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The Twilight War

The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran

By: David Crist

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The Twilight War

The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran

By: David Crist

An important and timely book that should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding how the United States and Iran went from close allies to enduring enemies." -The Washington Post "Deserves a spot on the short list of must-read books on United States-Iran relations." -The New York Times The dramatic secret history of the undeclared, ongoing war between the U.S. and Iran. The United States and Iran have been engaged in an unacknowledged secret war since the 1970s. This conflict has frustrated multiple American presidents, divided administrations, and repeatedly threatened to bring the two nations to the brink of open warfare. Drawing upon unparalleled access to senior officials and key documents of several U.S. administrations, David Crist, a senior historian in the federal government, breaks new ground on virtually every page of The Twilight War. From the Iranian Revolution to secret negotiations between Iran and the United States after 9/11, from Iran’s nuclear program to the secretive and deadly role of Qasem Soleimani, Crist brings vital new depth to our understanding of “the Iran problem”—and what the future of this tense relationship may bring.

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014312367X

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names

By: David Mills

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names

By: David Mills

From Abbas Combe to Zennor, this dictionary gives the meaning and origin of place names in the British Isles, tracing their development from earliest times to the present day.

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Oxford University Press

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Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

A Dictionary of Allegorical Meanings

By: H. David Brumble

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Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

A Dictionary of Allegorical Meanings

By: H. David Brumble

While numerous classical dictionaries identify the figures and tales of Greek and Roman mythology, this reference book explains the allegorical significance attached to the myths by Medieval and Renaissance authors. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries for the gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and places of classical myth a

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1136797378

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Oncology of Infancy and Childhood E-Book

By: Stuart H. Orkin,David E. Fisher,A. Thomas Look,Samuel Lux,David Ginsburg,David G. Nathan

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Oncology of Infancy and Childhood E-Book

By: Stuart H. Orkin,David E. Fisher,A. Thomas Look,Samuel Lux,David Ginsburg,David G. Nathan

To address the growing complexities of childhood cancer, Nathan and Oski’s Hematology and Oncology of Infancy and Childhood has now been separated into two distinct volumes. With this volume devoted strictly to pediatric oncology, and another to pediatric hematology, you will be on the cutting edge of these two fields. This exciting new, full-color reference provides you with the most comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date information for diagnosing and treating children with cancer. It brings together the pathophysiology of disease with detailed clinical guidance on diagnosis and management for the full range of childhood cancers, including aspects important in optimal supportive care. Written by the leading names in pediatric oncology, this resource is an essential tool for all who care for pediatric cancer patients. Offers comprehensive coverage of all pediatric cancers, including less common tumors, making this the most complete guide to pediatric cancer. Covers emerging research developments in cancer biology and therapeutics, both globally and in specific pediatric tumors. Includes a section on supportive care in pediatric oncology, written by authors who represent the critical subdisciplines involved in this important aspect of pediatric oncology. Uses many boxes, graphs, and tables to highlight complex clinical diagnostic and management guidelines. Presents a full-color design that includes clear illustrative examples of the relevant pathology and clinical issues, for quick access to the answers you need. Incorporates the codified WHO classification for all lymphomas and leukemias.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437721389

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A History of Christianity in Wales

By: David Ceri Jones,Barry Lewis,Madeleine Gray,D. Densil Morgan

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A History of Christianity in Wales

By: David Ceri Jones,Barry Lewis,Madeleine Gray,D. Densil Morgan

Christianity, in its Catholic, Protestant and Nonconformist forms, has played an enormous role in the history of Wales and in the defining and shaping of Welsh identity over the past two thousand years. Biblical place names, an urban and rural landscape littered with churches, chapels, crosses and sacred sites, a bardic and literary tradition deeply imbued with Christian themes in both the Welsh and English languages, and the songs sung by tens of thousands of rugby supporters at the national stadium in Cardiff, all hint at a Christian presence that was once universal. Yet for many in contemporary Wales, the story of the development of Christianity in their country remains little known. While the history of Christianity in Wales has been a subject of perennial interest for Welsh historians, much of their work has been highly specialised and not always accessible to a general audience. Standing on the shoulders of some of Wales’s finest historians, this is the first single-volume history of Welsh Christianity from its origins in Roman Britain to the present day. Drawing on the expertise of four leading historians of the Welsh Christian tradition, this volume is specifically designed for the general reader, and those beginning their exploration of Wales’s Christian past.

