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The Final Case

A novel

By: David Guterson

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From the award-winning, best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars—a moving father-son story that is also a taut courtroom drama and a bold examination of privilege, power, and how to live a meaningful life. A girl dies one late, rainy night a few feet from the back door of her home. The girl, Abeba, was born in Ethiopia. Her adoptive parents, Delvin and Betsy Harvey—conservative, white fundamentalist Christians—are charged with her murder. Royal, a Seattle criminal attorney in the last days of his long career, takes Betsy Harvey’s case. An octogenarian without a driver’s license, he leans on his son—the novel’s narrator—as he prepares for trial. So begins The Final Case, a bracing, astute, and deeply affecting examination of justice and injustice—and familial love. David Guterson’s first courtroom drama since Snow Falling on Cedars, it is his most compelling and heartfelt novel to date.

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0525521321

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Rendering ebook Collection

Ultimate CD

By: Saty Raghavachary,Matt Pharr,David Luebke,Thomas Strothotte

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Rendering ebook Collection

Ultimate CD

By: Saty Raghavachary,Matt Pharr,David Luebke,Thomas Strothotte

Rendering ebook Collection contains 4 of our best-selling titles, providing the ultimate reference for every computer graphics and gaming professional’s library. Get access to over 2500 pages of reference material, at a fraction of the price of the hard-copy books. This CD contains the complete ebooks of the following 4 titles: Raghavachary, Rendering for Beginners: Image synthesis using RenderMan, 9780240519357 Pharr and Humphreys, Physically Based Rendering, 9780125531801 Luebke, Level of Detail for 3D Graphics, 9781558608382 Strothotte, Non-photorealistic Computer Graphics, 9781558607873 *Four fully searchable titles on one CD providing instant access to the ULTIMATE library of engineering materials for graphics professionals *2500 pages of practical and theoretical animation information in one portable package. *Incredible value at a fraction of the cost of the print books

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0080923593

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9780080923598

Saint Patrick

By: David N. Dumville,D. N. Dumville

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Saint Patrick

By: David N. Dumville,D. N. Dumville

Extremely scholarly and contains many important studies... impossible to do justice to the depth of scholarship which is on display here. BRITANNIA Anyone working on Britain and Ireland in the fifth century should pay close attention. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY A fascinating work, which sheds light on a number of dark corners. EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE St Patrick's place in Irishhistory is celebrated, but is also the subject of intense controversy - even as to his death. Although the 1500th anniversary of that event was originally celebrated in 1961, there is every reason to think the death date of 461 unsustainable. This collection of essays commemorates a different date, 17 March 493, and takes stock of other difficult issues which require reassesment. These include Patrick's own account of his career, his impassioned apologiapro uita sua, and the later Irish sources which may not reveal much about Patrick but possibly contain material about Palladius, sent from Rome in AD 431 as first bishop for Irish Christians: the invention of two Patricks seems tobelong, at the latest, to the 8th century, and may be a reflex of a 7th-century conflation of the careers of Palladius and Patrick. The continuing mediaeval development of the legend and cult of St Patrick and a wide variety of other associated historical and literary-historical issues are also explored. DAVID DUMVILLE is Professor of Palaeography and Cultural History, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Girton College.

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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0851157335

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9780851157337

Buck Whaley

Ireland’s Greatest Adventurer

By: David Ryan

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Buck Whaley

Ireland’s Greatest Adventurer

By: David Ryan

Thomas 'Buck' Whaley was one of the greatest adventurers in Irish history. In 1788 he made an extraordinary 10-month journey from Dublin to Jerusalem for a wager of £15,000, equivalent to several million today. Nearly shipwrecked in the Sea of Crete, he almost died of plague in Constantinople, narrowly avoided a pirate attack, was waylaid by bandits, and met an infamous Ottoman governor known as 'the Butcher'. On his return, he became an overnight celebrity before suffering a catastrophic series of gambling losses that exiled him first to continental Europe (where he attempted to rescue Louis XVI from the guillotine) and then to the Isle of Man. When he died aged 34 in 1800 he had squandered an astronomical £400,000 (around 100 million) 'without ever purchasing or acquiring contentment or one hour's true happiness'. In his lifetime, Ireland was about to erupt in rebellion; France was on the brink of bloody revolution; and the Ottoman Empire was creaking at the seams. Whaley lit up this volatile world like a fast-burning candle but retained his ability to recognise the absurdity of his own actions and the world around him. Buck Whaley tells the full story of his remarkable life and adventures for the first time.

