Gerry Stewart's Books

Rethinking Local Democracy

By: Desmond S. King,Gerry Stoker

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The transformation of British local government into a new and complex system of local governance raises fundamental theoretical questions as well as empirical ones. Rethinking Local Democracy argues that traditional defences of local government are no longer adequate and that the case for local autonomy and local democracy needs to be radically rethought. It brings together a set of specially-commissioned chapters by leading academics designed to stimulate and contribute to debate on these issues.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1349247561

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Uncomfortably Off

Why the Top 10% of Earners Should Care about Inequality

By: Marcos González Hernando,Gerry Mitchell

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Uncomfortably Off

Why the Top 10% of Earners Should Care about Inequality

By: Marcos González Hernando,Gerry Mitchell

Media attention is often focused on the very richest, the 1%, and their capacity to influence politics and shape society. But they are not the only ones who drive politics, the public conversation and much of the private sector. The focus of this book is on the larger group between the 1% and the 10%. These are the managers and professionals of our media, business, the third sector, political parties and academia and are just as influential. However, many would not recognise themselves as high earners at all. In fact, earning around £60,000 a year in Britain places you in the top 10% of income earners. Maybe you’re surprised you fall into this category, or are not as far off as you thought. Despite this group’s relative advantage and comfort, these high earners don’t always feel politically empowered. They worry about their income and are anxious about the future. Most of them are more likely to move down the income ladder than up it. Drawing attention to this powerful section of society, this book explains why, even if you are relatively near the top, it is in your interest that inequality is reduced, and how you can make that happen.

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Policy Press

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1447367529

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The Exceptional Manager

Making the Difference

By: Rick Delbridge,Lynda Gratton,Gerry Johnson

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The Exceptional Manager

Making the Difference

By: Rick Delbridge,Lynda Gratton,Gerry Johnson

How do businesses go beyond the prescriptive policies and make the shift from the 'low road' of cost to the 'high road' of innovation and value? This book presents an analysis of the context and the challenges, and offers managers and consultants a range of ideas that are helpful to their companies.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199292221

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9780199292226

Nottingham's Military Legacy

By: Gerry van Tonder

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Nottingham's Military Legacy

By: Gerry van Tonder

Two years after landing on English soil in 1066, William of Normandy erected a strategic castle at Nottingham, thereby creating an enduring military nexus through to the modern era.On 22 August 1642, in his endeavours to quash Parliamentarian insurrection in the Midlands, King Charles raised his standard over Nottingham Castle, a rallying call to all Royalists to support their monarch. Loyalty to the Crown was, however, divided, and before long Parliamentarian forces garrisoned the castle. Late in the eighteenth century, a town troop of Yeomanry was raised in Nottingham, the foundation of the future South Notts Yeomanry. The yeomanry assisted regular troops by helping restore peace during the so-called Bread Riots of 1795, at a time when many of the towns men had been committed to military duty during the French Revolutionary Wars. Five troops of the towns yeomanry were again called up for service during the civil unrest of the Luddite Riots of 181118. This pattern of service continued over several decades. Evolving into a regiment, the yeomanry were repeatedly deployed against civil dissenters the Nottingham Riot, and the Reform Bill and Chartist Riots.After seeing combat during the Peninsula Wars in 1815, in the latter half of the 1800s, the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot formed part of a British invasion force into Afghanistan from India, to curb Russian interventionism in this remote and desolate region. The outbreak of war in distant South Africa in 1899 placed enormous strain on Britains military capability. From Nottingham and other county towns, regiments of yeomanry, Hussars and Sherwood Rangers were dispatched to the hostile environment of the African veld. Nottinghams sons then answered a call to arms in their thousands, only to also perish in their thousands on the Godforsaken soils of France and Flanders during the holocaust that was the Great War. Through the Second World War to the present, Nottinghams military units underwent successive phases of metamorphosis from infantry to antiaircraft and searchlight formations, followed by the relatively recent absorption into a regional entity: the Mercian Regiment. Today, Nottinghams castle and surrounds bear the symbols of a rich and diverse military legacy symbols of remembrance, of tribute, and of a tableau of military pride from ancient times.

