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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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PowerPoint 2003 for Dummies

By: Doug Lowe

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PowerPoint 2003 for Dummies

By: Doug Lowe

Do most slide show put you right to sleep? Do you want to put on a killer presentation that will blow your audience away, but you’re not quite sure how to compose one? With PowerPoint 2003 For Dummies, you can make your slides come alive with video, sound, and animations that will leave your audience cheering for more. PowerPoint is one of the standard components of Microsoft Office. With over 120 million users worldwide, it is one of the most popular presentation programs available. It is highly versatile and can be used in many events including: Conferences Class lessons and lectures Business meetings Seminars PowerPoint 2003 For Dummies lays down the basic functions to help you get started creating great slides, as well as some tips and tricks for improving your presentation. Chapters focus on useful topics like: Inserting texts, visuals, and notes in your slides Editing content and images Importing data from other applications Working with hyperlinks and action buttons Creating Web pages from your slides Presenting your slides online Designing your own images for slides Adding video, animation, and sound Troubleshooting, such as using the Assistant, repairs, and online resources This book also shows you how to run projectors, present shows with a mouse and computer, time your slides, and more! Penned by a leading expert in computers, this quick and easy guide is sure to not only familiarize you with PowerPoint but also have you taking command, designing beautiful and creative slides and effective presentations that everyone in your audience will love.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118053273

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Rise, Decline and Renewal

The Democratic Party in Maine

By: Doug Rooks

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Rise, Decline and Renewal

The Democratic Party in Maine

By: Doug Rooks

Rise, Decline and Renewal tells the remarkable story of the Maine Democratic Party – how it suddenly rose from irrelevance in 1954 with the election of Governor Ed Muskie, successfully challenged the ruling Republican Party over the next two decades, and initiated a creative period of wide-ranging reforms that produced a model government for a state long perceived as a cultural and economic backwater. Prosperity was clouded by leadership failures, however, then succeeded by political and institutional decline. The vision that had once galvanized Democrats faded, elected officials clung to power, and legislators failed to provide good representation for the citizens who’d empowered them. The final chapters describe how Maine’s largest political party can again seize the initiative, energize a new generation of young people, and govern in the public interest once more.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0761870199

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9780761870197

Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War

By: Doug Gordon

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Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War

By: Doug Gordon

This book describes how the United States Air Force tactical reconnaissance units operated from the end of World War II until the 1970s. This was an immensely active period that also included major conflicts in Korea and Vietnam. It was also a period of rapid technological development in aircraft and photographic techniques. The book includes the following: Introduction: The post war period in Europe and the East. The Korean Conflict and the role of the 67th TRW from 1950 to 1954. The role of the highly secret RF-86 missions over Red China and the Soviet Far East in the early to mid '50s. Also the RB-57A missions out of Bitburg and Yokota flying clandestinely over the Soviet Union and the RF-100A missions that were flown over the Soviet Union from Turkey, Rhine Maine and Yokota. United States Air Forces in Europe. The Cuban Missile Crisis and the role of the RF-101 Voodoos and RB-66s. Highly Illustrated with 164 colour & 221 Mono photos, 13 colour profiles and 9 colour insignia. Profiles designed by Robbie Robson.

