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Alberta's Petroleum Industry and the Conservation Board

By: David Breen

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Alberta's Petroleum Industry and the Conservation Board

By: David Breen

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board, created by the Alberta government in 1938, ensured that the province's petroleum resources were utilized in a manner that protected the long-term public interest.

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University of Alberta

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0888642458

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American Heritage History of the Great West

By: David Lavender

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American Heritage History of the Great West

By: David Lavender

The story of America's westward movement is at heart the story of men and women of all origins and beliefs who helped shape the character of a nation. They lived a stirring epic, the telling of which grows ever more fascinating it becomes ever more remote. It has become a romance, a drama of men and women against the forces of a stupendous land and nameless terrors. Pain and violence tormented whites and Indians alike. Here, from award-winning historian David Lavender, is their enduring story.

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New Word City

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161230821X

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9781612308210

Adventurism and Empire

The Struggle for Mastery in the Louisiana-Florida Borderlands, 1762-1803

By: David Narrett

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Adventurism and Empire

The Struggle for Mastery in the Louisiana-Florida Borderlands, 1762-1803

By: David Narrett

In this expansive book, David Narrett shows how the United States emerged as a successor empire to Great Britain through rivalry with Spain in the Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast. As he traces currents of peace and war over four critical decades--from the close of the Seven Years War through the Louisiana Purchase--Narrett sheds new light on individual colonial adventurers and schemers who shaped history through cross-border trade, settlement projects involving slave and free labor, and military incursions aimed at Spanish and Indian territories. Narrett examines the clash of empires and nationalities from diverse perspectives. He weighs the challenges facing Native Americans along with the competition between Spanish, French, British, and U.S. interests. In a turbulent era, the Louisiana and Florida borderlands were shaken by tremors from the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolution. By demonstrating pervasive intrigue and subterfuge in borderland rivalries, Narrett shows that U.S. Manifest Destiny was not a linear or inevitable progression. He offers a fresh interpretation of how events in the Louisiana and Florida borderlands altered the North American balance of power, and affected the history of the Atlantic world.

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UNC Press Books

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1469618346

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9781469618340

Creek Indian Medicine Ways

The Enduring Power of the Mvskoke Religion

By: David Jr. Lewis,Ann T. Jordan

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Creek Indian Medicine Ways

The Enduring Power of the Mvskoke Religion

By: David Jr. Lewis,Ann T. Jordan

In Creek Indian Medicine Ways, Jordan traces the written accounts of Mvskoke religion from the eighteenth century to the present in order to historically contextualize Lewis's story and knowledge. This book is a collaboration between anthropologist and medicine man that provides a rare glimpse of a living religious tradition and its origins.

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UNM Press

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0826323685

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New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest

By: Alexander Henry,David Thompson

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New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest

By: Alexander Henry,David Thompson

A two-volume version of an 1897 publication containing abridged and edited journals relating to exploration of America's Northwest.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108079377

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The Taking of American Indian Lands in the Southeast

A History of Territorial Cessions and Forced Relocations, 1607-1840

By: David W. Miller

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The Taking of American Indian Lands in the Southeast

A History of Territorial Cessions and Forced Relocations, 1607-1840

By: David W. Miller

Between the time of the settling of Jamestown and the Trail of Tears in the 1830's, thousands of American Indians were induced to cede their lands to European settlers and move westward. This book, with the aid of maps and pictures, relies primarily on the words of those involved to provide1an historical accounting of the forced relocations. Presidential policies are examined, as well as the various ways in which the Indians attempted to maintain their cultural identity during these upheavals. Cultural and community splits within the Creek, Cherokee and Seminole nations are also explored in detail.

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McFarland

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0786485698

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9780786485697

The Scent of Betrayal

By: David Donachie

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The Scent of Betrayal

By: David Donachie

The fifth adventure for Harry Ludlow, privateer, and his brother James, which includes: a hazardous journey into the political intrigue of the city of New Orleans, a trek into the woods of the American Hinterland, and an escape up the Mississippi from under the guns of the Spanish forts.

