Christopher Rocco's Books

Truth Be Told

By: Victoria Christopher Murray

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The author of The Personal Librarian and Essence bestsellers Temptation and Joy returns with a story about one woman's personal and spiritual journey to overcome the consequences of her husband's dark secret. Grace Monroe has the ideal life: a devoted husband, adoring daughters, and a booming career in politics. Newly elected on a Christian platform to the Los Angeles city council, she is determined to put her mistakes behind her and focus on her bright future. But when a secret from her husband's past is revealed, setting off a chain of attacks that threaten to rip her family apart, Grace must face a dilemma that will force her to question her life and her faith.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416588485

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Behind Every Great Chef, There's a Mom!

More Than 125 Treasured Recipes from the Mothers of Our Top Chefs

By: Christopher Styler

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Behind Every Great Chef, There's a Mom!

More Than 125 Treasured Recipes from the Mothers of Our Top Chefs

By: Christopher Styler

Now in paperback, today's top chefs unlock their mothers' secret recipe file and share the dishes that inspired them to cook! Behind every great chef there's a great mom . . . and a great recipe file. This cookbook collection pulls Mom's best recipes from celebrated chefs nationwide, so that you can share them with your own family and friends.

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Hachette Books

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1401305865

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Italian Confraternities in the Sixteenth Century

By: Christopher F. Black

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Italian Confraternities in the Sixteenth Century

By: Christopher F. Black

Confraternities were - and are - religious brotherhoods for lay people to promote their religious life in common. Though designed to prepare for the afterlife, they were fully involved in the social, political and cultural life of the community and could affect all men and women, as members or as the recipients of charity. Confraternities organised a great range of devotional, cultural and indeed artistic activities in addition to other functions such as the provision of dowries and the escort of condemned men to the scaffold. Other works have studied the local activities of specific confraternities, but this is the first to attempt a broad survey of such organisations across the breadth of early modern Italy. Christopher Black demonstrates clearly the extent, diversity and influence of confraternal behaviour, and shows how such brotherhoods adapted to the religious and social crises of the sixteenth century - thus illuminating current debates about Catholic Reform, the Counter-Reformation, poverty, philanthropy and social control.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521531136

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Sins of the Mother

A Novel

By: Victoria Christopher Murray

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Sins of the Mother

A Novel

By: Victoria Christopher Murray

From the bestselling author of The Personal Librarian comes a story of a mother whose sins of her past may have finally caught up with her—and her daughter. Have the sins of the mother come upon the daughter? Jasmine Larson Bush is finally living a drama-free life. She’s left her lying, cheating, stealing stripper days behind and is standing by her husband’s side as the first lady of one of the largest churches in New York City. The Bushes have been blessed with the best of everything—including two lovely children. But just when Jasmine has committed her life completely to God, her daughter Jacqueline is kidnapped from a mall the day after Thanksgiving. The police and the church community join in the frantic search to find the four-year-old. As the days pass without any sign of her daughter, Jasmine begins to crack under the strain and turns to Brian Lewis, Jacqueline’s biological father, for solace. Has Jasmine’s past finally caught up to her? Will her daughter be found or will Jasmine pay the ultimate price?

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Simon and Schuster

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1439172285

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MOM'S SECRET RECIPE FILE

MORE THAN 125 TREASURED RECIPES FROM THE MOTHERS OF OUR GREAT CHEFS

By: Christopher Styler

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MOM'S SECRET RECIPE FILE

MORE THAN 125 TREASURED RECIPES FROM THE MOTHERS OF OUR GREAT CHEFS

By: Christopher Styler

ho inspired Jamie Oliver to put a premium on fresh, 'naked' food Who influenced Sylvia Woods' talent for titillating the sweet tooth It just might have something to do with their mothers. Now, in this one-of-a-kind cookbook, America's top celebrity chefs divulge the cooking secrets that started it all. Mom's Secret Recipe File features endearing stories, approachable recipes, family cooking lore, valuable tips, and timeless advice from each chef/mother pair. The duos are featured in 'mini chapters' that begin with short introductions written by the chefs-a favorite memory about how their moms' cooking styles inspired their own-followed by four recipes from their moms' secret files. Mom's Secret Recipe File is not only a perfect Mother's Day gift, it's sure to become a cooking classic.

