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From "Superman" to Man

A Fearless and Penetrating Discussion of America's Greatest Problem

By: J. A. Rogers

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From "Superman" to Man

A Fearless and Penetrating Discussion of America's Greatest Problem

By: J. A. Rogers

The first book from “a tireless champion of African history,” a novel that “challenged the theories that Blacks were inferior to whites” (New York Amsterdam News). Joel Augustus Roger’s seminal work from the Harlem Renaissance, this novel—first published in 1917—is a polemic against the ignorance that fuels racism. The central plot revolves around a train speeding to California, serviced by an African American porter named Dixon. On board is a United States senator from Oklahoma, a man obsessed by race who makes no attempts to hide his prejudice. Unable to sleep, the politician encounters Dixon in the smoking car, and thus ensues a debate about religion, science, and racial equality . . . “A bold discussion novel in which a cultured, well-travelled, black Pullman porter is drawn into a debate with a white passenger, a Southern senator, on the question of the superiority of the Anglo Saxon and the inferiority of the Negro.” —The Guardian “A genuine treasure. I still insist that From ‘Superman’ to Man is the greatest book ever written in English on the Negro by a Negro and I am glad to know that increasing thousands of black and white readers re-echo the high opinion of it which I had expressed some years ago.” —Hubert Henry Harrison “A stirring story, faithful to truth and helpful to a better understanding and feeling.” —Prof. George B. Foster, University of Chicago

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0819575534

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9780819575531

Nature Knows No Color-Line

By: J. A. Rogers

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Nature Knows No Color-Line

By: J. A. Rogers

The classic refutation of scientific racism from the renowned African American journalist and author of Africa’s Gift to America. In Nature Knows No Color-Line, originally published in 1952, historian Joel Augustus Rogers examines the origins of racial hierarchy and the color problem. Rogers was a humanist who believed that there were no scientifically evident racial divisions—all humans belong to one “race.” He believed that color prejudice generally evolved from issues of domination and power between two physiologically different groups. According to Rogers, color prejudice was then used a rationale for domination, subjugation and warfare. Societies developed myths and prejudices in order to pursue their own interests at the expense of other groups. This book argues that many instances of the contributions of black people had been left out of the history books, and gives many examples. “Most contemporary college students have never heard of J.A Rogers nor are they aware of his long journalistic career and pioneering archival research. Rogers committed his life to fighting against racism and he had a major influence on black print culture through his attempts to improve race relations in the United States and challenge white supremacist tracts aimed at disparaging the history and contributions of people of African descent to world civilizations.” —Thabiti Asukile, “Black International Journalism, Archival Research and Black Print Culture,” The Journal of African American History

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0819575518

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9780819575517

100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof

By: J. A. Rogers

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100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof

By: J. A. Rogers

White supremacy-busting facts that ran in the black publication the Pittsburgh Courier, written by the renowned African American author and journalist. First published in 1934 and revised in 1962, this book gathers journalist and historian Joel Augustus Rogers’ columns from the syndicated newspaper feature titled Your History. Patterned after the look of Ripley’s popular Believe It or Not the multiple vignettes in each episode recount short items from Rogers’s research. The feature began in the Pittsburgh Courier in November 1934 and ran through the 1960s. “I have been intrigued by this book, and by its author, since I first encountered it as a student in an undergraduate survey course in African-American history at Yale . . . Sometimes, [Rogers] was astonishingly accurate; at other times, he seems to have been tripping a bit, shall we say.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The Root “Rogers made great contribution to publishing and distributing little know African history facts through books and pamphlets such as 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof and The Five Negro Presidents . . . The common thread in Roger’s research was his unending aim to counter white supremacist propaganda that prevailed in segregated communities across the United States against people of African descent.” —Black History Heroes

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0819575496

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9780819575494

World's Great Men of Color, Volume I

By: J.A. Rogers

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World's Great Men of Color, Volume I

By: J.A. Rogers

The classic, definitive title on the great Black figures in world history, beginning in antiquity and reaching into the modern age. World’s Great Men of Color is the comprehensive guide to the most noteworthy Black personalities in world history and their significance. J.A. Rogers spent the majority of his lifetime pioneering the field of Black studies with his exhaustive research on the major names in Black history whose contributions or even very existence have been glossed over. Well-written and informative, World’s Great Men of Color is an enlightening and important historical work.

