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Pushing for Success in Life

Overcoming Poverty Can Be Done!

By: Kenneth Duke,Phyllis Duke

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Pushing for Success in Life

Overcoming Poverty Can Be Done!

By: Kenneth Duke,Phyllis Duke

Pushing for Success in Live describes the arduous struggles of a child who was born into a situation where his mother was drifting in and out of tentative relationships, temporary housekeeping jobs and moving to multiple places and shelters in two different states. With little to no education prior to seventh grade, he was finally taken in by an aunt and uncle and given a screened in back porch to live in while attempting to take charge of acquiring his own educational foundation and begin formulating his own future.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1479756717

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9781479756711

Patty's Knight

A Novel

By: Duke Dupree

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Patty's Knight

A Novel

By: Duke Dupree

Patricia Henderson became a very talented pianist. She was taught by her maternal grandmother who was a concert pianist. Patricia also became rich since her paternal grandfather, who made it big in the Texas oil industry, endowed her with a generous trust when she turned 21. She became despondent after she was in a horrific automobile accident that left her a paraplegic. Then she met Rick. John Richard Ducheyene (pronounced du kane) and called Rick by all who knew him, was born and raised in a Central Texas farming community. He lost his parents at age 15 and was under the guardianship of an uncle who sat Rick up really well financially on his 21st birthday. Rick also took flying lessons his senior year in high school and obtained his pilot's license by the time he graduated. During his college years he studied the stock market and became a successful investor. One of his electives in college was a music appreciation class and he fell in love with classical music. He enjoyed live concerts and stage plays, especially musicals. It was at a classical music concert that he saw Patricia Henderson. Rick and Patricia met in a most unique way. From the time they first met they wanted to see more of each other and began dating. It is interesting how they overcame Patricia's handicap and amazing how they dealt with it. The novel describes their courtship, their ups and downs, and the thrilling sub-plots along the way, leading up to the dramatic climax of the story.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662406789

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9781662406782

Destined to Live Nine Lives

Turning Negatives into Positives!

By: Kenneth Duke & co-author Phyllis Duke

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Destined to Live Nine Lives

Turning Negatives into Positives!

By: Kenneth Duke & co-author Phyllis Duke

Born in 1932 at the height of the great depression, this author was destined to meet physical, emotional and fi nancial obstacles in at least nine different areas of life. She had to rise above her circumstances, learn to overcome obstacles and how to propel herself from poverty, a failed marriage and narrow escapes, to a life of worldwide travels, a successful business entrepreneur and a successful marriage. Her ongoing gift to humanity is designing and administering innovative private elementary and preschools which provide educational and ethical foundations for early success in life.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1453548246

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9781453548240

Tales of Evil and Good

By: Phillip Duke,John Donne,Leo Tolstoy

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Tales of Evil and Good

By: Phillip Duke,John Donne,Leo Tolstoy

Tales Of Evil And Good contains six powerfully drawn, vivid and knowledgable presentations on the subjects of Evil And Good. Four are original, never previously published stories by the author. Their Titles/Subjects are: "How Evil Became Good"/One Man's Path To Redemption, "Jesus Wept"/ Evil's Ultimate Nature, "Sherlock Holmes And The Alien Abduction"/Evil From Afar, "Shark Torture"/A Combat Between Evil And Good." There is also the Reformer Count Leo Tolstoy's famous Russian folk story 'What Men Live By.' And the famous XVII. Meditation 'No Man Is An Island' by Preacher John Donne. Each tale is introduced with an informative, interesting presentation Introduction by the Author/Editor. This is not your usual Religious story book for adults- be warned! Tales Of Evil And Good is definitely NOT for the squeamish.

