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The Secret Rapture and Other Plays

By: David Hare

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The Secret Rapture and Other Plays

By: David Hare

A collection of five plays from the Tony Award–winning playwright and screenwriter, “the premiere political dramatist writing in English” (The Washington Post). David Hare, “Britain’s leading contemporary playwright,” has established a unique reputation for plays that are at once personal and political, deeply serious and incredibly funny (The Times). He is the author of seventeen plays, many of which have been presented on Broadway. Included in this collection are Fanshen; A Map of the World; Saigon: Year of the Cat; The Bay at Nice; and The Secret Rapture. Of the title play, Frank Rich of The New York Times said, “The Secret Rapture has gone further than before in marrying political thought to the compelling drama of lives that refuse to conform to any ideology’s utopian plan . . . Mr. Hare embraces the human, messy though it may be.” Praise for David Hare Fanshen “The nearest any English contemporary writer has come to emulating Brecht.” —Financial Times A Map of the World “Mr. Hare’s A Map of the World, which passionately embraces utopia without arrogantly presuming to annex it, is original and provocative.” —The New York Times Saigon “An impressive new film which vividly captures the last desperate days in Vietnam as the Reds laid siege to the sweltering city.” —Daily Express The Bay at Nice “Witty, cerebral, and full of fine-spun ironies.” —The Guardian The Secret Rapture “His writing, as always, is smart, and this time, glorious. The characters are unhackneyed and complex; the insights are tough and hard to ignore.” —New York Newsday

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Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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0802196446

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Sky Cloud Mountain

By: David Anirman

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Sky Cloud Mountain

By: David Anirman

Let history drop behind as we explore the sacred confines of a temple city built by a race that was here long before us; before our species was even a glimmer in the Cosmic Eye, and whose work is still evident, usable, and heuristic. Dominated by a mountain, sculpted as a pregnant women, with a lion at her feet and a rearing serpent behind, the site is still alive with eddies of spiritual energy. Between the colossal lady and lion is a saddle in the mountain beautified by mazes of stone, sparkling sand terraces, and the gardens of windswept splendor with the rock everywhere seeming to be incised with aesthetic, undecipherable hieroglyphics. The site is beautiful, bolstering, and enlivened; geometrically tuned to the cosmos, whose forces it appropriates to utilize in various ways. Join in as we uncover a few of the marvels of an authentically magical place with a psychedelic consciousness adapted to tuning into the ancient mysteries; giving a new dynamism to the on-going story if a truly scared mountain.

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iUniverse

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1475948417

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The Scrolls of Adamis

Invites You on an Electrifyng Flight Into Fantasy

By: David Kraft

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The Scrolls of Adamis

Invites You on an Electrifyng Flight Into Fantasy

By: David Kraft

When a shadowy Chinese messenger appears at the door of Alfred Smith, a top geneticist and gives him a package that contains the newly discovered "Scrolls of Adamis" nothing in his life will be the same. If authentic, these papers will explode all the accepted theories of Darwinism, our most precious religious doctrines and even Creation itself. It will draw mankind into a new kind of "War of the Worlds" that will threaten our continued existence. More momentous than the "Dead Sea Scrolls" it will redefine the very existence of God. Only Alfred, his beautiful scientific associate, Ming Loo, held prisoner in China and an eccentric Professor from Duke University stand in the way of Earth's domination by an all powerful alien force that have already conquered our minds, infiltrated our DNA with their powerful genes and have patiently waited since our creation to complete their conquest. After countless eons, just 100 years are left for most of us on Earth and our descendents. After that all would disappear except for a chosen few. Only this unlikely trio has any chance of stopping them.

