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Creative Morality

By: Don MacNiven

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Creative Morality is a philosophical study of moral dilemmas. Western moral thought has relied on two basic ethical perspectives - Utilitarianism and Kantianism - to resolve dilemmas. MacNiven argues that no real progress can be made with modern moral problems unless these tradtions are coherently synthesised. The book deals with diverse topics such as academic honesty, medical confidentiality, terrorism and euthanasia and the hypothetical dilemmas used are based on real life situations so that theory might be tested against reality. Yet the solutions are not definitive because, as MacNiven demonstrates, creativity is an intrinsic characteristic of moral thought.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000946908

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Kalup's Crossroads

By: Don Lewis

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Kalup's Crossroads

By: Don Lewis

The thrilling story of Augustine "Sonny" Kalup, an Assistant US Attorney in Tampa, Florida whose troubles cause him to become the focus of a high profile criminal trial. A number of his fellow AUSAs come to his aid only to be told by the government that such a move is forbidden. The real battle behind these charges stems from a power struggle between the FBI and DEA over control of major drug investigations. As the case goes to trial, Sonny and his attorney discover governmental corruption, Drug Cartel interference, and personal betrayal, all of which conspire to ruin Sonny's life and reputation.

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1477411895

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The JFK Assassination

A Researcher's Guide

By: Don Becker

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The JFK Assassination

A Researcher's Guide

By: Don Becker

Revised February, 2011 I called the book a researcher's guide for a reason. This book is a compilation of the material I read about the assassination, but in a totally different format. Easy to read; direct and to the point. I tried to give as much information as possible. Obviously I could not possibly put all the information in one book, so I was a bit selective in the data I recorded. It contains numerous aspects of the case and nearly every line will lead the researcher to the source of the information so they can continue to look into that particular topic. When I started my research, my goal was to prove Lee Harvey Oswald did not murder John Kennedy. By the time I proved Oswald did not shoot Kennedy, I noticed Oswald did not shoot Tippet either. Noting where he was seen before the shooting and where he was after the shooting will prove he was not at the window at 12:30pm; I will prove my point. I determined Oswald did not have time to get into position to do the shooting. The motorcade was scheduled to pass the Book Depository at 12:25 pm. Oswald was in the lunch room at 12:15 and Bonnie Ray Williams was on the 6th floor, alone, until 12:20. A good sniper would have been in position well in advance of his prey's expected arrival, which Oswald was not. But wait there's more. . . Looking at some of the evidence from a totally different perspective, I was able to prove, a conspiracy. I compared the wounds, with the Bullet count, and the time statistics of the rifle. I assure you no one has looked at it from this viewpoint. The closest any author came to mentioning this concept was Harrison Livingstone's book, "High Treason.

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1452075824

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Pluralism and Personality

William James and Some Contemporary Cultures of Psychology

By: Don S. Browning

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Pluralism and Personality

William James and Some Contemporary Cultures of Psychology

By: Don S. Browning

This volume is an extended essay in cultural interpretation and criticism. The goal of the book is to gain a perspective on the four major currents of contemporary psychology -- the culture of detachment, joy, control, and care, through the psychology, ethics, and philosophy of William James.

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Bucknell University Press

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0838722652

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Existential Technics

By: Don Ihde

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Existential Technics

By: Don Ihde

With Existential Technics, Don Ihde advances his reflections on the role technology plays in human life. Heretofore primarily the province of Continental thinkers, philosophy of technology is a growing preoccupation of North American philosophers. This collection of essays is a philosophical reflection on and critique of human experience from a clearly American perspective guided by phenomenological analysis. This book is divided into three parts. The first, technics, deals with human interaction with technology and its existential effects. The remaining sections on perception and interpretation examine the imaginative use of phenomenology in the visual and auditory realms of art, music, and intercultural perceptions, and are followed by discussions of contemporary hermeneutics and deconstruction theory, particularly in the thought of Heidegger and Derrida.