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1786838222

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The Twilight War

The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran

By: David Crist

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The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran

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The Earthquake America Forgot

2000 Temblors in Five Months . . . and It Will Happen Again

By: Norman Reiss,David Stewart,Ray Knox

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The Earthquake America Forgot

2000 Temblors in Five Months . . . and It Will Happen Again

By: Norman Reiss,David Stewart,Ray Knox

Scientifically and historically describes the New Madrid, Missouri earthquakes of 1811-1812 and provides valuable information in the event of an earthquake today.

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Care Publications

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1932747052

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Blown by the Spirit

Puritanism and the Emergence of an Antinomian Underground in Pre-Civil-War England

By: David R. Como

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Blown by the Spirit

Puritanism and the Emergence of an Antinomian Underground in Pre-Civil-War England

By: David R. Como

This study explores the intersection of politics, religious thought, and religious culture in pre-revolutionary England, using hitherto unknown or overlooked manuscripts and printed material to reconstruct and contextualize a forgotten but highly significant antinomian religious subculture that evolved at the margins of the early seventeenth-century puritan community. By reconstructing this story, Blown by the Spirit offers a major revision of current understanding of Puritanism and the puritan community. In the process, the author illuminates the obscure and tangled question of the origins of civil-war radicalism, thereby helping to explain the course, consequences, and ultimate failure of the English revolution.

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Stanford University Press

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080478812X

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Dissonant Neighbours

Narrative Progress in Early Welsh and English Poetry

By: David Callander

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Dissonant Neighbours

Narrative Progress in Early Welsh and English Poetry

By: David Callander

Recent books which cover similar areas to this include Elizabeth Tyler, ed., Conceptualizing Multilingualism in England, c. 800-c.1250 (Brepols, 2011) and Lindy Brady, Writing the Welsh Borderlands in Anglo-Saxon England (Manchester University Press, 2017). These titles attest to the intense interest in cross-linguistic comparison among contemporary scholars and students of medieval literature.

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University of Wales Press

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1786833999

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English Historical Syntax

By: David Denison

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English Historical Syntax

By: David Denison

This study brings together many of the resources needed for the exploration of English historical syntax and deals with many of the important changes in English sentence structure from Old English to present. It also features a survey of published research from both classical and modern linguistic traditions, as well as new research by the author. Provides guidance on methodology, important reference materials, and the general history of the English language.

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1317887697

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The Philosophy of Piers Plowman

The Ethics and Epistemology of Love in Late Medieval Thought

By: David Strong

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The Philosophy of Piers Plowman

The Ethics and Epistemology of Love in Late Medieval Thought

By: David Strong

This book examines William Langland’s late medieval poem, The Vision of Piers Plowman, in light of contemporary intellectual thought. David Strong argues that where the philosophers John Duns Scotus and William of Ockham revolutionize the view of human potential through their theories of epistemology, ethics, and freedom of the will, Langland vivifies these ideas by contextualizing them in an individual’s search for truth and love. Specifically, the text ponders the intersection between reason and the will in expressing love. While scholars have consistently noted the text’s indebtedness to these higher strains of thought, this is the first book-length study in over thirty years that explores the depth of this interconnection, and the only one that considers the salience of both Scotus and Ockham. It is essential reading for medieval literary specialists and students as well as any cultural historian who desires to augment their knowledge of truth and love.

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Springer

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3319519816

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Public Piers Plowman

Modern Scholarship and Late Medieval English Culture

By: C. David Benson

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Public Piers Plowman

Modern Scholarship and Late Medieval English Culture

By: C. David Benson

Public Piers Plowman is divided into two parts. The first is an extended essay on what Benson calls the "Langland myth." He traces the evolution of Piers scholarship and demonstrates the limitations of treating Piers as a direct expression of the poet's experience and intellectual views." "In the second part Benson offers an alternative history for the poem. Benson approaches it from a broader public context, using representative examples from vernacular writing, parish art, and civic practices. He argues that Piers reached a wide contemporary audience because, far from being an account only of the author's own life and opinions, it was securely rooted in the common culture of its time and place."--Jacket.