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0595242502

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9780595242504

The Little Zen Companion

By: David Schiller

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The Little Zen Companion

By: David Schiller

While it seeks neither to define Zen nor answer its most famous koan (a riddle unanswerable by conventional thinking, in this case the sound of one hand clapping), this bestselling little book with 437,000 copies in print possesses a maverick Zen spirit that points to a different way of looking at the world. With each page featuring a quote, phrase, story, koan, haiku, or poem, Zen Companion combines the feeling and format of a meditation book with 2,500 years of wisdom-from Lao-tzu and Groucho Marx, William Carlos Williams and The Little Prince, D. T. Suzuki and Walker Percy, the Buddha and the Bible, Einstein and Gertrude Stein. It's a celebration of intuition: "If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark"-St. John the Cross. Individuality: "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought."-Basho. Uncomplicated nature: "Among twenty snowy mountains/The only moving thing/Was the eye of the blackbird."-Wallace Stevens. Childlike spontaneity: "Goodnight stars. Goodnight air."-Margaret Wise Brown. Irreverent paradox: "Wakuan complained when he saw a picture of bearded Bodhidharma: 'Why hasn't that fellow a beard?'" And above all, the simple pleasure of life lived in the moment. "Chop wood, carry water.

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Workman Publishing

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1563054671

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The Leaky Establishment

By: David Langford

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The Leaky Establishment

By: David Langford

_The Leaky Establishment_ is an atomic farce whose author David Langford once worked in the gentle radioactive glow of Britain's nuclear weapons industry, and hilariously satirizes its ghastly bureaucracy from the inside. Black comedy overtakes the unfortunate defence-scientist hero Roy Tappen when a "harmless" theft of office furniture lands him with his very own doomsday nuclear stockpile at home. Chain reactions of insanely comic escapades follow, with disaster piled on disaster, leading the increasingly desperate Tappen to the borders of science fiction as he seeks a way out of the mess.

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Wildside Press LLC

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1592241255

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9781592241255

Colloquial Chinese

By: Bingzheng Tong,Ping-cheng T'ung,David E. Pollard

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Colloquial Chinese

By: Bingzheng Tong,Ping-cheng T'ung,David E. Pollard

T'ung and Pollard's Colloquial Chinese course is the ideal introductory course for all dedicated learners of Mandarin Chinese. Written by experienced teachers, the course provides a rigorous introduction to the pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar of Mandarin Chinese. By the end of this rewarding course learners will be able to communicate confidently in a wide variety of situations. The solid foundation provided is also ideal for those who wish to advance their language skills to higher levels. Divided into 17 lessons, each lesson contains conversations based on common daily situations, vocabularies, grammar notes and exercises to help learn and practice basic skills. Key features include: clear grammar explanations lots of exercises for regular practice Pinyin Romanization used throughout Chinese-English glossary for quick reference. Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately or comes included in the great value Colloquial paperback and CDs complete course. Recorded by native speakers, the audio complements the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciations skills. Course components: The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CD can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack. Paperback: 978-0-415-01860-9 (please note this does not include the audio) CD: 978-0-415-52341-7 EBook: 978-0-203-09731-1 (please note this does not include the audio, available from http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk) MP3s: 978-0-415-63260-7 (available from http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/) Pack: 978-0-415-52485-8 (paperback and CDs)

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Psychology Press

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0415018609

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9780415018609

Key Words in Multicultural Interventions

A Dictionary

By: Patricia Arredondo,Harold E. Cheatham,Jeffery Scott Mio Ph.D.,David Sue,Joseph E. Trimble

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Key Words in Multicultural Interventions

A Dictionary

By: Patricia Arredondo,Harold E. Cheatham,Jeffery Scott Mio Ph.D.,David Sue,Joseph E. Trimble

An essential resource for those interested in multicultural issues, this dictionary presents common terms used in multicultural counseling and research. The terms are not only denotatively defined, but connotations are also included, as well as historical information and important writings about the terms. The dictionary is thus not only a straightforward compendium of definitions, but also a resource for further investigation. This is intended to be a resource for those interested in the area of multiculturalism. Important publications investigating and/or explicating these terms are also discussed and referenced. Moreover, authors define these terms with a point of view; many terms are defined in a manner that connects them with perspectives commonly expressed by scholars and practitioners in the field. Thus, connotations are included as well as denotations of the terms.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313033331

