on the different forms and mechanisms of accountability, and the book concludes with an analysis of recent policy changes. Discourse, Power and Justice will be essential reading for both students and practitioners in sociology, social policy, criminology and law.

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Routledge

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1134952031

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The Burden-Sharing Dilemma

Coercive Diplomacy in US Alliance Politics

By: Brian D. Blankenship

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The Burden-Sharing Dilemma

Coercive Diplomacy in US Alliance Politics

By: Brian D. Blankenship

The Burden-Sharing Dilemma examines the conditions under which the United States is willing and able to pressure its allies to assume more responsibility for their own defense. The United States has a mixed track record of encouraging allied burden-sharing—while it has succeeded or failed in some cases, it has declined to do so at all in others. This variation, Brian D. Blankenship argues, is because the United States tailors its burden-sharing pressure in accordance with two competing priorities: conserving its own resources and preserving influence in its alliances. Although burden-sharing enables great power patrons like the United States to lower alliance costs, it also empowers allies to resist patron influence. Blankenship identifies three factors that determine the severity of this burden-sharing dilemma and how it is managed: the latent military power of allies, the shared external threat environment, and the level of a patron's resource constraints. Through case studies of US alliances formed during the Cold War, he shows that a patron can mitigate the dilemma by combining assurances of protection with threats of abandonment and by exercising discretion in its burden-sharing pressure. Blankenship's findings dismantle assumptions that burden-sharing is always desirable but difficult to obtain. Patrons, as the book reveals, can in fact be reluctant to seek burden-sharing, and attempts to pass defense costs to allies can often be successful. At a time when skepticism of alliance benefits remains high and global power shifts threaten longstanding pacts, The Burden-Sharing Dilemma recalls and reconceives the value of burden-sharing and alliances.

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Cornell University Press

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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

Drawing on an immense body of literature and research, Brian Jenkins analyses the forces that shaped mid-nineteenth century Irish nationalism in Ireland and North America as well as the role of the Roman Catholic Church. He outlines the relationship between newly arrived Irish Catholic immigrants and their hosts and the pivotal role of the church in maintaining a sense of exile, particularly among those who had fled the famine. Jenkins also explores the essential "Irishness" of the revolutionary movement and the reasons why it did not emerge in the two other "nations" of the United Kingdom, Scotland and Wales.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773577750

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9780773577756

Nobody's Mulligan

By: Brian Holt

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Nobody's Mulligan

By: Brian Holt

They believed neglecting faith would bring no consequences. Let the term 'Holy War' be forever redefined. You are cordially invited to stroll the streets of a modern-day "Mayberry" that has lost its way, unaware of its role in a global apocalyptic future. Each step away from the faith was the equivalent of a blind sprint towards disaster, and for the people of Grace's Parrish this resulted in being designated as the point Satan chose to breach and ignite an inextinguishable hell on earth! With death and time confiscated, the tormented citizens surrendered the one they treated as an outcast to relieve their anguish. Those who believe their life includes more than their fair share of transgressors will easily identify with protagonist Margaret Sullivan. This modern-day Joan of Arc epitomizes fighting empty-handed is not synonymous with being unarmed, and when the smoke clears, the price is heavy. Nobody's Mulligan is a call to self-inventory with eternity at stake. Accentuated with the divinity of forgiveness, Nobody's Mulligan culminates with a robust "What if?" question ripe for insertion into present day discussion. Escalating depravities are the ravenous moths devouring the Christian fibers of our American quilt and this plague has but one remedy. Nobody's Mulligan is a compelling proclamation that 'turning the other cheek' is not an invitation to the sinister and silences "Fifty Shades of Gray" with a single shade of pray. A feel-great-fiction certain to reverberate through the Christian faith and into ancillary sects of Irish, conservative, women's empowerment, family saga, and dramatic thriller enthusiasts. Bon appetit!

