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Morlac: The Quest of the Green Magician

By: Gary Alan Ruse

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Morlac: The Quest of the Green Magician

By: Gary Alan Ruse

Conjured from the sea by the dark magic of the Green Magician to defend their village from invaders, Morlac is a being tormented by his own dual past, and under the spell of the wizard's wicked daughter. Can he save them all...and himself? His journey across exotic lands, armed with his magicked sword Shark and his shell shield, is an epic sword and sorcery adventure. Tormented by conflicting memories, Morlac is at war against his own nature as much as the multitude of enemies he faces in his homeland and beyond. Searching for his own identity as well as for the sorcerer who abandoned him, Morlac encounters new friends, dangerous enemies, many exotic lands and supernatural terrors. Morlac is involved in a romantic triangle with the Green Magician's daughter, Kadrana, as beautiful as she is dangerous, and Glendauna, a young woman Morlac later meets who is a Durkesh Warrior with a dark secret of her own. MORLAC is a highly original novel with plenty of action, humor, and romance.

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1304530884

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Jolly Roger

By: Gary Alan Ruse

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Jolly Roger

By: Gary Alan Ruse

Two time-traveling special agents and a feisty young lady pirate captain join forces to prevent the course of history from being changed. Zane Kirby and Gus McAbee travel back from the future to the Bahamas of 1717, where pirates rule the waves and Spanish gold is the prize that attracts them. The two agents of the Federal Bureau of Temporal Regulation must find a renegade from their own day--Roger Turnbuckle--before the modern weapons he has smuggled back through time to the pirates of the past can upset the balance of power in the Caribbean and change history. This science fiction adventure comedy adds a new twist to pirate lore, by the author of "The Cross of St. Anne," "Murder in Deer Park" and "Mysteries at Midnight.

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1105745082

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The Cross of St. Anne

By: Gary Alan Ruse

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The Cross of St. Anne

By: Gary Alan Ruse

A supernatural suspense novel...When New England antiques dealer Annie McCormick sells a religious relic to a new museum on Jarritt's Island and its charming owner Curt Devereaux, she could not be happier. But when the relic she delivers turns up missing and Annie learns the ghostly secret of the sinister old mansion-turned-museum, her dream adventure becomes a nightmare that puts her life...her very soul...at risk!

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1105015289

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9781105015281

Mysteries at Midnight

By: Gary Alan Ruse

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Mysteries at Midnight

By: Gary Alan Ruse

Mysteries at Midnight - A Collection of Dark Fantasy Tales. An unsolved murder on a seductive resort island with brooding secrets...a mechanical movie prop intended to help create a dream on film, but instead becomes part of a nightmare for those involved...an odd alliance between a priest and a vampire...a modern day meeting with the Phantom of the Opera...tales of ghosts and monsters and otherworldly encounters. This collection of stories by science fiction and mystery author Gary Alan Ruse explores fantasy realms and the dark side of human...and non-human...nature with thrills and chills, and in some cases a touch of humor.

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1105675165

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9781105675164

Murder In Deer Park

By: Gary Alan Ruse

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Murder In Deer Park

By: Gary Alan Ruse

A wonderful historical mystery! Join President Grover Cleveland and his young bride as their resort honeymoon is interrupted by murder and intrigue, forcing the appealing couple to become detectives and solve the crime! The year is 1886. Grover Cleveland, 22nd President of the United States, has taken a bride at age 49, the lovely 21 year old Frances Folsom. Married in the White House itself they have raced by carriage, meddlesome reporters trailing their every move, to take a private train to the Victorian mountain resort in Deer Park, Maryland, where they hope to share a wonderful honeymoon. But, unbeknownst to them, there are dastardly schemes afoot and the suspicious death of one of the reporters complicates things for the happy couple, forcing them to investigate the mystery with the help of the police and special agents guarding them. Gary Alan Ruse, author of mysteries, science fiction and techno-thrillers, has crafted a delightful period mystery tale readers are sure to enjoy!

