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The Engineering Project

Its Nature, Ethics, and Promise

By: Gene Moriarty

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The Engineering Project

Its Nature, Ethics, and Promise

By: Gene Moriarty

We all live our daily lives surrounded by the products of technology that make what we do simpler, faster, and more efficient. These are benefits we often just take for granted. But at the same time, as these products disburden us of unwanted tasks that consumed much time and effort in earlier eras, many of them also leave us more disengaged from our natural and even human surroundings. It is the task of what Gene Moriarty calls focal engineering to create products that will achieve a balance between disburdenment and engagement: “How much disburdenment will be appropriate while still permitting an engagement that enriches one’s life, elevates the spirit, and calls forth a good life in a convivial society?” One of his examples of a focally engineered structure is the Golden Gate Bridge, which “draws people to it, enlivens and elevates the human spirit, and resonates with the world of its congenial setting. Humans, bridge, and world are in tune.” These values of engagement, enlivenment, and resonance are key to the normative approach Moriarty brings to the profession of engineering, which traditionally has focused mainly on technical measures of evaluation such as efficiency, productivity, objectivity, and precision. These measures, while important, look at the engineered product in a local and limited sense. But “from a broader perspective, what is locally benign may present serious moral problems,” undermining “social justice, environmental sustainability, and health and safety of affected parties.” It is this broader perspective that is championed by focal engineering, the subject of Part III of the book, which Moriarty contrasts with “modern” engineering in Part I and “pre-modern” engineering in Part II.

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Penn State Press

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0271075996

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Mason County, West Virginia Marriages, 1806-1915

By: Julie Chapin Hesson,Sherman Gene Hesson,Jane J. Russell

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Mason County, West Virginia Marriages, 1806-1915

By: Julie Chapin Hesson,Sherman Gene Hesson,Jane J. Russell

This remarkable book is an alphabetical listing of nearly the entire adult male (and some of the female) population of Monmouth County during the American Revolution--some 6,000 Monmouth Countians between 1776 and 1783. For roughly half of the persons listed, we find one or two identifying pieces of information, and in an equal number of cases we are presented with enough information to trace the allegiance or comings and goings of a Monmouth County resident over a number of years.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806346736

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9780806346731

Limnological Analysis

By: Robert G. Wetzel,Gene E. Likens

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Limnological Analysis

By: Robert G. Wetzel,Gene E. Likens

Limnological Analyses, a classic, second, thoroughly updated edition, consists of a series of carefully designed and tested field and laboratory exercises covering the full scope of limnology. It provides the student with a solid foundation in this complex multidisciplinary field of ecology and illustrates modern experimental approaches. Among the topics covered by such exercises are: major physical components of lakes and streams; important mineral nutrients; cycling of organic matter; benthic fauna; primary productivity of phytoplankton; quantitative methods in biota analysis; diurnal changes; experimental manipulation of model ecosystems; effects of sewage outfall and other human activities; whole ecosystem and community analyses. Each exercise is preceded by an introductory section and concludes with questions for the student and a selection of suggested reading. Teachers and students of limnology will value Limnological Analyses for its highly structured, concise presentation. Its research-oriented approach encourages active participation.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475740980

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9781475740981

Limnological Analyses

By: Robert G. Wetzel,Gene E. Likens

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Limnological Analyses

By: Robert G. Wetzel,Gene E. Likens

In this thoroughly updated third edition, the authors provide a series of carefully designed and tested field and laboratory exercises that represent the full scope of limnology. In using the text, students will gain a solid foundation in this complex, multidisciplinary field of ecology as they explore the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of standing and running waters. The book illustrates accepted standard methods as well as modern metabolic and experimental approaches and their research applications. Each exercise is preceded by an introductory section and concludes with questions for students as well as suggestions for further reading. As a textbook, this is a highly structured, concise presentation with a research-oriented approach that openly invites active participation by students.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475732503

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The Western Films of Robert Mitchum

