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Josephine Baker

The Hungry Heart

By: Jean-Claude Baker,Chris Chase

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Josephine Baker

The Hungry Heart

By: Jean-Claude Baker,Chris Chase

Based on twenty years of research and thousands of interviews, this authoritative biography of performer Josephine Baker (1906-1975) provides a candid look at her tempestuous life. Born into poverty in St. Louis, the uninhibited chorus girl became the sensation of Europe and the last century's first black sex symbol. A heroine of the French Resistance in World War II, she entranced figures as diverse as de Gaulle, Tito, Castro, Princess Grace, two popes, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Yet Josephine was also, as one critic put it, "a monster who made Joan Crawford look like the Virgin Mary." Jean-Claude Baker's book also reveals her outbursts that resulted in lasting feuds, her imperious treatment of family and entourage members, and her ambivalent attitudes concerning her ethnic background. Reconciling Josephine's many personas—Jazz-age icon, national hero of France, proponent of Civil Rights, mother of children from across the globe—Josephine: The Hungry Heart gives readers the inside story on a star unlike any other before or since.

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Cooper Square Press

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1461661099

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9781461661092

The Final Result

A Judge Overholt Mystery

By: Chris Blunt

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The Final Result

A Judge Overholt Mystery

By: Chris Blunt

When controversy over the government's role in determining an individual's right to die escalates to murder -- one failed attempt and one death -- Judge Overholt and his daughter Karen, a newly promoted detective captain in the Beach City police department, are called to investigate"--Page 4 of cover

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iUniverse

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0595397913

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9780595397914

Friendly Fire

By: Chris Staeden

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Friendly Fire

By: Chris Staeden

The book Friendly Fire was created because many soldiers are killed on the battlefield by friendly fire. In addition, in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, there was a space ship crash and Aliens were abducted. The secrecy of the story has created much controversy in the world in which we live. This story is about the crash and the U.S. government trying to find the Aliens who were abducted. The story creates another concept how the actual story could have happened. There is a hero in the story named Friendly Fire. He is the supreme commander of Tron. He leads his forces in the battle to fight evil. The space frontier is challenged by the evil Premators who spread evil. The Ice Force is challenged by fighting evil to make good prevail. A certain number of planets called the Qyrad try to overcome the evil Trox. A girl from the planet Earth and an ex-intelligence officer work together to get the original Aliens back. The Earth duo works at keeping a war from starting with an Alien government. The heroic characters and all of the forces of evil shows that there is foreign life in space and Earth is only a small size in the big universe. May the force be with you.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1453500316

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9781453500316

Control Engineering

By: Chris Bissell

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Control Engineering

By: Chris Bissell

Since its inception, the Tutorial Guides in Electronic Engineering series has met with great success among both instructors and students. Designed for first- and second-year undergraduate courses, each text provides a concise list of objectives at the beginning of every chapter, key definitions and formulas highlighted in margin notes, and references to other texts in the series.With emphasis on the fundamental ideas and applications of modelling and design, Control Engineering imparts a thorough understanding of the principles of feedback control. Simple but detailed design examples used throughout the book illustrate how various classical feedback control techniques can be employed for single-input, single-output systems. Noting the interdisciplinary nature of control engineering, the author makes the text equally relevant to students whose interests lie outside of electronics by concentrating on general systems characteristics rather than on specific implementations.The author assumes students are familiar with complex numbers, phasors, and elementary calculus, and while a knowledge of simple linear differential equations would be useful, this treatment has few other mathematical requirements. With its clear explanations, copious illustrations, well-chosen examples, and end-of-chapter exercises, Control Engineering forms an outstanding first-course textbook.

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Routledge

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1351458000

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Murder on Demand

A Judge Overholt Mystery

By: Chris Blunt

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Murder on Demand

A Judge Overholt Mystery

By: Chris Blunt

Holly Acres, the premier Full Service Retirement Community in Beach City, Florida, has been the site of at least three murders. Judge Overholt, an Acres resident, and his daughter, Deputy Sheriff Karen Moore, try to solve these murders. Now a new mystery is added with the questionable death of Police Lieutenant Paul Griffen. Once again the Judge and his daughter are called upon, with unexpected results.

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iUniverse

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0595298885

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A Time for Everything

Even Time Could Not Stand in Their Way

By: Chris C. Davidson

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A Time for Everything

Even Time Could Not Stand in Their Way

By: Chris C. Davidson

What if you lived in a futuristic society where people were devoid of emotions... and of love? What if you always had felt out of place? And what if you finally found the girl of your dreams... but she had lived almost a century before you? Could you go back and find her? And would you? Marc did... but would the differences of their two cultures and a jealous former lover, threaten their very existence? Love knows no bounds, however. It cannot be not stopped by years or distance. And sometimes... there is a time for everything.