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0271046201

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The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman: the B-Version

By: C. David Benson,Lynne S. Blanchfield

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The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman: the B-Version

By: C. David Benson,Lynne S. Blanchfield

The B-version of 'Piers Plowman', perhaps the only version authorised by Langland, is the one most frequently read today, and the most influential form of the poem. This catalogue of the extant medieval manuscripts, now locaed in Cambridge, London, Oxford, Tokyo, and San Marino, California, offers both individual manuscript descriptions and a record of the annotations. The new and detailed codicological descriptions include information on provenance and ownership, a full list of the contents, and a description of the physical make-up and the presentation of each manuscript. The first published accounts of the various textual annotations on each manuscript (whether produced by the original scribes or later readers) provides the best record available of how 'piers plowman' was understoon by its earliest audience. Professor C. DAVID BENSON teaches in the English Department at the University of Connecticut; Dr LYNNE BLANCHFIELD is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University.

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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1843841851

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Evaluating Explanations

A Content Theory

By: David B. Leake

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Evaluating Explanations

A Content Theory

By: David B. Leake

Psychology and philosophy have long studied the nature and role of explanation. More recently, artificial intelligence research has developed promising theories of how explanation facilitates learning and generalization. By using explanations to guide learning, explanation-based methods allow reliable learning of new concepts in complex situations, often from observing a single example. The author of this volume, however, argues that explanation-based learning research has neglected key issues in explanation construction and evaluation. By examining the issues in the context of a story understanding system that explains novel events in news stories, the author shows that the standard assumptions do not apply to complex real-world domains. An alternative theory is presented, one that demonstrates that context -- involving both explainer beliefs and goals -- is crucial in deciding an explanation's goodness and that a theory of the possible contexts can be used to determine which explanations are appropriate. This important view is demonstrated with examples of the performance of ACCEPTER, a computer system for story understanding, anomaly detection, and explanation evaluation.

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Psychology Press

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1317782453

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Small Towns in Recent American Crime Fiction

By: David Geherin

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Small Towns in Recent American Crime Fiction

By: David Geherin

Small towns have long been a commonplace setting in cozy mysteries, but in recent years writers of realistic crime fiction have discovered fresh possibilities in small town settings. There they can take advantage of distinct facets of small town life--a sense of community, slower pace of life, proximity to nature--and yet deal with social, economic and environmental issues. Because crimes in small communities hit closer to home, the human element can better be emphasized. This book focuses on the work of ten contemporary authors who have placed small towns like Rocksburg, Pennsylvania (K. C. Constantine), West Table, Missouri (Daniel Woodrell), Niniltna, Alaska (Dana Stabenow), Aurora, Minnesota (William Kent Krueger), Paradise, Michigan (Steve Hamilton), Millersburg, Ohio (P. L. Gaus), Heartsdale, Georgia (Karin Slaughter), Millers Kill, New York (Julia Spencer-Fleming), Durant, Wyoming (Craig Johnson), and a number of national parks (Nevada Barr) on the map of American crime fiction.

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McFarland

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078649428X

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Double Jeopardy

A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution

By: David Rudstein

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Double Jeopardy

A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution

By: David Rudstein

This volume traces the history of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. It shows that the constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy has its roots in ancient Jewish and early Greek and Roman law. After recapping the history of the clause the Supreme Court's current interpretation of the clause is explained. This book describes the circumstances in which the premature termination of an individual's trial bars a subsequent trail for the same offense. It also examines when the Clause prohibits the government from imposing multiple punishments for the same offense. The final chapter includes a discussion of bibliographical sources.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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031302782X

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The History of the English Language

A Sourcebook

By: David Burnley

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The History of the English Language

A Sourcebook

By: David Burnley

This second edition of The History of the English Language- A Sourcebook provides a comprehensive and accessible guide to the origins and development of the English language. First published in 1992, the book contains over fifty illustrative passages, drawn from the oldest English to the twentieth century. The passages are contextualised by individual introductions and grouped into the traditional periods of Old English, Early Middle English, Later Middle English, Early Modern English and Modern English. These periods are connected by brief essays explaining the major linguistic developments associated with each period, to produce a continuous outline history. For this new edition Professor Burnley has expanded the outline of linguistic features at each of the main chronological divisions and included more selections and illustrations. A new section has also been included to illustrate the language of advertising from the 18th century to the present. The book will be of general interest to all those interested in the origins and development of the English language, and in particular to students and teachers of the history of the English language at A-level and university.

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131788339X

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From Yellow Dog Democrats to Red State Republicans

Florida and Its Politics since 1940

By: David R. Colburn

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From Yellow Dog Democrats to Red State Republicans

Florida and Its Politics since 1940

By: David R. Colburn

Likely to raise hackles among Democrats and Republicans alike, this dynamic history of modern Florida argues that the Sunshine State has become the political and demographic future of the nation. David Colburn reveals how Florida gradually abandoned the traditions of race and personality that linked it to the Democratic Party. The book focuses particularly on the population growth and chaotic gubernatorial politics that altered the state from 1940, when it was a sleepy impoverished southern outpost, to the present and the emergence of a dominant Republican Party.

