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The Ambiance of Victoria

By: Doug Eiderzen Ph.D.

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A man. A woman. An eternal love. A war. A lifetime commitment to an oath. Though a fictional novel, The Ambiance of Victoria approaches situations of life given, within the realm or domain of World War Two, from the perspectives of two people. The book is a struggle for victory surrounded by an environment of defeat. There is the aftermath reality of war that not only must be accepted, but risen above, surmounted, and overcome. The Ambiance of Victory revolves around two people resolved to survive for their history, their philosophy, and their religion. They endure and exist and continue to exist for each other. In a world of hate; they love. Not only do they greatly care for and love each other, they live for their one common denominator. They live for their disciplines of life and only their love for their God trumps all else. Within The Ambiance of Victoria there is the achievement to worth. For two people, greatly in love, the eventual quality of triumph and achievement becomes reality. The above aspects are told from a unique perspective. The lives of two individuals are shaped by the times in which they live and the commitments adhered to and moved toward. There will be the views of many individuals which shape the two main personalities of character. And the two main characters certainly shape each other as they themselves shape others. As the years come and go, they continue to greatly love one another.

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1496959760

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Brotherhood and Baseball

A History Companion to If Baseball Integrated Early

By: Doug Fowler

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Brotherhood and Baseball

A History Companion to If Baseball Integrated Early

By: Doug Fowler

Civil War ends early! Abraham Lincoln lives! Explore an eventful world with numerous twists and turns, as Lincoln's leniency leads to less Southern hostility toward the North. Can this and the integration of baseball from the start be enough to bring Civil Rights to America early in this alternate history? Can baseball really have the impact one man dreams? Enjoy as national leaders and ordinary people interact from the sudden Union win at Chancellorsville through the 1860s, then into the 1910s and '20s and beyond.

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Lulu.com

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1257649116

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Out of Sight

The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889–1895

By: Lynn Abbott,Doug Seroff

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Out of Sight

The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889–1895

By: Lynn Abbott,Doug Seroff

A landmark study, based on thousands of music-related references mined by the authors from a variety of contemporaneous sources, especially African American community newspapers, Out of Sight examines musical personalities, issues, and events in context. It confronts the inescapable marketplace concessions musicians made to the period’s prevailing racist sentiment. It describes the worldwide travels of jubilee singing companies, the plight of the great Black prima donnas, and the evolution of “authentic” African American minstrels. Generously reproducing newspapers and photographs, Out of Sight puts a face on musical activity in the tightly knit Black communities of the day. Drawing on hard-to-access archival sources and song collections, the book is of crucial importance for understanding the roots of ragtime, blues, jazz, and gospel. Essential for comprehending the evolution and dissemination of African American popular music from 1900 to the present, Out of Sight paints a rich picture of musical variety, personalities, issues, and changes during the period that shaped American popular music and culture for the next hundred years.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496800044

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Tales From Boilermaker Country: A Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told

By: Doug Griffiths

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Tales From Boilermaker Country: A Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told

By: Doug Griffiths

The history of Purdue athletics is sometimes funny, sometimes poignant and triumphant and often pretty amazing -- but always uniquely human. Along the way many characters have arisen in over 11 decades of competition and nearly 200 of these great stories are chronicled in Tales from the Boilermaker Country. On the hardwood, readers will learn why Purdue turned down its first opportunity to play in the NCAA Tournament, allowing archrival Indiana to win the 1940 title and how the first "Big Dog" in Purdue men's basketball history wasn't Glenn Robinson. From the football sidelines, the authors reveal the dramatic incident which almost cost the lives of Rose Bowl heroes Bob Griese and George Catavolas at the 1967 Hula Bowl. Also, readers will find out how long-time New York Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner became an assistant coach for the Purdue football team and a quarter century later was instrumental in luring the Boilermakers' NCAA Final Four coach away from ! Purdue. Included are the stories of Purdue's national championship teams; the 1961 golf team which was led by a player that never lost to golfing legend Jack Nicklaus and the triumphant story of the 1999 Purdue women's basketball team surviving three coaching changes en route to a national title. You will enjoy reading stories from some of the colorful characters in the school's past: Mike Alstott, Lin Dunn, Gene Keady, George King, Ward "Piggy" Lambert, Jack Mollenkopf, Michael "Scooby" Scearce, Moose Skowron and Joe Tiller -- to name a few. And you will travel back to the early days and the origins of Boilermaker sports when the team traveled by train and continue through the digital age when Heisman Trophy hopeful Drew Brees was promoted for the award in cyberspace.

