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Arroyo

By: Chip Jacobs

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A Los Angeles Times bestseller A CrimeReads 2019 most anticipated/best book Set against two distinct epochs in the history of Pasadena, California, Arroyo tells the parallel stories of a young inventor and his clairvoyant dog in 1913 and 1993. In both lives, they are drawn to the landmark Colorado Street Bridge, or "Suicide Bridge," as the locals call it, which suffered a lethal collapse during construction but still opened to fanfare in the early twentieth century automobile age. When the refurbished structure commemorates its 80th birthday, one of the planet's best known small towns is virtually unrecognizable from its romanticized, and somewhat invented, past. Wrought with warmth and wit, Jacobs' debut novel digs into Pasadena's most mysterious structure and the city itself. In their exploits around what was then America's highest, longest roadway, Nick Chance and his impish mutt interact with some of the big personalities from the Progressive Age, including Teddy Roosevelt, Upton Sinclair, Charles Fletcher Lummis, and Lilly and Adolphus Busch, whose gardens were once tabbed the "eighth wonder of the world." They cavort and often sow chaos at Cawston Ostrich Farm, the Mount Lowe Railway, the Hotel Green and even the Doo Dah Parade. But it's the secrets and turmoil around the concrete arches over the Arroyo Seco, and what it means for Nick's destiny, that propels this story of fable versus fact. While unearthing the truth about the Colorado Street Bridge, in all its eye-catching grandeur and unavoidable darkness, the characters of Arroyo paint a vivid picture of how the home of the Rose Bowl got its dramatic start.

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1644281627

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Smogtown

The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles

By: Chip Jacobs,William J. Kelly

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Smogtown

The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles

By: Chip Jacobs,William J. Kelly

“A zany and provocative cultural history” of LA’s infamous air pollution and the struggle to combat it from the 1940s to today (Kirkus). The smog beast wafted into downtown Los Angeles on July 26, 1943. Nobody knew what it was. Secretaries rubbed their eyes. Traffic cops seemed to disappear in the mysterious haze. Were Japanese saboteurs responsible? A reckless factory? The truth was much worse—it came from within, from Southern California’s burgeoning car-addicted, suburban lifestyle. Smogtown is the story of pollution, progress, and how an optimistic people confronted the epic struggle against airborne poisons barraging their hometowns. There are scofflaws and dirty deals aplenty, plus murders, suicides, and an ever-present paranoia about mass disaster. California based journalists Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelly highlight the bold personalities involved, the corporate-tainted science, the terrifying health costs, the attempts at cleanup, and how the smog battle helped mold the modern-day culture of Los Angeles.

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Abrams

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1590207645

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So Much Stuff

How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything

By: Chip Colwell

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So Much Stuff

How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything

By: Chip Colwell

To be human means to need things. Even more human is to need more and more of them. In this engaging, charming book, archaeologist, curator, and writer Chip Colwell takes us around the world, covering topics as wide-ranging as the dawn of tool making, the earliest cave paintings, the complexities of clothing, the Industrial Revolution, the torrent of gizmos invented to bring us closer and supposedly make our lives easier, and, finally, the mountains of unwanted stuff in dumps. Along the way, he raises questions such as: Why is a treasured keepsake sacred to one person but meaningless to another? What do we go through when we clean out the belongings of the dearly departed? And what is the point of storing things in museums? The book is organized around three historical phases: (1) the invention of tools; (2) the dawn of the belief that things mean something beyond their immediate use (around 50,000 years ago); and (3) the Industrial Revolution and the age of mass consumption. Colwell takes us on a tour across millions of years to explain how humans have arrived at this moment-a world that both requires things and is suffering because of them"--

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University of Chicago Press

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022680142X

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Understanding Anger Disorders

By: Raymond DiGiuseppe,Raymond Chip Tafrate

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Understanding Anger Disorders