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0595226825

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9780595226825

Holomorphic Curves in Low Dimensions

From Symplectic Ruled Surfaces to Planar Contact Manifolds

By: Chris Wendl

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Holomorphic Curves in Low Dimensions

From Symplectic Ruled Surfaces to Planar Contact Manifolds

By: Chris Wendl

This monograph provides an accessible introduction to the applications of pseudoholomorphic curves in symplectic and contact geometry, with emphasis on dimensions four and three. The first half of the book focuses on McDuff's characterization of symplectic rational and ruled surfaces, one of the classic early applications of holomorphic curve theory. The proof presented here uses the language of Lefschetz fibrations and pencils, thus it includes some background on these topics, in addition to a survey of the required analytical results on holomorphic curves. Emphasizing applications rather than technical results, the analytical survey mostly refers to other sources for proofs, while aiming to provide precise statements that are widely applicable, plus some informal discussion of the analytical ideas behind them. The second half of the book then extends this program in two complementary directions: (1) a gentle introduction to Gromov-Witten theory and complete proof of the classification of uniruled symplectic 4-manifolds; and (2) a survey of punctured holomorphic curves and their applications to questions from 3-dimensional contact topology, such as classifying the symplectic fillings of planar contact manifolds. This book will be particularly useful to graduate students and researchers who have basic literacy in symplectic geometry and algebraic topology, and would like to learn how to apply standard techniques from holomorphic curve theory without dwelling more than necessary on the analytical details. This book is also part of the Virtual Series on Symplectic Geometry http://www.springer.com/series/16019

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Springer

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3319913719

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9783319913711

The Gift of Disillusionment

Enduring Hope for Leaders After Idealism Fades

By: Peter Greer,Chris Horst

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The Gift of Disillusionment

Enduring Hope for Leaders After Idealism Fades

By: Peter Greer,Chris Horst

Hope for Leaders Facing Burnout and Discouragement Around the world, discouragement erodes the vitality of organizations. Visionaries often succumb to cynicism. Zealous advocates give up. Leaders coast as their passion for the cause grows cold. Grounded in research, this book is an invitation for followers of Jesus to sustain hope in long-term service. It's about moving past the false hope of idealism and the faint hope of disillusionment to discover true Christian hope. You will gain encouragement through the study of the book of Jeremiah woven throughout as the authors explore how the Lord prophetically met and sustained Jeremiah during his lifetime of faithfulness despite literally nothing going as he'd hoped. Glean further inspiration by reading the stories of Christian leaders from around the globe: Zimbabwe, Haiti, Guatemala, Poland, Palestine, the Philippines, India, Zambia, and Lebanon. For this is a moment when we need the global Church's perspective and influence. Don't give up and don't check out. These are confounding and perilous days, yet God's sustaining presence can bring joy, hope, and encouragement even amid heartache and disappointment.

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Baker Books

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1493435930

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9781493435937

Breaking The Chains Of Addiction

14 Stories Of Real Life Recovery

By: Chris Howe

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Breaking The Chains Of Addiction

14 Stories Of Real Life Recovery

By: Chris Howe

Breaking the Chains of Addiction takes readers on a compelling journey into the lives of fourteen individuals who plunged deep into the abyss of addiction, only to rise once again and triumph. Authored by Chris Howe, this book offers encouragement and motivation to anyone who has been affected by addiction, whether firsthand or through a loved one. Each poignant narrative delves deep into the traumatic circumstances that led the individual into addiction and the diverse network of people, experiences, support systems, and techniques that enabled them to clamber back up onto solid ground and reclaim their lives. Covering everything from substance abuse to behaviour compulsions, this book goes beyond mere narratives to underscore the transformative power of human connection and redemption. It serves as a beacon of hope, illustrating that recovery is within reach for everyone—no matter how tight addiction’s grasp.

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FriesenPress

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1038309131

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Series Expansion Methods for Strongly Interacting Lattice Models

By: Jaan Oitmaa,Chris Hamer,Weihong Zheng

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Series Expansion Methods for Strongly Interacting Lattice Models

By: Jaan Oitmaa,Chris Hamer,Weihong Zheng

A comprehensive guide to series expansion methods for lattice models in theoretical physics.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521842425

