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Reading for Survival

In Today's Society, Book 2

By: Elsa Woods,Beverly Lancaster

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Reading for Survival

In Today's Society, Book 2

By: Elsa Woods,Beverly Lancaster

This volume covers essential reading for people starting to live on their own - things like food advertisements, recipes, college applications, employment resumes, classified ads, rental agreements, billing statements, documents related to owning and operating a car, and government forms. Students learn to decipher the wide variety of written materials we all encounter in daily life with 60 ready-to-reproduce documents accompanied by reproducible activity sheets. Well-suited for ESL, ELL, and adult education. Answer keys. Illustrated. Grades 8 and up. 262 pages.

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Good Year Books

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1596472871

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9781596472877

American Plants for American Gardens

By: Edith A. Roberts,Elsa Rehmann

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American Plants for American Gardens

By: Edith A. Roberts,Elsa Rehmann

Undeservedly out of print for decades, American Plants for American Gardens was one of the first popular books to promote the use of plant ecology and native plants in gardening and landscaping. Emphasizing the strong links between ecology and aesthetics, nature and design, the book demonstrates the basic, practical application of ecological principles to the selection of plant groups or "associations" that are inherently suited to a particular climate, soil, topography, and lighting. Specifically, American Plants for American Gardens focuses on the vegetation concentrated in the northeastern United States, but which extends from the Atlantic Ocean west to the Alleghenies and south to Georgia. The plant community settings featured include the open field, hillside, wood and grove, streamside, ravine, pond, bog, and seaside. Plant lists and accompanying texts provide valuable information for the design and management of a wide range of project types: residential properties, school grounds, corporate office sites, roadways, and parks. In his introduction, Darrel G. Morrison locates American Plants for American Gardens among a handful of influential early books advocating the protection and use of native plants--a major area of interest today among serious gardeners, landscape architects, nursery managers, and students of ecology, botany, and landscape design. Included is an appendix of plant name changes that have occurred since the book's original publication in 1929. Ahead of their time in many ways, Edith A. Roberts and Elsa Rehmann can now speak to new generations of ecologically conscious Americans.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820340561

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9780820340562

Find Edsell!

By: Elsa Bonstein

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Find Edsell!

By: Elsa Bonstein

It is long past midnight on the New Jersey shore in June 1988 as a blue van rolls quietly along Kearney Avenue in Seaside Heights. The man behind the wheel smiles as he spots seventeen-year-old Edsell Jones stumbling out of a house and drunkenly lumbering down the street. Moments later, the man pulls up next to Edsell and convinces him to take his offer of a ride. Soon, the van is lost within the darkness of the Pine Barrens. When Lorraine Jones arrives at home the next morning after working the night shift, she discovers Edsell has disappeared. She calls the police, then makes a desperate plea to Edsells friends, begging them to help find her son. But when the quest leads two teens to a renovated farmhouse in the Pine Barrens that is supposed to be a secret drug-treatment center, they cannot help but wonder if the doctor in charge is really telling them the truth, especially after they hear screams coming from the building. In this fast-paced thriller, two teenagers unearth a fiery hell from which heroes will rise to fight an enemy larger than they ever thought possible.

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Abbott Press

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1458213242

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Jessica Jones

Playing with Fire

By: Lauren Beukes,Vita Ayala,Sam Beckbessinger,Zoe Quinn,Elsa Sjunneson

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Jessica Jones

Playing with Fire

By: Lauren Beukes,Vita Ayala,Sam Beckbessinger,Zoe Quinn,Elsa Sjunneson

A stressed out, super-powered private investigator puts herself in harm’s way in pursuit of justice in this original Marvel story. As a private eye in New York City, it’s Jessica Jones’s job to investigate humanity’s worst, unleashed impulses. Possessing superhuman strength and endurance does nothing to help her process other people’s tragedies, much less her own slate of unresolved traumatic issues. Realizing drinking and hitting things is no way to cope with her problems—no matter how much fun it is—Jessica gives therapy a try. But she finds it hard to look after herself when so many people need help. Hired to find a missing boy, Jessica follows a trail that ends with his dead body, the apparent victim of a drug overdose. Her gut instinct tells her the case isn’t solved, leading Jessica into an even deeper, darker mystery . . . Jessica Jones: Playing With Fire is a collaborative novel by Lauren Beukes, Vita Ayala, Sam Beckbessinger, Zoe Quinn, and Elsa Sjunneson.

