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Virginia's Native Son

The Election and Administration of Governor L. Douglas Wilder

By: J. L. Jeffries

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Virginia's Native Son

The Election and Administration of Governor L. Douglas Wilder

By: J. L. Jeffries

In Virginia's Native Son, the election of L. Douglas Wilder in Virginia represents the first time an African-American was elected Governor in the history of the United States. The book hits on five main points of his election and administration, including an analysis of the campaign victory, the media's response to the campaign, the racism involved with the election and administration, the administration itself, and the legacy of the administration.

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Purdue University Press

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155753411X

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Desegregation in Boston and Buffalo

The Influence of Local Leaders

By: Steven J. L. Taylor

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Desegregation in Boston and Buffalo

The Influence of Local Leaders

By: Steven J. L. Taylor

Desegregation in Boston and Buffalo examines how the citizens and the political leadership of the two cities dealt with controversial court orders to end the segregation of public schools. Although the cities shared many similarities, they witnessed very dissimilar outcomes. Taylor covers key factors such as inter-ethnic relations and the struggle of various ethnic groups for political empowerment, and focuses on the political development of African American communities in urban environments and the role of Black elected leadership in helping to diffuse potentially volatile situations.

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State University of New York Press

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1438421893

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The Business Guide

An Outline of Business

By: J. L. Nichols

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The Business Guide

An Outline of Business

By: J. L. Nichols

How can you spot the marriage-certificate swindle? Should you buy a typewriter, or rent? How does one calculate the weight of coal in a bin or box? How are blasphemy, fornication, profanity, and offenses on the high seas defined by the law?The answers to these questions, and many more, can be found in this handy business encyclopedia, a one-volume quick reference to everything the well-informed man of industry and commerce needed to know if he was to get ahead and make a respectable name for himself in the early 20th century.QUICK TIP: Servants of an American citizen can be included in the citizen's passport!First published in 1886, this tremendously popular book was a standard for decades. Today, this replica of the 18th edition is a wonderful piece of retro Americana.QUICK TIP: If you make teaching business to your wife like a puzzle or a game, she is much more likely to be enthusiastic about home finance!JAMES LAWRENCE NICHOLS (d. 1895) was professor of economics at Northwestern College, and also wrote The Farmers Manual, The Household Guide, and Safe Counsel.

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Cosimo, Inc.

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1596056983

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The Unfinished American Project

Founding Sins, Institutional Failures, and Expanding Democracy to Form a More Perfect Union

By: Steven J. L. Taylor

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The Unfinished American Project

Founding Sins, Institutional Failures, and Expanding Democracy to Form a More Perfect Union

By: Steven J. L. Taylor

This book delves into democratic deficiencies in the United States federal government, especially those that disenfranchise minority communities. It highlights key contemporary and persistent challenges to American democracy, examines them in their historical context, and proposes reforms to remedy them. It will serve as unique secondary text for US government & politics, African American racial & ethnic politics, and public policy courses.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3111558398

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Vegan Pressure Cooking, Revised and Expanded

More Than 100 Delicious Grain, Bean, and One-Pot Recipes Using a Traditional Or Electric Pressure Cooker Or Instant Pot®

By: JL Fields

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Vegan Pressure Cooking, Revised and Expanded

More Than 100 Delicious Grain, Bean, and One-Pot Recipes Using a Traditional Or Electric Pressure Cooker Or Instant Pot®

By: JL Fields

This revised and updated edition of the classic Vegan Pressure Cooking includes 32 pages of new content, including new recipes, photos, and information on how to use any traditional or electric pressure cooker, or multicooker. All recipes (new and old) are electric pressure cooker and Instant Pot-friendly.

