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Faked to Death

A Simon Kirby-Jones Mystery

By: Darryl Dean James

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Faked to Death

A Simon Kirby-Jones Mystery

By: Darryl Dean James

American vampire sleuth Simon Kirby-Jones is invited to be a speaker at a writer's workshop at Kinsale House, but finds himself hunting a killer when someone impersonating bestselling mystery author Dorinda Darlington is murdered.

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Kensington Books

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1575668874

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9781575668871

It Came From the 1950s!

Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties

By: Darryl Jones,Elizabeth McCarthy,Bernice M. Murphy

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It Came From the 1950s!

Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties

By: Darryl Jones,Elizabeth McCarthy,Bernice M. Murphy

An eclectic and insightful collection of essays predicated on the hypothesis that popular cultural documents provide unique insights into the concerns, anxieties and desires of their times. 1950s popular culture is analysed by leading scholars and critics such as Christopher Frayling, Mark Jancovich, Kim Newman and David J. Skal.

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Springer

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0230337236

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9780230337237

I feel Bad about my Dick: Lamentations of Masculine Vanity and Lists of Startling Pertinence

By: Darryl Ponicsán

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I feel Bad about my Dick: Lamentations of Masculine Vanity and Lists of Startling Pertinence

By: Darryl Ponicsán

At a library used book sale, Ponicsán picked up a copy of Nora Ephron’s bestseller, “I Feel Bad About My Neck.” It inspired him over the next several years to answer her observations from the male point of view and over a different bodily part, and to direct it to Ephron’s audience. Part memoir, part parody, part social analysis. (Publisher’s note: This is not just a guy’s book, or an old guy’s book..It’s amusing and full of interesting tales and insights for any gender, and maybe let’s women take a look into the other gender’s view). “…light-hearted…waxing alternately philosophical and vinegary as he takes us on a trip through Hollywood’s movie business, the Watts riots, breakfast cereal, sex and invasive medical procedures. There are engaging digressions into the life of a script doctor, politics, porn, the benign-neglect style of parenting his folks practiced and the beauty of non-attachment. He moves it all along smoothly, never letting truth stand in the way of a good story…If you like charming stories, good writing and a few laughs, ignore the title and buy this book.” -Brady T. Brady, published short stories in the anthology Editor’s Choice III Fiction from U.S. Small Press and in the Hawaii Review and the San Francisco Reader, among others.

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Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press

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1545754217

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9781545754214

African American Satire

The Sacredly Profane Novel

By: Darryl Dickson-Carr

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African American Satire

The Sacredly Profane Novel

By: Darryl Dickson-Carr

Satire's real purpose as a literary genre is to criticize through humor, irony, caricature, and parody, and ultimately to defy the status quo. In African American Satire, Darryl Dickson-Carr provides the first book-length study of African-American satire and the vital role it has played. In the process he investigates African American literature, American literature, and the history of satire." --Book Jacket.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826263747

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9780826263742

X Rated Wines

The Wine-X Magazine Guide to Wine

By: Darryl Roberts,Stewart Dorman

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X Rated Wines

The Wine-X Magazine Guide to Wine

By: Darryl Roberts,Stewart Dorman

The first book from "Wine-X Magazine" is for a new generation of people who love wine but have no taste for the pretension and elitism that have too often surrounded it. Includes reviews of more than 1,500 wines, plus sidebars with celebrity interviews about fine wine.

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Clarkson Potter

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0609806327

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9780609806326

Memo from Darryl F. Zanuck

The Golden Years at Twentieth Century-Fox

By: Darryl Francis Zanuck

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Memo from Darryl F. Zanuck

The Golden Years at Twentieth Century-Fox

By: Darryl Francis Zanuck

This volume provides an insider's view of Hollywood's most glamorous era and the elements of film production.

