Jeffrey Allen's Books

Father Knows Death

By: Jeffrey Allen

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It isn't that stay-at-home dad Deuce Winters wants to be his small town's unofficial sleuth. Between caring for his peppy five year-old-daughter Carly and helping to keep his ten-months-pregnant wife Julianne sane, he's certainly got his hands full. But, well, trouble does seem to find him. . . That's why Duece is only mildly surprised to find a body among the frozen burgers and bratwurst at the Rose Petal fair's concession stand. And it seems the defrosting deceased was last seen arguing passionately with one of the fair's board members. But there may be more--a lot more--to the mystery, and tracking down the dangerous truth may be too much for even the most determined dad! "Laugh-out-loud funny. A terrific read!" --Laura Levine on Stay at Home Dead

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Kensington Publishing Corp.

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0758289030

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9780758289032

Jeffrey Allen's Secrets of Singing

By: Jeffrey Allen

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Jeffrey Allen's Secrets of Singing

By: Jeffrey Allen

A complete step-by-step guide, Secrets of Singing provides everything needed to gain technical and musical vocal mastery. Some of the highlights include: basic principles of singing, mastery of the upper voice, achieving the power of an open throat, and phrasing and diction on a professional level. The package contains two CDs (one for high voice and one for low voice) and an almost 400-page information-packed book.

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Alfred Music Publishing

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0769278051

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9780769278056

Popped Off

By: Jeffrey Allen

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Popped Off

By: Jeffrey Allen

For stay-at-home dad Deuce Winters, the cutthroat world of suburban kiddie sports leagues is unavoidable. In his small town of Rose Petal, Texas, Moises Huber is known as the King of Soccer. But it seems the king may have fallen from his throne when he disappears--along with $73,000 of the Rose Petal Youth Soccer Association's registration fees. Deuce calls foul and begins a bizarre search that leads him to a high-stakes gambling ring, a band of shrewd smugglers, and one heckuva Texas-sized mega church. As he closes in on the truth, Deuce has only one goal in mind: stay on the ball and out of the penalty zone before his opponent can make a killer pass--and still have dinner ready on time. . . "Laugh-out-loud funny. A terrific read!" --Laura Levine on Stay at Home Dead

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0758279663

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9780758279668

How to Turn an Interview into a Job

Completely Revised and Updated

By: Jeffrey G. Allen

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How to Turn an Interview into a Job

Completely Revised and Updated

By: Jeffrey G. Allen

A completely revised and updated edition of the bestselling, classic how-to on mastering the art of the interview Getting and winning the interview is the key to being hired. Everything else -- research, resumes, e-mails, phone calls -- is all backup for that crucial meeting. In How to Turn an Interview into a Job, America's leading interview authority, Jeffrey Allen, presents proven advice on the A to Zs of successful interviewing. Incorporating current etiquette and the new work ethic, Allen covers every step of the process, including: • Making the initial phone calls • Scheduling appointments • Selecting an interview wardrobe • How to have the toughest interviewer extend an offer • The follow-up letter • Maximum salary negotiation This new edition for the twenty-first century is also packed with ways to maximize current technology such as fax machines, voicemail, e-mail, and the Internet. For every kind of job seeker, How to Turn an Interview into a Job remains the simplest, most practical, and most streetwise guide to the fastest hire.

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Simon and Schuster

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074326939X

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9780743269391

The Resume Makeover

By: Jeffrey G. Allen

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The Resume Makeover

By: Jeffrey G. Allen

The Resume Makeover Second Edition The first and only interactive resume guide from the nation's leading job-search expert In today's tumultuous job market, a lackluster resume isn't even worth the cost of a stamp or the click of a mouse. Make your resume shine with the help of the one-on-one guidance found in The Resume Makeover. Written by bestselling career author Jeffrey Allen, this updated how-to manual is loaded with insider tips and step-by-step guidelines on how to create attention-grabbing, high-profile resumes guaranteed to get you the interviews you desire. Once your resume is written, simply send it to the address listed in the book and, in just one week's time, your resume will be returned to you with a point-by-point critique and a detailed list of expert recommendations on how to make it even better! You also receive: * Before-and-after examples from a wide array of fields that reveal the do's and don'ts of writing effective resumes * New information on techniques for Internet transmittal of resumes * Special chapters on successful cover letters and follow-up letters * The best typefaces and types of paper to use for different markets * A new list of the most popular Internet resume posting services, their addresses, and focus Get more interviews and land the job of your dreams with the surefire tips found in The Resume Makeover!