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Allison & Busby

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0749019271

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9780749019273

Little Did You Know: the Confessions of David Mcgillivray

By: David McGillivray

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Little Did You Know: the Confessions of David Mcgillivray

By: David McGillivray

Described by Jonathan Ross as "a comedy legend", Alan Jones as "a horror icon" and Matthew Sweet as "the Truffaut of smut", David McGillivray has enjoyed a long and colourful career in many areas of lowbrow entertainment. But not even his closest associates, let alone fans of his horror films and comedy plays, could have predicted the extraordinary turn his career took during the final years of the 20th century.McG hosted London's wildest parties at his home in the sleazy King's Cross district. They were attended by some of the biggest names of stage, screen, music and fashion. The revelations of what went on under the figurative noses of law enforcement agencies and the literal noses of McG and his high-flying guests are not for the faint-hearted.In this sensational memoir, illustrated with many previously unseen photos, McGillivray journeys six decades, taking us through the cocaine-lined world of London's media industry, the tragic heights of the AIDS epidemic and the sinful celluloid backstreets of Soho. It's a colourful picaresque account of the capital from every angle.The confessions of this outrageously funny man may amaze and amuse, scandalise or shock you. And you may never look back on Millennium Night in quite the same light again... Little Did You Know is disgraceful, indefensible... and utterly unforgettable.

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1913051005

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The Fist in the Wilderness

By: David Sievert Lavender,David Lavender

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The Fist in the Wilderness

By: David Sievert Lavender,David Lavender

An oft-told story from different perspectives, the history of the American fur trade is here placed within the overall rivalry for empire between Britain and the United States. David Lavender focuses on men such as John Jacob Astor and Ramsay Crooks who learned to exploit the needs and wants of Indian tribes to gain a superior economic position over the British and made fur trading an integral economic activity in early U.S. history. Maps.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803279760

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Columbia Journals

Bicentennial Edition

By: David Thompson

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Columbia Journals

Bicentennial Edition

By: David Thompson

David Thompson (1770-1857) is considered by many to have been the most important surveyor of North America. His achievements - mapping the Saskatchewan River, the great bend of the Missouri River, the Great Lakes and the headwaters of the Mississippi as well as the Columbia watershed - are the stuff of legend. Late in life Thompson wrote a retrospective memoir of his explorations, but the best way to understand his years in the fur trade is by reading his journals. With the publication of David Thompson's Columbia Journals Barbara Belyea makes this possible. Documenting the Northwest Company's efforts to find trade routes across the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Columbia Journals also reveals Thompson's personal interest in mapping the great river of the West sought by generations of explorers. His accounts provide a detailed picture of the fur business and remind us to what extent the territory he explored has been transformed by settlement, roads, and hydroelectric dams. Thompson's journals trace the fur trade's westernmost expansion while his hand-drawn maps preserve a contemporary image of the country he explored. The extensive notes that accompany the Columbia Journals provide a documentary context for Thompson's own account. Details of Thompson's manuscript maps are included, as is the work of other cartographers of the period. By placing Thompson's work in the context of the fur-trade and comparing his accomplishments with those of his contemporaries, Belyea shows what makes David Thompson truly remarkable and worthy of attention two hundred years after his surveys of the Columbia River.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773575553

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9780773575554

Fenway Park

By: David Hickey,Raymond Sinibaldi,Kerry Keene,Foreword by Jim Lonborg

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Fenway Park

By: David Hickey,Raymond Sinibaldi,Kerry Keene,Foreword by Jim Lonborg

Relying heavily on the photographic archives of the Boston Public Library, the authors have woven the story of Fenway in a magical tapestry of heartbreak, hope, joy, love, and faith. -- P. [4] of cover.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738576883

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Taking the Bite Out of Rabies

The Evolution of Rabies Management in Canada

By: David John Gregory,Rowland Tinline

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Taking the Bite Out of Rabies

The Evolution of Rabies Management in Canada

By: David John Gregory,Rowland Tinline

Involved in rabies research for much of their working careers, editors David J. Gregory and Rowland R. Tinline explore Canada’s unique contributions to rabies management in Taking the Bite Out of Rabies. By placing the major players in rabies management from provincial and federal agencies, universities, and research institutions in historical context, Gregory and Tinline trace Canada’s largely successful efforts to control rabies. Concerned about the loss of institutional memory that tends to follow success, Gregory and Tinline view this book as a crucial way to collate, verify, and preserve records for future understanding and research. The book maps the history of rabies across Canada and explores the science, organization, research, and development behind Canada’s public health and wildlife vaccination programs. It also discusses how ongoing changes in agency mandates, the environment, and the evolution of the rabies virus affect present and future prevention and control efforts.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487519834