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Fair Winds Press (MA)

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1631594214

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The Rural Midwest Since World War II

By: J. L. Anderson

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The Rural Midwest Since World War II

By: J. L. Anderson

J.L. Anderson seeks to change the belief that the Midwest lacks the kind of geographic coherence, historical issues, and cultural touchstones that have informed regional identity in the American South, West, and Northeast. The goal of this illuminating volume is to demonstrate uniqueness in a region that has always been amorphous and is increasingly so. Midwesterners are a dynamic people who shaped the physical and social landscapes of the great midsection of the nation, and they are presented as such in this volume that offers a general yet informed overview of the region after World War II. The contributors—most of whom are Midwesterners by birth or residence—seek to better understand a particular piece of rural America, a place too often caricatured, misunderstood, and ignored. However, the rural landscape has experienced agricultural diversity and major shifts in land use. Farmers in the region have successfully raised new commodities from dairy and cherries to mint and sugar beets. The region has also been a place where community leaders fought to improve their economic and social well-being, women redefined their roles on the farm, and minorities asserted their own version of the American Dream. The rural Midwest is a regional melting pot, and contributors to this volume do not set out to sing its praises or, by contrast, assume the position of Midwestern modesty and self-deprecation. The essays herein rewrite the narrative of rural decline and crisis, and show through solid research and impeccable scholarship that rural Midwesterners have confronted and created challenges uniquely their own.

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Northern Illinois University Press

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150175131X

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Vegan Pressure Cooking

Delicious Beans, Grains, and One-Pot Meals in Minutes

By: JL Fields

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Vegan Pressure Cooking

Delicious Beans, Grains, and One-Pot Meals in Minutes

By: JL Fields

Learn the ins and outs of pressure cooking and why there's no need to be scared! Create delicious, filling, and easy meals in under an hour!

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Fair Winds Press (MA)

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1592336442

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Exiles, Entrepreneurs, and Educators

African Americans in Ghana

By: Steven J. L. Taylor

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Exiles, Entrepreneurs, and Educators

African Americans in Ghana

By: Steven J. L. Taylor

Compares the political activities of African Americans who settled in Ghana in the 1950s and 1960s with those who settled in the 1980s to the present. After repeated coups and periods of military rule, Ghana is now one of Africas longest enduring democratic republics. Exiles, Entrepreneurs, and Educators compares the political proclivities of two generations of African Americans who moved to Ghana. Steven J. L. Taylor blends archival and ethnographic research, including interviews, to provide a unique perspective on these immigrants who chose to leave an economically developed country and settle in an impoverished developing country. The first generation consisted of voluntary exiles from the US who arrived from 1957 to 1966, during the regime of President Kwame Nkrumah, and embraced both Nkrumah and his left-leaning political party. In contrast to the first generation, many in the second generation left the US to establish commercial enterprises in Ghana. Although they identified with the Democratic Party while living in the US, and were politically active, they avoided political activity in Ghana and many identified with the Ghanaian party that is modeled after the Republican Party in the US. Taylor dispels some of the incorrect assumptions about African politics and provides readers with an insightful look at how developing nations can embark upon a path toward democratization. This book is an exciting addition to existing scholarship about African American expatriates in Ghana. April Copes, Anne Arundel Community College

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SUNY Press

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1438474717

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9781438474717

Mirror Opposites

By: J L Daniels

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Mirror Opposites

By: J L Daniels

The idea for this book came to me after a brief conversation I had with a lawyer friend who liked the spin I placed on a newspaper article we both had read involving a notable fugitive from justice. "You know" he said, regarding my thought, "that would make for a very interesting book! You should write it!" I had been urged to write about my life by my wife Pat and my sisters Leah and Diane who find my past vocations and life experiences fascinating. Also incorporated in their thinking was the idea that although I had a yet to be certified gift for writing I did possess a creative though possibly warped mind; a mind that might produce something that would make for interesting reading. That said, I decided to take my sisters' along with my Lawyer friend's and my wife's advice and write. About my life? About the spin I had put on the newspaper article? Well, I decided to incorporate both in a loose fictitious way. Yes, many elements of the book are real and some events and actions that happened in the book took place. But it is a seven years in the writing work of FICTION that I hope the reader will find entertaining and enjoy.

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Author House

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1491871598

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The Cure

By: J. L.

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The Cure

By: J. L.