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9780521842426

Máku

A Comprehensive Grammar

By: Chris Rogers

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Máku

A Comprehensive Grammar

By: Chris Rogers

Máku: A Comprehensive Grammar is a comprehensive reference grammar of the Maku language, spoken by the jukudeitse who once lived in Venezuela and Brazil. Based on fieldwork with the final two speakers of the language, it describes all core aspects of the grammatical system as they have been recorded; presented through lexical items, example sentences and texts. This book offers a description of the now-extinct language. It was written in response to the loss of linguistic information generally and the significance this language has for the study of the sociolinguistic history of the region specifically. This information contributes to our understanding of linguistic diversity and the indigenous linguistic ecologies in the Americas. Also included is data about language contact via loanwords with other indigenous language spoken in the Northern Amazonian region. The resources in this book are essential for language comparisons and language histories in Venezuela and Brazil. Máku: A Comprehensive Grammar is an important reference for researchers and students in the fields of linguistics, anthropology, sociology, history and the study of Amazonian languages.

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1000260402

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The John Coltrane Reference

By: Lewis Porter,Chris DeVito,David Wild,Yasuhiro Fujioka,Wolf Schmaler

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The John Coltrane Reference

By: Lewis Porter,Chris DeVito,David Wild,Yasuhiro Fujioka,Wolf Schmaler

The BBC's Jazz Book of the Year for 2008. Few jazz musicians have had the lasting influence or attracted as much scholarly study as John Coltrane. Yet, despite dozens of books, hundreds of articles, and his own recorded legacy, the "facts" about Coltrane's life and work have never been definitely established. Well-known Coltrane biographer and jazz educator Lewis Porter has assembled an international team of scholars to write The John Coltrane Reference, an indispensable guide to the life and music of John Coltrane. The John Coltrane Reference features a a day-by-day chronology, which extends from 1926-1967, detailing Coltrane's early years and every live performance given by Coltrane as either a sideman or leader, and a discography offering full session information from the first year of recordings, 1946, to the last, 1967. The appendices list every film and television appearance, as well as every recorded interview. Richly illustrated with over 250 album covers and photos from the collection of Yasuhiro Fujioka, The John Coltrane Reference will find a place in every major library supporting a jazz studies program, as well as John Coltrane enthusiasts.

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1135112576

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9781135112578

The Common Eider

By: Chris Waltho,John Coulson

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The Common Eider

By: Chris Waltho,John Coulson

A monograph of the Common Eider, a large and familiar duck with a long and fascinating cultural history. A common sight around the more northerly shores of the British Isles, the Common Eider is the largest duck in the northern hemisphere. The eider is particularly well adapted to cold-water environments; the insulating properties of eider down are iconic. The species is taxonomically interesting, with a range of well-marked subspecies reflecting the patterns of ice coverage during ancient glaciations, and these ducks have also provided the focus for a number of important behavioural studies, especially on feeding ecology and energy budgets. Eiders have a long association with humans, and have deep cultural significance in many societies. However, modern lifestyles are exposing these ducks to a wide range of new pressures. This monograph provides a comprehensive portrait of the Common Eider; authors Chris Waltho and John Coulson bring together an extensive and diverse international literature, with sections on taxonomy, habitats, breeding biology, population dynamics, diet and foraging, dispersal and migration, and conservation.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472920929

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9781472920928

Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Issues for Case Managers and Other Professionals

By: Christine Bigby,Chris Fyffe,Elizabeth Ozanne

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Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Issues for Case Managers and Other Professionals

By: Christine Bigby,Chris Fyffe,Elizabeth Ozanne

Provides comprehensive information for any professional working with people with intellectual disabilities, and outlines the skills needed and common issues in case management practice for working with people with intellectual disabilities at different stages of their life.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1843103540

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9781843103547

Working Together

Organizational Transactional Analysis and Business Performance

By: Chris Davidson,Anita Mountain

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Working Together

Organizational Transactional Analysis and Business Performance

By: Chris Davidson,Anita Mountain

Organizational Transactional Analysis is a discipline whose focus is on enabling effective communication at all levels of the organization. It looks at development and change from the individual, team, department and organizational levels. This book, and Organizational TA as a whole, operates from an assumption of health - this is a very different approach from other communication methodologies which tend to focus on the problems. TA focuses on building on what is already working, rather than what isn't. From their many years of experience, Anita Mountain and Chris Davidson are convinced that TA offers everyone within the workforce different options on how to relate. Working Together offers up-to-date theory developed by the authors through their extensive knowledge of TA and of the business world. The clear explanations and diagrams in the book outline how you can develop and maintain effective communication and be aware of the processes involved in carrying out decisions and strategies. With chapters on how to apply TA in the workplace Working Together is a down-to-earth yet intelligent read and an important resource for those who wish to improve the quality of relationships and improve productivity. It will be of value to individuals, leaders and managers at all levels. Whether the issue is emotional intelligence, stress, poor communication or different departmental/regional perspectives, this book offers a toolkit of resources to support the people processes aspects of the business.