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Simon and Schuster

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Ragged but Right

Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz

By: Lynn Abbott,Doug Seroff

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Ragged but Right

Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz

By: Lynn Abbott,Doug Seroff

The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black performers. However, every prospect was mitigated by systemic racism. The biggest hits of the ragtime era weren't Scott Joplin's stately piano rags. “Coon songs,” with their ugly name, defined ragtime for the masses, and played a transitional role in the commercial ascendancy of blues and jazz. In Ragged but Right, Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff investigate black musical comedy productions, sideshow bands, and itinerant tented minstrel shows. Ragtime history is crowned by the “big shows,” the stunning musical comedy successes of Williams and Walker, Bob Cole, and Ernest Hogan. Under the big tent of Tolliver's Smart Set, Ma Rainey, Clara Smith, and others were converted from “coon shouters” to “blues singers.” Throughout the ragtime era and into the era of blues and jazz, circuses and Wild West shows exploited the popular demand for black music and culture, yet segregated and subordinated black performers to the sideshow tent. Not to be confused with their nineteenth-century white predecessors, black, tented minstrel shows such as the Rabbit's Foot and Silas Green from New Orleans provided blues and jazz-heavy vernacular entertainment that black southern audiences identified with and took pride in.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1604731486

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Let's Play Two

The Life and Times of Ernie Banks

By: Doug Wilson

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Let's Play Two

The Life and Times of Ernie Banks

By: Doug Wilson

When Ernie Banks passed away in 2015, he was regarded as one of the most beloved men in baseball history. Making his start as a shortstop with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues as a teenager, Banks went on to become the first African American to play for the Chicago Cubs. Known affectionately as “Mr. Cub,” he brought exceptional talent and boundless optimism to the game of baseball, earning him a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a place in the Hall of Fame. In Let’s Play Two: The Life and Times of Ernie Banks, Doug Wilson explores the life of one of baseball’s most immortal figures, from his humble beginnings as a young boy living in the segregated South to his last few years and the public battles over his remains and will. Drawing on interviews of those close to Banks from all stages of his life, Wilson presents a portrait of the baseball player not just as an athlete, but also as a complex man with ambitious goals and hidden pains. Ernie Banks’s enthusiasm and skill transcended issues of race and helped him to become one of the most highly-regarded men in baseball. Offering details that have never before been printed, this book discusses Banks’s athletic prowess as well as the legacy he left behind. Let’s Play Two is the essential Ernie Banks biography for sports fans and historians alike.

