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James Havard

By: James Havard,Julie Sasse

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James Havard is a contemporary artist who is considered a pioneer of the 'abstract illusionist' school, whose varied techniques include collage, squeezing paint directly from the tube, and especially the use of prehistoric Native American culture and art. Havard himself is often influenced by American Indian and African tribal cultures and cave paintings, which have imbued his work with sensitivity and passion. "James Havard" is the first extensive monograph of the works of this influential artist. It includes an in-depth examination of his artistic processes and development, an illustrated chronology and complete documentation of his career. 114 colour plates

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1555952771

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Once Upon

Fairly Tall Fairy Tales

By: James E Southern

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Once Upon

Fairly Tall Fairy Tales

By: James E Southern

This collection of fairy tales, fables, and tall tales will enchant readers of all ages. Fairly moral stories with little violence make good bedtime reading, inducing a minimum of nightmares.

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FriesenPress

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1460239881

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Resource Financed Infrastructure

A Discussion on a New Form of Infrastructure Financing

By: Håvard Halland,John Beardsworth,Bryan Land,James Schmidt

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Resource Financed Infrastructure

A Discussion on a New Form of Infrastructure Financing

By: Håvard Halland,John Beardsworth,Bryan Land,James Schmidt

In recent decades, resource-rich developing countries have been using their natural resources as collateral to access sources of finance for investment. This report provides an analytical discussion of RFI contracting from a project finance perspective.

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World Bank Publications

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1464802408

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Infrastructures financées par des ressources naturelles

Examen d’un nouveau mode de financement des infrastructures

By: Håvard Halland,John Beardsworth,Bryan Land,James Schmidt

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Infrastructures financées par des ressources naturelles

Examen d’un nouveau mode de financement des infrastructures

By: Håvard Halland,John Beardsworth,Bryan Land,James Schmidt

Depuis quelques dizaines d’années, les pays en développement riches en ressources naturelles utilisent ces dernières en tant que garanties pour obtenir accès à des sources de financement pour leurs investissements et contourner les obstacles qu’ils rencontrent lorsqu’ils s’efforcent d’obtenir des prêts traditionnels auprès des banques ou des capitaux sur les marchés financiers. Différents modèles de financement sont issus de ces efforts, parmi lesquels le modèle des infrastructures financées par des ressources naturelles (IFR) qui est une variante des modèles de prêts garantis par le pétrole lancés en Afrique par plusieurs banques occidentales. Dans le cadre d’une transaction basée sur le modèle des infrastructures financées par des ressources naturelles (IFR), un prêt contracté pour financer la construction immédiate d’une infrastructure est garanti par la valeur actuelle nette de flux de revenus qui seront générés à l’avenir par l’extraction d’hydrocarbures ou de minerais. Le modèle a été employé dans plusieurs pays africains pour des contrats d’une valeur totale de l’ordre de 30 milliards de dollars, selon des informations publiques. Ce rapport, qui se compose d’une étude préparée par Hunton & Williams LLP, spécialiste du financement de projets à l’échelle mondiale, et de commentaires formulés par six économistes et décideurs de réputation internationale présente une analyse des marchés d’infrastructures financées par des ressources naturelles (IFR) sous l’angle du financement de projets. Il a pour objet de provoquer une réflexion de fond et de servir de base à de nouveaux travaux de recherche sur le rôle du modèle IFR, les risques qu’il pose et les perspectives qu’il offre, sans pour autant prétendre présenter des opinons des contrats IFR qui auraient l’aval de la Banque mondiale. Il est le fruit d’un effort motivé par la conviction que, si les pays doivent continuer de solliciter des transactions IFR ou de recevoir des propositions spontanées, il incombe aux représentants de l’État de pouvoir faire la différence entre de bonnes et de mauvaises opérations, d’évaluer les compromis qui sont inévitables, et d’agir en conséquence. Ce rapport vise à apporter certains éclairages qui permettront de déterminer comment assujettir, dans le cadre de la politique publique, les transactions IFR au même degré d’examen que tout autre instrument que les autorités de pays à faible revenu ou à revenu intermédiaire (tranche inférieure) pourraient souhaiter utiliser pour mobiliser des financements à l’appui du développement.