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Hyperion

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140130754X

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Dirt Bike Runaway

By: Matt Christopher

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Dirt Bike Runaway

By: Matt Christopher

Peter runs away from his foster home ... and right into danger Peter is a genius with dirt bikes. He can take them apart, fix them up, and race them like a champ. But his skill with a bike can take him only so far - and when he runs away from his foster home, he realizes he's in way over his head. He gets mixed up with two dangerous strangers and soon finds himself neck and neck with trouble on and off the racetrack.

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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0316095524

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Motives for Allusion

Context and Content in Nineteenth-century Music

By: Christopher A. Reynolds

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Motives for Allusion

Context and Content in Nineteenth-century Music

By: Christopher A. Reynolds

Definitions -- Transformations -- Assimilative allusions -- Contrastive allusions -- Texting -- Inspiration -- Naming -- Allusive traditions and audiences -- Motives for allusion.

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Harvard University Press

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Mussolini

The Rise and Fall of Il Duce

By: Christopher Hibbert

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Mussolini

The Rise and Fall of Il Duce

By: Christopher Hibbert

With his signature insight and compelling style, Christopher Hibbert explains the extraordinary complexities and contradictions that characterized Benito Mussolini. Mussolini was born on a Sunday afternoon in 1883 in a village in central Italy. On a Saturday afternoon in 1945 he was shot by Communist partisans on the shores of Lake Como. In the sixty-two years in between those two fateful afternoons Mussolini lived one of the most dramatic lives in modern history. Hibbert traces Mussolini's unstoppable rise to power and details the nuances of his facist ideology. This book examines Mussolini's legacy and reveals why he continues to be both revered and reviled by the Italian people.

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Macmillan

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0230606059

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Socratic and Platonic Political Philosophy

Practicing a Politics of Reading

By: Christopher P. Long

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Socratic and Platonic Political Philosophy

Practicing a Politics of Reading

By: Christopher P. Long

Socratic and Platonic Political Philosophy invites readers to participate in the practices of Socratic and Platonic politics.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107040353

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Venice and the Veneto

By: Brenda Birmingham,Susie Boulton,Christopher Catling

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Venice and the Veneto

By: Brenda Birmingham,Susie Boulton,Christopher Catling

Packed with up-to-date, reliable information on Venice and the Veneto every traveler needs, including extensive hotel and restaurant listings, this guide includes themed itineraries, lush photography, and numerous maps.

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0756661323

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Life with My Sister Madonna

By: Christopher Ciccone,Wendy Leigh

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Life with My Sister Madonna

By: Christopher Ciccone,Wendy Leigh

Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his 47 years of growing up with, working with, and understanding one of the most famous and controversial woman of our time.

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Master Techniques in Surgery: Thoracic Surgery: Transplantation, Tracheal Resections, Mediastinal Tumors, Extended Thoracic Resections

By: Douglas J. Mathisen,Christopher Morse

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Master Techniques in Surgery: Thoracic Surgery: Transplantation, Tracheal Resections, Mediastinal Tumors, Extended Thoracic Resections

By: Douglas J. Mathisen,Christopher Morse

Take your surgical skills to the next level with Thoracic Surgery: Transplantation, Tracheal Resections, Mediastinal Tumors, Extended Thoracic Resections, a volume in the Master Techniques in Surgery Series! This thoracic surgery reference provides the richly illustrated, step-by-step guidance you need to perfect a full range of thoracic surgery techniques, avoid and manage complications, and achieve optimal outcomes.