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Simon and Schuster

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145165054X

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Sex and Race, Volume 3

Negro-Caucasian Mixing in All Ages and All Lands -- Why White and Black Mix in Spite of Opposition

By: J. A. Rogers

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Sex and Race, Volume 3

Negro-Caucasian Mixing in All Ages and All Lands -- Why White and Black Mix in Spite of Opposition

By: J. A. Rogers

In the Sex and Race series, first published in the 1940s, historian Joel Augustus Rogers questioned the concept of race, the origins of racial differentiation, and the root of the "color problem." Rogers surmised that a large percentage of ethnic differences are the result of sociological factors and in these volumes he gathered what he called "the bran of history"—the uncollected, unexamined history of black people—in the hope that these neglected parts of history would become part of the mainstream body of Western history. Drawing on a vast amount of research, Rogers was attempting to point out the absurdity of racial divisions. Indeed his belief in one race—humanity—precluded the idea of several different ethnic races. The series marshals the data he had collected as evidence to prove his underlying humanistic thesis: that people were one large family without racial boundaries. Self-trained and self-published, Rogers and his work were immensely popular and influential during his day, even cited by Malcolm X. The books are presented here in their original editions.

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0819575550

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9780819575555

Africa's Gift to America

By: J. A. Rogers

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Africa's Gift to America

By: J. A. Rogers

A classic work of black study that shines a light on the accomplishments of African people within Western history—from the groundbreaking journalist. Originally published in 1959 and revised and expanded in 1989, this book asserts that Africans had contributed more to the world than was previously acknowledged. Historian Joel Augustus Rogers devoted a significant amount of his professional life to unearthing facts about people of African ancestry. He intended these findings to be a refutation of contemporary racist beliefs about the inferiority of blacks. Rogers asserted that the color of skin did not determine intellectual genius, and he publicized the great black civilizations that had flourished in Africa during antiquity. According to Rogers, many ancient African civilizations had been primal molders of Western civilization and culture.

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The Jensens of Colorado

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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The Jensens of Colorado

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

The national bestselling novels of William W. and J.A. Johnstone bring the American West to crackling life. Now together in one volume for the first time, return to the epic sagas of the fearless—and ever-growing—Jensen clan—pioneers willing to fight for justice. THOSE JENSEN BOYS Ace and Chance are as reckless and wild as the frontier itself. Their father is Luke Jensen, thought killed in the Civil War. Their uncle Smoke is one of the fiercest gunfighters in the West. It’s no surprise the twins have a knack for taking risks—and blasting their way out of them. THE JENSEN BRAND Smoke is injured swapping bullets with cow thieves on the Sugarloaf Ranch and Sally puts out a call for help to the rest of the Jensen clan. Just back from studying in Europe, Denise Jensen can ride like a man, shoot like her daddy, and face down the deadliest outlaws like nobody’s business. HEART OF THE MOUNTAIN MAN Smoke has no choice but to come down off the mountain and go head-to-head with outlaw Big Jim Slaughter to save his friend Monte Carson. A fiery clash of courage, fury, and guns is on the docket, and only one man will be left standing after the dust settles. Live Free. Read Hard.

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0786050144

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9780786050147

Star Command 3192

Book One: The Pirate Incursion

By: J.A. Chisholm

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Star Command 3192

Book One: The Pirate Incursion

By: J.A. Chisholm

This novel chronicles the adventures of members of the futuristic Military Force Known as Star Command. During a routine investigation of a missing freighter, the Members of Star Command come under hostile attack by deep space pirates led by the Enigmatic and Brutal Leader, Delara Kelvor. This novel chronicles the events from both Military and Pirate points of view and the adventures that ensue.