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iUniverse

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0595159346

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9780595159345

The Green Pharmacy Guide to Healing Foods

Proven Natural Remedies to Treat and Prevent More Than 80 Common Health Concerns

By: James A. Duke

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The Green Pharmacy Guide to Healing Foods

Proven Natural Remedies to Treat and Prevent More Than 80 Common Health Concerns

By: James A. Duke

Upon its publication more than a decade ago, Dr. James Duke's The Green Pharmacy quickly set the standard for consumer herb references. A favorite of laypeople and professionals alike, the book sold more than a million copies and solidified the author's reputation as one of the world's foremost authorities on medicinal plants. In The Green Pharmacy Guide to Healing Foods, Dr. Duke turns to the broader and even more popular subject of food as medicine, drawing on more than thirty years of research to identify the most powerful healing foods on earth. Whether he is revealing how to beat high cholesterol with blueberries, combat hot flashes with black beans, bash blood sugar spikes with almonds, or help relieve agonizing back pain with pineapple, Dr. Duke's food remedies help treat and prevent the whole gamut of health concerns, from minor (such as sunburn and the common cold) to more serious (like arthritis and diabetes). Dr. Duke has assigned a rating to each remedy, according to his evaluation of the available scientific studies and anecdotal reports. Many of the healing foods recommended here are proving so effective that they may outperform popular pharmaceuticals—minus the risk (and cost).

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Rodale Books

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1594867135

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9781594867132

Biographical Sketches of Cartoonists & Illustrators in the Swann Collection of the Library of Congress

By: Sara Duke

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Biographical Sketches of Cartoonists & Illustrators in the Swann Collection of the Library of Congress

By: Sara Duke

Inside this book are short biographical sketches about the many artists represented in the Library of Congress' Swann Collection compiled by Erwin Swann (1906-1973). In the early 1960s, Swann, a New York advertising executive started collecting original cartoon drawings of artistic and humorous interest. Included in the collection are political prints and drawings, satires, caricatures, cartoon strips and panels, and periodical illustrations by more than 500 artists, most of whom are American. The 2,085 items range from 1780-1977, with the bulk falling between 1890-1970. The Collection includes 1,922 drawings, 124 prints, 14 paintings, 13 animation cels, 9 collages, 1 album, 1 photographic print, and 1 scrapbook.

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Lulu.com

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130485888X

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9781304858887

The Renaissance and the Postmodern

A Study in Comparative Critical Values

By: Thomas L Martin,Duke Pesta

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The Renaissance and the Postmodern

A Study in Comparative Critical Values

By: Thomas L Martin,Duke Pesta

The Renaissance and the Postmodern reconsiders postmodern readings of Renaissance texts by engaging in a dialectics the authors call comparative critical values. Rather than concede the contemporary hierarchy of theory over literature, the book takes the novel approach of consulting major Renaissance writers about the values at work in postmodern representations of early modern culture. As criticism seeks new directions and takes new forms, insufficient attention has been paid to the literary and philosophical values won and lost in the exchanges. One result is that the way we understand the logical connections, the literary textures, and the philosophical impulses that make up the literature of writers like Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton has fundamentally changed. Examining theoretical debates now in light of polemical controversies then, the book goes beyond earlier studies in that it systematically examines the effects of these newer critical approaches across their materialist, historicist, deconstructive, and psychoanalytic manifestations. Bringing gravity and focus to this question of critical continuities and discontinuities, each chapter counterposes one major Renaissance voice with a postmodern one to probe these issues and with them the value of the cultural past. As voices on both sides of the historical divide illuminate key differences between the Renaissance and the Postmodern, a critical model emerges from the book to re-engage this period’s humane literature in a contemporary context with intellectual rigor and a renewed sense of cultural enrichment.

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Routledge

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1317216539

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9781317216537

A Fine Mess

By: Kim Duke

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A Fine Mess

By: Kim Duke

Kim Duke knows all about it… Is life getting you down? Does it feel like one bad experience after another? Are you ready to fight back? Then arm yourself with Kim Duke’s latest book as she shares gritty, funny, and odd advice about life’s ups and downs with snarky tongue-in-check wisdom. Filled with amusing photos and quotes about life, you’ll soon be laughing at any fine mess that life throw’s your way. International writer, speaker, and author Kim Duke knows a thing or two about fine messes. When she was fifty, she was hit by a fine mess called breast cancer. She’s known for her easy, humorous style when talking about the tough stuff. She’s been covered by Cosmopolitan, NBC News, CTV, and CBC and her work has been featured on The Globe and Mail and the internet sensation, Medium.com.