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State University of New York Press

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1438407483

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The Ploughman and the Astronaut

The Evolutionary Journey to WealthNess

By: Don Nilson

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The Ploughman and the Astronaut

The Evolutionary Journey to WealthNess

By: Don Nilson

The Ploughman and the Astronaut is not your average financial planning book. This is a finance self-help book for the intellectually curious. It is for people who not only want to learn what to do with their money, but who also want to understand what money means to them, their children, and their community. In exploring this, author Don Nilson takes his readers on a journey to improve their and their family’s lives financially, emotionally, spiritually, and even physically, as the stress of out-of control personal finances becomes a thing of the past. The Ploughman and the Astronaut is a surprising yet successful mix of self-help, philosophy, story-telling, and information on how to manage personal finances. The author has created a unique approach by assimilating concepts from other fields of thought (including genomics, psychology, ecology, and thermodynamics) to the world of personal finance, and by targeting topics to your level of interest and expertise. No matter what your current level of knowledge and experience is with personal finance, reading this book will help you evaluate and reshape how you view, use, and invest money. Most importantly, it will set you and your future generations on the path to WealthNess: A state of abundance of health and material possessions to achieve a life well lived.

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FriesenPress

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1039187927

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The Last Man on the Moon

One Man's Part in Mankind's Greatest Adventure

By: Eugene Cernan,Don Davis

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The Last Man on the Moon

One Man's Part in Mankind's Greatest Adventure

By: Eugene Cernan,Don Davis

From the Apollo 17 commander and NASA veteran, “an exciting, insider’s take on what it was like to become one of the first humans in space” (Publishers Weekly). Eugene Cernan was a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting and dangerous decade of space flight. His career spanned the entire Gemini and Apollo programs, from being the first person to spacewalk all the way around our world to the moment when he left man’s last footprint on the moon as commander of Apollo 17. Between those two historic events lay more adventures than an ordinary person could imagine as Cernan repeatedly put his life, his family, and everything he held dear on the altar of an obsessive desire. Written with New York Times–bestselling author Don Davis, The Last Man on the Moon is the astronaut story never before told—about the fear, love, and sacrifice demanded of the few who dare to reach beyond the heavens. “Thrilling highlights . . . a book not just about space flight but also about the often-brutal competition that went on between the US and the Soviet Union.” —Washington Times “A fascinating book.” —Charlotte Observer

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Macmillan + ORM

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1429971789

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Swinford Family Portrait in Short Stories

By: Don Swinford

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Swinford Family Portrait in Short Stories

By: Don Swinford

Donald Ray Swinford Born: January 24, 1937 in Coles County, Illinois Married Marilyn Eads, September 20, 1958 Children: Brian James, William Ray, and Beth Ellen A retired Certified Public Accountant Bachelor of Science Accountancy, University of Illinois Son of Ruby and Adren Swinford Sibling of Owen Franklin, Eula Katherine, Hazel Maxine Edna Pearl, Albert Dale, James Cleo, and Aaron Adren Served in the United States Army, 19551958 Mayor, City of Herrin, Illinois, 19811984 Protestant faith and past church elder

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Falling man

By: Don DeLillo

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Falling man

By: Don DeLillo

Falling Man is a magnificent, essential novel about the event that defines turn-of-the-century America. It begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and tracks the aftermath of this global tremor in the intimate lives of a few people. First there is Keith, walking out of the rubble into a life that he'd always imagined belonged to everyone but him. Then Lianne, his estranged wife, memory-haunted, trying to reconcile two versions of the same shadowy man. And their small son Justin, standing at the window, scanning the sky for more planes. These are lives choreographed by loss, grief and the enormous force of history. Brave and brilliant, Falling Man traces the way the events of September 11 have reconfigured our emotional landscape, our memory and our perception of the world. It is cathartic, beautiful, heartbreaking.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416557210

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Confrontations

No Challenge Too Tough

By: Don Williamson

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Confrontations

No Challenge Too Tough

By: Don Williamson

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Page Publishing Inc

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1635681715

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Postphenomenology and Technoscience

The Peking University Lectures

By: Don Ihde

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Postphenomenology and Technoscience

The Peking University Lectures

By: Don Ihde

Maps the future of phenomenological thought, accounting for how technology expands our means of experiencing the world.

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Foundations of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

The Bumpy Road to Specialization

By: Don Lipsitt

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Foundations of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

The Bumpy Road to Specialization

By: Don Lipsitt

Foundations of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: The Bumpy Road to Specialization documents the development of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry from its inception to the present. The book draws on contributions from philosophy, physiology, psychoanalysis, epidemiology and other disciplines to define the broad scope of the field. Distinctions and similarities between Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine will be of interest to psychiatrists, social workers, and health psychologists, as well as students, residents, and fellows pursuing careers in these disciplines.