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1785372319

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Lawrence of Arabia

By: David Murphy

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Lawrence of Arabia

By: David Murphy

Thomas Edward Lawrence, more popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia, is remembered today more for his immortalization on stage and screen rather than for his dramatic exploits in the Middle East during the First World War. This book shines a light on his military achievements, his major campaigns and the impact that his influence had on shaping the war in the Middle East. Lawrence quickly rose to prominence following the outbreak of the Arab Revolt in 1916. His skills in Arab languages helped him co-ordinate Navy support in an effort to regain captured coastal ports, whilst gathering widespread local support and building up the Arab Northern Army. He pioneered new tactics, which would shape British strategy four decades later, recognising the importance of aircraft, mobile artillery and armour in desert warfare. In two short years the obscure staff officer had attained the rank of full colonel and helped to shape the outcome of the war in the Middle East.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1849088241

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9781849088244

San Francisco 49ers

Where Have You Gone? Joe Montana, Y. A. Tittle, Steve Young, and Other 49ers Greats

By: Matt Maiocco,David Fucillo

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San Francisco 49ers

Where Have You Gone? Joe Montana, Y. A. Tittle, Steve Young, and Other 49ers Greats

By: Matt Maiocco,David Fucillo

In San Francisco 49ers: Where Have You Gone?, memories are revisited through profiles of 49 former players, ranging from colorful Visco Grgich, an original member of the organization, to Steve Young, the Hall of Fame quarterback. Other Hall of Famers from the team's rich past include Joe Perry, Hugh McElhenny, Y. A. Tittle, and Bob St. Clair. But what has become of these players since? Many former 49ers players achieved their greatest accomplishments once they left the football field behind. Catch up with all your favorite players! Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports--books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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1613210450

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Blood Feud

By: David Robbins

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Blood Feud

By: David Robbins

There's only one way to end a feud... Leave no one alive. They attacked his older sister. They butchered his pa and uncle. But the bloodthirsty Harkey clan didn't bargain on sixteen-year-old Chace Shannon. He killed his first man before he could shave. Now, Chace must ride the vengeance trail alone and take the fight to the Harkeys...

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1101443693

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Columbus Avenue Boys

Avenging the Scalamarri Massacre

By: David Carraturo

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Columbus Avenue Boys

Avenging the Scalamarri Massacre

By: David Carraturo

Salvatore Esposito, Anthony Albanese, and Christopher Cameron the Columbus Avenue Boys are somewhat related, as they share lineage back to before the turn of century. Having grown up together in a small community north of New York City, each became successful in his own right. Chris moved to Dallas to be a portfolio manager with a financial firm while Sal and Tony earn their living the hard way by being enforcers and major earners for the mob. Tony's grandfather, Pops Scala, tells them a horrific secret from the Scalamarri family past: twelve members of their family were massacred at the hands of Bugsy Siegel and his ruthless gang from Murder Inc. in 1935. Pops was the sole witness and lone survivor, and he was more than happy to pull the trigger and end Bugsy's murderous life. Now fifty years later, Pops convinces the Columbus Avenue Boys they must leave the underworld life for good. Since one cannot just give two weeks' notice to the Gambino crime family, the three blood brothers devise a plan to infiltrate the inner workings of the Mafia in the 1990s to avenge the massacre in their family tree. Columbus Avenue Boys chronicles the Scalamarri family tree throughout the twentieth century and presents a historical perspective of the life and struggles of an Italian immigrant family as well as that of America's organized crime.

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1469778289

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Trade and Globalization

An Introduction to Regional Trade Agreements

By: David A. Lynch

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Trade and Globalization

An Introduction to Regional Trade Agreements

By: David A. Lynch

Regional trade agreements (RTAs) are not new, but their complexity and importance in global economics and politics has grown exponentially in the past two decades. Tackling this daunting proliferation head on, this book provides a much-needed guide to RTAs. Setting current regional agreements in their economic, political, and historical context, David A. Lynch describes and compares every significant RTA, region by region. He clearly explains their intricate inner workings, their webs of collaboration and conflict, and their primary goals and effectiveness. Lynch's deeply knowledgeable study bridges the ideological divides in scholarly and public debate, including economists' emphases on markets and efficiency versus antiglobalization activists' concerns over inequality and social ills. By building a middle ground between micro and macro analysis and clarifying technical terminology, this concise and accessible book will be an invaluable reference for all readers.