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471201529

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9780471201526

Stempel and Knutsen on Insurance Coverage

By: Jeffrey W. Stempel,Erik S. Knutsen

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Stempel and Knutsen on Insurance Coverage

By: Jeffrey W. Stempel,Erik S. Knutsen

Unlike most other books in the field, which slant toward either policyholder or insurer counsel, Stempel and Knutsen on Insurance Coverage takes an even-handed nonexcess and umbrella aking it useful to attorneys from all sides. Moreover, it's designed for practitioners from all professional backgrounds and insurance experience. Written in clear, jargon-free language, it covers everything from the basic insurance concepts, principles, and structure of insurance policies to today's most complex issues and disputes. The authors, Jeffrey W. Stempel and Erik S. Knutsen, are well-known authorities on the law of insurance coverage, and this new Fourth Edition of Stempel and Knutsen on Insurance Coverage is completely up-to-date on every aspect of its subject. This one-stop resource provides both a sound historical, theoretical and doctrinal grounding in insurance, as well being practice-oriented and packed with practical guidance. After providing information about insurance policies and issues in general, it focuses on specific types of policies and coverage such as property coverage, liability coverage, automobile coverage, excess and umbrella coverage, and reinsurance, plus such vital areas as employment, defective construction, and terrorism claims...Dandamp;O liability...ERISA...bad faith litigation...and much more. Plus, you'll find extensive examination of the commercial general liability (CGL) policy, the type of insurance involved in most major coverage cases. Among the most important CGL issues covered in Stempel and Knutsen on Insurance Coverage are: Pollution-related coverage Trigger of coverage Apportionment of insurer and policyholder responsibility Business risk exclusions Coverage under the andquot;personal injuryandquot; section of the CGL Coverage under andquot;advertising injuryandquot; Nowhere else will you find so much valuable current information, in-depth analysis, sharp insight, authoritative commentary, significant case law, and practical guidance on this critically important area. With its clear explanations and thorough, even-handed coverage, Stempel and Knutsen on Insurance Coverage is unlike any other resource in its field.

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Wolters Kluwer

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1454857587

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9781454857587

Hubert Harrison

The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918

By: Jeffrey Babcock Perry

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Hubert Harrison

The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918

By: Jeffrey Babcock Perry

This first full-length biography of Harrison offers a portrait of a man ahead of his time in synthesizing race and class struggles in the U.S. and a leading influence on better known activists from Marcus Garvey to A. Philip Randolph. Harrison emigrated from St. Croix in 1883 and went on to become a foremost organizer for the Socialist Party in New York, the editor of the Negro World, and founder and leader of the World War I-era New Negro movement. Harrison s enormous political and intellectual appetites were channeled into his work as an orator, writer, political activist, and critic. He was an avid bibliophile, reportedly the first regular black book reviewer, who helped to develop the public library in Harlem into an international center for research on black culture. But Harrison was a freelancer so candid in his criticism of the establishment-black and white-that he had few allies or people interested in protecting his legacy. Historian Perry s detailed research brings to life a transformative figure who has been little recognized for his contributions to progressive race and class politics. Copyright Booklist Reviews 2008.

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Columbia University Press

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0231139101

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9780231139106

The Civil Sphere

By: Jeffrey C. Alexander

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The Civil Sphere

By: Jeffrey C. Alexander

What binds societies together and how can these social orders be structured in a fair way? Jeffrey C. Alexander's masterful work, The Civil Sphere, addresses this central paradox of modern life. Feelings for others--the solidarity that is ignored or underplayed by theories of power or self-interest--are at the heart of this novel inquiry into the meeting place between normative theories of what we think we should do and empirical studies of who we actually are. Solidarity, Alexander demonstrates, creates inclusive and exclusive social structures and shows how they can be repaired. It is not perfect, it is not absolute, and the horrors which occur in its lapses have been seen all too frequently in the forms of discrimination, genocide, and war. Despite its worldly flaws and contradictions, however, solidarity and the project of civil society remain our best hope: the antidote to every divisive institution, every unfair distribution, every abusive and dominating hierarchy. This grand, sweeping statement and rigorous empirical investigation is a major contribution to our thinking about the real but ideal world in which we all reside.

