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Aftermath: The Remnants of War

From Landmines to Chemical Warfare--The Devastating Effects of Modern Combat

By: Donovan Webster

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Aftermath: The Remnants of War

From Landmines to Chemical Warfare--The Devastating Effects of Modern Combat

By: Donovan Webster

In riveting and revelatory detail, Aftermath documents the ways in which wars have transformed the terrain of the battlefield into landscapes of memory and enduring terror: in France, where millions of acres of farmland are cordoned off to all but a corps of demolition experts responsible for the undetonated bombs and mines of World War I that are now rising up in fields, gardens, and backyards; in a sixty-square-mile area outside Stalingrad that was a cauldron of destruction in 1941 and is today an endless field of bones; in the Nevada deserts, where America waged a hidden nuclear war against itself in the 1950's, the results of which are only now becoming apparent; in Vietnam, where a nation's effort to remove the physical detritus of war has created psychological and genetic devastation; in Kuwait, where terrifyingly sophisticated warfare was followed by the Sisyphean task of making an uninhabitable desert capable of sustaining life. Aftermath excavates our century's darkest history, revealing that the destruction of the past remains deeply, inextricably embedded in the present.

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Vintage

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0307797252

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The Burma Road

The Epic Story of One of World War II's Most Remarkable Endeavours

By: Donovan Webster

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The Burma Road

The Epic Story of One of World War II's Most Remarkable Endeavours

By: Donovan Webster

In the tradition of Band of Brothers and Anthony Beevor's Stalingrad, Donovan Webster's The Burma Road vividly recreates one of the astonishing and important events of the Second World War - and the basis for the film The Bridge over the River Kwai. With gripping prose, Webster follows the breathtaking adventures of the Allied 'Hump' pilots who flew hair-raising missions over the Himalayas delivering food and supplies to the 200,000 Chinese labourers charged with creating an overland link with the outside world. For the first time, we learn of the war in Burma from the perspective of the of the soldiers who fought and died there - the bravery, hardships and fears that motivated them to risk everything to avoid a full Japanese occupancy of China. Touching, moving and riveting, Webster's account of this gruelling and arduous campaign is a brilliant and important history, as well as an epic adventure story. 'A compelling narrative . . . The opposing armies pursue one another through tiger-infested jungles, plagued by leeches as they slog miserably from firefight to firefight. This is great material and Webster handles it well' Los Angeles Times

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MacMillan

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1447264878

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Aftermath: The Remnants of War

From Landmines to Chemical Warfare--The Devastating Effects of Modern Combat

By: Donovan Webster

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Aftermath: The Remnants of War

From Landmines to Chemical Warfare--The Devastating Effects of Modern Combat

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The Gospel Explained

By: Donovan Neal

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The Gospel Explained

By: Donovan Neal

The Gospel Explained is designed to assist the new convert in solidifying their initial understanding and commitment to Christ. It's an excellent book to use as an evangelistic tool, or to give new converts after church alter calls.

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Lulu.com

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055739077X

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Hands-on Palaeontology

A Practical Manual

By: Stephen K. Donovan

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Hands-on Palaeontology

A Practical Manual

By: Stephen K. Donovan

A comprehensible reference manual for palaeontologists on many aspects of their science. Topics discussed range from the esoteric, such as palaeoecology and preservation, to the practical, such as the storing of specimens and photography.

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Liverpool University Press

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1780466641

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Chronicles in Stone

Preservation, Patriotism, and Identity in Northwest Russia

By: Victoria Donovan

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Chronicles in Stone

Preservation, Patriotism, and Identity in Northwest Russia

By: Victoria Donovan

Chronicles in Stone is a study of the powerful and pervasive myth of the Russian Northwest, its role in forming Soviet and Russian identities, and its impact on local communities. Combining detailed archival research, participant observation and oral history work, it explores the transformation of three northwestern Russian towns from provincial backwaters into the symbolic homelands of the Soviet and Russian nations. The book's central argument is that the Soviet state exploited the cultural heritage of the Northwest to craft patriotic narratives of the people's genius, heroism and strength that could bind the nation together after 1945. Through sustained engagement with local voices, it reveals the ways these narratives were internalized, revised, and resisted by the communities living in the region. Donovan provides an alternative lens through which to view the rise of Russian patriotic consciousness in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, adding a valuable regional dimension to our knowledge of Russian nation building and identity politics.