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Open Road Media

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1504093011

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9781504093019

Development of the Nordic Bioeconomy

NCM reporting: Test centers for green energy solutions - Biorefineries and business needs

By: Lange, Lene,Hreggviðsson, Guðmundur Óli,Björnsdóttir, Bryndís,Brandt, Asbjørn,Hildén, Kristiina,Jacobsen, Birgitte,Jessen, Amalie,Karlsson, Eva Nordberg,Lindedam, Jane,Mäkelä, Miia,Smáradóttir, Sigrún Elsa,Vang, Janus,Wentzel, Alexander

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Development of the Nordic Bioeconomy

NCM reporting: Test centers for green energy solutions - Biorefineries and business needs

In 2014 NCM initiated a new project: “Test centers for green energy solutions – Biorefineries and Business needs” to strengthen Nordic bioeconomy by identifying potentials, obstacles, needs and opportunities. The Nordic bioeconomy has a unique profile: Upgrade of many types of residues also to higher value products; good collaboration between private and public sector; R&D efforts in all Nordic countries. However, shortcomings were also identified: few activities across Nordic countries beyond designated Nordic programs; too few upscaling facilities; need for improved framework conditions (within regulatory and market stimulus) for biobased products. This report is part of the Nordic Prime Ministers' green growth initiative: “The Nordic Region – leading in green growth” - read more in the web magazine “Green Growth the Nordic Way” at www.nordicway.org or at www.norden.org/greengrowth

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Nordic Council of Ministers

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9289344261

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9789289344265

Causes And Consequences Of Map Generalization

By: Elsa Joao

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Causes And Consequences Of Map Generalization

By: Elsa Joao

This text describes late-1990s understanding of map generalisation in the context of paper maps and GIS. Its particular value should be in helping to further automate and measure the process of map generalisation.; The research has concentrated on quantifying generalisation effects and on analysing how these effects of generalisation locked into the maps were measured. Elsa Joao's book covers the background to the problems of map generlasation; the methodology developed by the author to investigate the consequences of the map generalisation; a detailed description of results, and a conclusion that draws together consequences for the broader applications to GIS.

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CRC Press

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1000162818

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9781000162813

One Leaf: The Pantomime Murder (The Clover 1)

By: Elsa Aarden

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One Leaf: The Pantomime Murder (The Clover 1)

By: Elsa Aarden

Siren Menage Amour: Erotic Romance, Reverse Harem, Crime/Mystery, Suspense, Paranormal, Vampires, MFMM, HEA] Sophia Dane, now a criminal investigator, meets her vampire mates, Balthazar Lioncourt, Dominic Jondus, and Ensoro Einar. They’re quick to reveal they are vampires, the three of them affected by the pull. However, Sophia’s complicated past causes her to experience the opposite effect. Her heart desires to grow closer to her mates, while her mind can’t make sense of it. But they do everything to welcome her into their lives. Sophia and Chester Thatcher come across an unexpected first case together. What they think is a break-in is instead a bizarre murder. Sophia finds a man with near-perfectly aligned blade lacerations all over his torso, the body propped up by ropes. One clover leaf is found inside the victim’s mouth. On top of this complex homicide case, the predicament Sophia’s colleague, Evelyn Sullivan, went through isn’t over yet. Sophia’s new journey now involves dealing with a clash between the human world and the vampire world.

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Siren-BookStrand

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1646377869

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9781646377862

Retrieving for All Occasions

Foundations for Excellence in Gun Dog Training

By: Elsa Blomster,Lena Gunnarsson

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Retrieving for All Occasions

Foundations for Excellence in Gun Dog Training

By: Elsa Blomster,Lena Gunnarsson

Do you have a gun dog and want to have a great time working with your dog and perhaps enter a field trial? Do you want to find a training method where your dog has just as much fun as you do? Do you want to learn how to combine reward based training and field trial training? If so, this is the book for you. Retrieving for All Occasions is an accessible and inspiring book about how you can use the reward based training philosophy in your gun dog training. The book describes an approach to gun dog training that will challenge you to try something new – if you have the desire and will to do so. This book includes over 100 exercises to train a talented spaniel or retriever. The exercises are for introductory field trial classes for spaniels and retrievers, but this book is also useful for those who have pointers or setters and want to train them for gun dog work.