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0742566900

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Cultivating Creativity through World Films

Exploring Cinematic Narratives Featuring Child Protagonists

By: David Campos,Ericka Knudson

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Cultivating Creativity through World Films

Exploring Cinematic Narratives Featuring Child Protagonists

By: David Campos,Ericka Knudson

With the aim to help teachers design and deliver instruction around world films featuring child protagonists, Cultivating Creativity through World Films guides readers to understand the importance of fostering creativity in the lives of youth. It is expected that by teaching students about world films through the eyes of characters that resemble them, they will gain insight into cultures that might be otherwise unknown to them and learn to analyze what they see. Teachers can use these films to examine and reflect on differences and commonalities rooted in culture, social class, gender, language, religion, etc., through guided questions for class discussion. The framework of this book is conceived to help teachers develop students’ ability to evaluate, analyze, synthesize and interpret. The proposed activities seek to incite reflection and creativity in students, and can be used as a model for teachers in designing future lessons on other films.

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1475851758

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Food Chemical Risk Analysis

By: David R. Tennant

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Food Chemical Risk Analysis

By: David R. Tennant

Food Chemical Risk Analysis provides an introduction to the sciences of food chemistry and risk analysis and demonstrates how the potential hazards associated with food chemicals can be assessed and managed. Food scares are never far from the news and particular attention is therefore focused on the consumer perception of risk and risk communication. Leading international experts provide unique insights in the future of food chemical risk analysis. Chapters on alternatives to animal testing show how emerging methods offer the prospect of a more rational human-based approach to toxicity testing. Discussions about relative risks and protective factors highlight the possibility that risks from food can be over-estimated and approaches to avoid such risks are proposed. The science of risk management is presented as more than just a method for translating science into policy by demonstrating how social, psychological, economic ethical and other factors can, and should be taken into account. The book makes it clear that if risk communication is to be effective, an integrated approach to risk analysis must be adopted.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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146131111X

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9781461311119

Rails Across Europe

Northern and Western Europe

By: David Cable

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Rails Across Europe

Northern and Western Europe

By: David Cable

The two volumes covering Rails Across Europe are divided into one covering the North and West of the continent, the other dealing with the South and East.The photos were taken by David Cable, well-regarded author of several photographic albums of trains throughout the world, supplemented by a few taken by friends.The books show pictures of modern traction mainly from the 1980s up to the current era, showing the huge variety of classes locomotives as well as multiple units and the panoply of colour schemes that continue to grow.The photos were taken both at railway stations and in the countryside and give a wide range of locationsThe first volume covers Scandinavia, the Baltic states, Germany, Poland, the Benelux countries, the United Kingdom and Ireland.The second volume deals with France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and the majority of Central European and Balkan countries, which had been in the former Soviet Eastern Block.

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Pen and Sword

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1473844290

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9781473844292

Dublin

The Making of a Capital City

By: David Dickson

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Dublin

The Making of a Capital City

By: David Dickson

Dublin has experienced great—and often astonishing—change in its 1,400 year history. It has been the largest urban center on a deeply contested island since towns first appeared west of the Irish Sea. There have been other contested cities in the European and Mediterranean world, but almost no European capital city, David Dickson maintains, has seen sharper discontinuities and reversals in its history—and these have left their mark on Dublin and its inhabitants. Dublin occupies a unique place in Irish history and the Irish imagination. To chronicle its vast and varied history is to tell the story of Ireland. David Dickson’s magisterial history brings Dublin vividly to life beginning with its medieval incarnation and progressing through the neoclassical eighteenth century, when for some it was the “Naples of the North,” to the Easter Rising that convulsed a war-weary city in 1916, to the bloody civil war that followed the handover of power by Britain, to the urban renewal efforts at the end of the millennium. He illuminates the fate of Dubliners through the centuries—clergymen and officials, merchants and land speculators, publishers and writers, and countless others—who have been shaped by, and who have helped to shape, their city. He reassesses 120 years of Anglo-Irish Union, during which Dublin remained a place where rival creeds and politics struggled for supremacy. A book as rich and diverse as its subject, Dublin reveals the intriguing story behind the making of a capital city.

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Harvard University Press

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0674745043

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9780674745049

New Letters of David Hume

By: David Hume

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New Letters of David Hume

By: David Hume

This volume, first published in 1954, is one of three presenting the correspondence of David Hume. It collects letters from 1737 to 1776 which do not appear in J. Y. T. Greig's two volumes of 1932, and offers a rich picture of the man and his age. The correspondents include such famous thinkers as Adam Smith, James Boswell, and Benjamin Franklin.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199693234

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Cosmology Without God?

The Problematic Theology Inherent in Modern Cosmology

By: David Alcalde

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Cosmology Without God?

