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The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union

By: David Greig

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The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union

By: David Greig

The most important playwright to have emerged north of the border in years." (Scotsman) Two Soviet cosmonauts, losing contact with the world they left behind; a Scottish civil servant in the throes of a midlife crisis; a Norwegian peace negotiator; a Russian erotic dancer; a French UFO researcher and an Edinburgh speech therapist in search of her missing husband are brought together through an extraordinary thread of connections, which bring us into contact with both the intimate and the epic. Space odyssey meets unrequited love story as The Cosmonaut's last message... explores the incessant search for harmony and peace within all of us.

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A&C Black

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1472538447

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9781472538444

Underheist #1

By: David Lapham,Maria Lapham

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Underheist #1

By: David Lapham,Maria Lapham

After his gambling addiction brings David to the lowest point in his life and decimates his personal life, he’d do anything for one last chance at setting things right but the road to hell is paved with good intentions. He may just be in luck–if he can call it that; the grapevine yields illicit fruit as he learns of a heist, one involving a tunnel system that no one knows better than former NYC subway veteran David... In this brand new hardboiled heist series with a supernatural horror twist perfect for fans of Phantom Road and Newburn, the hit Stray Bullets creative team of David & Maria Lapham explore how seeking atonement can lead people to do desperate and dangerous things.

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Boom! Studios

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1637969988

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9781637969984

After

By: David Wardroppeglerpegler

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After

By: David Wardroppeglerpegler

DescriptionAFTER by David Wardop is a story about mental anguish and suicide told in two parts. Keith Campbell is a quiet and shy boy who loves comic books and science fiction until he begins to contemplate suicide. The first part of the story, which is told in reverse order, describes the world of tragedy that is left after Keith dies with his family struggling to understand why he kills himself. The second half of the story, on the other hand, describes the world that Keith lives in because he did not commit suicide. This is a reflective and revealing account of one person's mental struggle with suicide and the effect that it has on his health and those who care about him. What sets this novel apart is the fact that Keith takes his own life right and the novel opens after his death attempting to illustrate Keith's rationale for his suicide. The novel is, at first, depressing, sombre and dark, yet it progressively gets more blithe and hopeful. The novel's conclusion is ironic and thought-provoking, and the reader has to remind himself/herself that although the novel ends on a positive note, because of the manner in which the narrative has been presented, this is not necessarily the case. About the AuthorDavid Keith Wardrop is 23 years old and lives in Bearsden in Glasgow. Currently, David is a full-time gardener at Ruchill Park in Glasgow and has written two other full-length novels entitled ""Sexanto"" and ""The Gardens of Zarma,"" along with various short stories for magazines. His main literary influence is Philip K. Dick and his futuristic stories such as ""Minority Report"" and ""Counter-Clock World."" Other works that have inspired him include Margaret Atwood's ""The Handmaid's Tale"" and Brain K. Vaughn and his comics ""Ex Machina."" David aspires to be a prolific sci-fi writer, and the thought of being published helps him to cope with his depression and envision a brighter future for himself.

