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Firearms Law and the Second Amendment

Regulation, Rights, and Policy

By: Nicholas J. Johnson,Donald E. Kilmer,David B. Kopel,George A. Mocsary,E. Gregory Wallace

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Firearms Law and the Second Amendment

Regulation, Rights, and Policy

By: Nicholas J. Johnson,Donald E. Kilmer,David B. Kopel,George A. Mocsary,E. Gregory Wallace

The right to keep and bear arms evokes great controversy. To some, it is a bulwark against tyranny and criminal violence; to others, it is an anachronism and serious danger.Firearms Law and the Second Amendment is the leading casebook and scholarly treatise on arms law. It provides a comprehensive domestic and international treatment of the history of arms law. In-depth coverage of modern federal and state laws and litigation prepare students to be practice-ready for firearms cases. The book covers legal history from ninth-century England through the United States in 2021. It examines arms laws and culture in broad social context, ranging from racial issues to technological advances. Seven online chapters cover arms laws in global historical context, from Confucian times to the present. The online chapters also discuss arms law and policy relating to race, gender, sexual orientation, and other statuses and how firearms and ammunition work. New to the Third Edition: Important cases and new regulatory issues since the 2017 second edition, including public carry, limits on in-home possession, bans on types of arms, non-firearm arms (like knives or sprays), Red Flag laws, and restoration of firearms rights Expanded social science and criminological data about firearms ownership and crimes Deeper coverage of state arms control laws and constitutional provisions Extended analysis of how Native American firearm policies and skills shaped interactions with European-Americans, provided the tools for three centuries of resistance, and became a foundation of American arms culture The latest research on English legal history, which is essential to modern cases on the right to bear arms Professors, students, and practicing lawyers will benefit from: Practical advice and resource guides for lawyers, like early career prosecutors or defenders, who will soon practice firearms law Five chapters on the diverse approaches of lower courts in applying the Supreme Court precedents in Heller and McDonald to contemporary laws Historical sources that shaped, and continue to influence, the right to arms

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Aspen Publishing

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1543826822

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A Madman's Will: John Randolph, Four Hundred Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom

By: Gregory May

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A Madman's Will: John Randolph, Four Hundred Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom

By: Gregory May

The untold saga of John Randolph’s 383 slaves, freed in his much-contested will of 1821, finally comes to light. Few legal cases in American history are as riveting as the controversy surrounding the will of Virginia Senator John Randolph (1773–1833), which—almost inexplicably—freed all 383 of his slaves in one of the largest and most publicized manumissions in American history. So famous is the case that Ta-Nehisi Coates has used it to condemn Randolph’s cousin, Thomas Jefferson, for failing to free his own slaves. With this groundbreaking investigation, historian Gregory May now reveals a more surprising story, showing how madness and scandal shaped John Randolph’s wildly shifting attitudes toward his slaves—and how endemic prejudice in the North ultimately deprived the freedmen of the land Randolph had promised them. Sweeping from the legal spectacle of the contested will through the freedmen’s dramatic flight and horrific reception in Ohio, A Madman’s Will is an extraordinary saga about the alluring promise of freedom and its tragic limitations.

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Liveright Publishing

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132409222X

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One Hundred and Sixty-four Buttons

By: Gregory Ferris

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One Hundred and Sixty-four Buttons

By: Gregory Ferris

This comedic play is set among the French descended Bouton family, now known as the Buttons. Their annual reunion is the occasion for fun and games, but also for stories perhaps better left untold

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Lulu.com

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0578485923

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Desert Skies

A Story of "Champions" in the Gulf War

By: Michael T. Gregory

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Desert Skies

A Story of "Champions" in the Gulf War

By: Michael T. Gregory

Desert Skies is a novel about Attack Helicopter Warfare in the Gulf War. The first edition was published in 2001. It includes insight into small unit tactics and training, the downsizing of the United States military, ramifications of technological advances and offers a look into potential causes of Gulf War Syndrome. The current edition has been re-edited for the 25th Anniversary edition.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1493196677

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Litigation with the Federal Government

By: Gregory C. Sisk

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Litigation with the Federal Government

By: Gregory C. Sisk

This volume is designed to be a practical aid for layers dealing with federal goverment contracts and agencies.

