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What's Darwin Got to Do with It?

A Friendly Discussion About Evolution

By: Robert C. Newman,John L. Wiester,Janet Moneymaker,Jonathan Moneymaker

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What's Darwin Got to Do with It?

A Friendly Discussion About Evolution

By: Robert C. Newman,John L. Wiester,Janet Moneymaker,Jonathan Moneymaker

What's Darwin got to do with it? When it comes to evolution, quite a bit! But many people don't understand Darwin, creationism and intelligent design. Here's a book that makes sense of it all! A group of scholars, teachers, writers and illustrators have teamed up to create an easy-to-read introduction and critique to this important issue. You'll enjoy the lively and funny conversation that unfolds between two professors and they explore what science can explain about life. You'll find out what logic has to do with it. You'll see whether the changing beak sizes of Galapagos Islands finches prove Darwinism. And you'll enjoy the adventures of Darwinian superstars "Mutaman" and "Selecta." There's more to it all than you ever thought. But this witty and wise book makes it easier to understand than ever before!

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InterVarsity Press

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0830877657

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9780830877652

Invisible Mothers

Unseen Yet Hypervisible After Incarceration

By: Janet Garcia-Hallett

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Invisible Mothers

Unseen Yet Hypervisible After Incarceration

By: Janet Garcia-Hallett

Drawing on interviews conducted throughout New York City, Black feminist criminologist Janet Garcia-Hallett shares the traditionally silenced voices of formerly incarcerated mothers of color. Patriarchy, misogyny, and systemic racism marginalize and criminalize these mothers, pushing them into the grasp of penal control and exacerbating their racialized and gendered oppression after incarceration. Invisible Mothers exposes the difficult realities that African American, West Indian, and Latina mothers experience when reentering the community after incarceration and navigating motherhood. Armed with critical insight, Invisible Mothers demonstrates the paradox of visibility: social institutions treat mothers of color as invisible, restricting them from equal opportunities, and simultaneously as hypervisible, penalizing them for the ways they survive their marginalization. Though formerly incarcerated mothers of color are forced to live in a state of disempowerment and hypersurveillance, Invisible Mothers reveals and contests their marginalization and highlights how mothers of color perform motherwork on their own terms"--

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Univ of California Press

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0520315049

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9780520315044

Kiplinger's Money-smart Kids

By: Janet Bodnar

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Kiplinger's Money-smart Kids

By: Janet Bodnar

How to turn your children into savers, savvy shoppers, and cautious users of credit.

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Crown

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0938721275

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9780938721277

Dr. Tightwad's Money-smart Kids

By: Janet Bodnar

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Dr. Tightwad's Money-smart Kids

By: Janet Bodnar

Dr. Tightwad" (a.k.a. Janet Bodnar, a senior editor at "Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine"), shows parents how to turn their kids into super savers, savvy shoppers, and cautious users of credit--and even have fun doing it.

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Crown

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081292889X

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9780812928891

Making Money

By: Teena McDiarmid,T. McDiarmid,Willemsma, Judy,Janet Stewart

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Making Money

By: Teena McDiarmid,T. McDiarmid,Willemsma, Judy,Janet Stewart

Explores the concept of money and illustrates several ways to earn money.

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Burlington, Ont. : Hayes Pub.

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0886251524

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9780886251529

The Richest Woman in America

Hetty Green in the Gilded Age

By: Janet Wallach

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The Richest Woman in America

Hetty Green in the Gilded Age

By: Janet Wallach

No woman in the Gilded Age made as much money as Hetty Green, America’s first female tycoon. A strong woman who forged her own path, she was worth at least $100 million by the end of her life in 1916—equal to about $2.5 billion today. Green was mocked for her simple Quaker ways and her unfashionable frugality in an era of opulence and excess; the press even nicknamed her “The Witch of Wall Street.” But those who knew her admired her wit and wisdom, and while financiers around her rose and fell as financial bubbles burst, she steadily amassed a fortune that supported businesses, churches, municipalities, and even the city of New York. Janet Wallach’s engrossing biography reveals striking parallels between past financial crises and current recession woes, and speaks not only to history buffs but to today’s investors, who just might learn a thing or two from Hetty Green.