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1645595072

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(re)Aligning with God

Reading Scripture for Church and World

By: Brian D. Russell

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(re)Aligning with God

Reading Scripture for Church and World

By: Brian D. Russell

How do we communicate the message of the Scriptures in our twenty-first-century, post-Christian context? (re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World answers this question by presenting the Scriptures through the lens of mission and by teaching a method for reading Scripture with a missional hermeneutic. The biblical story seeks to convert us to its perspective and to transform its readers and hearers into God's missional community that exists to reflect and embody God's character to/for/in the world. Ready to revolutionize your reading of the Bible and expand your ability to unleash the Scriptures in your context? (re)Aligning with God will give you rich content and practical tools to become a profound, inspiring, and confident reader of the Bible for all who are seeking to hear its good news.

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1606085514

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The Rise of the Republican Right

From Goldwater to Reagan

By: Brian M. Conley

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The Rise of the Republican Right

From Goldwater to Reagan

By: Brian M. Conley

Few scholars have paid close attention to the factors internal to the Republican Party that helped the Right to consolidate its power within the party between the 1960s and the 1980s. Plugging the gap in party literature, The Rise of the Republican Right: From Goldwater to Reagan provides a comprehensive account of the rise of the Republican Right in the years between Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential defeat and the election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980. Specifically, it offers a historical-institutional analysis of the organizational factors internal to the Republican Party that helped the conservative Right maintain, and then expand its ascendant position within the GOP in the critical years between Goldwater and Reagan. Brian M. Conley demonstrates how the growth of the Right during this period was aided by a desire on the part of many Republican leaders to rebound from electoral defeat by rebuilding the party organizationally, rather than reforming it politically, through the introduction of a more "service" -oriented party structure. The Rise of the Republican Right will interest academics, party scholars, and researchers eager to gain a more nuanced understanding of the factors that helped the Right become a dominant force within the Republican Party.

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Routledge

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1351067117

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Adventures in Missing the Point

By: Brian D. McLaren,Tony Campolo,Anthony Campolo

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Adventures in Missing the Point

By: Brian D. McLaren,Tony Campolo,Anthony Campolo

Examines how the complex issues of the world's culture has influenced the ministry and message of the Christian church on such topics as salvation, worship, the Bible, and sin.

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0310267137

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Destroying Sanctuary

The Crisis in Human Service Delivery Systems

By: Sandra L. Bloom,Brian Farragher

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Destroying Sanctuary

The Crisis in Human Service Delivery Systems

By: Sandra L. Bloom,Brian Farragher

For the last thirty years, the nation's mental health and social service systems have been under relentless assault, with dramatically rising costs and the fragmentation of service delivery rendering them incapable of ensuring the safety, security, and recovery of their clients. The resulting organizational trauma both mirrors and magnifies the trauma-related problems their clients seek relief from. Just as the lives of people exposed to chronic trauma and abuse become organized around the traumatic experience, so too have our social service systems become organized around the recurrent stress of trying to do more under greater pressure: they become crisis-oriented, authoritarian, disempowered, and demoralized, often living in the present moment, haunted by the past, and unable to plan for the future. Complex interactions among traumatized clients, stressed staff, pressured organizations, and a social and economic climate that is often hostile to recovery efforts recreate the very experiences that have proven so toxic to clients in the first place. Healing is possible for these clients if they enter helping, protective environments, yet toxic stress has destroyed the sanctuary that our systems are designed to provide. This thoughtful, impassioned critique of business as usual begins to outline a vision for transforming our mental health and social service systems. Linking trauma theory to organizational function, Destroying Sanctuary provides a framework for creating truly trauma-informed services. The organizational change method that has become known as the Sanctuary Model lays the groundwork for establishing safe havens for individual and organizational recovery. The goals are practical: improve clinical outcomes, increase staff satisfaction and health, increase leadership competence, and develop a technology for creating and sustaining healthier systems. Only in this way can our mental health and social service systems become empowered to make a more effective contribution to the overall health of the nation. Destroying Sanctuary is a stirring call for reform and recovery, required reading for anyone concerned with removing the formidable barriers to mental health and social services, from clinicians and administrators to consumer advocates.