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9780313033339

An Officer's Love Story

By: David T. Hardison

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An Officer's Love Story

By: David T. Hardison

An Officers Love Story was inspired by a dream I had! It is a gift to me from God and Great Masters! a gift for pulling from the Ethereal Realm The Latest Testament! It is the book of all books, of all time! It contains Masters Master Keys of Pitch Black Philosopher Stones, and Universal Scrolls! the frequency vibration rate of the universe is Aum! When Aum enters man it is Om! Aum permeates all; through our foods, air, manna, dew, elements, sunbeams, breaths, medulla oblongata and the crown of our head! Everything is in Aum! Oms in everything! Om is Lifetrons and Lightrons units of R.N.A. messages making mans D.N.A. do what it does; attract reproduce and submit to the will of God: this book is bodacious truth! And Im giving it to the world, all at once! It is a direct result of the good karmic seeds, I have sown! And I share these gifts of grace with you once again! Volume two will be published by early 2012! It will usher in the Golden Age, and stand for all times! This story is about everything I have ever seen done felt thought and dreamt! It is the culmination of every book I have ever read! And all the cosmic experiences the Masters have led me to! It is the absolute total sum culmination of all of my past lives, that Allah has allotted my little soul light! Its all that I have witnessed, learned, and thought that I have learned! All the love and experiences with women! Every sex act: all of the people I have encountered along the way! Even the shadows are in this deep well! Every movie or commercial! Every documentary and historic event! Every celebrity or politician speech! Every game, game show! Everything! Even Trumps Apprentice! My eternal souls experiences and expressions for a billion years! all that I have experienced, done, seen and thought of, are in An Officers love Story! I Am The Biggest Blackest Man Ever! Bar None! And Im Conducting The Biggest Blackest Soul Train, Ascending, Into Heaven! Welcome aboard! And behold me bring this dream to life!! This is my sixth book to be published by the one and only Xlibris Corporation @Xlibris.com! They are the very best! Check out my website WWW.TheLatestTestament.org And WWW.AnOfficersLoveStory.org. This creation was the easiest to write! It is my longest book, and was the easiest to bring forth! It originated from a dream I had last year in April or May of 2010! Easy because all I have to do is turn on my computer, sit, place my hands in the typing position, and wallah, the words begin flowing! I use the music playing on my radio now, my recordings, and all of the music I have ever heard! All of the art Ive seen! All of the places I have been! I use the television, sounds from outside, the bumblebee buzzing by, the birds, ants and the dogs barking from across the way! I use every book, phrase and word Ive ever read! From Baldwin to Hess! Alex Haley, Eldridge Cleaver Malcolm, Kalil Gabrion, George Jackson; the Holy Bible, Koran, Upanishads, Bahagavad Gita, Vedas, Yoga Philosophy, Kabala, the Rosicrucians and John Shaft! Damn right! Everything! Lottee, Dottie and the whole damn party! And from every extra sensory perception! Every visit, from Great Divine Masters; Jesus, Babaji etc.! Babaji is Purely Omnipervasive! Yogananda, Thirumoolar, the Magnificent Siddhas! And The 5 Phases of the Kriya Yoga Tradition! Every song and every sound Ive ever heard! Every hour days months and years, I spent in Kriya concentration, breathing Pranayamas, looking and waiting for meditation that came to me, as bliss on the waves of Om! And every body strengthening, and employed mental forces exercise I have ever undergone! Every poor board I have broken! All of the people I have taught martial arts to! All of the years of dynamic instructions I have joyfully received! Every event, that happened to, and around me in the military, and while sailing the seas! Every order that I have

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462872964

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From War to Diplomatic Parity in Eleventh-Century China

Sung's Foreign Relations with Kitan Liao

By: David Wright

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From War to Diplomatic Parity in Eleventh-Century China

Sung's Foreign Relations with Kitan Liao

By: David Wright

This is a study of war between Sung China and Kitan Liao, the treaty at Shan-yüan in 1005 that ended it, and the forms and textures of peaceful diplomatic contact between the two states that prevailed for the rest of the eleventh century.