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Oxford University Press

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0199708959

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9780199708956

Poison Mind

By: Jeffrey Good,Susan Goreck

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Poison Mind

By: Jeffrey Good,Susan Goreck

The story of George Trepal, a member of Mensa found guilty of poisoning Peggy Carr and her family in 1988, and of Susan Goreck's undercover investigation of the murder.

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Macmillan

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0312960166

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9780312960162

Jury Ethics

Juror Conduct and Jury Dynamics

By: John Kleinig,James P. Levine,Jeffrey B. Abramson,B. Michael Dann,Shari Seidman Diamond,Norman J. Finkel,Paula Hannaford-Agor,Valerie P. Hans,Julie E. Howe,Nancy J. King

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Jury Ethics

Juror Conduct and Jury Dynamics

By: John Kleinig,James P. Levine,Jeffrey B. Abramson,B. Michael Dann,Shari Seidman Diamond,Norman J. Finkel,Paula Hannaford-Agor,Valerie P. Hans,Julie E. Howe,Nancy J. King

Trial by jury is one of the most important aspects of the U.S. legal system. A reflective look at how juries actually function brings out a number of ethical questions surrounding juror conduct and jury dynamics: Do citizens have a duty to serve as jurors? Might they seek exemptions? Is it acceptable for jurors to engage in after-hours research? Might a juror legitimately seek to "nullify" the outcome to express disapproval of the law? Under what conditions might jurors make a valid choice to hold out against or capitulate to their fellow jurors? Is it acceptable to form alliances? After trial, are there problems with entering into publishing contracts? Unfortunately, questions such as these have received scant attention from scholars. This book revives attention to these and other issues of jury ethics by collecting new and insightful essays along with responses from leading scholars in the field of jury studies. Is it acceptable for jurors to engage in after-hours research? Might a juror legitimately seek to "nullify" the outcome to express disapproval of the law? After trial, are there problems with entering into publishing contracts? Unfortunately, questions such as these have received scant attention from scholars. This book revives attention to these and other issues of jury ethics by collecting new and insightful essays along with responses from leading scholars in the field of jury studies. Contributors: Jeffrey Abramson, B. Michael Dann, Shari Seidman Diamond, Norman J. Finkel, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, Julie E. Howe, Nancy J. King, John Kleinig, James P. Levine, Candace McCoy, G. Thomas Munsterman, Maureen O'Connor, Steven Penrod, Alan W. Scheflin, Neil Vidmar

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Routledge

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1317257138

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9781317257134

Love, Sex and Respect

By: Jeffrey Rubin

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Love, Sex and Respect

By: Jeffrey Rubin

Jeff Star appears to have found the road to respect at his high school, that is, until he enters the realm of the dating scene. There, the clash between love, sex and respect has even led his heroic buddy, "Cool Steve," into a deep, dark depression. And when a nearby violent gang repeatedly humiliates the local female teenagers, the guys turn to Steve to lead a war council confrontation.

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Lulu.com

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1300853301

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9781300853305

Understanding Mother-Adolescent Conflict Discussions

Concurrent and Across-Time Prediction from Youths' Dispositions andParenting

By: Nancy Eisenberg,Claire Hofer,Tracy L. Spinrad,Elizabeth T. Gershoff,Carlos Valiente,Qing Zhou,Amanda Cumberland,Jeffrey Liew,Mark Reiser,Elizabeth Maxon

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Understanding Mother-Adolescent Conflict Discussions

Concurrent and Across-Time Prediction from Youths' Dispositions andParenting

By: Nancy Eisenberg,Claire Hofer,Tracy L. Spinrad,Elizabeth T. Gershoff,Carlos Valiente,Qing Zhou,Amanda Cumberland,Jeffrey Liew,Mark Reiser,Elizabeth Maxon