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1847477984

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Twenty Thousand Roads

The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music

By: David Meyer

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Twenty Thousand Roads

The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music

By: David Meyer

“A terrific biography of a rock innovator that hums with juicy detail and wincing truth. . . . Page after page groans with the folly of the ’60s drug culture, the tragedy of talent toasted before its time, the curse of wealth and the madness of wasted opportunity.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES • NAMED ONE OF THE FIVE BEST ROCK BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ROLLING STONE As a singer and songwriter, Gram Parsons stood at the nexus of countless musical crossroads, and he sold his soul to the devil at every one. His intimates and collaborators included Keith Richards, William Burroughs, Marianne Faithfull, Peter Fonda, Roger McGuinn, and Clarence White. Parsons led the Byrds to create the seminal country rock masterpiece Sweetheart of the Rodeo, helped to guide the Rolling Stones beyond the blues in their appreciation of American roots music, and found his musical soul mate in Emmylou Harris. Parsons’ solo albums, GP and Grievous Angel, are now recognized as visionary masterpieces of the transcendental jambalaya of rock, soul, country, gospel, and blues Parsons named “Cosmic American Music.” Parsons had everything—looks, charisma, money, style, the best drugs, the most heartbreaking voice—and threw it all away with both hands, dying of a drug and alcohol overdose at age twenty-six. In this beautifully written, raucous, meticulously researched biography, David N. Meyer gives Parsons’ mythic life its due. From interviews with hundreds of the famous and obscure who knew and worked closely with Parsons–many who have never spoken publicly about him before–Meyer conjures a dazzling panorama of the artist and his era. Praise for Twenty Thousand Roads “Far and away the most thorough biography of Parsons . . . skewers any number of myths surrounding this endlessly mythologized performer.”—Los Angeles Times “The definitive account of Gram Parsons’ life–and early death. From the country-rock pioneer’s wealthy, wildly dysfunctional family through his symbiotic friendship with Keith Richards, Meyer deftly illuminates one of rock’s most elusive figures.”—Rolling Stone “Meticulously researched . . . Though Meyer answers a lot of long-burning questions, he preserves Parsons’ legend as a man of mystery.”—Entertainment Weekly “Meyer gives Parsons a thorough, Peter Guralnick-like treatment.”—New York Post

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Villard

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034550786X

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Suicide in the Entertainment Industry

An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases

By: David K. Frasier

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Suicide in the Entertainment Industry

An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases

By: David K. Frasier

This work covers 840 intentional suicide cases initially reported in Daily Variety (the entertainment industry's trade journal), but also drawing attention from mainstream news media. These cases are taken from the ranks of vaudeville, film, theatre, dance, music, literature (writers with direct connections to film), and other allied fields in the entertainment industry from 1905 through 2000. Accidentally self-inflicted deaths are omitted, except for a few controversial cases. It includes the suicides of well-known personalities such as actress Peg Entwistle, who is the only person to ever commit suicide by jumping from the top of the Hollywood Sign, Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Dandridge, who are believed to have overdosed on drugs, and Richard Farnsworth and Brian Keith, who shot themselves to end the misery of terminal cancer. Also mentioned, but in less detail, are the suicides of unknown and lesser-known members of the entertainment industry. Arranged alphabetically, each entry covers the person's personal and professional background, method of suicide, and, in some instances, includes actual statements taken from the suicide note.

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1476608075

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108th Street

By: T. David Lee

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108th Street

By: T. David Lee

In this warm and funny portrayal of life in a simpler time the author creates a vivid story line about one boy s quest to be the best. Even though young David Lee hasn t a clue about how to manage it, he s determined to be declared the smartest boy in school. The lengths to which he goes, and the depths to which he falls in pursuit of his goal frame an intimate tale set against the backdrop of life in the 1950s in the greatest city in the world.

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1934925373

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9781934925379

As for Sinclair Ross

By: David Stouck

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As for Sinclair Ross

By: David Stouck

Sinclair Ross (1908-1996), best known for his canonical novel As for Me and My House (1941), and for such familiar short stories as "The Lamp at Noon" and "The Painted Door," is an elusive figure in Canadian literature. A master at portraying the hardships and harsh beauty of the Prairies during the Great Depression, Ross nevertheless received only modest attention from the public during his lifetime. His reluctance to give readings or interviews further contributed to this faint public perception of the man. In As for Sinclair Ross, David Stouck tells the story of a lonely childhood in rural Saskatchewan, of a long and unrewarding career in a bank, and of many failed attempts to be published and to find an audience. The book also tells the story of a man who fell in love with both men and women and who wrote from a position outside any single definition of gender and sexuality. Stouck's biography draws on archival records and on insights gathered during an acquaintance late in Ross's life to illuminate this difficult author, describing in detail the struggles of a gifted artist living in an inhospitable time and place. Stouck argues that when Ross was writing about prairie farmers and small towns, he wanted his readers to see the kind of society they were creating, to feel uncomfortable with religion as coercive rhetoric, prejudices based on race and ethnicity, and rigid notions of gender. As for Sinclair Ross is the story of a remarkable writer whose works continue to challenge us and are rightly considered classics of Canadian literature.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802043887