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Anchor

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0307474577

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Privilege and Scandal

The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana

By: Janet Gleeson

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Privilege and Scandal

The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana

By: Janet Gleeson

The first biography of Lady Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and devoted sister of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Harriet Spencer was one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious aristocrats of the Regency period. Intelligent, attractive, and eager to please, at nineteen she married an aloof, distant relative; the only trait they shared was an unhealthy love of gambling. Harriet began a series of illicit dalliances, including one with the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Then she met Lord Granville Leveson Gower, handsome and twelve years her junior. Their years-long affair resulted in the birth of two children, and concealing both pregnancies from her husband required great skill. Harriet was an eyewitness to the French Revolution; traveled through war-torn Europe during the time of Napoleon; quarreled with Byron when he pursued her daughter; and became one of the leading female political activists of her day.--From publisher description.

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Three Rivers Press

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0307381986

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9780307381989

Coal Dust on Your Feet

The Rise, Decline, and Restoration of an Anthracite Mining Town

By: Janet MacGaffey

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Coal Dust on Your Feet

The Rise, Decline, and Restoration of an Anthracite Mining Town

By: Janet MacGaffey

Coal Dust on Your Feet is a historical ethnography of Shamokin, Pennsylvania and its surrounding borough of Coal Township. This anthracite coal fueled the industrial revolution and its miners generated the rise of organized labor, both of which make the region of northeast Pennsylvania one of great economic and historic importance. The ethnographic field site of the study spans a century and a half as it looks at the history and ties to the home countries of the immigrants who established and worked the coal mines. Details of individual lives and family histories enliven accounts of industry and the struggles of the unions, means of livelihood, ethnicity, associational life and ceremonial occasions. It will be of interest to anthropologists, sociologists, scholars of urban studies and labor historians, and contributes to the canon of literature on community and sense of place. The study focuses on the rise and decline of the mining industry, on the ethnic groups that formed the town’s neighborhoods, and on the changes that have taken place in ethnicity, religion, class and community. It covers the period of prosperity when the factories of the New York garment industry moved into town for the middle years of the twentieth century and made Shamokin a shopping mecca. Today, the town is decimated by economic decline and population loss, but ethnicity remains an identity option and still has economic content. The strong sense of place of the people of the town rooted in their cultural and militant heritage, has given rise to a wider community of former residents who return to visit, participate in events and buy ethnic foods and cultural items. This wider community of belonging and identity helps to boost morale, sense of community and economy, in what is now primarily a retirement town with commuters traveling to work in nearby cities.

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Bucknell University Press

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1611485142

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The Cubical City

By: Janet Flanner

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The Cubical City

By: Janet Flanner

The New Yorker’s legendary Paris correspondent explores life and love in the Jazz Age in this novel inspired by her days in Greenwich Village. From the 1920s to the 1970s, Janet Flanner kept Americans abreast of the goings-on in Paris with a biweekly New Yorker column written under the name Genêt. But before she became one of the country’s most famous expats, she lived among the artists and writers of the Algonquin Round Table. Flanner shares a vivid depiction of the New York she knew in this tale of a young woman’s self-discovery. Having left Ohio in search of liberation, Delia Poole struggles to find her place in the big city. After getting work as a costume designer for musical revues, she and her dear friend Nancy are finally finding happiness on their own terms. But nothing is simple. From her adoring suitor, Paul, to her widowed mother’s decision to move to New York, Delia must grapple with expectations, responsibilities, and her own uncertainty. The Cubical City is Janet Flanner’s only published novel. Though homosexuality is never overtly expressed, it is considered by literary scholars to be one of the first examples of modernist lesbian literature.