Adolescence is often thought of as a period during which parent–child interactions can be relatively stressed and conflictual. There are individual differences in this regard, however, with only a modest percent of youth experiencing extremely conflictual relationships with their parents. Relatively little empirical research, however, addresses individual differences in the quality of parent–adolescent interactions concerning potentially conflictual issues. The research reported in this monograph examined dispositional and parenting predictors of the quality of parents’ and their adolescent children’s emotional displays and positive and negative verbalizations when dealing with conflictual issues. Of particular interest were patterns of continuity and discontinuity in the factors related to conflicts. A multimethod, multireporter (mother, teacher, and sometimes adolescent reports) longitudinal approach(over 4 years) was used to assess adolescents’ dispositional characteristics (control/regulation, resiliency, and negative emotionality), youths’ externalizing problems, and parenting variables (warmth, positive expressivity, discussion of emotion, positive and negative family expressivity). Parentadolescent conflicts appear to be influenced by both child characteristics and quality of prior and concurrent parenting, and child effects may be more evident than parent effects in this pattern of relations.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444307266

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9781444307269

Birds of Maine

By: Peter D. Vickery,Charles D. Duncan,Jeffrey V. Wells,William J. Sheehan

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Birds of Maine

By: Peter D. Vickery,Charles D. Duncan,Jeffrey V. Wells,William J. Sheehan

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated overview to the birds of Maine The first comprehensive overview of Maine’s incredibly rich birdlife in more than seven decades, Birds of Maine is a detailed account of all 464 species recorded in the Pine Tree State. It is also a thoroughly researched, accessible portrait of a region undergoing rapid changes, with southern birds pushing north, northern birds expanding south, and once-absent natives like Atlantic Puffins brought back by innovative conservation techniques pioneered in Maine. Written by the late Peter Vickery in cooperation with a team of leading ornithologists, this guide offers a detailed look at the state’s dynamic avifauna—from the Wild Turkey to the Arctic Tern—with information on migration patterns and timing, current status and changes in bird abundance and distribution, and how Maine's geography and shifting climate mold its birdlife. It delves into the conservation status for Maine's birds, as well as the state's unusually textured ornithological history, involving such famous names as John James Audubon and Theodore Roosevelt, and home-grown experts like Cordelia Stanwood and Ralph Palmer. Sidebars explore diverse topics, including the Old Sow whirlpool that draws multitudes of seabirds and the famed Monhegan Island, a mecca for migrant birds. Gorgeously illustrated with watercolors by Lars Jonsson and scores of line drawings by Barry Van Dusen, Birds of Maine is a remarkable guide that birders will rely on for decades to come. Copublished with the Nuttall Ornithological Club

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Princeton University Press

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069121185X

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The Run of His Life

The People v. O. J. Simpson

By: Jeffrey Toobin

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The Run of His Life

The People v. O. J. Simpson

By: Jeffrey Toobin

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The inspiration for American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson on FX, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., John Travolta, David Schwimmer, and Connie Britton The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin’s nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of “the trial of the century.” Rich in character, as propulsive as a legal thriller, this enduring narrative continues to shock and fascinate with its candid depiction of the human drama that upended American life. Praise for The Run of His Life “This is the book to read.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “This book stands out as a gripping and colorful account of the crime and trial that captured the world’s attention.”—Boston Sunday Globe “A real page-turner . . . strips away the months of circuslike televised proceedings and the sordid tell-all books and lays out a simple, but devastating, synopsis of the case.”—Entertainment Weekly “A well-written, profoundly rational analysis of the trial and, more specifically, the lawyers who conducted it.”—USA Today “Engrossing . . . Toobin’s insight into the motives and mind-set of key players sets this Simpson book apart from the pack.”—People (one of the top ten books of the year)

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Random House Trade Paperbacks

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081298854X

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Def Leppard

Arena Rock Band

By: Laura S. Jeffrey

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Def Leppard

Arena Rock Band

By: Laura S. Jeffrey

A biography of British rock band Def Leppard"--Provided by publisher.