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1538112302

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The Original Blues

The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville

By: Lynn Abbott,Doug Seroff

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The Original Blues

The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville

By: Lynn Abbott,Doug Seroff

Blues Book of the Year —Living Blues Association of Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, Gospel, Soul, or R&B–Certificate of Merit (2018) 2023 Blues Hall of Fame Inductee - Classic of Blues Literature category With this volume, Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff complete their groundbreaking trilogy on the development of African American popular music. Fortified by decades of research, the authors bring to life the performers, entrepreneurs, critics, venues, and institutions that were most crucial to the emergence of the blues in black southern vaudeville theaters; the shadowy prehistory and early development of the blues is illuminated, detailed, and given substance. At the end of the nineteenth century, vaudeville began to replace minstrelsy as America’s favorite form of stage entertainment. Segregation necessitated the creation of discrete African American vaudeville theaters. When these venues first gained popularity, ragtime coon songs were the standard fare. Insular black southern theaters provided a safe haven, where coon songs underwent rehabilitation and blues songs suitable for the professional stage were formulated. The process was energized by dynamic interaction between the performers and their racially-exclusive audience. The first blues star of black vaudeville was Butler “String Beans” May, a blackface comedian from Montgomery, Alabama. Before his bizarre, senseless death in 1917, String Beans was recognized as the “blues master piano player of the world.” His musical legacy, elusive and previously unacknowledged, is preserved in the repertoire of country blues singer-guitarists and pianists of the race recording era. While male blues singers remained tethered to the role of blackface comedian, female “coon shouters” acquired a more dignified aura in the emergent persona of the “blues queen.” Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and most of their contemporaries came through this portal; while others, such as forgotten blues heroine Ora Criswell and her protégé Trixie Smith, ingeniously reconfigured the blackface mask for their own subversive purposes. In 1921 black vaudeville activity was effectively nationalized by the Theater Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.). In collaboration with the emergent race record industry, T.O.B.A. theaters featured touring companies headed by blues queens with records to sell. By this time the blues had moved beyond the confines of entertainment for an exclusively black audience. Small-time black vaudeville became something it had never been before—a gateway to big-time white vaudeville circuits, burlesque wheels, and fancy metropolitan cabarets. While the 1920s was the most glamorous and remunerative period of vaudeville blues, the prior decade was arguably even more creative, having witnessed the emergence, popularization, and early development of the original blues on the African American vaudeville stage.

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1496810031

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Data Science

Create Teams That Ask the Right Questions and Deliver Real Value

By: Doug Rose

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Data Science

Create Teams That Ask the Right Questions and Deliver Real Value

By: Doug Rose

Learn how to build a data science team within your organization rather than hiring from the outside. Teach your team to ask the right questions to gain actionable insights into your business. Most organizations still focus on objectives and deliverables. Instead, a data science team is exploratory. They use the scientific method to ask interesting questions and run small experiments. Your team needs to see if the data illuminate their questions. Then, they have to use critical thinking techniques to justify their insights and reasoning. They should pivot their efforts to keep their insights aligned with business value. Finally, your team needs to deliver these insights as a compelling story. Insight!: How to Build Data Science Teams that Deliver Real Business Value shows that the most important thing you can do now is help your team think about data. Management coach Doug Rose walks you through the process of creating and managing effective data science teams. You will learn how to find the right people inside your organization and equip them with the right mindset. The book has three overarching concepts: You should mine your own company for talent. You can’t change your organization by hiring a few data science superheroes. You should form small, agile-like data teams that focus on delivering valuable insights early and often. You can make real changes to your organization by telling compelling data stories. These stories are the best way to communicate your insights about your customers, challenges, and industry. What Your Will Learn: Create data science teams from existing talent in your organization to cost-efficiently extract maximum business value from your organization’s data Understand key data science terms and concepts Follow practical guidance to create and integrate an effective data science team with key roles and the responsibilities for each team member Utilize the data science life cycle (DSLC) to model essential processes and practices for delivering value Use sprints and storytelling to help your team stay on track and adapt to new knowledge Who This Book Is For Data science project managers and team leaders. The secondary readership is data scientists, DBAs, analysts, senior management, HR managers, and performance specialists.

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1484222539

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From Bleeding Edge to Leading Edge

A Builders Guide to Net Zero Homes

By: Doug Tarry Jr.

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From Bleeding Edge to Leading Edge

A Builders Guide to Net Zero Homes

By: Doug Tarry Jr.

“I’ve done complicated. It’s complicated.” Residential and commercial buildings account for 17% of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. In the United States, that figure is roughly 29%. Net Zero homes, which produce at least as much energy as they consume, will play a key role in the current global climate crisis by drastically reducing energy consumption in the housing sector. Doug Tarry is a leading international authority on Net Zero homes. His company, Doug Tarry Homes Limited, has certified more Net Zero / Net Zero Ready homes (over 500 and counting) than any other builder in Canada. The title of Doug’s book, “From Bleeding Edge to Leading Edge: A Builders Guide to Net Zero Homes”, refers to his complicated and sometimes painful journey to Net Zero. Throughout the book, Doug offers his first-hand experience on what has worked and what hasn’t in building Net Zero homes, along with expert advice from some of the industry’s leading builders, building scientists and energy consultants. Much has been written about the technical details of building high-performance homes – the “what”. This book goes further and deals with the “why” and the “how”, discussing topics such as holistic design, embodied carbon, the Four Principals of Modern Design, the 100-year home, and climate resiliency. Written in plain language and infused with humor and storytelling, this book is a must-read for builders, renovators, architects, municipal officials, industry stakeholders and home buyers - anyone interested in the future of home building. It will help builders and their teams get to Net Zero in less time, with far less cost and pain.