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Washington's Circle

The Creation of the President

By: David S. Heidler,Jeanne T. Heidler

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Washington's Circle

The Creation of the President

By: David S. Heidler,Jeanne T. Heidler

History enthusiasts and admirers of Team of Rivals will rejoice in this magisterial account of the extraordinary Americans who served the nation’s first chief executive: Together, they created the presidency for a country disgusted by crowns and the people who would wear them. In 1789, as George Washington became the first president of the United States, the world was all but certain that the American experiment in liberty and representative government would founder. More than a few Americans feared that the world was right. In Washington’s Circle, we see how Washington and his trusted advisers, close friends, and devoted family defied the doomsayers to lay the foundation for an enduring constitutional republic. This is a fresh look at an aloof man whose service in the Revolutionary War had already earned him the acclaim of fellow citizens. Washington was easy to revere, if difficult to know. David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler reveal Washington’s character through his relationship with his inner circle, showing how this unlikely group created the office of the presidency. Here is a story of cooperation, confrontation, triumph, and disappointment, as the president, Congress, and the courts sorted out the limits of executive power, quarreled over funding the government, coped with domestic strife, and faced a world at war while trying to keep their country at peace. Even more, it is a story of remarkable people striving for extraordinary achievements. Many of these characters are familiar as historic icons, but in these pages they act and speak as living individuals: the often irked and frequently irksome John Adams, in the vice presidency; the mercurial Alexander Hamilton, leading the Treasury Department; the brilliant, deceptively cunning Thomas Jefferson, as secretary of state; James Madison, who was Washington’s advocate—and his eyes and ears—in Congress; and Washington’s old friend and former brother-in-arms Henry Knox, at the administration’s beleaguered War Department. Their stories mingle with those of Edmund Randolph, John Jay, Gouverneur Morris, and the others who stood with a self-educated Virginia farmer to forge the presidency into an institution protective of its privileges but respectful of congressional prerogatives. Written with energy, wit, and an eye for vivid detail, Washington’s Circle is the fascinating account of the people who met the most formidable challenges of the government’s earliest hours with pluck, ability, and enviable resourcefulness. When the world said they would fail, they rolled up their sleeves. This is their story. Praise for Washington’s Circle “A fine, readable history of the first presidency . . . [David and Jeanne Heidler] provide not only a lively history but a group portrait of Washington and the various figures vying to influence him.”—The Wall Street Journal “Washington’s Circle positively glows with narrative exuberance. This is a book that will make even the most jaded student of the American Revolution bark little laughs of pure delight while reading.”—Open Letters Monthly “Traditional accounts portray Washington as a solitary actor in the drama of American nationhood, as chilly and featureless as the marble shaft that dominates his namesake capitol. In fact, he was the intensely human lead in one of history’s most colorful, and contentious, ensembles. David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler bring the whole cast to unforgettable life in this character study–cum–group portrait–cum–old-fashioned page-turner.”—Richard Norton Smith, author of On His Own Terms

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Random House Trade Paperbacks

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0812981596

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9780812981599

The Creek Frontier, 1540–1783

By: David H. Corkran

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The Creek Frontier, 1540–1783

By: David H. Corkran

The Creek Frontier, 1540–1783 is the first complete history of an American Indian tribe in the colonial period. Although much has been written of the Spanish, French, and British explorations in North America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, little has been known of the Indian tribes that explorers such as De Soto and De Luna encountered. The Creek Indians, who occupied Alabama, Georgia, and much of northern Florida from the earliest days of Spanish exploration to shortly after the American Civil War, were a power to be reckoned with by Spain, France, and Britain in their efforts to gain control of that area. Always hostile to Spain, the Creeks were natural allies with the British, but they used other Europeans to further their interests. When they gave up their neutral position to ally themselves with the British against the American patriots, the Creeks found themselves completely at the mercy of their victorious enemies. Stressing Creek political institutions and diplomacy, this volume offers the most complete story of the rapacious “Queen” Mary Musgrove, and the rise to leadership of Alexander McGillivray. Creek Indian personalities of old emerge to share history’s spotlight with the wigged governors they struggled with in order to maintain autonomy for their people.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806155981

