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There's More to Financial Planning Than Financial Planning

By: Brian Zeek,Dee Dee Brooks

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There's More to Financial Planning Than Financial Planning

By: Brian Zeek,Dee Dee Brooks

A more comprehensive, topic-by-topic approach to securing your future that can prevent you from leaving tens of thousands of dollars on the table. There’s More to Financial Planning than Financial Planning doesn’t simply cover the obvious topics in personal finance. Brian Zeek and Dee Dee Brooks go beyond the fixation on investment portfolios to present a comprehensive picture of financial planning that includes everything from car insurance to the ins and outs of a home mortgage to health insurance and the lesser-known benefits of life insurance—and shows how so many people leave tens of thousands of dollars on the table by not tending to these crucial issues. With an intuitive, one-topic-at-a-time layout, There’s More to Financial Planning than Financial Planning makes a resounding case for a smarter, and genuinely comprehensive, approach to building a watertight financial plan.

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Morgan James Publishing

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1683506022

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9781683506027

Dee Brown on the Civil War

Grierson's Raid, The Bold Cavaliers, and The Galvanized Yankees

By: Dee Brown

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Dee Brown on the Civil War

Grierson's Raid, The Bold Cavaliers, and The Galvanized Yankees

By: Dee Brown

Three true tales of Civil War combat, as recounted by a #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. The acclaimed historian of the American West turns his attention to the country’s bloody civil conflict, chronicling the exploits of extraordinary soldiers who served in unexpected ways at a pivotal moment in the nation’s history. Grierson’s Raid: The definitive work on one of the most astonishing missions of the Civil War’s early days. For two weeks in the spring of 1862, Col. Benjamin Grierson, a former music teacher, led 1,700 Union cavalry troops on a raid from Tennessee to Louisiana. The improbably successful mission diverted Confederate attention from Grant’s crossing of the Mississippi and set the stage for the Siege of Vicksburg. General Sherman called it “the most brilliant expedition of the war.” The Bold Cavaliers: In 1861, Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan and his brother-in-law Basil Duke put together a group of formidable horsemen, and set to violent work. Morgan’s Raiders began in their home state, staging attacks, recruiting new soldiers, and intercepting Union telegraphs. Most were imprisoned after unsuccessful incursions into Ohio and Indiana years later, but some Raiders would escape, regroup, and fight again in different conflicts. “Accurate and frequently exciting” (Kirkus Reviews). The Galvanized Yankees: The little-known and awe-inspiring true story of a group of captured Confederate soldiers who chose to serve in the Union Army rather than endure the grim conditions of prisoner of war camps. “An accurate, interesting, and sometimes thrilling account of an unusual group of men who rendered a valuable service to the nation in a time of great need” (The New York Times Book Review).

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Open Road Media

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1504049594

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9781504049597

Harry Dee Memoirs

By: Harry Dee

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Harry Dee Memoirs

By: Harry Dee

During what came to be called the Great Depression, families struggled to make ends meet. In 1933 at the depth of the Depression, sixteen million peopleone-third of the labor forcewere unemployed. In January 1934, while sixteen years old, I was a sophomore, a liberal arts major, at Alexander Hamilton High School on Albany Avenue and the corner of Bergin Street. My mother worked in Commercial Credit at National City Bank, 55 Wall Street, Manhattan. I walked both going to school as well as returning regardless of the weather; ten cents would have been the round-trip fare in the Bergin Street trolley car. Id rather have spent the nickels for licorice drops.

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1524604410

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9781524604417

How to Make a Serial Killer

The Twisted Development of Innocent Children Into the World's Most Sadistic Murderers (Large Print 16pt)

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

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How to Make a Serial Killer

The Twisted Development of Innocent Children Into the World's Most Sadistic Murderers (Large Print 16pt)

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

They were born into this world as innocent children. They ended up as merciless killing machines. How to Make a Serial Killer leads the reader on an insightful, scary, and often disturbing investigation into what made these infamous murderers go bad. Is there really a 'demon seed'? Do genes play a role? Was it their family background? How did pe...