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Grove Press

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0802133320

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9780802133328

The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction

By: Darryl Dickson-Carr

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The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction

By: Darryl Dickson-Carr

From Ishmael Reed and Toni Morrison to Colson Whitehead and Terry McMillan, Darryl Dickson-Carr offers a definitive guide to contemporary African American literature. This volume-the only reference work devoted exclusively to African American fiction of the last thirty-five years-presents a wealth of factual and interpretive information about the major authors, texts, movements, and ideas that have shaped contemporary African American fiction. In more than 160 concise entries, arranged alphabetically, Dickson-Carr discusses the careers, works, and critical receptions of Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor, Jamaica Kincaid, Charles Johnson, John Edgar Wideman, Leon Forrest, as well as other prominent and lesser-known authors. Each entry presents ways of reading the author's works, identifies key themes and influences, assesses the writer's overarching significance, and includes sources for further research. Dickson-Carr addresses the influence of a variety of literary movements, critical theories, and publishers of African American work. Topics discussed include the Black Arts Movement, African American postmodernism, feminism, and the influence of hip-hop, the blues, and jazz on African American novelists. In tracing these developments, Dickson-Carr examines the multitude of ways authors have portrayed the diverse experiences of African Americans. The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction situates African American fiction in the social, political, and cultural contexts of post-Civil Rights era America: the drug epidemics of the 1980s and 1990s and the concomitant "war on drugs," the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, the struggle for gay rights, feminism, the rise of HIV/AIDS, and racism's continuing effects on African American communities. Dickson-Carr also discusses the debates and controversies regarding the role of literature in African American life. The volume concludes with an extensive annotated bibliography of African American fiction and criticism.

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Columbia University Press

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0231510691

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9780231510691

Small Business Big Pressure

A Faith-Based Approach to Guide the Ambitious Entrepreneur

By: Darryl W. Lyons

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Small Business Big Pressure

A Faith-Based Approach to Guide the Ambitious Entrepreneur

By: Darryl W. Lyons

Small Business Big Pressure is the only book written by a small business owner for the small business owner that truly addresses the unique pressures faced daily by small business owners. Darryl is an entrepreneur, from a family of entrepreneurs, who has spent years advising entrepreneurs and small business owners. In Small Business Big Pressure, his unique perspective is evident.

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Morgan James Publishing

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1630476528

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9781630476526

The Last Detail

A Novel

By: Darryl Ponicsán

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The Last Detail

A Novel

By: Darryl Ponicsán

Unlike other branches of the armed services, the Navy draws it police force from the ranks, as temporary duty called Shore Patrol. In this funny, bawdy, moving novel set during the height of the Vietnam War, two career sailors in transit in Norfolk, Virginia—Billy "Bad-Ass" Buddusky and Mule Mulhall—are assigned to escort eighteen-year-old Larry Meadows from Norfolk to the brig in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he is to serve an eight-year sentence for petty theft. It's good duty, until the two old salts realize the injustice of the sentence and are oddly affected by the naive innocence of their young prisoner. In the five days allotted for the detail, they decide to show Meadows something of the life he doesn't yet know, to help him survive the long ordeal ahead and to purge their own shame. What follows is an unlikely road trip by bus and train up the Eastern seaboard and an indelible journey of initiation and discovery, filled with beer-soaked wisdom, big city lights, revelry, brawls, debauchery, love, and surprising moments of tenderness.

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Skyhorse

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1510727779

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Adventures of Space Cadets 101: Space Pirates, Allies and Aliens

By: Darryl Dean Wright

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Adventures of Space Cadets 101: Space Pirates, Allies and Aliens

By: Darryl Dean Wright

An action/comedy with astronauts taking off on one journey which turned into many adventures throughout the galaxies. This is the first book in a series about a wealthy family of the future. The Houstons adventure into space where they take on space pirates and many kinds of aliens. As technology advances, so do their ships until they pilot the most advanced ship in the universe. The risks, thrills and challenges of space exploration are many and diverse - even to the point of occasionally having to struggle against Earth Defense Forces

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eBookIt.com

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1935186388

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Adventures of Space Cadets 101: Weddings

Third Book In the Adventures of Space Cadets 101 Series

By: Darryl Dean Wright

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Adventures of Space Cadets 101: Weddings

Third Book In the Adventures of Space Cadets 101 Series

By: Darryl Dean Wright

This 254 page E-Book of 95,000 words is the third book in a series about a wealthy family of the future. The Houstons adventure into space where they take on space pirates and many kinds of aliens. As technology advances, so do their ships until they pilot the most advanced ship in the universe. The risks, thrills and challenges of space exploration are many and diverse - even to the point of occasionally having to struggle against Earth Defense Forces.

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Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc.