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0766032345

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Martyball

The Life and Triumphs of Marty Schottenheimer, the Coach Who Really Did Win It All

By: Marty Schottenheimer,Jeffrey Flanagan

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Martyball

The Life and Triumphs of Marty Schottenheimer, the Coach Who Really Did Win It All

By: Marty Schottenheimer,Jeffrey Flanagan

No coach in National Football League history endured more playoff heartache than Marty Schottenheimer. Despite racking up two hundred regular-season victories (only five coaches in the entire ninety-year history of the NFL ever won more games), Marty never reached the Super Bowl during his coaching career. Martyball tells the story of a man who persevered through an avalanche of misfortune and playoff agony that would have brought most men to their knees. But Marty never lost sight of why he fell in love with coaching in the first place: he wanted to teach and mold men through the game of football. Based on more than one hundred hours of interviews with Marty, his players, assistants, family, and friends, this book will give readers a look into the mind of an exceptional coach, and explain why he never gave up or succumbed to self-pity despite a long streak of bad luck. Get the background on Schottenheimer’s life, from his childhood in rural Pennsylvania to his playing and coaching careers in pro football, and learn why he kept believing in the game he loved—and how he found valuable lessons about life and football beyond each and every loss.

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Simon and Schuster

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1613213212

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The Seven Bells of the Intactilis

By: Jeffrey Jones

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The Seven Bells of the Intactilis

By: Jeffrey Jones

In this sequel to "The Intactilis", Dan Furst and his companions seek out seven mystical bells, which create an unknown power when brought together. The quest again takes Dan and his companions around the globe with the gangster Lang Khan along for the ride. In their journey they encounter more demons, angels, treasure, romance and even more of the Intactilis. Their search finally culminates in the spiritual realm at the gates of Hell itself!

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Booktango

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1468954415

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Forbes Greatest Technology Stories

Inspiring Tales of the Entrepreneurs and Inventors Who Revolutionized Modern Business

By: Jeffrey S. Young

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Forbes Greatest Technology Stories

Inspiring Tales of the Entrepreneurs and Inventors Who Revolutionized Modern Business

By: Jeffrey S. Young

Chronicles the six decades of technological advancement leading up to the high-tech business revolution of today.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471243744

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9780471243748

The Movement of Liberation in the African Methodist Episcopal Church

By: Jeffrey Hunter

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The Movement of Liberation in the African Methodist Episcopal Church

By: Jeffrey Hunter

There is a need in the African American community for the Black Church to show that it cares about the people and their suffering. The Black Church in this day and time should be concerned about the problems that are in the African American community.

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WestBow Press

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Life Along the Bell Curve

By: Jeffrey J. Brusie

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Life Along the Bell Curve

By: Jeffrey J. Brusie

A small town guy leaves the big city as a fired coach. He seeks the front porch of a mountain cabin across from a stream, to sit, smoke, drink whiskey and feel sorry for himself in solitude. He fishes once and the city follows. Dellabole Blue is too busy to enjoy the food and music mentioned.

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1669838048

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The Uncrowned King of Swing

Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz

By: Jeffrey Magee

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The Uncrowned King of Swing

Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz

By: Jeffrey Magee

If Benny Goodman was the "King of Swing," then Fletcher Henderson was the power behind the throne. Not only did Henderson arrange the music that powered Goodman's meteoric rise, he also helped launch the careers of Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins, among others. Now Jeffrey Magee offers a fascinating account of this pivotal bandleader, throwing new light on the emergence of modern jazz and the world that created it.Drawing on an unprecedented combination of sources, including sound recordings, obscure stock arrangements, and hundreds of scores that have been available only since Goodman's death, Magee illuminates Henderson's musical output, from his early work as a New York bandleader, to his pivotal role in building the Kingdom of Swing. He shows how Henderson, standing at the forefront of the New York jazz scene during the 1920s and '30s, assembled the era's best musicians, simultaneously preserving jazz's distinctiveness and performing popular dance music that reached a wide audience. Magee reveals how, in Henderson's largely segregated musical world, black and white musicians worked together to establish jazz, how Henderson's style rose out of collaborations with many key players, how these players deftly combined improvised and written music, and how their work negotiated artistic and commercial impulses. And we see how, in the depths of the Depression, record producer John Hammond brought together Henderson and Goodman, a fortuitous collaboration that changed the face of American music.Whether placing Henderson's life in the context of the Great Migration or the Harlem Renaissance or describing how the savvy use of network radio made the Henderson-Goodman style a national standard, Jeffrey Magee brings to life a monumental musician who helped to shape an era.