Faith, its a word that describes a belief in something that you cant truly know exists. Faith is someone standing in front of a closet telling you that there is gold inside and that you will get that gold at some point if you can just trust that it is there. Whats to stop you from looking in the closet? So many people believe that there is gold in the closet, so maybe you should too. The feeling of the possibility of getting the gold is so intense, it is just enough to make it so you dont try and peek inside the closet. The funny thing about faith is that without numbers, it wouldnt exist. Yet, your faith belongs to you; you own it in the most complete sense. It is you that owns this faith and it is you that decides what to make of it. People get mad when something makes them question their faith, yet the only one that can question your faith is you. No man, woman, movie or book can influence the decision you have to keep or discard your faith. In the end, you are the one who decides the direction of your life. This book provides a peak into the closet. It gives you the choice to either believe that you do see the gold, or to believe that there is no gold. What you decide to see and believe is ultimately up to you. This book will help you understand why there is no gold, but instead a much more magical entity. The closet in reality isnt a box but is an unending future.

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Trafford Publishing

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1466948906

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Handbook of Cosmetic Science & Technology

By: J.L. Knowlton,S.E.M. Pearce

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Handbook of Cosmetic Science & Technology

By: J.L. Knowlton,S.E.M. Pearce

The Handbook of Cosmetic Science & Technology has been produced as a comprehensive foundation covering all aspects of this important discipline. It is unique in that it includes sections on quality assurance, total quality management and the ISO 9001 regulations. Also, the Handbook will be of benefit to technical and non–technical people alike – as a standard reference tool or an introduction to the science and technology involved.

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Elsevier

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1483292614

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Spectroscopy of Polymers

By: J.L. Koenig

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Spectroscopy of Polymers

By: J.L. Koenig

This revised and updated Second Edition of the best-selling reference/text is essential reading for students and scientists who seek a thorough and practical introduction to the field of polymer spectroscopy. Eleven chapters cover the fundamental aspects and experimental applications of the primary spectroscopic methods. The advantages and disadvantages of the various techniques for particular polymer systems are also discussed. The goal of the author is not to make the reader an expert in the field, but rather to provide enough information about the different spectroscopic methods that the reader can determine how the available techniques can be used to solve a particular polymer problem. This Second Edition contains new and updated information on techniques in IR and NMR, as well as an all-new chapter on Mass Spectrometry.

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0080541577

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The Siva Purana Part 3

Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 3

By: J. L. Shastri

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The Siva Purana Part 3

Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 3

By: J. L. Shastri

The Purana is a class of literature that treats of ancient religion, philosophy, history, sociology, politics and other subjects. It is an encyclopedia of various branches of knowledge and ancient wisdom. It has been defined as a class of literature that contains material on the topics of Creation, Dis-solution of Manus, Ages of Manus, Genealogies and the History of glorious kings. For dealing primarily with these subjects it has been called Pancalaksana-a title that was incorporated in the Puranas themselves and had become popular by the Fifth Century A.D., for it was included by Amarasimha in his lexicon 'Amarakosa'. But as the process of interpolation continued, the Pancalaksana definition was found inadequate. The Puranic redactors adopted a Dasalaksana definition that suited the contemporary text. Still the dynamic forces were at work and the process of insertion, modification and abridgment went on and it was soon discovered that the Dasa-laksana definition too fell short of an actual fact. It was found that the puranas contained certain aspects that were not covered by any five or ten characteristics. The Puranas are divided into two classes-the Maha-puranas and the Upapuranas. Each class consists of eighteen puranas. Thus the number of the Puranas is thirtysix. Mahapuranas are classified into different categories-Vaisnava, Brahma, Saiva etc. Sivapurana has all the characteristics of a Mahapurana. According to the ancients, a Mahapurana contained five main characteristics that concerned either early religion or traditional history. Sivapurana possesses the conventional characteristics of a Mahapurana in common with its other colleagues. These entitle it to the status of a great Purana. But its real greatness lies in expounding the philosophical background of Siva ritual. The Purana conceives Siva as the eternal principle, the supreme god, the cosmic soul, the support of all existence. But the ignorant aspirant bound in the meshes of illusion goes in quest for knowledge and imagines that his lord has a personal form possessed of attributes distinct from his self, who in moments of distress responds to his prayers and bestows grace.