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Open Road Media

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1504073258

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Paid to Party

Working Time and Emotion in Direct Home Sales

By: Jamie L. Mullaney,Janet Hinson Shope

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Paid to Party

Working Time and Emotion in Direct Home Sales

By: Jamie L. Mullaney,Janet Hinson Shope

On any given night in living rooms across America, women gather for a fun girls’ night out to eat, drink, and purchase the latest products—from Amway to Mary Kay cosmetics. Beneath the party atmosphere lies a billion-dollar industry, Direct Home Sales (DHS), which is currently changing how women navigate work and family. Drawing from numerous interviews with consultants and observations at company-sponsored events, Paid to Party takes a closer look at how DHS promises to change the way we think and feel about the struggles of balancing work and family. Offering a new approach to a flexible work model, DHS companies tell women they can, in fact, have it all and not feel guilty. In DHS, work time is not measured by the hands of the clock, but by the emotional fulfillment and fun it brings.

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Rutgers University Press

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081355215X

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9780813552156

New York, Chicago, Los Angeles

America's Global Cities

By: Janet L. Abu-Lughod

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New York, Chicago, Los Angeles

America's Global Cities

By: Janet L. Abu-Lughod

New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles -- for all their differences, they are quintessentially American cities. They are also among the handful of cities on the earth that can be called "global". Janet L. Abu-Lughod's book is the first to compare them in an ambitious in-depth study that takes into account each city's unique history, following their development from their earliest days to their current status as players on the global stage.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816633363

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640 Acres and Dirt Poor

By: Janet Godwin Meyer

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640 Acres and Dirt Poor

By: Janet Godwin Meyer

I, Janet Godwin Meyer, grew up on a dirt road in Georgia in the 1950s. My grandparents lived just across the state line in Alabama. Until I was eight years old, I had no idea that our black neighbors (the Collins family) were constantly reminded that they were second-class citizens. My parents accepted the Collins family as true friends who could be relied on to help and love their neighbors. My daddy was strong-willed and independent in his constant support of all our black friends. Shut Godwin helped many whites and blacks, and his reputation as a force to be reckoned with actually made the Ku Klux Klan back away from any sort of witch hunts. And many times over the years, he redirected the evildoers that he called the KKK cowards dressed up in white ghost costumes. When I was ten years old, my mother drove her children across the country so that we could spend the summer in Magdalena, New Mexico. That was the closest we could get to my daddys sawmill. For fifty cents an acre paid to the federal government, my dad purchased the right to cut timber from the national forest.

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AuthorHouse

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1546205543

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9781546205548

The Key to Believing

By: Janet Kuypers

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The Key to Believing

By: Janet Kuypers

It wasnt enough that dedicated medical researcher Sloane Emerson developed new drugs for HIV and AIDS patients. She needed to discover a cure. Take this journey with her as she discovers that the US government manufactured AIDS, as she exposes the government, saves her own life, falls in love and changes the world.

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1891470701

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9781891470707

Letters from Peaceful Lane

By: Janet Dailey

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Letters from Peaceful Lane

By: Janet Dailey

Beloved bestselling author Janet Dailey continues her New Americana saga in this powerful tale of one woman’s struggles to save her marriage in the rugged Ozarks of beautiful Branson, Missouri. Allison felt like she’d stepped into a fairy tale when she married widower Burke Caldwell. But after less than a year of marriage, he’s become removed and distant. His friends see Allison as little more than a trophy wife, his only daughter regards her as the enemy. With everyone so devoted to the memory of Burke’s first wife, Kate, how can Allison possibly compete? Then a harrowing car crash leaves Burke badly injured. But it becomes achingly clear that the woman Burke wants by his side is the wife he lost . . . No longer able to dismiss the power Kate still holds, Allison can’t resist reading a trove of hidden letters from Kate to Burke. What she discovers sets her mind reeling. The letters give Allison an enlightening window into her husband’s heart. But will she have the courage to put aside her own fears, and grab hold of a love as big and bold as the man she once dared to marry? Praise for Janet Dailey and her bestselling novels “Fans of Dailey’s sweet, small-town romances are sure to delight in this story of second chances and new beginnings.” —RT Book Reviews on Just a Little Christmas “Dailey is one of my favorite authors for western romances, and Sunrise Canyon did not disappoint.” —Romance Junkies on Sunrise Canyon “Wonderful.” —Cowgirl Magazine on Sunrise Canyon “Dailey confirms her place as a top megaseller.” —Kirkus Reviews on Calder Pride