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Pen and Sword

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1844153320

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In Search of Mycotopia

Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms

By: Doug Bierend

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In Search of Mycotopia

Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms

By: Doug Bierend

“Mushrooms are having a moment. [A] natural sequel for the many readers who enjoyed Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life.”—Library Journal “Bierend writes with sensual verve and specificity, enthusiasm, and humor. . . . [He] introduces us to the staggering variety of mushrooms, their mystery, their funk, and the way they captivate our imaginations.”—The Boston Globe “Nothing is impossible if you bring mushrooms into your life, and reading this book is a great way to begin your journey.”—Tradd Cotter, author of Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation From ecology to fermentation, in pop culture and in medicine—mushrooms are everywhere. With an explorer’s eye, author Doug Bierend guides readers through the weird, wonderful world of fungi and the amazing mycological movement. In Search of Mycotopia introduces us to an incredible, essential, and oft-overlooked kingdom of life—fungi—and all the potential it holds for our future, through the work and research being done by an unforgettable community of mushroom-mad citizen scientists and microbe devotees. This entertaining and mind-expanding book will captivate readers who are curious about the hidden worlds and networks that make up our planet. Bierend uncovers a vanguard of mycologists: growers, independent researchers, ecologists, entrepreneurs, and amateur enthusiasts exploring and advocating for fungi’s capacity to improve and heal. From decontaminating landscapes and waterways to achieving food security, In Search of Mycotopia demonstrates how humans can work with fungi to better live with nature—and with one another. “Comprehensive and enthusiastic. . . . This fascinating, informative look into a unique subculture and the fungi at its center is a real treat.”—Publishers Weekly “If you enjoyed Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life . . . I highly recommend this book. . . . In the vein of Louis Theroux, Bierend journeys deep in the wonderfully strange subculture of the mushroom-mad.”—Idler magazine "Engaging and entertaining. . . .Bierend proves his skill as a science journalist through interviews and experiences shared with mushroom experts and citizen scientists."—Choice

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Chelsea Green Publishing

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1603589805

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Let There Be Light

Saving Ourselves and Our Planet Through a Global Social Compact

By: Doug Irmen

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Let There Be Light

Saving Ourselves and Our Planet Through a Global Social Compact

By: Doug Irmen

The potentially catastrophic problems we face in the world today are the result of a massive spiritual failure. Too many of us appear to have forgotten the real purpose we were born for in the first place, which at its most basic level is to love and nurture ourselves and the earth. But we’re not really loving and nurturing when we cause the environment to decline and the climate to become inhospitable, when we keep wasting money and resources by amassing petrifying weapons to fight horrific wars, when we fail to take care of the weak, and when we demonize each other with so much vitriol that nothing effective seems to get done. We are out of control as a species. Let There Be Light: Saving Ourselves and Our Planet Through a Global Social Compact proposes that we “tame the savageness of man” by using the internet to adopt a universal Social Compact—a grass-roots spiritual and political movement that would operate as a Light Network to connect like-minded people around the world in an urgent crusade to reverse the course their governments and societies have put them on. Our Social Compact will funnel the core goodness we all have within us into a metaphorical ball of Light that beams out the conscience of mankind. A conscience that says NO MORE to our current failure to get along and cooperate. A conscience that will overwhelm our governments and societies with the message that NOW IS THE TIME for us to truly achieve the universal desire of mankind, which is first of all to survive, and then to come together to love and respect all life on earth. The Light Network website www.lightnetwork.me is now under construction. Although the Light Network will not be a formal legal entity, its work will nonetheless be continuously felt throughout the world. It will be a relentless force that tracks the issues that threaten our world and then shines its spiritual message onto the efforts that will be essential if we are to take back control of our destiny.

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Outskirts Press

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1977236456

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Now You Know Absolutely Everything

Absolutely every Now You Know book in a single ebook

By: Doug Lennox

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Now You Know Absolutely Everything

Absolutely every Now You Know book in a single ebook

By: Doug Lennox

This bundle presents Doug Lennox’s popular trivia book series in its entirety. These books will provide years and years of fun, with countless questions to be asked and tons of knowledge to be learned. The books cover general trivia but also such topics as sports (baseball, hockey, football, golf, soccer, among others), Christmas and the Bible, disasters and harsh weather, royal figures, crime and criminology, important people in Canada’s history, and so much more! Along the way we find out the answers to such questions as: Why do the British drive on the left and North Americans on the right? What football team was named after a Burt Reynolds character? Who started the first forensics laboratory? Which member of the British royal family competed at the Olympics? Lennox’s exhaustive series is fun for all ages. Includes Now You Know Now You Know More Now You Know Almost Everything Now You Know, Volume 4 Now You Know Big Book of Answers Now You Know Christmas Now You Know Big Book of Answers 2 Now You Know Golf Now You Know Hockey Now You Know Soccer Now You Know Football Now You Know Big Book of Sports Now You Know Baseball Now You Know Crime Scenes Now You Know Extreme Weather Now You Know Disasters Now You Know Pirates Now You Know Royalty Now You Know Canada’s Heroes Now You Know The Bible