By: Raymond DiGiuseppe,Raymond Chip Tafrate

Since classical times, philosophers and physicians have identified anger as a human frailty that can lead to violence and human suffering, but with the development of a modern science of abnormal psychology and mental disorders, it has been written off as merely an emotional symptom and excluded from most accepted systems of psychiatric diagnosis. Yet despite the lack of scientific recognition, anger-related violence is often in the news, and courts are increasingly mandating anger management treatment. It is time for a fresh scientific examination of one of the most fundamental human emotions and what happens when it becomes pathological, and this thorough, persuasive book offers precisely such a probing analysis.Using both clinical data and a variety of case studies, esteemed anger researchers Raymond A. DiGiuseppe and Raymond Chip Tafrate argue for a new diagnostic classification, Anger Regulation and Expression Disorder, that will help bring about clinical improvements and increased scientific understanding of anger. After situating anger in both historical and emotional contexts, they report research that supports the existence of several subtypes of the disorder and review treatment outcome studies and new interventions to improve treatment. The first book that fully explores anger as a clinical phenomenon and provides a reliable set of assessment criteria, it represents a major step toward establishing the clear definitions and scientific basis necessary for assessing, diagnosing, and treating anger disorders.

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Oxford University Press

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0195170792

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Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits

Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America's Culture

By: Chip Colwell

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Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits

Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America's Culture

By: Chip Colwell

A fascinating account of both the historical and current struggle of Native Americans to recover sacred objects that have been plundered and sold to museums. Museum curator and anthropologist Chip Colwell asks the all-important question: Who owns the past? Museums that care for the objects of history or the communities whose ancestors made them?"--Provided by the publisher

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The Devil in Design

A True Story of Murder, Blackmail, and Real Estate Greed in 1979 Los Angeles

By: Chip Jacobs

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The Devil in Design

A True Story of Murder, Blackmail, and Real Estate Greed in 1979 Los Angeles

By: Chip Jacobs

In 1979 the City of Angels had its fair share of devils. Howard Garrett was one of them. His contractor's license bought him an entrée into Space Matters, a real estate development company run out of a hip mansion on the edge of LA's Miracle Mile district. The company's owners, debonair, slick-talking Richard Kasparov and self-conscious, nerdy Jerry Schneiderman, were LA's Young Turks of interior architecture. When Richard interviewed the quiet, buzzard-faced Howard, he figured he'd found the perfect supervisor to oversee construction for a firm hungry to expand. What neither he nor his partner Jerry knew was that by hiring Howard, they'd unloosed a monster into their midst. In The Darkest Glare: A True Story of Murder, Blackmail and Real Estate Greed in 1979 Los Angeles, author and journalist Chip Jacobs recounts a spectacular, noir true-crime saga from one of the most murderous times in American history. It's 1979 and the Los Angeles murder rate is the highest in recorded history. Even before Howard Garrett entered Richard and Jerry's lives, he had managed to slither away from a series of brutal crimes unprosecuted. But if Howard was the violent one of the trio, Richard was its resident grifter. As the firm expanded, Richard figured out ways to bleed the company dry for his own gain, including by hitting up Howard to put up his credit line in service of the company. When Richard's grift is exposed, Jerry cuts all ties to him while a--by now--enraged Howard loses everything. Using his steel blue El Camino to stalk his victims, Howard unleashes his blood thirsty vengeance and decides to create a murder-for-hire corporation employing a motley crew of junkies and bottom-scrapers. The first targets: the owners of Space Matters. But Howard's band of would be assassins bungled through his scheme, while Jerry finds himself in an odyssey of disguises, getting not-so-legal, legal advice from his lawyer while surreptitiously meeting in a graveyard, seeking protection from a charismatic, ex-Israeli mercenary, and being used as bait in a LAPD-orchestrated showdown at the La Brea Tar Pits. Whether its stumblebum killers or a mass murder averted by a kid watching Laverne & Shirley, you'll never read about bloodlust like this. Or see Southern California the same way. Chip Jacobs conducted hundreds of hours of interviews and reviewed thousands of pages in Howard Garrett's case to connect the dots. The resulting book is a feast for true crime lovers as well as for lovers of Los Angeles noir. The Darkest Glare is vintage true crime at its finest. As a bonus, The Darkest Glare includes an original true crime short also by Chip Jacobs, "Paul & Chuck". "Paul & Chuck" is the truly terrifying and weird story of crusading Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz who in the late 1970s went to battle against one of the most dangerous and violent cults America has ever seen: Synanon. It's story that's guaranteed to make your skin crawl!