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1300655100

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The Law of Armed Conflict

International Humanitarian Law in War

By: Gary D. Solis

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The Law of Armed Conflict

International Humanitarian Law in War

By: Gary D. Solis

This book introduces students to the essential questions of the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107135605

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Freedom Time

Negritude, Decolonization, and the Future of the World

By: Gary Wilder

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Freedom Time

Negritude, Decolonization, and the Future of the World

By: Gary Wilder

Freedom Time reconsiders decolonization from the perspectives of Aimé Césaire (Martinique) and Léopold Sédar Senghor (Senegal) who, beginning in 1945, promoted self-determination without state sovereignty. As politicians, public intellectuals, and poets they struggled to transform imperial France into a democratic federation, with former colonies as autonomous members of a transcontinental polity. In so doing, they revitalized past but unrealized political projects and anticipated impossible futures by acting as if they had already arrived. Refusing to reduce colonial emancipation to national independence, they regarded decolonization as an opportunity to remake the world, reconcile peoples, and realize humanity’s potential. Emphasizing the link between politics and aesthetics, Gary Wilder reads Césaire and Senghor as pragmatic utopians, situated humanists, and concrete cosmopolitans whose postwar insights can illuminate current debates about self-management, postnational politics, and planetary solidarity. Freedom Time invites scholars to decolonize intellectual history and globalize critical theory, to analyze the temporal dimensions of political life, and to question the territorialist assumptions of contemporary historiography.

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Duke University Press

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0822375796

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9780822375791

Michel Foucault's Archaeology of Scientific Reason

Science and the History of Reason

By: Gary Gutting

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Michel Foucault's Archaeology of Scientific Reason

Science and the History of Reason

By: Gary Gutting

An introduction to the critical interpretation of the work of Michael Foucault.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521366984

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A History of Modern Political Thought

The Question of Interpretation

By: Gary K. Browning

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A History of Modern Political Thought

The Question of Interpretation

By: Gary K. Browning

How are we to understand past political thinkers? Is it a matter simply of reading their texts again and again? Do we have to relate past texts of political thought to the contexts in which ideas were composed and in which the aims of past thinkers were formulated? Or should past political theories be deconstructed so as to uncover not what their authors maintain, but what the texts reveal? In this book, theories of interpreting past political thinkers are examined and the interpretive methods of a range of theories are reviewed, including those of Hegel, Marx, Oakeshott, Collingwood, the Cambridge School, Foucault, Derrida and Gadamer. The application of these theories of interpretation to notable modern political theorists, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Bentham, Mill, Nietzsche and Beauvoir is then used as a way of understanding modern political thought and of assessing interpretive theories of past political thought. The result is a book which sees the history of modern political thought as more than a procession of political theories but rather as a reflection on the meaning of past political thought and its interpretation. It provides a way of reading the history of modern political thought, in which the question of interpretation matters both for understanding how we interpret the past but also for considering what it means to undertake political thinking.

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Oxford University Press

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0199682283

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Marxism in a Lost Century

A Biography of Paul Mattick

By: Gary Roth

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Marxism in a Lost Century

A Biography of Paul Mattick

By: Gary Roth

Marxism in a Lost Century retells the history of the radical left during the twentieth century through the words and deeds of Paul Mattick. An adolescent during the German revolutions that followed World War I, he was also a recent émigré to the United States during the 1930s Great Depression, when the unemployed groups in which he participated were among the most dynamic manifestations of social unrest. Three biographical themes receive special attention -- the self-taught nature of left-wing activity, Mattick’s experiences with publishing, and the nexus of men, politics, and friendship. Mattick found a wide audience during the 1960s because of his emphasis on the economy’s dysfunctional aspects and his advocacy of workplace councils—a popularity mirrored in the cyclical nature of the global economy.

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BRILL

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9004282262

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The Art of Being a Brilliant Middle Leader

(The Art of Being Brilliant series)

By: Gary Toward,Chris Henley,Andy Cope

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The Art of Being a Brilliant Middle Leader

(The Art of Being Brilliant series)

