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Fighting for the King and the Gods

A Survey of Warfare in the Ancient Near East

By: Charlie Trimm

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Fighting for the King and the Gods

A Survey of Warfare in the Ancient Near East

By: Charlie Trimm

The most up-to-date sourcebook on warfare in the ancient Near East Fighting for the King and the Gods provides an introduction to the topic of war and the variety of texts concerning many aspects of warfare in the ancient Near East. These texts illustrate various viewpoints of war and show how warfare was an integral part of life. Trimm examines not only the victors and the famous battles, but also the hardship that war brought to many. While several of these texts treated here are well known (i.e., Ramses II's battle against the Hittites at Qadesh), others are known only to specialists. This work will allow a broader audience to access and appreciate these important texts as they relate to the history and ideology of warfare. Features References to recent secondary literature for further study Early Greek and Chinese illustrative texts for comparisons with other cultures Indices to help guide the reader

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SBL Press

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088414237X

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Switched on Pop

How Popular Music Works, and why it Matters

By: Nate Sloan,Charlie Harding

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Switched on Pop

How Popular Music Works, and why it Matters

By: Nate Sloan,Charlie Harding

Based on the critically acclaimed podcast that has broken down hundreds of Top 40 songs, Switched On Pop dives in into eighteen hit songs drawn from pop of the last twenty years--ranging from Britney to Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson to Kendrick Lamar--uncovering the musical explanations for why and how certain tracks climb to the top of the charts. In the process, authors Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan reveal the timeless techniques that animate music across time and space.

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0190056657

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Recrafting a Life

Solutions for Chronic Pain and Illness

By: Charlie Johnson,Charlie E. Johnson,Denise Webster

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Recrafting a Life

Solutions for Chronic Pain and Illness

By: Charlie Johnson,Charlie E. Johnson,Denise Webster

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Psychology Press

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1583913564

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Unconstitutional Solitude

Solitary Confinement and the US Constitution’s Evolving Standards of Decency

By: Charlie Eastaugh

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Unconstitutional Solitude

Solitary Confinement and the US Constitution’s Evolving Standards of Decency

By: Charlie Eastaugh

This book examines American solitary confinement – in which around 100,000 prisoners are held at any one time – and argues that under a moral reading of individual rights such punishment is not only a matter of public interest, but requires close constitutional scrutiny. While Eighth Amendment precedent has otherwise experienced a generational fixation on the death penalty, this book argues that such scrutiny must be extended to the hidden corners of the US prison system. Despite significant reforms to capital sentencing by the executive and legislative branches, Eastaugh shows how the American prison system as a whole has escaped meaningful judicial oversight. Drawing on a wide range of socio-political contexts in order to breathe meaning into the moral principles underlying the punishments clause, the study includes an extensive review of professional (medico-legal) consensus and comparative transnational human rights standards united against prolonged solitary confinement. Ultimately, Eastaugh argues that this practice is unconstitutional. An informed and empowering text, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of law, punishment, and the criminal justice system.

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3319617354

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Staging the Amistad

Three Sierra Leonean Plays

By: Charlie Haffner,Yulisa Amadu Maddy,Raymond E. D. de’Souza George

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Staging the Amistad

Three Sierra Leonean Plays

By: Charlie Haffner,Yulisa Amadu Maddy,Raymond E. D. de’Souza George

Staging the Amistad collects in print for the first time plays about the Amistad slave revolt by three of Sierra Leone’s most influential playwrights of the latter decades of the twentieth century: Charlie Haffner, Yulisa Amadu “Pat” Maddy, and Raymond E. D. de’Souza George. Until the late 1980s, when the first of these plays was performed, the 1839 shipboard slave rebellion and the return of its victors to their homes in what is modern-day Sierra Leone had been an unrecognized chapter in the country’s history. The plays recast the tale of heroism, survival, and resistance to tyranny as a distinctly Sierra Leonean story, emphasizing the agency of its African protagonists. For this reason, Haffner, Maddy, and de’Souza George counterbalance the better-known American representations of the rebellion, which center on American characters and American political and cultural concerns. The first public performances of these plays constituted a watershed moment. Written and staged immediately before and after the start of Sierra Leone’s decade-long conflict, they brought the Amistad rebellion to public consciousness. Furthermore, their turn to a uniquely Sierra Leonean history of heroic resistance to tyranny highlights the persistent faith in nation-state nationalism and the dreams of decolonization.