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Zebra

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142014491X

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9781420144918

It's a Drag

Cross-Dressing in Performance

By: Janet Tennant

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It's a Drag

Cross-Dressing in Performance

By: Janet Tennant

From ancient Greek actors to all-male Elizabethan casts to the drag queens of today, cross-dressing performers have been around for nearly as long as live performance itself. In It’s a Drag, Janet Tennant provides a fascinating and colorful look at performing artists who adopt the characters and dress of others. With a particular focus on theatrical history in Britain and North America, Tennant also turns to modern performers like RuPaul, Mj Rodriquez, David Bowie, and Billy Porter. She surveys the many reasons that performers have cross-dressed over the years, whether to tell stories, to amuse audiences, to create distinctive alter egos, to call attention to social and political issues—or merely for reasons of expediency. In addition to its memorable portraits of Shakespearean boy actors, pantomime dames, and other cross-dressing performers across history, It’s a Drag takes stock of the present and considers the future of the practice: How will the drive toward equality affect the use of cross-dressing and cross-gender role casting? Will gender-blind roles become as prevalent as color-blind casting? And will cross-dressing continue to amuse and impress audiences, or can we imagine a time when gender differences will cease to be important?

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493059068

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9781493059065

Quicksand

A Thrilling Novel of Western Romantic Suspense

By: Janet Dailey

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Quicksand

A Thrilling Novel of Western Romantic Suspense

By: Janet Dailey

Sizzles with suspense and sexual tension...Dailey keeps the pages flying with action and attraction." --Publishers Weekly The rugged, exciting new story from the New York Times bestselling author tells the tale of an Arizona family ranch in trouble, as the Champion sisters fight to keep their legacy bull-rearing operation strong, going head-to-head --and heart to heart--with some of the toughest men on the rodeo circuit. Tess Champion knows better than to trust Brock Tolman, the rancher who once swindled her late father in a land deal. But with the Alamo Canyon Ranch in foreclosure, Tess is forced to accept Brock's offer of a partnership. Brock claims he only wants to breed the Champion bloodline into his herd. In exchange, he offers Tess one of his own young bulls. Soon enough, Quicksand is the rising star of the rodeo circuit, which only proves Tess is better at picking bulls than she is men. Because she's way too tempted to surrender to her attraction to Brock, despite her fear that he's involved in the accidents besetting both ranches . . . It's not until a murder, an explosion and a plane crash in the wilderness strand them together that the truth of their relationship will come out. The Champion family's future is on the line, but it's Tess who will take the hit if she's fallen for the wrong man . . .

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1420150960

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9781420150964

Cigarettes, Nicotine, and Health

A Biobehavioral Approach

By: Lynn T. Kozlowski,Jack E. Henningfield,Janet Brigham

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Cigarettes, Nicotine, and Health

A Biobehavioral Approach

By: Lynn T. Kozlowski,Jack E. Henningfield,Janet Brigham

When smokers inhale smoke into their lungs, they take the drug nicotine into their bodies and brains, where it affects how the smokers feel and act. When smokers display their cigarettes, they are saying something symbolic and personal about themselves. And when smokers smoke, they put themselves at risk, often knowingly, of early disability or death. Smoking is one of the world′s most pressing public health problems. Cigarettes, Nicotine, and Health reviews the severe problems caused by smoking and examines individual and public health approaches to reducing smoking and its attendant health problems. Cigarettes are the most popular, most addictive, and most deadly form of tobacco use, with cigarette design contributing directly to the dangers of smoking; most of the book focuses on this predominant form of nicotine use.