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Custom Bicycles

A Passionate Pursuit

By: Christine Elliott,David Jablonka,The Images Publishing Group

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Custom Bicycles

A Passionate Pursuit

By: Christine Elliott,David Jablonka,The Images Publishing Group

A unique study of the names and bikes of the world's most famous, innovative and legendary makers of contemporary bespoke bicycles.

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186470313X

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Hot Rod Kings

Top Traditional Rod and Custom Builders

By: Kevin Thomson, Billy F. Gibbons, David Perry

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Hot Rod Kings

Top Traditional Rod and Custom Builders

By: Kevin Thomson, Billy F. Gibbons, David Perry

Here are the hot rodders we'll worship tomorrow. Kevin Thomson and David Perry venture into the shops of all-steel apostles Cole Foster, Gary Howard, Keith Tardel, the Kennedy Brothers, Jimmy White, Mike Smith, Rudy Rodriguez, Scott Mugford, and Mercury Charlie and offer profiles of todays top hot rod and custom builders. Hot rodders themselves, Thomson and Perry get to the heart of what makes todays hot rodders go, how they think, who they are, and what makes them builders worth watching.

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1610609603

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Contrivances

By: David Balzer

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Contrivances

By: David Balzer

This debut collection of stories-featuring a talk-show host and her talking hand, a women's activity group that writes to prisoners, and a poncho-making nudist-is as unique as it is compelling. Set in their own melodramatic worlds, the stories take inspiration from Old Hollywood, Gothic novels, art-world gossip, and maybe a Lifetime movie or two. Balzer's observations are as sharp as Flaubert's, and his characters are drawn with the complexity of George Saunders (and the wit of George Sanders). Beautifully illustrated throughout, Contrivances proves that tragedy is comedy when you play with it.

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ECW Press

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1770901132

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Garage Band

A Novel

By: David F Power

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Garage Band

A Novel

By: David F Power

The “British Invasion” of pop/rock bands during the 1960’s brought about a musical revolution that spread across the globe. Rock music became the soundtrack behind a decade of unparalleled political and cultural upheaval. From this environment emerged a tidal wave of new teenage bands forming in garages and basements. Four talented kids in New Jersey find each other and begin to define themselves through the music they create. A combination of raw talent, hard work, persistence and some good luck culminates in a recording contract and a tour to promote their record. But as so often happened with successful bands, interpersonal issues, egos, and conflicting love interests threaten to tear the band apart. This story follows the One-Eyed Jacks on their journey through the highest highs and the lowest lows on the road to super stardom.

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1728312752

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Greig Plays:1

Europe; The Architect; The Cosmonaut's Last Message...

By: David Greig

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Greig Plays:1

Europe; The Architect; The Cosmonaut's Last Message...

By: David Greig

The first collection of plays of one of Scotland's best-known contemporary dramatists EUROPE is set in a railway station at an unnamed border town where old and new Europeans weave a tale of love, loss and longing. "Fierce, compassionate, mightily ambitious drama...there is the sharp, analytic intelligence, the crackling inventiveness of a real writer buzzing about this gripping play" Scotsman THE ARCHITECT charts the rise and fall of Leo Black, once an idealistic and idolised designer, whose magnificent visions are now crumbling, along with his family, in the light of grubby reality. "Provides convincing evidence of David Greig's confident transition from a dramatist of promise to one of stature" Independent. Lyrical, soulful and darkly funny, THE COSMONAUT'S LAST MESSAGE weaves together the stories of a fraught Scottish couple whose TV is on the blink, a Norwegian UN peace negotiator, a young prostitute, a French UFO researcher, a pregnant police woman and two forgotten Cosmonauts who sadly orbit the planet."The most important playwright to have emerged north of the border in years" Scotsman

