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Plastic Donuts

Giving That Delights the Heart of the Father

By: Jeff Anderson

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Plastic Donuts

Giving That Delights the Heart of the Father

By: Jeff Anderson

Once you see your gifts from God’s perspective, your giving will never be the same. When she was a toddler, Jeff Anderson’s daughter opened his eyes to how delighted God is with our gifts. She brought him a plastic donut from her play kitchen, and he was surprised by the intensity of his reaction. His delight in receiving this simple gift—and his daughter’s joy in giving it—led him to dig deeper. Anderson would not rest until he found the scriptural connection between our gifts and God’s heart. Plastic Donuts removes the awkwardness and uncertainty that often accompany discussions about giving. Now you can think differently—and biblically—about what and how you give. Your gifts can capture God’s attention and connect you more intimately with His heart. Plastic Donuts brings everyone—leaders and followers, teachers and learners—onto the same page.

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Multnomah

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1601425287

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9781601425287

Free Jazz

By: Jeff Schwartz

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Free Jazz

By: Jeff Schwartz

In the late 1950s, free jazz broke all the rules, liberating musicians both to create completely spontaneous and unplanned performances and to develop unique personal musical systems. This genre emerged alongside the radical changes of the 1960s, particularly the Civil Rights, Black Arts, and Black Power movements. Free Jazz is a new and accessible introduction to this exciting, controversial, and often misunderstood music, drawing on extensive research, close listening, and the author’s experience as a performer. More than a catalog of artists and albums, the book explores the conceptual areas they opened: freedom, spirituality, energy, experimentalism, and self-determination. These are discussed in relation to both the political and artistic currents of the times and to specific musical techniques, explained in language clear to ordinary readers but also useful for musicians.

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State University of New York Press

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1438490321

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9781438490328

Altered Fates

Gene Therapy and the Retooling of Human Life

By: Jeff Lyon

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Altered Fates

Gene Therapy and the Retooling of Human Life

By: Jeff Lyon

Traces the history of gene therapy research and discusses the politics involved in this medical revolution.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393315282

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9780393315288

Dexter Is Dead

A Novel

By: Jeff Lindsay

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Dexter Is Dead

A Novel

By: Jeff Lindsay

Dexter Morgan—blood-spatter analyst, husband, father, serial killer—knew that he couldn’t burn the candle at both ends forever, and now, his dark deeds have finally ensnared him. • The Killer Character That Inspired the Hit Showtime Series Dexter He is in prison on multiple homicide charges, although, ironically, he did not commit any of the murders of which he is accused. He’s lost everything: his wife, kids, career, and the loyalty of his sister. Now his sole, small shot at redemption may come from his brother, Brian, a homicidal maniac who makes Dexter look like the angel in the family. By helping Brian through some serious trouble of his own making, Dexter sees a potential path to proving himself innocent. But the stakes are truly deadly. And, with nothing left to hold him back, Dexter hurtles into an epic showdown ... which may be his last.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0385536542

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9780385536547

Golf's Forgotten Legends

& Unforgettable Controversies

By: Jeff Gold

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Golf's Forgotten Legends

& Unforgettable Controversies

By: Jeff Gold

Golf’s Forgotten Legends provides fascinating discussions of forgotten legendary golfers. Jeff Gold has adopted a no-holds-barred writing style in which absolutely nothing is sacred. He thoroughly delves into the most interesting, controversial, and humorous incidents that have taken place in professional golf over the past one-hundred-plus years among the most famous as well as lesser-known figures in the game. We are convinced that golf enthusiasts will find Golf’s Forgotten Legends to be a thoroughly fascinating, educational, and entertaining look at the world of professional golf.

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Morgan James Publishing

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1630473022

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Acts of Occupation

Canada and Arctic Sovereignty, 1918-25

By: Janice Cavell,Jeff Noakes

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Acts of Occupation

Canada and Arctic Sovereignty, 1918-25

By: Janice Cavell,Jeff Noakes

In Acts of Occupation, historians Cavell and Noakes deliver the engrossing story of Canada’s early days of Arctic policy. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped archival sources, they show how one explorer’s self-serving ambition fueled unfounded paranoia about Denmark’s designs on the north, and ultimately served as the catalyst for Canada’s active administrative occupation of the Arctic. A compelling tale that throws new light on a transformative period in Canadian Arctic policy-making, Acts of Occupation offers much-needed historical context for contemporary debates on northern sovereignty.