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FriesenPress

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1039174221

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To Do This, You Must Know How

Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet Tradition

By: Lynn Abbott,Doug Seroff

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To Do This, You Must Know How

Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet Tradition

By: Lynn Abbott,Doug Seroff

To Do This, You Must Know How traces black vocal music instruction and inspiration from the halls of Fisk University to the mining camps of Birmingham and Bessemer, Alabama, and on to Chicago and New Orleans. In the 1870s, the Original Fisk University Jubilee Singers successfully combined Negro spirituals with formal choral music disciplines and established a permanent bond between spiritual singing and music education. Early in the twentieth century there were countless initiatives in support of black vocal music training conducted on both national and local levels. The surge in black religious quartet singing that occurred in the 1920s owed much to this vocal music education movement. In Bessemer, Alabama, the effect of school music instruction was magnified by the emergence of community-based quartet trainers who translated the spirit and substance of the music education movement for the inhabitants of working-class neighborhoods. These trainers adapted standard musical precepts, traditional folk practices, and popular music conventions to create something new and vital Bessemer's musical values directly influenced the early development of gospel quartet singing in Chicago and New Orleans through the authority of emigrant trainers whose efforts bear witness to the effectiveness of “trickle down” black music education. A cappella gospel quartets remained prominent well into the 1950s, but by the end of the century the close harmony aesthetic had fallen out of practice, and the community-based trainers who were its champions had virtually disappeared, foreshadowing the end of this remarkable musical tradition.

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1496801628

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The Hustle

One Team and Ten Lives in Black and White

By: Doug Merlino

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The Hustle

One Team and Ten Lives in Black and White

By: Doug Merlino

Chronicles a social experiment through which wealthy white and disadvantaged African-American basketball athletes were put together to form a successful youth team that also enabled the black players to attend private school, revealing what became of them years later.

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1608192156

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A Fierce Vengeance

By: Doug Giacobbe

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A Fierce Vengeance

By: Doug Giacobbe

Man plans and God laughs… Alongside his fiancée, Carrie Marvin, Michael Callaway, former U.S. Customs Enforcement Agent, battled the devil and won, eliminating one of the world’s most dangerous drug dealers. But the man’s son, Derrick Drake, will make his father’s evil accomplishments look trivial. Drake wants only one thing. Vengeance. They murdered his father. Now they’re going to pay for it. An eye for an eye isn’t going to be enough to satisfy Drake. Everyone behind his father’s death is going to feel the same pain and rage they inflicted on him. He has a list. Callaway’s friends. Federal buildings. But his revenge begins with Callaway and Carrie. A hit man is taking out targets with uncanny precision. Is there a mole in the DEA? When Callaway’s beautiful plans are shattered, he’ll be sucked into in a vortex of fury with his own raging thirst for revenge, his “Boy Scout” reputation be damned. Judge. Jury. An executioner with no mercy. To hell with the law. How far into evil will a good man go to exact his own fierce vengeance?

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Doug Giacobbe

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0985885467

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12 Strong

The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers

By: Doug Stanton

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12 Strong

The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers

By: Doug Stanton

From the bestselling author of "In Harm's Way" comes a spectacular, harrowing, true-life soldiers' tale of struggle and triumph in the wake of the September 11 attacks. b&w photographs.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501178512

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Civil Rights in the USA, 1863-1980

By: David Paterson,Susan Willoughby,Doug Willoughby

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Civil Rights in the USA, 1863-1980

By: David Paterson,Susan Willoughby,Doug Willoughby

A study of civil rights in the USA, this text is designed to fulfil AS and A Level specifications. The AS section deals with narrative and explanation of the topic. There are extra notes, biography boxes and definitions in the margin, and summary boxes to help students assimilate the information.