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1452021031

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Knockdown

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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Knockdown

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE THE WILL DEFIES FEAR. They call him “The Rig Warrior.” Name: Barry Rivers. Occupation: Long haul trucker. Special skills: Defender of freedom. Patriot. Government sanctioned killer. A NATION OFF THE RAILS No one saw the first attack coming. A perfectly orchestrated assault on a mass-transit railroad line that left countless Americans dead. Then came more attacks. More rail systems sabotaged. More civilian lives lost. Intelligence experts are convinced this is no ordinary terrorist attack. To pull off something like this, it would take a deep-state traitor with dark foreign connections. And to stop them, it will take someone who isn’t afraid to shed blood. A HERO OFF THE GRID Enter Barry Rivers, the Rig Warrior. An urban legend in the intelligence community, Rivers has been living off the radar for years. But when he sees his country under attack, he reaches out to his son in the FBI to track down the enemies in our own government. To these high-ranking traitors, Rivers is a threat to their global agenda. But when Rivers revs up his tricked-out 18-wheeler—and goes after a runaway train on a collision course with disaster—all bets are off. The war is on. And with Barry Rivers at the wheel, it’s going to be the ultimate knockdown, drag-out fight for America’s future . . . Live Free. Read Hard.

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0786044292

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This Violent Land

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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This Violent Land

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

Deputy U.S. Marshal Smoke Jensen rides into legend in this powerful frontier adventure from the greatest Western writer of the century. Kirby—later Smoke—Jensen has just earned his first paying job as a deputy U.S. marshal for the Colorado Territory and is sent to the lawless town of Las Animas. There, he finds a sheriff too cowardly to face the outlaw leader Cole Dawson, whose six-gun has left a lot of good men dead. Young Smoke feels no such fear. He takes Dawson down fast. Then the real fight begins. It turns out Dawson is only a cog in a crooked plot hatched by someone hiding behind the law. For a young deputy marshal, going up against the powerful and corrupt is almost certainly a fool’s mission, but doing nothing is not a choice. When Smoke strikes, he’s in all the bloody way, and what follows will become the stuff of legend. Braving bullets, blood, and treachery to face down the most dangerous outlaw in Colorado Territory, Smoke will earn a reputation for justice and the rule of law in a wild, violent frontier. Praise for the novels of William W. Johnstone “For most fans of the Western genre, there isn’t a bet much surer than a book bearing the name Johnstone.”—True West “[A] rousing, two-fisted saga of the growing American frontier.”—Publishers Weekly on Eyes of Eagles “There’s plenty of gunplay and fast-paced action as this old-time hero proves again that a steady eye and quick reflexes are the keys to survival on the Western frontier.”—Curled Up with a Good Book on Dead Before Sundown

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0786036451

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The Jensen Brand

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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The Jensen Brand

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

In this western series opener by two bestselling authors, a brother and sister team up to save their family and take down cattle rustlers. JENSEN PROUD. JENSEN TOUGH. It’s the dawn of a new century. But on the vast Sugarloaf Ranch not much has changed since legendary gunfighter Smoke Jensen and his wife Sally tamed the land two decades ago. Raising cattle is still a dangerous business—and just as deadly as ever. When Smoke is injured swapping bullets with some cow thieves, Sally puts out a call for help to Matt, Ace, and the rest of the Jensen clan. But time is running out. The bloodthirsty rustlers are ready to strike again—and there are lots more of them. And the Sugarloaf’s last defense is Smoke and Sally’s next of kin… Enter the Jensen twins. Denise and her brother Louis have just returned home from their schooling in Europe. Louis is studying to be a lawyer and is too sickly to defend the ranch. But Denise is to the manor born—she can ride like a man, shoot like her daddy, and face down the deadliest outlaws like nobody’s business. And there’ll be plenty opportunity to prove she’s got Jensen blood in her veins—cold, deadly, and playing for keeps…

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0786040645

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Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night

The Face In The Window\Goodnight, Sweet Mother\James Penney's New Identity\Operation Northwoods\Epitaph\Empathy

By: Heather Graham,Alex Kava,Lee Child,James Grippando,J. A. Konrath,James Siegel

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Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night

The Face In The Window\Goodnight, Sweet Mother\James Penney's New Identity\Operation Northwoods\Epitaph\Empathy

By: Heather Graham,Alex Kava,Lee Child,James Grippando,J. A. Konrath,James Siegel

Featuring North America's foremost thriller authors, Thriller is the first collection of pure thriller stories ever published. Offering up heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises are thirty-two of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning names in the business. From the signature characters that made such authors as David Morrell and John Lescroart famous, to four of the hottest new voices in the genre, this blockbuster will tantalize and terrify. Lock the doors, draw the shades, pull up the covers and be prepared for Thriller to keep you up all night.

