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The Biomarker Guide: Volume 1, Biomarkers and Isotopes in the Environment and Human History

By: K. E. Peters,C. C. Walters,J. M. Moldowan

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The Biomarker Guide: Volume 1, Biomarkers and Isotopes in the Environment and Human History

By: K. E. Peters,C. C. Walters,J. M. Moldowan

The second edition of The Biomarker Guide is a fully updated and expanded version of this essential reference. Now in two volumes, it provides a comprehensive account of the role that biomarker technology plays both in petroleum exploration and in understanding Earth history and processes. Biomarkers and Isotopes in the Environment and Human History details the origins of biomarkers and introduces basic chemical principles relevant to their study. It discusses analytical techniques, and applications of biomarkers to environmental and archaeological problems. The Biomarker Guide is an invaluable resource for geologists, petroleum geochemists, biogeochemists, environmental scientists and archaeologists.

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1107079373

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Living Hell

The Dark Side of the Civil War

By: Michael C. C. Adams

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Living Hell

The Dark Side of the Civil War

By: Michael C. C. Adams

Many Americans, argues Michael C. C. Adams, think of the Civil War as more glorious, less awful, than the reality. Tourists flock to battlefields, their perceptions of the war often shaped by reenactors who work hard for verisimilitude but who cannot ultimately simulate the horrors of war. In Living Hell, Adams uses the voices of actual participants on the firing line or in the hospital ward to create a virtual historical reenactment. Perhaps because the United States has not seen conventional war on its own soil since 1865, the collective memory has faded, so that we have sanitized and romanticized the experience of the Civil War. Living Hell presents a stark portrait of the human costs of the Civil War and gives readers a more accurate appreciation of its profound and lasting consequences. Adams examines the sharp contrast between the expectations of recruits versus the realities of dirt and exposure, poor diet, malnutrition, and disease. He describes the slaughter produced by close-order combat, the difficulties of cleaning up the battlefields-- often tens of thousands of dead and wounded--and the resulting psychological damage to survivors. Drawing extensively on letters and memoirs of individual soldiers, Adams assembles vivid accounts of the distress they faced daily. Providing a powerful counterpoint to Civil War glorification, Living Hell echoes William Tecumseh Sherman's comment that war is cruelty and cannot be refined"--From publisher description.

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1421412217

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Beyond the Hill

A Directory of Congress from 1984 to 1993 : where Have All the Members Gone?

By: Rebecca Borders,C. C. Dockery

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Beyond the Hill

A Directory of Congress from 1984 to 1993 : where Have All the Members Gone?

By: Rebecca Borders,C. C. Dockery

Where do most of the former members of Congress go after leaving office? This book is a chronicle of where former members are living, what they are doing, how they happened to leave Congress--voluntarily or not--and what they see for themselves in the future. Rebecca Borders and C. C. Dockery examine a focus group consisting of 350 former members of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate who left office from 1984 through 1993. They provide a look into the lives of the former members without regard to party or ideology. It is an attempt to answer some of the personal, historical, and ethical questions that arise when a member of Congress leaves office. They also present in-depth interviews with several former members including Dick Cheney, Lindy Boggs, Roy Dyson, and William Proximire. Also included is a directory of their current activities. Copublished with The Center for Public Integrity.

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University Press of America

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081919820X

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The Help-Yourself City

Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism

By: Gordon C.C. Douglas

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The Help-Yourself City

Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism

By: Gordon C.C. Douglas

When local governments neglect public services or community priorities, how do concerned citizens respond? In The Help-Yourself City, Gordon Douglas looks closely at people who take urban planning into their own hands with homemade signs and benches, guerrilla bike lanes and more. Douglas explores the frustration, creativity, and technical expertise behind these interventions, but also the position of privilege from which they often come. Presenting a needed analysis of this growing trend from vacant lots to city planning offices, The Help-Yourself City tells a street-level story of people's relationships to their urban surroundings and the individualization of democratic responsibility.