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1644281910

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Inheriting the Past

The Making of Arthur C. Parker and Indigenous Archaeology

By: Chip Colwell

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Inheriting the Past

The Making of Arthur C. Parker and Indigenous Archaeology

By: Chip Colwell

In recent years, archaeologists and Native American communities have struggled to find common ground even though more than a century ago a man of Seneca descent raised on New York’s Cattaraugus Reservation, Arthur C. Parker, joined the ranks of professional archaeology. Until now, Parker’s life and legacy as the first Native American archaeologist have been neither closely studied nor widely recognized. At a time when heated debates about the control of Native American heritage have come to dominate archaeology, Parker’s experiences form a singular lens to view the field’s tangled history and current predicaments with Indigenous peoples. In Inheriting the Past, Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh examines Parker’s winding career path and asks why it has taken generations for Native peoples to follow in his footsteps. Closely tracing Parker’s life through extensive archival research, Colwell-Chanthaphonh explores how Parker crafted a professional identity and negotiated dilemmas arising from questions of privilege, ownership, authorship, and public participation. How Parker, as well as the discipline more broadly, chose to address the conflict between Native American rights and the pursuit of scientific discovery ultimately helped form archaeology’s moral community. Parker’s rise in archaeology just as the field was taking shape demonstrates that Native Americans could have found a place in the scholarly pursuit of the past years ago and altered its trajectory. Instead, it has taken more than a century to articulate the promise of an Indigenous archaeology—an archaeological practice carried out by, for, and with Native peoples. As the current generation of researchers explores new possibilities of inclusiveness, Parker’s struggles and successes serve as a singular reference point to reflect on archaeology’s history and its future.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816534403

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Firefighting in Frederick

By: Clarence "Chip" Jewell,Warren W. Jenkins

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Firefighting in Frederick

By: Clarence "Chip" Jewell,Warren W. Jenkins

The story of firefighting in Frederick, Maryland, is a complex tale of heroism, sacrifice, and duty that dates back to 1818. Firefighters play a vital role in any time, but it's almost easy to forget the days before mandatory fire safety practices, when most buildings were made of wood, how often the fire department was the only thing to prevent a fire from destroying an entire city. This volume describes the heroic role the fire department has played in defending the city of Frederick for close to two centuries. Highlighted in this work are the Independent Hose Company, Junior Fire Company, United Steam Fire Engine Company, Citizen's Truck Company, Fort Detrick Fire Department, as well as historic fires, emergency medical services, and major disasters throughout the region.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439612846

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Cape May Sneak Peek

By: Chip Cheek

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Cape May Sneak Peek

By: Chip Cheek

A mesmerizing debut novel by Chip Cheek, Cape May explores the social and sexual mores of 1950s America through the eyes of a newly married couple from the genteel south corrupted by sophisticated New England urbanites. Late September 1957. Henry and Effie, very young newlyweds from Georgia, arrive in Cape May, New Jersey, for their honeymoon only to find the town is deserted. Feeling shy of each other and isolated, they decide to cut the trip short. But before they leave, they meet a glamorous set of people who sweep them up into their drama. Clara, a beautiful socialite who feels her youth slipping away; Max, a wealthy playboy and Clara’s lover; and Alma, Max’s aloof and mysterious half-sister, to whom Henry is irresistibly drawn. The empty beach town becomes their playground, and as they sneak into abandoned summer homes, go sailing, walk naked under the stars, make love, and drink a great deal of gin, Henry and Effie slip from innocence into betrayal, with irrevocable consequences. Erotic and moving, this is a novel about marriage, love and sexuality, and the lifelong repercussions that meeting a group of debauched cosmopolitans has on a new marriage.