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University Press of Florida

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0813047145

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Standard Catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles - 2nd Edition

By: David Doyle

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Standard Catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles - 2nd Edition

By: David Doyle

Author David Doyle has worked overtime to produce the ultimate guide for the U.S. military vehicle enthusiast. In this exhaustive, comprehensive, and meticulously prepared catalog, Doyle cover all the history, vehicle data, production figures, and variations of every notable U.S. defense vehicle produced between World War II and Operation Desert Story. More than a 1,000 photos, thousands of technical specifications, fascinating historical information, and Krause Publications' exclusive 1-to-6 Vehicle Condition Grading Scale make the Standard Catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles 2nd Edition an indispensable resource for war vehicle enthusiasts and military history buffs.

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Penguin

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1440225729

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Writing on the Image

Reading William Morris

By: David Latham

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Writing on the Image

Reading William Morris

By: David Latham

Writing on the Image is a collection of essays that showcases the varied canon of Morris.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802092470

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The Blood on Satan's Claw

By: David Evans-Powell

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The Blood on Satan's Claw

By: David Evans-Powell

Widely regarded as one of the foundational 'Unholy Trinity' of folk horror film, The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) has been comparatively over-shadowed, if not maligned, when compared to Witchfinder General (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973). While those horror bedfellows are now accepted as classics of British cinema, Piers Haggard's film remains undervalued, ironically so, given that it was Haggard who coined the term 'folk horror' in relation to his film. In this Devil's Advocate, David Evans-Powell explores the place of the film in the wider context of the folk horror sub-genre; its use of a seventeenth-century setting (which it shares with contemporaries such as Witchfinder General and Cry of the Banshee) in contrast to the generic nineteenth-century locales of Hammer; the influences of contemporary counter-culture and youth movement on the film; the importance of localism and landscape; and the film as an expression of a wider contemporary crisis in English identity (which can also be perceived in Witchfinder General, and in contemporary TV serials such as Penda's Fen).

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Liverpool University Press

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1800346050

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Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds

By: David W. Steadman

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Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds

By: David W. Steadman

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University of Chicago Press

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0226771423

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Organic Conformational Analysis and Stereochemistry from Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy

By: David A. Lightner,Jerome E. Gurst

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Organic Conformational Analysis and Stereochemistry from Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy

By: David A. Lightner,Jerome E. Gurst

Unter Zirkulardichroismus (CD) versteht man die spezifisch unterschiedliche Absorption von links- und rechtszirkular polarisiertem Licht durch bestimmte Moleküle. CD-Effekte lassen sich in Abhängigkeit von der Wellenlänge messen und spektroskopisch auswerten; sie geben beispielsweise Auskunft über die Konformation organischer Verbindungen. Dieses Buch richtet sich an den organischen Chemiker, der mit den Grundprinzipien der Stereochemie vertraut ist, und erläutert die Anwendung der CD-Spektroskopie zur Konformationsanalyse ausführlich und verständlich. (06/00)

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471354058

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Conservation Politics

The Last Anti-Colonial Battle

By: David Johns

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Conservation Politics

The Last Anti-Colonial Battle

By: David Johns

Challenges conservationists to rethink protecting the natural world; making political strategies central to increase support and influence.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107199581

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Fire-Breathing Liberal

How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress

By: Robert Wexler,David Fisher

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Fire-Breathing Liberal

How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress

By: Robert Wexler,David Fisher

Five-term Florida Democrat Rep. Wexler gives fascinating insights into the workings of Congress and puts readers at the center of some of the most significant political events of the last ten years. 8-page b&w photo insert.

