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Lester Leaps In

The Life and Times of Lester Pres Young

By: Douglas H. Daniels

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Lester Leaps In

The Life and Times of Lester Pres Young

By: Douglas H. Daniels

He was jazz's first hipster. He performed in sunglasses and coined and popularized phrases like "that's cool" and "you dig?" He always wore a suit and his trademark porkpie hat. He influenced everyone from B. B. King to Stan Getz to Allen Ginsberg, creating a lyrical style of playing that forever changed the sound of the tenor saxophone. In this groundbreaking biography of Lester Young (1909-1959), historian Douglas Daniels brings to life the man and his world, and corrects a number of misconceptions. Even though others have identified Young as a Kansas City musician, Daniels traces his roots to the blues of Louisiana and his early years traveling with his father's band and the legendary Oklahoma City Blue Devils. Later we see the jazz culture of New York in the early 1940s, when Young was launched to national and international fame with the Count Basie Orchestra and began to accompany his close friend Billie Holiday. After a year spent in an Army prison on a conviction for marijuana use, Young made changes in his music but never lost his sensitivity or soul. The first ever to gain access to Young's family and many musicians who performed with him, Daniels reconstructs the world in which Young lived and played: the racism that he and other black musicians faced, the feeling of home and family that they created together on the road, and what his music meant to black audiences. Young emerges as a kind friend, a loving parent, and a gentle and sensitive man who had, in the words of Reginald Scott, "the saddest eyes I ever saw

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Beacon Press

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0807071250

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9780807071250

A Black Physician's Story

Bringing Hope in Mississippi

By: Douglas L. Conner

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A Black Physician's Story

Bringing Hope in Mississippi

By: Douglas L. Conner

The autobiography of a black doctor in white Mississippi during the Jim Crow era and the fierce struggle for civil rights

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1604731737

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9781604731736

Fort Laramie

Military Bastion of the High Plains

By: Douglas C. McChristian

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Fort Laramie

Military Bastion of the High Plains

By: Douglas C. McChristian

Of all the U.S. Army posts in the West, none witnessed more history than Fort Laramie, positioned where the northern Great Plains join the Rocky Mountains. From its beginnings as a trading post in 1834 to its abandonment by the army in 1890, it was involved in the buffalo hide trade, overland migrations, Indian wars and treaties, the Utah War, Confederate maneuvering, and the coming of the telegraph and first transcontinental railroad. Douglas C. McChristian has written the first complete history of Fort Laramie, chronicling every critical stage in its existence, including its addition to the National Park System. He draws on an extraordinary array of archival materials–including those at Fort Laramie National Historic Site–to present new data about the fort and new interpretations of historical events. Emphasizing the fort's military history, McChristian documents the army's vital role in ending challenges posed by American Indians to U.S. occupation and settlement of the region, and he expands on the fort's interactions with the many Native peoples of the Central Plains and Rocky Mountains. He provides a particularly lucid description of the infamous Grattan fight of 1854, which initiated a generation of strife between Indians and U.S. soldiers, and he recounts the 1851 Horse Creek and 1868 Fort Laramie treaties. Meticulously researched and gracefully told, this is a long-overdue military history of one of the American West's most venerable historic places.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806158603

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9780806158600

Inflation-Forecast Targeting for India

An Outline of the Analytical Framework

By: Mr.Jaromir Benes,Kevin Clinton,Asish George,Joice John,Ondra Kamenik,Mr.Douglas Laxton,Pratik Mitra,G.V. Nadhanael,Hou Wang,Fan Zhang

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Inflation-Forecast Targeting for India

An Outline of the Analytical Framework

By: Mr.Jaromir Benes,Kevin Clinton,Asish George,Joice John,Ondra Kamenik,Mr.Douglas Laxton,Pratik Mitra,G.V. Nadhanael,Hou Wang,Fan Zhang

India formally adopted flexible inflation targeting (FIT) in June 2016 to place price stability, defined in terms of a target CPI inflation, as the primary objective of monetary policy. In this context, the paper draws on Indian macroeconomic developments since 2000 and the experience of other countries that adopted FIT to bring out insights on how credible policy with an emphasis on a strong nominal anchor can reduce the impact of supply shocks and improve macroeconomic stability. For illustrating the key issues given the unique structural characteristics of India and the policy options under an FIT framework, the paper describes an analytical framework using the core quarterly projection model (QPM). Simulations of the QPM are carried out to illustrate the monetary policy responses under different types of uncertainty and to bring out the importance of gaining credibility for improving monetary policy efficacy.