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Routledge

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1317443446

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Quantum Mechanics - a Philosophical Perspective

By: Don Hainesworth

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Quantum Mechanics - a Philosophical Perspective

By: Don Hainesworth

This book gives a comprehensive treatment on the historical discoveries and scientific developments concerning the Universe at the atomic and subatomic levels. Discussions begin with classical discoveries on the behavior of the atom to Quantum Mechanics and ends with exciting modern discoveries that are leading us to unlocking the hidden mysteries of reality. “Quantum mechanics describes the behavior of very small objects – the size of atoms or smaller – and it provides the only understanding of the world of the very small. In the world of quantum mechanics, the laws of physics that are familiar from the everyday world no longer work. Instead, events are governed by probabilities. During the time of Newton, it was thought that the Universe ran like clockwork, wound up and set in motion by the Creator, down some utterly predictable path. Newton’s classical mechanics provided plenty of support for this deterministic view of the Universe, a picture that left little place for human free will or chance. Could it really be that we are all puppets following our own preset tracks through life, with no real choice at all? Most scientists were content to let the philosophers debate that question. But it returned, with full force, at the heart of the new physics of the twentieth century.” In Search Of Schrodinger’s Cat – John Gribbin In addition, the various interpretations of quantum phenomena has led scientists and philosophers to a real possibility of finding a connection between matter and consciousness. This book contains no advanced scientific concepts, and no complicated formulas are written down for analysis. However, it does present some simple mathematical related examples in the final chapter. This is presented in order to reinforce the important ideas in QM and maintain a clear understanding of its fundamentals. It is not assumed that the reader has an understanding of Quantum Physics. Therefore the text provides the reader with enough historical and scientific information to insure his or her confidence in understanding the properties and behavior of quantum particle/wave elements.

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1728325587

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Lighting Essentials

Lighting for Texture, Contrast, and Dimension in Digital Photography

By: Don Giannatti

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Lighting Essentials

Lighting for Texture, Contrast, and Dimension in Digital Photography

By: Don Giannatti

The core goal of photography is representing subjects that have depth and texture in a medium that inherently lacks both those qualities, and this book shows the best way to rise to that challenge: through the careful application and capture of lighting. It demonstrates how to accentuate or minimize textures, add or subtract highlights, and create or combat shadows to showcase the subjects in the best way and create the illusion of a third dimension in the images. Exploring techniques for lighting portraits, still-life subjects, nature images, and architectural shots, both studio and location lighting are covered in detail. The book teaches photographers how to study their subjectsÑwith all of the textures, colors, shapes, and surfaces they haveÑthen visualize the image as a finished photograph before the photography actually begins. With chapters that thoroughly cover the science of lighting and visualization, photographers can apply that knowledge and successfully create artful images.

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Amherst Media

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1608954595

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Fat

The Anthropology of an Obsession

By: Don Kulick,Anne Meneley

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Fat

The Anthropology of an Obsession

By: Don Kulick,Anne Meneley

An eclectic and highly original examination of one of the most dynamic concepts-and constructs-in the world. With more than one billion overweight adults in the world today, obesity has become an epidemic. But fat is not as straightforward-or even as uni-versally damned-as one might think. Enlisting thirteen anthropologists and a fat activist, editors and anthropologists Don Kulick and Anne Meneley have produced an unconventional-and unprecedented-examination of fat in various cultural and social contexts. In this anthology, these writers argue that fat is neither a mere physical state nor an inert concept. Instead, it is a construct built by culture and judged in courts of public opinion, courts whose laws vary from society to society. From the anthropology of "fat-talk" among teenage girls in Sweden to the veneration of Spam in Hawaii; from fear of the fat-sucking pishtaco vampire in the Andes to the underground allure of fat porn stars like Supersize Betsy-this anthology provides fresh perspectives on a subject more complex than love handles, and less easily understood than a number on a scale. Fat proves that fat can be beautiful, evil, pornographic, delicious, shameful, ugly, or magical. It all depends on who-and where-you are.

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Healing the Wounds of Childhood and Culture

An Adventure of a Lifetime

By: Don St John Ph.D.