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146988903X

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Steaming to Bamboola

The World of a Tramp Freighter

By: Christopher Buckley

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Steaming to Bamboola

The World of a Tramp Freighter

By: Christopher Buckley

The Columbianna, an ancient tramp steamer with a notably eccentric crew, 200 layers of paint on her decks, a sailing history going back to 1945, and demons in her plumbing, was crossing the Atlantic for the umpteenth time—but on this occasion with a sharp-eyed observer, whose brilliant account brings to life the harshness, humor, and bizarreness of life on board. Steaming to Bamboola is a story of the author's time at sea. He tells first-hand about typhoons, cargoes, smuggling, mid-ocean burials, rescues, stowaways, hard places, hard drinking, and hard romance. It is the tale of a ship and her crew, men fated to wander for a living—always steaming to, but never quite reaching, Bamboola. This was the first book by renowned author and humorist Christopher Buckley, which was originally published in 1982 to glowing reviews. Forty years and over twenty books and hundreds of articles later, Buckley introduces Columbianna and her roguish crew to a new generation of readers.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493076639

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Light for Art's Sake

Lighting for Artworks and Museum Displays

By: Christopher Cuttle

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Light for Art's Sake

Lighting for Artworks and Museum Displays

By: Christopher Cuttle

Current museum lighting practice is governed by conservation concerns, the aim being to minimize light exposure of exhibits to protect them from degradation. [This book] puts emphasis upon providing excellent visual presentation of the exhibits, and achieving this with light exposure ... [It] explores different approaches to museum lighting; examines visual responses to light and the damage caused by light exposure; reviews daylighting and electric lighting installations and how they are controlled; leads to practical procedures for designing, installing and maintaining effective museum lighting; [and] is illustrated with copious examples of daylighting and electric lighting installations fro museums around the world"--Page 4 of cover.

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Routledge

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0750664304

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Dynamic Democracy

Public Opinion, Elections, and Policymaking in the American States

By: Devin Caughey,Christopher Warshaw

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Dynamic Democracy

Public Opinion, Elections, and Policymaking in the American States

By: Devin Caughey,Christopher Warshaw

A new perspective on policy responsiveness in American government. Scholars of American politics have long been skeptical of ordinary citizens’ capacity to influence, let alone control, their governments. Drawing on over eight decades of state-level evidence on public opinion, elections, and policymaking, Devin Caughey and Christopher Warshaw pose a powerful challenge to this pessimistic view. Their research reveals that although American democracy cannot be taken for granted, state policymaking is far more responsive to citizens’ demands than skeptics claim. Although governments respond sluggishly in the short term, over the long term, electoral incentives induce state parties and politicians—and ultimately policymaking—to adapt to voters’ preferences The authors take an empirical and theoretical approach that allows them to assess democracy as a dynamic process. Their evidence across states and over time gives them new leverage to assess relevant outcomes and trends, including the evolution of mass partisanship, mass ideology, and the relationship between partisanship and ideology since the mid-twentieth century; the nationalization of state-level politics; the mechanisms through which voters hold incumbents accountable; the performance of moderate candidates relative to extreme candidates; and the quality of state-level democracy today relative to state-level democracy in other periods.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226822222

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9780226822228

Early Modern Italy

A Social History

By: Christopher Black

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Early Modern Italy

A Social History

By: Christopher Black

Early Modern Italy is a fascinating survey of society in Italy from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries - the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. Covering the whole of the Peninsula from the Venetian Republic, to Florence, through to Naples it shows how the huge economic, cultural and social divides of the period still affect the stability of present day united Italy. This is an essential guide to one of the most vibrant yet tempestuous periods of Italian history.

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1134611277

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Thoracic Surgery: Lung Resections, Bronchoplasty

By: Douglas J. Mathisen,Christopher Morse

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Thoracic Surgery: Lung Resections, Bronchoplasty

By: Douglas J. Mathisen,Christopher Morse

Take your surgical skills to the next level with Thoracic Surgery: Lung Resections, Bronchoplasty a volume in the Master Techniques in Surgery Series! This thoracic surgery reference provides the richly illustrated, step-by-step guidance you need to perfect a full range of pulmonary resection techniques, avoid and manage complications, and achieve optimal outcomes.