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A&C Black

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147251761X

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9781472517616

Jazz Cultures

By: David Ake

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Jazz Cultures

By: David Ake

Ake blends careful historical research with intelligent textual criticism and sophisticated cultural theory. . . His critiques augment and enhance our understanding and appreciation of great artistry, but they do much more. This is new, imaginative, original, and generative work. There are very few people who can write about both music theory and social theory with such clarity, depth, and insight."—George Lipsitz, author of Dangerous Crossroads: Popular Music, Postmodernism and the Poetics of Place "David Ake is a jazz artist who has woodshedded with his critical theory as much as with his instrument. As an astute commentator on a wide range of jazz subjects, he has the virtuosity of an Art Tatum and the eclecticism of a John Zorn."—Krin Gabbard, author of Jammin' at the Margins: Jazz and the American Cinema "David Ake's writing combines the best of modern scholarship with the no-nonsense attitude of a gigging musician. In Jazz Cultures, he seizes upon precisely those issues and historical moments that best reveal how jazz studies might mature into something worthy of the music. A wonderful antidote to the usual cliches of jazz history and a splendid debut."—Scott DeVeaux, author of The Birth of Bebop

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Univ of California Press

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0520228898

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9780520228894

Leaving Tangier

By: David Johnston

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Leaving Tangier

By: David Johnston

Includes: Along For the Ride: Kerrie and Karl both race for the same cab and agree to share. Their subconscious selves ride along, so the audience hears what they say to each other and what they are actually thinking throughout this charming comedy about love at first sight that just takes a while to blossom. ** A Low-Lying Fog:Brotherly love is put to the test as Phil and Greg try to determine what really happened on a day that forever changed their lives. This story of awful mistakes made by good people ¿ and the love that redeems such errors ¿ unfolds as the two men directly address the audience.**Blueberry Waltz:One week after an accident in a Pennsylvania coal mine that trapped men underground, a miner's wife is afraid to move on with life even though her husband was uninjured. His playful, even silly attempts fail to alleviate her obsessive terror. When she says what she really thought during his ordeal, her honesty strengthens their relationship. As a favorite song plays on the radio, they dance and know that they can face the future. ** The Ferry: A pick-up line ("Are you from Staten Island?") turns metaphysical as a woman from Iowa tries to explain how the world works to an insulated Staten Island native. As she speaks, she reveals her prejudices while he, though limited in perception and worldliness, displays the ability to accept what he sees and meet others on equal footing. The Ferry was commissioned by a benefit for families of busboys, dishwashers and other non-salaried restaurant workers in the World Trade Center. **Leaving Tangier:Cooper, an American expatriate poet, has traveled from Tangier to a rural Southern town with the ashes of Oswin Everett Pickett, a famous writer and notorious gay figure who had been living in northern Africa. Pickett left specific instructions that there be no religious observance when his ashes were returned to America, but his great niece and the local preacher are determined to give him a ¿good Methodist funeral.¿ Pickett¿s great nephew, a young man obsessed with the notorious man¿s works, urges Cooper to tell him about his deceased relative. In return, Cooper suggests that the young man should come to Tangier with him. ** Quick and Dirty (A Subway Fantasy): This steamy and provocative wake-up call for daydreamers toys with a potential liaison on a subway platform. There¿s an attractive woman and a good-looking man. Eyes meet. The attraction is obvious, but where does fantasy end and reality begin.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573629609

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9780573629600

Liars and Lovers

By: David P. Reiter

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Liars and Lovers

By: David P. Reiter

Australian title. Love in its many shades.

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Interactive Publications

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1876819189

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The Powwow Highway

A Novel

By: David Seals

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The Powwow Highway

A Novel

By: David Seals

Philbert Bono and Buddy Red Bird are about to prove that the spirit of the great warriors is still alive and kicking. Their “war pony,” a burned-out, rusty 1964 Buick LeSabre, has left a trail of dust from Montana’s Lame Deer Reservation halfway down Interstate 25 as they take off to bail Buddy’s sister out of jail. The basis for the great movie of the same name, this quiet debut novel, first published in 1979, has become a classic of American Indian literature.