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UBC Press

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0774818697

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9780774818698

Day of the Panzer

A Story of American Heroism and Sacrifice in Southern France

By: Jeff Danby

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Day of the Panzer

A Story of American Heroism and Sacrifice in Southern France

By: Jeff Danby

“[An] excellent popular history . . . a sprightly and evocative tribute to the troops of Operation Dragoon” (Publishers Weekly). This is a rarely detailed, “you are there” account of World War II combat, describing a brief but bloody tank/infantry action in August 1944. Based on six years of research—drawing from interviews, primary documents, and visits to the battlefield—The Day of the Panzer transports the reader into the ranks of L Company, 15th Regiment, Third Infantry Division, and its supporting M4s of the 756th Tank Battalion as they grapple head-on with the Wehrmacht. On August 15, 1944, L Company hit the beaches in southern France, joined by the tank crews of 2nd Lt. Andrew Orient’s 3rd Platoon, all veterans of Cassino. Despite logistical problems, the Third Division forged north through the Rhône River valley, L Company and its supporting tanks leading the regimental charge—until they faced a savage counterattack by the Germans and a rampaging Panther tank . . . In this book, the minute-by-minute confusion, thrill, and desperation of WWII combat is placed under a microscope, as if the readers themselves were participants. “Through his well-wrought prose, Danby paints a detailed picture of deadly fighting and stunning victory” (WWII History). “One of the most interesting and absorbing battles histories that this reviewer has ever read . . . remarkably realistic and personal.” —History Book Club “The excellent descriptions of infantrymen, tankers and supporting troops from the 15th’s Cannon Company using M8 self-propelled howitzers and the three inch gun armed M10s of the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion make for good reading.” —War History Online

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Casemate

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1935149601

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9781935149606

Artillery

An Illustrated History of Its Impact

By: Jeff Kinard

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Artillery

An Illustrated History of Its Impact

By: Jeff Kinard

Addressing its technical evolution as well as its military and social impact, this comprehensive reference shows how historic leaders such as Dionysus of Syracuse, the Ottoman sultan Mohammad II, Oliver Cromwell, and Napoleon Bonaparte were successful in battle because of their innovative use of artillery. Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact charts the development of large, crew-operated battlefield weapons from the dart firers and catapults of the ancient world to the invention of gunpowder in China and its applications in medieval Europe, and from the emergence of naval and land gunnery four centuries ago to the latest rapid-fire, rocket propulsion, laser guidance, and antiaircraft technologies. Written by an expert on military history, Artillery explores the technological and strategic innovations that have made these weapons increasingly effective at breaking through fortifications, inflicting casualties from a safe distance, providing cover for advancing forces, demoralizing opponents, and defending positions from attack. Beyond the battlefield, the book also looks at the impact of artillery on history and on the lives of civilians as well as soldiers.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1851095616

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9781851095612

Baltimore Orioles

Where Have You Gone? Cal Ripken Jr., Brooks Robinson, Jim Palmer, and Other Orioles Greats

By: Jeff Seidel

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Baltimore Orioles

Where Have You Gone? Cal Ripken Jr., Brooks Robinson, Jim Palmer, and Other Orioles Greats

By: Jeff Seidel

Baltimore Orioles: Where Have You Gone? is a unique look at what a number of former Orioles personalities have gone on to do in life since their playing careers ended. Author Jeff Seidel spoke with a wide-ranging selection of former Baltimore players, from stars like Cal Ripken Jr. and Brooks Robinson to those who had only their “fifteen minutes” of fame, like Dave Criscione and John Stefero. A common thread seems to be how many of the former Orioles stayed in baseball in some form, like Ripken, who started his own minor league team in Aberdeen, Maryland, something that’s clearly close to his heart; or former catcher Andy Etchebarren, a longtime minor league manager and coach. Baltimore Orioles: Where Have You Gone?, first published in 2006 and newly updated through the 2016 season, features men like Mike Flanagan, the Cy Young Award–winning lefty who anchored the Orioles pitching staff in the late ’70s and early ’80s, finally becoming the team’s pitching coach and co–general manager. The book also includes a chapter on Tommy Davis, the team’s first designated hitter, who tells how he came up with a key base hit after nearly missing his at-bat because he was talking on the clubhouse telephone; Doug DeCinces, faced with the cruel task of taking over for Brooks Robinson at third base, talking about the huge pressure he faced and how he truly appreciated playing for the Orioles; and finally the legendary Robinson himself, still a fan favorite over 35 years after retiring, telling how he told the Chicago White Sox thanks, but no thanks, when they asked him about managing. It’s all here; perfect for any Orioles fan!