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Oxford University Press

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0190691352

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Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-Fields of Literature

By: C. C. Bombaugh

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Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-Fields of Literature

By: C. C. Bombaugh

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385243009

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Quasi-Likelihood And Its Application

A General Approach to Optimal Parameter Estimation

By: C. C. Heyde

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Quasi-Likelihood And Its Application

A General Approach to Optimal Parameter Estimation

By: C. C. Heyde

The first account in book form of all the essential features of the quasi-likelihood methodology, stressing its value as a general purpose inferential tool. The treatment is rather informal, emphasizing essential principles rather than detailed proofs, and readers are assumed to have a firm grounding in probability and statistics at the graduate level. Many examples of the use of the methods in both classical statistical and stochastic process contexts are provided.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387982256

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A Tour of the Bulge Battlefields

By: William C. C. Cavanagh,Karl Cavanagh

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A Tour of the Bulge Battlefields

By: William C. C. Cavanagh,Karl Cavanagh

A fascinating photographic trip through the site of the last great battle of World War II. Most Americans are patriotic, their interest in World War Two having been stimulated by such movies as Saving Private Ryan. Hundreds of thousands are the descendants of men who saw service in the Battle of the Bulge. This battle still holds the record for the highest number of American troops engaged in any single pitched battle in the history of the United States Army. Americans of the postwar generations are taking an interest in what their fathers and grandfathers did during the war. Those whose relatives served in the Ardennes often visit Belgium and Luxembourg in an attempt to learn more about those now legendary days of World War Two. This guidebook serves as a memorial to those who served. It will enable those who didn’t to learn something about the hardship endured by a previous generation in the name of freedom.

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Pen and Sword

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1473864283

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Content Rules

How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business

By: Ann Handley,C. C. Chapman

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Content Rules

How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business

By: Ann Handley,C. C. Chapman

The guide to creating engaging web content and building a loyal following, revised and updated Blogs, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and other platforms are giving everyone a "voice," including organizations and their customers. So how do you create the stories, videos, and blog posts that cultivate fans, arouse passion for your products or services, and ignite your business? Content Rules equips you for online success as a one-stop source on the art and science of developing content that people care about. This coverage is interwoven with case studies of companies successfully spreading their ideas online—and using them to establish credibility and build a loyal customer base. Find an authentic "voice" and craft bold content that will resonate with prospects and buyers and encourage them to share it with others Leverage social media and social tools to get your content and ideas distributed as widely as possible Understand why you are generating content—getting to the meat of your message in practical, commonsense language, and defining the goals of your content strategy Write in a way that powerfully communicates your service, product, or message across various Web mediums Boost your online presence and engage with customers and prospects like never before with Content Rules.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118232607

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Practically Speaking

A Dictionary of Quotations on Engineering, Technology and Architecture

By: C.C. Gaither

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Practically Speaking

A Dictionary of Quotations on Engineering, Technology and Architecture

By: C.C. Gaither

This book brings together over 1,100 quotes pertinent and illuminating to engineering, technology and architecture. It includes extensive author and subject indexes for locating quotations. The book can be read for entertainment or used as a handy reference by students and professional engineers.

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CRC Press

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1420050672

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The Beak

By: C.C. Chickpea,R Leitner

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The Beak

By: C.C. Chickpea,R Leitner

The Beak has received rave reviews within the feathered fraternity: Tawny Turpin describing it as ‘offbeat, irreverent and charming…’