Hollywood's Cowboy Rebel

By: Gene Freese

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The Western Films of Robert Mitchum

Hollywood's Cowboy Rebel

By: Gene Freese

Robert Mitchum was--and still is--one of Hollywood's defining stars of Western film. For more than 30 years, the actor played the weary and cynical cowboy, and his rough-and-tough presence on-screen was no different than his one off-screen. With a personality fit for western-noir, Robert Mitchum dominated the genre during the mid-20th century, and returned as the anti-hero again during the 1990s before his death. This book lays down the life of Mitchum and the films that established him as one of Hollywood's strongest and smartest horsemen. Going through early classics like Pursued (1947) and Blood on the Moon (1948) to more recent cult favorites like Tombstone (1993) and Dead Man (1995), Freese shows how Mitchum's nuanced portrayals of the iconic anti-hero of the West earned him his spot in the Cowboy Hall of Fame.

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McFarland

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1476678499

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9781476678498

Burying the Black Sox

How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded

By: Gene Carney

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Burying the Black Sox

How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded

By: Gene Carney

New insight on baseball's most famous scandal

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U of Nebraska Press

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1597971081

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9781597971089

Creating Ever-cool

A Marketer's Guide to a Kid's Heart

By: Del Vecchio, Gene

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Creating Ever-cool

A Marketer's Guide to a Kid's Heart

By: Del Vecchio, Gene

WINNER OF THE 1997 ATTICUS AWARD, STRATEGY CATEGORY "Fantastic! Creating Ever-Cool is a 'must-read' for all manufacturers and advertising agencies that are marketing to children." Bennett Wolk, Director Worldwide Consumer Research Mattel Toys By its very nature, "cool" is a nebulous distinction. What is cool one year, or even one month, may not be the next. Yet some products are able to remain consistently cool year-in and year-out. In their quest for a share of the $171 billion of purchases that kids influence every year, marketers strive to develop such cool products. These the author terms "Ever-Cools." The Barbie doll represents a perfect example of an "Ever-Cool" product. Barbie rides the trends and fads, assuming various guises to reflect current coolness. Mothers who had Malibu Barbie dolls now buy Baywatch Barbies for their daughters. This is an exploration of achieving the elusive Ever-Cool status.

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Pelican Publishing

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1455603082

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9781455603084

Where We Stand

Voices of Southern Dissent

By: Dan Carter,Leslie Dunbar,Gene Nichol,Daniel H. Pollitt

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Where We Stand

Voices of Southern Dissent

By: Dan Carter,Leslie Dunbar,Gene Nichol,Daniel H. Pollitt

This book contains essays from twelve leading Southern historians, activists, civil rights attorneys, law professors, and theologians. They discuss militarism, religion, the environment, voting rights, the Patriot Act, the economy, prisons and crime, and other subjects significant to the South and the Nation in the ongoing debate about the future of the United States. The writers come from, or have been active in the affairs of, each of the former Confederate states."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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NewSouth Books

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1588381692

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9781588381699

Hard Cases – True Stories of Irish Crime

Profiling Ireland's Murderers, Kidnappers and Thugs

By: Gene Kerrigan

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Hard Cases – True Stories of Irish Crime