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MIRA

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1426801688

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Remington 1894

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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Remington 1894

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

After a vicious gang kills his family, a sharpshooting Civil War vet vows revenge by any means in this action-packed Western from 2 bestselling authors. As a teenager, John McMasters won the Medal of Honor as a sniper for the Union Army during the Civil War. Thirty years later, McMasters lives a peaceful life in the Arizona Territory, raising a family and running cattle. These days, he needs eyeglasses to hit a distant target. But that doesn't stop his wife and four children from buying him a special present for his fiftieth birthday: a beautiful new Remington shotgun. Turns out, he's going to need it . . . The Butcher gang has come to town. By the time McMasters learns of their arrival, they've invaded his ranch and slaughtered his family, hightailing it out of the county. McMasters wants revenge, using his new shotgun to hunt down those butchers like the animals they are. But he can't do it alone. His friend, Deputy U.S. Marshal Daniel Kirkpatrick, is hauling six of the deadliest criminals in the country to a prison in Yuma. They're cutthroat killers, every bit as ruthless as the Butchers. But when McMasters points his Remington at their heads, they will become his killers . . .

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0786040750

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Sixkiller, U.S. Marshal

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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Sixkiller, U.S. Marshal

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

The Greatest Western Writers Of The 21st Century In his powerful bestsellers, William W. Johnstone captures the passion and fury of the untamed west. Now, inspired by one of America’s most legendary lawmen, he makes history come alive—with a vengeance… They Called Him Sixkiller He was born in the Going Snake District of the Cherokee Nation—and forged a destiny as bold as his name. John Henry Sixkiller was as fearless as they come. He fought in the 2nd Cherokee Mounted Rifles, his father’s regiment during the Civil War. Served with the Longhorse Police in Indian territory upholding the law among five tribes in a time of violence and change. But now, Sixkiller faces his greatest challenge yet. As a U.S. marshal, he must take on the most notorious outlaws the west has ever seen. Horse thieves who kill without conscience. Train robbers who terrorize the railways. And one ruthless enemy whose bloody reign of fear would bring Sixkiller to the ultimate showdown. His name means justice. His story is America’s.

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0786038179

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9780786038176

The Four Cs for Building Healthy Relationships

By: J. A. McGruder, PhD

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The Four Cs for Building Healthy Relationships

By: J. A. McGruder, PhD

Every relationship, romantic or platonic, direly needs critical keys for its success. Whether the relationship is between friends, spouses, parents, and children, this author has identified four critical elements (based upon a Christian perspective) needed for a relationship to thrive and positively flourish. All connections and associations must be rooted in strong foundational premises that will serve as building blocks for positive growth. This book will share with you the four Cs for building healthy relationships. As each individual incorporates Christ, communication, commitment, and compromise, these tenets properly used can be the catalyst for positive growth in any relationship you may have.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1493191535

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The Hour of Death

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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The Hour of Death

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

USA Today bestselling author: Sixkiller tails a troublemaker to a corrupt Wyoming town—where he has to fight off everyone from the mayor on down . . . William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, the beloved, bestselling frontier writers, chronicle the true story of John Henry Sixkiller: born on a Cherokee reservation, known as the most cunning lawman in the West. Think like a criminal. Strike like the law . . . Sixkiller has come to Ringgold, Wyoming, on the trail of Bart Skillern, a vicious murderer he's been carefully stalking for weeks. But before Sixkiller can strike, Skillern takes a job with the town's duly elected mayor, a politician so corrupt that the only way to get near him is by being even more corrupt. So Sixkiller takes a job as a hired gun, and sets out to destroy the mayor's gang from inside out. Sixkiller's carefully masked plan is just about to work when he discovers that, except for one beautiful, crusading newspaper woman, there's not a decent soul in Ringgold to take over from the power-crazed mayor. Now Sixkiller can't leave Ringgold behind until he tears it apart—pitting one bad man against the other and praying that the Lord and a Colt will somehow sort them out . . .