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Motilal Banarsidass

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812083870X

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9788120838703

Pain Management

Practical applications of the biopsychosocial perspective in clinical and occupational settings

By: Chris J. Main,Michael J. L. Sullivan,Paul J. Watson

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Pain Management

Practical applications of the biopsychosocial perspective in clinical and occupational settings

By: Chris J. Main,Michael J. L. Sullivan,Paul J. Watson

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It deals specifically with the management of potentially chronic l pain, how to assess patients with pain, the factors involved in the development of chronic pain and the setting up and running of a pain management programme. The main focus is on musculoskeletal and fibromyalgic type pain. Cancer pain is not addressed. The authors address not only what is recommended in the management of pain but also whether and why it is done, thereby covering not only the content of interdisciplinary pain management but also the processes involved. Provides extensive background material and covers broad issues which other books lack Focuses on not only what is done with the management of pain but whether and why it is done Includes the nuts and bolts of setting up and running a pain management programme Addresses the application of pain management programmes in a wide range of fields Has a multidisciplinary approach and therefore appeals to a multidisciplinary market Two new co-authors: Kay Greasley and Bengt Sjolund. Major restructuring of chapters and rewriting of content with new authors for many of them. Greatly increased discussion of biopsychosocial management in individual clinical practice. Addresses the needs of the individual practitioners as well as those working in specialised pain management units. Includes more on primary care and secondary pain prevention. Expanded discussion of the clinical-occupational interfaces. Particular emphasis on the identification and targeting of modifiable risk factors for chronic pain and prolonged disability. The following topics stregthened throughout: communication, the nature of groups, medication and iatrogenics. Potential of an evidence-based biopsychosocial approach to pain management highlighted.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0443100691

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9780443100697

Black in Selma

The Uncommon Life of J. L. Chestnut Jr

By: J. L. Chestnut,Julia Cass

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Black in Selma

The Uncommon Life of J. L. Chestnut Jr

By: J. L. Chestnut,Julia Cass

Black in Selma is the expansive autobiography of J. L. Chestnut Jr., a key figure of the civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama. Born in Selma in 1930, Chestnut left home to study law at Howard University in Washington, DC. Returning to Selma, Chestnut was the town's first and only African American attorney in the late 1950s. As the turbulent struggle for civil rights spread across the South, Chestnut became an active and assiduous promoter of social and legal equality in his hometown. A key player on the local and state fronts, Chestnut accrued deep insights into the racial tensions in his community and deftly opened paths toward a more equitable future. Though intimately involved in many events that took place in Selma, Chestnut was nevertheless often identified in history books as simply "a local attorney." Black in Selma reveals his powerful yet little-known story. In the 2014 film Selma, director Ava DuVernay takes audiences to the climactic confrontation between civil rights advocates and the state's security forces of March 1965. Readers looking for a deeper understanding of the events that preceded that epic moment, as well as how racial integration unfolded in Selma in the decades that followed, will find Chestnut's story and memories both a vital primary source and an inspiration.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817354611

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Mughal Warfare

Indian Frontiers and Highroads to Empire, 1500-1700

By: Jos J. L. Gommans

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Mughal Warfare

Indian Frontiers and Highroads to Empire, 1500-1700

By: Jos J. L. Gommans

This work offers a survey of the military history of Mughal India during the age of imperial splendour from 1500 to 1700.

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Psychology Press

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0415239893

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Book's by J.L. Black

Virginia's Native Son

Virginia's Native Son

Desegregation in Boston and Buffalo

Desegregation in Boston and Buffalo

The Business Guide

The Business Guide

The Unfinished American Project

The Unfinished American Project

Vegan Pressure Cooking, Revised and Expanded

Vegan Pressure Cooking, Revised and Expanded

The Rural Midwest Since World War II

The Rural Midwest Since World War II

Vegan Pressure Cooking

Vegan Pressure Cooking

Exiles, Entrepreneurs, and Educators

Exiles, Entrepreneurs, and Educators

Mirror Opposites

Mirror Opposites

The Cure

The Cure

Handbook of Cosmetic Science & Technology

Handbook of Cosmetic Science & Technology

Spectroscopy of Polymers

Spectroscopy of Polymers

The Siva Purana Part 3

The Siva Purana Part 3

Pain Management

Pain Management

Black in Selma

Black in Selma

Mughal Warfare

Mughal Warfare

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