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1464806004

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Infraestruturas financiadas por recursos naturais

Uma discussão sobre uma nova forma de financiamento das infraestruturas

By: Håvard Halland,John Beardsworth,Bryan Land,James Schmidt

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Infraestruturas financiadas por recursos naturais

Uma discussão sobre uma nova forma de financiamento das infraestruturas

By: Håvard Halland,John Beardsworth,Bryan Land,James Schmidt

Nas últimas décadas, os países em desenvolvimento ricos em recursos têm utilizado os seus recursos naturais como garantia colateral para ter acesso a fontes de financiamento para o investimento, contrabalançando assim as barreiras com que se deparam no acesso a empréstimos bancários convencionais e a mercados de capital. Um dos modelos de financiamento que surgiu desta situação foi o modelo de Infraestruturas Financiadas por Recursos (RFI), uma adaptação dos anteriores modelos de empréstimos garantidos pelo petróleo promovidos por vários bancos ocidentais em à?frica. Num acordo de RFI, o empréstimo para a construção de uma infraestrutura é titularizado pelo valor actual líquido de um fluxo de receitas futuras provenientes da extracção de petróleo ou de minerais. O modelo tem sido aplicado em vários países africanos, num valor contratual cumulativo de cerca de USD 30 000 milhões, de acordo com fontes à disposição do público. Este relatório, composto de um estudo preparado pelos especialistas mundiais em financiamento de projectos Hunton and Williams LLP e de comentários de seis economistas e formuladores de políticas de renome internacional, apresenta uma discussão analítica da contratação de infraestruturas financiada pelos recursos naturais (RFI) numa perspectiva de financiamento de projectos. O relatório visa servir de fórum para uma discussão aprofundada e de base para uma investigação adicional sobre o papel, riscos e potencial do modelo RFI sem qualquer intenção de apresentar um ponto de vista sustentado pelo Banco Mundial relativamente à contratação RFI. Foi motivado pela convicção de que, se os países quiserem continuar a procurar RFI ou a receber propostas não solicitadas de RFI, cabe à s autoridades públicas fazer a distinção entre bons e maus negócios, fazer um julgamento sobre compromissos inevitáveis e actuar em conformidade. O relatório visa oferecer uma base para desenvolver indicações sobre o modo como se podem fazer negócios RFI sujeitos ao mesmo grau de escrutínio público que qualquer outro instrumento, através do qual um governo de um país de rendimento baixo ou de rendimento médio-baixo possa procurar mobilizar financiamento ao desenvolvimento.

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1464806020

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The Ecology And Economic Impact Of Poisonous Plants On Livestock Production

By: Lynn F James,Michael H Ralphs,Darwin B Nielsen

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The Ecology And Economic Impact Of Poisonous Plants On Livestock Production

By: Lynn F James,Michael H Ralphs,Darwin B Nielsen

First published in 1988. Livestock poisoning by plants has been a problem to the livestock producers of the United States since our pioneer forefathers first grazed their herds of cattle and sheep on the vast rangelands and pastures of this country. It has long been recognized that poisonous plants are not only disruptive to the harvesting of the

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1000316122

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The Boys in the B-17

8Th Air Force Combat Stories of Wwii

By: T/Sgt James Lee Hutchinson EdS

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The Boys in the B-17

8Th Air Force Combat Stories of Wwii

By: T/Sgt James Lee Hutchinson EdS

The author in flight gear after photo twelfth mission second Air Medal (age nineteen) He still wears lucky Air Cadet ring! Hutch's third book contains short stories of boys on B-17 Flying Fortress crews in deadly missions with the Eighth Air Force in World War II and stories of his own teenage combat experiences as radio/gunner on twenty missions with the Mighty Eighth. Teenagers enlisted or were drafted, trained and went into combat before they could legally vote or buy a drink. They volunteered to fly in the Army's Air Cadet Program and became a part of the greatest air armada in the world. Most of the gunners on a bomber crew were teenagers and the average age of officers was twenty-four. Veterans' memoirs and diaries give amazing reports of fighter attacks, flak damage and those who survived being shot down out to become Prisoners of War. These youngsters manned the planes that bombed and destroyed Germanys military and war industry. The price of victory was high, with an extreme loss of aircrews and planes. Eighth Air Force losses were among the highest of any military unit. Like the author, teenagers who survived to tell the stories of those great air battles are now in their mid-eighties and rapidly passing into history. See previous books "Through These Eyes" and "Bombs Away!" See a free DVD at http://video.smithville.net/?p=17 for interviews of the author with actual WW II combat film footage.