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Simon and Schuster

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1683580389

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9781683580386

Understanding the Culture

A Survey of Social Engagement

By: Jeff Myers

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Understanding the Culture

A Survey of Social Engagement

By: Jeff Myers

Addressing issues such as gender identity, abortion, technology, and poverty, Dr. Myers challenges readers to ask: How can an authentic Christian worldview provide a compassionate, effective witness in culture today? Dr. Myers first shows readers what they can learn from Christian history—and why today’s issues might not be as new as they seem. Then he takes them through the significant topics that affect them every day, offering biblical ideas for conversing with others in an increasingly hostile culture. This capstone book to a groundbreaking worldview trilogy equips readers to apply a bold Christian witness to their relationships with loved ones, neighbors, and colleagues.

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David C Cook

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1434711080

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9781434711083

Poetry and British Nationalisms in the Bardic Eighteenth Century

Imagined Antiquities

By: Jeff Strabone

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Poetry and British Nationalisms in the Bardic Eighteenth Century

Imagined Antiquities

By: Jeff Strabone

This book offers a radical new theory of the role of poetry in the rise of cultural nationalism. With equal attention to England, Scotland, and Wales, the book takes an Archipelagic approach to the study of poetics, print media, and medievalism in the rise of British Romanticism. It tells the story of how poets and antiquarian editors in the British nations rediscovered forgotten archaic poetic texts and repurposed them as the foundation of a new concept of the nation, now imagined as a primarily cultural formation. It also draws on legal and ecclesiastical history in drawing a sharp contrast between early modern and Romantic antiquarianisms. Equally a work of literary criticism and history, the book offers provocative new theorizations of nationalism and Romanticism and new readings of major British poets, including Allan Ramsay, Thomas Gray, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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Springer

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3319952552

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9783319952550

Dexter's Final Cut

Dexter Morgan (7)

By: Jeff Lindsay

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Dexter's Final Cut

Dexter Morgan (7)

By: Jeff Lindsay

Lights. Camera. Murder. The Dexter series continues with a wild ride through Hollywood. • The Killer Character That Inspired the Hit Showtime Series Dexter Mega-star Robert Chase is famous for losing himself in his characters. When he and a group of actors descend on the Miami Police Department for "research," Chase becomes fixated on Dexter Morgan, the blood spatter analyst with a sweet tooth and seemingly average life. Chase shadows Dexter's every move, trying to learn what makes him tick. However, Dexter's favorite pastime of hunting down the worst killers who've escaped legal prosecution—and introducing them to his special brand of justice—presents, well, a bit of a problem. It's a secret best kept out of the spotlight if Dexter wants to stay out of the electric chair, but even Dexter isn't immune to the call of fame....

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0345802586

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9780345802583

Competing Values Leadership

By: Cameron, Kim S.,Quinn, Robert E.,DeGraff, Jeff,Thakor, Anjan V.

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Competing Values Leadership

By: Cameron, Kim S.,Quinn, Robert E.,DeGraff, Jeff,Thakor, Anjan V.

This third edition of Competing Values Leadership serves as the key source for understanding and using the Competing Values Framework, one of the most widely used and highly cited frameworks in the world for understanding human behavior, leadership, and organizations. The authors of the framework, who have been at the foundation of developing, applying, and studying this framework for more than four decades, explain how it helps foster successful leadership, innovation, culture change, financial performance, organizational effectiveness, and value creation.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1800888953

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9781800888951

The Steampunk User's Manual

An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-futurist Dreams

By: Jeff VanderMeer,Desirina Boskovich

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The Steampunk User's Manual

An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-futurist Dreams

By: Jeff VanderMeer,Desirina Boskovich

This comprehensive guide to Steampunk creations of all kinds offers inspiration and practical tips for bringing your own retro-futuristic visions to life. Whether you’re a newbie to the world of Steampunk, or a long-time enthusiast of airships, goggles, and mad scientists, The Steampunk User’s Manual is essential reading. The popular subgenre of science fiction has grown into a cultural movement; one that invites fans to let their imaginations go wild. In this volume, Jeff VanderMeer—the renowned expert in all things Steampunk—presents a practical and inspirational guidance for finding your own path into this realm. Including sections on art, fashion, architecture, crafts, music, performance, and storytelling, The Steampunk User's Manual provides a conceptual how-to guide on everything from the utterly doable to the completely over-the-top.

