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The New Copernicans

Millennials and the Survival of the Church

By: David John Seel

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The New Copernicans

Millennials and the Survival of the Church

By: David John Seel

Our millennial children, as well as nonchurchgoing millennials, are both the church's greatest challenge and its most exciting new opportunity." —John Seel, PhD Warning: There is a fundamental frame of reference shift in American society happening right now among young adults. You may think of this group as millennials—those born between 1980 and 2000—but millennials resist this label for good reason: the national narrative on them is pejorative, patronizing, and just plain wrong. Here's what we do know: Of Americans with a church background, 76 percent are described as "religious nones" or unaffiliated—and it's the fastest growing segment of the population. Close to 40 percent of millennials fit this religious profile. Roughly 80 percent of teens in evangelical church high school youth groups will abandon their faith after two years in college. It's unlikely that the evangelical church can survive if it is uniformly rejected by millennials, and yet: Millennial pastors and youth ministers are disempowered; their perspective is often not taken seriously by senior church leadership. Most millennial research is framed in categories rejected by millennials; that is, left-brained, analytical communication is lost on right-brained, intuitive millennials. Evangelicals' bias toward rational left-brained thinking makes the church seem tone-deaf. What's next? Read on. John Seel suggests survival strategies—communication on-ramps for genuine human connection with the next generation. It can be done.

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The New Copernicans

Millennials and the Survival of the Church

By: David John Seel

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The New Copernicans

Millennials and the Survival of the Church

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God in the Wasteland

The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams

By: David F. Wells

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God in the Wasteland

The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams

By: David F. Wells

In this sequel to the widely praised No Place for Truth, David Wells calls for the restoration of the church based on a fresh encounter with the transcendent God. By looking anew at the way God's transcendence and immanence have been taken captive by modern appetites, Wells argues convincingly for a reform of the evangelical world.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802841791

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Culture Shift

Communicating God's Truth to Our Changing World

By: David W. Henderson

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Culture Shift

Communicating God's Truth to Our Changing World

By: David W. Henderson

A map of today's cultural landscape, guiding Christians toward more effective communication with the postmodern world.

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Baker Books

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1441231625

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Habermas and Literary Rationality

By: David L. Colclasure

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Habermas and Literary Rationality

By: David L. Colclasure

The book is different from other work in the philosophy of literature to the extent that it aims to retool Jürgen Habermas' theory of communicative action to provide a description of the role that literature plays in the political public sphere. Literary scholarship has paid little serious attention to Habermas' philosophy, and, on the other hand, the reception of Habermas has given little attention to the role that literary practice can play in a broader theory of communicative action. Colclasure's argument sets out to demonstrate that a specific, literary form of rationality inheres in literary practice and the public reception of literary works which provides a unique contribution to the political public sphere.

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Routledge

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1136956107

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Visible Signs

An Introduction to Semiotics in the Visual Arts

By: David Crow

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Visible Signs

An Introduction to Semiotics in the Visual Arts

By: David Crow

Basic semiotic theories are taught in most art schools as part of a contextual studies program, but many students find it difficult to understand how these ideas might impact on their own practice. Visible Signs tackles this problem by introducing key theories and concepts, such as signs and signifiers, and language and speech, within the framework of visual communication. Each chapter provides an overview of a particular facet of semiotic theory, with inspiring examples from graphic design, typography, illustration, advertising and art to illustrate the ideas discussed in the text. Creative exercises at the end of the book will help exemplify these ideas through practical application. The third edition of Visible Signs features new material from international designers and new creative exercises to accompany each chapter. This new edition also features a new design and layout.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474232442

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The Resurgence of Religion

A Comparative Study of Selected Themes in Christian and Islamic Fundamentalist Discourses

By: David S. Zeidan

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The Resurgence of Religion

A Comparative Study of Selected Themes in Christian and Islamic Fundamentalist Discourses

By: David S. Zeidan

This book is a comparative study of basic themes in Christian and Islamic fundamentalist discourses, analyzing and comparing texts from a wide variety of fundamentalist leaders and movements, looking for "family resemblances" and significant differences in order to better understand the contemporary phenomenon of religious resurgence. After placing fundamentalisms in a theoretical framework, the study looks at selected themes important to fundamentalists, noting resemblances and differences. These themes include their anti-secularist stance, their theocentric worldviews, their reliance on inerrant sacred scriptures, and their attitudes to politics, government, state and democracy. The study also looks at the fundamentalist view of the world as a perennial battlefield between the forces of good and those of evil, in the realm of ideologies as well as politics and the legitimation of violence.