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Dundurn

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145972478X

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9781459724785

Living is A Problem

By: Doug Johnstone

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Living is A Problem

By: Doug Johnstone

Drones, gangland vendettas, a missing choir singer, disturbances in the cemetery, PTSD, panpsychism, and secrets from the past ... This can ONLY mean one thing! The Skelfs are back, and things are as nail-biting, tense and warmly funny as ever! `The persistence of love in the Skelf household, no matter what fate flings at it, is reassuring and life-affirming´ The Times `The Skelfs feel like family – their joys are my joys, their pains are my pain ... Edinburgh's favourite family, bringing darkness and delight´ Val McDermid `Another wonderful entry in one of the finest crime series out there. I remain a happily hopeless Skelfaholic´ Mark Billingham _______________ The Skelf women are back on an even keel after everything they've been through. But when a funeral they're conducting is attacked by a drone, Jenny fears they're in the middle of an Edinburgh gangland vendetta. At the same time, Yana, a Ukrainian member of the refugee choir that plays with Dorothy's band, has gone missing. Searching for her leads Dorothy into strange and ominous territory. And Brodie, the newest member of the extended Skelf family, comes to Hannah with a case: Something or someone has been disturbing the grave of his stillborn son. Everything is changing for the Skelfs ... Dorothy's boyfriend Thomas is suffering PTSD after previous violent trauma, Jenny and Archie are becoming close, and Hannah's case leads her to consider the curious concept of panpsychism, which brings new danger ... while ghosts from the family's past return to threaten their very lives. Funny, shocking and profound, Living Is a Problem is the highly anticipated sixth instalment of the unforgettable Skelfs series – shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Novel and Theakston Old Peculier Crime Book of the Year – where life and death become intertwined more than ever before... _______________ `A series that keeps getting better and better. Readers have come not only to know the Skelf family but care for them too, which makes their increasingly dangerous predicaments all the more thrilling´ Scots Whay Hae Praise for The Skelfs series **SHORTLISTED for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Book of the Year** **SHORTLISTED for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Novel** `Some of the best female characters in crime fiction´ Sarah Hilary `If you loved Iain Banks, you'll devour the Skelfs series´ Erin Kelly `An addictive blend of Case Histories and Six Feet Under´ Chris Brookmyre `Wonderful characters: flawed, funny and brave´ Sunday Times `Underlines just how accomplished Johnstone has become´ Daily Mail `Johnstone never fails to entertain whilst packing a serious emotional punch´ Gytha Lodge `An engrossing and beautifully written tale´ Herald Scotland `One of the greats of Scottish crime fiction´ Luca Veste `Gripping and blackly humorous´ Observer `A must for those seeking strong, authentic, intelligent female protagonists´ Publishers Weekly

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Orenda Books

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1916788270

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9781916788275

The Metaphysics of the Model

Values Within/Toward the Attitude and Approach of Life

By: Doug Eiderzen

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The Metaphysics of the Model

Values Within/Toward the Attitude and Approach of Life

By: Doug Eiderzen

In summary, the book puts in arrangement with and is for the educator, parent, and child. The subsequent application of each element should be incorporated within the lesson as a function or instructional strategy. There should be the education which accomplishes and, then, a purpose applied to each. The key is the all encompassing reason to objective. The lesson, as to subject relevance, should contain the elements of that which must be taught and mastered. Also, rudiments and essentials of the lesson must be integrated into the teaching strategy and instructional method. Learned principles should be incorporated to a precise rule in the approach and objective for the impression and affiliation of life. All directs itself for the child moving toward his and her endurance and continued existence in the awareness of life. Therefore, all is consummated.

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1449054811

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The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing – Fifth Canadian Edition

By: Doug Babington,Corey Frost,Don LePan,Maureen Okun,Nora Ruddock, Karen Weingarten

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The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing – Fifth Canadian Edition

By: Doug Babington,Corey Frost,Don LePan,Maureen Okun,Nora Ruddock, Karen Weingarten

The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing presents essential material from the full Broadview Guide to Writing. Included are key grammatical points, a glossary of usage, advice on various forms of academic writing, coverage of punctuation and writing mechanics, and helpful advice on how to research academic papers. MLA, APA, and Chicago styles of citation and documentation are covered, and each has been revised to include the latest updates. A companion website provides a wealth of interactive exercises, information on the CSE style of citation and documentation, and much more.