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Taylor & Francis

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1134783531

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9781134783533

Working Together

Organizational Transactional Analysis and Business Performance

By: Anita Mountain,Chris Davidson

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Working Together

Organizational Transactional Analysis and Business Performance

By: Anita Mountain,Chris Davidson

Anita Mountain and Chris Davidson explore the dynamics of organizations and their performance through the lens of Transactional Analysis to enable effective communication at all levels of the organization. TA is particularly accessible and effective because every tool can be illustrated with diagrams and the text uses this principle to provide a balance between theory and practical application. This is a book that offers a comprehensive look at the whole range of aspects that enhance and support relationships within the context of organizations.

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Gower Publishing, Ltd.

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0566088460

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The Amazing Power of Networks: A (research-informed) choose your own destiny book

By: Chris Brown

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The Amazing Power of Networks: A (research-informed) choose your own destiny book

By: Chris Brown

This book is about our connections to other people and the influence these networks exert over our lives. On the plus side, networks provide us with access to a multitude of resources: from aid and assistance to knowledge and norms. But at the same time, the relationships that link people (or not) are also responsible for a range of social ills. For example, who you are connected to will determine your likely success at school, whether you will go to university, your future career, the neighbourhood in which you will live, who you will marry and whether or not you will die young. Given their influence, the aim of the book is to show how we can take charge of our networks, in order to improve our chances of doing well in life, whatever our background. In particular, the book provides cutting-edge insights that readers can deploy to help make things better for themselves, their families and their wider communities. But this book also comes with a twist... better than just reading about networks is giving readers the opportunity to see for themselves how networks operate. The best way to do this is through active exploration. Interleaved throughout this book, therefore, is the option for readers to embark on a research-informed journey, where readers get to decide which paths to take, which decisions to make and how best to tackle the obstacles that lay in their path. All good preparation for how to think about networks back in the real world...

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John Catt

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1914351576

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9781914351570

The Money Tree

A Story About Finding the Fortune in Your Own Backyard

By: Chris Guillebeau

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The Money Tree

A Story About Finding the Fortune in Your Own Backyard

By: Chris Guillebeau

From bestselling author of The $100 Startup and Side Hustle comes Chris Guillebeau's engaging story about the power you have to create your own financial destiny. Like financial classics The Latte Factor and The Richest Man in Babylon, The Money Tree uses a compelling story with captivating characters to share its core insight: you are never at the mercy of fortune as long as you have an appetite for hard work and a willingness to step outside your comfort zone. Jake Aarons is in trouble. He's being evicted from his apartment in less than 30 days, the bill for his $50,000 in overdue student loans is almost due, and the digital marketing agency he works at just implemented a new military-style grading system that might cost him his job. To top it off, Jake's new relationship with Maya was going so well... but with everything else falling down around him, he might lose her, too. In search of answers, Jake reluctantly attends a weekly group meeting at the invitation of a coworker. Everyone in the group is trying to create a lucrative side hustle with one key requirement: they can only spend up to $500 before earning a profit. Over the course of several weeks, Jake undertakes a series of challenges, first learning how to make $1,000 in a single weekend, and ultimately how to discover the untapped skills he needs to take control of his finances--and his life.

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Penguin

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0593188721

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9780593188729

Unabomber

The Secret Life of Ted Kaczynski - His 25 Years in Montana

By: Chris Waits,Dave Shors

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Unabomber

The Secret Life of Ted Kaczynski - His 25 Years in Montana

By: Chris Waits,Dave Shors

When the Unabomber suspect was arrested at a cabin outside Lincoln, Montana, in 1996 no one was more surprised than his neighbor of 25 years, Chris Waits. Now Waits, whom ABC News described as the ''man who knew him best,'' has stepped forward with his significant portrait of Kaczynski. He teamed with veteran Montana newsman Dave Shors to write a riveting story about the secret years in Lincoln. Waits was the only person who could tell this story, which includes a compelling mix of personal observations. Waits shares copies of Kaczynski documents and personal journals obtained from the FBI, most of which have never been published before.