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1935186507

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Trudeau's Tango

Alberta Meets Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968–1972

By: Darryl Raymaker

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Trudeau's Tango

Alberta Meets Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968–1972

By: Darryl Raymaker

A chronicle of Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s first term as prime minister and the attempt to bridge one of Canada’s classic political fault lines. Trudeau appeared to enjoy the encounter. He stood his ground while escaping projectiles, including a tomato . . . In this insightful and lively history, Liberal insider Darryl Raymaker recalls the attempt to broker “a marriage from hell” between the federal Liberal Party and Alberta’s Social Credit government in the late 1960s. Raymaker uses his deep connections and backroom knowledge to trace the tangled political relationships that developed when charismatic statesman Pierre Trudeau confronted the forces of oil and agriculture in Canada’s west. Part memoir, part chronicle, Trudeau’s Tango provides a window into Canadian history, politics, economics and the zeitgeist of the late 1960s. “Trudeau’s Tango is part memoir, part documentary of the geographic, cultural and political divisions that are a permanent fixture of Confederation. The fact we held it together remains a world-class achievement. . . . Compelling reading for any Canada 150 book club . . . A fresh and lively account of politics with sharp elbows.” —Holly Doan, Blacklock’s Reporter “An excellent book about Alberta and the Trudeaus.” —Warren Kinsella, HuffPost “[Raymaker’s] book recalls a tumultuous political era with wry humour and a touch of anger.” —Frank Dabbs, Alberta Views “A detailed chronology of the history and tangled political relationships of the Liberal Party at the national and provincial levels and its opponents in Alberta—the once dominant Social Credit Party and then the Progressive Conservatives—from December 1967 through November 1972. The account is filled with blow-by-blow descriptions of political events and encounters at the provincial level. . . . Recommended.” —G.A. McBeath, CHOICEMagazine

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University of Alberta

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1772123196

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Reckoning Methodism

Mission and Division in the Public Church

By: Darryl W. Stephens

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Reckoning Methodism

Mission and Division in the Public Church

By: Darryl W. Stephens

Reckoning Methodism addresses the brokenness of The United Methodist Church (UMC) in the United States. Homosexuality is but one of several fault lines with decades-long histories in this predominantly White denomination. Demographic shifts, racism, and imperialism are heavily implicated in the current state of division. What, then, is the true nature and mission of this church? The UMC is the public church divided. Distinct missional theologies arise from competing commitments and priorities. When Methodist programmatic initiatives—such as vital congregations, environmental witness, and volunteers in mission—fail to account for these differences, denominational unity is weakened. Constructively, this book seeks historical clarity, collective repentance, charismatic learning, and institutional courage as United Methodists reckon with inherited animosities and divisions. This book provides no answers or programmatic fixes. Rather, it provides possibilities for repairing past harms as United Methodists seek ways to continue living out their Wesleyan faith. Reckoning with the public church divided, we glimpse the nature and mission of the church—not only as it has been but also as it could be. Podcast interview with GCAH

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666775630

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9781666775631

A to Z of Physicists, Updated Edition

By: Darryl Leiter

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A to Z of Physicists, Updated Edition

By: Darryl Leiter

A to Z of Physicists, Updated Edition focuses not only on the lives and personalities of those profiled, but also on their research and contributions to the field. A fascinating and important element of this work is the attention paid to the obstacles that minority physicists had to overcome to reach their personal and professional goals. Through incidents, quotations, and photographs, the entries portray something of the human face, which is often lost in books on science and scientists. A to Z of Physicists, Updated Edition features more than 150 entries and 51 black-and-white photographs. Culturally inclusive and spanning the whole range of physicists from ancient times to the present day, this is an ideal resource for students and general readers interested in the history of physics or the significant aspects of the personal and professional lives of important physicists. People covered include: Archimedes (ca. 285–212 BCE) Homi Jehangir Bhabha (1909–1966) Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (1904–1990) Marie Curie (1867–1934) George Gamow (1904–1968) Tsung Dao Lee (1926–present) Lise Meitner (1878–1968) Yuval Ne'eman (1925–2006) Johannes Stark (1874–1957) Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Alessandro Volta (1745–1827) Hideki Yukawa (1907–1981)

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Infobase Holdings, Inc

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1438183313

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9781438183312

Free Market Criminal Justice

How Democracy and Laissez Faire Undermine the Rule of Law

By: Darryl K. Brown

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Free Market Criminal Justice

How Democracy and Laissez Faire Undermine the Rule of Law

By: Darryl K. Brown

Free Market Criminal Justice explains how faith in democratic politics and free markets has undermined the rule of law in US criminal process. It argues that, to strengthen the rule of law, US criminal justice needs less democracy, fewer market mechanisms, and more law.

