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Gone Case

By: Dave Chua

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A touching yet unsentimental story about growing up in Singapore seen through the eyes of Yong, a 12-year-old, who experiences the paradoxes of life even if he doesn’t always understand everything. Between the rigorous demands of school and taking care of his younger sibling, Yong deals with the death of Ah Por, upheavals in his family, run-ins with the neighbourhood gang leader, infatuation and finally, the end of a friendship. Set in a Housing Development Board (HDB) estate, Gone Case is a coming-of-age story with many memorable moments. It won the Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award in 1996 and was on the National Library Board's Read! Singapore 2011 list. It was adapted into a telemovie, produced and written by Lee Thean Jeen, directed by Ler Jiyuan in 2013. Reader Reviews "GONE CASE might be the most underrated work of fiction in Singaporean letters... I love this book: the Singlish; the spare, sometimes lyrical and always unpretentious language; the silences and what they imply. The novel’s episodic narrative even mirrors the TV serials of the era. I’m waiting for someone to make a proper film of it, and to render on screen, among many memorable images, the most poignant closing paragraph in Singaporean literature." - Alvin Pang, author of City of Rain and Testing The Silence, from Goodreads "A quietly disturbing novel on an HDB childhood in Singapore... An overlooked classic of local lit." - Ng Yi-Sheng, author of last boy "A thought-provoking bildungsroman that centrals itself around a twelve year old boy. Well written with varied use of figurative language and clearly described. Although the conversations are filled with vernacular terms, their usage makes the story extremely realistic. Excellent literature." - Apollos Michio, Goodreads

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Ethos Books

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9811404712

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9789811404719

Performance Psychology for Dancers

By: Erin Sanchez,Dave Collins,Aine MacNamara

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Performance Psychology for Dancers

By: Erin Sanchez,Dave Collins,Aine MacNamara

Professional dance careers are both highly rewarding and exceptionally challenging, so success as a dancer requires robust preparation. Performance Psychology for Dancers is an accessible and practical guide to talent development, offering dancers and those around them support to navigate the challenges of training and the psychological strategies that underlie success. As coaches, parents and experienced practitioners themselves, the authors share their passion and expertise in talent development from experience working with in-training and professional dancers, athletes, and the military. Additionally, a variety of current industry experts provide key insights and reflections on talent development, mental health and psychological skills for performance.

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The Crowood Press

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1785007998

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9781785007996

Zeal with Knowledge

The First Sixty Years of FEAST/APTS - New Expanded Edition

By: William W. Menzies,John F. Carter,Dave Johnson

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Zeal with Knowledge

The First Sixty Years of FEAST/APTS - New Expanded Edition

By: William W. Menzies,John F. Carter,Dave Johnson

The mission of APTS to train workers under the leadership of the Holy Spirit for the Lord's harvest in Asia and Pacific Oceania has remained unchanged for the last sixty years, although the methods and strategies to do so must be altered from time to time. This expanded edition includes the story of how this has been done over the last twenty years, taking into account the rapid changes in technology and educational delivery systems, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dave Johnson, D.Miss. From the Preface of the Second Edition Much of this history comes from the first-person accounts of those who were directly involved, especially those who served in the role of president. In addition to these reflections, catalogs, school annuals, board minutes, presidential reports, internal memoranda, photo collections and other documents were consulted. Since few of these are public documents were consulted. Since few of these are public documents and the content was verified by those directly involved, we determined that it would be of limited value to footnote such sources. However, all sources remain a part of these APTS archives and are available to anyone interested in further research. The FEAST/APST story provides a striking example of God's sovereign direction of missionaries, educators, and national leaders over many years to develop an institution of exceptional quality for training of young men and women for Pentecostal ministry in their own nations. As a fundamental strategy to advance the kingdom of God around the world, the training of national leaders has remained a significant emphasis of Assemblies of God missions to this day. I pray that this accounting of the events that led to the development of FEAST/APST will serve as an inspiration to those who continue to devote themselves to Great Commission ministry. John F. Carter, Ph.D. From the preface of the First Edition

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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ISBN 13

9798385215904

Kazakhstan - Ethnicity, Language and Power

By: Bhavna Dave

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Kazakhstan - Ethnicity, Language and Power