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Klickerförlaget Göteborg AB

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9198161350

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9789198161359

The Love Dog

By: Elsa Watson

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The Love Dog

By: Elsa Watson

Fired from her job as a paralegal, Samantha Novak is in trouble. When Telltale, a Hollywood tabloid, asks her to write an expose on the reality television dating show, The Love Dog, Samantha is thrilled. She's always dreamed of being a writer, and the fat paycheck won't hurt. After being recently left at the altar, she's not too keen on love either. Hired as the canine star's handler, Samantha finds that digging up dirt on set is harder then she thought. Apollo, the show's star, is a sweet golden retriever who takes his job as the "love dog" very seriously. He only wants to help couples fall in love and make everyone on set happy. Mason Hall, the show's producer and leading man, is down to earth, charming, and... very attractive. If Samantha doesn't reveal to the world that the reality show isn't exactly "real," her new career will be over before it starts. But when she falls in love with Apollo and Mason, will she still have the heart to expose The Love Dog's dirty secrets? Elsa Watson returns with another charming "tail"!

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St. Martin's Press

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0765368099

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9780765368096

Keep Me Forever

A Novel

By: Elsa Wolf

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Keep Me Forever

A Novel

By: Elsa Wolf

The Train Brought Them Together At twenty-one years of age, Jim leaves Orlando hoping to begin a new life that doesn’t contain costumed characters or ghosts from his past. He meets Sara for the first time on the train. She adds an extra dimension to the journey back to his childhood home in Savannah, Georgia. Jim’s best friend and his miserly, affluent father encourage him to join the Army. The GI Bill would fund his college education. Afterward, he could become an FBI Agent and fight against crimes similar to his sister’s murder. He suffers from bouts of PTSD after a disastrous mission in Grenada. With some coaxing from a loved one, he travels to a family member’s home in Sintra, Portugal, hoping to heal his broken soul. During midnight wanderings, he discovers supernatural beings and questions his sanity.

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ElsaWolfBooks

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1732777438

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9781732777439

My Roots Continents Apart

A Tale of Courage and Survival

By: Elsa Moravek Perou de Wagner

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My Roots Continents Apart

A Tale of Courage and Survival

By: Elsa Moravek Perou de Wagner

It is 1934 in La Paz when Elsa, a charming Bolivian of Inca descent, meets Jan, a handsome Czech engineer. Three days later he proposed marriage to her. In 1938, when multitudes abandon the Old Continent, they move to Prague with two children born in Argentina. My Roots Continents Apart is an inspiring account of a family's struggle to survive and stay together during the turmoil of Second World War in Europe. The narrative unfolds across venturesome places and situations in Czechoslovakia, Rumania and the Balkans, alongside Jan's role as member of the Czech Resistance. The Nazis convicted him, yet Albert Goering, brother of Herman, saved his life. During the harsh winter of 1946 the family escapes from the Russian invaders and ultimately returns to South America's post war autocratic Argentina. Elsa Wagner started to write this story motivated by the ubiquitous "live" television coverage of warfare since the 1990's, which brought back memories of her childhood. Based on her mother's book El Frente Desarmado, published in 1952, and after further research of her roots, Elsa realized that she was creating a whole new story involving centuries of history and cultures so diverse and apart as Bolivia and Czechoslovakia.

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iUniverse

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0595345379

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9780595345373

Three Winters: Open Case (Ten Seasons 3)

By: Elsa Aarden

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Three Winters: Open Case (Ten Seasons 3)

By: Elsa Aarden

[Siren Menage Amour: Erotic romance, Suspense, Reverse Harem, Crime/Mystery, Paranormal/Vampires, MFMM, HEA] Evelyn SullivanÕs life takes a sudden turn. A deep secret is revealed, and a powerful vampire comes for EveÕs memories at all costs. Victor Cardal, Troy Carmine, and Duke Hughes fight to protect her. They suggest marking her for her future safety, yet they donÕt anticipate the side-effects that end up making them ask a vampire for help. Alec MontoyaÕs case grows more and more bizarre. A breakthrough leads the team to the serial killerÕs hideout, as well as to the possible involvement of a vampire. Yet three more bodies are found with a new code, while an unreliable witness is spared. Their homicide unit, along with a new rookie team of criminal investigators, are finally closing in on the murderer. A name is revealed, and the puzzle pieces begin to fall into place. However, the clues might lead them to a case impossible to solve.

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Siren-BookStrand

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164637746X

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9781646377466

Leaf Three: The Angel of Death (The Clover 3)

By: Elsa Aarden

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Leaf Three: The Angel of Death (The Clover 3)

By: Elsa Aarden

[Siren Menage Amour: Erotic Romance, Reverse Harem, Crime/Mystery, Suspense, Paranormal, Vampires, MFMM, HEA] Sophia Dane finally comes face-to-face with the angel of death behind the homicides. When she thinks the case is closed, it instead reveals all the pieces at play. She and Chester Thatcher meet Sigmund Roth, a prodigy in psychology who is eerie and hard to read. His presence only complicates the case, because nothing Sophia sees now is what it seems. Her personal life also becomes hectic as she learns more about her vampire mates, Balthazar, Dominic, and Ensoro. When her parents decide to reenter her life after years apart, it adds fuel to the fire. Sophia has a harder time dealing with everything happening to and around her. Meanwhile, Sophia has to deal with the underground vampire organization by going undercover. Everyone comes together to stop the threat posed to humans, but all plans are flawed. Sophia tries her best to keep the peace among everyone, yet that bubble can burst at any moment.