Profiling Ireland's Murderers, Kidnappers and Thugs

By: Gene Kerrigan

From crime to verdict, award-winning journalist Gene Kerrigan tells the brutal stories of some of Ireland's most notorious murders, kidnappings and violent attacks Hard Cases is a collection of startling stories about the reality of crime and court cases in Ireland. In these stories, there are no crime bosses with quaint nicknames; the police don't collect convenient clues that tell them whodunnit. Instead, it contains cases both famous and obscure in which the outcome is sometimes just, sometimes unsettling and always complicated, in which there are no easy answers and no simple victims. In Hard Cases, you will delve into the criminal underworld of Ireland, starting with the tale of Dessie O'Hare which records in breathtaking detail the inside story of a notorious kidnapping. There's the story of Karl Crawley, a sometimes gentle, sometimes wild young Dublin man who found a shocking way of fighting back against authority. Then there's the story of Peter Matthews, who went into a police station to answer questions about a petty crime and ended up dead – with gardaí covering up the reason why. Hard Cases also exposes the story behind some Ireland's most infamous crime scenes: how did Fr Molloy come to die in the bedroom of his married friends? What happened when Christy Payne came home to find his daughter's boyfriend wielding a hatchet? Hard Cases is a must-read – revealing the true stories behind some of Ireland's most famous headlines and exposing the machinations of the Irish justice system, it is a shocking and fascinating snapshot of Irish crime, criminals and court cases.

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Gill & Macmillan Ltd

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0717166597

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9780717166596

Bury My Heart at Cooperstown

Salacious, Sad, and Surreal Deaths in the History of Baseball

By: Frank Russo,Gene Racz

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Bury My Heart at Cooperstown

Salacious, Sad, and Surreal Deaths in the History of Baseball

By: Frank Russo,Gene Racz

An entertaining look at how a number of baseball players have left fthe game all too soon, this book covers murders, suicides, accidents and bizarre mishaps, deaths by alcoholism, and even deaths by sexually transmitted diseases. The ever amusing and interesting stories include James Phelps, who made a running catch, was bitten by a poisonous snake, finished the game, then promptly died; Harold B. "Rowdy" Elliott, who fell out of an apartment window in San Francisco in 1934 at the age of 33; Gus Sandberg, who's demise was when he decided to light a match to see how much gas was in the tank of his car; Dernell Stensen, who was shot in the chest and head and run over by his own SUV in 2003 at the age of 25; Len Koenecke, who got his head smashed in by a pilot as he tried to grab controls in the cockpit of a commercial airplane flying from Chicago to Buffalo in 1935; and love-sick, star-stuck Bob Lansford, who poisoned himself to death with a picture of a young actress in front of him in 1907. There are countless offbeat facts, trivia, and even specific locations of where many of the ballplayers are buried such as Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Billy Martin, and many more. The book also provides you with a grave-hunting for dummies chapter with tips on how to find your favorite deceased ballplayer.

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Triumph Books

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1617499366

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9781617499364

Cowboy Bebop: Making The Netflix Series

By: Jeff Bond,Gene Kozicki

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Cowboy Bebop: Making The Netflix Series

By: Jeff Bond,Gene Kozicki

Official companion book to the Netflix TV series featuring concept art, sketches, behind-the-scenes photography and interviews with cast and crew. Based on the worldwide phenomenon from Sunrise Inc., Cowboy Bebop is the jazz-inspired, genre-bending story of a rag-tag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals. They’ll even save the world…for the right price. Take a trip behind the scenes of Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop adaptation! This official companion book is packed full of beautiful concept art and revealing behind-the-scenes photography, as the cast and crew tell the story of how one of the most influential anime series of all time was translated over to live action in this much-anticipated series.

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Titan Books (US, CA)

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1803360798

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9781803360799

Richard Jaeckel, Hollywood's Man of Character

By: Gene Freese

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Richard Jaeckel, Hollywood's Man of Character

By: Gene Freese

Character actor Richard Jaeckel worked five decades in Hollywood alongside the industry's biggest names. Noted for tough-guy portrayals, he appeared in such classic westerns and war films as Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), The Gunfighter (1950), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), and The Dirty Dozen (1967). Bringing strength and integrity to his roles, he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Sometimes a Great Notion (1970). A World War II veteran and Merchant Marine, he was respected in the surfing and fitness communities for his ageless athleticism. His performance as Turk in Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) was groundbreaking for iron-pumping actors wanting to be taken seriously for their dramatic abilities. This revealing portrait of the life of a working character actor covers Jaeckel's noteworthy career through each of his film and television appearances, from Guadalcanal Diary (1943) to Baywatch (1994). Recollections and behind the scenes stories from those he knew and worked with offer an in-depth look at the dedication and professionalism it takes to make it in Hollywood.