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Ohio University Press

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0821446681

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French Blockbusters

Cultural Politics of a Transnational Cinema

By: Charlie Michael

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French Blockbusters

Cultural Politics of a Transnational Cinema

By: Charlie Michael

The digitised spectacles conjured by a word like `blockbuster' may create a certain cognitive dissonance with received ideas about French cinema - long celebrated as a model for philosophical, economic and aesthetic resistance to globalised popular culture. While the Gallic `cultural exception' remains a forceful current to this day, this book shows how the onslaught of Hollywood mega-franchises and new media platforms since the 1980s has also provoked an overtly commercialised response from French producers eager to redefine the stakes and scope of their own traditions. Cutting across a swath of recent French-produced cinema, French Blockbusters offers the first book-length consideration of the theoretical implications, historical impact and cultural consequences of recent popular films that are rapidly changing what it means to make - or to see - a `French' film today. From English-language action vehicles like Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Besson, 2017) to revisionist historical films like Of Gods and Men (Beauvois, 2011) and crowd-pleasing comedies like Intouchables (Toledano & Nakache, 2011), the variously filiated `local blockbusters' from contemporary France brim with the seeds of cultural contradiction, but also with the energy of a forceful counter-history

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474424244

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Revitalizing Christianity

By: Charlie Webster

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Revitalizing Christianity

By: Charlie Webster

This book takes the reader through ten areas where Christians misunderstand highly motivating Christian truths. Many Christians have doubts about the reality of God. Attacks, especially in the realm of science, have many questioning whether the God of the Bible is real. Without getting bogged down in the science, Mr. Webster provides assurance that the God of Christianity is the only God.But the God of Christianity has gained a terrible reputation, and Mr. Webster addresses how understanding the biblical message from God's perspective reveals a God who really is good and wonderful and even exciting. Mr. Webster addresses misunderstandings about Christian love and the nature of sin, saving faith, Christian hope (heaven), God's plan, the role of suffering, the role of prayer, the role of Christian forgiveness, and the role of the church, taking the reader back to the Bible over and over to show that Christianity was always meant to be exciting and good.If you grasp the truths in this book, they can change your life in wonderful ways. These truths can truly revitalize your Christianity. These truths can set Christians on fire for their Lord!

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1770674144

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Hong Kong Architecture 1945-2015

From Colonial to Global

By: Charlie Q. L. Xue

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Hong Kong Architecture 1945-2015

From Colonial to Global

By: Charlie Q. L. Xue

This book focuses on the transformation from colonial to global – the formation, mechanism, events, works and people related to urban architecture. The book reveals hardships the city encountered in the 1950s and the glamour enjoyed in the 1980s. It depicts the public and private developments, and especially the public housing which has sheltered millions of residents. The author identifies the architects practising in the formative years and the representatives of a rising generation after the 1980s. Suffering from land shortage and a dense environment, the urban development of Hong Kong has in the past 70 years met the changing demands of fluctuating economic activities and a rising population. Architecture on the island has been shaped by social demands, the economy and technology. The buildings have been forged by the government, clients, planners, architects, many contractors and end-users. The built environment nurtures our life and is visual evidence of the way the city has developed. Hong Kong is a key to East Asia in the Pacific Era. The book is a must-read for a thorough understanding the contemporary history and architecture of this oriental pearl. Endorsement: “Hong Kong sets an extreme example of hyper-density living. MTR’s Kowloon Station project offered my firm the unique opportunity to contribute to a new type of fully integrated three dimensional transport mega-structure, conceived as a well-connected place for people to live, work and play. Through Charlie Xue’s book, one can see how a compact city works and high density integrated development indicates a sustainable path for modern city making.” Sir Terry Farrell, CBE, Principal, Farrells "Well researched and refreshingly well structured, Charlie Xue's latest book comprehensively shows how Hong Kong's post-war urban architecture both tracks and symbolizes the former British colony's rise to success - a must read for architecture and culture buffs alike." Peter G. Rowe, Raymond Garbe Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor. “An essential addition to the growing literature on Chinese architecture, the title of the book belies the full scope of Xue’s extensive history. Covering Hong Kong’s postwar transition from defeated colony to Pacific Age power house, Xue expertly traces the evolution of the city’s ambitious and innovative programs of integrated high density urban design and infrastructure, as well as changing architectural fashions. In a time when many Western governments have all but abandoned public housing programs, Xue’s book is a timely reminder of what can be achieved.” Professor Chris Abel, author of Architecture and Identity, Architecture, technology and process and The Extended Self.“/p>