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1469889110

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Doing International Research

Global and Local Methods

By: Christopher Williams

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Doing International Research

Global and Local Methods

By: Christopher Williams

This energetic and thought-provoking book encourages a reflexive, non-nationalistic approach to doing world research and sets out how to understand, plan, do and use this research. Williams introduces a range of frameworks, from desk-based studies and traditional ethnography to the use of internet, satellites, robots, drones and ‘big data’, and provides exciting, interdisciplinary examples. This book is presented in a clear international style and uses creative approaches to researching peoples, places and world systems. It explains: desk-based research using international data including documentaries, museum objects, archives, data-sets and working with groups such as refugees, tourists and migrants distance research using online videos, surveys and remote methods such as video conferencing and crowdsourcing fieldwork abroad, including ethnography, street observation and mapping. The book is also accompanied by a website, with the following features: For Students Weblinks for each chapter Examples/summaries/templates related to text marked with Additional thinking zones An overview of data capture technologies For Lecturers Copies of all the figures and thinking zones for use in teaching material PowerPoint slides for each chapter Built upon the foundations of the author’s 30 years of research experience, and including original case studies from international students, this is an essential guide for anyone in the social sciences using or doing international and global research.

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SAGE

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1473926971

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Fascist Voices

An Intimate History of Mussolini's Italy

By: Christopher Duggan

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Fascist Voices

An Intimate History of Mussolini's Italy

By: Christopher Duggan

While Duggan looks at some famous diaries-by such figures as the anti-fascist constitutional lawyer Piero Calamandrei; the philosopher Benedetto Croce; and the fascist minister Giuseppe Bottai-the majority of the voices here come from unpublished journals, diaries, and transcripts. Utilizing a rich collection of untapped archival material, Duggan explores "the cult of Il Duce," the religious dimensions of totalitarianism, and the extraordinarily intimate character of the relationship between Mussolini and millions of Italians. Duggan shows that the figure of Mussolini was crucial to emotional and political engagement with the regime; although there was widespread discontent throughout Italy, little of the criticism was directed at Il Duce himself.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199730784

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The Best American Sports Writing 2014

By: Christopher McDougall

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The Best American Sports Writing 2014

By: Christopher McDougall

The Best American Sports Writing gathers the very best from sports journalists from the past year.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0544147006

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White Matter Dementia

By: Christopher M. Filley

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White Matter Dementia

By: Christopher M. Filley

Breaking away from prevailing views of dementia that rely heavily on the role of the cerebral cortex, the new perspective put forth here highlights white matter-cognition relationships, presenting an expanded view of dementia and its neurobiological origins. Based on detailed patient observations, extensive clinical research and an exhaustive literature review, this book discusses the novel concept of white matter dementia, offering hope for better understanding and treatment of dementing illness. Covering topics such as white matter neurobiology, mild cognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease, the author reconsiders brain-behavior relationships and expands the concept of dementia, discussing implications for diagnosis, treatment (medical, surgical, rehabilitative, and psychiatric) and therapeutic innovations aimed at prevention of white matter damage and restoration of myelin. This unique book is an absolute must-have for all medical specialists and consultants in neurology, neuropsychiatry, and neuropsychology involved with the growing challenge of dementia.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316665151

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A Renaissance Education

Schooling in Bergamo and the Venetian Republic, 1500-1650

By: Christopher Carlsmith

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A Renaissance Education

Schooling in Bergamo and the Venetian Republic, 1500-1650

By: Christopher Carlsmith

Carlsmith's A Renaissance Education uses a case study approach to examine educational practices in the north-eastern Italian city of Bergamo from 1500 to 1650.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802092543

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Church, Religion and Society in Early Modern Italy