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Broadview Press

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1770488146

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Jazz Matters

Reflections on the Music & Some of Its Makers

By: Doug Ramsey,Douglas K. Ramsey

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Jazz Matters

Reflections on the Music & Some of Its Makers

By: Doug Ramsey,Douglas K. Ramsey

Rich in anecdote and insight, Jazz Matters is a collection of essays, profiles, and reviews, by Doug Ramsey, an observer of jazz and its musicians for more than 30 years.

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University of Arkansas Press

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1557280614

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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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Florida's Fishing Legends and Pioneers

By: Doug Kelly

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Florida's Fishing Legends and Pioneers

By: Doug Kelly

As one of the most lauded fishing destinations in the United States, boasting world records on varieties of fish, Florida has proven irresistible to the world’s top anglers for more than 100 years. Florida’s Fishing Legends and Pioneers systematically chronicles the exploits of the most influential men and women of the sport throughout the state. Chosen by Doug Kelly for their contributions to the techniques, equipment, and strategies of fishing--and often radiating colorful personalities--these "hall of fame" legends and pioneers have helped preserve the Sunshine State as a top fishing destination that currently draws nearly five million anglers to its bountiful waters each year. Interviews with such current angling luminaries as Lefty Kreh, Stu Apte, Mark Sosin, Joan Salvato Wulff, Roland Martin, Guy Harvey, Al Pflueger Jr., and a number of other renowned figures are found throughout the book. Organized chronologically, this intelligent and captivating book provides readers a greater and more accurate perspective on how recreational fishing in Florida evolved over more than a century. It also features rare historical information and photographs from past decades. Florida’s Fishing Legends and Pioneers is for everyone, from novice to master, who loves fishing!

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University Press of Florida

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0813059038

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9780813059037

Cardboard Classroom

A Design-Thinking Guide for Elementary Teachers (The best educators’ resource for design thinking with comprehensive examples)

By: Doug Robertson,Jennifer Borgioli Binis

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Cardboard Classroom

A Design-Thinking Guide for Elementary Teachers (The best educators’ resource for design thinking with comprehensive examples)

By: Doug Robertson,Jennifer Borgioli Binis

A design-minded teacher facilitates learning that is flexible, creative, and collaborative—with a healthy mix of critical thinking, trial and error, failure, and success. In The Cardboard Classroom, authors Doug Robertson and Jennifer Borgioli Binis offer practical guidance and sample projects developed from Robertson’s authentic classroom experiences to help you find space for this engaging approach to instruction in your daily practice. Elementary educators will: Discover why design thinking is more the identity of the teacher than instructional strategy Learn how design-minded teaching advances student learning and improves engagement Study real-world examples and experiences of the design process in action Receive comprehensive examples of projects you can utilize and adapt to fit your classroom’s needs Obtain reproducible tools and templates to enhance your understanding of the material Contents Preface Introduction: Lighting and Thunder Part 1: Overview of Design-Minded Teaching Chapter 1: What Does Design-Minded Thinking Mean? Part 2: Design-Minded Teaching in Practice Chapter 2: Define—What’s the Problem? What’s the Goal? Chapter 3: Design—How Can We Solve the Problem? Chapter 4: Build—How Do We Create a Solution? Chapter 5: Test and Revise—What Happens When We Try Out the Solution and Respond to Data? Chapter 6: Reflect—What Did We Learn? Chapter 7: Putting It Into Practice Part 3: Becoming a Design-Minded Teacher Chapter 8: Specific Designs Chapter 9: Assessment in the Design-Minded Classrooms Chapter 10: Cure-Alls, Buy-Ins, and Trust Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) References and Resources Index

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Solution Tree Press

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1952812569

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9781952812569

Now You Know Crime Scenes

The Little Book of Answers

By: Doug Lennox

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Now You Know Crime Scenes

The Little Book of Answers

By: Doug Lennox

With hit cop TV dramas like the various CSI and Law and Order shows, Bones and Criminal Minds. everybody seems to think they’re a forensics expert. But what do we really know? Now, with Now You Know Crime Scenes, we can all get the dope on: How long does it really take to analyze a DNA sample? Who started the first forensics laboratory? Who invented criminal profiling? How do you do a walk-through?