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146707022X

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European Colonialism Since 1700

By: James R. Lehning

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European Colonialism Since 1700

By: James R. Lehning

The only textbook to survey the major Atlantic, Asian and African empires of Europe, from 1700 through decolonization in 1945.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521518709

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London Journal 1762-1763

By: James Boswell

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London Journal 1762-1763

By: James Boswell

Edinburgh-born James Boswell, at twenty-two, kept a daily diary of his eventful second stay in London from 1762 to 1763. This journal, not discovered for more than 150 years, is a deft, frank and artful record of adventures ranging from his vividly recounted love affair with a Covent Garden actress to his first amusingly bruising meeting with Samuel Johnson, to whom Boswell would later become both friend and biographer. The London Journal 1762-63 is a witty, incisive and compellingly candid testament to Boswell's prolific talents.

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0241215455

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World of Narnia

By: Cheryl Dunlop,James Bell Jr.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World of Narnia

By: Cheryl Dunlop,James Bell Jr.

Everything you want to know about Narnia ... This fun-to-read reference guide goes through each book in Lewis's bestselling fantasy series, examining characters and events for literary and religious comparison. Includes: explanations of how Lewis's life experiences influenced the Chronicles; examples of Lewis's rich use of symbolism and allegory; a breakdown of characters and events; well-researched parallels between the world of Narnia and Christianity, and more.

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1440626111

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Remembering C.S. Lewis

Recollections of Those Who Knew Him

By: James Como

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Remembering C.S. Lewis

Recollections of Those Who Knew Him

By: James Como

In this intimate, candid, and ; sometimes surprising ; community biography of the celebrated author and Christian ; apologist, twenty-four men and women who knew C.S. Lewisùas ; teacher, colleague, friendùoffer their reminiscences and ; impressions of the complex man behind the critical and ; academic acclaim. Through their recollections, we ; see "Jack" Lewis dazzling Oxford as he takes on atheists, ; materialists, and a host of other challengers. Most ; poignantly, we see him in everyday settings: striding up ; and down the platform at a railroad station, presiding over ; leisurely dinners with students, expounding on the virtues ; of the pub. "The net effect of this collection," said ; the Catholic Review, "is to make us feel that we know Lewis ; as well as [his] friends." And to quote the New Yorker, ; "The heterogeneity of the contributors assures a variety of ; Lewises, but certain traits appear in all these accounts: ; intelligence, imagination, gusto, a sense of fun, and, most ; frequently, magnanimity." "An unexpected ; delight." ùWashington Post "A grand banquet of ; personal insights." ùSan Diego Union "An ; invaluable, indeed an indispensible, addition to the ; burgeoning sphere of Lewis scholarship." ùJoseph ; Pearce, Author, C.S. Lewis and the Catholic ; Church

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Ignatius Press

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168149406X

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Assessing Trade-Offs in U.S. Military Intervention Decisions

Whether, When, and with What Size Force to Intervene

By: Bryan Frederick,Jennifer Kavanagh,Stephanie Pezard,Alexandra Stark,Nathan Chandler,James Hoobler,Jooeun Kim

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Assessing Trade-Offs in U.S. Military Intervention Decisions

Whether, When, and with What Size Force to Intervene

By: Bryan Frederick,Jennifer Kavanagh,Stephanie Pezard,Alexandra Stark,Nathan Chandler,James Hoobler,Jooeun Kim

In this report, the authors create a framework that can be used to assess the trade-offs involved in U.S. military intervention decisions following the outbreak of a war or crisis to inform future debates about whether and when to intervene.