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BRILL

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9047401824

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Out of the Mountains

The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla

By: David Kilcullen

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Out of the Mountains

The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla

By: David Kilcullen

A leading expert on counterinsurgency and counterterrorism offers a comprehensive theory of "competitive control" that will apply to the future of conflict in a world of explosive population growth, increased urbanization, the movement of population centers to the coasts, and global connective networks.

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Oxford University Press

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0190230967

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Leave It As It Is

A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness

By: David Gessner

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Leave It As It Is

A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness

By: David Gessner

An urgent call to protect America's public lands told through New York Times bestselling author David Gessner's American road trip with our greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, as his guide"--

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Simon and Schuster

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1982105054

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First Impressions

A Reader's Journey to Iconic Places of the American Southwest

By: David J. Weber,William DeBuys

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First Impressions

A Reader's Journey to Iconic Places of the American Southwest

By: David J. Weber,William DeBuys

This unique guide for literate travelers in the American Southwest tells the story of fifteen iconic sites across Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and southern Colorado through the eyes of the explorers, missionaries, and travelers who were the first non-natives to describe them. Noted borderlands historians David J. Weber and William deBuys lead readers through centuries of political, cultural, and ecological change. The sites visited in this volume range from popular destinations within the National Park System—including Carlsbad Caverns, the Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde—to the Spanish colonial towns of Santa Fe and Taos and the living Indian communities of Acoma, Zuni, and Taos. Lovers of the Southwest, residents and visitors alike, will delight in the authors’ skillful evocation of the region’s sweeping landscapes, its rich Hispanic and Indian heritage, and the sense of discovery that so enchanted its early explorers.

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Yale University Press

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0300215045

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UnCorinthian Leadership

Thematic Reflections on 1 Corinthians

By: David Ian Starling

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UnCorinthian Leadership

Thematic Reflections on 1 Corinthians

By: David Ian Starling

Amid the torrent of books on leadership that flood the marketplace of contemporary Christianity, UnCorinthian Leadership takes a fresh, challenging, and biblical approach. David Starling examines the teaching and leadership practices of Paul in 1 Corinthians, and finds both a sharp critique of the "Corinthianized" practices that are endemic in much modern Western Christianity and a positive, compelling theological vision for how leadership ought to function among the people of Christ. The account of Christian leadership that emerges is grounded in careful, contextual study of 1 Corinthians, and thoughtfully applied to the circumstances and cultural pressures of our own times. Paying close attention to the situation Paul addresses and the shape of his arguments, Starling highlights the vivid relevance and enduring power of the letter. Students of 1 Corinthians will find an illuminating guide to the contemporary application of the letter; Christian leaders and students of leadership will find a refreshingly biblical account of what makes Christian leadership Christian.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1620327929

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Finding Everett Ruess

The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer

By: David Roberts

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Finding Everett Ruess

The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer

By: David Roberts

The definitive biography of Everett Ruess, the artist, writer, and eloquent celebrator of the wilderness whose bold solo explorations of the American West and mysterious disappearance in the Utah desert at age twenty have earned him a large and devoted cult following. “Easily one of [Roberts’s] best . . . thoughtful and passionate . . . a compelling portrait of the Ruess myth.”—Outside Wandering alone with burros and pack horses through California and the Southwest for five years in the early 1930s, on voyages lasting as long as ten months, Ruess became friends with photographers Edward Weston and Dorothea Lange, swapped prints with Ansel Adams, took part in a Hopi ceremony, learned to speak Navajo, and was among the first "outsiders" to venture deeply into what was then (and to some extent still is) largely a little-known wilderness. When he vanished without a trace in November 1934, Ruess left behind thousands of pages of journals, letters, and poems, as well as more than a hundred watercolor paintings and blockprint engravings. Everett Ruess is hailed as a paragon of solo exploration, while the mystery of his death remains one of the greatest riddles in the annals of American adventure. David Roberts began probing the life and death of Everett Ruess for National Geographic Adventure magazine in 1998. Finding Everett Ruess is the result of his personal journeys into the remote areas explored by Ruess, his interviews with oldtimers who encountered the young vagabond and with Ruess’s closest living relatives, and his deep immersion in Ruess’s writings and artwork. More than seventy-five years after his vanishing, Ruess stirs the kinds of passion and speculation accorded such legendary doomed American adventurers as Into the Wild’s Chris McCandless and Amelia Earhart.