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International Monetary Fund

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1475578695

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9781475578690

Avoiding Dark Corners

A Robust Monetary Policy Framework for the United States

By: Ali Alichi,Kevin Clinton,Charles Freedman,Mr.Ondra Kamenik,Michel Juillard,Mr.Douglas Laxton,Mr.Jarkko Turunen,Hou Wang

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Avoiding Dark Corners

A Robust Monetary Policy Framework for the United States

By: Ali Alichi,Kevin Clinton,Charles Freedman,Mr.Ondra Kamenik,Michel Juillard,Mr.Douglas Laxton,Mr.Jarkko Turunen,Hou Wang

The Fed has taken several steps towards strengthening its monetary framework over the past several years. Those steps have supported the Fed’s efforts to stimulate the economy through forward guidance despite being constrained by having policy rates at zero. We show that an optimal control approach to monetary policy, which includes the publication of a baseline forecast and a description of the uncertainties around that outlook, combined with an improvement in the Fed’s communications toolkit, could further enhance the effectiveness of Fed policy. In the current conjuncture, such a risk management approach to monetary policy would result in both a later liftoff of policy rates and a modest, but planned, overshooting of inflation.

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International Monetary Fund

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1513530011

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9781513530017

Romantic Ecologies and Colonial Cultures in the British Atlantic World, 1770-1850

By: Kevin Douglas Hutchings

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Romantic Ecologies and Colonial Cultures in the British Atlantic World, 1770-1850

By: Kevin Douglas Hutchings

Afro-British writer and abolitionist Ignatius Sancho railed against the abuse of domestic animals in the eighteenth-century London marketplace. Samuel Taylor Coleridge attacked the institution of slavery by writing a poem about animal rights. William Blake's allegorical depiction of American colonialism was as an act of sexual and ecological violence. By addressing these and other instances, the author highlights significant intersections between green romanticism and colonial politics, demonstrating how contemporary understandings of animality, climate, and habitat informed literary and cross-cultural debates about race, slavery, colonialism, and nature in the British Atlantic world.

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240

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773535799

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9780773535794

Commandos

The Making of America's Secret Soldiers, from Training to Desert Storm

By: Douglas Waller

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Commandos

The Making of America's Secret Soldiers, from Training to Desert Storm

By: Douglas Waller

Discover what it takes to fight alongside the very best of America’s armed forces in this heart-pounding precursor to American Sniper and SEAL Team Six. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the most secret and elite of clandestine warriors, including the Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Delta Force. Offering inside details of the US special operations forces, former Newsweek and Time correspondent Douglas Waller reveals the excruciating training and dangerous missions behind America’s elite fighting forces. Following them closely into battle in Operation Desert Storm, Waller shares never-before-revealed scenes and details from the US Special Forces–waged Scud-busting night raids, firefights, and some of the most unconventional and dangerous war missions in history. In this vivid account, Waller’s singular experience not only shines a light on the obstacles these soldiers face but gives an intimate portrait of the individual men and women serving our country. His inside reporting highlights the humanity of these soldiers by sharing their struggles, perseverance, and triumphs.

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Simon & Schuster

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1982128224

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9781982128227

Texas Patriarch

A Legacy Lost

By: Douglas D Box

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Texas Patriarch

A Legacy Lost

By: Douglas D Box

Cloyce Box was larger than life. He left his career as a Pro Bowl wide receiver for the Detroit Lions to rise to corporate fame and extravagant wealth in construction and the oil and gas industries. His sprawling estate in Frisco, Texas, was used as the original Southfork Ranch in the television soap opera Dallas. Cloyce ran both his companies and his family with a firm hand and inextricably linked the two by raising his sons in the business. When he finally passed, he left a wake of collapsing relationships at home and in the boardroom. Texas Patriarch is the taut family saga of four brothers’ struggle to determine the fate of the empire built by their father. In his long shadow, they fought over money and power, nearly destroying both the business and the family. After quarrels and litigation, they finally managed to rediscover each other and the importance of family. Author Doug Box, son of the Texas Patriarch, has made a career from this experience, guiding families through turmoil to retain both their wealth and their connections with each other. Now, you can witness his journey to avoid similar turmoil.

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Greenleaf Book Group

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1626342989

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9781626342989

Rustler's Vengeance

From the authors of Code Name Rustler

By: Douglas Sipple,Charles Wolstenholme

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Rustler's Vengeance

From the authors of Code Name Rustler

By: Douglas Sipple,Charles Wolstenholme

An exciting international espionage thriller, a continuation of the Rendman family exploits as Zelta joins forces with her brother, Joseph, and the CIA. They race through Cuba, Russia, Brazil and the United States in a perilous attempt to root out a deeply entrenched Soviet spy ring operating at the highest levels in the US, while avoiding Cuban Military Police and KGB assassins. Major American universities, the Naval Academy, even a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are complicit in a twisted web of intrigue, espionage and stolen secrets. Beginning with pure vengeance for the slaughter of complete Russian and Cuban guerrilla communities and culminating in a one day CIA clean sweep of the multi-state spy cell, climaxing in a Florida orange grove estate—a last ditch all-out effort by the KGB to kill the Rendmans. “A terrific sequel that, if you can believe it, packs more thrills than Code Name Rustler. The action comes on with a vengeance and doesn’t let up. Like its predecessor, Rustler’s Vengeance puts the reader smack in the middle of what was the Western hemisphere’s hottest flash point.” -Jonathan Scott, author of Lenegrin and The Woman in the Wilderness-