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Celadon Books

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1250237165

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Wisdom at Work

The Making of a Modern Elder

By: Chip Conley

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Wisdom at Work

The Making of a Modern Elder

By: Chip Conley

Experience is making a comeback. Learn how to repurpose your wisdom. At age 52, after selling the company he founded and ran as CEO for 24 years, rebel boutique hotelier Chip Conley was looking at an open horizon in midlife. Then he received a call from the young founders of Airbnb, asking him to help grow their disruptive start-up into a global hospitality giant. He had the industry experience, but Conley was lacking in the digital fluency of his 20-something colleagues. He didn't write code, or have an Uber or Lyft app on his phone, was twice the age of the average Airbnb employee, and would be reporting to a CEO young enough to be his son. Conley quickly discovered that while he'd been hired as a teacher and mentor, he was also in many ways a student and intern. What emerged is the secret to thriving as a mid-life worker: learning to marry wisdom and experience with curiosity, a beginner's mind, and a willingness to evolve, all hallmarks of the "Modern Elder." In a world that venerates the new, bright, and shiny, many of us are left feeling invisible, undervalued, and threatened by the "digital natives" nipping at our heels. But Conley argues that experience is on the brink of a comeback. Because at a time when power is shifting younger, companies are finally waking up to the value of the humility, emotional intelligence, and wisdom that come with age. And while digital skills might have only the shelf life of the latest fad or gadget, the human skills that mid-career workers possess--like good judgment, specialized knowledge, and the ability to collaborate and coach - never expire. Part manifesto and part playbook, Wisdom@Work ignites an urgent conversation about ageism in the workplace, calling on us to treat age as we would other type of diversity. In the process, Conley liberates the term "elder" from the stigma of "elderly," and inspires us to embrace wisdom as a path to growing whole, not old. Whether you've been forced to make a mid-career change, are choosing to work past retirement age, or are struggling to keep up with the millennials rising up the ranks, Wisdom@Work will help you write your next chapter.

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0525572902

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Cambridgeshire Folk Tales for Children

By: Chip Colquhoun

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Cambridgeshire Folk Tales for Children

By: Chip Colquhoun

Why is Cambridgeshire so flat? Probably because of all the giants who used to stomp around it! If you travel to or live in the land of Cambridgeshire, you could be walking in the footsteps of monsters, kings... or even the Devil! Journey through time to meet the giant-slayers of Saxon times, the shapeshifters of Tudor times, women who were incredible survivors... and even Victorian men who travelled on two legs faster than a steam train! What is truth, and what is myth? Decide for yourself after reading these tales of Cambridgeshire – the home of heroes from history.

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The History Press

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0750969059

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Ethics in Action

Case Studies in Archaeological Dilemmas

By: Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh,Julie Hollowell,Dru McGill

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Ethics in Action

Case Studies in Archaeological Dilemmas

By: Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh,Julie Hollowell,Dru McGill

Based on the Society for American Archaeology’s Annual Ethics Bowl, this SAA Press book is centered on a series of hypothetical case studies that challenge the reader to think through the complexities of archaeological ethics. The volume will benefit undergraduate and graduate students who can either use these cases as a classroom activity or as preparation for the Ethics Bowl, as well as those who are seeking to better understand the ethical predicaments that face the discipline.