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UNM Press

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0826354904

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9780826354907

Ooh-Wee

The Way The Game Was

By: David Woods

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Ooh-Wee

The Way The Game Was

By: David Woods

This is a story about a young man who grows up in a dysfunctional household. Davu grows up between households and learns about a lot of life's struggles and short comings. Davu learns from any and everyone whom he encounters. Davu learning a great deal from his mother who hustles, sex, money, and drugs decides to try his own hand at life finds life can be good, but with power, and a respect life can be great! Developing crews at young age provided Davu with quite a responsibility, learning that with his plate full you can still end up with his stomach aching.

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1469116413

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Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography, 1900-91: v. 1

A Bibliography, 1900-91

By: David Y Miller

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Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography, 1900-91: v. 1

A Bibliography, 1900-91

By: David Y Miller

This bibliography of 20th century literature focuses on slavery and slave-trading from ancient times through the 19th century. It contains over 10,000 entries, with the principal sections organizing works by the political/geographical frameworks of the enslavers.

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Routledge

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1315502399

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9781315502397

The Instinct to Heal

Curing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy

By: David Servan-Schreiber

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The Instinct to Heal

Curing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy

By: David Servan-Schreiber

Draws on recent brain studies to offer advice on how to heal oneself naturally from stress and depression, covering such topics as eye-movement desensitization, resetting a biological clock, and applying biochemical knowledge to heal emotional wounds. 50,000 first printing.

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Rodale

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1579549020

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9781579549022

Girl with Curious Hair

By: David Foster Wallace

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Girl with Curious Hair

By: David Foster Wallace

A collection of short stories by David Foster Wallace that explore the different ways people live their lives.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393313964

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9780393313963

Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky

Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child

By: David Henderson

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Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky

Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child

By: David Henderson

A revised and expanded edition of the music icon's definitive biography incorporates newly discovered personal writings, additional details on Hendrix's romantic relationships, and additional research into his creative life.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743274008

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9780743274005

The United States in Central America, 1860-1911

Episodes of Social Imperialism and Imperial Rivalry in the World System

By: Thomas David Schoonover

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The United States in Central America, 1860-1911

Episodes of Social Imperialism and Imperial Rivalry in the World System

By: Thomas David Schoonover

In a work of unprecedented scope, Thomas D. Schoonover combines exhaustive multicountry archival research with a sophisticated theoretical framework grounded in world systems theory to elucidate the relations between the United States and Central America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Schoonover's archival research in Central America, Europe, and the United States encompasses public, business, organizational, and individual records. In analyzing this material, Schoonover applies a world systems theory approach with that of social imperialism and dependency theory to underscore the broad, multistate dimension of international affairs. In exploring the international history of Central America, Schoonover describes the role of personalities such as John C. Frémont, Otto von Bismarck, Theodore Roosevelt, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, and José Santos Zelaya; the impact of railroad building and canal projects; and the role of pan-Americanism, nationalism, racism, and anti-Americanism.

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Duke University Press

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0822311607

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Jimmy Durante

His Show Business Career, with an Annotated Filmography and Discography

By: David Bakish

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Jimmy Durante

His Show Business Career, with an Annotated Filmography and Discography

By: David Bakish

From his humble beginnings as a Coney Island piano player, Jimmy Durante was one of America's best-loved entertainers for nearly seven decades. Known for his distinctive schnozzle and raspy voice, the multitalented performer became a stage, screen and recording star. Every aspect of Jimmy Durante's career is covered here: his early vaudeville and Broadway days; the 38 movies he made; his radio appearances; the mixture of new and old material he brought to television in the late 1950s; and his work as a singer and composer.