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Healing the Wounds of Childhood and Culture

An Adventure of a Lifetime

By: Don St John Ph.D.

In Healing the Wounds of Childhood and Culture, author Dr. Don St. John offers a new model of wholeness, and he challenges us to embark on an adventure of a lifetime. It awakens us to the multiple effects of personal traumas and of the wounds inflicted by our culture. Blending his personal and clinical experiences, St. John discusses why many have failed to recognize how their potential has been limited. In this guide, he helps you understand the root causes of many of society’s ills: violence, addictions, substance abuse, loneliness, depression, apathy, polarization, and relationship distress. Insightful, Healing the Wounds of Childhood and Culture points the way toward harmony, self-love, and a capacity for deep, emotional intimacy. It provides an understanding of what’s needed to flourish and thrive, especially in relationship to ourselves and our loved ones. It’s what we as individuals and as a culture need to understand to move beyond survival and scarcity and embrace abundance and harmony.

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Archway Publishing

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166572711X

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Animals

By: Don LePan

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Animals

By: Don LePan

Tammy kept losing jobs—at the checkout counter, as a hospital cleaner, and now with the before-and-after-school program. But what worried her most was Sam, her youngest. From the time he was very young it had been clear that something was wrong with Sam, seriously wrong. And though they didn’t often speak of it, the whole family could certainly see it. “He’s pathetic,” Sam’s sister Letitia would sneer to her friends, “pathetic.” Tammy never felt that way herself, not for a moment. But what was she to do?—that was the question. Animals follows Sam on the extraordinary odyssey that begins with Tammy’s decision. Central to the narrative of his progress are the Stinson family—above all Naomi Stinson, a young girl who develops a special feeling for the strange creature, Sam. Animals is set in an indeterminate future in which virtually all the species that humans have for millennia used as food have become extinct; the world it creates is at once eerily foreign and disturbingly familiar. In the sharp-edged poignancy of the ethical questions it poses, in the strikingly innovative narrative techniques it employs, and above all, in the remarkable power of the story it tells, Animals is, quite simply, unique.

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Broadview Press

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1770487522

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Exploring the Domain of Accident Law

Taking the Facts Seriously

By: Don DeWees,David Duff,Michael Trebilcock

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Exploring the Domain of Accident Law

Taking the Facts Seriously

By: Don DeWees,David Duff,Michael Trebilcock

In the mid 1980s, there was a crisis in the availability, affordability, and adequacy of liability insurance in the United States and Canada. Mass tort claims such as the asbestos, DES, and Agent Orange litigation generated widespread public attention, and the tort system came to assume a heightened prominence in American life. While some scholars debate whether or not any such crisis still exists, there has been an increasing political, judicial and academic questioning of the goals and future of the tort system. Exploring the Domain of Tort Law reviews the evidence on the efficacy of the tort system and its alternatives. By looking at empirical evidence in five major categories of accidents--automobile, medical malpractice, product-related accidents, environmental injuries, and workplace injuries--the authors evaluate the degree to which the tort system conforms to three normative goals: deterrence, corrective justice, and distributive justice. In each case, the authors review the deterrence and compensatory properties of the tort system, and then review parallel bodies of evidence on regulatory, penal, and compensatory alternatives. Most of the academic literature on the tort system has traditionally been doctrinal or, in recent years, highly theoretical. Very little of this literature provides an in-depth consideration of how the system works, and whether or not there are any feasible alternatives. Exploring the Domain of Tort Law contributes valuable new evidence to the tort law reform debate. It will be of interest to academic lawyers and economists, policy analysts, policy professionals in government and research organizations, and all those affected by tort law reform.

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Oxford University Press

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0195358554

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Religious Thought and the Modern Psychologies

By: Don S. Browning,Terry D. Cooper

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Religious Thought and the Modern Psychologies

By: Don S. Browning,Terry D. Cooper

Religious Thought and the Modern Psychologies has pioneered the broader and deeper critique of psychological theories and practice. Informed by hermeneutical theory, Browning's widely acclaimed work drew much-needed attention to the ethical and metaphysical, even religious, assumptions that underlie present-day psychology. It has been deeply influential in many social sciences, in addition to the fields of pastoral counseling and practical theology. In this much-needed second edition, Browning and his new co-author show how the field of social science has indeed grasped and appropriated the hermeneutical approach, though with only slight appreciation of the religious dimensions of the social scientific endeavor. Browning and Cooper provide a completely new first chapter, newly situating the discussion, and update the core chapters of the book. They also add two new chapters, carrying the dialogue on with three new psychotherapeutic theorists, then with new evangelical writers on the relation of theology and psychology. This new edition, like its predecessor, will set the stage for the religion-psychology dialogue for years to come.