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University Press of Colorado

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164642557X

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The Straight Dope Updated Edition

The Inside Story of Sport's Biggest Drug Scandal

By: Chip Le Grand

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The Straight Dope Updated Edition

The Inside Story of Sport's Biggest Drug Scandal

By: Chip Le Grand

The greatest drugs scandal in Australian sport goes well beyond who took what. What happened at Essendon, what happened at Cronulla, is only part of the story. From the basement office of a suburban football club to the seedy corners of Peptide Alley to the polished corridors of Parliament House, The Straight Dope is an inside account of the politics, greed and personal feuds which fuelled an extraordinary saga. Clubs and coaches determined to win, a sports scientist who doesn't play by the rules, a generation of footballers injected with who knows what, sport administrators hell bent on control, an anti-doping authority out of its depth, an unpopular government that just wants it to end ... for three years until the final, crushing judgement handed down by an international tribunal, this was the biggest game in Australia.

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Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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0522870287

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Massacre at Camp Grant

Forgetting and Remembering Apache History

By: Chip Colwell

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Massacre at Camp Grant

Forgetting and Remembering Apache History

By: Chip Colwell

Winner of a National Council on Public History Book Award On April 30, 1871, an unlikely group of Anglo-Americans, Mexican Americans, and Tohono O’odham Indians massacred more than a hundred Apache men, women, and children who had surrendered to the U.S. Army at Camp Grant, near Tucson, Arizona. Thirty or more Apache children were stolen and either kept in Tucson homes or sold into slavery in Mexico. Planned and perpetrated by some of the most prominent men in Arizona’s territorial era, this organized slaughter has become a kind of “phantom history” lurking beneath the Southwest’s official history, strangely present and absent at the same time. Seeking to uncover the mislaid past, this powerful book begins by listening to those voices in the historical record that have long been silenced and disregarded. Massacre at Camp Grant fashions a multivocal narrative, interweaving the documentary record, Apache narratives, historical texts, and ethnographic research to provide new insights into the atrocity. Thus drawing from a range of sources, it demonstrates the ways in which painful histories continue to live on in the collective memories of the communities in which they occurred. Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh begins with the premise that every account of the past is suffused with cultural, historical, and political characteristics. By paying attention to all of these aspects of a contested event, he provides a nuanced interpretation of the cultural forces behind the massacre, illuminates how history becomes an instrument of politics, and contemplates why we must study events we might prefer to forget.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816532656

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Emotional Equations

Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success

By: Chip Conley

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Emotional Equations

Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success

By: Chip Conley

Explains the mathematical properties of universal emotional truths, describing how during a time of personal loss the author developed "emotional equations" as a mechanism for recognizing changeable and unchangeable factors in his healing.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451607253

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History of the Fire Companies of Frederick County, Maryland

By: Clarence "Chip" Jewell

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History of the Fire Companies of Frederick County, Maryland

By: Clarence "Chip" Jewell

Organized fire protection in Frederick County, Maryland, existed before the adoption of the Constitution. Follow the colorful history of the fire companies from the first fire engine in 1764 to the fire company militia units that were summoned to Harper's Ferry and fire halls used during the Civil War. Learn how the fire companies in Frederick County had statewide influence by organizing the Maryland State Firemen's Association in 1893. Read of the tradition of fire engines "throwing water over the town clock"--sometimes to test performance, other times just for bragging rights. Local author and volunteer firefighter Chip Jewell provides a snapshot of how each fire company was organized from the early 1800s to the most recent companies in the 1970s.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439673020

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Canaries on the Rim

Living Downwind in the West

By: Chip Ward

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Canaries on the Rim

Living Downwind in the West

By: Chip Ward

A quest to understand the secret history of ecocide in Utah.

