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Life

Why Live If You Have to Die?

By: David Perry

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Life

Why Live If You Have to Die?

By: David Perry

Life: Why Live if You Have to Die? is a unique work that shares principles and illustrations that you may not have thought of. Some of us just live. We take life for granted, and we move according to what we must do or should do. As humans, we have to put up with life because we are here, and we have no choice. Life to me is like reading a good mystery book. You keep wondering what the next thing will be or how it will end. A problem arises; you solve it. You find joy in attending classes to improve yourself, and it brings excitement and entertainment. This book is full of poetry, quotations, instructions, and illustrations. It's all about living, and if the living is right, enjoyment, excitement, and fulfilling achievement follows. Life: Why Live if You Have to Die? is written to enlarge your vision about life and to further guide you through the maze and entanglements that life throws at you every day.

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WestBow Press

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1449798411

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9781449798413

Perry's Lake Erie Fleet

After the Glory

By: David Frew

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Perry's Lake Erie Fleet

After the Glory

By: David Frew

Navigate the treacherous waters of Lake Erie, Lake Huron and the Georgian Bay to discover the fates of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and his fleet. Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's defeat of the British at the Battle of Lake Erie was a defining moment both in the War of 1812 and American naval history. Yet the story of Perry's fleet did not end there. Come aboard as author David Frew chronicles the years and decades after Perry's victory. Heroic acts and bitter defeats unfold as Frew details the lives of fleet surgeon Usher Parsons, shipwright Daniel Dobbins and fleet commander Oliver Hazard Perry and his successors. The adventure moves from the tribulations of Misery Bay and a crafty British victory in the Lake Huron Campaign to the closing of the naval base in Erie and the raising of the Niagara in the twentieth century. Navigate the treacherous waters of Lake Erie, Lake Huron and the Georgian Bay to discover the fates of Perry and his fleet.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614238243

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9781614238249

A Signal Victory

The Lake Erie Campaign, 1812-1813

By: David C Skaggs,Gerard Altoff

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A Signal Victory

The Lake Erie Campaign, 1812-1813

By: David C Skaggs,Gerard Altoff

The Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813 is considered by many to be the most important naval confrontation of the War of 1812. Made famous by the American fleet commander Oliver Hazard Perry's comment, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," the battle marked the U.S. Navy's first successful fleet action and was one of the rare occasions when the Royal Navy surrendered an entire squadron. This book draws on British, Canadian, and American documents to offer a totally impartial analysis of all sides of the struggle to control the lake. New diagrams of the battle are included that reflect the authors' modification of traditional positions of various vessels. The book also evaluates the strategic background and tactical conduct of the British and the Americans and the command leadership exercised by Perry and his British opponent, Commander Robert H. Barclay. Not since James Fenimore Cooper's 1843 book on the subject has the battle been examined in such detail, and not since Alfred Thayer Mahan's 1905 study of the war has there been such a significant reinterpretation of the engagement. First published in hardcover in 1997, the book is the winner of the North American Society for Oceanic History's John Lyman Book Award.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612512267

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9781612512266

Fixed

How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball

By: David Porter

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How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball

By: David Porter

... The point-shaving scandal involving the 1978-79 Boston College basketball team, a case that dropped a bombshell on the sports world in the winter of 1981"--Jacket.

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Taylor Trade Publications

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0878331921

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9780878331925

Human Motivation

By: David Clarence McClelland

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Human Motivation

By: David Clarence McClelland

Human Motivation examines the methods behind four major human motive systems - achievement, power, affiliation and avoidance.

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CUP Archive

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0521369517

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9780521369510

The Farmers' Game

Baseball in Rural America

By: David Vaught

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The Farmers' Game

Baseball in Rural America

By: David Vaught

A journey through the national pastime’s roots in America’s small towns and wide-open spaces: “An absorbing read.” —The Tampa Tribune In the film Field of Dreams, the lead character gives his struggling farming community a magical place where the smell of roasted peanuts gently wafts over the crowded grandstand on a warm summer evening, just as the star pitcher takes the mound. In The Farmers’ Game, David Vaught examines the history and character of baseball through a series of essay-vignettes—presenting the sport as essentially rural, reflecting the nature of farm and small-town life. Vaught does not deny or devalue the lively stickball games played in the streets of Brooklyn, but he sees the history of the game and the rural United States as related and mutually revealing. His subjects include nineteenth-century Cooperstown, the playing fields of Texas and Minnesota, the rural communities of California, the great farmer-pitcher Bob Feller, and the notorious Gaylord Perry. Although—contrary to legend—Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball in a cow pasture in upstate New York, many fans enjoy the game for its nostalgic qualities. Vaught’s deeply researched exploration of baseball’s rural roots helps explain its enduring popularity.

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Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM

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1421408333

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9781421408330

Sonic Alchemy

Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings

By: David N. Howard

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Sonic Alchemy

Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings

By: David N. Howard

(Book). You may not have heard of them, but you have certainly heard their songs! From the lo-fidelity origins of early pioneers to today's dazzling technocrats, the role of the music producer is as murkily undefined as it is wholly essential. Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings is an exploration of the influence of the often colorful, idiosyncratic and visionary music producers through popular music and the fascinatingly crucial role they have played in shaping the way we hear pop music today. Sonic Alchemy is nothing short of the secret history of the music producer.