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0307591778

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Left to Right

The Cultural Shift from Words to Pictures

By: David Crow

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Left to Right

The Cultural Shift from Words to Pictures

By: David Crow

Left to Right: The cultural shift from words to pictures is an in-depth study of the influence digital technology has had on the way we communicate, and the increasingly visual nature of our culture.

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AVA Publishing

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2940373361

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In Search of the Old Ones

By: David Roberts

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In Search of the Old Ones

By: David Roberts

An exuberant, hands-on fly-on-the-wall account that combines the thrill of canyoneering and rock climbing with the intellectual sleuthing of archaeology to explore the Anasazi. David Roberts describes the culture of the Anasazi—the name means “enemy ancestors” in Navajo—who once inhabited the Colorado Plateau and whose modern descendants are the Hopi Indians of Arizona. Archaeologists, Roberts writes, have been puzzling over the Anasazi for more than a century, trying to determine the environmental and cultural stresses that caused their society to collapse 700 years ago. He guides us through controversies in the historical record, among them the haunting question of whether the Anasazi committed acts of cannibalism. Roberts’s book is full of up-to-date thinking on the culture of the ancient people who lived in the harsh desert country of the Southwest.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439127239

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Shattering the Gods Within

By: David F Allen, Dr,David Franklyn Allen

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Shattering the Gods Within

By: David F Allen, Dr,David Franklyn Allen

David tells many stories about the human struggle and human victory, and he is not afraid to share his own joys and pains as he walks with others.--from the Foreword by Henri Nouwen.

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Curtain Call Productions, LLC

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0975330624

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Visible Signs (Second Edition)

An Introduction to Semiotics in the Visual Arts

By: David Crow

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Visible Signs (Second Edition)

An Introduction to Semiotics in the Visual Arts

By: David Crow

Visible Signs" explains semiotic terms and theories in relation to visual communication, with illustrative examples taken from contemporary art and design. This edition features new and revised content and includes 200 visuals created to illustrate the ideas discussed within the book.

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2940411425

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Catalogue of Seals in the National Museum of Wales

Seal dies, Welsh seals, papal bullae

By: David Henry Williams,National Museum of Wales

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Catalogue of Seals in the National Museum of Wales

Seal dies, Welsh seals, papal bullae

By: David Henry Williams,National Museum of Wales

A comprehensive catalogue of all the seal dies, some 497 Welsh seals, and lead papal bullae in the National Museums & Galleries of Wales' collections.

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National Museum Wales

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0720003814

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Rockwood and Wilkins Fractures in Children

By: Peter M. Waters,David L. Skaggs,John M. Flynn

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Rockwood and Wilkins Fractures in Children

By: Peter M. Waters,David L. Skaggs,John M. Flynn

With contributions from experts in orthopaedic surgery, the latest edition of this comprehensive resource presents up-to-date technical procedures for treating a wide range of fractures in children and adolescents. Content and chapters are easier to read than ever before. How? All clinical sections follow a templatized format—as in previous editions—and now you’ll find even more treatment algorithms, checklists, charts, and tables, helping you quickly identify and apply critical information in a care situation.

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1496386558

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Jesus on Every Page

10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

By: David Murray

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Jesus on Every Page

10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

By: David Murray

Join author and minister David Murray as he introduces you to Jesus through the lens of the Old Testament. When you think of a son trudging uphill, carrying wood for his own sacrifice because his father has decided to give him up to death, what biblical event does this bring to mind? Is it Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22, or is it Christ's passion in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? The kinship between these two stories is deeper than mere coincidence, and the similarities don't end there. In fact, Murray argues that Christ isn't just present in the story of Abraham and Isaac--he's present on every page of the Old Testament. In Jesus on Every Page, Dr. Murray guides the reader down his own Road to Emmaus, describing how the Scriptures were opened to him, revealing Jesus from Genesis 1 all the way through Revelation 22. Dr. Murray shares his ten simple ways to seek and find Christ in the Old Testament, diving deep into: Christ's planet--discovering Jesus in the story of Creation Christ's people--discovering Jesus in the characters of the Old Testament Christ's promises--discovering Jesus in the covenants of the Old Testament Recognizing Jesus in the full breadth of scripture is important for every Christian. In this step-by-step guide to discovering Jesus in the Old Testament, Dr. Murray provides a framework that will help you start practicing this wonderful way of enjoying Jesus throughout the Bible. Whether you are preaching Jesus through Old Testament readings or just beginning to discover the reality of Christ in the Old Testament, Jesus on Every Page is an accessible guide to getting to know the Old Testament for what it truly is: full of Jesus.