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0786031255

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9780786031252

Gold Mine Massacre

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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Gold Mine Massacre

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

Johnstone Country. Family First. For generations, the Jensens have struggled to build their home, their land, and their dreams. But now the family is forced to fight fire with fire, bullet by bullet, blood for blood . . . GOLD MINE MASSACRE For Smoke and his daughter Denny, life on the Sugarloaf Ranch is more valuable than all the gold in the world. Which works out fine, since all the gold mines in Big Rock were squeezed dry years ago. Even so, that won’t stop a pair of businessmen from the East from trying to squeeze out a little more. One of them has developed a newfangled method for extracting gold—something called “hydraulics” and they’ve bought up all the old mines to do it. The other is the son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan, and Denny thinks he’s awfully handsome. Smoke isn’t sure what to think of these would-be gold diggers. Especially when the handsome one triggers a rivalry with Denny’s off-and-on beau, a deputy U.S. marshal. And then they hires a small army of gunfighters to protect their mines from sabotage . . . The Jensons can smell trouble brewing from a mile away. And when it involves gold, guns, and love, it’s more than just trouble. It’s a massacre waiting to happen . . . Live Free. Read Hard.

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0786047305

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9780786047307

Ramanujan 125

By: Ae Ja Yee,

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Ramanujan 125

By: Ae Ja Yee,

This volume contains the proceedings of an international conference to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Ramanujan's birth, held from November 5-7, 2012, at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Srinivasa Ramanujan was India's most famous mathematician. This volume contains research and survey papers describing recent and current developments in the areas of mathematics influenced by Ramanujan. The topics covered include modular forms, mock theta functions and harmonic Maass forms, continued fractions, partition inequalities, -series, representations of affine Lie algebras and partition identities, highly composite numbers, analytic number theory and quadratic forms.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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1470410788

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9781470410780

Outlaw Country

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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Outlaw Country

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

Includes an excerpt from Go west, young man: a novel of America.

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0786047259

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9780786047253

Education for Reflective Ministry

By: J. A. van der Ven

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Education for Reflective Ministry

By: J. A. van der Ven

The picture that pastors have of themselves and of their experiences in the ministry is ambivalent. On the one hand they find the pastoral work which they perform meaningful, important and relevant. On the other hand pastors suffer from chronic stress of some sort, caused by different factors on the micro, meso and macro level of religion, church and society. Many pastors experience the modernization and subsequently the secularization process as a very serious problem, which negatively influences religious life within the parish. Pastors are bowed down by uncertainty over how their work contributes to the parish mission in today's society and, even more so, by doubts over what that mission is, in particular, the diaconal mission. Which direction can, shall, should the pastor take if neither the church nor the theological institutions are able to provide him or her with a clear frame of reference, an attractive perspective, a convincing policy, a plausible course of action, and a meaningful set of aims, goals and objectives ? There is no alternative but to risk taking responsibility for oneself and choosing one's own course of action. To take this risk is not reckless or foolhardy, as long as the choices are always informed by a religious self-reflection that is open to tradition as well as to the future. This allows the pastor to be his own guide, to transgress useless customs and habits, and cross the boundaries into as yet unknown territory. The task of education must be to provide the foundation that enables the pastor to make those choices and take those risks in a well-considered, prudent and truly religious manner. This study represents not only an interpretative description of some of the education for ministry in today's societal, cultural and ecclesiastical context in the western world but also a proposal for a new model: the reflective ministry model.

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9042906723

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Bloody Mary

A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery

By: J. A. Konrath

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Bloody Mary

A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery

By: J. A. Konrath

Lieutenant Jack Daniels is back, and this time she has to solve one of her goriest cases ever. Someone is running around Chicago dismembering women, and the spare body parts are winding up at the local morgue.

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1401382711

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Sex and Race, Volume 1

Negro-Caucasian Mixing in All Ages and All Lands -- The Old World

By: J. A. Rogers

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Negro-Caucasian Mixing in All Ages and All Lands -- The Old World

By: J. A. Rogers

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Wesleyan University Press

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0819575542

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9780819575548

World's Great Men of Color, Volume II

By: J.A. Rogers

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World's Great Men of Color, Volume II

By: J.A. Rogers

An eye-opening account of the great black personalities of world history. In this first volume: outstanding blacks of Asia and Africa, and historical figures before Christ -- including Akhenaton, Aesop, Hannibal, Cleopatra, Zenobia, Askia the Great, the Mahdi, Samuel Adjai Crowther, and many more. World's Great Men of Color is a comprehensive account of the great Black personalities in world history. J. A. Rogers was one of the first Black scholars to devote most of his life to researching the lives of hundreds of men and women of color. This first volume is a convenient reference; equipped with a comprehensive introduction, it treats all aspects of recorded Black history. J. A. Rogers's book is vital reading for everyone who wants a fuller and broader understanding of the great personalities who have shaped our world. The companion volume covers the great Blacks of Europe, South and Central America, the West Indies, and the United States, including Marcus Garvey, Robert Browning, Dom Pedro, Alexandre Dumas, Joachim Murat, Aleksander Sergeevich Pushkin, Alessandro de' Medici, St. Benedict the Moor, and many others.