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Outskirts Press

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1478712333

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9781478712336

Your Jesus Is too Small

The Collapse of Christian Character

By: Douglas J. Miller

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Your Jesus Is too Small

The Collapse of Christian Character

By: Douglas J. Miller

We can make Jesus look very small if we are not careful. Your Jesus Is Too Small explores how a trivialized Jesus contributes to a collapsed Christian moral character. The 2016 election exposed the truth that for many Christians character does not count, or is a very low priority. Eighty-one percent of white evangelicals voted for President Trump, not known as a man of high moral character. This collapse of character is especially troubling since Christians claim to seek after the mind and character of Jesus Christ. What’s more, the ingrained and unrelenting cultural values—combined with our inescapable self-centered pursuits—bombard us every moment and blight our character. After noting how we belittle Jesus, this book explores ways we can exalt him, allowing his character traits to inform and then transform our hearts and minds. A credible Jesus also means that more tongues will confess him and more knees bow before him and that more people will desire his compassionate character. Then we will be morally equipped to address the great crises of our day: persistent poverty, the marginalizing of out-groups, raging violence, and our planet’s lingering woes.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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153261778X

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9781532617782

Worker-writer in America

Jack Conroy and the Tradition of Midwestern Literary Radicalism, 1898-1990

By: Douglas Wixson

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Worker-writer in America

Jack Conroy and the Tradition of Midwestern Literary Radicalism, 1898-1990

By: Douglas Wixson

Conroy, a coal miner's son who apprenticed at age thirteen in a railroad shop, later migrated to factory cities and experienced the privation and labor struggles of the 1930s. As worker and writer he composed The Disinherited, one of the most important working-class novels of the thirties. As editor of a radical literary journal, The Anvil, he nurtured the early careers of Richard Wright, Nelson Algren, and Meridel LeSueur before his own literary work was eclipsed in the cold war years. Douglas Wixson draws upon a wealth of letters and manuscripts made available to him as Conroy's literary executor, as well as numerous interviews with Conroy and his former contributors and colleagues. Wixson explores the origins and development of worker-writing and the numerous "little magazines" it generated. He examines the differences between the midwestern and East Coast literary worlds and the milieu in which Conroy and others like him worked - the Depression, job layoffs, factory closings, homelessness, and migration.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252067851

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9780252067853

Possible Effects of European Monetary Union on Switzerland

A Case Study of Policy Dilemmas Caused by Low Inflation and the Nominal Interest Rate Floor

By: Mr.Douglas Laxton,Mr.Eswar Prasad

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Possible Effects of European Monetary Union on Switzerland

A Case Study of Policy Dilemmas Caused by Low Inflation and the Nominal Interest Rate Floor

By: Mr.Douglas Laxton,Mr.Eswar Prasad

This paper examines the possible effects on Switzerland of asset preference shifts in favor of Swiss-franc-denominated assets that could result from EMU. Alternative policy responses to temporary and persistent asset preference shifts and the consequent pressures for exchange rate appreciation are examined. Simulations of a stylized macroeconomic model of the Swiss economy indicate that monetary policy is likely to be the most effective tool for stabilizing output in the short run, but at the cost of a temporary increase in inflationary pressures. The simulations highlight the dilemmas faced by policymakers in an environment with low inflation and nominal interest rates.

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International Monetary Fund

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145184400X

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9781451844009

Multimod Mark III

The Core Dynamic and Steady State Model

By: Mr.Hamid Faruqee,Mr.Peter Isard,Mr.Douglas Laxton,Mr.Eswar Prasad,Mr.Bart Turtelboom

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Multimod Mark III

The Core Dynamic and Steady State Model

By: Mr.Hamid Faruqee,Mr.Peter Isard,Mr.Douglas Laxton,Mr.Eswar Prasad,Mr.Bart Turtelboom

This study describes the Mark III version of MULTIMOD, the IMF's multi region macroeconomic model. Mark III version of MULTIMOD differs from its predecessor in several important respects. New features include a core steady-state analogue model, a new model of teh inflation-unemployment nexus, and extended non-Ricardian specification of consumption-saving behavior, and improved specifications and estimates of investment behavior and international trade equations. In addition, the introduction of a new solution algorithm has greatly increased the robustness, speed of convergence, and accuracy of the simulations.

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Lester Leaps In

Lester Leaps In

A Black Physician's Story

A Black Physician's Story

Fort Laramie

Fort Laramie

Inflation-Forecast Targeting for India

Inflation-Forecast Targeting for India

Avoiding Dark Corners

Avoiding Dark Corners

Romantic Ecologies and Colonial Cultures in the British Atlantic World, 1770-1850

Romantic Ecologies and Colonial Cultures in the British Atlantic World, 1770-1850

Commandos

Commandos

Texas Patriarch

Texas Patriarch

Rustler's Vengeance

Rustler's Vengeance

Your Jesus Is too Small

Your Jesus Is too Small

Worker-writer in America

Worker-writer in America

Possible Effects of European Monetary Union on Switzerland

Possible Effects of European Monetary Union on Switzerland

Multimod Mark III

Multimod Mark III

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