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Pen and Sword

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1526707608

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Bloodthirsty Bitches and Pious Pimps of Power

The Rise and Risks of the New Conservative Hate Culture

By: Gerry Spence

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Bloodthirsty Bitches and Pious Pimps of Power

The Rise and Risks of the New Conservative Hate Culture

By: Gerry Spence

Ann Coulter. Laura Ingraham. Nancy Grace. Bill O'Reilly. Sean Hannity. Pat Robertson. Their faces and voices are ubiquitous: the shrill shrieks and strident bellowings that drown out all debate and set every listener on edge, using God's and Jesus's names to justify oppression and ignorance, and spread falsehoods as if they were facts. They occupy the bully pulpit of the new American hate culture: the television and radio programs watched and heard by millions of people that shape the opinions and set the agendas of churches, school boards, political action groups, and ultimately those we have elected to represent all of us. Gerry Spence takes dead aim at the media demagogues who wield their power with such virulent effect. Using the full force of his own rhetorical skill—developed through decades as a legendary defense attorney—Spence exposes the people behind the words, and carves their arguments with the rough edge of his tongue. Anyone who has had it up to here will cheer to see these bullies met and conquered on their own turf.

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St. Martin's Press

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1466831952

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9781466831957

Mountain Treks in British Columbia

By: Gerry Shea

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Mountain Treks in British Columbia

By: Gerry Shea

This second volume in The Aspiring Hiker's Guide series is meant to encourage beginner and intermediate hikers, backpackers and scramblers to explore British Columbia's backcountry in and around the national parks of Mount Revelstoke, Glacier, Kootenay and Yoho, along with the provincial parks of Mount Assiniboine and Mount Robson, with confidence and excitement. Aspects of venturing into these areas are investigated, including advice on gear, clothing, food and equipment; procedures related to safety and etiquette; and considerations as to physical fitness and first aid. Routes and trails are detailed with colour photographs and maps, GPS coordinates, elevation gain charts, distances, natural landmarks and tips on arriving at the destination safely. Best routes to summits are described in detail to prevent confusion and injury. As well, the general histories of the trails, routes and naming conventions for some mountains add an element of understanding and intrigue about the experience of the First Peoples and early European explorers who set foot in these beautifully wild areas of western Canada.

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Rocky Mountain Books Ltd

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192685523X

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The Politics of Local Government

By: Gerry Stoker

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The Politics of Local Government

By: Gerry Stoker

The comprehensively revised second edition of this successful text provides an up-to-date analysis of the changing world of local politics in Britain. Substantial new sections have been added on local political parties, hung councils, the politics of non-elected local government, recent developments in privatisation, and the politics of the poll tax. The book now provides a systematic treatment of the Thatcher legacy in local politics, the philosophy and strategy which underpinned it and likely futures in the post-Thatcher era. Reviews of the 1st edition: 'Should be read by anyone seeking to understand local government and its possible futures.' - George Jones, Local Government Chronicle. 'An excellent and stimulating introductory text.' - Peter McLaverty, Sociological Review.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1349215163

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John Wheatley, Catholic Socialism, and Irish Labour in the West of Scotland, 1906-1924

By: Gerry C. Gunnin

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John Wheatley, Catholic Socialism, and Irish Labour in the West of Scotland, 1906-1924

By: Gerry C. Gunnin

First published in 1987. This examination of the career of John Wheatley indicates the way in which one Irishman – reared among Liberal and Radical coal miners and taught by Roman Catholic priests and nationalist leaders to regard obedience to the Catholic Church and promotion of Home Rule as the vital interests for Irish Catholics – became a Socialist and adapted his Radical political views and devotional Roman Catholic convictions to a Parliamentary and Catholic Socialism. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of British and Labour history.

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0429809999

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Country Music Broke My Brain

A Behind-the-Microphone Peek at Nashville's Famous and Fabulous Stars

By: Gerry House

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Country Music Broke My Brain

A Behind-the-Microphone Peek at Nashville's Famous and Fabulous Stars

By: Gerry House

Nashville is filled with stars and lovers and writers and dreamers. Nashville is also teeming with lunatics and grifters and dip wads and moochers. Gerry House fits easily into at least half of those categories. Someone would probably have to be brain-damaged or really damn talented to try to entertain professional entertainers over a decades-long radio show in Music City, USA. Fortunately, House is little of both. Host of the nationally syndicated, top-rated morning show, “Gerry House & The Foundation" for more than 25 years, he has won virtually every broadcasting award there is including a place in the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Gerry also spent that time deep inside the songwriting and recording world in Nashville. In Country Music Broke My Brain, Gerry tells his stories from the other side of the microphone. He reveals never-aired, never-before published conversations with country music's biggest names—Johnny Cash, Brad Paisley, and Reba McEntire to name a few—and leaves you with his own crazy antics that will either have you laughing or shaking your head in disbelief. With exclusive celebrity stories, humorous trivia and anecdotes, and broadcasting wisdom, this book is a treat for country music fans or for anyone who wants a good laugh.