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Rand Corporation

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1977405061

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Scandal of Colonial Rule

Power and Subversion in the British Atlantic During the Age of Revolution

By: James Epstein

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Scandal of Colonial Rule

Power and Subversion in the British Atlantic During the Age of Revolution

By: James Epstein

A dramatic history of the British public's confrontation with the iniquities of nineteenth-century colonial rule. James Epstein uses the trial of the first governor of Trinidad for the torture of a freewoman of color to reassess the nature of British colonialism and the ways in which empire troubled the metropolitan imagination.

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Cambridge University Press

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110700330X

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Guide Stone Monuments in All Countries

By: James Fergusson

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Guide Stone Monuments in All Countries

By: James Fergusson

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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3382151154

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Grasses of the Great Plains

By: James Stubbendieck,Stephan L. Hatch,Cheryl D. Dunn

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Grasses of the Great Plains

By: James Stubbendieck,Stephan L. Hatch,Cheryl D. Dunn

A vast swath of prairie situated between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, the North American Great Plains extend across ten states in the United States and three provinces in Canada. The dominant vegetation is grass—both the native species that have long thrived here and the cultivated crops such as corn, wheat, and sorghum that are the result of human agricultural activity. This comprehensive guide, written by three grass specialists, is an invaluable tool for identification of the approximately 450 species of grasses that occur on the Great Plains. In each description, the authors cover distribution, habitat, forage value, and toxicity and include a detailed black-and-white illustration of the grass as well as a range map. Intended as a reference for landowners, rangeland specialists, students, state and federal agency professionals, and nongovernment conservation organizations, Grasses of the Great Plains will serve a wide audience of users involved in and dedicated to grassland management.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1623494788

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Richly Parameterized Linear Models

Additive, Time Series, and Spatial Models Using Random Effects

By: James S. Hodges

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Richly Parameterized Linear Models

Additive, Time Series, and Spatial Models Using Random Effects

By: James S. Hodges

A First Step toward a Unified Theory of Richly Parameterized Linear ModelsUsing mixed linear models to analyze data often leads to results that are mysterious, inconvenient, or wrong. Further compounding the problem, statisticians lack a cohesive resource to acquire a systematic, theory-based understanding of models with random effects.Richly Param

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1439866848

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Music and Theatre in Handel's World

The Family Papers of James Harris, 1732-1780

By: Donald Burrows,Rosemary Dunhill,James Harris

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Music and Theatre in Handel's World

The Family Papers of James Harris, 1732-1780

By: Donald Burrows,Rosemary Dunhill,James Harris

James Harris (1709-80) was an author of philosophical treatises and an enthusiastic amateur musician who directed the concerts and music festivals at Salisbury for nearly fifty years. His family and social circle had close connections with London's music-making: his brother was a witness toHandel's will, and his correspondents sent him lively reports on all aspects of musical life in the capital-opera, oratorio, concerts, but also about the leading performers, music copyists, and instrument makers. In 1761 Harris became a member of Parliament and thereafter divided his time betweenLondon and Salisbury. His letters and diaries provide an unrivalled record of concert- and theatre-going in London, including exchanges of letters with David Garrick about a production at Drury Lane. As his children grew up an engaging family correspondence emerged. We learn of his daughters'involvement in concerts and amateur theatrical productions; his son, who pursued a diplomatic career, reported on operas, concerts, and plays in the court of Frederick the Great and Catherine the Great. Now, for the first time, it is possible to enjoy in full the lively first-hand descriptions fromHarris's family papers, which contribute fascinating insights into contemporary eighteenth-century musical and theatrical life.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198166540

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Wilhelm Reich, Biologist

By: James E. Strick

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Wilhelm Reich, Biologist

By: James E. Strick

Refuting allegations of "pseudoscience" that have long dogged Reich's research, the author argues that Reich's lab experiments in the mid-1930s represented the cutting edge of light microscopy and time-lapse micro-cinematography and deserve to be taken seriously as legitimate scientific contributions.--Publisher's description.

