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The Bay of the Mother of God

A Yankee Discovers the Chesapeake Bay

By: George R. Merrill

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The Bay of the Mother of God

A Yankee Discovers the Chesapeake Bay

By: George R. Merrill

George R. Merrill shares the sacred and profane as they revealed themselves in his forty years of sailing on and living around the Chesapeake Bay. You will meet some of the unique people of tidewater Maryland, be introduced to extraordinary places, explore the gentle terrain of the Eastern Shore and discover how flowers can sing of both joy and sadness. You will join him on his last sail on Periplus, his thirty-eight foot cutter, and a voyage that marks for many sailors, the end of one era and the beginning of another.

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1481756303

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Prisoners of Their Premises

How Unexamined Assumptions Lead to War and Other Policy Debacles

By: George C. Edwards III

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Prisoners of Their Premises

How Unexamined Assumptions Lead to War and Other Policy Debacles

By: George C. Edwards III

A timely look at the real costs of leaders not examining their assumptions. Why do accomplished and stable leaders frequently make calamitous decisions with devastating consequences for their countries—and other nations? We debate debacles such as the American involvement in Vietnam, seeking to understand why leaders pursued disastrous policies. In Prisoners of Their Premises, George C. Edwards III argues that the failure of leaders to examine their premises—the assumptions they make about the world and situation they are dealing with—cause them to ignore real problems or pursue policies that, in costly ways, deal with problems that are different than they think or simply don’t exist. Edwards looks at the role of premises in identifying (or ignoring) a problem in a series of case studies that range from strategic decisions in World War I and the Korean War to the wars in Vietnam and Iraq. Too often, unexamined premises color initial decisions to pursue a policy and shape the strategies leaders employ to achieve their goals, with grave consequences for their countries, organizations, and potentially the world. Timely and important, Prisoners of Their Premises demonstrates the real costs leaders incur by failing to question their assumptions.

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168

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University of Chicago Press

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0226822818

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9780226822815

Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses

By: George D. Chryssides

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Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses

By: George D. Chryssides

Originating from a small group of Bible students who met under Charles Taze Russell’s leadership and grew into an international Society, to which the second leader Joseph Franklin Rutherford and gave the name ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses’. Two World Wars shaped Watch Tower attitudes to civil government, armed conflict, and medical innovations such as blood transfusion, as well as to mainstream churches. The twenty-first century has seen some important changes in the Watch Tower organization, and coverage is given to changes in organizational structure, its use of the World Wide Web, and its major relocation from Brooklyn to Warwick. This updated second edition of Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on key concepts, themes, and people relating to Jehovah’s Witnesses. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Jehovah's Witnesses.

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299

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538119528

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9781538119525

Composting and Recycling Municipal Solid Waste

By: Luis F. Diaz,Clarence G. Golueke,George M. Savage,Linda L. Eggerth

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Composting and Recycling Municipal Solid Waste

By: Luis F. Diaz,Clarence G. Golueke,George M. Savage,Linda L. Eggerth

Composting and Recycling Municipal Solid Waste is a comprehensive guide that identifies, describes, explains, and evaluates the options available when composting and recycling municipal solid waste (MSW). The book begins with an introductory chapter on the nature of MSW and the importance of solid waste management programs and resource recovery. Chapter 2 discusses MSW storage and collection, with emphasis on recyclables. Chapter 3 examines issues involved in determining the quantity, composition, and key physical characteristics of the MSW to be managed and processed. The book's other chapters cover topics such as the steps required for processing MSW for material recovery, the use of uncomposted organic matter as a soil amendment, composting and use of compost product, the marketing of recyclables, biogasification, and integrated waste management. Composting and Recycling Municipal Solid Waste provides essential information needed by solid waste professionals, consultants, regulators, and planners to arrive at rational decisions regarding available economic and technological resources for MSW composting and recycling.

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343

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CRC Press

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135136751X

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9781351367516

Native Arts Of North America, Africa, And The South Pacific

An Introduction

By: George A. Corbin

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Native Arts Of North America, Africa, And The South Pacific

An Introduction

By: George A. Corbin

This introduction to the art of tribal peoples of North America, Africa, and the South Pacific does not briefly cover the hundreds of artistic traditions in these three vast areas but rather studies in depth thirty-six art styles within all three areas using the methods of art history, including stylistic analysis and iconographic interpretation. Emphasis is on the art in cultural context and as a system of visual communication within each tribal area. Where appropriate for a more complete understanding of the art, data from archaeology, ethnology, linguistics, religion, and other humanistic disciplines are included.Among the peoples and cultures whose art is studied are the Haida, Kwakiutl, and Tlingit; the Hohokam and Mongollon, the Anasazi and Hopi; the Dogon and Bamana of Mali; the Asante of Ghana; the Benin, Yoruba, and Ibo of Nigeria; the Fan, the Bamum, and the Kuba of Central Africa; Australian aboriginal and Island New Guinea art; Island Melanesia art; central and eastern Polynesia; Hawaii and the Maori in Marginal Polynesia.The format of the text and selected illustrations is based on seventeen years of teaching African, North American Indian, and South Pacific art to undergraduate and graduate students at Herbert H. Lehman College (CUNY), New York University, and Columbia University. The book is intended for art history and anthropology students and the interested lay reader or collector. The detailed notes at the end of the book are for further study, research, and understanding of the tribal art style under discussion.

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648

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Routledge

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0429973055

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9780429973055

Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements

By: George D. Chryssides

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Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements

By: George D. Chryssides

New religious movements--commonly known as cults--are defined as organizations that have arisen within the last 200 years. Most treatments of these movements have typically resorted to sensationalism rather than objectivity, and New religious movements tend to receive negative media publicity. Despite their unfavorable portrayal in popular culture, however, new religious movements are a global phenomenon and much remains to be studied about these movements. In this newly updated second edition of the Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements, George D. Chryssides traces the rise and development of new religious movements throughout the world. An updated introduction summarizes the phenomenon of new religious movements and lays out the changes to the dictionary since the 2001 edition, while the main body of the dictionary consists of close to 600 cross-referenced entries on key figures, ideas, themes, and places related to various new religious movements. An index organizes the information in the dictionary, and a comprehensive bibliography leads the researcher to further sources. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about new religious movements.

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0810861941

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9780810861947

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The Bay of the Mother of God

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Prisoners of Their Premises

Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses

Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses

Composting and Recycling Municipal Solid Waste

Composting and Recycling Municipal Solid Waste

Native Arts Of North America, Africa, And The South Pacific

Native Arts Of North America, Africa, And The South Pacific

Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements

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