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Oxford University Press

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0199830843

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Future-Proofing the Judiciary

Preparing for Demographic Change

By: Brian Opeskin

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Future-Proofing the Judiciary

Preparing for Demographic Change

By: Brian Opeskin

This book reinvigorates the field of socio-legal inquiry examining the relationship between law and demography. Originally conceived as 'population law' in the 1960s following a growth in population and a use of law to temper population growth, this book takes a new approach by examining how population change can affect the legal system, rather than the converse. It analyses the impact of demographic change on the judicial system, with a geographic focus on Australian courts but with global insights and it raises questions about institutional structures. Through four case studies, it examines how demographic change impacts on the judicial system and how should the judicial system adapt to embody a greater preparedness for the demographic changes that lie ahead? It makes recommendations for reform and speaks to applied demographers, socio-legal scholars, and those interested in judicial institutions.

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Springer Nature

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3030887472

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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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0806312335

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Ardoyne ‘69

Stories of Struggle and Hope

By: Brian McKee

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Ardoyne ‘69

Stories of Struggle and Hope

By: Brian McKee

“A crucial text” – Rev Bill Shaw, CEO of 174 Trust, Belfast “Touching … thoughtful collection … of rich testimonies” – Prof Maggie Scull, Syracuse University, London The working-class community of Ardoyne has been described as a Catholic and Nationalist island within the Protestant Unionist sea of North Belfast. No other community suffered as much during the Troubles as Ardoyne. During the three-day period of 14–16 August 1969, stoked by the Battle of the Bogside in Derry, long-lived tensions in the area boiled over into riots. Streets became battlefields, houses went up in fire, and the first of many lives were lost. Ardoyne ’69: Stories of Struggle and Hope explores the stories of 14 people who share one experience in common – the violence of 14, 15 and 16 August 1969. The book highlights their memories, but also asks how they interpreted the violent events they witnessed, and what impact these events had upon their subsequent lives. It illustrates how people from the one community who experienced a common event have different memories, interpretations and reactions to what they saw. Stories come from people as varied as IRA prisoners and a local teacher to an RUC officer, an Irish Times journalist, a former Director General of RTE and a former President of Ireland. Illustrated by contemporary photographs, Ardoyne ’69: Stories of Struggle and Hope is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how seismic events can shape our lives in radically different ways. Brian McKee is an Ardoyne man to the core. He has almost 40 years’ experience of teaching, retreat work and youth ministry. The majority of his work is in the field of peace and reconciliation in the parish of Holy Cross, Ardoyne, with the Passionist Peace Office. He is also manager of the nearby Passionist Retreat and Conference Centre at Tobar Mhuire, Crossgar.

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Vision Quest The Orphan Trains & Underground Railroad of Cape May

By: Brian Prickett

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Vision Quest The Orphan Trains & Underground Railroad of Cape May

By: Brian Prickett

My book is a revelation about how Harriet Tubman created the Cape May area Underground Railroad. My book reveals lost secrets of the Civil War, showing how the Quakers and Masons helped organize the Underground Railroad. Read, play and discover new archaeological sites on the Underground Railroad and Orphan Trains never before published! Catch a glimpse into the past, unfurling lost secrets of slavery, Native American abuse and the mysterious Orphan Trains of Cape May! Play the online computer game Vision Quest, and discover new sites on the Underground Railroad. This a limited edition, non edited version of the book. This non profit book seeks to generate funds for non denominational charities and children charities.

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The Vatican Pimpernel

The Wartime Exploits of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty

By: Brian Fleming

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The Vatican Pimpernel

The Wartime Exploits of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty

By: Brian Fleming

During the German occupation of Rome from 1942 to 1944, Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty ran an escape organisation for Allied POWs and civilians, including Jews. Safe within the Vatican state, he regularly ventured out in disguise to continue his mission, which earned him the nickname 'the Pimpernel of the Vatican'. Kappler, the Gestapo chief in Rome, ordered him captured or killed. When the Allies entered Rome, Monsignor O'Flaherty and his colleagues had saved over 6,500 lives.