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1637745850

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I Swear Its True

By: Gerry Shaltz

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I Swear Its True

By: Gerry Shaltz

I Swear Its True by Gerry Shaltz I Love It!!! I Absolutely Love It!!! Entertaining.... A Surprise in Every Section!!! Aaron Klein You should read this book! Its Rare! Its Real! Its Rich with real-life experiences from a great story teller. Ive known Gerry for 30+ years, and I can also ....Swear it is True! Mike West I Swear Its True, is Positively Riveting! Who knew expert businessman and entrepreneur, Gerry Shaltz could demand, claim and capture our attention with such unabashed, electrifying and candid work of literature!? These pages reveal some delightful and unexpected secrets about Gerrys life. Whether in Africa, Hollywood or Baker, California, these remarkable episodes of Gerrys fascinating experiences Lure from brawls and bullies, to prom night and Paul Newman. They Teach from wealth and ruin, to gambling addiction and victorious recovery. They Enlighten As elephants model the importance of community and team-work. They Encourage As a defiant young warthog fights to live, despite defeat. Whether cleverly intentional or genius overflow, Gerry clearly coaches us in the arts of Loving, Learning, Growing, Thriving, Forgiving, Accepting and Releasing. From its explosive start, to the heart-wrenching final pages, some may wonder in awe, Is it REALLY TRUE? But all who dare take this ride will cherish a seat on his courageous, insightful and passionate journey of self-exploration. Still others will simply surrender and ask, Where to next, Gerry?

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1496920643

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Colorado's Fourteeners

From Hikes to Climbs

By: Gerry Roach

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Colorado's Fourteeners

From Hikes to Climbs

By: Gerry Roach

Standard, alternate, and technical routes for all 58 Colorado Fourteener peaks A classic guidebook known for its accuracy and comprehensiveness, Colorado's Fourteeners has been updated for this thirtieth anniversary edition to include GPS coordinates, revised topographic maps, expanded route details, and new descriptions reflecting alterations to trail access. Besides the often-climbed standard routes, the guide describes many alternative and technical routes. The trusted source for over 30 years, this is the guide to bring with you to peaks websites can't reach.

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Chicago Review Press

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1641608129

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Popular Day Hikes 5

Southern Okanagan: Kelowna - Penticton - Oliver

By: Gerry Shea

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Popular Day Hikes 5

Southern Okanagan: Kelowna - Penticton - Oliver

By: Gerry Shea

Popular Day Hikes is a series of bestselling books written for visitors and locals looking to hike scenic trails from well-established staging areas. These accurate, attractive guides feature detailed maps and colour photographs to whet the appetite. Located in south-central British Columbia and situated between the Cascade and Columbia mountain ranges, the Southern Okanagan Valley extends from Kelowna to Osoyoos. Popular Day Hikes 5: Southern Okanagan describes 35 accessible treks around Kelowna, West Kelowna and Westside Road as well as Penticton, Naramata, Oliver, Osoyoos, Summerland, Peachland and Keremeos. Featuring robust vineyards, fruit orchards, desert-like grasslands, rich marshes, ponderosa pine forests, towering cliffs, large lakes, salmon streams, modest peaks and a tremendous diversity of animal and plant life, this stunning and diverse area is rich with dozens of unique hiking routes. With distances ranging from 3 km to 20 km and from easy to strenuous, this vibrant guide features routes available to all levels of day-hiking enthusiasts.

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Rocky Mountain Books Ltd

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1771600896

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Local Government in Europe

Trends And Developments

By: Joyce Johnston,Gerry Stoker

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Local Government in Europe

Trends And Developments

By: Joyce Johnston,Gerry Stoker

Written by experts from all over Europe, this book provides an overview of issues and developments in European local government and in-depth analysis of its changing status, functions, management and control in each of the main countries. 'Local Government in Europe' is a stimulating and thought-provoking book, well produced and attractively presented by the publishers, which adds to the incentive to read it rather than just buy it and shelve it for future use'. - John Benington, Public Administration.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1349213217

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Santa Claus

A Biography

By: Gerry Bowler

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Santa Claus

A Biography

By: Gerry Bowler

An entertaining, often surprising look at the life of the world’s most influential fictional character. He is the embodiment of charity and generosity, a creation of mythology, a tool of clever capitalists. The very idea of him is enduring and powerful. Santa Claus was born in early-nineteenth-century America, but his family tree goes back seven hundred years to Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children. Intervening generations were shaggy and strange — whip-wielding menaces to naughty boys and girls. Yet as the raucous, outdoor, alcohol-fuelled holiday gave way to a more domestic, sentimental model, a new kind of gift-bringer was called for — a loveable elf, still judgmental but far less threatening. In this engaging social and cultural history, Gerry Bowler examines the place of Santa Claus in history, literature, advertising, and art. He traces his metamorphosis from a beardless youth into a red-suited peddler. He reveals the lesser-known aspects of the gift-bringer’s life — Santa’s involvement with social and political causes of all stripes (he enlisted on the Union side in the American Civil War), his starring role in the movies and as adman for gun-makers and insurance companies. And he demolishes the myths surrounding Santa Claus and Coca-Cola. Santa Claus: A Biography will stand as the classic work on the long-lived and multifarious Mr. Claus.