By: Christopher Black

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Church, Religion and Society in Early Modern Italy

By: Christopher Black

Many Italians in the early sixteenth century challenged Church authority and orthodoxy, stimulated by religious 'Reformation' debates and the lack of agreement on alternatives to Rome's leadership. This book surveys and analyses the various positive and negative responses which led to a re-formation of Church institutions, and parish life for the lay population, especially after the Council of Trent in 1563. Church, Religion and Society in Early Modern Italy: - Discusses the roles of bishops and parochial clergy, seminaries and religious education - Examines religious orders and lay confraternities, particularly in relation to 'good works' or philanthropy - Explains the varied uses of the visual arts, music, processions and festivities to enthuse and educate the laity - Pays special attention to two controversial issues: the Inquisition's role and the stricter enclosure of nuns Comprehensive yet approachable, Christopher F. Black's volume incorporates diverse religious practices and experiences, and explores the successes and failures of reform throughout mainland Italy during a period of religious and social upheaval.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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023080196X

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9780230801967

On the Agora

The Evolution of a Public Space in Hellenistic and Roman Greece (c. 323 BC – 267 AD)

By: Christopher P. Dickenson

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On the Agora

The Evolution of a Public Space in Hellenistic and Roman Greece (c. 323 BC – 267 AD)

By: Christopher P. Dickenson

On the Agora traces the evolution of the main public square of the Greek polis for the six centuries from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the height of the Roman Empire and the Herulian invasion of Greece in 267 AD. Drawing on literary, epigraphic and, especially, archaeological evidence, the book takes a comparative approach to consider how the layout and function of agoras in cities throughout Greece changed during centuries that witnessed far reaching transformations in culture, society and political life. The book challenges the popular view of the post-Classical agora as characterised by decline, makes important arguments about how we use evidence to understand ancient public spaces and proposes many new interpretations of individual sites.

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BRILL

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9004334750

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The Seven Basic Plots

Why We Tell Stories

By: Christopher Booker

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The Seven Basic Plots

Why We Tell Stories

By: Christopher Booker

This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. But this is only the prelude to an investigation into how and why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose. Booker analyses why evolution has given us the need to tell stories and illustrates how storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to mankind's psychological development over the past 5000 years. This seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives, and will be a talking point for years to come.

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1441116516

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Too Little, Too Late

A Novel

By: Victoria Christopher Murray

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Too Little, Too Late

A Novel

By: Victoria Christopher Murray

From the author of The Personal Librarian and A Sin and a Shame, Victoria Christopher Murray returns to Jasmine Larson Bush and her devious ways in this tale of two marriages—each threatened by lies and betrayal. She took marriage vows to be honest and true, but Jasmine's still hiding secrets to keep her husband, Minister Hosea Bush, by her side. When Hosea's ex-fiancée, Natasia, suddenly appears in New York, Jasmine knows it's not a coincidence. A former man stealer herself, Jasmine is very aware of Natasia's motives—even if Hosea is not. Complicating Jasmine's life is the secret she's kept from her baby's daddy. Luckily for her, Brian Lewis has problems of his own. His wife, Alexis, is convinced he's cheating on her—but Brian's real betrayal is much worse. Revealing the truth to his wife could lead him back to the biggest mistake of his life—Jasmine. Two marriages are in desperate jeopardy. Will Jasmine be able to scheme to save her own? Or will she have to choose between protecting her past and compromising her future? Even if Jasmine and Brian find the courage to stop the lies, it may be too little, too late...

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Simon and Schuster

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1439113742

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The Templar Throne

By: Paul Christopher

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The Templar Throne

By: Paul Christopher

A man in search of the truth-against an ancient brotherhood that uses secrecy as the ultimate weapon. In the 14th century, Templar knight Jean de St. Clair was tasked with piloting the order's treasure-laden fleets off the coast of France. To this end, he used the Jacob's Staff-a nautical instrument supposedly developed in his own time. But retired Army Ranger Lt. Col. John Holliday possesses a Staff he found in the hands of a 4,000 year-old Egyptian mummy. Holliday suspects that St. Clair may hold the key to unlocking the mystery of the ruthless, enigmatic Templars. But there are those who believe that some questions should remain unanswered. And that the answers Holliday seeks should go with him to the grave...