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Oxford University Press

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0190457872

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9780190457877

Spoofing the Modern

Satire in the Harlem Renaissance

By: Darryl Dickson-Carr

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Spoofing the Modern

Satire in the Harlem Renaissance

By: Darryl Dickson-Carr

An examination of satirical texts from the first major African American literary movement Spoofing the Modern is the first book devoted solely to studying the role satire played in the movement known as the "New Negro," or Harlem, Renaissance from 1919 to 1940. As the first era in which African American writers and artists enjoyed frequent access to and publicity from major New York-based presses, the Harlem Renaissance helped the talents, concerns, and criticisms of African Americans to reach a wider audience in the 1920s and 1930s. These writers and artists joined a growing chorus of modernity that frequently resonated in the caustic timbre of biting satire and parody. The Harlem Renaissance was simultaneously the first major African American literary movement of the twentieth century and the first major blooming of satire by African Americans. Such authors as folklorist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, poet Langston Hughes, journalist George S. Schuyler, writer-editor-poet Wallace Thurman, physician Rudolph Fisher, and artist Richard Bruce Nugent found satire an attractive means to criticize not only American racism, but also the trials of American culture careening toward modernity. Frequently, they directed their satiric barbs toward each other, lampooning the painful processes through which African American artists struggled with modernity, often defined by fads and superficial understandings of culture. Dickson-Carr argues that these satirists provided the Harlem Renaissance with much of its most incisive cultural criticism. The book opens by analyzing the historical, political, and cultural circumstances that allowed for the "New Negro" in general and African American satire in particular to flourish in the 1920s. Each subsequent chapter then introduces the major satirists within the larger movement by placing each author's career in a broader cultural context, including those authors who shared similar views. Spoofing the Modern concludes with an overview that demonstrates how Harlem Renaissance authors influenced later cultural and literary movements.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1611174937

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9781611174939

Flight Paths

A Field Journal of Hope, Heartbreak, and Miracles with New York's Bird People

By: Darryl McGrath

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Flight Paths

A Field Journal of Hope, Heartbreak, and Miracles with New York's Bird People

By: Darryl McGrath

How a small group of New York biologists brought the peregrine falcon and bald eagle back from the brink of extinction. In the late 1970s, the bald eagle and the peregrine falcon were heading toward extinction, victims of the combined threats of DDT, habitat loss, and lax regulation. Flight Paths tells the story of how a small group of New York biologists raced against natures clock to bring these two beloved birds back from the brink in record-setting numbers. In a narrative that reads like a suspense tale, Darryl McGrath documents both rescue projects in never-before-published detail. At Cornell University, a team of scientists worked to crack the problem of how to breed peregrine falcons in captivity and then restore them to the wild. Meanwhile, two young, untested biologists tackled the overwhelming assignment of rebuilding the bald eagle population from the states last nesting pair, one of whom (the female) was sterile. McGrath interweaves this dramatic retelling with contemporary accounts of four at-risk species: the short-eared owl, the common loon, the Bicknells thrush, and the piping plover. She worked alongside biologists as they studied these elusive subjects in the Northeasts most remote regions, and the result is a story that combines vivid narrative with accessible science and is as much a tribute to these experts as it is a call to action for threatened birds. Readers are taken to a snow-covered meadow as an owl hunts her prey, a loon familys secluded pond, an eagle nest above the Hudson River, and a mountaintop at dusk in search of the Bicknells thrush, one of the planets rarest birds. Combining a little-known chapter of New Yorks natural history with a deeply personal account of a lifelong devotion to birds, Flight Paths is not only a story of our rapidly changing environment and a tribute to some of New Yorks most heroic biologists, but also a captivating read for anyone who has ever thrilled to the sight of a rare bird. In Flight Paths Darryl McGrath weaves together science, politics, personal struggle, and the emotional gravity of permanent loss into poignant tales of survival. She reminds us that our actions and determination can have a huge impact on birds and other wildlife that make their homes in the Adirondack Park. She brings a fresh perspective to modern conservation efforts and reminds us why birds matter in our everyday lives. Anyone who loves the Adirondack Park, or just appreciates wild places, will enjoy reading this book. William C. Janeway, Executive Director, Adirondack Council Not since David R. Zimmermans To Save a Bird in Peril has there been a popular book on rare and endangered birds so well researched and documented as this one. McGrath writes the story of the remarkable restoration of our national bird in New York, a saga that is largely the story of a few unique people who devoted their lives to this endeavor. She writes similar stories about the peregrine falcon, the common loon, the Bicknells thrush, and the short-eared owl, emphasizing the special problems and solutions for each species. Anyone interested in the details of what it takes to save rare or endangered species from extinction should read this sympathetic and well-written book. Tom J. Cade, Founding Chairman and Director, The Peregrine Fund In Flight Paths, Darryl McGrath tells the compelling story of New Yorks legacy as a national and international innovator in modern bird conservation. In an engaging style that often reads more like a novel than typical historical reporting, she focuses on the successful efforts to save the peregrine falcon and bald eagle from extinction in the Lower 48 states. Her conversations and field experience with the dedicated scientists and conservationists whose tireless efforts brought these magnificent birds back from the brink bring a rare depth and richness to the narrative. The pioneering work described in this well-told tale give some hope that when courageous and innovative scientists simply refuse to take no for an answer, seemingly intractable problems will yield. Kenneth P. Able, editor of Gatherings of Angels: Migrating Birds and Their Ecology