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Abrams

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1613127081

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9781613127087

The Detective Files

Emma Stevens and the Lord of Crime

By: Jeff C Fuller

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The Detective Files

Emma Stevens and the Lord of Crime

By: Jeff C Fuller

A former detective with an intimate connection to a gruesome investigation takes on the challenge to nab an international murderer and his evil accomplice. Yet it isn't just guns and excellent investigative skills that prove necessary for this juncture in Emma Stevens's life. Love, faith, and mistrust play a critical role. The Detective Files: The Lord of Crime thrills readers from the initial 911 call of a murder to the final international pursuit of the Alphabet Killer and of Emma Stevens's life thereafter.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1644622114

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9781644622117

The Starcraft Archive

An Anthology

By: Jeff Grubb,Gabriel Mesta,Tracy Hickman

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The Starcraft Archive

An Anthology

By: Jeff Grubb,Gabriel Mesta,Tracy Hickman

The first three StarCraft novels--"Libertys Crusade, Shadow of the XelNaga, Speed of Darkness"--and the eBook "Uprising" are collected in this single volume, making this an essential tome for the millions of StarCraft game players.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416549293

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9781416549291

Serial West

By: Jeff Lewis

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Serial West

By: Jeff Lewis

Jake Hargis was a legendary lawman in the Texas Rangers. After he left the Rangers he met Audra and fell in love. Just as his life seemed to be coming together, Audra was brutally murdered. Jakes instinct as a lawman sent him on a deadly search for the killer. His old Marshal, Alvis Brogden sent two men to help him. Now they are in Two Guns, hot on the trail of a man that kills for no reason but with terrifying regularity and precision. Nobody had ever seen or even heard of this kind of killer. But just as Jake has the evil in his sights, a local cattle baron, Leon Gunter, whose lust for power and money consumes him, gets in the way. Now, Jake must help the local sheriff, Colton Jarret and the people of Two guns control Gunter and somehow stop the first known serial killer in the United States. Serial West is a murder mystery, a horror story, and a western all wrapped up in one. The story is full of colorful characters and suspense. It is a series of twists and turns that ultimately lead to a shocking end.

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AuthorHouse

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1410776220

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9781410776228

SHADOWS DOWN A DARK HALLWAY

By: Jeff Allen

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SHADOWS DOWN A DARK HALLWAY

By: Jeff Allen

Michael Evans has just moved back to Indiana following his father’s unexpected death. Having dropped out of medical school, he decides to take a job at his father’s hospital, while sorting out his father’s estate and figuring out what to do next with his life. Michael had always observed strange people and occurrences that he could not explain. As a small child, he had an army of “imaginary friends,” or so he thought. He managed to rationalize these odd relationships and occurrences until beginning the graveyard shift at St. Mark’s, a hospital with a tragic history. And the dead in this place let Michael know they never left. Navigating a new job and attempting to engage in a social life is challenging enough, but not knowing if the person beside you is of this world or the next can create real problems.

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9798823025874

Landscapes and Social Transformations on the Northwest Coast

Colonial Encounters in the Fraser Valley

By: Jeff Oliver

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Landscapes and Social Transformations on the Northwest Coast

Colonial Encounters in the Fraser Valley

By: Jeff Oliver

Nordamerika - Kolonialzeit - Landschaft - Raumkonzepte - soziale Konstruktion.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816527873

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9780816527878

Figure Eight

A Northern Lakes Mystery

By: Jeff Nania

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Figure Eight

A Northern Lakes Mystery

By: Jeff Nania

A shattered career. A crooked lawyer. An unsolved murder. Seeking peace in the Northwoods is fraught with danger. 2020 Midwest Book Awards Mystery/Thriller Winner Every night John Cabrelli relives the tragic events that ended his career. While struggling to find himself again, John inherits his uncle's cabin and returns to the lake where he spent much of his youth. Little does John know that danger waits for him when he uncovers suspicious circumstances of his uncle's death. Few people will talk about it as John unravels a mystery that could forever change the landscape. Award-winning author, conservationist, and retired decorated law enforcement officer Jeff Nania weaves a thrilling tale of murder and deceit, family and traditions, redemption and second chances. John Cabrelli’s story continues in book two, Spider Lake: A Northern Lakes Mystery. C. J. Box, William Kent Krueger, Dana Stabenow, Louise Penny, and Victoria Houston fans love this new mystery series set in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. "Jeff Nania’s Figure Eight features a spellbinding storyline with more twists and turns than the number in its title. Nania writes with power and precision, humor and grace about land, legacy, loss, love, and the mysteries of (human) nature." — Joel Pace, Ph.D. Professor of English, University of Wisconsin "Nania presents us with well-developed and at times quirky characters, a fast-paced plot line, and some of the best twists in anything I've read this year." — Valerie Biel, Author

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Feet Wet Writing

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1736337378

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9781736337370

Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

By: Jeff Carter

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Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

By: Jeff Carter

During his presidency, Jimmy Carter received a comprehensive analysis of his family's genealogy, dating back 12 generations, from leaders of the Mormon Church. More recently Carter's son Jeff took over the family history, determined to discover all that he could about his ancestors. This resulting volume traces every ancestral line of both Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter back to the original immigrants to America and chronicles their origins, occupations, and life dates. Among his forebears Carter found cabinet makers, farmers, preachers, illegitimate children, slave owners, indentured servants, a former Hessian soldier who fought against Napoleon, and even a spy for General George Washington at Valley Forge. With never-before-published historic photographs and a foreword by President Jimmy Carter, this is the definitive saga of a remarkable American family.