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Farcountry Press

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1560375833

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9781560375838

The Light Years

A Memoir

By: Chris Rush

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The Light Years

A Memoir

By: Chris Rush

Lambda Literary Award Finalist | A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Named a best book of 2019 by Parade The Light Years is a joyous and defiant coming-of-age memoir set during one of the most turbulent times in American history "This stunningly beautiful, original memoir is driven by a search for the divine, a quest that leads Rush into some dangerous places . . . The Light Years is funny, harrowing, and deeply tender." —Kate Tuttle, The L.A. Times "Rush is a fantastically vivid writer, whether he’s remembering a New Jersey of 'meatballs and Windex and hairspray' or the dappled, dangerous beauty of Northern California, where 'rock stars lurked like lemurs in the trees.' Read if you loved... Just Kids by Patti Smith." —Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly “As mythic and wild with love, possibility, and danger as the decades it spans, you’ll read The Light Years with your breath held. Brutal, buoyant and wise to the tender terror of growing up, Chris Rush has written a timeless memoir of boyhood in the American wilderness.” —Emma Cline, author of The Girls Chris Rush was born into a prosperous, fiercely Roman Catholic, New Jersey family. But underneath the gleaming mid-century house, the flawless hostess mom, and the thriving businessman dad ran an unspoken tension that, amid the upheaval of the late 1960s, was destined to fracture their precarious facade. His older sister Donna introduces him to the charismatic Valentine, who places a tab of acid on twelve-year-old Rush’s tongue, proclaiming: “This is sacrament. You are one of us now.” After an unceremonious ejection from an experimental art school, Rush heads to Tucson to make a major drug purchase and, still barely a teenager, disappears into the nascent American counterculture. Stitching together a ragged assemblage of lowlifes, prophets, and fellow wanderers, he seeks kinship in the communes of the west. His adolescence is spent looking for knowledge, for the divine, for home. Given what Rush confronts on his travels—from ordinary heartbreak to unimaginable violence—it is a miracle he is still alive. The Light Years is a prayer for vanished friends, an odyssey signposted with broken and extraordinary people. It transcends one boy’s story to perfectly illustrate the slow slide from the optimism of the 1960s into the darker and more sinister 1970s. This is a riveting, heart-stopping journey of discovery and reconciliation, as Rush faces his lost childhood and, finally, himself.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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0374294410

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9780374294410

The Unbound God

Slavery and the Formation of Early Christian Thought

By: Chris L. de Wet

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The Unbound God

Slavery and the Formation of Early Christian Thought

By: Chris L. de Wet

This volume examines the prevalence, function, and socio-political effects of slavery discourse in the major theological formulations of the late third to early fifth centuries AD, arguably the most formative period of early Christian doctrine. The question the book poses is this: in what way did the Christian theologians of the third, fourth, and early fifth centuries appropriate the discourse of slavery in their theological formulations, and what could the effect of this appropriation have been for actual physical slaves? This fascinating study is crucial reading for anyone with an interest in early Christianity or Late Antiquity, and slavery more generally.

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Routledge

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131551303X

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The Archaeology of Personhood

An Anthropological Approach

By: Chris Fowler

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The Archaeology of Personhood

An Anthropological Approach

By: Chris Fowler

Bringing together a wealth of research in social and cultural anthropology, philosophy and related fields, this is the first book to address the contribution that an understanding of personhood can make to our interpretations of the past Applying an anthropological approach to detailed case studies from European prehistoric archaeology, the book explores the connection between people, animals, objects, their societies and environments and investigates the relationship that jointly produces bodies, persons, communities and artefacts. The Archaeology of Personhood examines the characteristics that define a person as a category of being, highlights how definitions of personhood are culturally variable and explores how that variation is connected to human uses of material culture.

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113437173X

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Face2face Intermediate Student's Book with DVD-ROM

By: Chris Redston,Gillie Cunningham

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Face2face Intermediate Student's Book with DVD-ROM

By: Chris Redston,Gillie Cunningham

face2face Second edition is the flexible, easy-to-teach, 6-level course (A1 to C1) for busy teachers who want to get their adult and young adult learners to communicate with confidence. face2face Second edition is informed by the Cambridge English Corpus and its vocabulary syllabus is mapped to the English Vocabulary Profile, meaning students learn the language they really need at each CEFR level. The free DVD-ROM in the Intermediate Student's Book includes consolidation activities and an electronic portfolio for learners to track their progress, with customisable tests and grammar and vocabulary reference sections. The Class Audio CDs (available separately) contains the complete recordings for the listening activities in the Student's Book.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107422108