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SUNY Press

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1438459262

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9781438459264

Reformation and Society in Guernsey

By: Darryl Mark Ogier

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Reformation and Society in Guernsey

By: Darryl Mark Ogier

Changes in Guernsey's religious practices replace the traditional Catholic polity with Calvinist discipline, to the benefit of the old elite, but at the expense of social cohesion.

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Boydell & Brewer

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0851156037

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9780851156033

Public Law, Private Practice

Politics, Profit, and the Legal Profession in Nineteenth-Century Japan

By: Darryl E. Flaherty

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Public Law, Private Practice

Politics, Profit, and the Legal Profession in Nineteenth-Century Japan

By: Darryl E. Flaherty

Long ignored by historians and repudiated in their time, practitioners of private law opened the way toward Japan’s legal modernity. From the seventeenth to the turn of the twentieth century, lawyers and their predecessors changed society in ways that first samurai and then the state could not. During the Edo period (1600–1868), they worked from the shadows to bend the shogun’s law to suit the market needs of merchants and the justice concerns of peasants. Over the course of the nineteenth century, legal practitioners changed law from a tool for rule into a new epistemology and laid the foundation for parliamentary politics during the Meiji era (1868–1912). This social and political history argues that legal modernity sprouted from indigenous roots and helped delineate a budding nation’s public and private spheres. Tracing the transition of law regimes from Edo to Meiji, Darryl E. Flaherty shows how the legal profession emerged as a force for change in modern Japan and highlights its lasting contributions in founding private universities, political parties, and a national association of lawyers that contributed to legal reform during the twentieth century.

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BRILL

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1684175240

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9781684175246

Calvinism

A History

By: Darryl Hart

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Calvinism

A History

By: Darryl Hart

DIVDIVDIVThe first single-volume history of Reformed Protestantism from its sixteenth-century origins to the present/div/div/div

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Yale University Press

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0300148798

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9780300148794

In Remembrance of Emmett Till

Regional Stories and Media Responses to the Black Freedom Struggle

By: Darryl Mace

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In Remembrance of Emmett Till

Regional Stories and Media Responses to the Black Freedom Struggle

By: Darryl Mace

This provocative study explores how media coverage of Emmett Till’s murder influences regional reactions and reignited the Civil Rights movement. On August 28, 1955, fourteen-year-old Chicago native Emmett Till was brutally beaten to death for allegedly flirting with a white woman at a grocery store in Money, Mississippi. Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam were acquitted of Till’s murder—then admitted to the crime in an interview with the national media. They were never convicted. Although Till's body was mutilated, his mother ordered that his casket remain open so that the country could observe the results of racially motivated violence in the Deep South. Media attention fanned the flames of regional tension and impelled many individuals—including Rosa Parks—to become vocal activists for racial equality. In this innovative study, Darryl Mace explores media coverage of Till's murder and analyses its influence on the regional and racial perspectives. He investigates the portrayal of the trial in popular and black newspapers across the South, documents posttrial reactions, and examines Till's memorialization in the press to highlight the media's role in shaping opinions.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813145376

