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The Seasons of a Man's Life

The Groundbreaking 10-Year Study That Was the Basis for Passages!

By: Daniel J. Levinson

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The Seasons of a Man's Life

The Groundbreaking 10-Year Study That Was the Basis for Passages!

By: Daniel J. Levinson

The first full report from the team that discovered the patterns of adult development, this breakthrough study ranks in significance with the original works of Kinsey and Erikson, exploring and explaining the specific periods of personal development through which all human begins must pass--and which together form a common pattern underlying all human lives. "A pioneering and radical theory of adult development." CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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Ballantine Books

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0345339010

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9780345339010

The Seasons of a Woman's Life

A Fascinating Exploration of the Events, Thoughts, and Life Experiences That All Women Share

By: Daniel J. Levinson

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The Seasons of a Woman's Life

A Fascinating Exploration of the Events, Thoughts, and Life Experiences That All Women Share

By: Daniel J. Levinson

Firmly grounded in scientific research, this book reveals that women follow a predictable developmental course through adulthood. Work and marriage relationships, personal crisis, emotional states, and behavior can all be related to this grand pattern. But in the case of women, the situation is made far more complicated by gender biases.

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465

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Ballantine Books

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0307807142

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9780307807144

September in the Rain

The Life of Nelson Riddle

By: Peter J. Levinson

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September in the Rain

The Life of Nelson Riddle

By: Peter J. Levinson

The first-ever biography of the highly respected arranger in the history of American popular music. Base on more than 200 interviews with his closest friends, family, and colleagues.

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328

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Taylor Trade Publications

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1589791630

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9781589791633

Tommy Dorsey

Livin' in a Great Big Way, A Biography

By: Peter J. Levinson

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Tommy Dorsey

Livin' in a Great Big Way, A Biography

By: Peter J. Levinson

Swing has never gone out of style. It was the music the Greatest Generation danced to--and went to war to. And no musician evokes the Big Band era more strikingly than Tommy Dorsey, whose soaring trombone play and hit tunes influenced popular music for a generation. Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956) led a rich and complex life. Beginning with his childhood in the coal mining towns of Pennsylvania, we follow the young trombonist's journey to fame and fortune during the Jazz Age. Tommy, with his brother Jimmy, created one of the most popular bands of the era and played with such giants as Bing Crosby and Glenn Miller. They also launched the career of a skinny young singer named Frank Sinatra. But Tommy's volcanic personality eventually split the band and Tommy went off on his own. Drawing on exhaustive new research and scores of interviews with the musicians who knew him best, Levinson delves into Dorsey's famously eccentric lifestyle and his oversize appetite for drink, women, and perfection. The first biography on Dorsey in more than thirty years, Tommy Dorsey is a dazzling portrait of the Big Band's brightest star--his tumultuous life, his turbulent times, and the unforgettable music that made him a legend.

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384

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Da Capo Press

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0786734949

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9780786734948

Trumpet Blues

The Life of Harry James

By: Peter J. Levinson

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Trumpet Blues

The Life of Harry James

By: Peter J. Levinson

Swing is back in style, and with it a renewed interest in the Big Band Era. And few players dominated that era more than Harry James, whose soaring trumpet solos and romantic hit tunes influenced popular music for a generation. Now, Peter J. Levinson, who knew Harry James personally, has written a revealing biography of this jazz icon, based on nearly 200 interviews with musicians and friends. Harry James led a truly colorful life, and in Trumpet Blues Levinson captures it all. Beginning with James's childhood in a traveling circus, we follow the young trumpeter's meteoric rise in the 1930s and witness his electrifying performances with the Benny Goodman Orchestra. We see how James formed his own band in 1939, an incubator for many pop music stars of the 1940s and '50s, including Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest, and Kitty Kallen. Combined with James's superb musicianship, peerless trumpet technique and talented sidemen, this stellar group dominated the war years and the immediate post-war period. And James himself, especially after his marriage to film goddess Betty Grable, became one of America's most famous personalities and lived like true Hollywood royalty. Levinson describes their twenty-two-year marriage with insight and sympathy. But he shows how James's marriage--and his triumphant late-1950s comeback in Nevada's casinos--were slowly undermined by his penchant for compulsive gambling, womanizing, and alcoholism. He gives us the inside story of James's sybaritic life style, and probes the profound psychological reasons for James's destructive behavior. The first biography ever written on Harry James, Trumpet Blues is a scintillating portrait of Swing's brightest star--his life, his loves, and the music that defined an era.