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9781107422100

Mudlark

By: Chris Matthews

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Mudlark

By: Chris Matthews

One person alone can wield the magic of the box, Lark. What we need to find out is if that person is you." "Why didn't you let me bring the box with me?" asked Lark. The earthwitch laughed. "You're sharp, boy. The truth? We didn't dare. We are not about to put the most precious vessel of our combined magical traditions in the hands of a young boy who has not been tested." "Are you prepared to be tested, Lark?" Simon's steel-gray eyes looked into his. "Of course," he said. "What do I need to do?" On the outskirts of the city, a young orphan boy, Lark, is forced to scavenge the muddy flats of the river for treasure in order to survive. When he finds a magical box that cannot be opened, his life changes forever. Lark soon learns that he is destined to battle the Capposeign—the corrupt and evil theocracy that rules the city of Perous with fire magic. However, Lark soon discovers that he has his own sort of magic, earned through a childhood spent in the water. He must quickly learn how to use his power—or die trying. In his quest to take down the Capposeign, Lark must ally with a witch, an artist, a revolutionary, and a strangely familiar and beautiful courtesan. Facing the powerful fire mages will push Lark and his friends to the very limit as they fight to save the city—but will their efforts be enough, or will it all go up in flames? Like Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Assassin's Apprentice, Mudlark is an atmospheric and thought-provoking fantasy adventure by debut author Chris Matthews.

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Pan

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1743342667

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9781743342664

Spatial Ecology via Reaction-Diffusion Equations

By: Robert Stephen Cantrell,Chris Cosner

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Spatial Ecology via Reaction-Diffusion Equations

By: Robert Stephen Cantrell,Chris Cosner

Many ecological phenomena may be modelled using apparently random processes involving space (and possibly time). Such phenomena are classified as spatial in their nature and include all aspects of pollution. This book addresses the problem of modelling spatial effects in ecology and population dynamics using reaction-diffusion models. * Rapidly expanding area of research for biologists and applied mathematicians * Provides a unified and coherent account of methods developed to study spatial ecology via reaction-diffusion models * Provides the reader with the tools needed to construct and interpret models * Offers specific applications of both the models and the methods * Authors have played a dominant role in the field for years Essential reading for graduate students and researchers working with spatial modelling from mathematics, statistics, ecology, geography and biology.

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0470871288

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Country Dark

By: Chris Offutt

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Country Dark

By: Chris Offutt

“A smart, rich country noir” from the acclaimed author Kentucky Straight and The Good Brother (Stewart O’Nan, bestselling author of Henry, Himself). Chris Offutt is an outstanding literary talent, whose work has been called “lean and brilliant” (The New York Times Book Review) and compared by reviewers to Tobias Wolff, Ernest Hemingway, and Raymond Carver. He’s been awarded the Whiting Writers Award for Fiction/Nonfiction and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, among numerous other honors. His first work of fiction in nearly two decades, Country Dark is a taut, compelling novel set in rural Kentucky from the Korean War to 1970. Tucker, a young veteran, returns from war to work for a bootlegger. He falls in love and starts a family, and while the Tuckers don’t have much, they have the love of their home and each other. But when his family is threatened, Tucker is pushed into violence, which changes everything. The story of people living off the land and by their wits in a backwoods Kentucky world of shine-runners and laborers whose social codes are every bit as nuanced as the British aristocracy, Country Dark is a novel that blends the best of Larry Brown and James M. Cain, with a noose tightening evermore around a man who just wants to protect those he loves. It reintroduces the vital and absolutely distinct voice of Chris Offutt, a voice we’ve been missing for years. “[A] fine homage to a pocket of the country that’s as beautiful as it is prone to tragedy.”—The Wall Street Journal “A pleasure all around.”—Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter’s Bone

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Grove Press

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0802146163

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The Trouble with God

A Divine Comedy about Judgment (and Misjudgment)

By: Chris Matheson

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The Trouble with God

A Divine Comedy about Judgment (and Misjudgment)

By: Chris Matheson

In this riotous, globetrotting sequel to The Story of God, the universe's premier antihero, God, returns, as lonely, misguided, angry, and troubled as ever. Regretting many of the decisions he made in his debut book, and wrestling with his continued ambivalence to both his son(s) Jesus and his frenemy Satan, God decides to set things right with creation—again. But this time, he asks, why stick around the dusty Land of Israel or a decaying heaven when there's a much bigger world to explore—and countless others out there just waiting to love and praise him? And why work with the same tired old prophets, when there are much better candidates for the job? Journeying from the sands of Arabia to the hills of Utah to the stars of Southern California, God works to set his message—and record—straight. But with each new book he commissions, the same old questions, demons, and troubles remain. Forever haunted, he decides to do away with creation once and for all...or wait, maybe just apologize? Returning to where it all began, God makes one final judgment, with the fate of the universe—and himself—hanging in the balance.