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Heinemann

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0435327224

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9780435327224

Plastic: Death & Dolls #1

By: Doug Wagner

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Plastic: Death & Dolls #1

By: Doug Wagner

MINISERIES PREMIERE EVERYONEÕS FAVORITE SERIAL KILLER HAS RETURNED! Learn how Edwyn came to his first kill at 10 years old and how that set him on a blood-soaked path of decapitations, sporks, and dolls on his way to finding the one true love of his lifeÉa sex doll named Virginia.

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Wayfaring Strangers

The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia

By: Fiona Ritchie,Doug Orr

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Wayfaring Strangers

The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia

By: Fiona Ritchie,Doug Orr

From the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. They brought with them a wealth of traditional ballads and tunes from the British Isles and Ireland, a carrying stream that merged with sounds and songs of English, German, Welsh, African American, French, and Cherokee origin. Their enduring legacy of music flows today from Appalachia back to Ireland and Scotland and around the globe. Ritchie and Orr guide readers on a musical voyage across oceans, linking people and songs through centuries of adaptation and change.

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UNC Press Books

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1469666278

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Horse Soldiers

The Extraordinary Story of a Band of Special Forces Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan

By: Doug Stanton

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Horse Soldiers

The Extraordinary Story of a Band of Special Forces Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan

By: Doug Stanton

On September 11th, 2001 the world watched in terror. On September 12th, 2001 they volunteered to fight. Twelve soldiers gave us a reason to hope. THE DECLASSIFIED TRUE STORY OF THE HORSE SOLDIERS. This is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan immediately following September 11, 2001 and, riding to war on horses, defeated the Taliban. Outnumbered 40 to 1, they capture the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif, and thereby effectively defeat the Taliban throughout the rest of the country. They are welcomed as liberators as they ride on horses into the city, the streets thronged with Afghans overjoyed that the Taliban have been kicked out. The soldiers rest easy, as they feel they have accomplished their mission. And then, the action takes a wholly unexpected turn. During a surrender of Taliban troops, the Horse Soldiers are ambushed by the would-be P.O.W.s and, still dangerously outnumbered, they must fight for their lives in the city's ancient fortress known as Qala-I Janghi, or the House of War . . . Praise for Doug Stanton:- ‘A thrilling action ride of a book.’ New York Times ‘As gripping as the most intricately-plotted thriller.’ Vince Flynn ‘A riveting story of the brave and resourceful American warriors who rode into Afghanistan after 9/11 and waged war against Al Qaeda.’ Tom Brokaw ‘This reads like a cross between an old-fashioned Western and a modern spy thriller.’ Parade Magazine ‘Spellbinding...action-packed prose. The book reads more like a novel.’ USA Today

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Simon and Schuster

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1471108333

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With Our Good Will

30 Years of Shakespeare in Idaho

By: Doug Copsey

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With Our Good Will

30 Years of Shakespeare in Idaho

By: Doug Copsey

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This beautifully designed and written coffee table book provides a conversational, intimate, thorough and artful book about the evolution of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival.

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0870044567

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How to Survive America

A Prescription

By: D. L. Hughley,Doug Moe

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How to Survive America

A Prescription

By: D. L. Hughley,Doug Moe

The legendary comedian uses his “hilarious yet soul-shaking” humor to confront racism’s unjust impact on the health and wellbeing of Blacks and minorities (Black Enterprise). White people love survival guides, but have you noticed they’re always about ridiculous activities in locations far from home. You know who really needs a survival guide? Black and brown Americans. For surviving their own damn country! Minority populations wake up every day in a battle for their health and safety. Thankfully, legendary activist-comedian D. L. Hughley offers How to Survive America, a fearless satire that exposes racism’s unjust toll on our bodies and minds. Even before COVID-19 disproportionately impacted minority communities, life expectancy for Blacks was a full three years less than for white Americans. The very air we breathe is more polluted, our water is more contaminated, our local food options are toxic, and our jobs are underpaid. Despite the obvious need, the quality of our health care is tragically inadequate. Our communities are statistically less safe than the average, and yet we’re terrorized by the law-enforcement and criminal-justice systems that are supposed to protect us, sending Blacks to prison at five times the rate of whites. Not least, our means of addressing these injustices—voting—is perennially under assault. It’s enough to drive you crazy. Well, guess what? According to Cigna, Blacks are 20 percent more likely to report “psychological distress” yet “50 percent less likely to receive counseling or mental health treatment.” It’s almost like the entire country has been structured with no regard for our welfare. Hmmm. Whether you’re Black, white, brown, or Asian, don’t leave home without arming yourself with How to Survive America!