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McClelland & Stewart

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1551996081

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9781551996080

Toward a Better World

Memoirs of a Life in International and Development Economics

By: Gerry Helleiner

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Toward a Better World

Memoirs of a Life in International and Development Economics

By: Gerry Helleiner

In his memoir, Towards a Better World, Helleiner recounts his profound trip to Africa, a trip that propelled him into a career devoted to the research, advice and teaching of economic development and the reduction of global poverty.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487502214

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In the Footsteps of the Quiet Man

The Inside Story of the Cult Film

By: Gerry Mcnee

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In the Footsteps of the Quiet Man

The Inside Story of the Cult Film

By: Gerry Mcnee

Turned down by all the major film companies, The Quiet Man brought together John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara for only the second time on screen, won two Oscars and was showered with both critical and popular praise on both sides of the Atlantic. Even today, its worldwide video and DVD sales are quite outstanding. The Quiet Man is rightly hailed as a Hollywood classic. Set in the 1920s and shot in the 1950s, the timeless, fairy-tale character of director John Ford's Ireland is as captivating now as it ever was. Gerry McNee first saw the movie when he was very young and it has intrigued him ever since. In the Footsteps of the Quiet Man is a tribute to the film and all those involved in its making, for the story behind the story, the off-screen drama, is a fascinating tale in itself. McNee has researched his subject thoroughly and conducted countless interviews to produce a stimulating and compulsive homage to what critic and author Andrew Sarris called 'a retreat into the pastoral and horse-driven past [but] very much ahead of its time'. In the Footsteps of the Quiet Man is a revealing and touching account of when Hollywood came to beautiful Connemara in the West of Ireland. It is a fitting tribute to the film and all those involved in its making, as the story behind the film - the off-screen drama - is an enthralling tale in itself.

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Random House

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178057469X

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9781780574691

Rockhounding Arizona

A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites

By: Gerry Blair

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Rockhounding Arizona

A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites

By: Gerry Blair

Explore the mineral-rich region of Arizona with veteran rockhound Robert Beard’s Rockhounding Arizona, 3rd Edition. Fully revised and updated, unearth treasures from the state’s best rockhounding locations, ranging from popular and commercial sites to numerous lesser-known areas. Featuring an overview of the state’s geologic history as well as site-by-site chapters, Rockhounding Arizona is the ideal resource for rock seekers and collectors of all ages and experience levels.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493058312

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Gentleman Gerry

A Contender in the Ring, a Champion in Recovery

By: Gerry Cooney,John Grady

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Gentleman Gerry

A Contender in the Ring, a Champion in Recovery

By: Gerry Cooney,John Grady

Beginning in the late 1970s, “Gentleman” Gerry Cooney’s professional boxing career was marked by exhilarating fights, exciting wins, and a powerful left hook. In 1982, Cooney landed a lucrative match against world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes on one of the biggest stages in championship boxing. Yet Cooney’s bouts in the ring were nothing compared to the inner turmoil that he dealt with and eventually overcame. Gentleman Gerry: A Contender in the Ring, a Champion in Recovery chronicles the career of a boxing legend, the challenges and triumphs of a trauma survivor, and an alcoholic’s journey to sustained recovery. Gerry Cooney and John Grady provide a detailed account of how the former contender went from an abused childhood to becoming a two-time Golden Gloves champion. More than just a biography, this book explores the challenges of surviving difficult moments and overcoming obstacles such as alcohol addiction. The authors also provide historical perspectives of the era and behind-the-scenes insight into the world of professional boxing. Complete with photographs from esteemed sports photographer Joe DiMaggio and stories directly from Cooney himself, this book offers an unprecedented look into Cooney’s life and the lessons he learned. Fans of boxing, as well as sports enthusiasts and others recovering from addiction, will find Gentleman Gerry a must-read.