By: Gary Toward,Chris Henley,Andy Cope

Whether you're already leading or you have it on your radar, this book's for you. Don't expect a textbook full of highfalutin theories though, this book is rammed full of practical ideas that you can use instantly to help you in your current role or to get the position you want. How do you create a brilliant team? What is needed to establish an awesome ethos? How do you do those difficult personnel things? How do you make an impact? Answers to all of these questions and more are based on the combined 100 plus years of the authors' leadership experience in a wide range of educational settings. You'll find a cornucopia of pick and mix tips, strategies and stuff that really works and will make your leadership brilliant! Leadership doesn't come from formulae or from the latest list of government standards. Neither does it come from the school handbook or a 'values' poster in the staffroom. If you pick up 100 different leadership books you'll find 100 different nuanced definitions. Fundamentally, brilliant leadership is inspiring people to go the extra mile. There's a difference between 'outstanding' and 'brilliant'. Brilliant is self-made, inside out, creative and beyond the bounds of any simple description. Brilliance is a calling and brilliant practitioners go well beyond the call of duty. Middle leaders are the backbone of any school. At their best they challenge, manage, plan, develop and inspire colleagues to make learning brilliant for kids. Middle leadership covers a broad spectrum of roles and titles: curriculum leader, pastoral leader, key stage coordinator, subject coordinator, head of department, school leader, head of year, school leadership, head of house, head of faculty, subject leader. This book is aimed at anyone in middle leadership, regardless of job title, whether long in the tooth, new to leadership or wanting to get into it. Dip into this book and you'll find a wide range of tools, strategies, advice and top tips to help you be your brilliant best. Gary, Chris and Andy cover the myriad of issues facing middle leaders with their customary mix of good humour and solid, experience-informed advice. Topics covered include: starting a new role; whether in a new school or following internal promotion, what your colleagues and the kids will expect of you, identifying personal strengths and areas for further development, shifting your focus from your to-do list to your to-be list, having an impact, building rapport and a team ethos, planting seeds of positivity across the school, tips for holding effective meetings, how to plan improvement which works for your team and meets the expectations of senior leaders, planning, implementing and evaluating change, dealing with negative colleagues, overcoming issues and personnel problems, understanding and owning your thinking, celebrating successes, modelling and sharing best practice and developing a brilliant team. The Art of Being Brilliant series was a finalist in the 2017 Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.

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Crown House Publishing

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1785830619

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9781785830617

The History of a Myth

Pacariqtambo and the Origin of the Inkas

By: Gary Urton

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The History of a Myth

Pacariqtambo and the Origin of the Inkas

By: Gary Urton

In the year 1572, the Spanish chronicler Sarmiento de Gamboa completed one of the earliest official versions of the history of the Inka empire. In his account, he stated that the ancestors of the Inkas originated from a cave at a place to the south of the imperial city of Cuzco called Pacariqtambo. The History of a Myth explores how and why this version of the origin myth (there were others) came to form the basis of an official history. Using a legal document from the 1560s, Urton reveals how the Pacariqtambo origin myth allowed remaining members of the Inka nobility to claim descent from the first Inkas and enjoy special status with their Spanish conquerors. This discovery offers new insight into the social and political factors that determine what becomes "the facts" of history. It also emphasizes the ambiguities inherent in history writing when the informants are the conquered subjects of the authors.

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University of Texas Press

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0292785658

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9780292785656

The Perfect Response

Studies of the Rhetorical Personality

By: Gary C. Woodward

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The Perfect Response

Studies of the Rhetorical Personality

By: Gary C. Woodward

The Perfect Response offers a framework for assessing the nature of fluency, and explaining the personal attributes that account for why some communicators excel more than most in connecting with others.

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Lexington Books

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0739140027

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9780739140024

The Star Sailors

By: Gary L. Bennett

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The Star Sailors

By: Gary L. Bennett

Throughout the history of the human race there have been adventurers who must test the limits of exploration, iconoclasts who will never be satisfied with peace at the expense of ignorance. And ignorance will be dangerous indeed if it is true that the Apollyoni exist. In a Galactic Federation without war, it has been hard to imagine evil, until the expedition to Ahriman ended in such horrible violence that its lone survivor-Coni Sanderson-had to be almost completely reconstructed. For Coni's sake, Greg Sheldon wants more than anything to go beyond the perimeter to search out the truth. Richard Highstreet's father was lost on one of the last major expeditions and he, too, would travel anywhere to find out why. Outstanding courage has made Ben Wilson their commander on a desperate and illegal mission through metaspace, and he knows that if Art Cooke, the fourth crewmember of the Odyssey, knew the real reason for the voyage, he would have stopped it. It will be Ben's job to keep them from destroying each other before they reach their destination, because when that destination is reached, they may have more destruction on their hands than any of them could ever have imagined possible.