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Hal Leonard

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147685209X

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9781476852096

San Francisco 49ers

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

By: Matt Maiocco,David Fucillo

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San Francisco 49ers

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

By: Matt Maiocco,David Fucillo

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

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1613210450

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9781613210451

The Cemeteries of Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC: Volume 1- Name Index

By: S. David Carriker, D. Min.

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The Cemeteries of Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC: Volume 1- Name Index

By: S. David Carriker, D. Min.

This volume introduces the study of 144 cemeteries in Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC, and the surrounding areas. Over 27,524 graves are included.

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Lulu.com

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1387199412

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9781387199419

What's the Meaning of "This''?

A Puzzle about Demonstrative Belief

By: David F. Austin

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What's the Meaning of "This''?

A Puzzle about Demonstrative Belief

By: David F. Austin

A variety of examples in recent literature on philosophy of mind and language raise serious problems for the traditional analysis of belief (and the other so-called propositional attitudes) as a two-term relation between a believer and a proposition. Because of the attractiveness of the traditional analysis and the absence of a clear alternative, such examples raise genuine puzzles about belief. In this lucid and rigorous book, David F. Austin provides a new test case for any theory of the propositional attitudes. Focusing on a puzzle about beliefs that we express using the demonstratives "this" and "that," Austin shows that a key doctrine in the analytic tradition, the doctrine of propositions, is threatened by inconsistency. The author first explains why the traditional doctrine requires individual propositions to accommodate Kripkean intuitions for direct reference. Austin then formulates a deep puzzle about demonstrative belief, using the book's central example, the Two Tubes case, which involves simultaneous, consistent, occurrent, demonstrative beliefs resulting from direct visual perception. Austin argues that none of the leading propositional theories solves this puzzle, nor do the self-attributive views of Chisholm and Lewis, or Kaplan's three-term view. Austin concludes that although his puzzle remains a puzzle, it gives us reason to supplement, rather than abandon, the use of propositions in analyzing thought, and he sketches a three-term, Russian alternative.

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Cornell University Press

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1501741071

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9781501741074

Television Game Show Hosts

Biographies of 32 Stars

By: David Baber

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Television Game Show Hosts

Biographies of 32 Stars

By: David Baber

This unique work profiles the private lives and careers of 32 American game show hosts, including the originals (e.g., Bill Cullen, Peter Marshall), the classics (e.g., Bob Barker), and the contemporaries (e.g., Regis Philbin). Organized by host, each chapter includes birth and family information and a complete career history. The most significant developments of each host's early life and career are highlighted--complete with successes, failures, and scandals. Many of the biographies are accompanied by interviews with the host or his family and friends.

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McFarland

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1476604800

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9781476604800

The Global Face of Public Faith

Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics

By: David Hollenbach, SJ

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The Global Face of Public Faith

Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics

By: David Hollenbach, SJ

The Global Face of Public Faith addresses the hotly debated question of the role religion should play in politics in both the American and international contexts. It engages the fears that public religion threatens American democracy and could lead to a global clash of civilizations and new wars of religion. It analyzes how Christianity can attain common ground with other religious communities, thus becoming a force for peace and human rights. The separation of church from state need not mean the privatization of religion. Religious engagement in public life can strengthen civic life by encouraging active citizen participation that promotes both justice and peace. The question of religion and politics should thus become an argument about how faith becomes public, not whether it does. Religious communities, Christianity in particular, should be vigorous advocates of human rights, democratic governance, and economic development worldwide. In so doing, they will also become peacemakers. David Hollenbach is a calm voice of reason in a chaotic world, with an eye that sees beyond national horizons to where human needs and human rights converge. He is convinced that religious traditions can find common ground—through the use of rights and rights language. The Global Face of Public Faith reinforces his commitment to confronting such issues as poverty and economic development, globalism, and interreligious dialogue. He focuses here on faith and the Catholic tradition in politics; the role of the church in American public life; and the wider issues of global challenges and ethics—in a search for a common set of moral standards and a international ethic through a commitment to universal human rights. While not denying the difficulties of forging such a consensus, he nonetheless sees the possibility for justice, and reasons for hope. And hope is something the world can always use.

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Georgetown University Press

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158901443X

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9781589014435

Philosophical Papers : Volume I

By: David Lewis Professor of Philosophy Princeton University

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Philosophical Papers : Volume I

By: David Lewis Professor of Philosophy Princeton University

The first volume of this series presents fifteen selected papers dealing with a variety of topics in ontology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198020422

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9780198020424

Encyclopedia of Community

From the Village to the Virtual World

By: DAVID LEVINSON,KAREN CHRISTENSEN

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Encyclopedia of Community

From the Village to the Virtual World

By: DAVID LEVINSON,KAREN CHRISTENSEN

The Encyclopedia of Community is a major four volume reference work that seeks to define one of the most widely researched topics in the behavioural and social sciences. Community itself is a concept, an experience, and a central part of being human. This pioneering major reference work seeks to provide the necessary definitions of community far beyond the traditional views.