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9780806155982

Security, Development and the Fragile State

Bridging the Gap between Theory and Policy

By: David Carment,Stewart Prest,Yiagadeesen Samy

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Security, Development and the Fragile State

Bridging the Gap between Theory and Policy

By: David Carment,Stewart Prest,Yiagadeesen Samy

This book provides theoretical clarity about the concepts of failed and fragile states, which have emerged strongly since the 9/11 attacks. Recent contributions often see the fragile state as either a problem of development or of security. This volume argues that that neither perspective on its own is a sufficient basis for good policy. In a wide-ranging treatment, drawing on large samples as well as case studies, the authors create an alternative model of the fragile state emphasizing the multidimensional, multifaceted nature of the "fragile state problematique". On the basis of their model and empirical evidence, they then derive a number of policy-relevant insights regarding the need for contextualized and ongoing country analysis, the perils and pitfalls of unstructured development assistance, and the need to move whole-of-government approaches from the realm of rhetoric to reality. In offering both a synthesis of existing research and an innovative approach to understanding the fragile state, this volume will be of great interest to students of war and conflict studies, risk, conflict management, and international relations in general. It will also be of use to practitioners in policy circles and to NGOs.

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Routledge

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1135257051

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9781135257057

They Came from Away

Yanks, Brits and Cape Breton

By: David

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They Came from Away

Yanks, Brits and Cape Breton

By: David

Though only a small island on the edge of a vast continent Cape Breton has impressed its distinctive identity on the Canadian scene.This story is of some of the Yanks and Brits who like the authors came from away. They include adventurers and disbanded soldiers, entrepreneurs and hucksters, worthies and criminals who have, in their own diverse ways, added to Cape Breton's colourful history.

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iUniverse

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1450224172

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9781450224178

A New Heritage of Horror

The English Gothic Cinema

By: David Pirie

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A New Heritage of Horror

The English Gothic Cinema

By: David Pirie

David Pirie's acclaimed history of British gothic film and television has long been regarded as a foundational study of the roots of British horror, identifying it as 'the only staple cinematic myth which Britain can properly claim as its own.' This edition has been revised and updated to include discussion of films and TV dramas that have been newly discovered, restored or released since publication of the previous edition in 2007, as well as addressing newly-emergent screenwriters, directors and genres. Drawing on insider accounts and archival sources, David Pirie investigates the notion of horror versus realism in popular fiction, and analyses the horror boom that developed around films including The Others and 28 Days Later. He chronicles British horror cinema from its origins in Gothic literature traces the rise of Hammer Films, its key directors and films as well as its battles with the censors, explores major horror sub genres including comedy horror and sci-fi, and brings the story up to the present day, where horror is flourishing in new ways, with films such as Shaun of the Dead, Under the Skin and Censor; the rise of genres such as folk horror and films that tackle questions of race and gender, and the emergence of a new generation of writers and directors including Prano Bailey-Bond, Ben Wheatley and Edgar Wright.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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135030381X

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9781350303812

The Great West

By: David Sievert Lavender,David Lavender

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The Great West

By: David Sievert Lavender,David Lavender

An American Heritage(R) Book The Great West is a sweeping history of the commissioned expeditions, failed settlements, and land speculation that conquered the American West. A noted historian of the region and a dramatic storyteller, Lavender portrays the moments and movements that shaped the growing United States, from the founding of provisional governments to the laying of the railroads.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0618001891

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9780618001897

Why Public Schools? Whose Public Schools?

What Early Communities Have To Tell Us

By: David Mathews

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Why Public Schools? Whose Public Schools?

What Early Communities Have To Tell Us

By: David Mathews

One of the most compelling issues in public education involves what it means for schools to be public. Are they public in funding or public in oversight and control? Are they public in the values they convey or in the standards they set? Are they public in deciding curriculum or only in access to space? David Matthews probes these issues in 19th century Alabama in ways that no one else has attempted. And he provides lessons from the past that can inform the present and future.