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ALI-ABA

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0831808659

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Dropped Dead

By: Gregory Payette

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Dropped Dead

By: Gregory Payette

A simple infidelity investigation gets turned on its head when a man under surveillance falls to a surprising death… Private investigator Henry Walsh won’t argue with the actual cause of the man’s ultimate demise. Not after he witnessed the victim land poolside from seven floors above. But how the man went off the balcony is up for argument. Too many questions remain… When the sheriff’s office quickly concludes it was suicide, Henry’s left scratching his head. And his suspicions are raised when his client, the victim’s widow, declines his offer to investigate further. It just doesn’t add up. With his partner Alex by his side, the two take the case into their own hands. But soon their relentless pursuit of the truth throws them into a dangerous situation they didn’t see coming. On the run from those who are out to stop them, reality hits hard when the threats Henry ignored come back to bite him. He’ll have no choice but to push forward with the investigation, even if it means the one person he cares most about will pay for his mistake...

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8 Flags Publishing, Inc.

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1736146521

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The Settlers' War

The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s

By: Gregory Michno

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The Settlers' War

The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s

By: Gregory Michno

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press During the decades from 1820 to 1870, the American frontier expanded two thousand miles across the trans-Mississippi West. In Texas the frontier line expanded only about two hundred miles. The supposedly irresistible European force met nearly immovable Native American resistance, sparking a brutal struggle for possession of Texas’s hills and prairies that continued for decades. During the 1860s, however, the bloodiest decade in the western Indian wars, there were no large-scale battles in Texas between the army and the Indians. Instead, the targets of the Comanches, the Kiowas, and the Apaches were generally the homesteaders out on the Texas frontier, that is, precisely those who should have been on the sidelines. Ironically, it was these noncombatants who bore the brunt of the warfare, suffering far greater losses than the soldiers supposedly there to protect them. It is this story that The Settlers’ War tells for the first time.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0870045024

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9780870045028

The Man of La Manga

By: Gregory Peters

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The Man of La Manga

By: Gregory Peters

The present business community has been exposed for their greed and ruthless practices. Gregory Peters has risen from poverty to become a multi millionaire being fair, good hearted and moral. He lived in Europe and Asia for over twenty-five years. He lets you view all his business dealings, countries he visited and characters that influenced his life. He gives you Lessons that he learned from his experiences and hopes that they will guide you to success and joy. The author has a casual style and a sense of humor, which makes reading not only a learning experience but also entertaining.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462820905

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Frederick Douglass

Freedom's Voice, 1818-1845

By: Gregory P. Lampe

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Frederick Douglass

Freedom's Voice, 1818-1845

By: Gregory P. Lampe

This work in the MSU Press Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series chronicles Frederick Douglass's preparation for a career in oratory, his emergence as an abolitionist lecturer in 1841, and his development and activities as a public speaker and reformer from 1841 to 1845. Lampe's meticulous scholarship overturns much of the conventional wisdom about this phase of Douglass's life and career uncovering new information about his experiences as a slave and as a fugitive; it provokes a deeper and richer understanding of this renowned orator's emergence as an important voice in the crusade to end slavery. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Douglass was well prepared to become a full-time lecturer for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in 1841. His emergence as an eloquent voice from slavery was not as miraculous as scholars have led us to believe. Lampe begins by tracing Douglass's life as slave in Maryland and as fugitive in New Bedford, showing that experiences gained at this time in his life contributed powerfully to his understanding of rhetoric and to his development as an orator. An examination of his daily oratorical activities from the time of his emergence in Nantucket in 1841 until his departure for England in 1845 dispels many conventional beliefs surrounding this period, especially the belief that Douglass was under the wing of William Lloyd Garrison. Lampe's research shows that Douglass was much more outspoken and independent than previously thought and that at times he was in conflict with white abolitionists. Included in this work is a complete itinerary of Douglass's oratorical activities, correcting errors and omissions in previously published works, as well as two newly discovered complete speech texts, never before published.

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0870139339

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9780870139338

Snowball

By: Gregory Bastianelli

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Snowball

By: Gregory Bastianelli

Readers will be riveted by this genuinely scary holiday phantasmagoria."– Publishers Weekly A group of motorists become stranded on a lonely stretch of highway during a Christmas Eve blizzard and fight for survival against an unnatural force in the storm. The gathered survivors realize a tenuous connection among them means it may not be a coincidence that they all ended up on this highway. An attempt to seek help leads a few of the travelers to a house in the woods where a twisted toymaker with a mystical snow globe is hell bent on playing deadly games with a group of people just trying to get home for the holidays. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

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Simon and Schuster

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178758349X

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A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales