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1538111012

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Colorado's Thirteeners, 13,800 to 13,999 Feet

From Hikes to Climbs

By: Gerry Roach,Jennifer Roach

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Colorado's Thirteeners, 13,800 to 13,999 Feet

From Hikes to Climbs

By: Gerry Roach,Jennifer Roach

Annotation Colorado's Thirteeners is a comprehensive hiking and climbing guide to Colorado's 59 major peaks between 13,800 and 13,999 feet in elevation -- some of the most beautiful in the state.

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Fulcrum Publishing

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1555914195

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Transforming Local Governance

From Thatcherism to New Labour

By: Gerry Stoker

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Transforming Local Governance

From Thatcherism to New Labour

By: Gerry Stoker

Drawing on the author's unrivalled experience and expertise in both research and policy-making, this important new book provides a systematic assessment of the changing nature of local governance in Britain and a conceptual framework for understanding the new governance of localities. The author analyzes in detail what New Labour has been trying to do to local governance and management and assesses how and why it has achieved only a mixed record of change. The book concludes by providing a vision of good local governance and an assessment of future challenges for research and reform.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0230213685

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9780230213685

Form and Transformation

Generative and Relational Principles in Biology

By: Gerry Webster,Brian Goodwin

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Form and Transformation

Generative and Relational Principles in Biology

By: Gerry Webster,Brian Goodwin

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection fails to explain the forms of organisms because it focuses on inheritance and survival, not on how organisms are generated. The first part of this 2007 book (by Gerry Webster) looks critically of the conceptual structure of Darwinism and describes the limitation of the theory of evolution as a comprehensive biological theory, arguing that a theory of biological form is needed to understand the structure of organisms and their transformations as revealed in taxonomy. The second part of the book (by Brian Goodwin) explores such a theory in terms of organisms as developing and transforming dynamic systems, within which gene action is to be understood. A number of specific examples, including tetrapod limb formation and Drosophila development, are used to illustrate how these hierarchically-organized dynamic fields undergo robust symmetry-breaking cascades to produce generic forms.

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Cambridge University Press

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052135451X

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9780521354516

Those Fluker Kents

By: Gerald Carley,Gerry Carley,Gwynette Kent Dixon

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Those Fluker Kents

By: Gerald Carley,Gerry Carley,Gwynette Kent Dixon

This is not a novel. It is a history of an American family. The story begins in Upper Wallop, Hampshire, England, continues to New England in the early 1600's, and finally to the frontier after the Louisiana Purchase, to a region that had once been Spanish West Florida, and which to this day is referred to as the Florida Parishes of Louisiana. Interestingly, in the 300 plus years over which this migration occurred, they only lived in four places: Newbury, Massachusetts, Chester, New Hampshire, Kentwood, Louisiana, and Fluker, Louisiana. The members of the Kent family that eventually settled in Fluker were pioneers, instrumental in founding towns, creating businesses and jobs, and were dominant participants in the development of the social and economic fabric of the local society. These Fluker Kents were a big family, and lived life to the fullest, and deserve to be remembered. This book exists so that their descendants might know who these people were, and how they lived.

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iUniverse

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0595389694

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9780595389698

Prolonging the Agony

How The Anglo-American Establishment Deliberately Extended WWI by Three-and-a-Half Years.

By: Jim Macgregor,Gerry Docherty

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Prolonging the Agony

How The Anglo-American Establishment Deliberately Extended WWI by Three-and-a-Half Years.

By: Jim Macgregor,Gerry Docherty

The fact that governments lie is generally accepted today, but World War I was the first global conflict in which millions of young men were sacrificed for hidden causes. They did not die to save civilization; they were killed for profit and in the hopes of establishing a one-world government. By 1917, America had been thrust into the war by a President who promised to stay out of the conflict. But the real power behind the war consisted of the bankers, the financiers, and the politicians, referred to, in this book, as The Secret Elite. Scouring government papers on both sides of the Atlantic, memoirs that avoided the censor's pen, speeches made in Congress and Parliament, major newspapers of the time, and other sources, Prolonging the Agony maintains that the war was deliberately and unnecessarily prolonged and that the gross lies ingrained in modern "histories" still circulate because governments refuse citizens the truth. Featured in this book are shocking accounts of the alleged Belgian "outrages," the sinking of the Lusitania, the manipulation of votes for Herbert Hoover, Lord Kitchener's death, and American and British zionists in cahoots with Rothschild's manipulated Balfour Declaration. The proof is here in a fully documented exposé—a real history of the world at war.