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459610652

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9781459610651

Subversive Habits

Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle

By: Shannen Dee Williams

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Subversive Habits

Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle

By: Shannen Dee Williams

In Subversive Habits, Shannen Dee Williams provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the United States, hailing them as the forgotten prophets of Catholicism and democracy. Drawing on oral histories and previously sealed Church records, Williams demonstrates how master narratives of women’s religious life and Catholic commitments to racial and gender justice fundamentally change when the lives and experiences of African American nuns are taken seriously. For Black Catholic women and girls, embracing the celibate religious state constituted a radical act of resistance to white supremacy and the sexual terrorism built into chattel slavery and segregation. Williams shows how Black sisters—such as Sister Mary Antona Ebo, who was the only Black member of the inaugural delegation of Catholic sisters to travel to Selma, Alabama, and join the Black voting rights marches of 1965—were pioneering religious leaders, educators, healthcare professionals, desegregation foot soldiers, Black Power activists, and womanist theologians. In the process, Williams calls attention to Catholic women’s religious life as a stronghold of white supremacy and racial segregation—and thus an important battleground in the long African American freedom struggle.

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Duke University Press

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1478022817

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9781478022817

Medford

A Brief History

By: Dee Morris

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Medford

A Brief History

By: Dee Morris

Since its early days in the possession of a man who never set foot on the land itself, Medford has been a place of possibility. Many Medford residents have made their mark on American culture, including James W. Tufts, the inventor of the soda fountain, and Fannie Farmer, author of the first modern cookbook. Medford has been the site of revolutionary changes, as entrepreneur Thatcher Magoun built the wildly successful clipper ship industry, and in the case of Belinda Royall, a slave who remarkably won her legal emancipation in 1773. Author Dee Morris renders a richly detailed history, from the Medford Square rum distilleries that sent a molasses smell wafting through town for centuries to the celebration for Amelia Earhart, who lived in West Medford briefly, before her first successful transatlantic flight. Medford: A Brief History reveals hidden stories behind a small town with a big legacy.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625843178

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Born Killers

Childhood Secrets of the World's Deadliest Serial Killers

By: Christopher Berry-Dee,Steve Morris

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Born Killers

Childhood Secrets of the World's Deadliest Serial Killers

By: Christopher Berry-Dee,Steve Morris

It's an age-old question: is it nature or nurture? Can there really be a 'demon seed' that causes serial killers to act the way they do? Or is it an unfortunate combination of influences and events during their formative years that has turned them into such monsters?

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Kings Road Publishing

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1844548481

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Mysteriorum Libri Quinque

Dr. John Dee's Five Books of Mysteries

By: John Dee

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Mysteriorum Libri Quinque

Dr. John Dee's Five Books of Mysteries

By: John Dee

Discovered in a hidden compartment of an old chest long after his death, the secret writings of John Dee, one of the leading scientists and occultists of Elizabethan England, records in minute detail his research into the occult and his system for communicating with angels. A central text of occult literature, this edition includes a new introduction, new appendices, and other enhancements"--

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Red Wheel/Weiser

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1578638224

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9781578638222

The High Ground

Why Civic Virtue Matters to America

By: Dee R. Edgeworth

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The High Ground

Why Civic Virtue Matters to America

By: Dee R. Edgeworth

Why civic virtue matters to America. America is at a crossroad. Current public opinion surveys report that Americans believe that the country is on the wrong track, and they are broadly pessimistic about the future. Diminishing social trust, lack of civility, and promotion of individualism over community has resulted in a country that is discontented, fractious, alienated, and divided. What is happening to our American values and virtues? Our American Founders believed that the government cannot secure the rights of individuals without a necessary moral foundation, and they were praised as examples of virtue. What were the virtues and values that were so important to the American Founders, and are they relevant today? Focusing on the lives of these early leaders will reemphasize the importance of these virtues, and the power of their examples will teach us lessons that we can apply to the challenges we are facing today as we strive to attain the high ground.

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Fulton Books, Inc.