The Colonial Period, 1788-1900

By: Gregory D. Woods

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A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales

The Colonial Period, 1788-1900

By: Gregory D. Woods

New South Wales is that rare political creation, a state founded for and upon the criminal law. The history of its criminal law from settlement to Federation is uniquely fascinating. Drawing on his range of experience as a university scholar, a criminal law QC and a judge, the author explains how Britain's criminal laws were established and developed in its (arguably) most successful colony. There are three themes:the horror and savagery of the criminal law transported to Australia and imposed there;the constitutional importance of basic criminal law rules requiring certainty of proof;the corrupt but necessary role of mercy in the administration of the law.There are several genuinely remarkable features of this book. One is that the author draws upon a vast body of material recently brought to light by Bruce Kercher in his massive disinterment of early colonial case law, to explain in detail the actual working of the New South Wales criminal courts.Another is that the core of the book is an analysis of New South Wales parliamentary debates between 1871 and 1883 on criminal law, illuminating the history of the law (and its future). Yet the most remarkable thing of all about this book is its rarity. In the many places where the British Empire imposed its laws, there are hundreds of universities and centres of legal study.Histories of the criminal law, or studies which can be so described, are rare or invisible. This admirable study will become a classic in its field, required reading by legal scholars, historians of colony and empire, and by astute legal practitioners making arguments for contemporary submissions or judgments.The second volume (Woods, 2018) continues the still-fascinating story from 1901 (when the colony became a state) through until mid-20th century, when the death penalty was effectively abolished.

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Federation Press

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1862874395

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9781862874398

Henry Walsh Mystery Series Books 7-9

By: Gregory Payette

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Henry Walsh Mystery Series Books 7-9

By: Gregory Payette

Henry Walsh is back in this third omnibus edition in this exciting and fun mystery series. Dropped Dead: A simple infidelity investigation gets turned on its head when a man under surveillance falls to a surprising death… Dead Luck: Private Investigator Henry Walsh and his partner, Alex, are at it again with a mystery they may not be able to solve. Could this be their last case together? A Shot in the Dark: It’s not just Henry's PI business that’s falling apart. After a trip to the West Coast of Florida to visit his parents, he’s not exactly sure what he’s supposed to do next. He’s considering walking away from Walsh Investigations for good.

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8 Flags Publishing, Inc.

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Civic Jazz

American Music and Kenneth Burke on the Art of Getting Along

By: Gregory Clark

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Civic Jazz

American Music and Kenneth Burke on the Art of Getting Along

By: Gregory Clark

Greg Clark welcomes his readers by asking them to accompany him on a trip to a New Orleans club, where the warmth of the music and the warmth of the audience instill a special feeling of communion, of getting along. Clark s book treats the idea that jazz demands from those who make it as well as those who listen a form of life that substantiates the seemingly impossible American value that is "e pluribus unum." The process of getting along (in communication, in community) is something the great student of culture and rhetoric, Kenneth Burke, spent his life trying to describe. Clark has found that jazz, as an activity and a cultural form, goes a long way toward illustrating that process. Jazz is often described as democratic. Burke s rhetorical and aesthetic ideas explain how this is so. Working with others to address immediate problems they share can align for a time individuals who are otherwise very different. That is what jazz does: it enables people who are different and even in conflict with each other to combine in cooperation toward an end that matters to all of them just now. And this, too, is what civic life in democratic cultures demands. In chapters that deal with such issues as what jazz does and how jazz works, Clark uses examples from jazz history (from Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines to Miles Davis and Bill Evans), but also from contemporary jazz, both recorded and live, e.g., pianist Jonathan Batiste and his Social Music, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and her collaborative Mosaic Project, or the newly emergent vocalist, Cecile Mclorin Salvant, all of this in the service of making improvisation and ensemble work yield the experience of transcendence that results from intense engagement with jazz as aesthetic form (for players and listeners alike). The resulting book is a study of jazz in the context of American aspirations toward democratic interaction "and" a study of Kenneth Burke s democratic rhetorical theory and practice as essentially aesthetic in function and effect. Marcus Roberts, the much-lionized neoclassical pianist, crafts a Foreword that points to practical ways these ideas can work to improve and inspire both musicians and citizens.