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The Biomarker Guide

By: K. E. Peters,C. C. Walters,J. M. Moldowan

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The Biomarker Guide

By: K. E. Peters,C. C. Walters,J. M. Moldowan

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Cambridge University Press

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Awake at Dawn

By: C. C. Hunter

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Awake at Dawn

By: C. C. Hunter

Return to the world of Shadow Falls, a camp for supernatural teens. Romance may be in the air, but a dark, paranormal presence has come to Shadow Falls and is about to make itself known... From the moment Kylie Galen arrived at Shadow Falls, she's had one burning question: What am I? Surrounded by vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, fairies and witches, Kylie longs to figure out her own supernatural identity...and what her burgeoning powers mean. And now she'll need them more than ever, because she's being haunted by a new spirit who insists that someone Kylie knows—and loves—will die before the end of the summer. If only she only knew who she was supposed to save. And how... But giving Kylie the most trouble is her heart. Gorgeous werewolf Lucas left camp with another girl, but he's still visiting Kylie in her dreams. And Derek, a sexy half Fae who's always been there for her when she needed him, is pushing to get more serious—and growing impatient, especially when Lucas returns. Kylie knows she needs to decide between the boys, and it's tearing her up inside. Yet romance will have to wait, because something from the dark side of the supernatural world is hiding in Shadow Falls. It's about to threaten everything she holds dear...and bring her closer to her destiny. C. C. Hunter brings readers back to Shadow Falls in the second thrilling installment in the New York Times bestselling series with, Awake at Dawn.

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1429984996

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Reborn

By: C. C. Hunter

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Reborn

By: C. C. Hunter

Shadow Falls vampire Della Tsang teams up with a boy who might break her heart in order to save everyone she cares about from a new threat.

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1250035910

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Eternal

Shadow Falls: After Dark

By: C. C. Hunter

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Eternal

Shadow Falls: After Dark

By: C. C. Hunter

When a deadly virus forces Della to be reborn, she is bonded to the vampire Chase, despite her attraction to shapeshifter Steve, and meanwhile her latest case reveals shocking secrets about her father.

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Absolute Honor

A Novel

By: C.C. Humphreys

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Absolute Honor

A Novel

By: C.C. Humphreys

After surviving the Battle of Quebec and a long winter in the New World, Jack is ready to return to England and rejoin the 16th Light Dragoons. Aboard the slave ship Sweet Eliza, Jack befriends Red Hugh McClune, an Irish grenadier with mysterious intentions. Once in England, Jack and McClune travel to Bath, where McClune's unattached cousin, the lovely Laetitia Fitzpatrick, piques Jack's fancy.

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0312358245

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Inorganic Chemistry of the Main-Group Elements

Volume 4

By: C. C. Addison

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Inorganic Chemistry of the Main-Group Elements

Volume 4

By: C. C. Addison

Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical research. Written by experts in their specialist fields the series creates a unique service for the active research chemist, supplying regular critical in-depth accounts of progress in particular areas of chemistry. For over 80 years the Royal Society of Chemistry and its predecessor, the Chemical Society, have been publishing reports charting developments in chemistry, which originally took the form of Annual Reports. However, by 1967 the whole spectrum of chemistry could no longer be contained within one volume and the series Specialist Periodical Reports was born. The Annual Reports themselves still existed but were divided into two, and subsequently three, volumes covering Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry. For more general coverage of the highlights in chemistry they remain a 'must'. Since that time the SPR series has altered according to the fluctuating degree of activity in various fields of chemistry. Some titles have remained unchanged, while others have altered their emphasis along with their titles; some have been combined under a new name whereas others have had to be discontinued. The current list of Specialist Periodical Reports can be seen on the inside flap of this volume.

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0851867820

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Video Content Analysis Using Multimodal Information

For Movie Content Extraction, Indexing and Representation

By: Ying Li,C.C. Jay Kuo

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Video Content Analysis Using Multimodal Information

For Movie Content Extraction, Indexing and Representation

By: Ying Li,C.C. Jay Kuo

Video Content Analysis Using Multimodal Information For Movie Content Extraction, Indexing and Representation is on content-based multimedia analysis, indexing, representation and applications with a focus on feature films. Presented are the state-of-art techniques in video content analysis domain, as well as many novel ideas and algorithms for movie content analysis based on the use of multimodal information. The authors employ multiple media cues such as audio, visual and face information to bridge the gap between low-level audiovisual features and high-level video semantics. Based on sophisticated audio and visual content processing such as video segmentation and audio classification, the original video is re-represented in the form of a set of semantic video scenes or events, where an event is further classified as a 2-speaker dialog, a multiple-speaker dialog, or a hybrid event. Moreover, desired speakers are simultaneously identified from the video stream based on either a supervised or an adaptive speaker identification scheme. All this information is then integrated together to build the video's ToC (table of content) as well as the index table. Finally, a video abstraction system, which can generate either a scene-based summary or an event-based skim, is presented by exploiting the knowledge of both video semantics and video production rules. This monograph will be of great interest to research scientists and graduate level students working in the area of content-based multimedia analysis, indexing, representation and applications as well s its related fields.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475737122