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BRILL

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9047407822

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9789047407829

The Plays of David Garrick

A Complete Collection of the Social Satires, French Adaptations, Pantomimes, Christmas and Musical Plays, Preludes, Interludes, and Burlesques, to which are Added the Alterations and Adaptations of the Plays of Shakespeare and Other Dramatists from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

By: David Garrick

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The Plays of David Garrick

By: David Garrick

David Garrick's accomplishments as an actor, manager, and theatrical innovator brought him great fame and fortune, and his ideas influenced not only his own age but succeeding ages as well. Yet as a playwright, a part of the elegant combination of talents that was David Garrick, he has never achieved the critical reputation he richly deserves, in main because of the unavailability of texts and the lack of proper assessment of the historic importance of his plays in the English theatre. This first complete edition makes available to scholars and students all the plays of Garrick in well edited texts, with commentary and notes. The two volumes of Garrick's own plays published together here include the twenty-two plays of the Garrick canon attributable to him. Garrick's claim to serious consideration as a playwright rests upon these plays, written between 1740 and 1775.They are not all masterpieces, but their inclusion here, arranged in chronological order, will enable the stage historian to assess Garrick's progress as a dramatist. Contents: Cymon. A Dramatic Romance, 1767; Linco's Travels. An Interlude, 1767; A Peep Behind the Curtain; or, The New Rehearsal, 1767; The Jubilee, 1769; The Institution of the Garter; or, Arthur's Roundtable Restored, 1771; The Irish Widow, 1772; A Christmas Tale. A New Dramatic Entertainment, 1773; The Meeting of the Company; or, Bayes's Art of Acting, 1774; Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs, 1775; May-Day; or, The Little Gipsy, 1775; and The Theatrical Candidates, 1775.

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SIU Press

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0809308630

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9780809308637

Whitewashing the Movies

Asian Erasure and White Subjectivity in U.S. Film Culture

By: David C Oh

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Whitewashing the Movies

Asian Erasure and White Subjectivity in U.S. Film Culture

By: David C Oh

Whitewashing the Movies addresses the popular practice of excluding Asian actors from playing Asian characters in film. Media activists and critics have denounced contemporary decisions to cast White actors to play Asians and Asian Americans in movies such as Ghost in the Shell and Aloha. The purpose of this book is to apply the concept of “whitewashing” in stories that privilege White identities at the expense of Asian/American stories and characters. To understand whitewashing across various contexts, the book analyzes films produced in Hollywood, Asian American independent production, and US-China co-productions. Through the analysis, the book examines the ways in which whitewashing matters in the project of Whiteness and White racial hegemony. The book contributes to contemporary understanding of mediated representations of race by theorizing whitewashing, contributing to studies of Whiteness in media studies, and producing a counter-imagination of Asian/American representation in Asian-centered stories.

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Rutgers University Press

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197880864X

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9781978808645

Vascular Epiphytes

General Biology and Related Biota

By: David H. Benzing

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Vascular Epiphytes

General Biology and Related Biota

By: David H. Benzing

This synthesis of the growing body of information from research on epiphytes and their relations with other tropical biota provides a comprehensive overview of basic functions, life history, evolution, and the place of epiphytes in complex tropical communities. Epiphytes comprise more than one-third of the tropical vascular flora in some tropical forests. Growing within tropical forest canopies, epiphytes are subject to severe environmental constraints, and their diverse adaptations make them a rich resource for studies of water balance, nutrition, reproduction and evolution.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521048958