By: Bhavna Dave

Kazakhstan is emerging as the most dynamic economic and political actor in Central Asia. It is the second largest country of the former Soviet Union, after the Russian Federation, and has rich natural resources, particularly oil, which is being exploited through massive US investment. Kazakhstan has an impressive record of economic growth under the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbaev, and has ambitions to project itself as a modern, wealthy civic state, with a developed market economy. At the same time, Kazakhstan is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the region, with very substantial non-Kazakh and non-Muslim minorities. Its political regime has used elements of political clientelism and neo-traditional practices to bolster its rule. Drawing from extensive ethnographic research, interviews, and archival materials this book traces the development of national identity and statehood in Kazakhstan, focusing in particular on the attempts to build a national state. It argues that Russification and Sovietization were not simply 'top-down' processes, that they provide considerable scope for local initiatives, and that Soviet ethnically-based affirmative action policies have had a lasting impact on ethnic élite formation and the rise of a distinct brand of national consciousness.

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Routledge

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1134324987

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9781134324989

Nobody Told Me: My Life with the Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories

By: Jim McCarty,Dave Thompson

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Nobody Told Me: My Life with the Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories

By: Jim McCarty,Dave Thompson

Nobody Told Me is the long awaited autobiography by Jim McCarty, a founding and current member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Yardbirds, a founder member of Renaissance, Together and Box of Frogs, and an internationally respected songwriter. Open, honest, modest and affecting, Jim looks back on his long and remarkable career with both a keen eye for detail and his trademark sense of humour. From the birth of the British R&B boom to the latest incarnation of his much beloved band, Jim tells of his life on and off stage, alongside some of the most legendary musicians in rock history - including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page (who also contributed the book's introduction). From the Yardbirds, the story unfolds across Together, Renaissance and Illusion, collaborations with the Pretty Things and the British Invasion All Stars, Box of Frogs, Stairway and more.

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Lulu.com

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0244966508

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9780244966508

Chapman Practical Boat Handling

For Every Situation

By: Gregory O. Jones,Dave Kelley

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Chapman Practical Boat Handling

For Every Situation

By: Gregory O. Jones,Dave Kelley

For sailors and boaters, this handy manual-sized title from the experts at Chapman is the definitive source for every technique that all skippers must know for safe boating. Even an old hand can learn something new from this guide to handling boats—and novices can’t do without it. Greg Jones and Dave Kelley lay out all the basics, along with the underlying theory, and alert boaters to common mistakes. Whether the craft in question is a powerboat or a sailboat, it’s covered, and the information here could save lives and prevent serious damage. The comprehensive sections include launching and retrieving, docking and mooring, anchors and anchoring, maneuvering, engine trim and trim tabs, rough conditions and dangerous areas, emergency situations, and much more. Real-life anecdotes are used throughout to illustrate what can go wrong, why it went wrong, and how readers can avoid making the same errors. Greg Jones is a Senior Editor of Blue Water Sailing magazine, and Dave Kelley has won seven Boating Writers International writing awards and was both Editor in Chief and Executive Editor of Boating World Magazine.

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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1588163857

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9781588163851

1,001 Best Hot and Spicy Recipes

Delicious, Easy-to-Make Recipes from Around the Globe

By: Dave DeWitt

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1,001 Best Hot and Spicy Recipes

Delicious, Easy-to-Make Recipes from Around the Globe

By: Dave DeWitt

Recipes for the most popular dishes from the collection of “the high priest of hot stuff,” the author of Chili Peppers and The Founding Foodies (Sam Gugino, James Beard Award-winning food journalist). For the past three decades, Dave DeWitt has devoted his life and career to chile peppers and fiery foods, and he publishes the huge Fiery Foods & Barbecue Central (fiery-foods.com), which includes hundreds of articles and thousands of recipes. This new book is composed of the very best dishes from DeWitt’s collection of chile pepper-laden recipes from around the world that he’s acquired on his travels, from colleagues, and by researching authentic, obscure, and out-of-print cookbooks. The book is loaded with a vast array of hot and spicy favorites, including a huge variety of soups, stews, chilis, and gumbos; a broad selection of barbecue dishes for the grill; and a lengthy list of meatless entrees and vegetable options. Included are not just hundreds of spicy main dishes, but also a surprising array of zesty beverages, desserts, and breakfasts. In some chapters in this book, the recipes are grouped by type of recipe; in the others, they are organized in the order of chile peppers’ spread around the globe: South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, U.S.A., Europe, the Mediterranean and Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Asia and the Pacific. The book is truly the very best the world has to offer in terms of great spicy foods “When it comes to hellfire, no one can turn up the heat like Dave DeWitt.” —Steven Raichlen, author of Project Smoke

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905

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Agate Publishing

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1572847913

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9781572847910

Stutt Stories

Vivid Tales from a Life Well Lived

By: Dave W Stutt

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Stutt Stories

Vivid Tales from a Life Well Lived

By: Dave W Stutt

Stutt Stories: Vivid Tales from a Life Well Lived is a candid and riotous collection of memories, reflections, and conversations from a lifetime of logging, ranching, livestock-hauling, hunting, fishing, and living in the rural Canadian West. The stories and poems are written as they have been lived, and as they have been related in coffee shops, on horseback, and in pick-up trucks on country back roads, with colloquialism, common language, and gritty the humour the author is well known for. This collection will appeal to an adult audience interested in Canadian cultural history, as well as those who simply like a good story.