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A Hundred Wonders of the Modern World and of the Three Kingdoms of Nature

Described According to the Best and Latest Authorities and Illustrated by Numerous Engravings

By: C. C. Clarke

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A Hundred Wonders of the Modern World and of the Three Kingdoms of Nature

Described According to the Best and Latest Authorities and Illustrated by Numerous Engravings

By: C. C. Clarke

Attributed to Sir Richard Phillips, this fascinating 1834 encyclopaedia contains articles on natural and man-made curiosities across the world.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108017533

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World Education Patterns in the Global South

The Ebb of Global Forces and the Flow of Contextual Imperatives

By: C. C. Wolhuter

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World Education Patterns in the Global South

The Ebb of Global Forces and the Flow of Contextual Imperatives

By: C. C. Wolhuter

World Education Patterns in the Global South surveys the educational responses and new educational landscapes being developed as a consequence of the powerful global forces that are demanding change within the Global South’s educational contexts, including Central and South-East Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1803826835

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Medically Speaking

A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine and Nursing

By: C.C. Gaither

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A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine and Nursing

By: C.C. Gaither

Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing contains over 1,500 quotes pertinent and especially illuminating to these disciplines. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. Some are profound, some are witty, some are wise but none are frivolous. The extensive author and subject indexes

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CRC Press

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0429525648

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The Science of Economic Development and Growth: The Theory of Factor Proportions

The Theory of Factor Proportions

By: C.C. Onyemelukwe

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The Science of Economic Development and Growth: The Theory of Factor Proportions

The Theory of Factor Proportions

By: C.C. Onyemelukwe

A theoretical framework aiming to facilitate study of development economics. The author presents his theory in three sections: how advanced nations developed; a proposed third dimension, in addition to labour and capital; and why capital accumulation is unnecessary, even potentially harmful.

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Routledge

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1315500116

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Christianity and Politics

A Brief Guide to the History

By: C. C. Pecknold

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Christianity and Politics

A Brief Guide to the History

By: C. C. Pecknold

It is not simply for rhetorical flourish that politicians so regularly invoke God's blessings on the country. It is because the relatively new form of power we call the nation-state arose out of a Western political imagination steeped in Christianity. In this brief guide to the history of Christianity and politics, Pecknold shows how early Christianity reshaped the Western political imagination with its new theological claims about eschatological time, participation, and communion with God and neighbor. The ancient view of the Church as the "mystical body of Christ" is singled out in particular as the author traces shifts in its use and meaning throughout the early, medieval, and modern periods-shifts in how we understand the nature of the person, community and the moral conscience that would give birth to a new relationship between Christianity and politics. While we have many accounts of this narrative from either political or ecclesiastical history, we have few that avoid the artificial separation of the two. This book fills that gap and presents a readable, concise, and thought-provoking introduction to what is at stake in the contentious relationship between Christianity and politics.

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1621892204

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The Best War Ever

America and World War II

By: Michael C. C. Adams

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The Best War Ever

America and World War II

By: Michael C. C. Adams

Adams challenges various stereotypes to present a view of World War II that avoids the simplistic extremes of both glorification and vilification. The Best War Ever charts the complex diplomatic problems of the 1930s and reveals the realities of ground combat. Adams exposes the myth that the home front was fully united behind the war effort, demonstrating how class, race, gender, and age divisions split Americans."--Page [4] of cover.