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Macmillan

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0312366442

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South Central Pennsylvania Legends & Lore

By: David J. Puglia

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South Central Pennsylvania Legends & Lore

By: David J. Puglia

Powwow practitioners of York County, the headless ghost of a murdered girl that roams the back roads of Schuylkill County and the Hummelstown Hermit who still lingers in Indian Echo Caverns--these tales are all part of the lore of South Central Pennsylvania. Such legends offer a fuller history of the region, from the folkways of the Pennsylvania Dutch to the stories of the rocky relations between German and English settlers and local tribes. Folklorist David J. Puglia reveals this lore to a new audience and explores the region's more recent legends like the "Wizard of Cumberland County" and Milton Hershey's narrow miss with the Titanic. Join Puglia as he tracks through the hills, houses and hollows of South Central Pennsylvania in search of its legends and lore.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614237336

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Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, 1968-2008

By: David Walczak,Monika Reuter

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Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, 1968-2008

By: David Walczak,Monika Reuter

In September 1968, the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale opened its doors on the beach where Las Olas Boulevard meets the Atlantic Ocean. With an enrollment of 55 students, the school offered three diploma programs: commercial art, fashion illustration, and interior design. The year 2008 marked the school's 40th anniversary, and today more than 3,000 students are enrolled in 17 different programs awarding bachelor's and associate's degrees and diplomas. Having moved to its new location on Seventeenth Street near the Intracoastal Waterway in 1986, the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale is currently one of the largest and most respected institutions of its kind. The school is owned and operated by the Education Management Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which has opened more than 42 schools across the United States and Canada.

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0738554421

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British and Irish Experiences and Impressions of Central Europe, c.1560–1688

By: David Worthington

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British and Irish Experiences and Impressions of Central Europe, c.1560–1688

By: David Worthington

Whilst much recent scholarly work has sought to place early modern British and Irish history within a broader continental context, most of this has focused on western or northern Europe. In order to redress the balance, this new study by David Worthington explores the connections linking writers and expatriates from the later Tudor and Stuart kingdoms with the two major dynastic conglomerates east of the Rhine, the Austrian Habsburg lands and Poland-Lithuania. Drawing on a variety of sources, including journals, diaries, letters and travel accounts, the book not only shows the high level of scholarly interest evidenced within contemporary English language works about the region, but how many more British and Irish people ventured there than is generally recognised. As well as the soldiers, merchants and diplomats one might expect, we discover more unexpected and colourful characters, including a polymath Irish moral theologian in Vienna, an orphaned English poetess in Prague, a Welsh humanist in Cracow, and a Scottish physician and botanist at the Vasa court in Warsaw. This examination of the diverse range of Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English religious, intellectual, political, military and commercial contacts with central Europe provides not only a more balanced view of British and Irish history, but also continues the process of reintegrating the histories of the European regions. Furthermore, by extending the focus of research beyond widely studied areas, towards other more illuminating, international aspects, the book challenges scholars to analyse these networks within less parochial, and more transnational settings.

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Routledge

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1317172140

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Close to the Bone

By: David Wiltse

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Close to the Bone

By: David Wiltse

His grandmother can’t go downstairs any more, so Brade brings his victims to the basement. It has all the modern conveniences—pipes fitted with chains, a table to hold his knives, a drain to wash away the blood. It even has a secret exit, for the inevitable day when justice comes to call. But when the bell rings for Brade, it isn’t justice—it’s his conscience, in the form of FBI agent John Becker. More than any other cop, Becker understands what goes on in a serial killer’s mind, and he comes to exact vengeance in blood. An icepick-wielding assassin is loose in New York City, and his target is Yasser Arafat. Bury his icepick in the Palestinian’s ear, and the Mideast will descend into chaos—unless Becker can get the killer’s scent in time to bring him down.

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Graymalkin Media

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1631680528

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Imagined Romes

The Ancient City and Its Stories in Middle English Poetry

By: C. David Benson

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Imagined Romes

The Ancient City and Its Stories in Middle English Poetry

By: C. David Benson

This volume explores the conflicting representations of ancient Rome—one of the most important European cities in the medieval imagination—in late Middle English poetry. Once the capital of a great pagan empire whose ruined monuments still inspired awe in the Middle Ages, Rome, the seat of the pope, became a site of Christian pilgrimage owing to the fame of its early martyrs, whose relics sanctified the city and whose help was sought by pilgrims to their shrines. C. David Benson analyzes the variety of ways that Rome and its citizens, both pre-Christian and Christian, are presented in a range of Middle English poems, from lesser-known, anonymous works to the poetry of Gower, Chaucer, Langland, and Lydgate. Benson discusses how these poets conceive of ancient Rome and its citizens—especially the women of Rome—as well as why this matters to their works. An insightful and innovative study, Imagined Romes addresses a crucial lacuna in the scholarship of Rome in the medieval imaginary and provides fresh perspectives on the work of four of the most prominent Middle English poets.

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Penn State Press

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0271083972

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