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Fortress Press

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1451418906

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On the Trail of Blackbody Radiation

Max Planck and the Physics of his Era

By: Don S. Lemons,William R. Shanahan,Louis J. Buchholtz

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On the Trail of Blackbody Radiation

Max Planck and the Physics of his Era

By: Don S. Lemons,William R. Shanahan,Louis J. Buchholtz

An account of Max Planck’s construction of his theory of blackbody radiation, summarizing the established physics on which he drew. In the last year of the nineteenth century, Max Planck constructed a theory of blackbody radiation—the radiation emitted and absorbed by nonreflective bodies in thermal equilibrium with one another—and his work ushered in the quantum revolution in physics. In this book, three physicists trace Planck’s discovery. They follow the trail of Planck’s thinking by constructing a textbook of sorts that summarizes the established physics on which he drew. By offering this account, the authors explore not only how Planck deployed his considerable knowledge of the physics of his era but also how Einstein and others used and interpreted Planck’s work. Planck did not set out to lay the foundation for the quantum revolution but to study a universal phenomenon for which empirical evidence had been accumulating since the late 1850s. The authors explain the nineteenth-century concepts that informed Planck’s discovery, including electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics. In addition, the book offers the first translations of important papers by Ludwig Boltzmann and Wilhelm Wien on which Planck’s work depended.

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MIT Press

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0262370387

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Schenectady

By: Don Rittner

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Schenectady

By: Don Rittner

Founded by the Dutch in 1661, Schenectady is one of the oldest cities in the United States. Its rich history includes surviving the 1690 massacre, becoming a major provider of brooms, working hard as a canal town, and inventing many of lifes modern conveniencesfrom light bulbs to refrigerators to jet engines.

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0738550280

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Spiral Dynamics

Mastering Values, Leadership and Change

By: Prof. Don Edward Beck,Christopher C. Cowan

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Spiral Dynamics

Mastering Values, Leadership and Change

By: Prof. Don Edward Beck,Christopher C. Cowan

Spiral Dynamics introduces a new model for plotting the enormous economic and commercial shifts that are making contemporary business practice so complex and apparently fragmented. Focusing on cutting-edge leadership, management systems, processes, procedures, and techniques, the authors synthesize changes such as: Increasing cultural diversity. Powerful new social responsibility initiatives. The arrival of a truly global marketplace. This is an inspiring book for managers, consultants, strategists, and leaders planning for success in the business world in the 21st century.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118779150

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Jesus Christ for Contemporary Life

His Person, Work, and Relationships

By: Don Schweitzer

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Jesus Christ for Contemporary Life

His Person, Work, and Relationships

By: Don Schweitzer

Jesus Christ for Contemporary Life is an understanding of Jesus as the Word of God, grounded in what can be known historically of Jesus and informed by subsequent reflection upon him, which hopes to help shape a Christian identity characterized by "bounded openness." In Jesus Christ for Contemporary Life, Don Schweitzer explores the significance of the person, work, and relationships of Jesus Christ for contemporary life. He moves from the historical Jesus to the present in three parts. In the first part Schweitzer develops an understanding of Jesus as the Word of God, who became incarnate to give the goodness and beauty of God further expression in time and space. Second, he explores how various atonement theories articulate ways in which Jesus empowers people to further express this beauty and goodness in their own lives. And finally, Schweitzer explores how Jesus relates to people in the church, to the events and movements in history, to other religions, and to Christians in their dialogue with God in prayer.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1621891909

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Mao II

A Novel

By: Don DeLillo

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Mao II

A Novel

By: Don DeLillo

WINNER OF THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD • A profound novel about art, terror, masses, and the individual, from the National Book Award–winning author of White Noise, “one of the most ironic, intelligent, grimly funny voices to comment on life in present-day America” (The New York Times) “This novel’s a beauty. A vision as bold and a voice as eloquent and morally focused as any in American writing.”—Thomas Pynchon Bill Gray, a famous, reclusive novelist, emerges from his isolation when he becomes the key figure in an event staged to force the release of a poet hostage in Beirut. As Bill enters the world of political violence, a nightscape of Semtex explosives and hostages locked in basement rooms, his dangerous passage leaves two people stranded: his brilliant, fixated assistant, Scott, and the strange young woman who is Scott’s lover—and Bill’s. An extraordinary novel about words and images, novelists and terrorists, the mass mind and the arch-individualist, Mao II is the work of an ingenious writer at the height of his powers.