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110119801X

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Liberation Struggles in International Law

By: Christopher O. Quaye

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Liberation Struggles in International Law

By: Christopher O. Quaye

Presents a study of one of the international phenomena of the national liberation movements. This work investigates various aspects of these movements, including their relationship to self-determination, secession, rebellion, the use of force, and terrorism.

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Temple University Press

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0877227128

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Serial Killers: Up Close and Personal

Inside the World of Torturers, Psychopaths, and Mass Murderers

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

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Serial Killers: Up Close and Personal

Inside the World of Torturers, Psychopaths, and Mass Murderers

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

Provides statements and quotes from a number of convicted serial killers in an effort to understand the homicidal mind.

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Ulysses Press

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1569756198

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Hans Richter

New Edition

By: Christopher Fifield

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Hans Richter

New Edition

By: Christopher Fifield

Preface -- Book 1 1865-March 1884 -- Book 2 March 1884-March 1895 -- Book 3 March 1895-April 1899 -- Book 4 April 1899-1901 -- Book 5 1902-January 1907 -- Book 6 January 1907-1912 -- Appendix 1 Works conducted by Hans Richter -- Appendix 2 Cities and towns where Richter conducted -- Select Bibliography -- Index

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1783270217

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Talking with Serial Killers: A Chilling Study of the World's Most Evil People

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

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Talking with Serial Killers: A Chilling Study of the World's Most Evil People

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

The Man Who Talks to Serial Killers World-renowned investigative criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee has gained the trust of infamous serial killers throughout the world, entering their prison cells to discuss their horrific crimes and alarming lack of remorse. With over twenty-five years and hundreds of hours of audio and video interviews, he collects ten chilling true crime stories from the murderers themselves, describing some of the worst crimes known. Within these pages, hear from the most notorious murderers such as American serial killer Harvey Louis Carignan, who murdered two women in the early 1970s, and Mary Bundy “The Sunset Slayer” who was convicted of killing several young prostitutes and runaways in Los Angeles in the 1980s. Berry-Dee not only shares their stories in their words but also describes how to investigate their criminal minds. It's time to step into the visitation room, turn on your inquisitive mind, and delve into Talking with Serial Killers, the beginning of Berry-Dee's bestselling true crime series.

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Diversion Books

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1635768543

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9781635768541

Dead Brilliant

By: Christopher Ward

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Dead Brilliant

By: Christopher Ward

Dying is the best way to revive your musical career ... even if you’re not really dead. It’s all slipping away from Roc Molotov – his band, his girlfriend, and worst of all, his ability to play the game demanded by the star-making machinery of the music business. When the best record he’s ever made is about to pass unnoticed, his oldest friend and manager, Uncle Strange, concocts the perfect scheme. Roc will fake his death, on MTV, in front of millions of viewers, assuring massive success on his latest project and the ability to create a body of "posthumous" songs to feed the grieving fans and satisfy his still-active artistic imagination. The plan works to perfection, but the ever-restless Roc finds that being dead has its limitations in this novel that’s sex, death, and rock n’ roll, played in a satirical key.