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ISBN 13

9798887313535

Opening Doors to Reading

Building School-to-Work Skills

By: Dee L. Fabry,Sally A. Seier

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Opening Doors to Reading

Building School-to-Work Skills

By: Dee L. Fabry,Sally A. Seier

This integrated, technology-based reading curriculum helps you build school-to-work skills in middle school learners-especially those who have reading difficulties. Based on a field-tested program (the STARR curriculum), it is specifically designed to meet student needs in the workplace and uses best practices research, SCANS foundations skills and competencies, and middle school research. Components include speaking, technology, analysis, reading, and research.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313078289

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9780313078286

The Bold Cavaliers

Morgan's Second Kentucky Cavalry Raiders

By: Dee Brown

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The Bold Cavaliers

Morgan's Second Kentucky Cavalry Raiders

By: Dee Brown

An “exciting” Civil War history of the Confederate cavalrymen, Morgan’s Raiders, by the New York Times–bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Kirkus Reviews). In this vibrant and thoroughly researched Civil War study, Dee Brown tells the story of Morgan’s Raiders, the Kentucky cavalrymen famed and feared for their attacks on the North. In 1861, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his brother-in-law Basil Duke put together a group of formidable horsemen, and set to violent work. They began in their home state, staging raids, recruiting new soldiers, and intercepting Union telegraphs. Most were imprisoned after unsuccessful incursions into Ohio and Indiana years later, but some Raiders would escape, regroup, and fight again in different conflicts, participating in the so-called Great Conspiracy in Canada. The Bold Cavaliers is as engrossing in its historical detail as in its rich adventure. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.

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Open Road Media

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1453274154

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9781453274156

Why Do I Have To Be Your Nigger?

Theories in Niggativity

By: Dee Brown

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Why Do I Have To Be Your Nigger?

Theories in Niggativity

By: Dee Brown

Dee Brown reintroduces the familiar yet compelling social issue with his sophomore effort. Why do I have to be your Nigger? “Theories In Niggativity”, questions diverse correlations between African-Americans and the word nigger. Dee explores cultures, gender gaps, racism, class-status, stereotypes, along with various philosophies in order to present understanding concerning his people’s overwhelming kinship with one word. Why do we love the word? Why do we hate the word? Dee Brown presents readers an introspective view of African-American pioneers whose legacy unfortunately failed to outlast one word. WHY?

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462822274

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9781462822270

The Important Things of Life

Women, Work, and Family in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, 1880-1929

By: Dee Garceau

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The Important Things of Life

Women, Work, and Family in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, 1880-1929

By: Dee Garceau

Sweetwater County lies in southwestern Wyoming, and has stood as a significant symbolic geography for the "new Western Woman’s" history. As the county in which Elinore Pruitt Stewart (Letters of a Woman Homesteader, Nebraska 1990) said she proved up her homestead in 1913, it is a fitting locale for the study of western gender relations. The Important Things of Life examines women’s work and family lives in Sweetwater County in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The 1880’s discovery of coal caused a population boom, attracting immigrants from numerous ethnic groups. At the same time, liberalized homestead law drew sheep and cattle ranchers. Dee Garceau demonstrates how survival on the ranching and mining frontier heightened the value of group cooperation in ways that bred conservative attitudes toward gender. Augmented by reminiscences and oral histories, Garceau traces the adaptations that broadened women’s work roles and increased their domestic authority. Hers is a compelling portrait of the American West as a laboratory of gender role change, in which migration, relocation, and new settlement underscored the development of new social identities.

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U of Nebraska Press

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149620882X

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9781496208828

The Trickle-Down Delusion

How Republican Upward Redistribution of Economic and Political Power Undermines Our Economy, Democracy, Institutions and Health—and a Liberal Response

By: John Seip,Dee Wood Harper

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The Trickle-Down Delusion

How Republican Upward Redistribution of Economic and Political Power Undermines Our Economy, Democracy, Institutions and Health—and a Liberal Response