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1440673365

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Marriage and Modernization

How Globalization Threatens Marriage

By: Don S. Browning

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Marriage and Modernization

How Globalization Threatens Marriage

By: Don S. Browning

The processes of modernization and globalization promise more wealth and health for many people. But they are also a threat to the stability and quality of marriage and family life. This new book -- at once sobering and constructive -- looks at the impact of these processes on marriage and asks what Christianity, in cooperation with other religions, can do to strengthen married life today. Among the deleterious effects of modernization and globalization on marriage are a worldwide drift of men away from the responsibility of parenthood and the tendency of mothers too readily to take on the task of childrearing alone. After looking at recent research on these and other problems, Don Browning suggests that the cure for modern marital disruption entails reforming and reconstructing the institution of marriage while also nurturing relevant forms of social support. Yet the effort to initiate a "world marriage revival" requires a complex cultural work, and Browning explores the key contributions that the religions of the world must make for such an effort to be successful.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802811124

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Figural Reading and the Old Testament

Theology and Practice

By: Don C. Collett

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Figural Reading and the Old Testament

Theology and Practice

By: Don C. Collett

Don Collett, an experienced Old Testament scholar, offers an account of Old Testament interpretation that capitalizes on recent research in figural exegesis. Collett examines the tension between figural and literal modes of exegesis as they developed in Christian thought, introduces ongoing debates and discussions concerning figural readings of Scripture, and offers theological readings of several significant Old Testament passages. This book will work well as a primer on figural exegesis for seminarians or as a capstone seminary text that ties together themes from courses in Bible, exegesis, and theology.

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Baker Academic

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149342162X

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The Legendary Harry Caray

Baseball's Greatest Salesman

By: Don Zminda

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The Legendary Harry Caray

Baseball's Greatest Salesman

By: Don Zminda

Harry Caray is one of the most famous and beloved sports broadcasters of all time, with a career that lasted over 50 years. Always a baseball enthusiast, Caray once vowed to become a broadcaster who was the true voice of the fans. Caray’s distinctive style soon resonated across St. Louis, then Chicago, and eventually across the nation. In The Legendary Harry Caray: Baseball’s Greatest Salesman, Don Zminda delivers the first full-length biography of Caray since his death in 1998. It includes details of Caray’s orphaned childhood, his 25 years as the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals, his tempestuous 11 years broadcasting games for the Chicago White Sox, and the 16 years he broadcast for the Chicago Cubs while also becoming a nationally-known celebrity. Interviews with significant figures from Caray’s life are woven throughout, from his widow Dutchie and grandson Chip to broadcasters Bob Costas, Thom Brennaman, Dewayne Staats, Pat Hughes, and more. Caray was known during his final years as a beloved, often-imitated grandfather figure with the Cubs, but the story of his entire career is much more nuanced and often controversial. Featuring new information on Caray’s life—including little-known information about his firing by the Cardinals and his feuds with players, executives, and fellow broadcasters—this book provides an intimate and in-depth look at a broadcasting legend.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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97 Tips for Canadian Real Estate Investors

By: Don R. Campbell,Peter Kinch,Barry McGuire,Russell Westcott

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97 Tips for Canadian Real Estate Investors

By: Don R. Campbell,Peter Kinch,Barry McGuire,Russell Westcott

Investing in real estate in Canada has never been more popular. From Vancouver to Halifax, Canadian investors--both novice and veteran--are generating wealth through one of the best investment vehicles available. On the heels of the hugely successful Real Estate Investing in Canada (0-470-83588-5), Don Campbell returns with a digest of strategies and advice for the investor, gleaned from the experience of four leading mortgage, finance, legal and investment experts. 97 Tips for Canadian Real Estate Investors will be an essential addition to every real estate investor's library. Filled with proven, real-life Canadian-specific examples and strategies, all readers will find this book to be one of the best and most valuable investments that they will ever make.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470739150

