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Fire in the Canyon

A Novel

By: Daniel Gumbiner

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A new novel from National Book Award nominee Daniel Gumbiner about a California grape-grower, his family, and the climate disaster that upends their quiet lives. Since his release from prison after serving an eighteen-month sentence for growing cannabis, Ben Hecht’s life has settled into a familiar routine. On his farm in the foothills of California, he stays busy cultivating a dozen acres of grapes and tending to a flock of mistrustful sheep. Meanwhile, from her desk in their old redwood barn, his novelist wife, Ada, continues to work on what may be her most important book yet. When their only son, Yoel, comes home from Los Angeles for a rare visit, Ben is forced to confront their long troubled relationship, which has continued to degrade in recent years. But before the two of them can truly address their past, a wildfire sweeps through the region, forcing the Hecht family to flee to the coast, and setting into motion a chain of events that will transform them all. This is a story about grape growing and wine, financial and familial struggles, and the peculiar characters and unlikely heroes one will always find in small-town California. Through the experiences of the Hechts and the escalating challenges that face their community, Fire in the Canyon is an intimate look at the lives of those already living through the climate crisis.

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Astra Publishing House

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1662602413

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9781662602412

The Boatbuilder

By: Daniel Gumbiner

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The Boatbuilder

By: Daniel Gumbiner

At 28 years old, Eli "Berg" Koenigsberg has never encountered a challenge he couldn't push through, until a head injury leaves him with lingering headaches and a weakness for opiates. Berg moves to a remote Northern California town, seeking space and time to recover, but soon finds himself breaking into homes in search of pills. Addled by addiction and chronic pain, Berg meets Alejandro, a reclusive, master boatbuilder, and begins to see a path forward. Alejandro offers Berg honest labor, but more than this, he offers him a new approach to his suffering, a template for survival amid intense pain. Nurtured by his friendship with Alejandro and aided, too, by the comradeship of many in Talinas, Berg begins to return to himself. Written in gleaming prose, this is a story about resilience, community, and what it takes to win back your soul.

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155

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McSweeney's

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1944211543

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9781944211547

The Toddler in Chief

What Donald Trump Teaches Us about the Modern Presidency

By: Daniel W. Drezner

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The Toddler in Chief

What Donald Trump Teaches Us about the Modern Presidency

By: Daniel W. Drezner

“[An] avalanche of repeated presidential absurdity. The reader realizes that this pattern is not part of the Trump presidency; it is the whole thing.” —Washington Post “Americans should know that there are adults in the room. . . . And we are trying to do what’s right even when Donald Trump won’t.” —An anonymous senior administrative official in a New York Times op-ed, September 5, 2018 Every president faces criticism and caricature. Donald Trump, however, is unique in that he is routinely characterized in ways more suitable for a toddler. What’s more, it is not just Democrats, pundits, or protestors who compare the president to a child; Trump’s staffers, subordinates, and allies also describe Trump like a badly behaved preschooler. Daniel W. Drezner began curating every example he could find of a Trump ally describing the president like a toddler. So far, he’s collected more than one thousand tweets. In The Toddler-in-Chief, Drezner draws on these examples to take readers through the different dimensions of Trump’s infantile behavior, from temper tantrums to poor impulse control. How much damage can really be done by a giant man-baby? Quite a lot, Drezner argues, due to the winnowing away of presidential checks and balances over the past fifty years. Drezner also shows the lasting impact the Trump administration will have on American foreign policy and democracy, exhorting the American people to think carefully about the person they elect to be the next commander-in-chief. He also shows how we must rethink the terrifying powers we have given the presidency. “Occasionally funny . . . also overwhelmingly grim.” —New York Times “[A] crisp, witty and highly readable philippic.” —New Statesman

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283

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University of Chicago Press

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022671439X

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9780226714394

Third-Party Peacemakers in Judaism

Text, Theory, and Practice

By: Daniel Roth

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Third-Party Peacemakers in Judaism

Text, Theory, and Practice

By: Daniel Roth

In the race to discover real solutions for the conflicts that plague contemporary society, it is essential that we look to precedent. Many of today's conflicts involve ethno-religious tensions that modern wisdom alone is ill-equipped to resolve. In Third-Party Peacemakers in Judaism, Rabbi Dr. Daniel Roth asks us to consider ancient religious and traditional cultural solutions to such present-day issues. Roth presents thirty-six case studies featuring third-party peacemakers drawn from Jewish classical, medieval, and early-modern rabbinic literature. Each case is explored through three layers of analysis - text, theory, and practice. The first layer offers historical and literary analysis of textual case studies, many of which are critically analyzed here for the first time. The second layer examines the theoretical model of third-party peacemaking imbedded within the selected cases and comparing them to other cultural and religious models of third-party peacemaking and conflict resolution. The final layer of analysis, based upon the author's personal experience of religious conflict resolution and peacemaking, looks at the practical implications of these case studies as models for modern peacemaking. Third-Party Peacemakers in Judaism serves as an inspiration for fostering indigenous practices of third-party peacemaking and mediation in the modern era.

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Oxford University Press

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0197566790

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9780197566794

The Boatbuilder

By: Daniel Gumbiner

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By: Daniel Gumbiner

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McSweeney's

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Fire in the Canyon

A Novel

By: Daniel Gumbiner

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A Novel

By: Daniel Gumbiner

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Astra Publishing House

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1662602421

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Surgery of the Pediatric Spine

By: Daniel H. Kim

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Surgery of the Pediatric Spine

By: Daniel H. Kim

Intended as a reference for the surgical management of frequently encountered spine problems in the pediatric patient. This book provides information on biomechanics, neuroimaging, preoperative evaluation, anesthesia, and neurophysiological monitoring. It also presents the surgical anatomy and various approaches to the spine and spinal cord.

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904

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Thieme

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3131419318

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9783131419316

Ellenberg & Rifkin's Diabetes Mellitus

By: Daniel Porte,Robert S. Sherwin,Alain Baron,Max Ellenberg,Harold Rifkin

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Ellenberg & Rifkin's Diabetes Mellitus

By: Daniel Porte,Robert S. Sherwin,Alain Baron,Max Ellenberg,Harold Rifkin

A comprehensive reference on diabetes mellitus, covering basic biochemistry, physiology, and pathogenesis, as well as clinical diagnosis and treatment. The Sixth Edition includes five new chapters, plus new material on the genetic basis of the disease, new hypoglycemic drugs, mechanisms of hormone action, and regulation of hormone secretion.

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1090

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0838521789

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9780838521786

The True Story of the Bilderberg Group

By: Daniel Estulin

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The True Story of the Bilderberg Group

By: Daniel Estulin

From behind the closed doors past the armed guards, comes the true story of the world's power-elite and their secret plans for our future.

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Trine Day

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0979988624

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9780979988622

Book's by Daniel Gumbiner

Fire in the Canyon

Fire in the Canyon

The Boatbuilder

The Boatbuilder

The Toddler in Chief

The Toddler in Chief

Third-Party Peacemakers in Judaism

Third-Party Peacemakers in Judaism

The Boatbuilder

The Boatbuilder

Fire in the Canyon

Fire in the Canyon

Surgery of the Pediatric Spine

Surgery of the Pediatric Spine

Ellenberg & Rifkin's Diabetes Mellitus

Ellenberg & Rifkin's Diabetes Mellitus

The True Story of the Bilderberg Group

The True Story of the Bilderberg Group

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