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McFarland

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0786489545

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Light Shining in a Dark Place

Discovering Theology through Film

By: Jeff Sellars

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Light Shining in a Dark Place

Discovering Theology through Film

By: Jeff Sellars

In Light Shining in a Dark Place, Jeff Sellars has drawn together more than a dozen scholars around the theme of discovering theology through the moving medium of film. The varied contributors in this collection explore, through their particular lenses, how theological ideas might be seen in and considered through one of the most popular of modern art forms. From subjects of sin, grace, and forgiveness to violence, science fiction/fantasy, and zombies, Light Shining in a Dark Place assists the theologically interested film viewer in tracing the light that might be found in the filmic arts back to the source of all lights. Contributors: Bruce L. Edwards, J. Sage Elwell, Michael Leary, Peter Malone, Kevin C. Neece, Simon Oliver, Kim Paffenroth, J. Ryan Parker, Travis Prinzi, Megan J. Robinson, Scott Shiffer, James H. Thrall, and Alissa Wilkinson

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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163087583X

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Tales from Indiana High School Basketball: A Collection of the Greatest Indiana High School Basketball Stories Ever Told

By: Jeff Washburn

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Tales from Indiana High School Basketball: A Collection of the Greatest Indiana High School Basketball Stories Ever Told

By: Jeff Washburn

It is often said that while Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Massachusetts, the sport was raised and ultimately came of age in the high schools of Indiana, the state where politics, religion, and sweet corn fall in line behind the game played with the round orange ball. Tales from Indiana High School Basketball centers on those special people who have played the game—their stories, their passion, their drive for excellence, their laughs, and their tears. This is a book about Lebanon schoolboy hero Rick Mount, the first prep basketball player ever featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The year was 1966, and Mount’s sweet jump shot had college recruiters flocking to the city 30 minutes north of Indianapolis. It’s about Gene Cato, the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s former commissioner whose father—his high school coach—would not put the young scoring phenom into a game until his team’s fans demanded it. It’s also about Marion’s "Purple Reign"—consecutive state championships in 1985, 1986, and 1987 when the Giants were the most important game on every opponent’s schedule. John Wooden, Bobby Plump, Steve Alford, Damon Bailey. It’s as easy for an Indiana high school basketball fan to roll the names off the tongue as it is to find the broadcast of a high school game on AM radio on any Friday night during an Indiana winter. Tales from Indiana High School Basketball is not so much about statistics and winning streaks as it is about the personalities and emotions of those who created a phenomenon that neither a New York City cab driver nor a Malibu-based surfer could understand. These high school kids became heroes and legends. Their stories will live on through generation after generation. Tales from Indiana High School Basketball is much more than a compilation of intriguing roundball stories. It is a way of life in the Hoosier State. Author Jeff Washburn, a Lafayette Journal and Courier sportswriter since 1972, has been watching Indiana high school basketball for 50 years—since his mother took him to see the great Oscar Robertson and Indianapolis Crispus Attucks when the writer was six months old. Like most Hoosiers, the game is in his blood and certainly in his heart, from which these tales flow.

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Simon and Schuster

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161321488X

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The Tabernacle

The Back Road to Alameda and Cheaney

By: Jeff Clark

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The Tabernacle

The Back Road to Alameda and Cheaney

By: Jeff Clark

The Tabernacle By: Jeff Clark The Tabernacle follows the sweeping 13,000 year history of two central Texas farm communities: Alameda and Cheaney. Searching along winding wooded trails, uncovering hidden homesteads miles from the nearest road and listening at last to the words of teachers four decades his senior, author Jeff Clark begins to hear the tale of timeless lands, and the lessons as it finally breaks open in his own life. This sprawling epic is full of firsthand testimony about the harsh settlement of the Texas frontier, as well as surprising glimpses into his storytellers’ twenty-first century lives. The Tabernacle will move you deeply, as it has moved within the lives of many generations encamped along the shores of the Leon River.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1480976016