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SAGE

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0761925988

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9780761925989

Aurora

A Novel

By: David Koepp

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Aurora

A Novel

By: David Koepp

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM NETFLIX AND ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR KATHRYN BIGELOW “Fantastic story, a real page-turner. Impossible to put down." – Stephen King From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace and flair of Under the Dome or Project Hail Mary, in which a worldwide cataclysm plays out in the lives of one complicated Midwestern family. In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son. Then the lights go out—not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood. Across the country lives Aubrey’s estranged brother, Thom. A fantastically wealthy, neurotically over-prepared Silicon Valley CEO, he plans to ride out the crisis in a gilded desert bunker he built for maximum comfort and security. But the complicated history between the siblings is far from over, and what feels like the end of the world is just the beginning of several long-overdue reckonings—which not everyone will survive . . . Aurora is suspenseful storytelling—both large scale and small—at its finest.

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HarperCollins

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0062916491

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9780062916495

Bluff, Bluster, Lies and Spies

The Lincoln Foreign Policy, 1861–1865

By: David Perry

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Bluff, Bluster, Lies and Spies

The Lincoln Foreign Policy, 1861–1865

By: David Perry

An in-depth illustration of shifting Civil War alliances and strategies and of Great Britain’s behind-the-scenes role in America’s War Between the States. In the early years of the Civil War, Southern arms won spectacular victories on the battlefield. But cooler heads in the Confederacy recognized the demographic and industrial weight pitted against them, and they counted on British intervention to even the scales and deny the United States victory. Fearful that Great Britain would recognize the Confederacy and provide the help that might have defeated the Union, the Lincoln administration was careful not to upset the greatest naval power on earth. Bluff, Bluster, Lies and Spies takes history buffs into the mismanaged State Department of William Henry Seward in Washington, DC, and details the more skillful work of Lords Palmerston, Russell, and Lyons in the British Foreign Office. It explains how Great Britain’s safety and continued existence as an empire depended on maintaining an influence on American foreign policy and how the growth of the Union navy—particularly its new ironclad ships—rendered her a paper tiger who relied on deceit and bravado to preserve the illusion of international strength. Britain had its own continental rivals—including France—and the question of whether a truncated United States was most advantageous to British interests was a vital question. Ultimately, Prime Minister Palmerston decided that Great Britain would be no match for a Union armada that could have seized British possessions throughout the Western Hemisphere, including Canada, and he frustrated any ambitions to break Lincoln’s blockade of the Confederacy. Revealing a Europe full of spies and arms dealers who struggled to buy guns and of detectives and publicists who attempted to influence opinion on the continent about the validity of the Union or Confederate causes, David Perry describes how the Civil War in the New World was determined by Southern battlefield prowess, as the powers of the Old World declined to intervene in the American conflict.

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Open Road Media

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1504040740

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9781504040747

The Extern

A Jason Rodgers Novel

By: David Perry

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The Extern

A Jason Rodgers Novel

By: David Perry

Pharmacy student Jason Rodgers craves a coveted externship at one of the most prestigious sites in all of Virginia. He sits in his beat-up Honda contemplating how his future will change if he can impress the demanding preceptor and land one of the few slots. His interview with Thomas Pettigrew, The Colonial Pharmacy's owner, and the woman he meets there will, in fact, change his future in ways Rodgers never envisioned. This riveting tale also puts the reader behind the counter into the fast-paced and often-torturous existence of a retail pharmacist. Perry's evocative pharmacy scenes place the reader in the maelstrom and confusion of pharmacy work. The reader also witnesses the profound angst experienced by Rodgers as a result of his first months as a pharmacist. In this captivating romantic and suspenseful prequel to The Cyclops Conspiracy and The Cyclops Revenge, master storyteller David Perry introduces us to Jason Rodgers thirteen years before the fateful events unveiled in his bestselling and thrilling Cyclops series of novels. Read The Extern and go back in time to see how it all began... Reedsy Discovery says..."The Extern...is an interesting story, filled with well-develop characters, originality and credibility. The book is fast-paced but easy to follow and entertaining. It is the prequel to The Cyclops Conspiracy..." Visit the website at www.davidperrybooks.com

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Pettigrew Enterprises LLC

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0889953260

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9780889953260

Without a Clue

By: David Perry Snelling

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Without a Clue

By: David Perry Snelling

It had been love at first sight when Sonja Dahlberg and Viktor Bjørnsen met in Norway. But two days after they married in 1940, German forces swept into the country and occupied their town. He was a local police officer, forced to cooperate with the invaders. When the war and the occupation ended, they decided to leave the horrible events behind and get a new start in America. The story opens ten years later, in 1955, on the farm they had hacked from the dense forest on an island in Puget Sound near Seattle. Sonja is nervously picking up the telephone to call the sheriff. Viktor is missing. He has vanished without leaving the slightest clue. At first, the investigator doesn't take it seriously. He assumes Viktor has simply abandoned his wife. But as he digs deeper, the trail leads back to Norway and some nightmarish events during the Nazi occupation and the Norwegian resistance movement.

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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1495390934

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9781495390937

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