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NewSouth Books

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1603062602

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9781603062602

The Color of the Land

Race, Nation, and the Politics of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929

By: David A. Chang

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The Color of the Land

Race, Nation, and the Politics of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929

By: David A. Chang

Color of the Land: Race, Nation, and the Politics of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807833657

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9780807833650

Managing Sport Events

By: T. Christopher Greenwell,Leigh Ann Danzey-Bussell,David Shonk

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Managing Sport Events

By: T. Christopher Greenwell,Leigh Ann Danzey-Bussell,David Shonk

Managing Sport Events presents the principles and practices of effective event management, taking readers through the entire process from event conception through postevent evaluation.

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Human Kinetics

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0736096116

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9780736096119

Sources of the River

Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America

By: Jack Nisbet,David Thompson

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Sources of the River

Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America

By: Jack Nisbet,David Thompson

In this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet re-creates the life and times of David Thompson-fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America and was the first to chart the entire length of the Columbia River. His field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of the region, and Nisbet uses them to guide his own discovery of the Northwest Territory some two centuries later. Book jacket.

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Sasquatch Books

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1570610061

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9781570610066

Carved in Stone

The History of Stone Mountain

By: David B. Freeman

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Carved in Stone

The History of Stone Mountain

By: David B. Freeman

Referred to by some as The Eighth Wonder of the World, Stone Mountain, located 16 miles from Atlanta, Georgia, is the largest exposed mass of granite in the world. Freeman, a freelance historian, narrates the development of the mountain from the days that it served as a Native American domain, through the carving of an historic Confederate monument, to its present status as a tourist attraction and recreational area. Enhanced with bandw photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Mercer University Press

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0865545472

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9780865545472

WATERFALL

By: David Zini

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WATERFALL

By: David Zini

Meet Sergeant Mark Truitt. Mark is a police investigator, husband, and father who began his career as a high school teacher but ultimately decided on a career in law enforcement. Good at getting the bad guys off the street, Mark's challenging, but fairly predictable life abruptly changes one morning with an assignment to investigate an apparent suicide. From this point on, Mark and his partner and best friend, Jamie Littlebird will take an incomprehensible trip into a murky and evil world of greed, violence, and deception.

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Writers Republic LLC

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Papers of Henry Laurens

By: Henry Laurens,David R. Chesnutt,C. James Taylor

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Papers of Henry Laurens

By: Henry Laurens,David R. Chesnutt,C. James Taylor

The concluding volume of a prestigious documentary edition; This, the sixteenth and final volume of The Papers of Henry Laurens, covers the last ten years of the statesman's life. During this period, Henry Laurens spent a hectic twenty-two months as a peace commissioner traveling between Paris and London, conferring with British ministers and his colleagues on the peace commission. At the same time, Laurens was coping with the grief of losing his eldest son, John Laurens, in battle, family conflicts over a proposed marriage between his elder daughter and a French fortune hunter, and his own poor health. This mixture of public and private concerns continued throughout his stay in Europe, as the commissioners attempted to negotiate a final peace treaty and a trade agreement with former allies and foes. In January 1785, Laurens returned to South Carolina, where he devoted the remainder of his life to personal affairs. Despite encouragement to return to public service, Laurens remained a private citizen with an active interest in the progress of his state, In his later years he recommended an end to the importation of slaves and diversification of the economy. Laurens died on December

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Benjamin Lincoln and the American Revolution

By: David B. Mattern

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Benjamin Lincoln and the American Revolution

By: David B. Mattern

The first modern biography of an American Revolutionary War hero In this definitive biography of one of America's most important but least known Revolutionary War generals, David B. Mattern tells the life story of Benjamin Lincoln, a prosperous farmer who left the comfort of his Massachusetts home to become a national hero in America's struggle for independence. Mattern's account of the citizen-soldier who served as George Washington's second-in-command at Yorktown and as secretary at war from 1781 to 1783 revisits the challenges, sacrifices, triumphs, and defeats that shaped Lincoln's evolution from affluent middle-aged family man to pillar of a dynamic republic. In addition to offering new insights into leadership during the Revolutionary period, Lincoln's life so mirrored his times that it provides an opportunity to tell the tale of the American Revolution in a fresh, compelling way.

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1643364324

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9781643364322

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