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TrineDay

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1634241576

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9781634241571

Strange Death of Labour Scotland

By: Gerry Hassan

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Strange Death of Labour Scotland

By: Gerry Hassan

Analyses the last 30 years of Scottish Labour, from the arrival of Thatcherism in 1979 to the aftermath of the party's defeat in the 2007.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748655573

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Same-Sex Marriage

Obergefell v. Hodges

By: Gerry Boehme

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Same-Sex Marriage

Obergefell v. Hodges

By: Gerry Boehme

On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all U.S. states, ruling that the Constitution guarantees marriage rights to all citizens regardless of their sexual preference. The historic decision was hailed as a major victory by LGBT-rights advocates, but opponents condemned it as an assault on traditional values. This timely, essential volume traces the history of the landmark Supreme Court case, including the arguments for and against same-sex marriage that still rage today.

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Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

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1502635941

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Mountain Treks in Alberta

By: Gerry Shea

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Mountain Treks in Alberta

By: Gerry Shea

As well, general histories of the trails, routes and mountain names add an understanding of what was experienced by the First Peoples and early European explorers who set foot in these beautifully wild areas of western Canada. --Book Jacket.

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1897522797

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9781897522790

Texas Trust Law

Cases and Materials (2nd Ed.

By: Gerry W. Beyer

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Texas Trust Law

Cases and Materials (2nd Ed.

By: Gerry W. Beyer

This book is designed for law school courses covering trusts. The cases, problems, and questions are drawn extensively from Texas materials and attempt to provide the student with a comprehensive understanding of how trust creation, administration, and enforcement are handled in Texas. Resulting trusts, constructive trusts, and trust accounts are also discussed.

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The New Management of British Local Governance

By: Gerry Stoker

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The New Management of British Local Governance

By: Gerry Stoker

This book presents a detailed analysis of the new management of public services at the local level, drawing on the work of the ESRC Local Governance Programme. The radical transformation of public service delivery is assessed in terms of its overall impact as well as its operation in particular service areas. Efficiency has improved and services have gained a user focus yet the new management appears to be full of contradictions and distortions, in many respects creating as many problems as it solves.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1349272957

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The Aspiring Hiker's Guide 1

Mountain Treks in Alberta

By: Gerry Shea

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The Aspiring Hiker's Guide 1

Mountain Treks in Alberta

By: Gerry Shea

This first volume in The Aspiring Hiker’s Guide series is meant to encourage beginner and intermediate hikers, backpackers and scramblers to step into and explore the backcountry in Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Jasper National Park, Kananaskis Country and the Icefields Parkway with both confidence and excitement. Many aspects of venturing into these areas are investigated, including expert advice on gear, clothing, food and equipment; procedures related to safety and etiquette; and considerations as to physical fitness and first aid. Routes and trails are detailed with colour photographs and maps, GPS coordinates, elevation gain charts, distances, natural landmarks and tips on arriving at the destination safely. Best routes to summits are described in detail to prevent confusion and injury. As well, the general histories of the trails, routes and naming conventions for some mountains are presented so as to add an element of understanding and intrigue as to what was experienced by the First Peoples and early European explorers who set foot in these beautifully wild areas of western Canada.

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Rocky Mountain Books Ltd

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1926855868

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The World Encyclopedia of Christmas

By: Gerry Bowler

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The World Encyclopedia of Christmas

By: Gerry Bowler

At last, a truly comprehensive look at Christmas and all of its customs with its long history around the world. The World Encyclopedia of Christmas contains articles on the history of Christmas baking, drinking, and merrymaking, and Christmas dramas, music, literature, art, and films. It includes entries on the evolution of the Christmas tree and the Christmas card, gift-giving, and decoration of church and home. There are profiles of the many gift-bringers, from Santa Claus to Babouschka, and miraculous tales of the numerous saints associated with the season. And there are histories of seasonal celebrations and folk customs around the world, from the United States to Japan, from Egypt to Iceland. Who, for example, knew the links between the Punch and Judy show and Christmas? That the medieval Paradise tree hung with tempting apples was the forerunner of the Christmas tree? About the Peerie Guizers, who terrorized the Shetland Islands, going door-to-door for Christmas charity? Or what Freudians make of our interest in Christmas stockings and Santa’s entrance through the chimney? There are detailed accounts of Wren Boys and Star Boys, mumming and wassailing, the Feast of Fools and the origins of eggnog. And of course stories of the Nativity and legends of the Magi. With beautifully illustrated accounts ranging from the pagan roots of Yuletide, through the birth of Christ, and the long and fascinating history of the festival ever since, The World Encyclopedia of Christmas, is a rich and continually surprising array of religious and secular history, trivia, literature, and art. This wonderful book deserves to find a home with every family that celebrates Christmas.