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Asian Marine Biology 1989

By: Brian Morton

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Asian Marine Biology 1989

By: Brian Morton

This is the annual journal of the Marine Biological Association of Hong Kong. It contains papers on marine subjects of interest to all Asian biologists.

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Dundee Through Time

By: Brian King

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Dundee Through Time

By: Brian King

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Dundee has changed and developed over the last century.

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Household Mobility in America

Patterns, Processes, and Outcomes

By: Brian Joseph Gillespie

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Household Mobility in America

Patterns, Processes, and Outcomes

By: Brian Joseph Gillespie

This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the correlates and consequences of residential relocation. Drawing on multiple nationally representative data sets, the book explores historic patterns and current trends in household mobility; individuals’ mobility-related decisions; and the individual, family, and community outcomes associated with moving. These sections inform later discussions of mobility-related policy, practice, and directions for future research.

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The Fix Is In

The Showbiz Manipulations of the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and NASCAR

By: Brian Tuohy

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The Fix Is In

The Showbiz Manipulations of the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and NASCAR

By: Brian Tuohy

Professional sports in America: it’s all about fair play and the goal of winning championships. At least that’s the spin. But could it be a massive showbiz operation filled with greedy owners, crooked referees, and coddled players, all with the unstated goal of grabbing as much money as possible? Author Brian Tuohy provides a full-sourced saga of the corruption that has infected the storied histories of the NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, and NASCAR. With reality obscured by a complacent and often complicit sports media, The Fix Is In shines a light on a hidden history of clandestine arrangements between television networks and sports leagues, all against a background of drinking, drugging, and crime. Finally, here’s a book that unflinchingly examines the sordid underbelly of the American sports industry. Brian Tuohy maintains the website thefixisin.net and is a frequent contributor to the CBS Sports website bleacherreport.com, where he chronicles sports scandals and conspiracies as the stories break. Brian has been interviewed by The New York Times, ESPN, Fox Sports, and The Power Hour radio program.

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Feral House

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Tabloid Journalism in Africa

By: Brian Chama

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Tabloid Journalism in Africa

By: Brian Chama

This book provides a timely and important summary of tabloid journalism in Africa, which clearly shows how tabloids in the African context play a unique role in the democratization process. Prior to this book, very little was known about how tabloid journalists operate in Africa. The book first explores the global practice of journalism and then focuses on tabloid journalism – finally situating the discussion within the African context. As well as concentrating on how tabloid journalism can be seen as part of the broader neo-liberal thinking in Africa, in which democracy and freedom of expression is promoted, it also looks at how tabloid journalism practice has been met with resistance from the alliance of forces. Chama draws on examples from across the continent looking at success stories and struggles within the sometime infotainment genre. Tabloid Journalism in Africa concludes that even though challenges exist, there is a strong case to suggest that the practice of tabloid journalism is being readily accepted by many people as part of the unique voices of democracy – even those which might be shocking yet true.

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Celtic: The Official History

By: Brian Wilson

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Celtic: The Official History

By: Brian Wilson

The story of a football club born in a poverty-stricken corner of Glasgow—and its powerful rise to champion status and worldwide renown. Celtic is a club like no other. Its story is a unique one, of a football club founded to raise money to help alleviate poverty within the predominantly Irish immigrant community of Glasgow’s East End. Yet, from its inception, Celtic has been a club open to all. From those humble and charitable origins, Celtic have gone on to become one of the most famous names in world football. In 1967, they became the first British club to win the European Cup, while domestically they have won, to date, 47 league titles, 36 Scottish Cups, and 16 League Cups. The story of Celtic continues—a story of success on the field, backed by a strong organization off it, and all underpinned by a commitment to remain true to the charitable roots of the club.