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BHC Press

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1948540304

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9781948540308

The Green Pharmacy

The Ultimate Compendium Of Natural Remedies From The World's Foremost Authority On Healing Herbs

By: James A. Duke

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The Green Pharmacy

The Ultimate Compendium Of Natural Remedies From The World's Foremost Authority On Healing Herbs

By: James A. Duke

Written by the world's foremost authority, this is the ultimate compendium of natural remedies--from anise for asthma to violet for varicose veins, and everything in between.

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Macmillan

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0312966482

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9780312966485

Education as Politics

Colonial Schooling and Political Debate in Senegal, 1850s–1914

By: Kelly M. Duke Bryant

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Education as Politics

Colonial Schooling and Political Debate in Senegal, 1850s–1914

By: Kelly M. Duke Bryant

Education as Politics argues that colonial schooling remade Senegalese politics during the transition to French rule, creating political spaces that were at once African and colonial, and ultimately leading to the historic 1914 election of a black African representative from Senegal to the French National Assembly.

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University of Wisconsin Pres

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0299303047

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9780299303044

Pediatric Transfusion Medicine

By: Duke Kasprisin,Naomi Luban

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Pediatric Transfusion Medicine

By: Duke Kasprisin,Naomi Luban

This two-volume set is an in-depth examination of the unique complexities that exist in transfusing pediatric patients. It thoroughly examines transfusion therapy in neonates, genetic hematologic disorders, and pediatric oncology, and it reviews risks and administration techniques unique to pediatrics.

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CRC Press

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0849355931

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9780849355936

Mandela, Mobutu, and Me

A Newswoman's African Journey

By: Lynne Duke

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Mandela, Mobutu, and Me

A Newswoman's African Journey

By: Lynne Duke

In this stunning memoir, veteran Washington Post correspondent Lynne Duke takes readers on a wrenching but riveting journey through Africa during the pivotal 1990s and brilliantly illuminates a continent where hope and humanity thrive amid unimaginable depredation and horrors. For four years as her newspaper's Johannesburg bureau chief, Lynne Duke cut a rare figure as a black American woman foreign correspondent as she raced from story to story in numerous countries of central and southern Africa. From the battle zones of Congo-Zaire to the quest for truth and reconciliation in South Africa; from the teeming displaced person’s camps of Angola and the killing field of the Rwanda genocide to the calming Indian Ocean shores of Mozambique. She interviewed heads of state, captains of industry, activists, tribal leaders, medicine men and women, mercenaries, rebels, refugees, and ordinary, hardworking people. And it is they, the ordinary people of Africa, who fueled the hope and affection that drove Duke’s reporting. The nobility of the ordinary African struggles, so often absent from accounts of the continent, is at the heart of Duke’s searing story. MANDELA, MOBUTU, AND ME is a richly detailed, clear-eyed account of the hard realities Duke discovered, including the devastation wrought by ruthless, rapacious dictators like Mobutu Sese Seko and his successor, Laurent Kabila, in the Congo, and appalling indifference of Europeans and Americans to the legacy of their own exploitation of the continent and its people. But Duke also records with admiration the visionary leadership and personal style of Nelson Mandela in south Africa as he led his country’s inspiring transition from apartheid in the twilight of his incredible life. Whether it was touring underground gold and copper mines, learning to carry water on her head, filing stories by flashlight or dodging gunmen, Duke’s tour of Africa reveals not only the spirit and travails of an amazing but troubled continent -- it also explores the heart and fearlessness of a dedicated journalist.

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306

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Crown

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0307423700

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9780307423702

An English Tradition?

The History and Significance of Fair Play

By: Jonathan Duke-Evans

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An English Tradition?