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Simon and Schuster

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145160307X

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9781451603071

Your History

From the Beginning of Time to the Present

By: J. A. Rogers

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Your History

From the Beginning of Time to the Present

By: J. A. Rogers

2015 Reprint of 1940 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. First published in 1940, this curious work chronicles the history of Black men in pictorial form. All pages are illustrated with black and white drawings, as depicted on the cover art, laying out the history of Africans from the beginning to 1940. Each illustration, mostly biographical in nature, is accompanied by text describing the historical content or significance of the illustration.

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1614278709

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The Wyoming Valley

By: J. A. Clark

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The Wyoming Valley

By: J. A. Clark

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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3385220696

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The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

Journalist, 176-173

By: J. A. Leo Lemay

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The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

Journalist, 176-173

By: J. A. Leo Lemay

Representing a lifetime of research by the dean of Franklin scholars, this seven-volume biography will give enthusiasts and scholars an important resource for understanding Benjamin Franklin's character and place in American history. This first volume chronicles the early years of Franklin, from his birth to his marriage in 1730.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812238540

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9780812238549

The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3

Soldier, Scientist, and Politician, 1748-1757

By: J. A. Leo Lemay

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The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3

Soldier, Scientist, and Politician, 1748-1757

By: J. A. Leo Lemay

Volume 3 of the acclaimed biography narrates Franklin's growth from printer to public-spirited politician, soldier, and patriot.

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0812241215

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9780812241211

The Planet Venus

By: Michail Ja Marov,Mikhail I͡Akovlevich Marov,Mikhaill A Marov,Mikhail Ya Marov,David Harry Grinspoon

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The Planet Venus

By: Michail Ja Marov,Mikhail I͡Akovlevich Marov,Mikhaill A Marov,Mikhail Ya Marov,David Harry Grinspoon

Shrouded by the thick clouds of hot, dense atmosphere, the planet Venus - Earth's closest neighbour in space - remained mysterious until recent decades. Today, with data from contemporary observations and from Russian and American spacecraft, Venus has moved into sharper focus. This comprehensive book provides an up-to-date and detailed analysis of the nature of Venus. The authors, experts in planetary science from Russia and the United States, examine all the principal aspects of Venus, with particular attention paid to the planet's formation, the development of a runaway greenhouse effect, and Venus' evolution into a planet completely different from others in our solar system. Integrating data from Galileo, Magellan, Pioneer-Venus, Venera sand other space missions, this book summarizes the history of Venus, covers the atmosphere, geomorphology and tectonic history of the planet, and considers its geology.

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Yale University Press

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0300049757

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9780300049756

Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups

By: John H. Conway,Neil J.A. Sloane

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Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups

By: John H. Conway,Neil J.A. Sloane

The main themes. This book is mainly concerned with the problem of packing spheres in Euclidean space of dimensions 1,2,3,4,5, . . . . Given a large number of equal spheres, what is the most efficient (or densest) way to pack them together? We also study several closely related problems: the kissing number problem, which asks how many spheres can be arranged so that they all touch one central sphere of the same size; the covering problem, which asks for the least dense way to cover n-dimensional space with equal overlapping spheres; and the quantizing problem, important for applications to analog-to-digital conversion (or data compression), which asks how to place points in space so that the average second moment of their Voronoi cells is as small as possible. Attacks on these problems usually arrange the spheres so their centers form a lattice. Lattices are described by quadratic forms, and we study the classification of quadratic forms. Most of the book is devoted to these five problems. The miraculous enters: the E 8 and Leech lattices. When we investigate those problems, some fantastic things happen! There are two sphere packings, one in eight dimensions, the E 8 lattice, and one in twenty-four dimensions, the Leech lattice A , which are unexpectedly good and very 24 symmetrical packings, and have a number of remarkable and mysterious properties, not all of which are completely understood even today.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475720165

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9781475720167

Congo '63

By: J. A. Dunbar

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Congo '63

By: J. A. Dunbar

When Donovan "Mac" Mackay is expelled from his South African school in 1963, his future looks bleak until his grandfather encourages him to join a logging company in the Congo that is recruiting mercenaries to protect their interests. He quickly learns, however, that the job is not what it appeared. This explosive narrative follows Mac through a tumultuous world of betrayal, violence, and peril as he strives to determine an uncertain future.