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University of Chicago Press

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022621821X

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9780226218212

African Abolitionist T. J. Alexander on the Ohio and Indiana Underground Railroads

By: Paula D. Royster,Gregory M. George

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African Abolitionist T. J. Alexander on the Ohio and Indiana Underground Railroads

By: Paula D. Royster,Gregory M. George

This book examines Thornton J. Alexander, who was a station manager and conductor on the Underground Railroad in Ohio and Indiana. The authors examine how his formative years into adulthood was spent in bondage until he was emancipated in 1816, and how he then purchased land in Ohio and Indiana to facilitate his clandestine emancipation work.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793653488

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9781793653482

Encountering Religion in the Workplace

The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Workers and Employers

By: Raymond F. Gregory

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Encountering Religion in the Workplace

The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Workers and Employers

By: Raymond F. Gregory

In a recent survey, 20 percent of the workers interviewed reported that they had either experienced religious prejudice while at work or knew of a coworker who had been subjected to some form of discriminatory conduct. Indeed, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the filing of religious discrimination charges under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, national origin, sex, and religion) increased 75 percent between 1997 and 2008. The growing desire on the part of some religious groups to openly express their faith while at work has forced their employers and coworkers to reconsider the appropriateness of certain aspects of devotional conduct. Religion in the workplace does not sit well with all workers, and, from the employer’s perspective, the presence of religious practice during the workday may be distracting and, at times, divisive. A thin line separates religious self-expression—by employees and employers—from unlawful proselytizing. In Encountering Religion in the Workplace, Raymond F. Gregory presents specific cases that cast light on the legal ramifications of mixing religion and work—in the office, on the factory floor, even within religious organizations. Court cases arising under Title VII and the First Amendment must be closely studied, Gregory argues, if we are to fully understand the difficulties that arise for employers and employees alike when they become involved in workplace disputes involving religion, and his book is an ideal resource for anyone hoping to understand this issue.

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ILR Press

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0801460743

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9780801460746

The Poet's Mind

The Psychology of Victorian Poetry 1830-1870

By: Gregory Tate

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The Poet's Mind

The Psychology of Victorian Poetry 1830-1870

By: Gregory Tate

The Poet's Mind is a comprehensive study of the ways in which Victorian poets thought and wrote about the human mind. It argues that these poets used their writing both to express psychological processes of thought and feeling and to subject those processes to scrutiny and analysis.

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Oxford University Press

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0199659419

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Final Passages

The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807

By: Gregory E. O'Malley

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Final Passages

The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807

By: Gregory E. O'Malley

This work explores a neglected aspect of the forced migration of African laborers to the Americas. Hundreds of thousands of captive Africans continued their journeys after the Middle Passage across the Atlantic. Colonial merchants purchased and then transshipped many of these captives to other colonies for resale. Not only did this trade increase death rates and the social and cultural isolation of Africans; it also fed the expansion of British slavery and trafficking of captives to foreign empires, contributing to Britain's preeminence in the transatlantic slave trade by the mid-eighteenth century. The pursuit of profits from exploiting enslaved people as commodities facilitated exchanges across borders, loosening mercantile restrictions and expanding capitalist networks. Drawing on a database of over seven thousand intercolonial slave trading voyages compiled from port records, newspapers, and merchant accounts, O'Malley identifies and quantifies the major routes of this intercolonial slave trade. He argues that such voyages were a crucial component in the development of slavery in the Caribbean and North America and that trade in the unfree led to experimentation with free trade between empires.

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UNC Press Books

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1469615355

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A Fate Worse Than Death

Indian Captivities in the West, 1830-1885

By: Gregory Michno,Susan Michno

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A Fate Worse Than Death

Indian Captivities in the West, 1830-1885

By: Gregory Michno,Susan Michno

Captivity narratives have been a standard genre of writings about Indians of the East for several centuries.a Until now, the West has been almost entirely neglected.a Now Gregory and Susan Michno have rectified that with this painstakenly researched collection of vivid and often brutal accounts of what happened to those men and women and children that were captured by marauding Indians during the settlement of the West.

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Caxton Press

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0870044869

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9780870044861

Nine College Nines

A Closeup View of Campus Baseball Programs Today

By: Gregory J. Tully

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Nine College Nines

A Closeup View of Campus Baseball Programs Today

By: Gregory J. Tully

Covering nine teams from Divisions I, II and III, NAIA, and junior college, this book provides a view of college baseball from close up. Chapters draw on the action of nine weekend series, incorporating interviews of players, coaches, and administrators to cover topics such as recruiting, summer ball, academics, and the Major League draft. Fan support and the fundamentals of collegiate hitting, pitching, coaching, and conditioning are also closely discussed.

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