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The Imperative to Write

Destitutions of the Sublime in Kafka, Blanchot, and Beckett

By: Jeff Fort

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The Imperative to Write

Destitutions of the Sublime in Kafka, Blanchot, and Beckett

By: Jeff Fort

Is writing haunted by a categorical imperative? Does the Kantian sublime continue to shape the writer’s vocation, even for twentieth-century authors? What precise shape, form, or figure does this residue of sublimity take in the fictions that follow from it—and that leave it in ruins? This book explores these questions through readings of three authors who bear witness to an ambiguous exigency: writing as a demanding and exclusive task, at odds with life, but also a mere compulsion, a drive without end or reason, even a kind of torture. If Kafka, Blanchot, and Beckett mimic a sublime vocation in their extreme devotion to writing, they do so in full awareness that the trajectory it dictates leads not to metaphysical redemption but rather downward, into the uncanny element of fiction. As this book argues, the sublime has always been a deeply melancholy affair, even in its classical Kantian form, but it is in the attenuated speech of narrative voices progressively stripped of their resources and rewards that the true nature of this melancholy is revealed.

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Fordham Univ Press

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0823254704

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Snakes of the World

A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species

By: Van Wallach,Kenneth L. Williams,Jeff Boundy

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Snakes of the World

A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species

By: Van Wallach,Kenneth L. Williams,Jeff Boundy

Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species-the first catalogue of its kind-covers all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 and 2012, comprising 3,509 living and 274 extinct species allocated to 539 living and 112 extinct genera. Also included are 54 genera and 302 species that are dubious or invalid, resulting in reco

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CRC Press

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1482208482

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Who's who in Animated Cartoons

An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators

By: Jeff Lenburg

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Who's who in Animated Cartoons

An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators

By: Jeff Lenburg

Looks at the lives and careers of more than three hundred animators.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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155783671X

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Introduction to Global Missions

By: Zane Pratt,M. David Sills,Jeff K. Walters

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Introduction to Global Missions

By: Zane Pratt,M. David Sills,Jeff K. Walters

Comprehensive treatment of the biblical foundation and unique purpose of global missions.

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B&H Publishing Group

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1433678756

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Media Literacy is Elementary

Teaching Youth to Critically Read and Create Media

By: Jeff Share

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Media Literacy is Elementary

Teaching Youth to Critically Read and Create Media

By: Jeff Share

This book provides a practical and theoretical look at how media education can make learning and teaching more meaningful and transformative. It explores the theoretical underpinnings of critical media literacy and analyzes a case study involving an elementary school that received a federal grant to integrate media literacy and the arts into the curriculum. The ideas and experiences of working teachers are analyzed through a critical media literacy framework that provides realistic challenges and hopeful examples and suggestions. The book is a valuable addition to any education course or teacher preparation program that wants to promote twenty-first century literacy skills, social justice, civic participation, media education, or critical technology use. Communications classes will find it useful as it explores and applies key concepts of cultural studies and media education.

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Peter Lang

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1433103923

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Westward Hope

A Journey of the Spirit

By: Jeff Stratton

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Westward Hope

A Journey of the Spirit

By: Jeff Stratton

Adam Bennett's life has taken a horrible turn for the worse. After a traumatic head injury sustained at work leaves him prone to violent and unpredictable behavior, his beloved wife and daughter are forced to flee for their safety. Adam's condition is eventually controlled with medication, but it seems his family is gone for good. He is unable to locate them. Miserable and lonely, Adam decides to commit suicide by drowning in the Pacific Ocean after a final cross-country hitchhiking journey. Along the way, Adam encounters a series of unusual characters, all with Biblical names, who seem to share a common interest in his salvation. But Adam's denial and rigid ways are hard to penetrate. Despite experiences he is unable to explain, he remains ambivalent about living as he nears they journey's end. In Las Vegas, a mysterious and compelling man knows things only one man could know. He waits to take Adam to the ocean. Why did he choose to end his life in this most unlikely manner? Who are the people who have helped him along the way? Dare he believe that his final chauffer is Jesus Christ himself? And will that be enough to save him?