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iUniverse

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1469761130

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9781469761138

Rage

By: Gary C. King

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Rage

By: Gary C. King

Case Featured On Dateline and 48 Hours Divorce Is Violent. . . Darren Mack had it all. A beautiful home in Reno. A lovely wife. Three children. And a million-dollar business. Then his wife Charla filed for divorce, winning a large settlement in a heated courtroom battle. According to friends, Mack was "angry." They had no idea how far his fury would take him... Revenge Is Bloody. . . Over the next year, the rage only intensified. Finally, Darren Mack snapped, stabbing and killing his ex-wife in his condo. Hours later, he stalked and shot their divorce judge in broad daylight. Before the blood had even cooled and law enforcement could react, he fled to Mexico, eluding police hot on his trail. Justice Is Final. . . The case made headlines nationwide, propelled by lurid details of Mack's wild "swinger" lifestyle, the shocking discovery of explosives in his apartment, and the chillingly prophetic remark made by his wife: "Someday he's going to kill me. . ." Catching him was the hardest part. . . With 16 Pages Of Shocking Photos

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Pinnacle Books

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0786031875

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9780786031870

On the Avenue of the Mystery

The Postwar Counterculture in Novels and Film

By: Gary Hentzi

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On the Avenue of the Mystery

The Postwar Counterculture in Novels and Film

By: Gary Hentzi

This volume is a study of eight major novels from the postwar period (1945-65) in conjunction with the films made from them during a later period of a little less than three decades straddling the millennium (1985-2012). The comparison of these novels (by Ken Kesey, Paul Bowles, Carson McCullers, Jack Kerouac, James Baldwin, Alexander Trocchi, William Burroughs, and Peter Matthiessen) with their film adaptations offers the opportunity for a historical reassessment not only of the novels themselves but also of the global counterculture of the years 1965-75, which they prefigure in a variety of ways. Appearing more than a decade after the waning of the counterculture and in some cases as much as fifty years after the novels on which they are based, the films display significant revisions and omissions prompted by the historical and cultural changes of the intervening years. Whereas these changes are nowadays often interpreted in purely political terms, this book argues that the religious theme of mystery and its decline is central to the novels and films and is a key feature of the period of cultural transformation that they bookend. At once a work of literary criticism, film studies, and cultural history, this text has the potential to reach both an academic audience and the broader readership that has long existed for these novels as well as the even broader one interested in reappraising the period of the global counterculture—among the most important of the influences that have shaped the contemporary world.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000804607

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9781000804607

Insurrection, Corruption & Murder in Early Vermont

Life on the Wild Northern Frontier

By: Gary G. Shattuck

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Insurrection, Corruption & Murder in Early Vermont

Life on the Wild Northern Frontier

By: Gary G. Shattuck

During America's Early Republic, the pastoral villages and forests of Vermont were anything but peaceful. Conflict raged along the Canadian border, as international tensions prompted Thomas Jefferson to ban American exports to France and Great Britain. Some Vermonters turned to smuggling. Federal seizure of a boat called the "Black Snake" went deadly wrong--three men were killed that day, and another died later in the state's first hanging execution. The outbreak of the War of 1812 brought thousands of troops, along with drunkenness, disease and a general disregard of civil rights, including the imposition of extra-legal military trials. Using his extensive knowledge of the law, author Gary Shattuck sheds new light on this riotous era.

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Arcadia Publishing

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162585188X

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Pinnacle City

By: Gary L Morton

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Pinnacle City

By: Gary L Morton

About this book: It is a sci-fi novel, 89,000 words in length. Future detective Jack Michaels investigates a series of bizarre killings at Pinnacle City in the Sky. The book is a novel of action and humor in a super complex of the future, featuring an assortment of characters from a private eye to an AI ghost, mutants and androids.

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1304623459

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Psychological Evaluations for the Courts, Third Edition

A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers

By: Gary B. Melton,John Petrila,Norman G. Poythress,Christopher Slobogin

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Psychological Evaluations for the Courts, Third Edition

A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers

By: Gary B. Melton,John Petrila,Norman G. Poythress,Christopher Slobogin

This is the definitive reference and text for both mental health and legal professionals. The authors offer a uniquely comprehensive discussion of the legal and clinical contexts of forensic assessment, along with best-practice guidelines for participating effectively and ethically in a wide range of criminal and civil proceedings. Presented are findings, instruments, and procedures related to criminal and civil competencies, civil commitment, sentencing, personal injury claims, antidiscrimination laws, child custody, juvenile justice, and more.