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Cornell University Press

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1501747894

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9781501747892

Political Future Fiction Vol 2

Speculative and Counter-Factual Politics in Edwardian Fiction

By: Kate Macdonald,Richard Bleiler,Stephen Donovan

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Political Future Fiction Vol 2

Speculative and Counter-Factual Politics in Edwardian Fiction

By: Kate Macdonald,Richard Bleiler,Stephen Donovan

The Edwardian period was a time of great social and political change. The six texts in this edition are all notable for their imaginative portrayals of the future. This is the only critical edition of these works. Essays and introductory matter explore the themes in the novels, as well as the literary-historical context they appeared in.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040250645

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9781040250648

The Tootin' Louie

A History of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

By: Donovan L. Hofsommer

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The Tootin' Louie

A History of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

By: Donovan L. Hofsommer

The definitive history of one of the Midwest's most remarkable railroads.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816643660

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9780816643660

Meeting the Family

One Man's Journey Through His Human Ancestry

By: Donovan Webster

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Meeting the Family

One Man's Journey Through His Human Ancestry

By: Donovan Webster

Relates the author's DNA-guided quest for his ancestry, which took him through time and across continents, learning lessons about evolution, genetics, and the amazing diversity of human culture along the way.

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National Geographic Books

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1426205732

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9781426205736

Iowa Railroads

The Essays of Frank P. Donovan, Jr.

By: Frank Pierce Donovan (Jr.)

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Iowa Railroads

The Essays of Frank P. Donovan, Jr.

By: Frank Pierce Donovan (Jr.)

What began as a study of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway stretched into more than a dozen contributions on Hawkeye state railroad topics. By 1969 Donovan had examined Iowa's “Little Three”: Chicago Great Western, Illinois Central, and Minneapolis & St. Paul as well as the state's “Big Four”: Chicago & North Western; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific; and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. In addition to these seven core carriers, Donovan covered the state's less prominent railroads: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Great Northern; and Union Pacific and Wabash. Moreover, he contributed an issue on Iowa's principal interurbans, most of which survived into the 1950s as electric-powered freight-only short lines. In uniting Donovan's articles into a single volume, Iowa Railroads provides the most complete history of Iowa's rail heritage.

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University of Iowa Press

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0877457239

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9780877457237

Genocide Literature in Middle and Secondary Classrooms

Rhetoric, Witnessing, and Social Action in a Time of Standards and Accountability

By: Sarah Donovan

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Genocide Literature in Middle and Secondary Classrooms

Rhetoric, Witnessing, and Social Action in a Time of Standards and Accountability

By: Sarah Donovan

At the heart of this inquiry into the ethical implications of education reform on reading practices in middle and secondary classrooms, the central question is what is lost, hidden, or marginalized in the name of progress? Drawing on her own experiences as an English teacher during the No Child Left Behind era, the author examines school cultures focused on meeting standards and measurable outcomes. She shows how genocide literature illuminates the ethics of reading and helps teachers and students rethink how literature should be taught in this modern, globalized era and the purposes of education more broadly.

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Routledge

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1317220056

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9781317220053

Entering into Rest

By: O’Donovan, Oliver

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Entering into Rest

By: O’Donovan, Oliver

Oliver O'Donovan's Ethics as Theology project began with Self, World, and Time, an "induction" into Christian ethics as ordered reflection on moral thinking within the life of faith. Volume 2, Finding and Seeking, shifted the focus to the movement of moral thought from a first consciousness of agency to the time that determines the moment of decision. In this third and final volume of his magnum opus, O'Donovan turns his attention to the forward horizon with which moral thinking must engage. Moral experience, he argues, is necessarily two-directional, looking both back at responsibility and forward at aims. The Pauline triad of theological virtues (faith, love, and hope) describes a form of responsibility, and its climax in the sovereignty of love opens the way to a definitive teleology. Entering into Rest offers O'Donovan's mature reflections on questions that have engaged him throughout his career and provides a synoptic view of many of his main themes.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802873596

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9780802873590

Recipes for Urban Happiness

Design for Community Well-being

By: Jenny Donovan

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Recipes for Urban Happiness

Design for Community Well-being

By: Jenny Donovan

The experiences we enjoy, endure, or miss out on are influenced by what our surroundings allow and invite us to do. Just like our food diet, our experience diet influences our health and so our chances of finding happiness and fulfilling our potential. A healthy experience diet offers inspiration, reassurance, delight, and play. It nurtures physical, cognitive, and emotional health, builds resilience, and fosters confidence and self-esteem. An unhealthy experience diet lacks these things and consigns people to lives diminished in quantity and quality. Recipes for Urban Happiness offers an innovative way of looking at the relationship between people and place and redefines what good urban design is. The book outlines what designers and non-designers can do to create urban places where nurturing behaviours are both possible and preferable. Recipes for Urban Happiness will be relevant to public health, community development, and design practitioners, as well as students and academics.