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1859843212

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Singing in the Saddle

The Life and Times of Yellowstone Chip

By: Nan Weber,Yellowstone Chip Samuell

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Singing in the Saddle

The Life and Times of Yellowstone Chip

By: Nan Weber,Yellowstone Chip Samuell

After finding traces of Yellowstone Chips writing at the historic OTO Dude Ranch north of Yellowstone National Park, Nan Weber tracked Chips history. In the course of her research, she found Chips memoirs, his music, his cartooning, and his family. Chips story follows his travels from his Illinois childhood home to the majesty of the Western United States. His lively journey encompasses music, cowboy life, and, most of all, people. His is the story of a true singing cowboy.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462857051

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Illustrated History of Landscape Design

By: Elizabeth Boults,Chip Sullivan

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Illustrated History of Landscape Design

By: Elizabeth Boults,Chip Sullivan

A visual journey through the history of landscape design For thousands of years, people have altered the meaning of space by reshaping nature. As an art form, these architectural landscape creations are stamped with societal imprints unique to their environment and place in time. Illustrated History of Landscape Design takes an optical sweep of the iconic landscapes constructed throughout the ages. Organized by century and geographic region, this highly visual reference uses hundreds of masterful pen-and-ink drawings to show how historical context and cultural connections can illuminate today's design possibilities. This guide includes: Storyboards, case studies, and visual narratives to portray spaces Plan, section, and elevation drawings of key spaces Summaries of design concepts, principles, and vocabularies Historic and contemporary works of art that illuminate a specific era Descriptions of how the landscape has been shaped over time in response to human need Directing both students and practitioners along a visually stimulating timeline, Illustrated History of Landscape Design is a valuable educational tool as well as an endless source ofinspiration.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470289333

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9780470289334

Goodbye, Papa Golf

"The Riskiest Thing I Do" - A Memoir of Flying, Family, and Self-Discovery

By: Chip Bearden

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Goodbye, Papa Golf

"The Riskiest Thing I Do" - A Memoir of Flying, Family, and Self-Discovery

By: Chip Bearden

This gripping true story--a surprise #1 Amazon New Releases Top Seller--takes readers on an emotional journey of triumph and self-discovery. A 14-year-old boy learns to fly gliders and develops as a top sailplane racing pilot to emerge from the shadow of his All-American father. After a violent crash on the national stage alters his life forever, he battles failure and overcomes adversity while redefining success as a pilot, as a professional, as a Boston Marathon veteran, as a husband and father, and, ultimately, as a man. This compelling account of that tragic day and its aftermath will inspire and motivate readers, who will: Learn how to overcome their own life's challenges and never give up on their dreams. Be emotionally moved by the compelling tale of personal growth and transformation. Gain a newfound appreciation for the power of resilience. Enjoy an uplifting and heart-warming story of success in the face of adversity. Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is beloved by those who will never set foot on Mt. Everest. Likewise, Goodbye, Papa Golf is: A flying book for pilots and non-pilots. A marathoning book for runners and non-runners. An adventure story written in the universal human language of doubt, fear, success, tragedy, failure, comeback, triumph, love, and ultimate redemption in a remarkable life's journey. If you'd like an insider's look at the somewhat arcane sports of flying gliders and running marathons or simply need an uplifting tale to spur you to pursue your own dreams, read this book now!

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Structures of the Jazz Age

Mass Culture, Progressive Education, and Racial Discourse in American Modernism

By: Chip Rhodes

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Structures of the Jazz Age

Mass Culture, Progressive Education, and Racial Discourse in American Modernism

By: Chip Rhodes

Rhodes grants the truth of appearances to the clichés of the Jazz Age - the lost generation of writers, the era of mass consumption and the silver screen - while revealing their roots in a conservative ideology which sustained Republican rule.