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SAGE Publications

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1452264325

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9781452264325

Harlequin Love Inspired April 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Cheryl Williford,Janet Tronstad,Leigh Bale

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Harlequin Love Inspired April 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Cheryl Williford,Janet Tronstad,Leigh Bale

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. HER SECRET AMISH CHILD Pinecraft Homecomings by Cheryl Williford Returning to her Amish community, Lizbeth Mullet comes face-to-face with her teenage crush, Fredrik Lapp. As he builds a bond with her son and she falls for him all over again, will revealing the secret she holds turn out to be their undoing—or the key to their happily-ever-after? EASTER IN DRY CREEK Dry Creek by Janet Tronstad Clay West is back in Dry Creek, Montana, to prove he’s innocent of the crime he was convicted for. But when he reconnects with old friend Allie Nelson, his biggest challenge will be showing her not only that he’s a good man—but that he’s the perfect man for her. WILDFIRE SWEETHEARTS Men of Wildfire by Leigh Bale As a hotshot crew member, Tessa Carpenter is always ready to fight wildfire. Yet nothing could’ve prepared her for having her ex-fiancé as her boss. Sean Nash’s guilt over Tessa’s brother’s death caused him to end their engagement. Now he’s bent on getting back the love of his life.

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1488018316

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Google Speaks

Secrets of the World's Greatest Billionaire Entrepreneurs, Sergey Brin and Larry Page

By: Janet Lowe

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Google Speaks

Secrets of the World's Greatest Billionaire Entrepreneurs, Sergey Brin and Larry Page

By: Janet Lowe

In many ways, Google is the prototype of a successful twenty-first-century company. It uses technology in new ways to make information universally accessible; promotes a corporate culture that encourages creativity among its employees; and takes its role as a corporate citizen very seriously, investing in green initiatives and developing the largest corporate foundation in the United States. Following in the footsteps of Warren Buffett Speaks and Jack Welch Speaks—which contain a conversational style that successfully captures the essence of these business leaders—Google Speaks reveals the amazing story behind one of the most important new companies of our time by exploring the people and philosophies that have made it a global phenomenon in less than fifteen years. Written by bestselling author Janet Lowe, this book offers an engaging look at how Google's founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, transformed their vision of a better Internet search engine into a business colossus with about $16 billion in annual revenue. Lowe discusses the values that drive Brin and Page—for example, how they both live fairly modest lives, despite each having a net worth in excess of $15.9 billion—and details how they have created a culture that fosters fun while, at the same time, keeping Google at the forefront of technology through relentless R&D investments and imaginative partnerships with organizations such as NASA. In addition to examining Google's breakthrough business strategies and new business models—which have transformed online advertising and changed the way we look at corporate responsibility and employee relations—Lowe explains why Google may be a harbinger of where corporate America is headed. She also addresses controversies surrounding Google, such as copyright infringement, antitrust concerns, and personal privacy and poses the question almost every successful company must face: as Google grows, can it hold on to its entrepreneurial spirit as well as its informal motto, "Don't do evil"? What started out as a university research project conducted by Sergey Brin and Larry Page has ended up revolutionizing the world we live in. Google Speaks puts these incredible entrepreneurs in perspective and shows you how their drive and determination have allowed them to create one of today's most powerful companies.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047039854X

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Perfect on Paper

By: Janet Goss

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Perfect on Paper

By: Janet Goss

Dana Mayo is a whiz at solving puzzles-but only the kind that appear in the daily newspaper. When it comes to matters of the heart, she doesn't have a clue. After a disastrous attempt to track down the former love of her life, Dana determines to take fate into her own hands and find a new Mr. Right- preferably one who's not already married. Soon she's spending time with Hank, a hunky contractor who is restoring a neighborhood brownstone to its former glory. Handsome and loyal, he's almost too good to be true-but she just can't shake the feeling he's hiding something. Enter Billy, a sexy brainiac who shares her passion for crosswords. He would be perfect, too-if she weren't old enough to be his aunt. With crises looming on all fronts, Dana's wits are about to be put to the ultimate test. Before she loses it all, she'll have to figure out what she really wants-a puzzle that's anything but black-and-white.