The History and Significance of Fair Play

By: Jonathan Duke-Evans

For hundreds of years English people have claimed that fair play is at the core of their national identity. Jonathan Duke-Evans looks at the history of fair play in Britain from earliest times to the present, asking whether it is in fact a British, or alternatively an English, characteristic at all - and if so, whether fair play still matters today? In An English Tradition?, Jonathan Duke-Evans explores the origins of the idea of fair play, tracing it back to the classical world and the Dark Ages, and finding its genesis deep within England's social structure. Charting its early development through both the tales of chivalry and the stories of popular legend, the book shows how fair play manifested itself in literature, the law, the Christian religion, and the family. It examines the way in which fair play was conceived during the ages of slavery and empire, and it proposes a new account of the birth of modern sport in the encounter between age-old popular games and the Victorian cult of amateurism. Taking in the Scottish, Irish, and Welsh manifestations of fair play, Duke-Evans offers contrasts and comparisons from cultures all around the world, and suggests new perspectives on the relevance of fair play in the twenty-first century.

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Oxford University Press

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0192859994

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9780192859990

The Everything Sign Language Book

American Sign Language Made Easy... All new photos!

By: Irene Duke

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The Everything Sign Language Book

American Sign Language Made Easy... All new photos!

By: Irene Duke

Discover the intricacies of American Sign Language with this comprehensive, essential guide to learning the basics of sign language. The appeal of American Sign Language (ASL) has extended beyond the Deaf community into the mainstream—it’s even popular as a class in high school and college. You are guided through the basics of ASL with clear instruction and more than 300 illustrations. With a minimum of time and effort, you will learn to sign: the ASL alphabet; questions and common expressions; numbers, money, and time. With info on signing etiquette, communicating with people in the Deaf community, and using ASL to aid child development, this book makes signing fun for the entire family.

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Simon and Schuster

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1605507520

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9781605507521

Secret History of the Wild, Wild West

Outlaws, Secret Societies, and the Hidden Agenda of the Elites

By: Daniel J. Duke

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Secret History of the Wild, Wild West

Outlaws, Secret Societies, and the Hidden Agenda of the Elites

By: Daniel J. Duke

• Offers evidence from Jesse James’s secret encoded diaries • Examines Jesse James’s close ties with other notorious outlaws, such as Johnny Ringo, Jesse Evans, and Billy the Kid • Shows how Jesse James was related, by blood or marriage, to powerful people in law enforcement and politics, including the elite families behind the Copperheads and the Knights of the Golden Circle organizations Jesse James and many other Old West outlaws were much more than just wild cowboys. As author Daniel Duke--the great-great-grandson of Jesse James--reveals, Jesse James and other infamous outlaws were part of a larger organization, centuries old, that has affected U.S. history from the small, rural streets of early America to the highest levels of the nation’s government, with continuing influence to this day. Drawing on his great-great-grandfather’s secret diaries, Duke unravels the hidden history of the Wild West to expose the outlaws, politicians, and secret societies who were pulling strings behind the scenes. He examines Jesse James’s close ties with other notorious outlaws, such as Johnny Ringo, Jesse Evans, and Billy the Kid, and demonstrates not only how Jesse James faked his own death and lived out his life under an alias, but how Billy the Kid did the same. He also details how both Jesse James and Billy the Kid continued their work for the nameless organization after their faked deaths. Exploring how Jesse James was related, by blood or marriage, to powerful people in law enforcement and politics, Duke details Jesse’s connections to the Baylor family, who founded Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and other elite families who were instrumental in founding and leading the Copperheads and the Knights of the Golden Circle organizations before, during, and after the Civil War. The author shows how Jesse James was connected to former U.S. presidents Lyndon Baines Johnson and Harry S. Truman as well as President Johnson’s man in the shadows, Texas mob figure Billie Sol Estes. Exposing the secret agenda behind the outlaw gangs of the Wild West, Duke also reveals the stealthy war between the secret organization and its opposition that has been waged in the shadows for centuries.

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Simon and Schuster

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1644112302

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9781644112304

Education Empire

The Evolution of an Excellent Suburban School System

By: Daniel L. Duke

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Education Empire

The Evolution of an Excellent Suburban School System

By: Daniel L. Duke

Despite the fact that more than one-half of the students in the United States are educated in suburban schools, relatively little is known about the development of suburban school systems. Education Empire chronicles the evolution of Virginia's Fairfax County public schools, the twelfth largest school system in the country and arguably one of the very best. The book focuses on how Fairfax has addressed a variety of challenges, beginning with explosive enrollment growth in the 1950s and continuing with desegregation, enrollment decline, economic uncertainty, demands for special programs, and intense politicization. Today, Fairfax, like many suburbs across the country, looks increasingly like an urban school system, with rising poverty, large numbers of recent immigrants, and constant pressure from an assortment of special interest groups. While many school systems facing similar developments have experienced a drop in performance, Fairfax students continue to raise their achievement. Daniel L. Duke reveals the keys to Fairfax's remarkable track record.