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104005241X

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9781040052419

When Crack Was King

A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

By: Donovan X. Ramsey

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When Crack Was King

A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

By: Donovan X. Ramsey

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A “vivid and frank” (NPR) account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose lives illuminate the dramatic rise and fall of the epidemic “A master class in disrupting a stubborn narrative, a monumental feat for the fraught subject of addiction in Black communities.”—The Washington Post “A poignant and compelling re-examination of a tragic era in America history . . . insightful . . . and deeply moving.”—Bryan Stevenson, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • ONE OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND VULTURE’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, NPR, Chicago Public Library, Publishers Weekly, She Reads, Electric Lit, The Mary Sue The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably the least examined crisis in American history. Beginning with the myths inspired by Reagan’s war on drugs, journalist Donovan X. Ramsey’s exacting analysis traces the path from the last triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement to the devastating realities we live with today: a racist criminal justice system, continued mass incarceration and gentrification, and increased police brutality. When Crack Was King follows four individuals to give us a startling portrait of crack’s destruction and devastating legacy: Elgin Swift, an archetype of American industry and ambition and the son of a crack-addicted father who turned their home into a “crack house”; Lennie Woodley, a former crack addict and sex worker; Kurt Schmoke, the longtime mayor of Baltimore and an early advocate of decriminalization; and Shawn McCray, community activist, basketball prodigy, and a founding member of the Zoo Crew, Newark’s most legendary group of drug traffickers. Weaving together riveting research with the voices of survivors, When Crack Was King is a crucial reevaluation of the era and a powerful argument for providing historically violated communities with the resources they deserve.

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One World

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0525511822

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9780525511823

Second Death

Theatricalities of the Soul in Shakespeare's Drama

By: Donovan Sherman

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Second Death

Theatricalities of the Soul in Shakespeare's Drama

By: Donovan Sherman

Second Death seeks to revitalise our understanding of the soul as a philosophically profound, theoretically radical, and ultimately-and counterintuitively-theatrically realised concept. The book contends that the work of Shakespeare, when closely read alongside early modern cultural and religious writings, helps us understand the soul's historical placement as a powerful paradox: it was essential to establishing humanity but resistant to clear representation. Drawing from current critical theory as well as extensive historical research, Second Death examines works of Shakespearean drama, including The Merchant of Venice, Coriolanus, and The Winter's Tale, to suggest that rather than simply being incapable of understanding or physical realisation, the soul expressed itself in complex and subtle modes of performance. As a result, this book offers new ways of looking at identity, theatre, and spirituality in Shakespeare's era and in our own.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474411460

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9781474411462

Bayesian Statistics for Beginners

a step-by-step approach

By: Therese M. Donovan,Ruth M. Mickey

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Bayesian Statistics for Beginners

a step-by-step approach

By: Therese M. Donovan,Ruth M. Mickey

Bayesian statistics is currently undergoing something of a renaissance. At its heart is a method of statistical inference in which Bayes' theorem is used to update the probability for a hypothesis as more evidence or information becomes available. It is an approach that is ideally suited to making initial assessments based on incomplete or imperfect information; as that information is gathered and disseminated, the Bayesian approach corrects or replaces the assumptions and alters its decision-making accordingly to generate a new set of probabilities. As new data/evidence becomes available the probability for a particular hypothesis can therefore be steadily refined and revised. It is very well-suited to the scientific method in general and is widely used across the social, biological, medical, and physical sciences. Key to this book's novel and informal perspective is its unique pedagogy, a question and answer approach that utilizes accessible language, humor, plentiful illustrations, and frequent reference to on-line resources. Bayesian Statistics for Beginners is an introductory textbook suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate students, professional researchers, and practitioners seeking to improve their understanding of the Bayesian statistical techniques they routinely use for data analysis in the life and medical sciences, psychology, public health, business, and other fields.