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9811010048

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9789811010040

Reason and Restitution

A Theory of Unjust Enrichment

By: Charlie Webb

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Reason and Restitution

A Theory of Unjust Enrichment

By: Charlie Webb

In law, gains, like losses, don't always lie where they fall. The circumstances in which the law requires defendants to give up their gains are well documented in the work of unjust enrichment lawyers. The same cannot be said, however, of the reasons for ordering restitution of such gains. It is often suggested that unjust enrichment's existence can be demonstrated without inquiry into these reasons, into the principles of justice it represents and invokes. Yet while we can indeed show that there exists a body of claims dealing with the recovery of mistaken payments and the like without going on to inquire into their rationale, this isn't true of unjust enrichment's existence as a distinct ground of such claims. If unjust enrichment exists as a body of like cases and claims, truly independent of contract and tort, it does so by virtue of the distinct reasons it identifies and to which these claims respond. Reason and Restitution examines the reasons which support and shape claims in unjust enrichment and how these reasons bear on the law's resolution of these claims. The identity of these reasons matters. For one thing, unjust enrichment's status as a distinct ground of liability depends on the distinctiveness of these reasons. But, more importantly, it matters to those charged with the practical tasks of deciding cases and making laws, for it is these reasons alone which can direct how judges and legislators ought to respond to these claims.

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Oxford University Press

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0191509310

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Sharing the Burden

The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order

By: Charlie Laderman

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Sharing the Burden

The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order

By: Charlie Laderman

The destruction of the Armenian community in the Ottoman Empire was an unprecedented tragedy. Even amidst the horrors of the First World War, Theodore Roosevelt insisted that it was the greatest crime of the conflict. The wartime mass killing of approximately one million Armenian Christians was the culmination of a series of massacres that Winston Churchill would later recall had roused publics on both sides of the Atlantic and inspired fervent appeals to save the Armenians. Sharing the Burden explains how the Armenian struggle for survival became so entangled with the debate over the international role of the United States as it rose to world power status in the early twentieth century. In doing so, Charlie Laderman provides a fresh perspective on the role of humanitarian intervention in US foreign policy, Anglo-American relations, and the emergence of a new world order after World War I. The United States' responsibility to protect the Armenians was a central preoccupation of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Both American and British leaders proposed an Anglo-American alliance to take joint responsibilities for the Middle East and envisioned a US intervention to secure an independent Armenia as key to the new League of Nations. The Armenian question illustrates how policymakers, missionaries, and the public grappled for the first time with atrocities on this scale. It also reveals the values that animated American society during this pivotal period in the nation's foreign relations. Deepening understanding of the Anglo-American special relationship and its role in reforming global order, Sharing the Burden illuminates the possibilities, limitations, and continued dilemmas of humanitarian intervention in international politics.