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Penguin

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1101577045

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9781101577042

Westminster Arcade, The

By: Janet Mansfield Soares

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Westminster Arcade, The

By: Janet Mansfield Soares

The stately Westminster Arcade was built in 1828, and this landmark building has been a part of Providence ever since. Now known as the Arcade Providence, it is the oldest surviving shopping mall in the United States, and it was recognized from the beginning as an innovative and beautiful structure. It has survived near-demolition, fires, hurricanes, consumer trends, city planners and commercial developers. Within its walls are fascinating stories of the people who made their livelihood between its double façades. Through archival records, interviews and personal accounts, author Janet Mansfield Soares reveals the challenges faced by its tenants from its beginnings as a competitor to Cheapside to its many transformations that mirror Providence's own volatile history.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467145246

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The Serpent in the Garden

A Novel

By: Janet Gleeson

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The Serpent in the Garden

A Novel

By: Janet Gleeson

A wedding day murder leads to a commissioned portrait painter fighting to defend his reputation in this historical mystery filled with greed and revenge from bestselling author Janet Gleeson. She opened the shagreen box. Couched in gray silk was an emerald necklace, one he had not seen for twenty years. The stones were just as he recalled them: a dozen or more, baguette cut and set in gold links, with a single ruby at the center. Flashes of verdigris, orpiment, and Prussian blue sparkled in the candlelight. The form of this necklace was as disturbing as ever. It had nearly cost him his life. It is the summer of 1765. The renowned and exquisitely dressed portrait painter Joshua Pope accepts a commission to paint the wedding portrait of Herbert Bentnick and his fiancée, Sabine Mercer, to whom Bentnick has become engaged less than a year after the death of his first wife. Joshua has barely begun the portrait when a man's body is found in the conservatory. A few days later, Sabine's emerald necklace disappears, and Bentnick accuses Joshua of theft. The painter is suddenly fighting not only for his reputation, but for his life. With a sure understanding of period detail and character, Janet Gleeson creates a richly nuanced tale of greed and revenge that plays out in the refined landscapes and dark streets of eighteenth-century London.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416588515

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9781416588511

The Grenadillo Box

By: Janet Gleeson

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The Grenadillo Box

By: Janet Gleeson

This “absolutely absorbing” Georgian-era mystery “blends historical detail with riveting crime drama” (Booklist, starred review). New Year’s Day, 1755. Nathanial Hopson, apprentice to renowned cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale, is called to Cambridge to install a new library in the country home of Lord Montfort. But after a gun goes off during a dinner party at the nobleman’s estate, Montfort is discovered dead on the floor of the library, clutching a lovely carved box of rare grenadillo wood in one hand, a gun discarded near the other. Everyone surmises the death of the ill-humored peer to be a suicide. Everyone, that is, except the discerning Hopson, who is drawn immediately into the investigation. But the bloody business becomes personal when the body of Hopson’s friend is found in the frozen pond on Montfort’s estate. Now the only thing certain is that Hopson’s sleuthing will put him—and the fair beauty aiding his inquiry—in grave danger. “Colorful and wildly entertaining, the novel spins enigma after enigma. . . . A wonderful read.” —The Guardian “An auspicious fiction debut . . . Engaging and enjoyable” —The Observer “[This] compulsive page-turner . . . will appeal especially to anyone who was spellbound by Charles Palliser’s The Quincunx.” —The Daily Mail “[Gleeson’s] portrait of Georgian England is masterly and the mystery—enhanced by her unique and unlikely sleuth—enthrallingly complex.” —Library Journal

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Open Road Media

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150409641X

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9781504096416

The Works of Mary Wollstonecraft Vol 1

By: Marilyn Butler,Janet Todd

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The Works of Mary Wollstonecraft Vol 1

By: Marilyn Butler,Janet Todd

A seven volume set of books containing all the known published writings and translations of Mary Wollstonecraft, who is generally recognised as the mother of the feminist movement. She was also an acute observer of the political upheavals of the French revolution and advocated educational reform.