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State University of New York Press

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0791482987

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9780791482988

In the Trenches with Jesus and Marx

Harry F. Ward and the Struggle for Social Justice

By: David Nelson Duke

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In the Trenches with Jesus and Marx

Harry F. Ward and the Struggle for Social Justice

By: David Nelson Duke

This biography illuminates the life of the controversial champion of Social Gospel in early 20th-century America. Harry F. Ward began life in a family of Methodist shopkeepers and butchers in London, but his pursuit of social justice would lead him to the US and a career of religious activism.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817312463

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9780817312466

Writers and Miners

Activism and Imagery in America

By: David C. Duke

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Writers and Miners

Activism and Imagery in America

By: David C. Duke

Coal miners evoke admiration and sympathy from the public, and writers—some seeking a muse, others a cause—traditionally champion them. David C. Duke explores more than one hundred years of this tradition in literature, poetry, drama, and film. Duke argues that as most writers spoke about rather than to the mining community, miners became stock characters in an industrial morality play, robbed of individuality or humanity. He discusses activist-writers such as John Reed, Theodore Dreiser, and Denise Giardina, who assisted striking workers, and looks at the writing of miners themselves. He examines portrayals of miners from The Trail of the Lonesome Pine to Matewan and The Kentucky Cycle. The most comprehensive study on the subject to date, Writers and Miners investigates the vexed political and creative relationship between activists and artists and those they seek to represent.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813184029

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9780813184029

The Strip

A Novel

By: E. Duke Vincent

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The Strip

A Novel

By: E. Duke Vincent

Nick Conti, producer of the successful Las Vegas TV Show The $trip, is a busy man. Spending 15-hour days on the set and long nights drinking cocktails and cavorting with the fastest women in Vegas, he is hardly looking for extra work. But, when a local gangster begins plotting to extort money from the show, Nick realizes it's going to be a long week. The small-time blackmail operation stirs up old demons, and the bigger bosses in Chicago and Kansas City begin asking questions. What's more, Nick's old flame has recently appeared on the scene, holding the arm of the mysterious Allie Saltieri, a man with mob ties of his own. With the star of The $trip in trouble and local journalists beginning to smell a story, Nick will have to rely on his guile and his charm to escape with his money, his job, and his life.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1608191060

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9781608191062

The Green Pharmacy Anti-Aging Prescriptions

Herbs, Foods, and Natural Formulas to Keep You Young

By: James A. Duke, PhD,Michael Castleman

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The Green Pharmacy Anti-Aging Prescriptions

Herbs, Foods, and Natural Formulas to Keep You Young

By: James A. Duke, PhD,Michael Castleman

Provides guidelines on how to prevent and alleviate the signs and symptoms of aging, introducing a variety of herbs, nutritional supplements, and diet tips to help cope with illnesses associated with aging.

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Rodale

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1579541984

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9781579541989

Women and Equality : Changing Patterns in American Culture

Changing Patterns in American Culture

By: William H. Chafe Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Duke University

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Women and Equality : Changing Patterns in American Culture

Changing Patterns in American Culture

By: William H. Chafe Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Duke University

Chafe's analysis of changing social patterns is both solid and imaginative in the best sense ... His book will certainly increase our understanding of where we are going--and why."--Elizabeth Janeway "Adopted as required reading - tremendously popular with students - provokes lively debates."--John Rhinehart, Riverside Community College "A trenchant analysis of the underlying social and economic changes of the past century ... Particularly insightful in analyzing the ways in which racial and sexual inequality are both similar and fundamentally different."--Alice S. Rossi, University of Massachus.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019972878X

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9780199728787

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