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0190618612

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Virtual Private Networks

By: Charlie Scott,Paul Wolfe,Mike Erwin

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Virtual Private Networks

By: Charlie Scott,Paul Wolfe,Mike Erwin

Historically, only large companies could afford secure networks, which they created from expensive leased lines. Smaller folks had to make do with the relatively untrusted Internet. Nowadays, even large companies have to go outside their private nets, because so many people telecommute or log in while they're on the road. How do you provide a low-cost, secure electronic network for your organization?The solution is a virtual private network: a collection of technologies that creates secure connections or "tunnels" over regular Internet lines--connections that can be easily used by anybody logging in from anywhere. A number of products now exist to help you develop that solution.This book tells you how to plan and build a VPN. It starts with general concerns like costs, configuration, and how a VPN fits in with other networking technologies like firewalls. It continues with detailed descriptions of how to install and use VPN technologies that are available for Windows NT and Unix, such as PPTP and L2TP, Altavista Tunnel, Cisco PIX, and the secure shell (SSH).New features in the second edition include SSH, which is a popular VPN solution for Unix systems, and an expanded description of the IPSec standard, for which several vendors have announced support.Topics include: How the VPN compares to other available networking technologies Introduction to encryption, firewalls, the IPSec standard, and other technologies that let VPNs work Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) and L2TP The Altavista Tunnel The Cisco PIX Firewall Secure Shell (SSH) Maintenance and troubleshooting

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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1565925297

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US Guys

The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man

By: Charlie LeDuff

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US Guys

The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man

By: Charlie LeDuff

From the New York Times bestselling author of Detroit: An American Autopsy “A fearless, clear eyed companion into parts of America that rarely see print.”—Entertainment Weekly Charlie LeDuff has made a career out of his extraordinary ability to capture the spirit of the people and places he profiles. US Guys is his odyssey in search of the truth behind the American man, from a jaded homicide detective in Detroit to a two-bit jockey at a racetrack in Miami to a pair of lovers at a gay rodeo. With audacity, humor, and no small amount of physical pain, he captures a broad diversity of voices as they wrestle with an America they love but increasingly fail to understand.

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0143113062

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The Tremendous Power of Prayer

A Collection of Quotes and Inspirational Thoughts to Inspire Your Prayer Life

By: Charlie Jones,Bob Kelly

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The Tremendous Power of Prayer

A Collection of Quotes and Inspirational Thoughts to Inspire Your Prayer Life

By: Charlie Jones,Bob Kelly

The privilege of prayer is a gift from our heavenly father.The wonder of prayer is that He eagerly awaits our presence before His throne.The power of prayer lies in the God who hears us and moves on our behalf.This beautiful collection of thoughts on prayer -- as expressed by some of the greatest minds of past and present -- will embolden your heart and inspire your spirit as you contemplate the tremendous power of prayer. You'll read quotes from Oswald Chambers, Billy Graham, Elisabeth Elliot, Charles Spurgeon, C. S. Lewis, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Helen Keller, and many more.This book is a great addition to any library and a wonderful gift for anyone who wants a deeper, richer, more meaningful prayer life. Read it, and allow this rich collection of inspirational thoughts and quotes to transform your prayer life and renew your faith.

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Simon and Schuster

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1582291314

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Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine - Volume 1: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

By: Charlie Changli Xue,Chuanjian Lu,Johannah Shergis,Lei Wu

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Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine - Volume 1: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

By: Charlie Changli Xue,Chuanjian Lu,Johannah Shergis,Lei Wu

Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine: Vol. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease provides a 'whole evidence' analysis of the Chinese medicine management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Evidence from the classical Chinese medicine literature, contemporary clinical literature, and the outcomes of clinical trials and experimental studies are reviewed, analysed and synthesised. The data from all these sources are condensed to provide evidence-based statements which will inform clinical practice and guide future research.This book has been designed to be an easy reference at the point of care. During a patient consultation, Chinese medicine practitioners can refer to this book for guidance on which Chinese herbal medicine formulas, specific herbs, or acupuncture points, can best treat their patient, and be confident there is evidence which supports its use.Currently, Chinese medicine practitioners who develop a special interest in a particular health condition such as COPD have to consult a variety of sources to further their knowledge. Typically, they use the contemporary clinical literature to understand the theory, aetiology, pathogenesis and obtain expert opinions on the Chinese medicine management of COPD. They search the electronic literature to identify systematic reviews of clinical trials, if any exists, to obtain assessments of the current state of the clinical evidence for particular interventions. If they have the skills and resources, they may search the classical Chinese medicine literature for an historical perspective on treatments that have stood the test of time.This book provides all of this information for practitioners in one handy, easy to use reference. This allows practitioners to focus on their job of providing high quality healthcare, with the knowledge it is based on the best available evidence.