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0857909312

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The ICE Conditions of Contract

By: Brian Eggleston

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The ICE Conditions of Contract

By: Brian Eggleston

The ICE Conditions continues to be the dominant form of contract for civil engineering, despite the growing importance of the New Engineering Contract. The Seventh Edition of the ICE Conditions, published in 1999, introduced a number of changes, including: incorporating some of the concepts of the Latham Report amending certain provisions of the Sixth Edition which had attracted criticism rectifying conspicuous omissions from the text of earlier editions of the contract correcting small errors and faults from the previous edition modernising certain provisions and terms Brian Eggleston, whose previous book on the ICE Conditions was described as 'likely to become the authoritative reference source for the Sixth Edition', examines the contract clause by clause from a practical and legal viewpoint. There is extensive coverage of case law. Written by an experienced civil engineer and recognized authority on construction contracts, this book is an essential guide.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470680083

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Undiscovered Dundee

By: Brian King

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Undiscovered Dundee

By: Brian King

Welcome to Dundee. A modern city at first glance, but with an illustrious past that's not always easy to see. Decades of regeneration, and sometimes dubious progress, have seen to that. But if you look a little closer, dig a little deeper, you will find a hidden city alive with history. Undiscovered Dundee uncovers the city's lost inheritance, its forgotten disasters and forsaken landmarks, the heroes and villains that time has erased, the citizens who stayed and made a difference to their city and those who left and made an impact on the world beyond. Sometimes the story ventures far from Dundee and sometimes it tells what happened when everyone from writers to royalty, from presidents to pop stars, came to visit. Dundee and its people, past and present, bind the tales together and reveal a city still waiting to be discovered.

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1845028465

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Foundations for Sustainability

A Coherent Framework of Life–Environment Relations

By: Daniel A. Fiscus,Brian D. Fath

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Foundations for Sustainability

A Coherent Framework of Life–Environment Relations

By: Daniel A. Fiscus,Brian D. Fath

Foundations for Sustainability: A Coherent Framework of Life-Environment Relations challenges existing assumptions on environmental issues and lays the groundwork for a new paradigm, bringing a greater understanding of what is needed to help create an environmentally and economically sustainable future, which to date has been an uphill battle and not an obvious choice. The book presents the case for a paradigm based on a multi-model of life as organism, life as ecosystem, and life as biosphere, as opposed to the singular assumption that life can be viewed solely as an organism. All backed with well-cited research from top investigators from around the world, this book is a must-have resource for anyone working in ecology, environmental science or sustainability. - Introduces a holistic, systemic approach and a synthesis of the systemic root cause that underlies many surface symptoms that are part of individual environmental problems (climate, water, energy, etc.) - Complements current piecemeal approaches in order to solve many interconnected environmental problems which share root causes - Provides tests and thought experiments to challenge current views on sustainability, leveraging the power of critical thinking to find new solutions - Gives insights on how to find solutions by blending interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary focuses with disciplinary specialization in ecology and ecosystem science - Bridges concepts and methods from math to ecology to human development

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0128116447

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Add A Zero

From €5,000 to €50,000 in an Irish Racing Season

By: Brian O'connor

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Add A Zero

From €5,000 to €50,000 in an Irish Racing Season

By: Brian O'connor

It's March in Ireland - the flat season is about the start and Irish Times racing correspondent, Brian O'Connor has decided to boldly go where no racing correspondent has gone before. He puts his money where is mouth is and attempts to turn Euro 5,000 into Euro 50,000. But can he actually do it ... In Add A Zero, we join him on his quest as we're taken through the highs and the lows of the world of Irish racing, where we meet with leading personalities, trainers and jockeys such as Aidan O'Brien, Dermot Weld, Michael Kinane, John Magnier and many others. From drunken dinner parties to famous racecourses like the Curragh and Galway, the tips keep on coming - with mixed results! - in a book for racing buffs and novices alike. As the season progress so does the book, but will Brian show that there's no such thing as a poor bookie? Or will his horse romp home? A betting man might ask 'what are the odds?

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1444743953

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