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Guilford Press

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160623739X

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9781606237397

Illuminati Halloween

By: Gary L Morton

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Illuminati Halloween

By: Gary L Morton

His girlfriend kidnapped and his best friend murdered, amateur private eye Joe Holiday tracks a mysterious Satanist wing of the Illuminati to the end of the conspiracy, Halloween and their ultimate creation.

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1365243338

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9781365243332

Jack The Ripper: Illustrated

By: Gary Reed

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Jack The Ripper: Illustrated

By: Gary Reed

An illustrated primer to the most infamous serial killer in history! The shocking unsolved murder of five prostitutes in Victorian London ripped apart the society of the civilized world and led to incredible social changes. In this narrative of sequential comic pages, facsimiles of letters and notes, pictures from the time period, a survey of the social setting, the victims, the investigators, and the possible suspects are all explored. An informative insight into the world terrorized by Jack The Ripper. "Pictures, drawings and text filled with the history of Jack the Ripper. If you love the legend of this serial killer, it's all here in this handy book!! The Illustrated Jack the Ripper is nothing short of spellbinding - fierce and compelling. You will come away as a knowledgeable Ripperologist!" - Paul Dale Roberts, Jazma Online A Caliber Comics release.

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Caliber Comics

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1629785563

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World War II Snipers

The Men, Their Guns, Their Stories

By: Gary Yee

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World War II Snipers

The Men, Their Guns, Their Stories

By: Gary Yee

Gary Yee takes what is already a well-researched deep dive into the specifics of sniper training, employment and equipment to a new level." - American Rifleman Magazine Thousands of volumes have been published about World War II but relatively little attention has been given to the sniper. Drawing from memoirs, government documents and interviews, World War II Snipers incorporates eyewitness accounts to weave a comprehensive narrative of snipers in World War II. While certain common traits were shared among belligerents, each had its unique methodology for selecting and training snipers and, as casualties were high, their replacements. Drawn from hunters, competitive shooters, natural marksmen, outdoorsmen, city dwellers, farmers and veteran soldiers, they fought to assert local battlefield dominance and instill among their enemy a paralyzing fear. Sometimes admired and other times reviled by their own comrades because of the retaliation they drew, they were always too few in number. Their battlefield role, their victories and their defeats are retold here from neglected or forgotten sources. The scope of World War II Snipers is extensive with three chapters each on the major theaters of the war including Western Europe, Eastern Europe and the Pacific. This is supported by a lengthy chapter on the sniper rifles used by the snipers and their equipment.

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Casemate

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1636240992

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9781636240992

Seeing What Others Don't

The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights

By: Gary Klein

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Seeing What Others Don't

The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights

By: Gary Klein

The author takes his experience in academia, the military, and private industry and offers seminars on improving employee performance, defining improvement as a combination of fewer mistakes and more insightful decisions. Insights like Darwin's understanding of the way evolution actually works, and Watson and Crick's breakthrough discoveries about the structure of DNA can change the world. We also need insights into the everyday things that frustrate and confuse us so that we can more effectively solve problems and get things done. Yet we know very little about when, why, or how insights are formed or what blocks them. In Seeing What Others Don't, renowned cognitive psychologist Gary Klein unravels the mystery. Klein is a keen observer of people in their natural settings, scientists, businesspeople, firefighters, police officers, soldiers, family members, friends, himself, and uses a marvelous variety of stories to illuminate his research into what insights are and how they happen. Klein also dissects impediments to insight, such as when organizations claim to value employee creativity and to encourage breakthroughs but in reality block disruptive ideas and prioritize avoidance of mistakes. Or when information technology systems are “dumb by design” and block potential discoveries.