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World Scientific

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9814723118

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BIOS Instant Notes in Bioinformatics

By: J Howard Parish,Richard M Twyman,Charlie Hodgman,Andrew French,David Westhead

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BIOS Instant Notes in Bioinformatics

By: J Howard Parish,Richard M Twyman,Charlie Hodgman,Andrew French,David Westhead

The second edition of Instant Notes in Bioinformatics introduced the readers to the themes and terminology of bioinformatics. It is divided into three parts: the first being an introduction to bioinformatics in biology; the second covering the physical, mathematical, statistical and computational basis of bioinformatics, using biological examples wherever possible; the third describing applications, giving specific detail and including data standards. The applications covered are sequence analysis and annotation, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolite study, supramolecular organization, systems biology and the integration of-omic data, physiology, image analysis, and text analysis.

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Taylor & Francis

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1134158874

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Driving Crime Down

Denying Criminals the Use of the Road

By: PA Consulting Group,Great Britain. Police Standards Unit,Charlie Henderson

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Driving Crime Down

Denying Criminals the Use of the Road

By: PA Consulting Group,Great Britain. Police Standards Unit,Charlie Henderson

Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) is an established technology that allows vehicle registration plates to be recorded using pattern recognition software, in conjunction with sophisticated camera equipment. In June 2003, 23 police forces across England and Wales had established dedicated teams of intercept officers using ANPR systems to detect and target vehicle documentation offences and crime in general. Under the Laser 2 pilot scheme, the ANPR teams were part-funded through cost recovery based on receipts from fixed penalty notices issued. This report sets out the findings of an evaluation study of the Laser 2 pilot carried out during the period June 2003 to June 2004, commissioned by the Home Office Police Standards Unit, in association with the Association of Chief Police Officers. The ANPR intercept teams were found to be an extremely effective policing tool, in terms of average arrest rates, policing visibility and the effective redeployment of existing resources, as well as in helping to deliver Government targets for tackling volume crime, counter-terrorism work and intelligence gathering. The report concludes that there is a strong case for the national rollout of the Laser 2 pilot, and a number of areas are identified where cost recovery operations could be improved, particularly regarding data accuracy.

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The Stationery Office

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0113412991

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Confessions of an Undercover Agent

Adventures, Close Calls, and the Toll of a Double Life

By: Charlie Spillers

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Confessions of an Undercover Agent

Adventures, Close Calls, and the Toll of a Double Life

By: Charlie Spillers

This true story of an ex-Marine who fought crime as an undercover cop, a narcotics agent, and finally a federal prosecutor spans a decade of crime fighting and narrow escapes. Charlie Spillers dealt with a remarkable variety of career criminals, including heroin traffickers, safecrackers, burglars, auto thieves, and members of Mafia and Mexican drug smuggling operations. In this riveting tale, the author recounts fascinating experiences and the creative methods he used to succeed and survive in a difficult and sometimes extremely dangerous underworld life. As a young officer with the Baton Rouge Police Department, ex-Marine Charlie Spillers first went undercover to infiltrate criminal groups to gather intelligence. Working alone and often unarmed, he constantly attempted to walk the thin line between triumph and disaster. When on the hunt, his closest associates were safecrackers, prostitutes, and burglars. His abilities propelled him into years of undercover work inside drug trafficking rings. But the longer he worked, the greater the risks. His final and perhaps most significant action in Baton Rouge was leading a battle against corruption in the police department itself. After Baton Rouge, he joined the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and for the next five years continued working undercover, from the Gulf Coast to Memphis; and from New Orleans to Houston, Texas. He capped off a unique career by becoming a federal prosecutor and the justice attaché for Iraq. In this book, he shares his most intriguing exploits and exciting undercover stings, putting readers in the middle of the action.

