David L. Rankin's Books

Fundamentals of Fiction

By: Earl J. Wilcox,David L. Rankin

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Fundamentals of Fiction is intended to give both the general reader and the beginning student of literature a comprehensive, though basic, approach to understanding fiction. It provides detailed explanations of primary elements of fictionópoint of view, description, narration, character, plot, language, meaning, and theme, and examines some of the more subtle and elusive components of fiction, including metaphor, imagery, symbolism, subject, tone, and mood. Five short works of fictionó"Odour of Chrysanthemums," by D.H. Lawrence, "The Chrysanthemums," by John Steinbeck, "The Destructors," by Graham Greene, "Patricia, Edith, and Arnold," by Dylan Thomas, and "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets," by Stephen Craneóare used to integrate and support the discussions of fictional elements. Created to enhance almost any anthology of fiction, the text includes exercises for class discussion and writing exercises, and an appendix listing both the fundamentals of fiction in fifty popular short stories and exercises for use with them. Reprinted from the 1975 Allyn and Bacon edition.

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University Press of America

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0819189863

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9780819189868

Lincoln's Herndon

By: David Donald

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Lincoln's Herndon

By: David Donald

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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519

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Read Books Ltd

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1447487893

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9781447487890

The War with Spain in 1898

By: David F. Trask

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The War with Spain in 1898

By: David F. Trask

“Remember the Maine!” The war cry spread throughout the United States after the American battleship was blown up in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. Americans, already sympathetic with Cuba’s struggle for independence from Spain, demanded action. Brief and decisive, not too costly, the Spanish-American War made the United States a world power. David F. Trask’s War with Spain in 1898 is a cogent political and military history of that “splendid little war.” It describes the failure of diplomacy; the state of preparedness of both sides; the battles, including those of Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders; the enlargement of conflict to rout the Spanish from Puerto Rico and the Philippines; and the misconceptions surrounding the war.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803294298

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9780803294295

Mindfulness Is Better Than Chocolate

A Practical Guide to Enhanced Focus and Lasting Happiness in a World of Distractions

By: David Michie

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Mindfulness Is Better Than Chocolate

A Practical Guide to Enhanced Focus and Lasting Happiness in a World of Distractions

By: David Michie

“This book is better than chocolate!”—Tal Ben-Shahar, New York Times best-selling author of Happier and Choose the Life You Want Distractions are everywhere these days. Our thoughts drift to what we need to do tomorrow, or what went wrong yesterday. Even pleasurable things—like eating chocolate—don’t receive our full attention. We miss out on joy that is easily within reach! In Mindfulness Is Better Than Chocolate, David Michie gives us the tools to rewire our brains for happiness. “Mindfulness” is paying attention to the present moment, deliberately and nonjudgmentally—and science has shown that those who practice it experience a wealth of benefits: Reduced stress Stronger immune systems More ease in breaking bad habits Improved self-esteem Enhanced mental clarity Sharper memory Overall well-being . . . and better-tasting chocolate! As Michie explains, the way we see the world is our own creation. Drawing on both Buddhist teachings and contemporary science, he teaches us how to experience a mind free of stress and dullness. By harnessing the power of mindfulness and meditation, we can find everything we need to be fulfilled, productive, and content!

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The Experiment

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1615192581

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The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower

The Presidency: Keeping the Peace

By: Dwight David Eisenhower,Louis Galambos

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The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower

The Presidency: Keeping the Peace

By: Dwight David Eisenhower,Louis Galambos

Contains primary source material.

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JHU Press

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0801867185

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Contemporary Themes in Strategic People Management

A Case-Based Approach

By: David Hall,Stephen Pilbeam,Marjorie Corbridge

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Contemporary Themes in Strategic People Management

A Case-Based Approach

By: David Hall,Stephen Pilbeam,Marjorie Corbridge

Examines core contemporary topics in HRM using case studies to highlight theory and provide students with a business context within which to understand the topic. Questions help students to critically evaluate the material and reflect on alternative approaches. Ideal for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students.

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328

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137272244

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Memory Systems

Cache, DRAM, Disk

By: Bruce Jacob,David Wang,Spencer Ng

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Memory Systems

Cache, DRAM, Disk

By: Bruce Jacob,David Wang,Spencer Ng

Is your memory hierarchy stopping your microprocessor from performing at the high level it should be? Memory Systems: Cache, DRAM, Disk shows you how to resolve this problem. The book tells you everything you need to know about the logical design and operation, physical design and operation, performance characteristics and resulting design trade-offs, and the energy consumption of modern memory hierarchies. You learn how to to tackle the challenging optimization problems that result from the side-effects that can appear at any point in the entire hierarchy.As a result you will be able to design and emulate the entire memory hierarchy. - Understand all levels of the system hierarchy -Xcache, DRAM, and disk. - Evaluate the system-level effects of all design choices. - Model performance and energy consumption for each component in the memory hierarchy.