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HarperCollins

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0063072777

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9780063072770

Networking for Dummies

By: Doug Lowe

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Networking for Dummies

By: Doug Lowe

New material on Internet telephony, security upgrades, and more! Here's how to build and manage a network, from the basics to the latest tools and trends Got to get the office networked by next Friday? Leave the computer science PhD for another day and pick up this easy guide. This book takes you through hardware, operating systems, connecting, network management, security, and all the other information you need to tap into the power of modern networking! Build a network from the ground up Use cables, routers, and other hardware Optimize performance Secure your network Manage network use Use the latest storage and backup tools

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1568846185

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9781568846187

Internet Explorer 4 For Windows? For Dummies?

By: Doug Lowe

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Internet Explorer 4 For Windows? For Dummies?

By: Doug Lowe

Free Internet Explorer 4 "Cheat Sheet" Inside! Connect to the Internet and Roam the Web Effortlessly with the New Features Included in Internet Explorer 4! Microsoft is taking the online world by storm with Internet Explorer 4, its newest software for accessing the Information Superhighway. Internet Explorer 4 For Windows® For Dummies® shows you how to access the World Wide Web, newsgroups, e-mail, chat rooms, and more. Inside, find easy-to-understand explanations for using all of Internet Explorer's features and get the information you really need to browse the Web like a pro! Ask for IDG Books' …For Dummies® Books, the Fun and Easy Way to Find Out About Computers. Also look for IDG Books' Internet For Dummies®, 4th Edition, the fun and easy way to get up and running on the Net, and The Web After Work For Dummies®, 2nd Edition, the fast and friendly way to browse the Web for fun. Inside, find helpful advice on how to: Get online fast and make Internet Explorer your Web browser Explore the Web with Internet Explorer's new Search bar Integrate the Web and the Windows 95 desktop with the Active Desktop Keep your favorite Web sites close at hand using Favorites and the Links toolbar Set Parental Controls to ensure appropriate Web viewing for all members of your family — choose from five rating levels Subscribe to the hottest new Internet channels so that information is delivered straight to your desktop Chat with Internet users around the globe — comic-book style — with Microsoft Chat Use the new Outlook Express program for e-mail and newsgroups Meet online with NetMeeting to combine voice and video Add hot new Dynamic HTML features to your site

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0764501216

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Essential Cubs

Chicago Cubs Facts, Feats, and Firsts-- from the Batter's Box to the Bullpen to the Bleachers

By: Doug Myers

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Essential Cubs

Chicago Cubs Facts, Feats, and Firsts-- from the Batter's Box to the Bullpen to the Bleachers

By: Doug Myers

This informative and entertaining review of more than 100 years of Chicago Cubs baseball is a grand slam for any Cubs fan. Myers covers the most memorable moments, greatest performances, and oddest quirks in the team's history.

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0809226103

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Cracking the GRE Literature Test

By: Doug McMullen

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Cracking the GRE Literature Test

By: Doug McMullen

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the GRE Literature Test is very different from getting straight A's in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about literature- only the techniques you'll need to score higher on the test. "There's a big difference," In "Cracking the GRE Literature Test," we'll teach you how to think like the test writers and - Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you - Raise your score by focusing on the material most likely to appear on the test - Study our brief summaries of major literary works and figures - Review our introduction to literary terms, verse forms, and schools of criticism This book includes one full-length, practice GRE Literature Test. All of our practice questions are like the ones you'll see on the actual GRE Literature Test, and we fully explain every solution.