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1646378318

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Spag

An American Business Legend

By: Elsa B. Tivnan,Catherine I. Nickerson

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Spag

An American Business Legend

By: Elsa B. Tivnan,Catherine I. Nickerson

Way before Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target and Sam's Club, there was Spags, the original discount store and hub-of-the-universe to frugal-minded New England Yankees looking for a bargain.

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Chandler House Press

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1886284547

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9781886284548

Maid Marian

A Novel

By: Elsa Watson

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Maid Marian

A Novel

By: Elsa Watson

An irresistible reimagining of the Robin Hood legend, Maid Marian brings to life the rollicking--and romantic--world of the Middle Ages. An orphan and heiress to a large country estate, Marian Fitzwater is wed at the age of five to an equally young nobleman, Lord Hugh of Sencaster, a union that joins her inheritance to his, vastly enriching his family. But when she is seventeen, Lord Hugh, whom she hasn't seen in years, dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving her alone again--a widow who has never been a bride. Like all unmarried young ladies of fortune, she is made a ward of Richard the Lionheart, England's warrior king. With King Richard away on Crusade, Marian's fate lies in the hands of his mother, the formidable Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, who will arrange her second marriage. The lucky bridegroom will get Marian's lands and, in return, pledge his loyalty--and silver--to King Richard. Marian herself is irrelevant and she knows it. Determined not to be sold into another sham marriage, she seeks out the one man whose spies can help uncover the queen's plans--Robin Hood, the notorious Saxon outlaw of Sherwood Forest. Marian is surprised to discover that the famed "prince of thieves" is not only helpful but handsome, likable and sympathetic to her plight. Following her plan, Robin’s men intercept a letter from Queen Eleanor, from which Marian learns, to her horror, that she is to marry her late husband’s brother. His family's history of mysterious deaths, puts Marian in grave danger. Once married, her land becomes theirs and they can easily dispose of her--a fate she may have only narrowly escaped already. On the eve of her wedding, Robin Hood spirits Marian back to the forest. Queen Eleanor believes her to be dead, allowing Marian to begin a new life with Robin Hood's outlaws, who pledge to help her regain her fortune and expose the treachery of her enemies.

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Crown

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1400080789

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9781400080786

Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Sword of the White Horse

By: Elsa Sjunneson

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Sword of the White Horse

By: Elsa Sjunneson

A Celtic warrior defending her people from Viking raiders infiltrates an ancient sect to save her homeland, in this gripping original saga set in the world of Assassin's Creed® Valhalla Mercia, 878. Witch-warrior Niamh discovers a new order called the Hidden Ones is seeking to establish a foothold in Lunden. Her land is already scarred by Viking raiders, bloody wars, and clashing cultures. Determined to protect what remains of her homeland, she infiltrates this new group to discover whether they stand with her… or against her. Yet when Niamh learns the Hidden Ones have stolen an artifact sacred to her people, her own loyalties are challenged. Casting aside newfound alliances and friendships, Niamh soon discovers that betrayal comes with a heavy price and it will take everything in her power – her gods willing – to survive.

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Simon and Schuster

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1839081406

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9781839081408

Mother Knew Best

Wit and Wisdom from the Moms of Celebrities

By: Elsa Hornfischer,David Hornfischer

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Mother Knew Best

Wit and Wisdom from the Moms of Celebrities

By: Elsa Hornfischer,David Hornfischer

How do our mothers' words shape our lives as adults? This inspiring collection features 101 true stories about the mothers of the famously successful, illustrating how their wisdom, advice, support - and even discouragement - touched and shaped their children's lives. This timeless book - a perfect gift, and a treasury of advice for today's moms - features motherly quotations and anecdotes grouped into seven basic virtues: Ambition, Courage, Devotion, Faith, Perspective, Responsibility, and Self-Discipline. We hear from the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr. ("You must never feel that you are less than anybody else"), Elvis Presley ("Son, take this guitar - you're not going to get a rifle"), and many other moms of children we all know. The first of its kind and full of surprises, this joyous celebration of motherhood is sure to find a place in the hearts of all mothers and their children.