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iUniverse

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0595177409

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X-Ring 2

The Hunters

By: Jeff Habermehl

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X-Ring 2

The Hunters

By: Jeff Habermehl

Members of Southern Californias Hispanic community are being stalked by a sniper. His targets? Criminals; Street gang members; and Those who have escaped justice for their crimes. It takes a sniper to catch a sniper. Sergeant Dan Rodriguez, a Homicide Bureau detective of the L.A. County Sheriffs Department, and a former US Marine sniper, who is part of a task force directed to find and stop him. Rodriguez is no stranger to death: From the ruined streets of Beirut; to the mountains of Peru; and as a deputy sheriff in the streets of LA County. But who is really to blame for the mounting deaths? The husband whose wife and daughter were collateral fatalities during a gun battle between rival gangs? A vigilante cop? Or is it someone else, yet unknown? The story unravels on three continents and the lives of three men intertwine. (150 words)

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Xlibris Corporation

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1524548979

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The Rising Tide

A Novel of World War II

By: Jeff Shaara

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The Rising Tide

A Novel of World War II

By: Jeff Shaara

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This is Jeff Shaara at his best, giving us another superb [and] historically grounded novel of one of the most dramatic struggles of World War II.”—George McGovern Utilizing the voices of the conflict’s most heroic figures, some immortal and some unknown, Jeff Shaara tells the story of America’s pivotal role in World War II: fighting to hold back the Japanese conquest of the Pacific while standing side-by-side with her British ally, the last hope for turning the tide of the war against Germany. As British and American forces strike into the soft underbelly of Hitler’s Fortress Europa, the new weapons of war come clearly into focus. In North Africa, tank battles unfold in a tapestry of dust and fire unlike any the world has ever seen. In Sicily, the Allies attack their enemy with a barely tested weapon: the paratrooper. As battles rage along the coasts of the Mediterranean, the momentum of the war begins to shift, setting the stage for the Battle of Normandy. The first book in a trilogy about the military conflict that defined thetwentieth century, The Rising Tide is an unprecedented and intimate portrait of those who waged this astonishing global war. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jeff Shaara's The Steel Wave. Praise for The Rising Tide “[A] sprawling tale thoroughly researched and told withmeticulous detail . . . All that’s missing is the smell of gunpowder.”—MSNBC online “Masterful.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “The Rising Tide imparts the actual sights, sounds and dialogue from the grounds of 1940s Sicily and North Africa.”—New York Daily News

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Ballantine Books

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0345495330

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Elevated

The Global Rise of the N.B.A.

By: Harvey Araton,Jeff Van Gundy

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Elevated

The Global Rise of the N.B.A.

By: Harvey Araton,Jeff Van Gundy

Howard Beck. Marc Stein. Jonathan Abrams. Chris Broussard. Ira Berkow. George Vecsey. Mike Wise. Selena Roberts. Lee Jenkins. All have graced the pages of The New York Times, entertaining readers with their probing coverage of the N.B.A.: a stage on which spectacular athletes perform against a backdrop of continuous social change. Now, their work and more is collected in a new volume, edited and annotated by Hall of Fame honoree Harvey Araton, tracing basketball's sustained boom from Magic and Bird to the present. Elevated provides a courtside seat to four decades of professional basketball. Both the iconic moments and those quieter, but no less meaningful times in between are here, from Wise riding around Los Angeles with a young Kobe Bryant on the eve of his first All-Star Game, to Stein declaring Giannis Antetokounmpo's "unspeakable greatness" to the world in a riveting profile. Rather than simply preserving the past, Elevated reexamines and further illuminates hoops history. This expertly curated collection features exclusive new writing by Araton and postscripts from the original journalists, revealing candid exchanges with NBA greats that didn't make the original newspaper edit and tracing the rise of a worldwide phenomenon from a contemporary vantage point.

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Triumph Books

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164125193X

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John Gerstner and the Renewal of Presbyterian and Reformed Evangelicalism in Modern America

By: Jeff McDonald

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John Gerstner and the Renewal of Presbyterian and Reformed Evangelicalism in Modern America

By: Jeff McDonald

John Gerstner (1914-96) was a significant leader in the renewal of Presbyterian and Reformed evangelicalism in America during the second half of the twentieth century. Gerstner's work as a church historian sought to shape evangelicalism, but also northern mainline Presbyterianism. In order to promote evangelical thought he wrote, taught, lectured, debated, and preached widely. In pursuing his aims he promoted the work of the great colonial theologian Jonathan Edwards. He also defended and endorsed biblical inerrancy and the Old Princeton theology. Gerstner was a sharp critic of theological modernism and what he considered its negative influence on the church. Part of Gerstner's fame was his active participation in mainline Presbyterianism and in so many of the smaller Presbyterian denominations and in the wider evangelical movement. His renewal efforts within the United Presbyterian Church USA (later PCUSA) were largely a failure, but they did contribute to the surprising resurgence of Presbyterian and Reformed evangelicalism. Evangelical marginalization in the mainline led Gerstner and other evangelicals to redirect their energy into new evangelical institutions, groups, and denominations. Gerstner's evangelical United Presbyterian Church of North America (UPCNA) background influenced the young scholar and the legacy of the UPCNA's heritage can be detected in the popular forms of the Presbyterian and Reformed evangelical movement that exist today. Moreover, he was significant for the revival of Reformed teaching beyond the bounds of Presbyterianism. This book establishes Gerstner's significance in American church history and provides a thorough analysis of the evangelical movement he sought to reinvigorate.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498296327