By: John Seip,Dee Wood Harper

From inside the book: “Since 1980, the economy has been growing, and productivity has been growing, but trickle-down values—that we, the American people promote, pursuant to the Republican Party’s conservative ideology—have rigged the economy to continuously upwardly redistribute those revenues attributable to our increased productivity, yielding a productivity/wage disconnect, resulting in increased concentration of income and wealth at the top, in corporations and among older Americans (beneficiaries of income from Social Security, pensions and investments and continuing income due to delaying retirement), and the lowest percentage of GDP attributable to wages and highest attributable to profits since World War II. But trickle-down has not only distorted our economic thought; it has also distorted our political thought, our sociology and our concept of the rule of law. The result has been that the trickle-down policies promoted by the Republican Party are undermining our economy, democracy, institutions and health.” For further discussion contact author at johnjseip@gmail.com.

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UPA

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0761867449

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9780761867449

Across the Great Divide

Cultures of Manhood in the American West

By: Matthew Basso,Laura McCall,Dee Garceau

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Across the Great Divide

Cultures of Manhood in the American West

By: Matthew Basso,Laura McCall,Dee Garceau

In Across the Great Divide, some of our leading historians look to both the history of masculinity in the West and to the ways that this experience has been represented in movies, popular music, dimestore novels, and folklore.

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Routledge

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1136689001

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9781136689000

Bracing for Armageddon

Why Civil Defense Never Worked

By: Dee Garrison

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Bracing for Armageddon

Why Civil Defense Never Worked

By: Dee Garrison

In Bracing for Armageddon, Dee Garrison pulls back the curtain on the U.S. government's civil defense plans from World War II through the end of the Cold War. Based on government documents, peace organizations, personal papers, scientific reports, oral histories, newspapers, and popular media, her book chronicles the operations of the various federal and state civil defense programs from 1945 to contemporary issues of homeland security, as well as the origins and development of the massive public protest against civil defense from 1955 through the 1980s. At a time of increasing preoccupation over national security issues, Bracing for Armageddon sheds light on the growing distrust between the U.S. government and its subjects in postwar America.

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Oxford University Press

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0199924082

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9780199924080

Rough Around The Edges

By: Susan Johnson,Dee Holmes,Stephanie Laurens,Eileen Wilks

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Rough Around The Edges

By: Susan Johnson,Dee Holmes,Stephanie Laurens,Eileen Wilks

Four extraordinary romance authors pen scintillating stories of the most dangerous rogues-and the fiery women who can soften their hardened hearts... Playing with Fire by Susan Johnson Once Burned by Dee Holmes Melting Ice by Stephanie Laurens Simple Sins by Eileen Wilks

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0312965990

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Gangland UK

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

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Gangland UK

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

It was one of the most brutal killing crusades that Britain has ever seen. Two cruel brothers and their henchmen, synonymous with robbery, torture and bribery, presided over a murderous reign so brutal that Nottingham became forth in the UK's gun crime league. This is just one of the shocking true stories contained in this chilling book.Having delved into the minds of world's most notorious murderers and published his findings in the best-selling Talking with Serial Killers, renowned true-crime author Christopher Berry-Dee now turns his attention to the machinations of the gangster's mind and documents the extent of their cruelty and brutishness. From Tam McGraw, one of Scotland's most infamous gangsters, to 'public enemy number one' Kenny Noye, every type of British gangster is examined. Although they are all very different, they do share a particular trait: a willingness to do anything to get what they want. While the reader may be able to breathe a sigh of relief that the characters in this book have been banished from our streets, gangalnd UK is also a sharp reminder of the dangers still out there. Here are htr startling portaits of thos eciminals who we would rather dorget...but won't be able to.

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Kings Road Publishing

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1843586916

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9781843586913

Serial Killers at the Movies

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

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Serial Killers at the Movies

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

The depraved crimes of both real and imagined serial killers and mass murderers have long transfixed us in newspapers and books, but perhaps nowhere more so than on the big screen. Films such as Silence of the Lambs, Psycho and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer have not only reached huge audiences but also allowed us into the minds of society’s most disturbed individuals. Bestselling author, Christopher Berry-Dee, talks to the serial killers whose wicked stories have most thrilled and fascinated us at the movies and, through far-ranging and disturbing interviews, he tells the stories of the mass murderers who provided the inspiration for some of cinema’s most shocking films. Serial Killers at the Movies takes the reader on an uncomfortable and truly dark journey into a lurid world of murder and deviancy.