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037576268X

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The Doors

Artistic Vision : Their Vision of America and Life Portrayed in Their Six Studio Albums

By: Doug Sundling,Diana Bittner

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The Doors

Artistic Vision : Their Vision of America and Life Portrayed in Their Six Studio Albums

By: Doug Sundling,Diana Bittner

Fashions together the patterns in the music and lyrics, sharing stories that inspired the songs, as endorsed by the remaining members.

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Sanctuary Publishing

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1860741398

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The Power of Prayerful Living

Healing Prayers and Spiritual Guidance That Bring Joy to Every Part of Your Life

By: Doug Hill

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The Power of Prayerful Living

Healing Prayers and Spiritual Guidance That Bring Joy to Every Part of Your Life

By: Doug Hill

Spiritual Advice for All of Life's Challenges More than ever in this frenetic world, we need support in all stages of life. So, like the old local pastor whom people called on in times of joy, crisis, or anxiety, this glorious book comes along to provide a wealth of spiritual and emotional nourishment. Open these pages and listen to an ensemble of respected spiritual authorities offer advice, wisdom, and prayers to address more than 60 of life's difficulties, from managing daily stress to coping with a terminal illness. * On Being a Prayerful Citizen: Pray for change, stand up for what's right, and start pitching in. * On Coping with Financial Crises: Change your spending habits and trust in God. If Job can find a way back, so can you. * On Dating: Don't expect divine matchmaking, but if you're open, God will help you discern what you need in a partner. * On Caring for an Aging Parent: Gently ask how you can help, then do what feels right for both of you. With practical guidance on these and many more life situations, plus moving accounts of real-life prayer miracles, this precious volume will prepare you to face whatever tomorrow brings, in loving connection with God.

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Daybreak Books

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1579544606

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9781579544607

RICH MEDIA STU,

By: Kristian Besley,Sham Bhangal,Murat Bodur,Kevyn Smith,Mike Tucker,Paul Logan,Tania Aleo,Martin Dahlhauser,Fred Fauquette,Doug McDermott,Keran McKenzie,Alex Ogle,Mark Welland,Jorge Diogo,Robin Mackay,Alex MacLeod

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With its low bandwidth and tiny file sizes, it is often wrongly assumed that sound and video can never achieve a really high level of sophistication in Flash animations. With competitive motion graphics techniques rapidly evolving, there is a constantly growing demand for the next stage in sophisticated design—video and sound. This book will do exactly what they said wasn't possible by illustrating how video and sound can be integrated into your Flash presentations, placing you at the extreme edge of creative web design. The application of such tools as AfterEffects, QuickTime, SoundForge and Wildform test the boundaries of Flash and suggest ways to take sound and video beyond Flash and into the realm of Shockwave. Showing you how to break your site down and incorporate video and sound, the techniques covered in this book capitalise on the capabilities of Flash, whilst tackling its limitations head-on. It will then look at how to take web video and sound a step further with Shockwave presentations. What you’ll learnWho this book is for All Flash designers who appreciate the need to use sound and video in order to stay ahead in the motion web graphics sector. Readers of other friends of ED Flash Studio titles who want to take the next step towards becoming "New Masters".

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Apress

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1903450640

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9781903450642

Love Full Circle

The Golden Rule

By: Doug McIntosh,Paula McIntosh

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Love Full Circle

The Golden Rule

By: Doug McIntosh,Paula McIntosh

With stories and application that reflect his pastor's heart, Doug McIntosh shows how you can enlarge your soul by loving others. Discover the joys of faithfully following the most precious rule of all in Love Full Circle.

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0802466478

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PowerPoint for Windows 95 for Dummies

By: Doug Lowe

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PowerPoint for Windows 95 for Dummies

By: Doug Lowe

Want to give a dynamic presentation, but don't have the foggiest idea what to say or how to say it. PowerPoint X for Dummies will help the user prepare better content and deliver it with pizzazz using this great presentation package. It is filled with great tips and techniques for creating powerful professional looking presentations.

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1568849311

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