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Thomas Nelson

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1400205352

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Above All Earthly Pow'rs

Christ in a Postmodern World

By: David F. Wells

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Above All Earthly Pow'rs

Christ in a Postmodern World

By: David F. Wells

In this prophetic call to the evangelical church, Wells stresses that Christians need to confess Christ as the center in a society lacking a center, as the sovereign in a world seemingly ruled by chance, and as the one who can give meaning in a nihilistic culture.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802824552

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The Biblical Counseling Movement

History and Context

By: David Powlison

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The Biblical Counseling Movement

History and Context

By: David Powlison

Beginning in the late 1960s, a biblical counseling movement sought to reclaim counseling for the church and provide a Christian alternative to mainstream psychiatry and psychotherapy. The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context is an informative and thought-provoking account of that movement. David Powlison's historical account ...

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New Growth Press

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193676850X

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Anthropology at Harvard

A Biographical History, 1790–1940

By: David L. Browman,Stephen Williams

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Anthropology at Harvard

A Biographical History, 1790–1940

By: David L. Browman,Stephen Williams

The history of anthropology at Harvard is told through vignettes about the people, famous and obscure, who shaped the discipline at Harvard College and the Peabody Museum. The role of amateurs and private funders in the early growth of the field is highlighted, as is the participation of women and of students and scholars of diverse ethnicities.

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Harvard University Press

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0873659139

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Beckett's Words

The Promise of Happiness in a Time of Mourning

By: David Kleinberg-Levin

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Beckett's Words

The Promise of Happiness in a Time of Mourning

By: David Kleinberg-Levin

At stake in this book is a struggle with language in a time when our old faith in the redeeming of the word-and the word's power to redeem-has almost been destroyed. Drawing on Benjamin's political theology, his interpretation of the German Baroque mourning play, and Adorno's critical aesthetic theory, but also on the thought of poets and many other philosophers, especially Hegel's phenomenology of spirit, Nietzsche's analysis of nihilism, and Derrida's writings on language, Kleinberg-Levin shows how, because of its communicative and revelatory powers, language bears the utopian "promise of happiness," the idea of a secular redemption of humanity, at the very heart of which must be the achievement of universal justice. In an original reading of Beckett's plays, novels and short stories, Kleinberg-Levin shows how, despite inheriting a language damaged, corrupted and commodified, Beckett redeems dead or dying words and wrests from this language new possibilities for the expression of meaning. Without denying Beckett's nihilism, his picture of a radically disenchanted world, Kleinberg-Levin calls attention to moments when his words suddenly ignite and break free of their despair and pain, taking shape in the beauty of an austere yet joyous lyricism, suggesting that, after all, meaning is still possible.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474216889

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A Sea without Fish

Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region

By: David L. Meyer,Richard Arnold Davis

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A Sea without Fish

Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region

By: David L. Meyer,Richard Arnold Davis

A “superbly written, richly illustrated” guide to the animals who lived 450 million years ago—in the fossil-rich area where Cincinnati, Ohio now stands (Rocks & Minerals). The region around Cincinnati, Ohio, is known throughout the world for the abundant and beautiful fossils found in limestones and shales that were deposited as sediments on the sea floor during the Ordovician Period, about 450 million years ago—some 250 million years before the dinosaurs lived. In Ordovician time, the shallow sea that covered much of what is now the North American continent teemed with marine life. The Cincinnati area has yielded some of the world’s most abundant and best-preserved fossils of invertebrate animals such as trilobites, bryozoans, brachiopods, molluscs, echinoderms, and graptolites. So famous are the Ordovician fossils and rocks of the Cincinnati region that geologists use the term “Cincinnatian” for strata of the same age all over North America. This book synthesizes more than 150 years of research on this fossil treasure-trove, describing and illustrating the fossils, the life habits of the animals represented, their communities, and living relatives, as well as the nature of the rock strata in which they are found and the environmental conditions of the ancient sea. “A fascinating glimpse of a long-extinct ecosystem.” —Choice

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Indiana University Press

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0253013496

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Managing British Colonial and Post-colonial Development

The Crown Agents, 1914-74

By: David Sunderland

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Managing British Colonial and Post-colonial Development

The Crown Agents, 1914-74

By: David Sunderland

A survey of the Crown Agents during a turbulent and eventful period.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1843833018

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Parenting Without Perfection

Being a Kingdom Influence in a Toxic World

By: David John Seel

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Parenting Without Perfection

Being a Kingdom Influence in a Toxic World

By: David John Seel

Parenting Without Perfection" gives parents a framework for biblical, down-to-earth parenting that doesn't require perfection. Including a look at the influences of a toxic youth culture as well as biblical principles, Seel presents a realistic definition and context for Christian parenting, concentrating on putting the priority on influencing children's beliefs rather than controlling their behavior.