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Oxford University Press

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0192578251

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9780192578259

It's All a Game

The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan

By: Tristan Donovan

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It's All a Game

The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan

By: Tristan Donovan

“[A] timely book . . . a wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history.” —The Wall Street Journal Board games have been with us even longer than the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? In It’s All a Game, Tristan Donovan, British journalist and author of Replay: The History of Video Games, opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across cultures, time periods, and continents, from the paranoid Chicago toy genius behind classics like Operation and Mouse Trap, to the role of Monopoly in helping prisoners of war escape the Nazis, and even the scientific use of board games today to teach artificial intelligence how to reason and how to win. With these compelling stories and characters, Donovan ultimately reveals why board games—from chess to Monopoly to Risk and more—have captured hearts and minds all over the world for generations. “Splendid . . . A quick and breezy read, it doesn’t just tell the fascinating stories of the (often struggling) individuals who created our favorite games. It also manages to convey the entire sweep of board game history, from the earliest forms of checkers to modern-day surprise hits like Settlers of Catan.” —Mashable “Artfully weaves together culture, business, and ways games impact society.” —Booklist “A fascinating and insightful discussion not only of games past, but the socioeconomic and historical factors that contributed to their popularity.” —Chicago Review of Books

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Macmillan

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1250082730

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9781250082732

Analysis with Ultrasmall Numbers

By: Karel Hrbacek,Olivier Lessmann,Richard O'Donovan

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Analysis with Ultrasmall Numbers

By: Karel Hrbacek,Olivier Lessmann,Richard O'Donovan

Analysis with Ultrasmall Numbers presents an intuitive treatment of mathematics using ultrasmall numbers. With this modern approach to infinitesimals, proofs become simpler and more focused on the combinatorial heart of arguments, unlike traditional treatments that use epsilon-delta methods. Students can fully prove fundamental results, such as the

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CRC Press

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149870266X

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Counterinsurgency

What the United States Learned in Vietnam, Chose to Forget and Needs to Know Today

By: David Donovan

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Counterinsurgency

What the United States Learned in Vietnam, Chose to Forget and Needs to Know Today

By: David Donovan

It has long been predicted that counterinsurgency will be the predominant style of American warfare in the 21st century: Thus far, the prediction has proven true. Written for those who study counterinsurgency from a policy perspective as well as for those who do counterinsurgency in the field, this book demonstrates that the U.S. has had difficulty meeting the challenges of this special form of warfare because it has not properly processed important lessons from the past. Based on the author's wartime experiences, a broad range of topics are covered--from factors to be considered in accepting a counterinsurgency partner to "rules" for advisors in the field--with points illustrated by real-life examples.

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McFarland

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1476619212

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9781476619217

Rochester Labor and Leisure

By: Donovan A. Shilling

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Rochester Labor and Leisure

By: Donovan A. Shilling

Rochester: Labor and Leisure is a visual celebration of the industrial strengths and the commercial successes of an earlier time. Located on the Genesee River, the city used the waterway to full advantage. Industries lined the riverbank, and the town thrived with enterprise and initiative. Rochester's vibrant and productive residents knew not only how to work hard but also how to enjoy life. With more than two hundred stunning photographs, Rochester: Labor and Leisure highlights the progress of the city's entrepreneurs, such as tobacco king William Kimball, oil tycoon Hiram Bond Everest, and museum operator Rattlesnake Pete. It reveals nightlife in the Gay Nineties and Front Street as it once was. It echoes the city's unforgettable one-hundredth birthday party and the acclaim received for building an aqueduct.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439628424

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9781439628423

Historical Dictionary of Washington, D.C.

By: Robert Benedetto,Jane Donovan,Kathleen Du Vall

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Historical Dictionary of Washington, D.C.

By: Robert Benedetto,Jane Donovan,Kathleen Du Vall

The introduction, in narrative style, summarizes the history of government and economy, cultural life, education, parks, construction of the national capital, the war of 1812 and the growth of the city, the Great Depression, the war years, the civil rights movement, and urban problems. A chronology and substantial bibliography round out this work."--Jacket.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810840944

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9780810840942

The Leader's Code

Mission, Character, Service, and Getting the Job Done

By: Donovan Campbell

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The Leader's Code

Mission, Character, Service, and Getting the Job Done

By: Donovan Campbell

Presents an assessment of character and leadership based on Marine Corps principles, revealing how the military's training model can serve as a foundation for great leadership in all areas of life.

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Random House Incorporated

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0812992938

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9780812992939

The Hook & Eye

A History of the Iowa Central Railway

By: Donovan L. Hofsommer

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The Hook & Eye

A History of the Iowa Central Railway

By: Donovan L. Hofsommer

Traces the colorful history of the Iowa Central Railway and its valuable contributions to the development of the upper Midwest, chronicling the origins, growth, and eventual dismantling of the railroad and assessing its relationship with its customers, its influence on the state's agricultural and industrial commerce, and more.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816644977

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9780816644971

A Towpath Tale

Adventures on the Old Erie Canal

By: Donovan A. Shilling

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A Towpath Tale

Adventures on the Old Erie Canal

By: Donovan A. Shilling

An account of the adventures of Joshua Ford, a young mule driver on the old Erie Canal during the canal season of 1884.