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PublicAffairs

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1610392752

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9781610392754

Essential Quantum Mechanics

By: Gary E. Bowman

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Essential Quantum Mechanics

By: Gary E. Bowman

A concise, lucid development of the fundamental structure of quantum mechanics from a thoroughly modern perspective. Focusing on physical and mathematical understanding, with over 60 problems, this compact introduction is invaluable for students and researchers in physics and other fields where quantum mechanics plays an important role.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199228922

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9780199228928

The First Louisiana Special Battalion

Wheat's Tigers in the Civil War

By: Gary Schreckengost

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The First Louisiana Special Battalion

Wheat's Tigers in the Civil War

By: Gary Schreckengost

From the little-known Filibuster Wars to the Civil War battlefield of Gaines' Mill, this volume details the fascinating story of one of the South's most colorful military units, the 1st Louisiana Special Battalion, aka Wheat's Tigers. Beginning with a brief look at the Filibuster Wars (a set of military attempts to annex Latin American countries into the United States as slave states), the work takes a close look at the men who comprised Wheat's Tigers: Irish immigrant ship hands, New Orleans dock workers and Filibuster veterans. Commanded by one of the greatest antebellum filibusterers, Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, the Tigers quickly distinguished themselves in battle through their almost reckless bravery, proving instrumental in Southern victories at the battles of Front Royal, Winchester and Port Republic. An in-depth look at Battle of Gaines' Mill, in which Wheat's Tigers suffered heavy casualties, including their commander, completes the story. Appendices provide a compiled roster of the Wheat's Tigers, a look at the 1st Louisiana's uniforms and a copy of Wheat's report about the Battle of Manassas. Never-before-published photographs are also included.

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McFarland

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1476610762

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9781476610764

Psychological Evaluations for the Courts

A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers

By: Gary B. Melton,John Petrila,Norman G. Poythress,Christopher Slobogin,Randy K. Otto,Douglas Mossman,Lois O. Condie

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Psychological Evaluations for the Courts

A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers

By: Gary B. Melton,John Petrila,Norman G. Poythress,Christopher Slobogin,Randy K. Otto,Douglas Mossman,Lois O. Condie

Tens of thousands of readers have relied on this leading text and practitioner reference--now revised and updated--to understand the issues the legal system most commonly asks mental health professionals to address. The volume demystifies the forensic psychological assessment process and provides guidelines for participating effectively and ethically in legal proceedings. Presented are clinical and legal concepts and evidence-based assessment procedures pertaining to criminal and civil competencies, the insanity defense and related doctrines, sentencing, civil commitment, personal injury claims, antidiscrimination laws, child custody, juvenile justice, and other justice-related areas. Case examples, exercises, and a glossary facilitate learning; 19 sample reports illustrate how to conduct and write up thorough, legally admissible evaluations. New to This Edition *Extensively revised to reflect important legal, empirical, and clinical developments. *Increased attention to medical and neuroscientific research. *New protocols relevant to competence, risk assessment, child custody, and mental injury evaluations. *Updates on insanity, sentencing, civil commitment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Social Security, juvenile and family law, and the admissibility of expert testimony. *Material on immigration law (including a sample report) and international law. *New and revised sample reports.

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Guilford Publications

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1462535534

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9781462535538

The Patrick O'Brian Muster Book

Persons, Animals, Ships and Cannon in the Aubrey-Maturin Sea Novels

By: Anthony Gary Brown

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The Patrick O'Brian Muster Book

Persons, Animals, Ships and Cannon in the Aubrey-Maturin Sea Novels

By: Anthony Gary Brown

Now in its second edition, this expanded work catalogs every person, animal, ship and cannon mentioned by name in the 21 books of Patrick O'Brian's series on the maritime adventures of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin. The novels, renowned for their "far-ranging web of wit and allusion," teem with thousands of characters and ships, both imaginary and historical. From Master and Commander to 21: The Unfinished Voyage, this book distinguishes the fictional from the factual, making a useful series companion for the casual reader and the most ardent fans. Each of the more than 5,000 alphabetized entries provides a reference to the novels and chapters in which the topic appears. Additionally, biographical notes on the historical figures are included, with sources provided in an annotated bibliography.

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McFarland

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0786455667

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White Zombie

Anatomy of a Horror Film

By: Gary D. Rhodes

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White Zombie

Anatomy of a Horror Film

By: Gary D. Rhodes

The 1932 horror film White Zombie starring Bela Lugosi has received controversial attention from film reviewers and scholars--but it is unarguably a cult classic worthy of study. This book analyzes the film text from nearly every possible viewpoint, using both academic and popular film theories. Also supplied is an extensive intellectual history of the predecessor works to White Zombie, as well as information on the significance it carried for subsequent books and films, its theatrical release around the country, its modern cultural influence, and the attempts to restore the film to its original state. Other noteworthy features of this work include an in-depth biography of White Zombie director Victor Halperin, the first complete study of his life and career, and 244 images and photographs.