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1576832007

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Television Fright Films of the 1970s

By: David Deal

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Television Fright Films of the 1970s

By: David Deal

If the made-for-television movie has long been regarded as a poor stepchild of the film industry, then telefilm horror has been the most uncelebrated offspring of all. Considered unworthy of critical attention, scary movies made for television have received little notice over the years. Yet millions of fans grew up watching them--especially during the 1970s--and remember them fondly. This exhaustive survey addresses the lack of critical attention by evaluating such films on their own merits. Covering nearly 150 made-for-TV fright movies from the 1970s, the book includes credits, a plot synopsis, and critical commentary for each. From the well-remembered Don't Be Afraid of the Dark to the better-forgotten Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby, it's a trustworthy and entertaining guide to the golden age of the televised horror movie.

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McFarland

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0786455144

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Dreaming in the Rain

How Vancouver Became Hollywood North by Northwest

By: David Spaner

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Dreaming in the Rain

How Vancouver Became Hollywood North by Northwest

By: David Spaner

Vancouver is now North America’s third largest center for film and television production, recently witnessing the filming of Halle Berry’s Catwoman and Will Smith’s I, Robot, among others. But Vancouver has been hosting filmmakers for years, coming into its own in the early 1970s when Robert Altman, Warren Beatty and Julie Christie made McCabe and Mrs. Miller and Mike Nichols, Jack Nicholson and Candice Bergen filmed Carnal Knowlege. Dreaming in the Rain tells the story of how Vancouver became North by Northwest, from its early days as a Hollywood studio backlot to its becoming home to a vibrant indigenous scene that is among the most acclaimed, provocative, independent filmmaking communities anywhere. But with Hollywood’s growing concern over “runaway” productions, Vancouver’s growing filmmaking scene is wrought with controversy. The city’s American-based film industry is powerful enough to inspire loathing and threats from Hollywood. Along with tracing the art and commerce of Vancouver filmmaking, Vancouver Province movie critic David Spaner brings to life the flamboyant film personalities who left their marks. From visitors like Errol Flynn and Robert Altman, to local heroes such as The Matrix’s Carrie Anne Moss, who grew up in Vancouver, and Kissed star Molly Parker and director Lynne Stopkewich, vital players in the groundbreaking Vancouver indie scene. Includes more than 40 black and white photographs. “. . . [Spaner] has . . . scrupulous attention to detail and an obvious curiosity and passion for both Vancouver and its film industry.”—Entertainment Today David Spaner is a movie critic for the Vancouver Province.

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arsenal pulp press

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1551523051

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Fight Sports and American Masculinity

Salvation in Violence from 1607 to the Present

By: Christopher David Thrasher

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Fight Sports and American Masculinity

Salvation in Violence from 1607 to the Present

By: Christopher David Thrasher

Throughout America's past, some men have feared the descent of their gender into effeminacy, and turned their eyes to the ring in hopes of salvation. This work explains how the dominant fight sports in the United States have changed over time in response to broad shifts in American culture and ideals of manhood, and presents a narrative of American history as seen from the bars, gyms, stadiums and living rooms of the heartland. Ordinary Americans were the agents who supported and participated in fight sports and determined its vision of masculinity. This work counters the economic determinism prevalent in studies of American fight sports, which overemphasize profit as the driving force in the popularization of these sports. The author also disputes previous scholarship's domestic focus, with an appreciation of how American fight sports are connected to the rest of the world.

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0786497041

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The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness

By: David Roberts

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The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness

By: David Roberts

A personal and historical exploration of the Bears Ears country and the fight to save a national monument. The Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah, created by President Obama in 2016 and eviscerated by the Trump administration in 2017, contains more archaeological sites than any other region in the United States. It’s also a spectacularly beautiful landscape, a mosaic of sandstone canyons and bold mesas and buttes. This wilderness, now threatened by oil and gas drilling, unrestricted grazing, and invasion by Jeep and ATV, is at the center of the greatest environmental battle in America since the damming of the Colorado River to create Lake Powell in the 1950s. In The Bears Ears, acclaimed adventure writer David Roberts takes readers on a tour of his favorite place on earth as he unfolds the rich and contradictory human history of the 1.35 million acres of the Bears Ears domain. Weaving personal memoir with archival research, Roberts sings the praises of the outback he’s explored for the last twenty-five years.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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1324004827

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9781324004820

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