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9780521048958

The Rough Guide to China

By: David Leffman,Martin Zatko

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The Rough Guide to China

By: David Leffman,Martin Zatko

The Rough Guide to China covers of all of mainland China including Tibet, along with the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Clear, detailed maps show all listed arrival points, accommodation, restaurants and sights, while boxes provide bilingual keys. Use it to explore the sophisticated nightlife emerging in Beijing and Shanghai, to chill out in the mellow travellers’ havens of Dali and Yangshuo, or roam the streets of characterful antique towns such as Lijiang. Up to date descriptions give the low-down on famous sights such as Beijing’s Forbidden City, the Terracotta Army outside Xi’an, limestone peaks around Guilin and the cruise through the mighty Three Gorges along the Yangzi. There’s also full practical information for less-known attractions: hiking holy mountains such as Shandong’s Tai Shan; where to experience the culture of China’s many ethnic groups, including Tibetans, Miao, Dai and Mongolians; how to explore remoter rural areas; and where to experience local food, from streetside snack stalls to plush Beijing Duck restaurants.

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Penguin

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1405386401

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9781405386401

Motel Living

By: David H. Burke

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Motel Living

By: David H. Burke

Derick James hates his life. His efforts to improve his world, however, are never enough. He eventually feels there?s only one escape available in order to leave behind a domineering wife, a task master boss as well as some religious fanatics who are issuing death threats because of his newspaper column. Not surprisingly, Derick?s plan to fake his death goes astray. He winds up floating into the Atlantic Ocean, where his dark night of the soul mystically transforms him. Taking back his power, he confronts those who had been keeping him from enjoying his life. Will Derick finally become a winner?

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Xlibris Corporation

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1413495168

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These Bones Shall Rise Again

Selected Writings on Early China

By: David N. Keightley

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These Bones Shall Rise Again

Selected Writings on Early China

By: David N. Keightley

David N. Keightleys seminal essays on the origins of Chinese society are brought together in one volume. These Bones Shall Rise Again brings together in one volume many of David N. Keightleys seminal essays on the origins of early Chinese civilization. Written over a period of three decades and accessible to the non-specialist, these essays provide a wealth of information and insights on the Shang dynasty, traditionally dated 17661122 or 1056 BCE. Of all the eras of Chinese history, the Shang has been a particularly elusive one, long considered more myth than reality. A historian with a keen appreciation for anthropology and archaeology, Keightley has given us many descriptions of Shang life. Best known for his analysis of oracle bones, he has looked beyond the bones themselves and expanded his historical vision to ponder the lives of those who used them. What did the Shang diviner think he was doing? The temerity to ask such questions and the insights they have provided have been provocative and, at times, controversial. Equally intriguing have been Keightleys assertions that many of the distinctive features of Chinese civilization were already in evidence during the Shang, 3000 years ago. In this collection, readers will find not only an essential reference but also the best kind of thought-provoking scholarship.

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SUNY Press

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1438447477

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Snow Falling on Cedars

By: David Guterson

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Snow Falling on Cedars

By: David Guterson

A powerful tale of the Pacific Northwest in the 1950s, reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird. Courtroom drama, love story, and war novel, this is the epic tale of a young Japanese-American and the man on trial for killing the man she loves.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0151001006

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9780151001002

South Pacific Handbook

By: Bill Dalton,David Stanley

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South Pacific Handbook

By: Bill Dalton,David Stanley

Provides historical and travel information for visitors to Polynesia, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga Islands, Fiji Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, New Guinea, and Micronesia

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David Stanley

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0804813132

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Swift Currents

By: David Bruce Grim

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Swift Currents

By: David Bruce Grim

Twenty-hree year old Callie has lived in bondage at Oakheart Plantation since her birth. She has become a valuable asset to her cruel master, Daniel Bowen, but Callie, her two brothers, and her young daughter struggle to cope with the outrages of enslavement. Change occurs suddenly on November 7, 1861, when the Union Navy attacks Port Royal Sound in South Carolina. Slavery ends across the surrounding sea islands after the planters flee. Ten thousand newly freed people, like Callie and her family, begin life under the authority of the US government. A historical novel based on actual events from 1861 to 1863, Swift Currents describes the slaves' transition from bondage to freedom through the lens of Callie and her two brothers. As they and others pursue education, work for wages, fight for freedom, and become landowners, their lives intersect with civilian and military authorities. Callie's story seeks to help the nation come to terms with its racial history and serves to provide a greater understanding of shared stories, thus lessening the inherited prejudice of generations.