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Dundurn

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1554882486

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Creative Bible Lessons from the Life of Christ

12 Ready-to-Use Bible Lessons for Your Youth Group

By: Doug Fields

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Creative Bible Lessons from the Life of Christ

12 Ready-to-Use Bible Lessons for Your Youth Group

By: Doug Fields

Do you want to teach solid Biblical truth to your kids without their eyes glazing over as soon as you say "open your Bibles"? Now you can, with Creative Bible Lessons on the Life of Christ. Veteran youth worker and Bible teacher Doug Fields has crafted 12 lively, ready-to-use lessons that actually make it fun to dig into Scripture. Fields utilizes creative learning techniques to spark your kids' interest and keep them actively involved in each lesson, including: - Learning games . . . - Hilarious handouts - Art projects anyone can do . . . Challenging simulations - Thought-provoking worksheets . . . - Skits and role-plays These techniques are built into clear, easy-to-use lessons that keep your kids active as they absorb the Biblical truth of each lesson. Fields also provides you with a brief teaching outline in each lesson that you can present to bring the message home. Best of all, these lessons are so complete, they require very little preparation time. You'll be able to build quality, creative Bible teaching into your busy schedule -- with Creative Bible Lessons on the Life of Christ.12 lessons.

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HarperChristian Resources

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0310854075

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9780310854074

Understanding Aerodynamics

Arguing from the Real Physics

By: Doug McLean

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Understanding Aerodynamics

Arguing from the Real Physics

By: Doug McLean

Much-needed, fresh approach that brings a greater insight into the physical understanding of aerodynamics Based on the author’s decades of industrial experience with Boeing, this book helps students and practicing engineers to gain a greater physical understanding of aerodynamics. Relying on clear physical arguments and examples, Mclean provides a much-needed, fresh approach to this sometimes contentious subject without shying away from addressing "real" aerodynamic situations as opposed to the oversimplified ones frequently used for mathematical convenience. Motivated by the belief that engineering practice is enhanced in the long run by a robust understanding of the basics as well as real cause-and-effect relationships that lie behind the theory, he provides intuitive physical interpretations and explanations, debunking commonly-held misconceptions and misinterpretations, and building upon the contrasts provided by wrong explanations to strengthen understanding of the right ones. Provides a refreshing view of aerodynamics that is based on the author’s decades of industrial experience yet is always tied to basic fundamentals. Provides intuitive physical interpretations and explanations, debunking commonly-held misconceptions and misinterpretations Offers new insights to some familiar topics, for example, what the Biot-Savart law really means and why it causes so much confusion, what “Reynolds number” and “incompressible flow” really mean, and a real physical explanation for how an airfoil produces lift. Addresses "real" aerodynamic situations as opposed to the oversimplified ones frequently used for mathematical convenience, and omits mathematical details whenever the physical understanding can be conveyed without them.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119967511

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9781119967514

PowerPoint 2013 For Dummies

By: Doug Lowe

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PowerPoint 2013 For Dummies

By: Doug Lowe

Get up and running with this full-color guide to PowerPoint 2013! PowerPoint, the number one presentation software, has been revised and improved with the introduction of Microsoft Office 2013. With this all-new, full-color book by your side, you will learn how to take full advantage of all of PowerPoint's powerful and dynamic capabilities. Bestselling veteran For Dummies, author Doug Lowe breaks it all down so that you can create a powerful and effective slideshow presentation with the new wide-screen theme and variant that incorporates videos, pictures, and shapes, and allows you to create customized icons using powerful tools. Shows you how to create presentations with pizzazz using the new collection of themes, and then helps you align shapes, text boxes, and graphics Zeroes in on all of PowerPoint's updated features, such as zooming in and out smoothly, switch slides easily (in or out of sequence), and projecting to a second screen Explains how to Place and track comments next to the text you're discussing so everyone can see who replied to whom, and when Highlights ways to work with hyperlinks, create web pages with PowerPoint, video edit, and much more PowerPoint 2013 For Dummies points you to the power of this updated application so that you can create effective and impressive presentations.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118502604

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If You Will Lead

Enduring Wisdom for 21st-Century Leaders

By: Doug Moran

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If You Will Lead

Enduring Wisdom for 21st-Century Leaders

By: Doug Moran

Management guide that uses Rudyard Kipling's poem "If--" to define leadership qualities. Uses great leaders of the past as examples of these leadership principals"--Provided by publisher.