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1496805232

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Corporate Conservatives Go to War

How the National Association of Manufacturers Planned to Restore American Free Enterprise, 1939–1948

By: Charlie Whitham

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Corporate Conservatives Go to War

How the National Association of Manufacturers Planned to Restore American Free Enterprise, 1939–1948

By: Charlie Whitham

World War II presented a unique opportunity for American business to improve its reputation after years of censure for inflicting the Great Depression upon the nation. No employers’ organization worked harder or devoted greater resources to reviving business prestige during the war than the National Association of Manufacturers, which spent millions of dollars on promoting the indispensability of private enterprise to the successful mobilization of the American economy in an uncompromising multi-media campaign which spanned the factory floor to the movie theatre. Now, using unpublished primary sources, the full extent of the NAM’s wartime mission to raise the stature of American business in the post-war era is revealed. During the war the NAM erected a vast structure of research on an unprecedented scale numbering more than one hundred persons dedicated to planning the best solutions for restoring American ‘free enterprise’ capitalism after the war in a direct challenge to the ‘liberal’ prescriptions of the reigning administration. These studies were painstakingly assembled and widely distributed and served as a complimentary arm to the better-known pro-business propaganda message of the organization. What emerges is a unique and telling glimpse into the minds of the corporate class of wartime America that reveals the determination of a major employers’ organization to exploit the exceptional circumstances of total war to influence both the power-brokers in Washington who wrote economic policy and the American public as a whole to embrace a post-war future ruled by private enterprise capitalism.

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Springer Nature

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3030439089

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I Was Taking Notes

By: Charlie Mitchell

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I Was Taking Notes

By: Charlie Mitchell

Work advice based on 30 years of taking notes on business, life, and truth collected from great mentors and bad examples. They did not teach this stuff in school. While many people hope for better paying jobs to fall into their laps, others figure out how to make themselves more valuable. This book gives you some tools to do just that. Chapters include: 2 You Must Constantly Train 4 Seven Habits 5 Five Dysfunctions 6 Speed of Trust 8 One Minute Management 9 Checklists 10 Getting Things Done 11 Hyperproductivity and Pomodoros 12 Muda, Mura, Muri 13 I Could Care Less (sic) 14 Subject: Check This Out 16 Eats, Shoots, and Leaves 17 Made to Stick 18 Commander's Intent 24 Management Quotes 25 Being a Better Manager 26 Hardest Thing in Business 27 Avoiding Dumb Things 33 Real Project Management 35 Change Orders and Contingency 37 Negotiating 38 Oral Presentations 42 Four Hiring Principles 45 Getting Fired 47 Systems Integration Business Model

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Lulu.com

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0359155316

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First Impressions

A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen

By: Charlie Lovett

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First Impressions

A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen

By: Charlie Lovett

A thrilling literary mystery costarring Jane Austen from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Bookman’s Tale. Book lover and Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwood has recently taken a job at an antiquarian bookshop in London when two different customers request a copy of the same obscure book: the second edition of A Little Book of Allegories by Richard Mansfield. Their queries draw Sophie into a mystery that will cast doubt on the true authorship of Pride and Prejudice—and ultimately threaten Sophie’s life. In a dual narrative that alternates between Sophie’s quest to uncover the truth—while choosing between two suitors—and a young Jane Austen’s touching friendship with the aging cleric Richard Mansfield, Lovett weaves a romantic, suspenseful, and utterly compelling novel about love in all its forms and the joys of a life lived in books.

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0698162927

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Doubleheaders

A Major League History

By: Charlie Bevis

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Doubleheaders

A Major League History

By: Charlie Bevis

Award-winning author Charlie Bevis explores the long history of the major league doubleheader from its beginnings in the late 19th century up to the present day. Emphasizing its significance within baseball and popular culture, Bevis describes the twin bill's role in holiday celebrations, its one-time identity as Sunday sporting event, and the part it played in baseball's survival during the Depression and World War Two.