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1491733942

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Inside Game/Outside Game

Winning Strategies for Saving Urban America

By: David Rusk

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Inside Game/Outside Game

Winning Strategies for Saving Urban America

By: David Rusk

For the past three decades, the federal government has targeted the poorest areas of American cities with a succession of antipoverty initiatives, yet these urban neighborhoods continue to decline. According to David Rusk, focusing on programs aimed at improving inner-city neighborhoods--playing the "inside game"--is a losing strategy. Achieving real improvement requires matching the "inside game" with a strong "outside game" of regional strategies to overcome growing fiscal disparities, concentrated poverty, and urban sprawl. In this persuasive book filled with personal observations as well as his trademark mastery of census statistics, Rusk argues that state legislatures must set new "rules of the game." He believes those rules require regional revenue or tax base sharing to reduce fiscal disparity, regional housing policies to ensure that all new developments have their fair share of low- and moderate-income housing to dissolve concentrations of poverty, and regional land-use planning and growth management to control urban sprawl. State government action, Rusk argues, is particularly crucial where regions are highly fragmented by many competing city, village, and township governments. He provides vivid success stories that demonstrate best practices for these regional strategies along with recommendations for building effective regional coalitions. A Century Foundation Book

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815716761

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9780815716761

Social Space and Governance in Urban China

The Danwei System from Origins to Reform

By: David Bray

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Social Space and Governance in Urban China

The Danwei System from Origins to Reform

By: David Bray

The danwei (workunit) has been the fundamental social and spatial unit of urban China under socialism. With particular focus on the link between spatial forms and social organization, this book traces the origins and development of this critical institution up to the present day.

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Stanford University Press

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0804750386

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Transforming Evangelism

By: David Gortner

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Transforming Evangelism

By: David Gortner

Episcopalians are notoriously timid about evangelism, but author David Gortner helps us transform our hands-off attitudes and practices with a style of evangelical calling we can live with. It is spiritually enriching, approaches others not as proselytizer but as inquirer and pilgrim, and thus much more in keeping with the "seeker" mode of 21st century faith practice. Gortner explains the biblical and theological support for evangelism and uses anecdote and personal story. His approach will help all Episcopalians, ordained and lay, to reclaim this birthright and develop styles and practices of spirituality that will deepen our sense of evangelical calling in a multicultural and multifaith society. A conversational style and real life examples provide a lively and easy study tool for leadership.

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Church Publishing, Inc.

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0898695856

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9780898695854

Figures Traced in Light

On Cinematic Staging

By: David Bordwell

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Figures Traced in Light

On Cinematic Staging

By: David Bordwell

Staging and style -- Feuillade, or, Storytelling -- Mizoguchi, or, Modulation -- Angelopoulos, or, Melancholy -- Hou, or, Constraints -- Staging and stylistics.