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Oxford University Press

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0190283173

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9780190283179

Principles of Lithography

By: Harry J. Levinson

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Principles of Lithography

By: Harry J. Levinson

Lithography is a field in which advances proceed at a swift pace. This book was written to address several needs, and the revisions for the second edition were made with those original objectives in mind. Many new topics have been included in this text commensurate with the progress that has taken place during the past few years, and several subjects are discussed in more detail. This book is intended to serve as an introduction to the science of microlithography for people who are unfamiliar with the subject. Topics directly related to the tools used to manufacture integrated circuits are addressed in depth, including such topics as overlay, the stages of exposure, tools, and light sources. This text also contains numerous references for students who want to investigate particular topics in more detail, and they provide the experienced lithographer with lists of references by topic as well. It is expected that the reader of this book will have a foundation in basic physics and chemistry. No topics will require knowledge of mathematics beyond elementary calculus.

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SPIE Press

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0819456608

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9780819456601

The Authoritarian Personality

By: Theodor Adorno,Else Frenkel-Brenswik,Daniel J. Levinson,R. Nevitt Sanford

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The Authoritarian Personality

By: Theodor Adorno,Else Frenkel-Brenswik,Daniel J. Levinson,R. Nevitt Sanford

This hugely influential study on the psychology of authoritarianism was written in answer to Hitler’s Germany—and now rings more relevant than ever as fascism and anti-Semitism sweep across America. What makes a fascist? Are there character traits that make someone more likely to vote for the far right? The Authoritarian Personality is not only one of the most significant works of social psychology ever written, it also marks a milestone in the development of Adorno’s thought, showing him grappling with the problem of fascism and the reasons for Europe’s turn to reaction. Over half a century later, and with the rise of right-wing populism and the reemergence of the far-right in recent years, this hugely influential study remains as insightful and relevant as ever. This new edition includes an introduction by Frankfurt School scholar Peter E. Gordon and contains the first-ever publication of Adorno’s subsequent critical notes on the project. “Adorno and his colleagues could easily have been describing Alex Jones’s paranoid InfoWars rants or the racist views expressed by many Trump supporters.” —Molly Worthen, New York Times

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Verso Books

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1788731646

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9781788731645

The Seasons of a Man's Life

By: Daniel J. Levinson

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The Seasons of a Man's Life

By: Daniel J. Levinson

This book explores and explains the specific periods of personal development through which all humans must pass.

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363

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0345324870

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9780345324870

Law for Leviathan

Constitutional Law, International Law, and the State

By: Daryl J. Levinson

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Law for Leviathan

Constitutional Law, International Law, and the State

By: Daryl J. Levinson

The state makes law. But the state is also subject to law in two realms: international law and constitutional law. But how in the international realm can law be enforced against powerful states in the absence of a super-state standing above them? How far can moral and legal frameworks developed around ordinary persons be extended to apply to personified Leviathans? The book argues that these kinds of questions are equally applicable to the second major regime of law for states, constitutional law. By assimilating constitutional and international law as parallel projects of imposing law upon the state, this book brings focus to the concept of "law for Leviathan" as a distinctive legal form.

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313

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Oxford University Press

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0190061596

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9780190061593

Achieving Success for New and Aspiring Superintendents

A Practical Guide

By: Mary Frances Callan,William Levinson

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Achieving Success for New and Aspiring Superintendents

A Practical Guide

By: Mary Frances Callan,William Levinson

This comprehensive how-to guide for aspiring and new superintendents provides examples and covers the full range of topics from preparation through strategic planning.

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329

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Corwin Press

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1452224323

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9781452224329

Lithography Process Control

By: Harry J. Levinson

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Lithography Process Control

By: Harry J. Levinson

This text covers lithography process control at several levels, from fundamental through advanced topics. The book is a self-contained tutorial that works both as an introduction to the technology and as a reference for the experienced lithographer. It reviews the foundations of statistical process control as background for advanced topics such as complex processes and feedback. In addition, it presents control methodologies that may be applied to process development pilot lines.

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SPIE Press

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0819430528

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9780819430526

Unseen Forces

Phone Rings, Text Dings, Band Sings...You Die!

By: Howard J. Levinson

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Unseen Forces

Phone Rings, Text Dings, Band Sings...You Die!