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McClelland & Stewart

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1551996073

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Transform: A rebels guide for digital transformation

By: Gerry McGovern

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Transform: A rebels guide for digital transformation

By: Gerry McGovern

Are you an optimist? Are you a rebel? Do you think that because of digital technology, power is shifting away from organizations towards citizens and customers? Are you a digital change agent? Do you want to transform your organization? Then this book is here to help you"--Back cover.

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Lulu.com

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1782807381

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9781782807384

Public Relations Disasters

Talespin--Inside Stories and Lessons Learnt

By: Gerry McCusker

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Public Relations Disasters

Talespin--Inside Stories and Lessons Learnt

By: Gerry McCusker

From Dow Corning breast implants to the McDonald's "McLibel" case, this book entertainingly exposes some of the world's most infamous (and also some unreported) PR disasters, and shows how crisis management helped or hindered.

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Kogan Page Publishers

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0749445726

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9780749445720

Reading Jean Toomer's 'Cane'

By: Gerry Carlin

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Reading Jean Toomer's 'Cane'

By: Gerry Carlin

Jean Toomer's Cane (1923) is regarded by many as a seminal work in the history of African American writing. It is generally called a novel, but it could more accurately be described as a collection of short stories, poems and dramatic pieces whose stylistic indeterminacy is part of its unique appeal. The ambiguities and seeming oddities of Toomer's text make Cane a difficult work to understand, which is why this lucid, accessible guide is so valuable. Exploring some of the difficulties that both the writer and his work embody, Gerry Carlin offers an enthralling account of Toomer's eloquent and exquisite expression of the African American experience. The Author Dr Gerry Carlin is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Wolverhampton. He teaches, researches and has published in the areas of modernism, critical theory, and the literature and culture of the 1960s.

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1847603343

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Romancing the Roads

A Driving Diva's Firsthand Guide, West of the Mississippi

By: Gerry Hempel Davis

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Romancing the Roads

A Driving Diva's Firsthand Guide, West of the Mississippi

By: Gerry Hempel Davis

This updated compendium of facts, observations, discoveries, reviews, serendipities, humor, experiences, and more is not only for the road traveler, but the armchair traveler as well. Unlike typical guides, which read more like phone directories, Romancing the Roads is a shared diary of discoveries along America's highways and byways. Join Gerry on a tour of hotels, B & B's, restaurants, national parks, antique stores, consignment shops, boutiques, and little-known places that make America such a great place for road-tripping. Unless otherwise noted, the author has visited every place mentioned, from the ostrich farm along Interstate 10 in Arizona to the Biltmore hotel in Los Angeles. Even if you never get in the car and discover such wonders for yourself, you will enjoy this vicarious journey to places both sublime and ordinary as the author makes her way from Washington to California and east to the Mississippi River.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1630761680

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9781630761684

Being Gerry Mulligan

My Life in Music

By: Gerry Mulligan

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Being Gerry Mulligan

My Life in Music

By: Gerry Mulligan

Being Gerry Mulligan: My Life in Music is an intimate chronicle of Gerry Mulligan’s life and career, told in his own words. This personal narrative reveals great insight into the musician’s complex personality. He speaks freely about the important milestones in both his personal and professional life, bringing a new understanding to the man behind the music. Gerry Mulligan was one of the most important figures in the history of jazz. He was extremely influential as both a composer/arranger and as an instrumentalist. His career spanned an amazing six decades, beginning in the 1940s and continuing up to his death in 1996. Within that time, he worked with almost every major jazz figure, including Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, and Dizzy Gillespie, as well as his own illustrious groups that featured the likes of Chet Baker, Bob Brookmeyer, Art Farmer, and Chico Hamilton. As a composer, his music was distinct and original. His melodies were masterpieces, logically structured and filled with wit and humor. As an arranger, his linear approach and clever use of counterpoint helped define a new standard for modern jazz orchestration. As an instrumentalist, he is the most significant baritone saxophonist in the history of jazz. Gerry Mulligan single-handedly established the baritone saxophone as a solo voice. As one of the great jazz innovators, his writing and playing influenced entire stylistic movements, including cool jazz and bossa nova. This is his story, the way he wanted it told.