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Univ of California Press

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0520241975

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9780520241978

A Positron Named Priscilla

Scientific Discovery at the Frontier

By: National Academy of Sciences,Anne Simon Moffat,Elizabeth J. Maggio,David Holzman,Michelle Hoffman,T.A. Heppenheimer,Addison Greenwood,Andrew Chaikin,Barbara Burke,Marcia F. Bartusiak

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A Positron Named Priscilla

Scientific Discovery at the Frontier

By: National Academy of Sciences,Anne Simon Moffat,Elizabeth J. Maggio,David Holzman,Michelle Hoffman,T.A. Heppenheimer,Addison Greenwood,Andrew Chaikin,Barbara Burke,Marcia F. Bartusiak

A Positron Named Priscilla is a book of wonder, offering a fascinating, readable overview of cutting-edge investigations by many of today's leading young scientists. Written for anyone who loves science, this volume reports on some of the most exciting recent discoveries and advances in fields from astronomy to molecular biology. This new book is from one of the world's most prestigious scientific institutions, the National Academy of Sciences. The Academy provides an annual forum for the brightest young investigators to exchange ideas across disciplinesâ€"an exchange that was the spark for A Positron Named Priscilla. Each chapter is authored by a popular science writer who offers helpful historical perspectives, clear and well-illustrated explanations of current scientific thinking, and previews of future developments. The scope of topics and breadth of discussion ensure interest at all levels. Topics include: Planetary science and the compelling glimpse through the clouded atmosphere of Venus afforded by the spacecraft Magellan. Astrophysics and the emergence of helioseismology, a new field that allows researchers to probe the interior workings of the sun. Biology and what we have learned about DNA in the 40 years since its discovery; our current understanding of protein molecules, the "building blocks" of living systems; and the high-tech search for answers to the AIDS epidemic. Physics and our new-found ability to move and manipulate individual atoms on a surface. The book also tells the remarkable story of "buckyballs," or buckminsterfullerenes, a form of carbon discovered only a few years ago, that have the potential to be used in a variety of important applications, from superconductivity to nanotechnology. Mathematics and the rise of "wavelet" theory, and how mathematicians are applying it in sometimes startling ways, from assisting the FBI with fingerprint storage to coaxing the secrets from a battered recording of Brahms playing the piano. Geosciences and the search for "clocks in the earth" to make life-saving earthquake predictions. A Positron Named Priscilla is a "must" read for anyone who wants to keep up with a broad range of scientific endeavor.

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David Busch's Nikon Z6 Guide to Digital Photography

By: David D. Busch

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David Busch's Nikon Z6 Guide to Digital Photography

By: David D. Busch

David Busch's Nikon Z6 Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the exciting and affordable Nikon Z6 compact mirrorless camera. This ground-breaking enthusiast camera is built around a 24.5 megapixel sensor, that offers excellent image quality and ISO speeds from ISO 100-51200. The Z6 can be fitted with any of the new ultra-sharp S-series, Z-mount lenses, or mount a full line of Nikon’s existing F-mount lenses, with the optional FTZ adapter. Five-axis in-body image stabilization provides up to five stops of anti-shake performance so you can hand-hold the camera at slower shutter speeds. With 273 phase-detect AF focus points, covering 90 percent of the frame, and the next-generation EXPEED 6 processing chip, the Z6 can shoot sports and action at up to 12 frames per second, with lightning fast focus. The Z6 can capture both 4K and Full HD movies, too. With this book in hand, you’ll master all the camera’s impressive features, and fine tune your camera skills as develop your creativity taking great photographs with your new Z6.

Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon Z6 Guide to Digital Photography covers all the camera's capabilities in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is the handy visual guide to the Z6, with close-up photos and descriptions of the camera's essential features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author’s recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera’s capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Nikon Z6 today.

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Rocky Nook, Inc.

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1681984709

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The Dark Pirate

By: David K. Evans

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The Dark Pirate

By: David K. Evans

The Dark Pirate quickly captures its readers, wrapping them in the ago-old dramas of intense greed, cruelty, rape, murder, and bitter-sweet romance. David K. Evans crafts a tight plot with vivid glimpses of the turbulent 1700s; a time when the Caribbean island of Roatn was the rendezvous for Brethren of the Coast - lusty, hard-living pirates of the Western Caribbean. Seen through the eyes of Peter Halsey, a young New England skipper of a fishing schooner captured by maniacal pirate Captain Ned Lukas, the tale swiftly unfolds onboard the aging brigantine Rebeckah, with ports-of-call and vivid drama that include the Slave Coast of West Africa; mid-ocean capture of a venerable Spanish Galleon; a slave market on the Spanish coast of Central America, and onward to the beautiful deserted shores of Roatn. Drawing upon his knowledge from over four decades of research on the island, the author paints a vivid and exciting portrait of life among elusive maroons and castaways of the 1700s, largely gone unrecorded by History; describing their desperate attempt to survive and protect their women and freedom from vicious attacks by pirates who periodically invade the small island. It is here story soars.