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9780813145372

Rosa Parks

A Life in American History

By: Darryl Mace

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Rosa Parks

A Life in American History

By: Darryl Mace

Rosa Parks's crucial decision proved more than one to remain seated. This book uses historical analysis and Parks's own words to paint a complete picture of her life as a courageous and defiant civil rights activist. Rosa Parks: A Life in American History explores the life of this important civil rights activist in the context of the cultural and social history of her time. The book focuses heavily on the influence of her mother and grandparents in her civil rights activism and emphasizes the fact that Rosa Parks was always active and engaged in the struggle for civil rights. Analyses of speeches she delivered provide a picture that broadens her influence and importance far beyond the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Chapters are organized chronologically, beginning with Rosa Parks' family history and ending with her death and legacy, and a culminating chapter explores her extensive impact on American history. The work also includes a timeline of key events in her life and a bibliography to aid additional research. Readers will benefit from a holistic approach that explores Parks' life well beyond her refusal to give up her seat on the Montgomery bus line. Of note, this book connects Parks' lifelong activism to the spirit of justice and resistance she learned at a young age.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440868433

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rePOSITIONed for the Blessing: Victorious Testimonies of Christian Women

By: Dr. Lawanne' S. Grant,Dr. Darryl L. Grant,Djuna McLeod,Eloise Rhyne,Juliette Satterwhite,Kylese Hammond,TheRessa James,Darlene Fleming,Ericka Mitchell

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rePOSITIONed for the Blessing: Victorious Testimonies of Christian Women

By: Dr. Lawanne' S. Grant,Dr. Darryl L. Grant,Djuna McLeod,Eloise Rhyne,Juliette Satterwhite,Kylese Hammond,TheRessa James,Darlene Fleming,Ericka Mitchell

Do you find it difficult to move forward after experiencing a setback in life? The testimonies included in this book are sure to propel you beyond the residue of negative encounters. The hope, inspiration, and motivation you need to transition from stagnation to progression are wrapped inside. As you open the book, prepare to position yourself in order to receive the abundant blessings that await you.

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Lulu.com

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0359778542

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9780359778546

Black Comedians on Black Comedy

How African-Americans Taught Us to Laugh

By: Darryl Littleton

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Black Comedians on Black Comedy

How African-Americans Taught Us to Laugh

By: Darryl Littleton

Describes the history of Black comedy from slavery through blackface, vaudeville, and the chitlin' circuit, to the present, interspersing commentary and criticism with interviews with Eddie Murphy, Marla Gibbs, and Chris Rock.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1557836809

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9781557836809

Interpretation and Theology in Spenser

By: Darryl J. Gless

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Interpretation and Theology in Spenser

By: Darryl J. Gless

An exploration of the ways in which new interpretations of theological doctrine inform Spenser's poetry.

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Adventures of Space Cadets 101: Invasions

Second Book In the Adventures of Space Cadets 101 Series

By: Darryl Wright

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Adventures of Space Cadets 101: Invasions

Second Book In the Adventures of Space Cadets 101 Series

By: Darryl Wright

This is the second book in a series about a wealthy family of the future. The Houstons adventure into space where they take on space pirates and many kinds of aliens. As technology advances, so do their ships until they pilot the most advanced ship in the universe. The risks, thrills and challenges of space exploration are many and diverse - even to the point of occasionally having to struggle against Earth Defense Forces.

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Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc.

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1935186442

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9781935186441

This Day In Comedy

The Ethnic Encyclopedia of Laughter

By: Frank Holder,Darryl Littleton

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This Day In Comedy

The Ethnic Encyclopedia of Laughter

By: Frank Holder,Darryl Littleton

On This Day in Comedy is not just an encyclopedia, but a celebration of comedy. In humorous prose the book takes readers through the often-neglected subcultures of comedy in America, acknowledging the inclusiveness of the performers as well as shows and films that made this art form so vital to comics of all backgrounds. It's artistically criminal that a search for Native American or Asian comedy information yields a virtually blank slate. Look for Middle Eastern comics and you'll be provided information on the region's comic book revolution, and search results for Latin comedy are confined to a series of outdated articles. This encyclopedia will offer rare and in some cases never-before-seen photos and obscure facts, making it an indispensable comedy essential.