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Harvard University Press

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0674736095

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Overcoming Obstacles to Peace

Local Factors in Nation-Building

By: James Dobbins

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Overcoming Obstacles to Peace

Local Factors in Nation-Building

By: James Dobbins

This volume analyzes the impediments that local conditions pose to successful outcomes of nation-building interventions in conflict-affected areas. Previous RAND studies of nation-building focused on external interveners' activities. This volume shifts the focus to internal circumstances, first identifying the conditions that gave rise to conflicts or threatened to perpetuate them, and then determining how external and local actors were able to modify or work around them to promote enduring peace. It examines in depth six varied societies: Cambodia, El Salvador, Bosnia and Herzegovina, East Timor, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It then analyzes a larger set of 20 major post-Cold War nation-building interventions. The authors assess the risk of renewed conflict at the onset of the interventions and subsequent progress along five dimensions: security, democratization, government effectiveness, economic growth, and human development. They find that transformation of many of the specific conditions that gave rise to or fueled conflict often is not feasible in the time frame of nation-building operations but that such transformation has not proven essential to achieving the primary goal of nation-building -- establishing peace. Most interventions in the past 25 years have led to enduring peace, as well as some degree of improvement in the other dimensions assessed. The findings suggest the importance of setting realistic expectations -- neither expecting nation-building operations to quickly lift countries out of poverty and create liberal democracies, nor being swayed by a negative stereotype of nation-building that does not recognize its signal achievements in the great majority of cases."--Page 4 of cover.

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Rand Corporation

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0833078615

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Nameless Towns

Texas Sawmill Communities, 1880–1942

By: Thad Sitton,James H. Conrad

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Nameless Towns

Texas Sawmill Communities, 1880–1942

By: Thad Sitton,James H. Conrad

A comprehensive history of the sawmill towns of East Texas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Many sprang up almost overnight in a pine forest clearing, and many disappeared just as quickly after the company “cut out” its last trees. But during their heyday, these company towns made Texas the nation’s third-largest lumber producer and created a colorful way of life that lingers in the memories of the remaining former residents and their children and grandchildren. Drawing on oral history, company records, and other archival sources, Sitton and Conrad recreate the lifeways of the sawmill communities. They describe the companies that ran the mills and the different kinds of jobs involved in logging and milling. They depict the usually rough-hewn towns, with their central mill, unpainted houses, company store, and schools, churches, and community centers. And they characterize the lives of the people, from the hard, awesomely dangerous mill work to the dances, picnics, and other recreations that offered welcome diversions. Winner, T. H. Fehrenbach Award, Texas Historical Commission “After completing the book, I truly understood life in the sawmill communities, intellectually and emotionally. It was very satisfying. Conrad and Sitton write in such a manner to make one feel the hard life, smell the sawdust, and share the danger of the mills. The book is compelling and stimulating.” —Robert L. Schaadt, Director-Archivist, Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center

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University of Texas Press

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0292777809

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Running Alone

Presidential Leadership from JFK to Bush II

By: James MacGregor Burns

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Running Alone

Presidential Leadership from JFK to Bush II

By: James MacGregor Burns

A disastrous war in Iraq, prisoner abuse, secret wiretaps -- the presidency of George W. Bush represents a crisis in American democracy. How did this happen? In Running Alone the revered political scientist and commentator James MacGregor Burns sets the imperial presidency of George W. Bush in the context of half a century of presidential politics. In his 1960 campaign, John F. Kennedy turned his back on the Democratic Party. He relied instead on his personal charisma and his family's vast wealth to win office. Once elected, he governed much as he had run: alone. He ignored the Democratic platform and instead sought counsel from a small group of hand-picked advisors, including his own brother. Kennedy fundamentally reshaped the role of President, and each of his successors has built on this model. American presidents have become increasingly isolated from the parties that brought them to power. Democratic presidents -- Johnson, Carter, and Clinton -- did tremendous damage to the Democratic Party by abandoning its core principles. Republican presidents have managed to lead more effectively in isolation, but have imperiled the nation in the process. Drawing on his own personal letters, interviews, and recollections of America's presidents, Burns charts the decline of genuine leadership in the Oval Office and offers a stirring vision of what the presidency can and should be. America deserves better leaders, and with unsurpassed knowledge of American history and politics, Burns shows us the way forward.