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289

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Dundurn

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1459706196

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9781459706194

Lady Jasmine

A Novel

By: Victoria Christopher Murray

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Lady Jasmine

A Novel

By: Victoria Christopher Murray

The beloved—and hated—Jasmine Larson Bush returns to battle her own past in a compelling new novel of love, faith, and shame from the Essence bestselling novelist of The Personal Librarian. In Temptation, A Sin and a Shame, and most recently, Too Little, Too Late, Jasmine Larson Bush—a scheming, manipulative, man-stealing diva who was “saved” just in time to become a preacher’s wife—entertained fans with her conniving ways and acts of redemption. In Lady Jasmine, a desperate time from Jasmine’s past threatens the family and the future she worked so hard to build. In order to save her marriage with Reverend Hosea Bush, Jasmine was forced to reveal every secret that remained in her past to him—her real age, her real weight, her real shoe size. She thought she had told Hosea everything. But when Jasmine is blackmailed about a terrible truth from her past that she “forgot” to tell Hosea, more than just her marriage is in jeopardy. Determined to keep the life she fought so hard to save, Jasmine is willing to commit any sin, even murder, to leave her past behind her. No one can know the truth about the First Lady of City of Lights Riverside Church. No one can know that, beneath Jasmine’s veneer of a redeemed Christian wife, there lies a sinner—especially her trusting husband.

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416

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Simon and Schuster

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1416987142

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9781416987147

Givin’ the People What They Want

By: Christopher B. Scharping

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Givin’ the People What They Want

By: Christopher B. Scharping

In 1920, the US government, at the request mostly of a new army of female voters in America, turned off the tap that had served Americans cold beer and liquor. The Volstead Act made the sale of alcohol illegal throughout the forty-eight states. A nation surrounded by water rose up to provide. Liquor came ashore from all directions: the Pacific Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, the Atlantic Coast, and across the Great Lakes from Canada. Our story looks at the smuggling from Canada across Lake Ontario. Since colonial times, liquor had been brought legally and illegally, usually to sidestep the paying of taxes on the products. Now it was brought into the country to provide what the government had tried to take away. The Volstead Act inadvertently created a whole new smuggling system. New terms came into the general vocabulary: Prohibition agent, speakeasy, rum runners (who brought the illegal cargo in by water), and bootleggers (who drove the liquor along the nations roadways). Our story will be mainly focused on the rum runners, although the bootleggers will be represented as well. My grandfather, Charles Frederick Scharping, owned a farm on Lower Lake Road that bordered Lake Ontario. In 1955, my parents built a cottage on the farm at the edge of the lake. The spot where our cottage was located, on Scharping Lane, was the spot where rum runners would bring their illegal cargoes. They sold them to the bootleggers for cash. These rum runners braved over fifty miles of water from the shores of Orleans County to the pickup points along the Canadian shore. The return trips were challenged by weather, hijackers, and the US Coast Guard. Waves up to eight feet tall were common during the frequent storms. Many lost their lives. This Volstead Law lasted for twelve years. It was a bloody time where fortunes were made and lives lost.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1524557676

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9781524557676

The Behavioral Neurology of White Matter

By: Christopher M. Filley Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry and Director of the Behavioral Neurology Section University of Colorado School of Medicine

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The Behavioral Neurology of White Matter

By: Christopher M. Filley Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry and Director of the Behavioral Neurology Section University of Colorado School of Medicine

This unique book examines the role of the brain's white matter in the organization of human mental function. In contrast to standard textbooks of behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry that emphasize the cortical and subcortical gray matter in brain-behavior relationships, this text specifically considers the white matter as a vital contributor to cognition and emotion. Written from a clinical perspective, this book is founded on the study of patients with neurobehavioral syndromes resulting from disorders primarily affecting the brain's white matter. These syndromes include white matter dementia, focal neurobehavioral syndromes, and a variety of neuropsychiatric syndromes. In the first part of the book, fundamental aspects of myelinated systems are covered to introduce white matter as an important structural and functional component of the brain. In Part II, a thorough review of white matter disorders at all ages is provided, particularly regarding their impact on normal mentation. Finally, Part III synthesizes the collected information into a coherent summary that presents a behavioral neurology of white matter. Throughout the book a major emphasis is placed on distributed neural networks, in which connecting white matter tracts complement the operations of gray matter structures in the production of the human behavioral repertoire.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198030983

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9780198030980

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