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1493064835

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9781493064830

Cage Eleven

By: Gerry Adams

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Cage Eleven

By: Gerry Adams

Long before he became President of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams was a civil rights activist who took part in sit-ins, marches and protests in Northern Ireland. Along with hundreds of other men, Adams was interned on the Maidstone prison ship and in Long Kesh prison – without charge or trial – during the 1970s for his political activities. Women were interned also, in Armagh Women's Prison. Cage Eleven is his own account – sometimes passionate, often humorous – of life in Long Kesh. Written while Adams was a prisoner, the pieces were smuggled out for publication. This updated edition includes a new introduction and sketches drawn in Cage Eleven by another prisoner at the time, Danny Devenny. 'Offers a unique insight into ... the experience of internment ... an unrivalled representation of the resilience and humour that were as much a part of the life of the political prisoner as the adherence to a set of political ideals.' Irish Herald

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1788495667

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Nova Vol. 3

Nova Corpse

By: Gerry Duggan

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Nova Vol. 3

Nova Corpse

By: Gerry Duggan

Collects Nova (2013) #11-16 and material from #10.ÿ It's All-New Nova Now as new writer Gerry Duggan (DEADPOOL) takes the reins! The Nova Corps' deadly secrets stand revealed...and Sam Alexander is in waaay over his helmeted head. This is the beginning of something big, cosmic fans! An epic odyssey that will take our warp speed wunderkind to the very ends of the Marvel Universe! Hot on the trail of the missing Nova Corps, Nova manages to save the lives of some new friends in deep space. But as Sam continues to hunt down clues to the Corps' demise, he finds an all-new threat of his own making! And as if that wasn't bad enough, the arrival of former Mjolnir-wielder Beta Ray Bill means Nova's days may be numbered! Can the galaxy's newest and least experienced hero prevail against overwhelming odds?

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130238869X

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9781302388690

Kelly: The Irish Constitution

By: Gerard Hogan,Gerry Whyte,David Kenny,Rachael Walsh

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Kelly: The Irish Constitution

By: Gerard Hogan,Gerry Whyte,David Kenny,Rachael Walsh

This seminal work, recognised as the authoritative and definitive commentary on Ireland's fundamental law, provides a detailed guide to the structure of the Irish Constitution. Each Article is set out in full, in English and Irish, and examined in detail, with reference to all the leading Irish and international case law. It is essential reading for all who require knowledge of the Irish legal system and will prove a vital resource to legal professionals, students and scholars of constitutional and comparative law. This new edition is fully revised and reflects the substantive changes that have occurred in the 15 years since its last edition and includes expansion and major revision to cover the many constitutional amendments, significant constitutional cases, and developing trends in constitutional adjudication. The recent constitutional changes covered in this new edition include: * The 27th Amendment abolished the constitutional jus soli right to Irish Nationality. * The 28th Amendment allowed the State to ratify the Lisbon Treaty. * The 29th Amendment relaxed the prohibition on the reduction of the salaries of Irish judges. * The 30th Amendment allowed the State to ratify the European Fiscal Compact. * The 31st Amendment was a general statement of children's rights and a provision intended to secure the power of the State to take children into care. * The 33rd Amendment mandated a new Court of Appeal * The 34th Amendment prohibited restriction on civil marriage based on sex. * The 36th Amendment allowed the Oireachtas to legislate for abortion. New sections include a look at the impact of the Constitution on substantive criminal law, and a detailed treatment of the impact of Article 40.5, protecting the inviolability of the dwelling, on both criminal procedure and civil law. Other sections have been expanded with in-depth analysis of referendums, challenges to campaigns and results, coverage of Oireachtas privilege, changes in constitutional interpretation, private property rights, and judicial independence. In particular extensive rewriting has taken place on the section dealing with the provisions relating to the courts contained in Article 34 following the establishment of the Court of Appeal and the far-reaching changes to the appellate structure from the 33rd Amendment of the Constitution Act 2013.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1784516686

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Stardust International Raceway

Motorsports Meets the Mob in Vegas, 1965-1971

By: Randall Cannon,Michael Gerry

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Stardust International Raceway

Motorsports Meets the Mob in Vegas, 1965-1971

By: Randall Cannon,Michael Gerry

Professional motorsports came to Las Vegas in the mid-1950s at a bankrupt horse track swarmed by gamblers--and soon became enmeshed with the government and organized crime. By 1965, the Vegas racing game moved from makeshift facilities to Stardust International Raceway, constructed with real grandstands, sanitary facilities and air-conditioned timing towers. Stardust would host the biggest racing names of the era--Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones, John Surtees, Mark Donohue, Bobby Unser, Dan Gurney and Don Garlits among them. Established by a notorious racketeer, the track stood at the confluence of shadowy elements--wiretaps, casino skimming, Howard Hughes, and the beginnings of Watergate. The author traces the Stardust's colorful history through the auto racing monthlies, national newspapers, extensive interviews and the files of the FBI.

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McFarland

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1476673896

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