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FriesenPress

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1525599038

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9781525599033

Wingmaker

By: Dave Cameron

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Wingmaker

By: Dave Cameron

A curious and inventive caterpillar with an unusual technique for becoming a moth. Gramma Tinker is an old caterpillar who lives at the end of a cherry tree branch. Leaf and Lou, ant friends who live nearby, love to hear about her many inventions. One day, Gramma shows them her greatest invention yet: the Wingmaker 77. She is preparing for an adventure, and Leaf and Lou can’t imagine what it might be — especially when Gramma explains that she’ll rest inside the Wingmaker for two weeks, and when she emerges she’ll be “changed.” Why does Gramma need to make wings? And why is she studying flying creatures to learn about flight? Change happens. Being curious about it makes it fun!

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Kids Can Press Ltd

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1525304100

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9781525304101

Mindfulness in a Digital World

By: Dave Harley

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Mindfulness in a Digital World

By: Dave Harley

Using a lens of mindfulness, this book explores how digital dependencies can displace attention and undermine attentional control, leading to experiences of stress and mindless involvement with digital technology. Using qualitative interviews with teachers and students of mindfulness programmes, the book explores the challenges and opportunities for reconciling digital interactions with mindful practice. A phenomenological analysis of participants’ digital experiences shows three different imperatives (relating to digital capabilities, hyper-reality and algorithms), that can drive unconscious forms of interaction and encourage a delegation of attentional control that draws users away from the present moment. The book concludes by exploring the implications of these (extra-conscious) imperatives for understanding digital addiction. It also provides a set of guidelines for a digital approach to mindfulness practice that can encourage beneficial relationships with digital technology into the future.

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Springer Nature

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3031194071

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9783031194078

China and the Founding of the United States

The Influence of Traditional Chinese Civilization

By: Dave Xueliang Wang

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China and the Founding of the United States

The Influence of Traditional Chinese Civilization

By: Dave Xueliang Wang

This book discusses examples of how the U.S. Founding Fathers were influenced and inspired by Chinese agriculture, architecture, and philosophy. China, then one of the most stable and powerful civilizations in the world, offered unique perspectives on various aspects of society which were distinct from the Founding Fathers’ European heritage. China provided an alternative set of social and political frameworks which supported the Founding Fathers’ efforts to craft a unique heritage for their young nation. These Founders sought to establish a political identity that was distinct from European aristocratic traditions.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793644365

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9781793644367

Hot & Spicy Southeast Asian Dishes

By: Dave DeWitt,Mary Jane Wilan,Melissa T. Stock

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Hot & Spicy Southeast Asian Dishes

By: Dave DeWitt,Mary Jane Wilan,Melissa T. Stock

This collection of recipes uncovers the spiciest dishes that Southeast Asia has to offer. Dave DeWitt hosts Chili Pepper Kitchen, a popular PBS cooking show.

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Prima Lifestyles

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1559585773

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9781559585774

Gone Case

By: Dave Chua

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Gone Case

By: Dave Chua

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Ethos Books

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9811404712

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9789811404719

Life Wide Open

Dave Dion : No Holds Barred

By: Dave Dion

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Life Wide Open

Dave Dion : No Holds Barred

By: Dave Dion

Dave Dion's brand new autobiography proves conclusively why he is considered the most popular Late Model driver in the Northeast. Working with long time announcer and journalist, Dave Moody, Dion talks passionately about his racing career and his family's personal struggle with alcoholism, the Vietnam War, and the pressures of decades on the road. Loaded with photography, it is the classic story of a rugged individualist who pieces together a moral code far more precious that the silver in his hundreds of trophies.

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Nobody Told Me: My Life with the Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories

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Chapman Practical Boat Handling

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1,001 Best Hot and Spicy Recipes

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Mindfulness in a Digital World

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Hot & Spicy Southeast Asian Dishes

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