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Trafford Publishing

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1466936568

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A Charismatic Model of the Church

Edward Irving’s Teaching in a 21st-century Chinese Context

By: David Y.T. Lee

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A Charismatic Model of the Church

Edward Irving’s Teaching in a 21st-century Chinese Context

By: David Y.T. Lee

Edward Irving (1792-1834) has been known as a controversial pastor-theologian in nineteenth-century Britain, particularly given his belief that Christ took on sinful flesh in His incarnation. This book focuses on Irving’s teaching of the church as the body of Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and the eschatological community in holiness. It explores Irving’s emphasis upon the exalted humanity of Christ after His resurrection in relation to the church. Such a Christ-centred and Spirit-empowered concept of the church has relevance to the twenty-first century church in China as the Chinese church leaders attempt to reconstruct a contemporary theology of the church.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527512088

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9781527512085

The Medieval Chinese Oliogarchy

By: David C Johnson

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The Medieval Chinese Oliogarchy

By: David C Johnson

Most modern scholars recognize that there were great differences between China's ruling elite in the middle and late traditional period; many have called the period up through the T'ang dynasty "aristocratic," in contrast to the more meritocratic and socially mobile age that followed. But until now there has been no serious effort to discover how the social elite was defined in medieval times, and who belonged to it. David Johnson discusses in detail medieval definitions of the social elite, and, with the help of several manuscripts of the ninth century, identifies the families that belonged to that class.

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Routledge

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0429726279

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Errol Flynn

Gentleman Hellraiser

By: David Bret

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Errol Flynn

Gentleman Hellraiser

By: David Bret

With his stunning looks and swashbuckling onscreen panache Errol Flynn was by all appearances the quintessential movie star who had it all. But Flynn's manicured Hollywood persona did little to hide his insatiable appetites off-screen - the binge drinking, brawling and womanising that would forever cement his place as a film legend. In this hard-hitting study, bestselling show business biographer David Bret traces the life and loves of the actor and man. It was Flynn's natural charisma and athletic prowess that made him as the heartthrob star of Captain Blood and The Adventures Of Robin Hood. But Hollywood's prodigal son was never far from controversy and scandal. In a series of extraordinary revelations Bret explores the star's love of underage girls, young men, binge drinking and drug experimentation, as well as his controversial background as a slave-trader in New Guinea, involvement with the Spanish civil war and his support for Castro. This is compelling and engrossing portrait of the original action-adventure star, who packed more into his fifty years than his high-living contemporaries ever could. The gifted, complex and rakish rebel remains without equal as the film icon of the 20th century. 2009 marks the tragic death of Flynn and this book is an excellent tribute to an extraordinary actor. David Bret was born in Paris and is a leading celebrity biographer. His many acclaimed books include biographies of Marlene Dietrich, Gracie Fields, Freddie Mercury, Tallulah Bankhead, Maria Callas, Rudolph Valentino, Edith Piaf and Joan Crawford. He lives in Yorkshire.

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1781011702

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All-New Firefly #5

By: David M. Booher

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All-New Firefly #5

By: David M. Booher

As Jayne makes light of his newfound (and very unexpected!) role in life, he faces the fury of a family he’s long neglected. But that might be the least of his problems! Even if he can find a way to bond with his closest family in the only way he knows how... Serenity has received a call from Requiem that could spell disaster.

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Boom! Studios

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1646688570

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