By: Howard J. Levinson

Cell phones, tablets and computers come with a warning and the government is betting you don't care. "The use of this device may cause a change in thought patterns. This device carries a risk of serious personal injury including death. Use with caution." Unhinged and fueled by revenge, rogue scientist Dr. Samantha Pruitt, has developed technology that manipulates the properties of sound waves. In her hands, the simple pleasure of streaming music or attending a concert can result in a change in the listener's behavior. Even more ominous than brainwashing, Dr. Pruitt's device turns invisible, harmless sound waves into something as focused and deadly as a sniper's bullet. She enlists the assistance of Rickey and Mark, two Millennial rock musicians down on their luck. Set up like a bowling pin, they become entangled in her plans and are unwitting accomplices in multiple murders. The government recognizes the value of weaponizing Dr. Pruitt's technology. They will stop at nothing to obtain it. As the government moves in, Rickey and Mark must forge a treacherous path that offers no guarantee for their success or survival. Howard Levinson's newest novel "UNSEEN FORCES...Phone Rings-Text Dings-Band Sings...You Die!" is a sharp, slim, and savage crime novel featuring working class protagonists, an amoral government, and a plausible method of execution. Indie Reader Review: 4.7 stars (out of 5). Who hasn't wondered whether the strings of one's life are being manipulated by someone else? If you do bother to question what is going on behind the curtain, "UNSEEN FORCES" is the book for you. As I read, I was hauntingly reminded of my own experience with the forces of government that can lift you up as easily as it can take you down. Levinson has a flair for setting the stage with endearing characters and deftly charted real-life situations that will draw you in and hold onto you throughout. Jeffrey Sterling - Author, "Unwanted Spy, The Persecution of an American Whistleblower

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225

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662415206

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9781662415203

The American Success Myth on Film

By: J. Levinson

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The American Success Myth on Film

By: J. Levinson

In examining the enduring appeal that rags-to-riches stories exert on our collective imagination, this book highlights the central role that films have played in the ongoing cultural discourse about success and work in America.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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1349348910

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9781349348916

The Mercury Vapor Lamp Experience

A Story of Aspergers and Aliens

By: Howard J. Levinson

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The Mercury Vapor Lamp Experience

A Story of Aspergers and Aliens

By: Howard J. Levinson

When the Mercury Vapor street lamps flicker to life at dusk, everything on the surface of our planet changes. The alien race, residing deep within the earth, in control of these seemingly innocuous lights need nothing more than an assurance that our planet will remain stable. No such promise can be made and Armageddon looms. The future of our species lies with 19 year old MarlonDale Hendershat. MarlonDale has Aspergers and an idiosyncratic speech disorder. Since childhood, he has had an obsessive compulsive disorder that demands he watch the Mercury Vapor lamps light up each evening. His uniquely wired brain recognizes that the streetlights emit a special energy wave that generates a parallel universe on the face of our planet. Because of his uniqueness, MarlonDale is 'chosen' by the aliens to assist them in controlling the Earth's destiny. They discover that the ecological balance of our planet is reaching a calamitous tipping point. The danger is very similar to that which forced the aliens to flee their planet a century ago, and they will not allow further destruction of their new home.MarlonDale learns that the aliens intend to initiate a series of natural disasters. Earthquakes and Tsunamis will be followed by a worldwide biological event that will wipe out the entire human race. Joined by two friends from his Autism therapy group, MarlonDale must save the world, from and for, all of us, as well as the aliens. But it all must begin with the killing of MarlonDale's father, a Washington University in St. Louis, infectious disease specialist.

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CreateSpace

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1461141125

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Book's by J. Levinson

The Seasons of a Man's Life

The Seasons of a Man's Life

The Seasons of a Woman's Life

The Seasons of a Woman's Life

September in the Rain

September in the Rain

Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

Trumpet Blues

Trumpet Blues

Principles of Lithography

Principles of Lithography

The Authoritarian Personality

The Authoritarian Personality

The Seasons of a Man's Life

The Seasons of a Man's Life

Law for Leviathan

Law for Leviathan

Achieving Success for New and Aspiring Superintendents

Achieving Success for New and Aspiring Superintendents

Lithography Process Control

Lithography Process Control

Unseen Forces

Unseen Forces

The American Success Myth on Film

The American Success Myth on Film

The Mercury Vapor Lamp Experience

The Mercury Vapor Lamp Experience

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