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Janus Publishing Company Lim

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1857566114

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9781857566116

Dark Night in Big Rock

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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Dark Night in Big Rock

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

Johnstone Country. Guns and Money. And Sometimes, Lawyers. The long-awaited return of Smoke Jensen’s son ignites a powderkeg of problems for the town of Big Rock, Colorado. This time, it’s personal—and definitely fatal. . . . DARK NIGHT IN BIG ROCK Smoke Jensen is mighty proud of his son Louis for finishing law school. But he can’t help being a little disappointed that Louis isn’t returning to the Sugarloaf Ranch. Instead, he’s setting up his own law practice in nearby Big Rock—a career choice that turns out to be every bit as dangerous as fending off cattle rustlers. The boy’s first case lands him smack in the middle of a heated dispute between two riled-up ranchers over water rights. If Louis can’t settle them down, the whole thing could blow up into a bloody range war. Then a scheming con man shows up in town to stir up trouble—and ends up dead. Now Louis has to defend his sister’s boyfriend on murder charges. What’s worse, the real killer is still out there. And he’s ready to slaughter again . . . Smoke Jensen’s son may be a lawyer now. But if there’s one thing he learned from his daddy, it’s that in places like Big Rock, men live and die by one law alone: the law of the gun. . . . Live Free. Read Hard.

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382

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Pinnacle Books

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0786048859

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9780786048854

Rising Fire

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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Rising Fire

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

Johnstone Country. Home at Last. When the Jensen family sends a new generation out into the world, they always keep the homefires burning—and rifles loaded—just in case they bring trouble back with them . . . SHOT THROUGH THE HEART Smoke Jensen’s daughter Denny can outride, outrope, and outshoot any man who gets in her way. But being a pretty woman, Denny sometimes attracts the attention of unsavory suitors. Like the lecherous Count Malatesta. Denny met the seductive Sicilian on her trip to Europe—and almost fell head over heels for the swindler. What’s he doing in America? Seems the heartbreaking hustler has huge gambling debts to pay off—and a deadly scheme to scam money out of the Jensens. But Denny’s got a plan, too—to shake off this silver-tongued stalker no matter what it takes, from a ghost town shootout to a blood-soaked showdown at the Sugarloaf Ranch. Alert: Where there’s Smoke, there’s gunfire . . . Live Free. Read Hard.

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0786044217

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9780786044214

‘Manufactured’ Masculinity

Making Imperial Manliness, Morality and Militarism

By: J. A. Mangan

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‘Manufactured’ Masculinity

Making Imperial Manliness, Morality and Militarism

By: J. A. Mangan

Manufactured' Masculinity should be considered essential reading for scholars in the humanities and social sciences at every level and in all parts of the academic world. It weaves together brilliantly the elements of the 'manufacture' of masculinity in the period world-famous 'public' school system for the privileged which serviced the largest empire, the world has ever known, at the zenith of its control and which has had a significant influence in the formation of the modern world. This authoritative study of the making of British imperial masculinity shines light on the period of Muscular Christianity, Social Darwinism and Militarism as meshed ideological instruments of both power and persuasion. This magisterial study reveals the extraordinary and paramount influence of games fields as the 'machine tools' in an 'industrial process' with the schools as 'workshops' containing 'cultural conveyor-belts' for the production of robust, committed and confident servants of empire, and templates for imperial reproduction in imperial possessions. Mainly on efficient 'production belt' playing fields of the privileged minds were moulded, attitudes were constructed and bodies shaped - for imperial manhood. Earlier 'manliness' was metamorphosized, morality was redefined and militarism at the high point of imperial grandeur was an adjunct. Professor Mangan outlines this unique process of cultural conditioning with a unique range of evidence and analysis. This book was published as a special double issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

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Routledge

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1317984773

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