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Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)

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1634311515

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THE BAY AREA'S BROOKLYN BRIDGE

By: Chris The Fifth

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THE BAY AREA'S BROOKLYN BRIDGE

By: Chris The Fifth

Question: What do you call a team of teenagers with the tendencies of modern mobsters? If you haven’t a clue, the pages of The Bay Area’s Brooklyn Bridge will enlighten you. In this fast-paced urban thriller you will witness four, flat broke, Brooklyn bandits rise from a damn shame... to champagne. After a successful heist, they catapult from boys to men in a matter of minutes. However, the marijuana they make off with belongs to a cartel of Jamaicans whose tentacles stretch from Jamaica to Brooklyn and abroad. But the stakes reach its apex when the conviction thirsty, head of the D.E.A.’s most fierce drug reconnaissance unit, “The Shadows”, gets involved. See, when the young bandits knock off the marijuana stash it ruins Agent Anthony Anderson 2 1⁄2 year investigation. Furious, Agent Anderson sets his sights on the young bandits instead of his primary target, the Jamaicans. Through a strange turn of events, it becomes obvious that Agent Anderson has ulterior motives. But why? Is he on the Jamaicans payroll? Are they friends? Business partners? In the process of all this treachery, the Jamaicans start kidnapping people, demanding what’s rightfully theirs. After a couple action packed engagements, the boys are forced to flee their beloved Brooklyn and drop anchor in the heart of Oakland, California in a notorious neighborhood called, “The Murder Dubbs!” With the federal government in pursuit, a couple dead relatives left behind in Brooklyn and nothing to lose, The young bandits, once again, attempt to take what doesn’t belong to them. Last time it was some marijuana, this time it is an entire marijuana market! But when they are met with heavy resistance, they realize their eyes may have been a bit too big for their stomachs and they may have bitten off more than they can swallow. So buckle up folks, grab your popcorn and put on your reading glasses, you’re about to cross a bridge that spans from Brooklyn to the Bay area... “The Bay area’s Brooklyn Bridge!”

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Xlibris Corporation

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1493122088

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English Unlimited Pre-intermediate B Combo with DVD-ROMs (2)

By: Alex Tilbury,Theresa Clementson,Leslie Anne Hendra,David Rea,Maggie Baigent,Chris Cavey,Nick Robinson

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English Unlimited Pre-intermediate B Combo with DVD-ROMs (2)

By: Alex Tilbury,Theresa Clementson,Leslie Anne Hendra,David Rea,Maggie Baigent,Chris Cavey,Nick Robinson

English Unlimited is a six-level (A1 to C1) goals-based course for adults. Centred on purposeful, real-life objectives, it prepares learners to use English independently for global communication. Through universal topics and activities, and a focus on intercultural competence as a 'fifth skill', this international coursebook helps learners become more sensitive, more effective communicators. Teaching natural, dependable language, and with CEFR goals at its core, it brings real life into the classroom and gives learners the skills and strategies to communicate confidently outside it. The 'Explore' sections provide the extra ingredients for enhancing communicative ability, from further development of speaking skills to independent learning strategies. The English Unlimited Pre-intermediate B Combo with DVD-ROMs includes Coursebook Units 8 to 14 as well as the e-Portfolio and Self-Study DVD-ROM.

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Cambridge University Press

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110762097X

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9781107620971

Cyberia (Cyberia, Book 1)

By: Chris Lynch

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Cyberia (Cyberia, Book 1)

By: Chris Lynch

*From National Book Award nominee Chris Lynch* Zane's wired life is about to be unplugged. . . Zane lives a life of luxury in a completely wired world. He doesn't ever have to leave his building to have exciting (virtual) experiences. His room knows everything he eats and what he needs for school. Even his pet dog is wired. There's only one problem: When Zane gets a device that enables animals to talk to him, he finds out that his world is a lie. The animals don't want to be wired -- they want to rebel. And Zane's going to be a part of their revolution, whether he likes it or not. In the process, he'll have to enter a world he's never confronted before: Nature. Join award-winning author Chris Lynch on a nonstop adventure through a not-so-distant future, where one lone kid has to prove he can be an animal's best friend.

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Scholastic Inc.

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0545316138

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Iterates of Piecewise Monotone Mappings on an Interval

By: Chris Preston

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Iterates of Piecewise Monotone Mappings on an Interval

By: Chris Preston

Piecewise monotone mappings on an interval provide simple examples of discrete dynamical systems whose behaviour can be very complicated. These notes are concerned with the properties of the iterates of such mappings. The material presented can be understood by anyone who has had a basic course in (one-dimensional) real analysis. The account concentrates on the topological (as opposed to the measure theoretical) aspects of the theory of piecewise monotone mappings. As well as offering an elementary introduction to this theory, these notes also contain a more advanced treatment of the problem of classifying such mappings up to topological conjugacy.

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Springer

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3540459715

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Bingo!

Forty Years in the NBA

By: Ralph Lawler,Chris Epting

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Bingo!