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McFarland

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0786457554

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The Anxious Mind

An Investigation into the Varieties and Virtues of Anxiety

By: Charlie Kurth

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The Anxious Mind

An Investigation into the Varieties and Virtues of Anxiety

By: Charlie Kurth

An empirically informed, philosophical account of the nature of anxiety and its value for agency, virtue, and decision making. In The Anxious Mind, Charlie Kurth offers a philosophical account of anxiety in its various forms, investigating its nature and arguing for its value in agency, virtue, and decision making. Folk wisdom tells us that anxiety is unpleasant and painful, and scholarly research seems to provide empirical and philosophical confirmation of this. But Kurth points to anxiety's positive effects: enhancing performance, facilitating social interaction, and even contributing to moral thought and action. Kurth argues that an empirically informed philosophical account of anxiety can help us understand the nature and value of emotions, and he offers just such an account. He develops a model of anxiety as a bio-cognitive emotion—anxiety is an aversive emotional response to uncertainty about threats or challenges—and shows that this model captures the diversity in the types of anxiety we experience. Building on this, he considers a range of issues in moral psychology and ethical theory. He explores the ways in which anxiety can be valuable, arguing that anxiety can be a fitting response and that it undergirds an important form of moral concern. He considers anxiety's role in deliberation and decision making, using the examples of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the abolitionist John Woolman to show that anxiety can be a mechanism of moral progress. Drawing on insights from psychiatry and clinical psychology, Kurth argues that we can cultivate anxiety so that we are better able to experience it at the right time and in the right way.

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MIT Press

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0262037653

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Lucid Dreaming Made Easy

A Beginner's Guide to Waking Up in Your Dreams

By: Charlie Morley

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Lucid Dreaming Made Easy

A Beginner's Guide to Waking Up in Your Dreams

By: Charlie Morley

An accessible introduction to the theory, practice, and innovative techniques behind becoming lucid in your dreams Lucid dreaming is the art of becoming conscious within your dreams. Charlie Morley has been lucid dreaming since he was a teenager and has trained with both Eastern and Western experts in this profound practice. In this introductory guide, Charlie explains how lucid dreaming is a powerful gateway into the subconscious mind and how it can help the reader transform, improve and heal all areas of their life. In this book, the reader will learn to use the virtual reality of the dream state to: - Explore creative ideas - Understand addictions and unhealthy behaviours - Heal phobias and overcome fears - Forgive the past - Live a more awakened life This title was previously published within the Hay House Basics series.

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Hay House, Inc

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178817271X

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Dementia and Social Inclusion

Marginalised Groups and Marginalised Areas of Dementia Research, Care and Practice

By: Anthea Innes,Carole Archibald,Charlie Murphy

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Dementia and Social Inclusion

Marginalised Groups and Marginalised Areas of Dementia Research, Care and Practice

By: Anthea Innes,Carole Archibald,Charlie Murphy

Examining important issues in dementia research and care that are often neglected, the contributors to this book provide fresh perspectives on current practice. The authors put dementia care into a socio-cultural framework, highlighting the impact of social change on dementia care over the last two decades and challenging current stereotypes.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1843101742

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9781843101741

Lucid Dreaming

A Beginner's Guide to Becoming Conscious in Your Dreams

By: Charlie Morley

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Lucid Dreaming

A Beginner's Guide to Becoming Conscious in Your Dreams

By: Charlie Morley

Lucid Dreaming is an exciting new book that explores the 'Why? How? Wow!' of waking up to life by becoming conscious in your dreams. This book contains: • a host of tips and techniques for becoming lucid in your dreams • holistic and spiritual benefits of living a more awakened life • amazing, real-life case studies • contributions from the world's leading lucid dreaming experts • learning modules designed to help you wake up to your full potential! Hay House Basics is a new series that features world-class experts sharing their knowledge on the topics that matter most for improving your life. If you want to learn a new skill that will enhance your wellbeing, Hay House Basics guarantees practical, targeted wisdom that will give you results!