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Agate Publishing

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193284158X

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9781932841589

Southwest Train Robberies

Hijacking the Tracks along the Southern Corridor

By: Doug Hocking

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Southwest Train Robberies

Hijacking the Tracks along the Southern Corridor

By: Doug Hocking

In 1854, the United States acquired the roughly 30,000-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico from Mexico as part of the Gadsden Purchase. This new Southern Corridor was ideal for train routes from Texas to California, and soon tracks were laid for the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe rail lines. Shipping goods by train was more efficient, and for desperate outlaws and opportunistic lawmen, robbing trains was high-risk, high-reward. The Southern Corridor was the location of sixteen train robberies between 1883 and 1922. It was also the homebase of cowboy-turned-outlaw Black Jack Ketchum’s High Five Gang. Most of these desperadoes rode the rails to Arizona’s Cochise County on the US-Mexico border where locals and lawmen alike hid them from discovery. Both Wyatt Earp and Texas John Slaughter tried to clean them out, but it took the Arizona Rangers to finish the job. It was a time and place where posses were as likely to get arrested as the bandits. Some of the Rangers and some of Slaughter’s deputies were train robbers. When rewards were offered there were often so many claimants that only the lawyers came out ahead. Southwest Train Robberies chronicles the train heists throughout the region at the turn of the twentieth century, and the robbers who pulled off these train jobs with daring, deceit, and plain dumb luck! Many of these blundering outlaws escaped capture by baffling law enforcement. One outlaw crew had their own caboose, Number 44, and the railroad shipped them back and forth between Tucson and El Paso while they scouted locations. Legend says one gang disappeared into Colossal Cave to split the loot leaving the posse out front while they divided the cash and escaped out another entrance. The antics of these outlaws inspired Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to blow up an express car and to run out guns blazing into the fire of a company of soldiers.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493071114

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9781493071111

Cracking The Gre Literature In English Subject Test, 6th Edition

By: Doug McMullen

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Cracking The Gre Literature In English Subject Test, 6th Edition

By: Doug McMullen

Each test-preparation handbook is designed to help students achieve high scores on a particular exam and includes thorough reviews of the subject matter, practice questions with detailed answer explanations and helpful test-taking skills.

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All the Presidents' Children

Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families

By: Doug Wead

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Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families

By: Doug Wead

Biographical sketches of the children of the presidents from the time of George Washington to the present.

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Modern Business Management

Creating a Built-to-Change Organization

By: Doug Dockery,Laureen Knudsen

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Modern Business Management

Creating a Built-to-Change Organization

By: Doug Dockery,Laureen Knudsen

Transform your entire organization, not just a part of it. Take a modern look now that the world is focusing on business agility rather than thinking about team-level or even scaled Agile. Many people and businesses believe that “doing Agile” will solve all their business and organizational problems. The truth is that “doing Agile”, especially team-level agility, is not the same as being an agile organization. Authors Doug Dockery and Laureen Knudsen share their years of experience in transforming corporations and organizations to successfully compete and win in today’s fast-paced markets. Using proven techniques and stories of actual experiences in a multitude of organizations, Doug and Laureen relate what it takes to successfully transform your organization, as well as how to tell if your transformation is working. Modern Business Management details what you need to know to transform your business to deliver value and thrive. Coverage includes: What Agile means to an executive and the benefits you should be seeing The top failure modes and why so many transformations fail A framework for success, including an operational framework and a transformation framework How big data internal to a company is needed to successfully run a world-wide corporation today The definition of a modern business and what it looks like What You’ll learn Understand why businesses are not getting the benefits out of their current Agile transformation Follow the process that organizations need to go through to succeed See how C-level executives can benefit from Agile practices Know how to succeed where others are failing Discover how to keep up with a constantly disrupted and ever-changing market Who This Book Is For Management and executives in corporations from the director level to the C-level

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1484232615

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Now You Know — Giant Disaster Trivia Bundle

Now You Know Crime Scenes / Now You Know Extreme Weather / Now You Know Disasters

By: Doug Lennox

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Now You Know — Giant Disaster Trivia Bundle