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Pancoast Publishing

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0982109032

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9780982109038

Rochester's Movie Mania

By: Donovan A. Shilling

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Rochester's Movie Mania

By: Donovan A. Shilling

A new entertainment form - the movies - caused a sensation when the first silent flickers hit the silver screen. Few cities, however, embraced this new medium more than Rochester, New York. And the movie mania bug bit few as hard as it did author and historian Donovan Shilling. This son of a movie theatre owner was hooked after watching his first film, and began collecting all kinds of movie memorabilia, including posters, advertisements, photos and more. He has now dipped into his collection to compile this scrapbook tracing Rochester's Movie Mania. If you like this, keep watching because he has barely scratched the surface of his collection.

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0982109040

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Becoming Free in the Cotton South

By: Susan Eva O'Donovan

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Becoming Free in the Cotton South

By: Susan Eva O'Donovan

Becoming Free in the Cotton South challenges our most basic ideas about slavery and freedom in America. Instead of seeing emancipation as the beginning or the ending of the story, as most histories do, Susan Eva O’Donovan explores the perilous transition between these two conditions, offering a unique vision of both the enormous changes and the profound continuities in black life before and after the Civil War.This boldly argued work focuses on a small place—the southwest corner of Georgia—in order to explicate a big question: how did black men and black women’s experiences in slavery shape their lives in freedom? The reality of slavery’s demise is harsh: in this land where cotton was king, the promise of Reconstruction passed quickly, even as radicalism crested and swept the rest of the South. Ultimately, the lives former slaves made for themselves were conditioned and often constrained by what they had endured in bondage. O’Donovan’s significant scholarship does not diminish the heroic efforts of black Americans to make their world anew; rather, it offers troubling but necessary insight into the astounding challenges they faced.Becoming Free in the Cotton South is a moving and intimate narrative, drawing upon a multiplicity of sources and individual stories to provide new understanding of the forces that shaped both slavery and freedom, and of the generation of African Americans who tackled the passage that lay between.

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Harvard University Press

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0674041607

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9780674041608

Unsilent Revolution

Television News and American Public Life, 1948-1991

By: Robert J. Donovan,Ray Scherer

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Unsilent Revolution

Television News and American Public Life, 1948-1991

By: Robert J. Donovan,Ray Scherer

An episodic history of the revolutionary effect of television news reporting on politics, current events and the print media over the past four decades combines research and analysis with personal as well as professional experiences.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521428629

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9780521428620

v. Goliath

The Trials of David Boies

By: Karen Donovan

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v. Goliath

The Trials of David Boies

By: Karen Donovan

David Boies, the star trial lawyer in a country obsessed with legal drama, proves endlessly fascinating in this compulsively readable account of his extraordinary career.A man of almost superhuman accomplishment, Boies argued a string of headline-making cases before being catapulted to international prominence when he represented Al Gore before the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore. Brash, reckless, and prideful, he is also charming, charismatic, unerringly articulate in the courtroom, and supremely comfortable in the public eye. Legal journalist Karen Donovan, herself a lawyer, had unprecedented access to Boies for nearly two years. In v. Goliath she gives us a scintillating chronicle of the legal dramas in which Boies has played a crucial role and a riveting, up-close portrait of a singularly gifted lawyer.

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Vintage

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0375726551

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Church in Crisis

The Gay Controversy and the Anglican Communion

By: Oliver O'Donovan

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Church in Crisis

The Gay Controversy and the Anglican Communion

By: Oliver O'Donovan

What if the challenge gay men and women present the church with is not emancipatory but hermeneutic? Suppose that at the heart of the problem there is the magna quaestio, the question about the gay experience, its sources and its character, that gays must answer for themselves: how this form of sensibility and feeling is shaped by its social context and how it can be clothed in an appropriate pattern of life for the service of God and discipleship of Christ? But suppose, too, that there is another question corresponding to it, which non-gay Christians need to answer: how and to what extent this form of sensibility and feeling has emerged in specific historical conditions, and how the conditions may require, as an aspect of the pastoral accommodation that changing historical conditions require, a form of public presence and acknowledgment not hitherto known? These two questions come together as a single question: how are we to understand together the particularity of the age in which we are given to attest God's works?

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1621898520

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