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0899509681

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9780899509686

Deciphering Motivation in Psychotherapy

By: David Mark Allen

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Deciphering Motivation in Psychotherapy

By: David Mark Allen

I have often stated to students that I felt that one of the most important characteristics of a psychotherapist is the ability to tolerate ambiguity. As Allen so aptly points out in this creative and valuable book, my observa tion contains an implicit assumption that requires a clear statement in order for it to be understood. Before ambiguity can be tolerated, it must be recognized. The psychotherapist who accepts the presentations of the pa tient at face value is never faced with the difficult problem of tolerating the ambiguity that is so intrinsic to the circumstances that bring many people to treatment. In this volume, Allen has undertaken the task of helping the reader to recognize ambiguity in all of its manifestations, to understand it better, and, having understood it, to help the patient to grow beyond it. Ambiguity, in Allen's view, arises from a dialectical conflict, whether it is between the self and the system, intrapsychic and wholly within the self, or social, when the individual is tom between competing reference groups. Psychotherapy is a process by which the dialectic can be brought to consciousness so that a synthesis can be achieved. The dialectic that engages the individual, and often is played out between the individual and the system, parallels the struggle between attachment and individuation.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1468458892

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9781468458893

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

People, Law, and Politics

By: David Gardner Chardavoyne

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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

People, Law, and Politics

By: David Gardner Chardavoyne

A chronological history of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, from its beginnings in the 1830s to the present. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the federal trial court based in Detroit with jurisdiction over the eastern half of Michigan, was created in 1837 and operated as recently as 1923 with a single trial judge. Yet by 2010, the court had fifteen district judges, a dozen senior U.S. district judges and U.S. magistrate judges, and conducts court year-round in five federal buildings throughout the eastern half of Michigan (in Detroit, Bay City, Flint, Port Huron, and Ann Arbor). In The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan: People, Law, and Politics, author David Gardner Chardavoyne details not only the growth of the court but the stories of its judges and others who have served the court, litigants who brought their conflicting interests to the court for resolution, and the people of the district who have been affected by the court. In chronological order, Chardavoyne charts the history of the court, its judges, and its major cases in five parts: The Wilkins Years, 1837 to 1870; The Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age, 1870 to 1900; Decades of Tumult, 1900 to 1945; The Era of Grand Expectations, 1946 to 1976; and A Major Metropolitan Court, 1977 to 2010. Along the way, Chardavoyne highlights many issues of national concern faced by the court, including cases dealing with fugitive slave laws, espionage and treason, civil rights, and freedom of speech. Chardavoyne also examines how conflicting interests—political, local, and personal—have influenced the resolution of a myriad of issues not directly related to the court’s cases, such as who becomes a federal judge, how many judges the court should have, in which cities and in which buildings the judges hold court, what kinds of cases the judges can and cannot hear, and the geographical boundaries of the district and of divisions within the district. This volume includes helpful appendixes that list the Eastern District of Michigan Court’s Chief Judges, Clerks, Magistrates and Magistrate Judges, and United States Marshals; along with the succession of judges, and a list of District and Circuit Court Case Filings, 1837–2010. Legal professionals and scholars will appreciate this thorough history.

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Wayne State University Press

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0814337201

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The Terrible Event

By: David Cohen

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The Terrible Event

By: David Cohen

From the winner of the Russell Prize for Humour Writing. David Cohen's most wryly humorous and disturbing work of fiction yet. A public memorial’s name is changed to avoid any mention of the tragedy it has been set up to commemorate. Two attention-seeking activists campaign against exclusionary policies adopted by the gift shop at a suburban shopping mall. A customer service representative becomes obsessed with a colleague who has worked from home for so long, nobody in the company remembers her. A middle-aged father loses his marriage and falls in love again with a cherished but damaged childhood toy. An academic’s research into roadside memorials takes a peculiar turn. David Cohen’s sometimes bizarre yet pitch-perfect stories capture everyday horrors but are always shot through with a profound empathy and generosity. The Terrible Event delivers not just one terrible event, but many events of varying degrees of terrible-ness. Death, destruction, disappearance, decline, defeat – it has something for everyone. ‘Wildly inventive. Deeply unsettling. Delightfully strange. The Terrible Event is Cohen’s best, most hilarious book yet. I absolutely loved it.’ – Bram Presser, The Book of Dirt ‘These are not the stand-up comedian’s one-liners; they have an awareness of the absurd, the surreal, the comic, in everyday life; the true comic’s unsettling serious gaze at the strange ways we make sense of existence.’ – Judges, Russell Prize for Humour Writing.