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1859848338

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War Of The Realms

Giant-Man

By: Leah Williams,Chip Zdarsky,Josh Trujillo

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War Of The Realms

Giant-Man

By: Leah Williams,Chip Zdarsky,Josh Trujillo

Collects Giant-Man #1-3 and material from War of the Realms: War Scrolls #1. Malekith's invading army has giants - but so does Midgard! As the War of the Realms rages, four men must rise to monstrous heights at the behest of All-Mother Freyja and infiltrate the savage territory of Florida - now known as New Jotunheim! Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath and Atlas go sky-scraping shoulder-to-shoulder on a deadly mission to kill the patriarch of all Frost Giants: Ymir! And how exactly will they penetrate King Laufey's forces? By becoming masters of disguise! But what role will Atlas' former teammate, the unpredictable Moonstone, play role in all this? Plus: More tales of the War of the Realms - including a Howard the Duck story by Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302514571

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Selling to The New Elite

Discover the Secret to Winning Over Your Wealthiest Prospects

By: Stephen KRAUS,Dr. Jim Taylor,Doug HARRISON,Chip BESIO

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Selling to The New Elite

Discover the Secret to Winning Over Your Wealthiest Prospects

By: Stephen KRAUS,Dr. Jim Taylor,Doug HARRISON,Chip BESIO

In this practical and fascinating follow-up to their behind-the-scenes look at America’s most powerful and influential class, authors Jim Taylor, Stephen Kraus, and Doug Harrison reveal insights and indispensable techniques to help salespeople and marketers hone in on wealthy customers, pique their interest, and earn their trust--and repeated business. The New Elite leveraged unprecedented research to reveal what motivates the wealthy class, how they think, where they shop, and how they really spend their money. Now, based on studies of elite companies such as Lexus, Chanel, Neiman Marcus, Four Seasons, Cartier, and Louis Vuitton, Selling to the New Elite explains what the truly rich want from brands, what they expect from the marketplace, and how their changing purchasing patterns could mean big business for you. Including eye-opening stories from mutually satisfying interactions between salespeople and affluent buyers, the book showcases the best practices that have led to hundreds of successful sales and incorporates exercises that allow you to apply the information in your own context. By helping readers win over the wealthiest customers, this one-of-a-kind guide offers the key to becoming rich yourself.

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Right-Wing Populism in America

Too Close for Comfort

By: Chip Berlet,Matthew N. Lyons

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Right-Wing Populism in America

Too Close for Comfort

By: Chip Berlet,Matthew N. Lyons

Right-wing militias and other antigovernment organizations have received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City bombing. While such groups are often portrayed as marginal extremists, the values they espouse have influenced mainstream politics and culture far more than most Americans realize. This important volume offers an in-depth look at the historical roots and current landscape of right-wing populism in the United States. Illuminated is the potent combination of anti-elitist rhetoric, conspiracy theories, and ethnic scapegoating that has fueled many political movements from the colonial period to the present day. The book examines the Jacksonians, the Ku Klux Klan, and a host of Cold War nationalist cliques, and relates them to the evolution of contemporary electoral campaigns of Patrick Buchanan, the militancy of the Posse Comitatus and the Christian Identity movement, and an array of millennial sects. Combining vivid description and incisive analysis, Berlet and Lyons show how large numbers of disaffected Americans have embraced right-wing populism in a misguided attempt to challenge power relationships in U.S. society. Highlighted are the dangers these groups pose for the future of our political system and the hope of progressive social change. Winner--Outstanding Book Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America

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Guilford Publications

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1462528384

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All In God's Glory

By: Curtis Cliff "Chip" Kell

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All In God's Glory

By: Curtis Cliff "Chip" Kell

This book takes you on a life long journey from being adopted by two loving people to the College Football Hall Of Fame. Along the way you will read adout all the trials and tribulations of a record setting athlete trying to make life defining decisions plus having to deal with a premature, unexpected, unprepared, career ending injury.

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Author House

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1496908295

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The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali

A New Translation with Commentary

By: Chip Hartranft

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The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali

A New Translation with Commentary

By: Chip Hartranft

A classic work of Indian philosophy that succinctly spells out how the mind works and what is needed to attain liberation Compiled in the second or third century CE, the Yoga-Sutra is a road map of human consciousness—and a particularly helpful guide to the mind states one encounters in meditation, yoga, and other spiritual practices. It expresses the truths of the human condition with great eloquence: how we know what we know, why we suffer, and how we can discover the way out of suffering. Chip Hartranft's fresh translation and extensive, lucid commentary bring the text beautifully to life. He also provides useful auxiliary materials, including an afterword on the legacy of the Yoga-Sutra and its relevance for us today.