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Routledge

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1000749606

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9781000749601

DUST Book One

By: Janet Humphrey

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DUST Book One

By: Janet Humphrey

The first in a chilling series humanity hopes never actually happens Sixty tons of cosmic dust fall on the earth every day What would happen if some of it was more intelligent than us?. What if it wanted to live, even if you were dying? Jed, Ezake, Cheri, Samir, Marilyn, Barry, Joshua & Brian Eight people connected by a unique event #notdead #deadnotdead #sixaliveagain

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1399904795

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Christmas Carnival

Sweet Holiday Romance

By: Janet Whitson

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Christmas Carnival

Sweet Holiday Romance

By: Janet Whitson

A SUGAR-PLUM ASSIGNMENT in a small town at Christmas brings Kelly Kirkland to Holiday House for the Christmas Carnival. It’s a dream come true, if only she can avoid Matt Lindig, the man whose betrayal broke her heart ten years ago. Single dad Matt, a staunch supporter of his town, can’t refuse the mayor when she asks him to keep an eye on the big-name journalist coming to write about their carnival. Someone has to be sure the review is positive and that the town’s problems are not revealed. By the time he learns the reporter is the one woman on earth who hates him, it’s too late to wiggle out of his commitment. Besides, whatever Kelly may think, he’s not the one who needs to be forgiven. As old secrets come to light, the path might open to a second chance at love, but only if both Matt and Kelly can trust enough to forgive.

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Ormerod House

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1957628162

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Poetic Justice

A Killdeer Farm Mystery

By: Janet Morgan

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Poetic Justice

A Killdeer Farm Mystery

By: Janet Morgan

When cantankerous old Alfonse Sweetzer is found murdered in the art room of the Wyleyville Public Library, the list of suspects could include this whole Maine village. His rude and arrogant behavior has made him the least liked man in town. But topping the list of suspects is library director Jessie Tyler. Not only does she have the means and the opportunity, she has a powerful motive. Two years ago her husband was mowed down and killed by Sweetzer while the older man was driving his robin egg blue Cadillac. Sweetzer was given a slap on the wrist by the court, and the man continued his hazardous driving habits, while showing no remorse for his actions. Before the death of her husband, life had been close to perfect for Jessie who lives at Killdeer Farm, her dream house in the country. Inherited from her grandparents, the farm takes her back to better days when she shared it with family. Jessie can't let Sweetzer get the best of her even in his death. With her neighbor Cassie, the two attempt to solve the murder before Jessie or her son is hauled away in handcuffs.

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0595515983

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The Lifeboat Baronet

Launching the RNLI

By: Janet Gleeson

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The Lifeboat Baronet

Launching the RNLI

By: Janet Gleeson

In this historical biography, the life story of the founder of the United Kingdom’s royal charitable lifeboat service is revealed for the first time. Established in the nineteenth century when death from shipwreck was a tragic reality, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) was created with the sole mission of saving lives. But little is known about the RNLI’s founder, Sir William Hillary. A handsome, charismatic figure known to be something of a philanderer, Hillary was a social climber born to a slave-holder’s family in Liverpool who mingled with royalty and married an heiress. So how did Hillary become one of England’s national heroes? Historian and bestselling author of The Arcanum Janet Gleeson reveals for the first time how a charming adventurer was inspired to lead the historic campaign for the creation of the National Institute for the Preservation of Life (today’s RNLI). Despite having never learned to swim himself, Hillary braved terrifying storms to save hundreds of lives during his quest. Drawing on previously unpublished letters—many of them written by Hillary himself—Gleeson narrates the fascinating story of the RNLI’s development, along with the Hillary’s political ties and private tribulations. For history lovers and fans of maritime adventure stories, Lifeboat Baronet is an absorbing account of how a Regency rake improbably became an important Victorian philanthropist and reformer.

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Open Road Media

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1504096428

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Murder and Sweet Tea

Mrs. Miller Mysteries Book 6

By: Janet Lane Walters

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Murder and Sweet Tea

Mrs. Miller Mysteries Book 6

By: Janet Lane Walters

Lars is Katherine's new husband. He loves her but doesn’t understand why she’s always trying to protect her near and dear. Even though she saved his life while visiting him in Santa Fe, he often questions her involvement in other people’ lives. Into their lives arrives a new neighbor, Sabrina Gates. Sabrina bought the house next door. She has had a phenomenal success as a new author but moes from her past and present threaten her peace and ability to write. There is the blogger who posts snide and not so nice posts about other authors. Sabrina’s former agent wants a share of the huge amount of money Sabrina has received for a trilogy. And there is her ex-husband, a needy greedy coward who wants money. Above all there is Robespierre who makes his presence known.