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Ad Lib Publishers Ltd

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1913543773

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9781913543778

The Basic Grammar Practice Book

By: Dee C. Konrad

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The Basic Grammar Practice Book

By: Dee C. Konrad

Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!

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Good Year Books

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0673586510

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9780673586513

A Scrap of Tartan

By: Dee Olerich

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A Scrap of Tartan

By: Dee Olerich

The Doles family immigrates from Scotland to the United States in 1863. Thet arrive during the riots of New York City about the draft for the Civil War. The father is sold into the Army leaving the extremely pregnant wife and two children in hardship and culture shock. The love of the familty members helps. It does not however, keep the family members together in this new land. Each member of the family lives in the hope of being reunited and allowed to become an American, whatever that truely means.

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1665515759

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9781665515757

Group Play Therapy

A Dynamic Approach

By: Daniel S. Sweeney,Jennifer Baggerly,Dee C. Ray

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Group Play Therapy

A Dynamic Approach

By: Daniel S. Sweeney,Jennifer Baggerly,Dee C. Ray

Group Play Therapy presents an updated look at an effective yet underutilized therapeutic intervention. More than just an approach to treating children, group play therapy is a life-span approach, undergirded by solid theory and, in this volume, taking wings through exciting techniques. Drawing on their experiences as clinicians and educators, the authors weave theory and technique together to create a valuable resource for both mental health practitioners and advanced students. Therapists and ultimately their clients will benefit from enhancing their understanding of group play therapy.

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1136247203

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9781136247200

Serial Killers: Up Close and Personal

Inside the World of Torturers, Psychopaths, and Mass Murderers

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

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Serial Killers: Up Close and Personal

Inside the World of Torturers, Psychopaths, and Mass Murderers

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

Provides statements and quotes from a number of convicted serial killers in an effort to understand the homicidal mind.

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1569756198

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9781569756195

Talking with Serial Killers: A Chilling Study of the World's Most Evil People

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

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Talking with Serial Killers: A Chilling Study of the World's Most Evil People

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

The Man Who Talks to Serial Killers World-renowned investigative criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee has gained the trust of infamous serial killers throughout the world, entering their prison cells to discuss their horrific crimes and alarming lack of remorse. With over twenty-five years and hundreds of hours of audio and video interviews, he collects ten chilling true crime stories from the murderers themselves, describing some of the worst crimes known. Within these pages, hear from the most notorious murderers such as American serial killer Harvey Louis Carignan, who murdered two women in the early 1970s, and Mary Bundy “The Sunset Slayer” who was convicted of killing several young prostitutes and runaways in Los Angeles in the 1980s. Berry-Dee not only shares their stories in their words but also describes how to investigate their criminal minds. It's time to step into the visitation room, turn on your inquisitive mind, and delve into Talking with Serial Killers, the beginning of Berry-Dee's bestselling true crime series.

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1635768543

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Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow

The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroads

By: Dee Brown

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Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow

The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroads

By: Dee Brown

From the author of the best-selling Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown's classic account of the building of the transcontinental railroad. In February 1854 the first railroad from the East reached the Mississippi; by the end of the nineteenth century five major transcontinental railroads linked the East Coast with the Pacific Ocean and thousands of miles of tracks criss-crossed in the West, a vast and virginal land just a few years before. The story of this extraordinary undertaking is one of breathtaking technological ingenuity, otherwordly idealism, and all-too-wordly greed. The heroes and villains were Irish and Chineselaborers, intrepid engineers, avaricious bankers, stock manipulators, and corrupt politicians. Before it was over more than 155 million acres (one tenth of the country) were given away to the railroad magnates, Indian tribes were decimated, the buffalo were driven from the Great Plains, millions of immigrants were lured from Europe, and a colossal continental nation was built. Woven into this dramatic narrative are the origins of present-day governmental corruption, the first ties between powerful corporations and politicians who "enjoyed the frequent showers of money that fell upon them from railroad stock manipulators, and gave away America." How the people of that time responded to a sense of disillusionment remarkably similar to our own adds a contemporary dimension to this story.