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361

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McFarland

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1476604916

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9781476604916

Riding the Video Range

The Rise and Fall of the Western on Television

By: Gary A. Yoggy

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Riding the Video Range

The Rise and Fall of the Western on Television

By: Gary A. Yoggy

In June 1949, Hopalong Cassidy. Then Roy Rogers, the Lone Ranger, Zorro, Davy Crockett, the Cisco Kid, Matt Dillon, Bat Masterson, the Cartwrights, Hec Ramsey, Paladin ("Have Gun Will Travel")--no television genre has generated as many enduring characters as the Western. Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, Bonanza, Maverick, and Wagon Train are just a few of the small-screen oaters that became instant classics. Then shows such as Lonesome Dove and The Young Riders updated and redefined the genre. The shows tended to fall into categories, such as "juvenile" Westerns, marshals and sheriffs, wagon trains and cattle drives, ranchers, antiheroes (bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns), memorable pairs, Indians, single parent families (e.g., The Big Valley, The Rifleman and Bonanza), women, blacks, Asians and even spoofs. There are 85 television Westerns analyzed here--the characters, the stories and why the shows succeeded or failed. Many photographs, a bibliography and index complete the book.

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McFarland

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1476622248

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9781476622248

Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works

By: Thomas Middleton,Gary Taylor,John Lavagnino

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Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works

By: Thomas Middleton,Gary Taylor,John Lavagnino

Thomas Middleton is one of the few playwrights in English whose range and brilliance comes close to Shakespeare's. This handsome edition makes all Middleton's work accessible in a single volume, for the first time. It will generate excitement and controversy among all readers of Shakespeare and the English classics.

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2018

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Oxford University Press

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0198185693

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The Gods of Cerus Major

By: Gary Alan Ruse

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The Gods of Cerus Major

By: Gary Alan Ruse

A starship from Earth hits a space warp, is thrown off course, and lands on an unknown planet, where the crew is captured by aliens who are at war with a primitive tribe of descendants of Earthlings who had crashed on the planet generations before.

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Doubleday Books

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0385171188

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9780385171182

A Gift from Tartary

By: Gary Magallon

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A Gift from Tartary

By: Gary Magallon

A Gift From Tartary, whose central character, a Benedictine monk in the service of the Papacy, is unwillingly thrust into the Mongol whirlwind. The main character and other key players are fictitious, as are particular events relating to their ordeals. The novel is historically accurate, rich in detail. It is the story of one mans conflict, a scholarly monk torn between his duty to the Church and that pledged to his new masters, the pagan Mongols. This is a journey into one of the most spectacular and contradictory periods of history.

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431

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462820085

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9781462820085

When Golf is a Ball

A Lifetime of Fun and Adventure in the Game

By: Gary Wiren

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When Golf is a Ball

A Lifetime of Fun and Adventure in the Game

By: Gary Wiren

Shares the author's lifetime experiences in contact with all-time greats of golf, giants of industry and fans of the game all around the world. National golf press advertising. Targeted print feature campaign. Print, radio and television interviews. Excerpts in major golf magazine.

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302

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193220217X

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9781932202175

A Snowman in July

By: Gary Bolick

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A Snowman in July

By: Gary Bolick

Snowman in July" is a story that starts with the main character's death and works backwards to create his life. Zeb, age twenty, is at his own hanging on a remote island in North Carolina. Why he is being hanged is unknown, but, by the end of "Snowman in July" Bolick demonstrated his keen observance of other people and takes you on a ride through Zeb's life-it will truly be the ride of your life.

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230

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0887391796

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9780887391798

Just a Range Ball in a Box of Titleists

On and Off the Tour with Gary McCord

By: Gary McCord

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Just a Range Ball in a Box of Titleists

On and Off the Tour with Gary McCord

By: Gary McCord

From the #1 golf commentator and iconoclast comes a deeply funny exploration of the many mysteries of the game and those who play it. A work of pure delight, "Just a Range Ball in a Box of Titleists" is further proof, in the words of "Golf" magazine, that "Gary McCord transforms golf".

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Putnam Adult

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0399142339

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9780399142338

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