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Morgan Kaufmann

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0080553842

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9780080553849

The American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831-1935 Vol 1

By: David L Mason

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The American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831-1935 Vol 1

By: David L Mason

The American savings and loan industry began in the 1830s to help people of modest financial means buy a home. Despite the long history of the industry there has been limited scholarly work done on its early years. This collection allows an insight into the place of the savings and loans industry within the wider context of American society.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040246893

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Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds

By: David W. Steadman

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Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds

By: David W. Steadman

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University of Chicago Press

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0226771423

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9780226771427

Early New England

A Covenanted Society

By: David A. Weir

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Early New England

A Covenanted Society

By: David A. Weir

The idea of covenant was at the heart of early New England society. In this singular book David Weir explores the origins and development of covenant thought in America by analyzing the town and church documents written and signed by seventeenth-century New Englanders. Unmatched in the breadth of its scope, this study takes into account all of the surviving covenants in all of the New England colonies. Weir's comprehensive survey of seventeenth-century covenants leads to a more complex picture of early New England than what emerges from looking at only a few famous civil covenants like the Mayflower Compact. His work shows covenant theology being transformed into a covenantal vision for society but also reveals the stress and strains on church-state relationships that eventually led to more secularized colonial governments in eighteenth-century New England. He concludes that New England colonial society was much more "English" and much less "American" than has often been thought, and that the New England colonies substantially mirrored religious and social change in Old England.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802813526

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9780802813527

Bawdy Songbooks of the Romantic Period, Volume 1

By: Patrick Spedding,Paul Watt,Ed Cray,David Gregory,Derek B Scott

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Bawdy Songbooks of the Romantic Period, Volume 1

By: Patrick Spedding,Paul Watt,Ed Cray,David Gregory,Derek B Scott

The songbooks of the 1830-40s were printed in tiny numbers, and small format so they could be hidden in a pocket, passed round or thrown away. Collectors have sought ‘these priceless chapbooks’, but only recently a collection of 49 songbooks has come to light. This collection represents almost all of the known songbooks from the period.

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Routledge

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1000748057

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The American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831-1935 Vol 4

By: David L Mason

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The American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831-1935 Vol 4

By: David L Mason

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Taylor & Francis

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1040249108

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Seabirds of the Farallon Islands

Ecology, Dynamics, and Structure of an Upwelling-System Community

By: David G. Ainley

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Seabirds of the Farallon Islands

Ecology, Dynamics, and Structure of an Upwelling-System Community

By: David G. Ainley

Summarizing a 15-year study of the seabird community on this small group of rocks about 20 miles offshore of San Francisco, this volume is both a detailed account of a seabird breeding ecology and a challenge to the prevailing conception of ecological stability as the typical seabird lifestyle. With

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Stanford University Press

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0804715300

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IWarp

Anatomy of a Parallel Computing System

By: Thomas Gross,David Richard O'Hallaron

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IWarp

Anatomy of a Parallel Computing System

By: Thomas Gross,David Richard O'Hallaron

This book describes the complete iWarp system, from instruction-level parallelism to final parallel applications. The authors present a range of issues that must be considered to get a real system into practice. foreword by Gordon Bell and afterword by H.T. Kung Although researchers have proposed many mechanisms and theories for parallel systems, only a few have actually resulted in working computing platforms. The iWarp is an experimental parallel system that was designed and built jointly by Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Corporation. The system is based on the idea of integrating a VLIW processor and a sophisticated fine-grained communication system on a single chip. This book describes the complete iWarp system, from instruction-level parallelism to final parallel applications. The authors present a range of issues that must be considered to get a real system into practice. They also provide a start-to-finish history of the project, including what was done right and what was done wrong, that will be of interest to anyone who studies or builds computer systems.

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MIT Press

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0262071835

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9780262071833

Birder's Handbook

By: Paul Ehrlich,David S. Dobkin,Darryl Wheye

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Birder's Handbook

By: Paul Ehrlich,David S. Dobkin,Darryl Wheye

On t.p.: A field guide to the natural history of North American birds : including all species that regularly breed north of Mexico.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671659898

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9780671659899

Catawba Valley Mississippian

Ceramics, Chronology, and Catawba Indians

By: David G. Moore

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Catawba Valley Mississippian

Ceramics, Chronology, and Catawba Indians

By: David G. Moore

Publisher Fact Sheet An excellent example of ethnohistory and archaeology combining to reveal new analyses, this well-written book uncovers the origins of the Catawba Indians of North Carolina.

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