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McFarland

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147666210X

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9781476662107

Flim Flam: Houdini and the Hereafter

By: Gene Franklin Smith

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Flim Flam: Houdini and the Hereafter

By: Gene Franklin Smith

A stage play based on actual events. In the summer of 1922, Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle team to investigate psychic mediums for the Scientific American committee. Their friendship is challenged when Conan Doyle champions a beautiful and seductive psychic as authentic. Houdini is determined to prove that she is a phony, until she apparently contacts Houdini's beloved dead mother, and he must confront his own beliefs about life-after-death.

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Lulu.com

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1312864443

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Recovery Act

Funds Continue to Provide Fiscal Relief to States and Localities, While Accountability and Reporting Challenges Need to be Fully Addressed

By: Gene L. Dodaro

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Recovery Act

Funds Continue to Provide Fiscal Relief to States and Localities, While Accountability and Reporting Challenges Need to be Fully Addressed

By: Gene L. Dodaro

This report, the third in response to a mandate under the Amer. Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), addresses the following objectives: (1) selected states¿ and localities¿ uses of Recovery Act funds; (2) the approaches taken by the selected states and localities to ensure accountability for Recovery Act funds; and (3) states¿ plans to evaluate the impact of Recovery Act funds. This report is focused on 16 states and certain localities in those jurisdictions as well as the District of Columbia ¿ representing about 65% of the U.S. population and two-thirds of the intergovernmental federal assistance available. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.

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DIANE Publishing

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1437922783

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9781437922783

Classic Movie Fight Scenes

75 Years of Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914-1989

By: Gene Freese

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Classic Movie Fight Scenes

75 Years of Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914-1989

By: Gene Freese

Both brawls and elaborate martial arts have kept movie audiences on the edges of their seats since cinema began. But the filming of fight scenes has changed significantly through the years--mainly for the safety of the combatants--from improvised scuffles in the Silent Era to exquisitely choreographed and edited sequences involving actors, stuntmen and technical experts. Camera angles prevented many a broken nose. Examining more than 300 films--from The Spoilers (1914) to Road House (1989)--the author provides behind-the-scenes details on memorable melees starring such iconic tough-guys as John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Robert Mitchum, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan.

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McFarland

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1476669430

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9781476669434

The Engineering Project

Its Nature, Ethics, and Promise

By: Gene Moriarty

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The Engineering Project

Its Nature, Ethics, and Promise

By: Gene Moriarty

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Penn State Press

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0271034920

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9780271034928

The Best in Television

50 Years of Emmys

By: Morrie Gelman,Gene Accas

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The Best in Television

50 Years of Emmys

By: Morrie Gelman,Gene Accas

A tribute to the brilliant producers, directors, writers, and stars that made television programming possible presents a photographic review of the last fifty years and coincides with the Emmy anniversary network special to be aired on September 13, 1998.

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Stoddart

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1575440423

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9781575440422

Global Studies

Europe

By: E. Gene Frankland

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Global Studies

Europe

By: E. Gene Frankland

GLOBAL STUDIES is a unique series designed to provide comprehensive background information and selected world press articles on the regions and countries of the world. Each GLOBAL STUDIES volume includes an annotated listing of World Wide Web sites. . Visit our website for more information: . www.dushkin.com/global studies/ .

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0072433574

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9780072433579

Do You Love Me: The Gene Gregorits File

By: Gene Gregorits

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Do You Love Me: The Gene Gregorits File

By: Gene Gregorits

DO YOU LOVE ME: THE GENE GREGORITS FILE is an experimental literary anthology which contains nearly 70 accounts of the man from his enemies, friends, family, and -most tellingly of all- from his rapidly growing cult following, among them Dan Stuart of Green On Red, Lisa Carver of Rollerderby and Suckdog fame, and notorious body modification icon Ron Athey.

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0692022171

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