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TrineDay

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1634242637

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9781634242639

Recovering Mother Kirk

The Case for Liturgy in the Reformed Tradition

By: Darryl Glen Hart

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Recovering Mother Kirk

The Case for Liturgy in the Reformed Tradition

By: Darryl Glen Hart

Endorsements: "Liturgical Presbyterians? No, this is not an oxymoron. D. G. Hart has written a lively polemic against the well-intentioned dumbing-down of worship by advocates of church growth. This book is going to make some people very mad, and it will make others very glad. Those who have thrown away the theological substance of the great Reformed tradition of Christian worship ought to be mad. Hart shames them. And yet, for those whose privilege it is to praise and serve God in a church that enjoys the Reformed way of worship in all its depth, glory, and joy, this book is a great summons to faithfulness in our time." --WILLIAM H. WILLIMON, Duke Divinity School "Beginning to realize just how much they have been shaped by non-Reformed influences, conservative Presbyterian and Reformed churches are now being forced to decide between a generic 'low-church' Protestantism, a 'high church' tradition, or, oddly enough, a more traditional Reformed and Presbyterian approach. D. G. Hart believes that Reformed theology provides resources not only for understanding that we are saved, but also for how we worship and mature in the Christian faith. There's a lot of wisdom here, and whether one agrees or disagrees with Hart, his well-considered arguments cannot be responsibly ignored by adherents of Reformed Christianity." --MICHAEL HORTON, Editor in Chief, Modern Reformation "Unabashedly writing to inform, rouse, and serve his fellow Presbyterians, D. G. Hart has nonetheless produced a book that is properly and profoundly ecumenical. Christians from all communions who take seriously the identity and nature of the church will learn from Hart's analysis of the complex arrangement under God of cult and culture, form and content, church and state, praise and proclamation, cross and crown. Hart reminds us that the chronicles of the people of God always offer encouragement to strengthen feeble arms, weak knees, and lazy minds." --KEN MYERS, host and producer of the Mars Hill Audio Journal "Hart's book combines world-class scholarship with keen social and ecclesiastical awareness and should be read and reread by those who want to transmit the piety and ethos of the Reformed tradition to the next generation." --TERRY L. JOHNSON, Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah, Georgia

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265

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1625646933

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9781625646934

Shirley Jackson's American Gothic

By: Darryl Hattenhauer

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Shirley Jackson's American Gothic

By: Darryl Hattenhauer

Best known for her short story "The Lottery" and her novel The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson produced a body of work that is more varied and complex than critics have realized. In fact, as Darryl Hattenhauer argues here, Jackson was one of the few writers to anticipate the transition from modernism to postmodernism, and therefore ranks among the most significant writers of her time. The first comprehensive study of all of Jackson's fiction, Shirley Jackson's American Gothic offers readers the chance not only to rediscover her work, but also to see how and why a major American writer was passed over for inclusion in the canon of American literature.

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State University of New York Press

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0791487423

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9780791487426

The Abolitionist Imagination

By: Andrew Delbanco,John Stauffer,Manisha Sinha,Darryl Pinckney,Wilfred M McClay

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The Abolitionist Imagination

By: Andrew Delbanco,John Stauffer,Manisha Sinha,Darryl Pinckney,Wilfred M McClay

The abolitionists of the mid-nineteenth century have long been painted in extremes--vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the catastrophic bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring and courageous reformers who hastened the end of slavery. But Andrew Delbanco sees abolitionists in a different light, as the embodiment of a driving force in American history: the recurrent impulse of an adamant minority to rid the world of outrageous evil. Delbanco imparts to the reader a sense of what it meant to be a thoughtful citizen in nineteenth-century America, appalled by slavery yet aware of the fragility of the republic and the high cost of radical action. In this light, we can better understand why the fiery vision of the "abolitionist imagination" alarmed such contemporary witnesses as Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne even as they sympathized with the cause. The story of the abolitionists thus becomes both a stirring tale of moral fervor and a cautionary tale of ideological certitude. And it raises the question of when the demand for purifying action is cogent and honorable, and when it is fanatic and irresponsible. Delbanco's work is placed in conversation with responses from literary scholars and historians. These provocative essays bring the past into urgent dialogue with the present, dissecting the power and legacies of a determined movement to bring America's reality into conformity with American ideals.

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Harvard University Press

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0674064909

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9780674064904

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