Now You Know Crime Scenes / Now You Know Extreme Weather / Now You Know Disasters

By: Doug Lennox

Presenting three books in the popular and exhaustive trivia series. This collection takes a trip to the dark side of crime and disaster that is educational and informative. Lennox answers such questions as: How long does it really take to analyze a DNA sample? Who started the first forensics laboratory? What makes a perfect storm perfect? How did the Halifax Explosion occur? What was the world’s worst airplane crash? The answers may surprise you. Includes Now You Know Extreme Weather Now You Know Crime Scenes Now You Know Disasters

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Dundurn

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1459724763

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Literary Journalism in British and American Prose

An Historical Overview

By: Doug Underwood

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Literary Journalism in British and American Prose

An Historical Overview

By: Doug Underwood

The debate surrounding "fake news" versus "real" news is nothing new. From Jonathan Swift's work as an acerbic, anonymous journal editor-turned-novelist to reporter Mark Twain's hoax stories to Mary Ann Evans' literary reviews written under her pseudonym, George Eliot, famous journalists and literary figures have always mixed fact, imagination and critical commentary to produce memorable works. Contrasting the rival yet complementary traditions of "literary" or "new" journalism in Britain and the U.S., this study explores the credibility of some of the "great" works of English literature.

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McFarland

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The Opposite of Lonely

By: Doug Johnstone

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The Opposite of Lonely

By: Doug Johnstone

A body lost at sea, arson, murder, astronauts, wind phones, communal funerals and existential angst ... This can ONLY mean one thing! The Skelfs are back, and things are as tense, unnerving and warmly funny as ever! The Skelf women are recovering from the cataclysmic events that nearly claimed their lives. Their funeral-director and private-investigation businesses are back on track, and their cases are as perplexing as ever. Matriarch Dorothy looks into a suspicious fire at a travelers' site, and takes a grieving, homeless man under her wing. Daughter Jenny is searching for her missing sister-in-law, who disappeared in tragic circumstances, while grand-daughter Hannah is asked to investigate increasingly dangerous conspiracy theorists, who are targeting a retired female astronaut ... putting her own life at risk. With a body lost at sea, funerals for those with no one to mourn them, reports of strange happenings in outer space, a funeral crasher with a painful secret, and a violent attack on one of the family, The Skelfs face their most personal – and perilous – cases yet. Doing things their way may cost them everything... Tense, unnerving and warmly funny, The Opposite of Lonely is the hugely anticipated fifth installment in the unforgettable Skelfs series, and this time, danger comes from everywhere...

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Orenda Books

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191458581X

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Judicial Rhapsodies

Rhetoric and Fundamental Rights in the Supreme Court

By: Doug Coulson

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Judicial Rhapsodies

Rhetoric and Fundamental Rights in the Supreme Court

By: Doug Coulson

All judges legitimize their decisions in writing, but US Supreme Court justices depend on public acceptance to a unique degree. Previous studies of judicial opinions have explored rhetorical strategies that produce legitimacy, but none have examined the laudatory, even operatic, forms of writing Supreme Court justices have used to justify fundamental rights decisions. Doug Coulson demonstrates that such “judicial rhapsodies” are not an aberration but a central feature of judicial discourse. First examining the classical origins of divisions between law and rhetoric, Coulson tracks what he calls an epideictic register—highly affective forms of expression that utilize hyperbole, amplification, and vocabularies of praise—through a surprising number of landmark Supreme Court opinions. Judicial Rhapsodies recovers and revalues these instances as significant to establishing and maintaining shared perspectives that form the basis for common experience and cooperation. “Judicial Rhapsodies is both compelling and important. Coulson brings his well-developed knowledge of rhetoric to bear on one of the most central (and most democratically fraught) means of governance in the United States: the Supreme Court opinion. He demonstrates that the epideictic, far from being a dispensable or detestable element of judicial rhetoric, is an essential feature of how the Court operates and seeks to persuade.” —Keith Bybee, Syracuse University

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Amherst College Press

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1943208476

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Words that Work

Business Writing at Its Best

By: Doug Davin,Diana Morris

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Words that Work

Business Writing at Its Best

By: Doug Davin,Diana Morris

Jumpstart any business writing task and see it through to its most focused, persusive, and breakthrough-building end.