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How to Be a Successful Consultant

By: Don Matlock

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How to Be a Successful Consultant

By: Don Matlock

Written in an easy-to-read style, this work is suitable for anyone who operates as a consultant. How to be a Successful Consultant contains strategies and techniques for increased success by focusing on key topics such as: self-promotion, communication, building credibility and building and maintaining relationships. If you have decided to become an independent consultant, you face two challenges: being good at what you do, and being good at bringing in the business. You might be a management consultant, an architect, a writer, a trainer, an engineer, a product-placement expert, a designer, a stylist, a musician, a financial advisor, a computer- systems analyst or something else, all occupations that require specific and different sets of skills. However in every case you need another set of skills, common to all, knowing how to seek, obtain and serve clients. Thats where this book comes in. Youll find strategies and techniques to help you be more successful in here. Its about planning, building, and maintaining relationships with your clients and prospects.

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Woodslane Press

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1921874031

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Super Polluters

Tackling the World’s Largest Sites of Climate-Disrupting Emissions

By: Don Grant,Andrew Jorgenson,Wesley Longhofer

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Super Polluters

Tackling the World’s Largest Sites of Climate-Disrupting Emissions

By: Don Grant,Andrew Jorgenson,Wesley Longhofer

Power plants are essential to achieving the standard of living that modern societies demand and the social and economic infrastructure on which they depend. Yet their indispensability has allowed them to evade responsibility for their vast carbon emissions. Fossil-fueled power plants are the single largest sites of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, making them one of the greatest threats to our planet’s climate. Significant as they are, we lack a comprehensive understanding of the social causes that enable power plant emissions and continue to delay their reduction. Super Polluters offers a groundbreaking global analysis of carbon pollution caused by the generation of electricity, pinpointing who bears the most responsibility for the energy sector’s vast emissions and what can be done about them. The sociologists Don Grant, Andrew Jorgenson, and Wesley Longhofer analyze a novel dataset on the carbon dioxide emissions and structural attributes of thousands of fossil-fueled power plants around the world, identifying which plants discharge the most carbon. They investigate the global, organizational, and political conditions that explain these hyper-emitting facilities’ behavior and call into question the claim that improvements in technical efficiency will always reduce emissions. Grant, Jorgenson, and Longhofer demonstrate which energy and climate policies are most effective at abating power-plant pollution, emphasizing how mobilized citizen activism shapes those outcomes. A comprehensive account of who bears the blame for our warming planet, Super Polluters points to more feasible and effective emission reduction strategies that target the world’s most profligate polluters.

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Columbia University Press

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0231549695

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Teammate

My Journey in Baseball and a World Series for the Ages

By: David Ross,Don Yaeger

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Teammate

My Journey in Baseball and a World Series for the Ages

By: David Ross,Don Yaeger

Packed with "compelling inside stories" (Chicago Tribune), Teammate is the inspiring memoir from "Grandpa Rossy," the veteran catcher who became the heart and soul of the 2016 Chicago Cubs championship team and was named manager in 2019. In 2016 the Cubs snapped a 108-year curse, winning the World Series in a history-making, seven-game series against the Cleveland Indians. Of the many storylines to Chicago's fairytale season, one stood out: the late-career renaissance of David Ross, the 39-year-old catcher who had played back-up for 13 of his 15 pro seasons. Beyond Ross's remarkably strong play, he became the ultimate positive force in the Cubs locker room, mentoring and motivating his fellow players, some of them nearly twenty years his junior. Thanks to Cubs Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, "Grandpa Rossy" became a social media sensation. No one, however, could have predicted that Ross's home run in his final career at bat would help seal the Cubs championship. Now, in Teammate, Ross shares the inspiring story of his life in baseball, framed by the events of that unforgettable November night.

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0316559423

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The Field of Being

Collected Thoughts on the Evolution of Human Consciousness

By: Don C. Nix

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The Field of Being

Collected Thoughts on the Evolution of Human Consciousness

By: Don C. Nix

The latest discoveries in quantum physics are converging now with the ancient conclusions of Eastern wisdom traditions, opening the way for an evolution of human consciousness into a new "Field Consciousness" that is a transformation as profound as the movement of simple animal consciousness into human self-consciousness. The FIELD OF BEING tracks this emerging development. This book will appeal to those looking for spiritual depth, meaning and direction in the tumult of modern life.