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David and Elsa Hornfischer

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0452276187

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9780452276185

Reading for Survival in Today's Society

By: Elsa Woods,Beverly Lancaster

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Reading for Survival in Today's Society

By: Elsa Woods,Beverly Lancaster

Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!

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Good Year Books

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0673360784

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9780673360786

The World Goes Pop

By: Elsa Coustou,Lina Dzuveroric

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The World Goes Pop

By: Elsa Coustou,Lina Dzuveroric

A global survey of Pop art that reassesses its roots, impact, and legacy This groundbreaking book surveys the concurrent engagements with the spirit of Pop throughout the world, from the frequently studied activity in the United States, England, and France to less well-known developments in Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. One of the first publications to examine Pop art with this global scope, The World Goes Pop explores the wide-ranging movements that developed on different continents, such as Nouveau Réalisme, Neo Dada, New Figuration, and Spiritual Pop. This unique presentation offers the opportunity to compare how Pop art around the world differed due to geography, local traditions, and different cultures' social and political underpinnings. Fascinating essays touch upon key themes that factored into various Pop movements, including feminism, political representation, sexual politics, and seriality. A bold design and 200 striking illustrations showcase pieces by more than 60 artists, many of whose works have never been exhibited outside their home nations. The book also features a combined interview with a number of the living artists featured within, giving important insight into the thoughts and processes of Pop's international practitioners.

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Yale University Press

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0300216998

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9780300216998

Tribal and Chiefly Warfare in South America

By: Elsa M. Redmond

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Tribal and Chiefly Warfare in South America

By: Elsa M. Redmond

This book presents new data on warfare from both ethnohistoric and ethnographic sources. The author documents principal differences between tribal and chiefly warfare; outlines the evidence archaeologists can expect to recover from warfare; and formulates testable hypotheses on the role of warfare in social and political evolution. This monograph is part of a series on Latin American Ethnohistory and Archaeology.

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U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

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0915703351

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9780915703357

Mad for Speed

The Racing Life of Joan Newton Cuneo

By: Elsa A. Nystrom

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Mad for Speed

The Racing Life of Joan Newton Cuneo

By: Elsa A. Nystrom

This book covers Joan Newton Cuneo's life, and her roles (from 1905 to 1915) as the premier female racer in the United States and spokeswoman for women drivers and good roads. Beginning with her family history and marriage to Andrew Cuneo, it traces her life in New York society, the birth of her children, and Joan's growing interest in automobile touring and racing and partnership with Louis Disbrow, her racing mechanic. The book covers Joan's experiences in three Glidden Tours, including her notes on the 1907 tour, her first races, and her rivals. It also looks at the growth and change of automobile culture and the battles for control of racing among the American Automobile Association, the Automobile Club of America, and the American Automobile Manufacturers Association--which ended in banishing women racers shortly after Joan's greatest racing victories at New Orleans (in 1909). The book then follows Joan's attempts to continue racing, the end of her marriage, her move to the Upper Peninsula, and her remarriage and death. The book also includes a chapter on her female rivals in racing and touring.

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McFarland

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0786470933

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9780786470938

Language, Race, and Social Class in Howells's America

By: Elsa Nettels

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Language, Race, and Social Class in Howells's America

By: Elsa Nettels

No other American novelist has written so fully about language—grammar, diction, the place of colloquialism and dialect in literary English, the relation between speech and writing—as William Dean Howells. The power of language to create social, political, and racial identity was of central concern to Americans in the nineteenth century, and the implications of language in this regard are strikingly revealed in the writings of Howells, the most influential critic and editor of his age. In this first full-scale treatment of Howells as a writer about language, Elsa Nettels offers a historical overview of the social and political implications of language in post-Civil War America. Chapters on controversies about linguistic authority, American versus British English, literary dialect, and language and race relate Howells's ideas at every point to those of his contemporaries—from writers such as Henry James, Mark Twain, and James Russell Lowell to political figures such as Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and John Hay. The first book to analyze in depth and detail the language of Howells's characters in more than a dozen novels, this path-breaking sociolinguistic approach to Howells's fiction exposes the fundamental contradiction in his realism and in the America he portrayed. By representing the speech that separates standard from nonstandard speakers, Howells's novels—which champion the democratic ideals of equity and unity—also demonstrate the power of language to reinforce barriers of race and class in American society. Drawing on unpublished letters of Howells, James, Lowell, and others and on scores of articles in nineteenth-century periodicals, this work of literary criticism and cultural history reaches beyond the work of one writer to address questions of enduring importance to all students of American literature and society.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813185521

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9780813185521

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