Forty Years in the NBA

By: Ralph Lawler,Chris Epting

Bingo!: 40 Years in the NBA is the memoir of legendary Los Angeles Clippers and sports broadcaster Ralph Lawler. The book covers Lawler’s extraordinary life and career, from his childhood in Peoria, Illinois; through his time at Bradley University; to the beginning of his sports announcing career at the Riverside International Raceway; his years spent in Philadelphia with the Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers; his years in San Diego with the Sails and the Chargers; and culminating in his 40-year career with the Clippers. Along the way, basketball and the NBA is the focus of the book, with Lawler’s observations and stories about players, coaches, and teams from the 1940s through his retirement at the close of the 2019 season forming the core of the book. Included among the myriad stories and reflections will be his relationships with NBA legend Bill Walton, infamous Clippers owner Donald Sterling, Clippers GM and NBA great Elgin Baylor, and a variety of famous players and coaches from throughout the NBA. As Lawler used to famously say from behind the microphone, "Fasten your seatbelts!" Bingo! is a fun-filled journey through professional basketball, with plenty of "Oh me, Oh my!" moments, and the definitive answer to the burning question all NBA fans want to know: Is there any truth to "Lawler's Law"?

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Santa Monica Press

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1595807799

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The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013

By: Chris Perry

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The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013

By: Chris Perry

A Guide to British television programmes shown at Christmas time, throughout the years.

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Lulu.com

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190020360X

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Lectures on Contact 3-Manifolds, Holomorphic Curves and Intersection Theory

By: Chris Wendl

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Lectures on Contact 3-Manifolds, Holomorphic Curves and Intersection Theory

By: Chris Wendl

An accessible introduction to the intersection theory of punctured holomorphic curves and its applications in topology.

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1108497403

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Josephine

The Hungry Heart

By: Jean-Claude Baker,Chris Chase

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Josephine

The Hungry Heart

By: Jean-Claude Baker,Chris Chase

This revelatory biography of Folies Bergere dancer Josephine Baker (1906-1975) is a study of struggle, truimph and tragedy.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815411723

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The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide

Tournament Edition

By: Andy Bloch,Richard Brodie,Chris Ferguson,Ted Forrest,Rafe Furst,Phil Gordon,David Grey,Howard Lederer,Mike Matusow,Huckleberry Seed,Gavin Smith,Keith Sexton

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The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide

Tournament Edition

By: Andy Bloch,Richard Brodie,Chris Ferguson,Ted Forrest,Rafe Furst,Phil Gordon,David Grey,Howard Lederer,Mike Matusow,Huckleberry Seed,Gavin Smith,Keith Sexton

The professionals of Full Tilt Poker include the best and most famous poker players in the world. Their accomplishments are unparalleled, with countless World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour championships to their names and well in excess of $100 million in winnings in private games. Now, this group of poker legends has banded together to create The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide, which will stand as an instant classic of the genre and is sure to become the industry standard.

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Grand Central Publishing

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0446196916

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Living Liturgy

Spirituality, Celebration, and Catechesis for Sundays and Solemnities Year A (2023)

By: Jessie Bazan,Chris de Silva,Verna Holyhead, SGS,Jessica Mannen Kimmet,Victoria (Vickey) McBride,Father Ruberval Monteiro da Silva

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Living Liturgy

Spirituality, Celebration, and Catechesis for Sundays and Solemnities Year A (2023)

By: Jessie Bazan,Chris de Silva,Verna Holyhead, SGS,Jessica Mannen Kimmet,Victoria (Vickey) McBride,Father Ruberval Monteiro da Silva

Living Liturgy™ 2023 provides practical and engaging content from expert authors to enrich your communal prayer and ministry. A robust formation program, Living Liturgy™ offers the readings, plus insightful reflections, and contextual background information for Sundays, solemnities, and additional feasts of liturgical and national importance. This best-selling annual resource is ideal for parish ministers, liturgists, pastors, planning committees, adult faith formation groups, and anyone who wishes to explore the connections between liturgy and life. An entirely new resource created for each liturgical year, Living Liturgy™ gives your team the spiritual preparation they need to serve in their ministries, integrating daily living, prayer, and study in an inviting and easy-to-use format. Original art by Ruberval Monteiro da Silva, OSB, complements the text and invites further reflection on the gospel of the day. This indispensable guide deepens a liturgical spirituality and strengthens the worship experience for the whole parish. Featured Content Reflecting on the Gospel Preparing to Proclaim Psalmist Preparation Making Connections Between the Readings Homily Points Model Penitential Act Model Universal Prayer (Prayer of the Faithful) Liturgy and Music Living Liturgy Prompts for Faith-Sharing

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0814666086

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