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0645565385

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What Dying People Want

Lessons for Living from People Who Are Dying

By: Dr. David Kuhl

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What Dying People Want

Lessons for Living from People Who Are Dying

By: Dr. David Kuhl

An internationally renowned palliative care physician offers guidance on living with a terminal illness. Based on research funded by the Soros Foundation and extensive interviews with dying people. A profound and practical book about living with a terminal illness over a long period of time. It offers guidance, solace, and helpful strategies for people who are terminally ill, their families and caregivers. Facing death results in more fear and anxiety than any other human experience. Western medicine has accomplished a great deal in addressing physical pain and controlling symptoms for people with a terminal illness, but much slower progress has been made in understanding and alleviating psychological and spiritual distress. In What Dying People Want, Dr. David Kuhl begins to bridge that gap. He does so by addressing end-of-life realities — physical, psychological and spiritual — through his own experiences as a doctor and through the words and experiences of people who know that they are dying. He presents ways of addressing the pain, of finding new life in the process of dying and of understanding the inner reality of living with a terminal illness. He acknowledges the despair and recognizes the desire for hope and meaning. Dr. Kuhl also makes the provocative case that insensitive communication by doctors creates more suffering for patients than either the illness or the knowledge of impending death, and offers both the dying and their caregivers guidance on preventing painful interactions. He provides ways of speaking about difficult topics with physicians, family members, friends and those who have a terminal illness. “This book started with a research question: What is the daily experience of living with a terminal illness? How does that experience affect your sense of self, your relationship with others, and your understanding of the spiritual? Many of those I interviewed asked me to share what they had given me with others who would follow — those with a terminal illness as well as their friends and family members who would care for them and about them. They asked specifically that I write a book for a general audience, and not only for my colleagues in the medical profession. This is the book that grew out of that research.” — Dr. David Kuhl

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Anchor Canada

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0307374971

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What Dying People Want

Practical Wisdom For The End Of Life

By: David Kuhl

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Practical Wisdom For The End Of Life

By: David Kuhl

Facing death results in more fear and anxiety than any other human experience. Though much has been done to address the physical pain suffered by those with a terminal illness, Western medicine has been slow to understand and alleviate the psychological and spiritual distress that comes with the knowledge of death. In What Dying People Want, Dr. David Kuhl begins to bridge that gap by addressing end-of-life realities--practical and emotional--through his own experiences as a doctor and through the words and experiences of people who knew that they were dying. Dr. Kuhl presents ways of finding new life in the process of dying, understanding the inner reality of living with a terminal illness, and addressing the fear of pain, as well as pain itself. He also offers concrete guidance on how to enhance doctor/patient relationships and hold family meetings, and provides an introduction to the process of life review. It is possible to find meaning and peace in the face of death. What Dying People Want "helps us learn to view the knowledge of death as a gift, not a curse." (New Times)

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PublicAffairs

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0786725834

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Last of the Living

By: David Moody

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Last of the Living

By: David Moody

Last of the Living is a collection of novellas and short stories focusing on those who've survived the unthinkable. Some thrive while others disintegrate; some fight while others capitulate. But no matter how each individual survivor reacts, one thing is certain: nothing will ever be the same again."--

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Infected Books

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0957656335

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Collared

An Andy Carpenter Mystery

By: David Rosenfelt

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An Andy Carpenter Mystery

By: David Rosenfelt

The next novel in David Rosenfelt’s witty, heartfelt mystery series featuring lawyer Andy Carpenter and his faithful golden retriever, Tara.