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Basic Books

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0786748575

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Virtuous Policing

Bridging America's Gulf Between Police and Populace

By: David G. Bolgiano,L. Morgan Banks, III,James M. Patterson

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Virtuous Policing

Bridging America's Gulf Between Police and Populace

By: David G. Bolgiano,L. Morgan Banks, III,James M. Patterson

It pulls no punches, shuns no controversial topic, and glosses over no issues or problems that beset America‘s law enforcement community in our day. For those who may be prone to suspect the motives of these self-confessed lovers of cops and warriors, the title of this book‘should be sufficient to allay such concerns." John C. Hall, Supervisory Sp

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1498723527

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Predicting Hotspots

Using Machine Learning to Understand Civil Conflict

By: Atin Basuchoudhary,James T. Bang,Tinni Sen,John David

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Predicting Hotspots

Using Machine Learning to Understand Civil Conflict

By: Atin Basuchoudhary,James T. Bang,Tinni Sen,John David

This book should be useful to anyone interested in identifying the causes of civil conflict and doing something to end it. It even suggests a pathway for the lay reader. Civil conflict is a persistent source of misery to humankind. Its study, however, lacks a comprehensive theory of its causes. Nevertheless, the question of cooperation or conflict is at the heart of political economy. This book introduces Machine Learning to explore whether there even is a unified theory of conflict, and if there is, whether it is a ‘good’ one. A good theory is one that not only identifies the causes of conflict, but also identifies those causes that predict conflict. Machine learning algorithms use out of sample techniques to choose between competing hypotheses about the sources of conflict according to their predictive accuracy. This theoretically agnostic ‘picking’ has the added benefit of offering some protection against many of the problems noted in the current literature; the tangled causality between conflict and its correlates, the relative rarity of civil conflict at a global level, missing data, and spectacular statistical assumptions. This book argues that the search for a unified theory of conflict must begin among these more predictive sources of civil conflict. In fact, in the book, there is a clear sense that game theoretic rational choice models of bargaining/commitment failure predict conflict better than any other approach. In addition, the algorithms highlight the fact that conflict is path dependent - it tends to continue once started. This is intuitive in many ways but is roundly ignored as a matter of science. It should not. Further, those causes of conflict that best predict conflict can be used as policy levers to end or prevent conflict. This book should therefore be of interest to military and civil leaders engaged in ending civil conflict. Last, though not least, the book highlights how the sources of conflict affect conflict. This additional insight may allow the crafting of policies that match a country’s specific circumstance.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498587003

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9781498587006

Rimbaud in Java

By: Jamie James

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Rimbaud in Java

By: Jamie James

At eighteen, the French poet Rimbaud proclaimed: 'My day is done; I'm leaving Europe. The sea air will burn my lungs; lost climes will tan my skin.' Three years later, in 1876, he joined the Royal Army of the Dutch Indies and sailed for Java, where he promptly deserted and fled into the jungle.

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Editions Didier Millet

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9814260827

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The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1884–1886

Volume 1

By: Henry James

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The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1884–1886

Volume 1

By: Henry James

Recipient of the Approved Edition seal from the Modern Language Association’s Committee on Scholarly Editions This volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1884–1886 includes 179 letters, 94 published for the first time, written between November 11, 1884, and December 21, 1885. The letters mark Henry James’s ongoing efforts to care for his sister, develop his work, strengthen his professional status, build friendships old and new, and maximize his income. James details work on midcareer novels The Bostonians and The Princess Casamassima as well as on tales that would help to define his career. He reveals his close acquaintance with British politics and politicians. This volume opens with Alice James’s arrival in England and concludes with Henry James’s plans to leave his flat in Piccadilly for his new address in De Vere Gardens, Kensington.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496222199

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Stage and Society in Johnson's London

By: James J. Lynch

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Stage and Society in Johnson's London

By: James J. Lynch

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.

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