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BWL Publishing Inc.

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1773629689

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Chickens

Their Natural and Unnatural Histories

By: Janet Lembke

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Chickens

Their Natural and Unnatural Histories

By: Janet Lembke

Framed by the author’s personal experience with backyard hens, Chickens: Their Natural and Unnatural Histories explores the history of the chicken from its descent from the dinosaurs to the space-age present. En route, Lembke surveys chickens in ancient Greece, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the nineteenth century, and modern times, including the role of chickens in Jewish and Muslim practices. She also investigates the birds’ contributions to science and their jaunty appearances in literature. Eggs receive a chapter of their own, as does chicken cuisine, comprising recipes from the Roman Empire to today’s favorites. Stories about chickens appear, too, often written by those who keep them, including the painter Grandma Moses, the man who holds Cleveland’s Farm Animal Permit No. 17, and Brenda, who had to give her young roosters a talking-to for behaving like sheep. Chickens have only recently come to a sorry pass in the Western world, where broilers and laying hens are factory-farmed. Lembke investigates the fate of such birds and explores the sustainable, humane alternatives to raising birds for meat and eggs. A celebration of the chicken in its every aspect, Chickens is sure to delight the chicken fancier, the backyard chicken keeper, and everyone concerned about where our food comes from and how we can treat animals more compassionately.

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Skyhorse

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1510720154

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9781510720152

Docklands: Urban Change

By: Janet Foster

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Docklands: Urban Change

By: Janet Foster

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Routledge

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1135367582

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Literate Zeal

Gender and the Making of a New Yorker Ethos

By: Janet Carey Eldred

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Literate Zeal

Gender and the Making of a New Yorker Ethos

By: Janet Carey Eldred

In Literate Zeal, Janet Carey Eldred examines the rise of women magazine editors during the mid-twentieth century and reveals their unheralded role in creating a literary aesthetic for the American public. Between the sheets of popular magazines, editors offered belles-lettres to the masses and, in particular, middle-class women. Magazines became a place to find culture, humor, and intellectual affirmation alongside haute couture. Eldred mines a variety of literary archives, notably the correspondence of Katharine Sargeant White of the New Yorker, to provide an insider's view of the publisher-editor-author dynamic. Here, among White's letters, memos, and markups, we see the deliberate shaping of literature to create a New Yorker ethos. Through her discrete phrasing, authors are coaxed by White to correct or wholly revise their work. Stories or poems by famous writers are rejected for being "dizzying" or "too literate." With a surgeon's skill, "disturbing" issues such as sexuality and race are extracted from manuscripts. Eldred chronicles the work of women (and a few men) editors at the major women's magazines of the day. Ladies' Home Journal, Mademoiselle, Vogue, and others enacted an editorial style similar to that of the New Yorker by offering literature, values, and culture to an educated and aspiring middle class. Publishers effectively convinced readers that middlebrow stories (and by association their audience) had much loftier pursuits. And they were right. These publications created and sustained a mass literacy never before seen in American publishing.

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University of Pittsburgh Press

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0822977397

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The Teaching Marketplace

Make Money with Freelance Teaching, Corporate Trainings, and on the Lecture Circuit

By: Bart Brodsky,Janet Geis

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The Teaching Marketplace

Make Money with Freelance Teaching, Corporate Trainings, and on the Lecture Circuit

By: Bart Brodsky,Janet Geis

You can build a sideline career teaching, with or without formal credentials. Here's how to design classes, find jobs through schools & businesses, or market independently. Includes marketing campaigns of sucessful teachers. The authors, noted educators, have organized & publicized thousands of classes since 1974. Major media campaign planned. 6" X 9"; color photograph cover; 17 photographs; 11 illustrations; index; bibligraphy. Bar coding available. CRIP, 1442-A Walnut, No. 51, Berkley, CA 94709; (415)-525-9663.

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0962846406

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