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0805068929

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9780805068924

Southern California Stories

By: Dee Merian

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Southern California Stories

By: Dee Merian

Dee Merian has authored four books. They are all non-fiction stories telling the reader about fellow Americans during the 20th Century. This is her second book of anthologies. Her first book American Mosiac was recommended by Forbes Readers for three years. She mixes stories about celebrities as well as private American citizens. Stories included are Sarah Vaughan, Gorgeous George, Louella Parsons, Sonja Heine, and Patrick Dennis. Other true stories depict Americans during the stressful times of three different wars. Merian's previous book FLYING HIGH is about TWA during the pre-jet years when Howard Hughes was their CEO.

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1440124426

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Somerville, Massachusetts

A Brief History

By: Dee Morris,Dora St. Martin

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Somerville, Massachusetts

A Brief History

By: Dee Morris,Dora St. Martin

Enter Somerville, a city packed with stories larger than itself, to salute a heritage that justifies the fierce pride of its citizens. Share a perch on one of Somerville's celebrated hills with Dee Morris and Dora St. Martin and watch the raising of America's first flag and the stringing of its first telephone line. Strolling from neighborhood to neighborhood, this brief history knocks on the doors of everyone from the father of Fenway Park to Missy LeHand, Franklin D. Roosevelt s private secretary and steadfast companion. Even the notoriously elusive Captain Kidd is caught for inspection as he tries to slip through a trapdoor in a bedroom closet.

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1625843577

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Katherine Dunham

Dance and the African Diaspora

By: Joanna Dee Das

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Katherine Dunham

Dance and the African Diaspora

By: Joanna Dee Das

One of the most important dance artists of the twentieth century, dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham (1909-2006) created works that thrilled audiences the world over. As an African American woman, she broke barriers of race and gender, most notably as the founder of an important dance company that toured the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia for several decades. Through both her company and her schools, she influenced generations of performers for years to come, from Alvin Ailey to Marlon Brando to Eartha Kitt. Dunham was also one of the first choreographers to conduct anthropological research about dance and translate her findings for the theatrical stage. Katherine Dunham: Dance and the African Diaspora makes the argument that Dunham was more than a dancer-she was an intellectual and activist committed to using dance to fight for racial justice. Dunham saw dance as a tool of liberation, as a way for people of African descent to reclaim their history and forge a new future. She put her theories into motion not only through performance, but also through education, scholarship, travel, and choices about her own life. Author Joanna Dee Das examines how Dunham struggled to balance artistic dreams, personal desires, economic needs, and political commitments in the face of racism and sexism. The book analyzes Dunham's multiple spheres of engagement, assessing her dance performances as a form of black feminist protest while also presenting new material about her schools in New York and East St. Louis, her work in Haiti, and her network of interlocutors that included figures as diverse as ballet choreographer George Balanchine and Senegalese president Léopold Sédar Senghor. It traces Dunham's influence over the course of several decades from the New Negro Movement of the 1920s to the Black Power Movement of the late 1960s and beyond. By drawing on a vast, never-utilized trove of archival materials along with oral histories, choreographic analysis, and embodied research, Katherine Dunham: Dance and the African Diaspora offers new insight about how this remarkable woman built political solidarity through the arts.

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Oxford University Press

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Dee Brown's Civil War Anthology

By: Dee Brown

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By: Dee Brown

Detailed accounts of the 14 most important battles fought in the West, including the Battle of Wilson's Creek and the Battle of Westport.

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Clear Light Publishing

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1574160095

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Make Me an Offer

By: Jessica Dee Rohm

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Make Me an Offer

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A delicious novel for anyone who's had an experience with a real estate salesperson and who craves an intimate look inside the world of residential real estate. Make Me an Offer is a tasty cocktail - part expose, a splash of romance and garnished with a zest for life!

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Jessica Dee Rohm

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1453650318

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