The Problematic Theology Inherent in Modern Cosmology

By: David Alcalde

Is God a superfluous hypothesis for modern cosmology? According to the normal understanding of modern science, the answer should be affirmative because modern science is supposed to be free of metaphysical and theological presuppositions. However, despite its self-proclaimed neutrality regarding metaphysics and theology, modern science is full of metaphysical and theological presuppositions. These can be summarized as a mechanistic understanding of nature, a reduction of God to an external agent in competition with natural processes, and creation to a worldly mechanism. These presuppositions are deficient and untenable, and they remain unconscious for the most part in the dialogue between science and theology, making it intellectually impossible because of the reduced notions of God, nature, and creation assumed. Using the coherent and unreduced image of God and nature provided by the Christian doctrine of creation ex nihilo, Fr. David Alcalde intends to uncover and criticize the incoherent theological assumptions inherent in a concrete branch of modern science, which is modern cosmology. The author points out the presence of these inadequate theological presuppositions in both the theologians who use modern cosmology to offer scientific proof for the existence of God and the atheistic cosmologists who use their science to reject the idea of God.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532636857

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9781532636851

Mouse Guard: The Owlhen Caregiver #1

By: David Peterson

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Mouse Guard: The Owlhen Caregiver #1

By: David Peterson

Which of life's biggest lessons can be learned from the smallest amongst us? A young mouse learns that compassion and kindness are the great virtues in "The Owlhen Caregiver." "Piper the Listener" finds a brave mouse venturing into wild country to learn the tongues of other beasts. And a grizzled oldfur shares the lesson of putting a whisker out too far in "The Wild Wolf." Three poignant tales mark creator David Petersen's return to his beloved Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series in this self-contained special.

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Boom! Studios

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1646685083

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9781646685080

A History of Rugby in Leinster

By: David Doolin

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A History of Rugby in Leinster

By: David Doolin

Leinster is one of the most successful and influential Irish sporting teams of all time. The team boasts a dazzling roster of players, past and present, including Brian O’Driscoll, Johnny Sexton, Jamie Heaslip and current captain James Ryan. But there is so much more to rugby in Leinster, and, for the first time, this book compiles the rich history of the sport in the province, from its origins in the school and university teams, through the amateur years, with the growth of clubs throughout the province, to the dawn of the professional age and the many spectacular championships won by the province in the twenty-first century, when the national love for rugby kicked up a gear. Doolin celebrates all the breathless victories enjoyed by Leinster teams at every level, but it’s not just about the silverware. He looks at the challenges that rugby faced in surviving and growing province-wide since it was first played in Dublin in the nineteenth century. He also ruminates on the sport’s relationships with politics and class, which reflect the complexities of politics and identity in Ireland as a whole. A History of Rugby in Leinster is a vibrant celebration of sport-ing greatness and of Leinster’s enduring commitment to teamwork, integrity and community.

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Merrion Press

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1785374796

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9781785374791

Billy Backside and Other Stories

By: David Rachlin

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Billy Backside and Other Stories

By: David Rachlin

A blind calliope player longs to visit the Rio Grande, two siblings take a magical train trip, a boy in Santa Fe sprouts angel wings, and a man recounts his childhood in wartime Holland. These wonderful tales and many more highlight David Rachlin’s vivid imagination and keen sense of place, reflecting the regions of the United States and Europe where he has lived. His stories move from realistic fiction to magical realism to science fiction and back again. From the 20th Century up to an Earth settlement on Mars, the stories are full of wonderful characters from all walks of life.

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1665560991

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9781665560993

The 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry

A Civil War History

By: David Williamson

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The 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry

A Civil War History

By: David Williamson

Organized at Indianapolis in December 1861, the 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry's Civil War service spanned the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf South. From Louisville to New Orleans and on to Mobile, General James R. Slack and the 47th Indiana took the war to the inland waterways and southern bayous, fighting in many of the Civil War's most famous campaigns, including Vicksburg, Red River and Mobile. This chronicle of the 47th Indiana follows the regiment's odyssey through the words of its officers and men. Sources include Chaplain Samuel Sawyer's account of their exploits in the Indianapolis Daily Journal, soldiers' accounts in Indiana newspapers, stories of war and intrigue from newspapermen of the "Bohemian Brigade," and General Slack's own story in letters to his wife, Ann, including his postwar command on the Rio Grande. Numerous photographs, previously unpublished battle and area maps, and a full regimental roster complete this detailed account.

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McFarland

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0786488875

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9780786488872

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