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Shambhala Publications

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0834825805

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Anger Management

The Complete Treatment Guidebook for Practitioners

By: Howard Kassinove,Raymond Chip Tafrate

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Anger Management

The Complete Treatment Guidebook for Practitioners

By: Howard Kassinove,Raymond Chip Tafrate

Provides information for mental health practitioners on the basics of anger and anger disorder, and describes an anger management program that can be modified for use in private practice or institutional settings.

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Impact Publishers

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1886230455

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9781886230453

Stuff

Humanity's Epic Journey from Naked Ape to Nonstop Shopper

By: Chip Colwel

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Stuff

Humanity's Epic Journey from Naked Ape to Nonstop Shopper

By: Chip Colwel

Over 3 million years ago, our ancestors realised that rocks could be broken apart for sharp edges, to cut and slice meat. The discovery made for a good meal. It also changed the fate of our species and our planet. In this lively and learned book, Chip Colwell charts three great leaps in humankind’s relationship with objects and belongings, from the discovery of tools to the production of endless commodities. How did we start out as primates who needed nothing, and end up as people who need everything? With colourful characters, astonishing archaeological discoveries, and reflections from philosophy and culture, Colwell’s quest for answers takes readers to places both spectacular and strange: the Italian cave featuring the world’s first painted art; a Hong Kong skyscraper where a priestess channels the gods; a mountain of trash whose height rivals Big Ben or the Statue of Liberty. Humans make stuff, but our stuff makes us human—and our love affair with things may be our downfall. With landfills brimming and oceans drowning in plastic, now is the time for a fourth and final leap for humanity: to reevaluate our relationship to the things that make, and could break, our world.

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Hurst Publishers

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1805260774

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9781805260776

Smogtown

The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles

By: Chip Jacobs,William J. Kelly

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The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles

By: Chip Jacobs,William J. Kelly

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Abrams

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1590207645

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The Vicodin Thieves

Biopsying L. A.'s Grifters, Gloryhounds, and Goliaths

By: Chip Jacobs

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The Vicodin Thieves

Biopsying L. A.'s Grifters, Gloryhounds, and Goliaths

By: Chip Jacobs

Collects the author's investigative reports on corruption in Los Angeles, including articles published in the Los Angeles Business Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Pasadena Weekly.

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Vireo Book, A

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098549025X

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9780985490256

Strange As It Seems

The Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler

By: Chip Jacobs

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Strange As It Seems

The Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler

By: Chip Jacobs

Previously published in much different forms as Wheeler-dealer, and Wheeling the deal"--Title page verso.

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1942600240

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9781942600244

The People's Republic of Chemicals

By: William J. Kelly,Chip Jacobs

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The People's Republic of Chemicals

By: William J. Kelly,Chip Jacobs

The word "China" is blocked out in title.

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1940207258

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Wisdom at Work

The Making of a Modern Elder

By: Chip Conley

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Wisdom at Work

The Making of a Modern Elder

By: Chip Conley

An engaging, timely exploration of how to bring more wisdom into our work lives' Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals 'This is exactly what we need right now!' Brené Brown Do you want to reinvent the second half of your career? ------------------------------------------------------------ Chip Conley ignites a bold, urgent conversation about age and ageism in the workplace, He liberates the term 'elder' from the stigma of 'elderly', and reveals the value of wisdom that can only be accrued through years on the planet. Wisdom at Work will teach you how to be indispensable in the second half of your working life. 'Anyone feeling jaded, jejune or just plain past it at work can read this book in a morning and feel revived' The Financial Times

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0241367735

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9780241367735

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