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Minotaur Books

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1250055350

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Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future

The Evil One

By: David Motton

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Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future

The Evil One

By: David Motton

Collected together for the first time since their original publication back in the early 1960s, these are the complete black and white adventures of Dan Dare, Britain’s pilot of the future. Written by David Motton and drawn by Keith Watson. Together, both men would write and draw Dan Dare stories for longer than any other creative team. This collection includes five complete stories, Operation Earth Savers, The Evil One, Operation Fireball, The Web of Fear, and Operation Dark Star, originally published between March 1962 and March 1963.

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Titan Comics

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1787731782

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9781787731783

The Children's God

By: David Heller

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The Children's God

By: David Heller

How do children imagine God? Surprisingly, few researchers have asked this question. In crayon drawings, doll-play, letters, and carefully designed interviews, the forty children in David Heller's study reveal a rich array of spiritual imagery. Though Heller does find some differing views attributable to age, gender, and religious background (the children were Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, and Hindu), he discovers to a surprising degree a common vision of God that cuts across ethnic and religious differences. He also considers related issues of school prayer and the psychology of religion.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226326365

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David Adler, Architect

The Elements of Style

By: David Adler,Richard Guy Wilson,Pauline C. Metcalf,Art Institute of Chicago,Kisho Kurokawa Gallery of Architecture,Ghenete Zelleke

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David Adler, Architect

The Elements of Style

By: David Adler,Richard Guy Wilson,Pauline C. Metcalf,Art Institute of Chicago,Kisho Kurokawa Gallery of Architecture,Ghenete Zelleke

A collection of photocopied articles published about the David Adler exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, December 6, 2002 to May 18, 2003.

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Yale University Press

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0300097026

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9780300097023

Only the Smiths

By: David James Smith

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Only the Smiths

By: David James Smith

The local Smith trade expanded in Fetteresso and Glenbervie, Aberdeenshire, as a farming family, supplying wars and feeding people. Mary I was influenced by living in France. The Pope declared a crusade against England, Spain sent armadas. The Union of crowns saw King James VI of Scotland the I of England neglect Scotland. Montrose changed allegiance to stop Cromwell and failed, prisoners to the Americas. England conspired against the Darien investment and bribed investor negotiators for votes for Union. People, without a vote, protested as a right since the Declaration of Arbroath 1320. Landlord Keith, Scotland's Marischal, kin to Smith tenants from the same tribe of Chatti in Europe, proclaimed the true King of Scotland. Pope-given honours safe. Smiths with Burnes neighbours, ancestors of Robert Burns the national poet, on their march to Culloden. Prince Charlie, Regent to correct UK Sovereignty, his father the nearest heir. The people fought to replace the Sovereign, freedom, and independence.

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Lulu.com

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0244802920

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9780244802929

The Non-identity Problem and the Ethics of Future People

By: David Boonin

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The Non-identity Problem and the Ethics of Future People

By: David Boonin

David Boonin presents a new account of the non-identity problem: a puzzle about our obligations to people who do not yet exist. Our actions sometimes have an effect not only on the quality of life that people will enjoy in the future, but on which particular people will exist in the future to enjoy it. In cases where this is so, the combination of certain assumptions that most people seem to accept can yield conclusions that most people seem to reject. The non-identity problem has important implications both for ethical theory and for a number of topics in applied ethics, including controversial issues in bioethics, environmental ethics and disability ethics. It has been the subject of a great deal of discussion for nearly four decades, but this is the first book-length study devoted exclusively to its examination. Boonin begins by explaining what the problem is, why the problem matters, and what criteria a solution to the problem must satisfy in order to count as a successful one. He then provides a critical survey of the solutions to the problem that have thus far been proposed in the sizeable literature that the problem has generated and concludes by developing and defending an unorthodox alternative solution, one that differs fundamentally from virtually every other available approach.

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0199682933

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