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Hay House, Inc

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1781804443

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9781781804445

Early American Cinema in Transition

Story, Style, and Filmmaking, 1907–1913

By: Charlie Keil

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Early American Cinema in Transition

Story, Style, and Filmmaking, 1907–1913

By: Charlie Keil

The period 1907–1913 marks a crucial transitional moment in American cinema. As moving picture shows changed from mere novelty to an increasingly popular entertainment, fledgling studios responded with longer running times and more complex storytelling. A growing trade press and changing production procedures also influenced filmmaking. In Early American Cinema in Transition, Charlie Keil looks at a broad cross-section of fiction films to examine the formal changes in cinema of this period and the ways that filmmakers developed narrative techniques to suit the fifteen-minute, one-reel format. Keil outlines the kinds of narratives that proved most suitable for a single reel’s duration, the particular demands that time and space exerted on this early form of film narration, and the ways filmmakers employed the unique features of a primarily visual medium to craft stories that would appeal to an audience numbering in the millions. He underscores his analysis with a detailed look at six films: The Boy Detective; The Forgotten Watch; Rose O’Salem-Town; Cupid’s Monkey Wrench; Belle Boyd, A Confederate Spy; and Suspense.

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University of Wisconsin Pres

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0299173631

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9780299173630

Mathematical and Computational Studies on Progress, Prognosis, Prevention and Panacea of Breast Cancer

By: Suhrit Dey,Charlie Dey

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Mathematical and Computational Studies on Progress, Prognosis, Prevention and Panacea of Breast Cancer

By: Suhrit Dey,Charlie Dey

This book’s aim is to study the mathematical and computational models to analyze the progress, prognosis, prevention, and panacea of breast cancer. The book discusses application of Markov chains and transient mappings, Charlie–Simpson numerical algorithm, models represented by nonlinear reaction–diffusion-type partial differential equations, and related techniques. The book also attempts to design mathematical model of targeted strategic treatments by using Skilled Killer Drugs (SKD1 and SKD2) to suggest the improvisation of future cancer treatments. Both graduate students and researchers of computational biology and oncologists will benefit by studying this book. Researchers of cancer studies and biological sciences will also find this work helpful.

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Springer Nature

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9811660778

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9789811660771

Mickey Cochrane

The Life of a Baseball Hall of Fame Catcher

By: Charlie Bevis

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Mickey Cochrane

The Life of a Baseball Hall of Fame Catcher

By: Charlie Bevis

Though many of his contemporaries considered him second only to Babe Ruth in the 1920s and 1930s, Mickey Cochrane is often overlooked by fans and historians. The hard-hitting catcher played on three World Series winners. Fiercely competitive on the field, Cochrane was a true gentleman off it. Though he was a highly regarded member of the A's championship teams, it is his career in Depression-era Detroit that he is best remembered. The pressure of the adulation there and his duties as player, manager and Tigers vice president led to a breakdown in 1935. On his way to recovery, he was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Bump Hadley and was nearly killed, ending his career. This full story of Cochrane's Hall of Fame career and his off-field life was researched from primary documents and interviews with his family.

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McFarland

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0786405163

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9780786405169

The Political Economy of the Small Firm

By: Charlie Dannreuther,Lew Perren

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The Political Economy of the Small Firm

By: Charlie Dannreuther,Lew Perren

Fusing theories from political science, management and linguistics, Dannreuther and Perren assert that the idea of the small firm is an important discursive resource used by political actors to legitimise their actions, influence their citizens and help sustain regimes of accumulation. On top of this, the authors also empirically test their claims against 200 years of UK parliamentary debate, from the Industrial Revolution to the Blair government.

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Psychology Press

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0415198569

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9780415198561

We Lived a Life and Then Some

The Life, Death, and Life of a Mining Town

By: Charlie Angus,Brit Griffin,Sally Lawrence

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We Lived a Life and Then Some

The Life, Death, and Life of a Mining Town

By: Charlie Angus,Brit Griffin,Sally Lawrence

Based on in-depth oral interviews with local residents, and rich archival sources, We Lived A Life and Then Some relates the common person’s struggle to overcome harsh working conditions and government neglect. The unique culture of the hardrock mining town of Cobalt is exposed through the eyes of retired miners, young welfare mothers, and grade-school children. Angus and Griffin reveal why, in spite of great adversity, Cobalt remains a distinctive and cohesive working-class community.

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Between the Lines

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1926662474

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9781926662473

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