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iUniverse

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1440143196

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Homilies For Weekdays

Solemnities, Feasts, and Memorials

By: Don Talafous

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Homilies For Weekdays

Solemnities, Feasts, and Memorials

By: Don Talafous

Homilies for Weekdays: Solemnities, Feasts, and Memorials is a requested and welcome addition to the first two volumes of weekday homilies by Father Don Talafous, OSB. Here, he offers creative homily suggestions for solemnities, feasts, and obligatory memorials that fall on weekdays. Readers will deeply appreciate the faithful representation of the Scripture readings and their practical applications for Christian living. Don Talafous, OSB, PhD, serves as alumni chaplain for Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He is author of Homilies for Weekdays: Year I andHomilies for Weekdays: Year II.

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0814639097

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Music

Physician for Times to Come

By: Don Campbell

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Music

Physician for Times to Come

By: Don Campbell

Each morning, as we hum or chant or strum, we can celebrate the renewal of our path with our own humble offering of the glorious gift called music. This book offers a panorama of ways music can nourish our lives."---Paul Winter, award-winning musician and composer. As ancient peoples knew, music profoundly affects body, mind, and spirit. It can speed recovery from disease, heal psychological wounds, and open us to the ultimate mystery of life. Celebrated author and educator Don Campbell presents an impressive anthology of essays exploring the latest scientific research about the healing use of sound in traditional cultures. Contributors include composers, musicians, and music therapists; doctors and psychologists; pioneers in neuroscience and biophysics; and teachers in diverse spiritual traditions. They address such fascinating topics as: Why chanting increases energy; The therapeutic use of sacred music; Gender differences in healing with sound; How sonic resonance positively affects heart rate and brain activit.

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Quest Books

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0835631125

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The Families of Elizabeth Betsy Tyler Corbly

By: Don Corbly

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The Families of Elizabeth Betsy Tyler Corbly

By: Don Corbly

Elizabeth 'Betsy' Tyler was an unknown person in the history of western colonial Pennsylvania. She has been the subject of innumerable stories most of which describe only an event, not Betsy. Her story was first published on August 10, 1785 in the American Daily Advertiser, a Philadelphia daily newspaper owned by Messrs Dunlap and Claypoole. Many other newspapers of the day picked up the story and reprinted it. Her name was not mentioned in any of them. Betsy and John had five children, but only one lived to maturity. In 1782 Betsy and three of her children were massacred by an Indian scalping party. Another daughter died from her wounds later. Her first child, Delilah, was all that was left of Betsy's life. Nothing has been written about Betsy or Delilah until now. This book tells the stories of Betsy's ancestors, her parents and siblings, her life with the preacher John Corbly, and the life and descendants of Delilah, her only surviving child and legacy.

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Lulu.com

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1312754052

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Perfect Form

Variational Principles, Methods, and Applications in Elementary Physics

By: Don S. Lemons

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Perfect Form

Variational Principles, Methods, and Applications in Elementary Physics

By: Don S. Lemons

What does the path taken by a ray of light share with the trajectory of a thrown baseball and the curve of a wheat stalk bending in the breeze? Each is the subject of a different study yet all are optimal shapes; light rays minimize travel time while a thrown baseball minimizes action. All natural curves and shapes, and many artificial ones, manifest such "perfect form" because physical principles can be expressed as a statement requiring some important physical quantity to be mathematically maximum, minimum, or stationary. Perfect Form introduces the basic "variational" principles of classical physics (least time, least potential energy, least action, and Hamilton's principle), develops the mathematical language most suited to their application (the calculus of variations), and presents applications from the physics usually encountered in introductory course sequences. The text gradually unfolds the physics and mathematics. While other treatments postulate Hamilton's principle and deduce all results from it, Perfect Form begins with the most plausible and restricted variational principles and develops more powerful ones through generalization. One selection of text and problems even constitutes a non-calculus of variations introduction to variational methods, while the mathematics more generally employed extends only to solving simple ordinary differential equations. Perfect Form is designed to supplement existing classical mechanics texts and to present variational principles and methods to students who approach the subject for the first time.

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0691214824

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