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1421416670

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Physically Speaking

A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy

By: C.C. Gaither

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A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy

By: C.C. Gaither

Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy provides the largest published collection of quotations pertaining to physics and astronomy. Some quotes are profound, others are wise, some are witty but none are frivolous. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. The extensive author and subject indexes provide you with the perfect tool for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure, and you will soon enjoy discovering what others have said on topics ranging from anti-matter to x-rays. This book can be read for pleasure or used as a handy reference by students, scientific readers, and the more general reader who is interested in who has said what on physics and astronomy.

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1420046942

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God's Pen

By: Harry C. C. Smith

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God's Pen

By: Harry C. C. Smith

God's Pen (forthcoming) is my fourth book. The testimonies I wrote for this book speaks to my life experiences and my recovery from both alcohol and cigarette addition. The poetry I wrote for this book continues to speak about my special relationship with Jesus Christ, my life experiences and the experiences of others. I am inspired by life, people, and nature. I believe my poetry will be both uplifting and inspirational to all who read it, and it's my hope that my book will be treasured and passed on to others. The best of the materials found in my other books, Articulated Emotions, Spiritually Stimulated, and Expressions of Deep Emotions have been incorporated into this book. My books have received notable reviews from the Military Writers Society, and USABooknews of the best of 2006 National Book Award. My fourth book speaks to my special relationship with Jesus Christ, my testimonies, religion, nature, spiritual and inspirational thoughts. In addition, these people inspired me to write about them: My pastor, Dr. Kenneth Lee Samuel, President Barrack and Michelle Obama, Dr. Martin Luther and Coretta King, Rosa Parks, Al Sharpton, Oprah Winfrey, JFK, Maya Angelo, and Congressman John Lewis.

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1642980706

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Around the Bend

A Mississippi River Adventure

By: C. C. Lockwood

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Around the Bend

A Mississippi River Adventure

By: C. C. Lockwood

In the summer of 1997 renowned nature photographer C. C. Lockwood embarked on a remarkable adventure. First by canoe and then by Grand Canyon–style pontoon raft, he journeyed the length of the Mississippi River—2,320 miles—from its source at Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. Armed with his camera and computer equipment to transmit stories and pictures to schoolchildren, this “High Tech Huck Finn” trained his lens on spectacular scenes, creating images that vividly depict the life pulsing in and near this vital American artery—water and lands that touch the lives of every American. As Lockwood shows in these brilliant color photographs, the river has many faces. At its birthplace it is nothing more than a trickle among rocks. But as it serpentines south, it slowly grows until, at its end, it pours daily over 420 billion gallons of water into the Gulf of Mexico. Lockwood captures the river in all of its moods: a ghostly foggy morning on the bank; a bright orange sunset over the bends; a quiet snowfall at the headwaters; a sudden rain shower at dusk. He also offers intimate images of the creatures that make their home in the river or along its shores: a whitetail fawn nestled in underbrush; a curious frog peeking out from beneath reeds; a Canada goose marching in line with her goslings; turtles burying themselves in mud. His depiction of the natural beauty of Old Man River is unparalleled. The river comes to appear as a thriving community because Lockwood introduces the people, both ordinary and extraordinary, who live and journey on it. We meet, among others, a performance artist intent on swimming the river’s length; inhabitants of a makeshift houseboat colony near Winona, Minnesota; Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher look-alikes in Hannibal, Missouri; and Willie P., who, with the help of thirty-gallon plastic barrels and paddle wheels, employs a most unusual mode of river transportation—a Toyota Celica hatchback. To illustrate the changing riverscape, Lockwood includes images of some of the businesses and industries that line the river’s banks: casino river boats glittering in the night; the jumping blues clubs of Memphis’ Beale Street; bustling industrial plants and the countless barges and push boats that service them. He also offers a detailed memoir of his trip, as well as his other tours of the river by plane, car, tugboat, and river boat, in a delightful introduction. Lockwood’s photographs depict beautifully the varied aspects of the Mississippi River—flourishing community, vital industrial corridor, and priceless environmental treasure. Through this book, readers can join him on his quest to discover the wonders that lie just “around the bend.”

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