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Send Me a Pair of Old Boots & Kiss My Little Girls

The Civil War Letters of Richard and Mary Watkins, 1861-1865

By: Jeff Toalson

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Send Me a Pair of Old Boots & Kiss My Little Girls

The Civil War Letters of Richard and Mary Watkins, 1861-1865

By: Jeff Toalson

The letters of Richard and Mary Watkins are a treasure. A rare perspective offering tremendous insight into the daily life of both as they struggle with the hardships of war, farm operations and family concerns. A must read. Neal Wixson, editor, Echoes from the Boys of Company H -------------------------------- Between 1861 and 1865, Confederate Captain Richard Watkins and his wife Mary exchanged detailed and heartfelt letters. Richard had enlisted with Company K of the 3rd Virginia Calvary after Virginia seceded from the Union. Mary remained living near Meherrin, Virginia raising their three daughters and managing the farm. Sharing their letters with future generations was likely something the pair never envisioned. Editor Jeff Toalson, however, discovered, transcribed and annotated this extraordinarily rare collection of more than 300 unpublished letters. Held by the Virginia Historical Society, the letters convey detailed information about the war and daily life during a critical time in our nations history. Unlike military accounts of Civil War maneuvers and battles, the letters bring a clear sense of humanity to the conflict and its affects on those who lived through the time. Richard and Marys letters are touching and intriguing, weaving both a love story and an intense eyewitness account of the war. All of the major campaigns in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania are covered. Jeffs editing and attention to detail bring this heart-warming and engaging story to life. Despite the hardships, fears, disease and separation, youll be fascinated by the humor, depth and the stark realities of the Watkinss lives.

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iUniverse

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1440110468

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Montana's Hot Springs

By: Jeff Birkby

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Montana's Hot Springs

By: Jeff Birkby

Montana's hot springs and hot water resorts bubble with fascinating histories of medical cures, Native American legends, glittering spas, and isolated wilderness soaks. These Montana hot springs provided soothing cures for the aches and pains of Native Americans and early Montana pioneers. A few of the crude bathhouses built by miners and settlers gave way to ornate bathing resorts, replete with some of the most elegant furnishings and facilities available between Minneapolis and San Francisco, from the 1890s through the 1920s. Grand hot springs resorts--including Corwin Hot Springs, Boulder Hot Springs, Hunter's Hot Springs, and Broadwater Hot Springs--flourished and then faded from Montana's landscape. Through photographs, Images of America: Montana's Hot Springs explores the stories and legends of hot-water bathing resorts in Montana.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439664013

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Three Novels of World War II

The Rising Tide, The Steel Wave, No Less Than Victory

By: Jeff Shaara

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Three Novels of World War II

The Rising Tide, The Steel Wave, No Less Than Victory

By: Jeff Shaara

Jeff Shaara has written vivid, perceptive portraits of America’s wars that have thrilled and mesmerized readers across generations. Collected for the first time in this eBook volume are Jeff Shaara’s epic New York Times bestselling novels of World War II: The Rising Tide, The Steel Wave, and No Less Than Victory. As the United States wades into the shifting tides of war, Shaara details every move—the tank battles along the Mediterranean coast, the audacious invasion at Omaha Beach, the deadly final spasms of the Third Reich. He brings to life such figures as Eisenhower and Patton, as well as the courageous men on the front lines of battle. On full display throughout is the inimitable style and striking narrative range that have made Jeff Shaara such an esteemed and essential chronicler of the American age. Contains an excerpt from Jeff Shaara’s acclaimed new novel of World War II in the Pacific, The Final Storm, which Booklist called “extraordinarily evocative.”

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Ballantine Books

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0345534859

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9780345534859

Politics on a Human Scale

The American Tradition of Decentralism

By: Jeff Taylor

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Politics on a Human Scale

The American Tradition of Decentralism

By: Jeff Taylor

In Politics on a Human Scale, Jeff Taylor examines political decentralization in the United States, including agrarianism, states’ rights, the abandonment of the decentralist impulse by the national leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties, and the dissident tradition on the contemporary political scene.

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Lexington Books

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0739175769

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