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Breakthrough Skills

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1891019279

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Live and Let Live

Seeking Emotional Sobriety

By: Doug S.

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Live and Let Live

Seeking Emotional Sobriety

By: Doug S.

With over 36 years sober, Doug accepted the challenge made by Bill Wilson, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, to seek solutions for going beyond a “booze cure” and work to achieve emotional sobriety and maturity. “Live and Let Live” is needed now more than ever before. People are divided: red vs. blue, maskers vs. no maskers, build a wall vs. open borders, defund the police vs. curb the violence. There has never been a better time For all of us to get along with others. All those who read this book will learn skills and tools to better live and let live without sacrificing personal beliefs and core values.

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WestBow Press

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1664256903

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Living As God's People

By: Doug Allen

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Living As God's People

By: Doug Allen

A life application exegesis of a book of the Bible is different and often hard to find, especially of one of the Epistles. Life application is not a historical document, nor is it a purely theological writing. It is the taking of the Word of God and applying to the daily life of the believer in order that the Christian may “live Christ” in his walk so that those around him may see God “lived out” and thus come to know him. As the believer becomes more adept at doing this, the Holy Spirit will be able to place that believer in more and more circumstances where he can use the believer, often without the believer even knowing that he is being used. It becomes natural to the believer. Jesus puts it this way. He said, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit.” All we have to do is hang in there. Jesus does the rest through his Holy Spirit. That is what life-application exegesis is all about. It is about living experiences of life with Christ so we may learn what Jesus wants to do in our lives to touch others. Just think—Jesus wants to use us to touch others. Blows your mind, doesn’t it?

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Page Publishing Inc

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1640826645

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PowerPoint 2007 For Dummies

By: Doug Lowe

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PowerPoint 2007 For Dummies

By: Doug Lowe

New and inexperienced PowerPoint users will discover how to use the latest enhancements to PowerPoint 2007 quickly and efficiently so that they can produce unique and informative presentations PowerPoint continues to be the world's most popular presentation software This updated For Dummies guide shows users different ways to create powerful and effective slideshow presentations that incorporate data from other applications in the form of charts, clip art, sound, and video Shares the key features of PowerPoint 2007 including creating and editing slides, working with hyperlinks and action buttons, and preparing presentations for the Web

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118050657

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McGraw-Hill's Conquering GMAT Verbal and Writing

By: Doug Pierce

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McGraw-Hill's Conquering GMAT Verbal and Writing

By: Doug Pierce

Hundreds of U.S. graduate business programs require the GMAT for admission GMAT testing centers can be found in 100 countries catering to the more than 90,000 international students who take the exam

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0071508171

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9780071508179

Not Really an Alaskan Mountain Man

By: Doug Fine

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Not Really an Alaskan Mountain Man

By: Doug Fine

Now here's a formula for near disaster: East Coast big-city guy, world-traveler, jounalist, and otherwise politically savvy fellow settles down in rural Alaska, where men are many and manly, and women with survival skills are good to count among your friends. He wants to fit in. But how does one learn to be a Mountain Man? By observing, imitating, and making near-fatal mistakes, that's how. The choices a boy has to make. Eat processed food or on-the-hoof food, learn to operate a chainsaw or freeze to death, figure out what a bunny boot is or lose a few toes, and by the way, which end of he barrel points up? This is the story of Doug's first difficult winter in a one-room cabin, trying to stay alive and come out of it with some semblance of Alaska cool. With side-splitting, self-depreciating humor, Doug shares his attempts to elevate himself past his perpetual state of greenhorn-ness by aligning himself with tough sourdoughs to someday claim the title of manly Mountain Man.

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088240590X

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Dear Mom

By: Robin Webster,Doug Webster

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Dear Mom

By: Robin Webster,Doug Webster

This is an inspiration for mothers of all age children. You will find ways to help you better understand your child and make your 'labor of love' more rewarding.

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Thomas Nelson Publishers

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0785275894

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Dear Dad

By: Doug Webster

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Dear Dad

By: Doug Webster

Insights gained by his own fatherhood are shared along with excerpts from 1000+ interviews with kids of various ages and their answers to the question: "If you could tell yur dad anything, what would it be?

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