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Oxford University Press

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0195090225

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9780195090222

Towards a General Comparative Linguistics

By: Jeffrey Ellis

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Towards a General Comparative Linguistics

By: Jeffrey Ellis

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3112414802

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9783112414804

America's Black Capital

How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy

By: Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar

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America's Black Capital

How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy

By: Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar

The remarkable story of how African Americans transformed Atlanta, the former heart of the Confederacy, into today’s Black mecca Atlanta is home to some of America’s most prominent Black politicians, artists, businesses, and HBCUs. Yet, in 1861, Atlanta was a final contender to be the capital of the Confederacy. Sixty years later, long after the Civil War, it was the Ku Klux Klan’s sacred “Imperial City.” America’s Black Capital chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism, as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of achievement. What drove them, historian Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar shows, was the belief that Black uplift would be best advanced by forging Black institutions. America’s Black Capital is an inspiring story of Black achievement against all odds, with effects that reached far beyond Georgia, shaping the nation’s popular culture, public policy, and politics.

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Basic Books

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1541602005

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9781541602007

The Art of Nonfiction Movie Making

By: Jeffrey Friedman,Rob Epstein,Sharon Wood

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The Art of Nonfiction Movie Making

By: Jeffrey Friedman,Rob Epstein,Sharon Wood

The past few years have featured such blockbusters as Super-Size Me, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, March of the Penguins, and An Inconvenient Truth. And as news articles proclaim a new era in the history of documentary films, more and more new directors are making their first film a nonfiction one. But in addition to posing all of the usual challenges inherent to more standard filmmaking, documentaries also present unique problems that need to be understood from the outset. Where does the idea come from? How do you raise the money? How much money do you need? What visual style is best suited to the story? What are the legal issues involved? And how can a film reach that all-important milestone and find a willing distributor? Epstein, Friedman, and Wood tackle all of these important questions with examples and anecdotes from their own careers. The result is an informative and entertaining guide for those just starting out, and an enlightening read for anyone interested in a behind-the-scenes look at this newly reinvigorated field of film.

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031308453X

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The Spirit of Methodism

From the Wesleys to a Global Communion

By: Jeffrey W. Barbeau

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The Spirit of Methodism

From the Wesleys to a Global Communion

By: Jeffrey W. Barbeau

The story of Methodism is much richer and more expansive than John Wesley's sermons and Charles Wesley's hymns. In this book, Methodist theologian Jeffrey W. Barbeau provides a brief and helpful introduction to the history of Methodism—from the time of the Wesleys, through developments in North America, to its diverse and global communion today—as well as its primary beliefs and practices.

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0830866655

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John Quincy Adams, Reluctant Abolitionist

By: Jeffrey A. Denman

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John Quincy Adams, Reluctant Abolitionist

By: Jeffrey A. Denman

As a Harvard alumnus, diplomat, U.S. President, member of Congress and attorney before the Supreme Court, John Quincy Adams had a unique relationship with slavery. Prickly and curmudgeonly, he danced with abolitionists, but never became one himself. However, Adams did harbor an intense hatred for the arguments of Southern slaveholders, and eventually found himself in the center of America's greatest struggle. Informed by Adams' revealing and often tormented musings from his vast diary, this sweeping narrative offers a unique and gripping account of John Quincy Adams' battle with slavery, while exploring the many fault lines in American society that led to the Civil War. Included are the dramatic showdowns in the House of Representatives and Supreme Court, as well as Adams' attempts at outsmarting Southern politicians and his efforts to keep slavery at the forefront of Congressional activities.

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McFarland

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1476650721

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Calming Your Anxious Mind

How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear, and Panic

By: Jeffrey Brantley

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Calming Your Anxious Mind

How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear, and Panic

By: Jeffrey Brantley

Dr. Brantley offers readers this fully revised and expanded second edition that includes two new chapters on acceptance practice during mindfulness meditation and feeling safe while facing fear, anxiety, and panic.

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New Harbinger Publications

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1572244879

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Turtles of the United States and Canada

By: Carl H. Ernst,Jeffrey E. Lovich

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Turtles of the United States and Canada

By: Carl H. Ernst,Jeffrey E. Lovich

Winner, 2011 Book Award, The Wildlife Society2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Ernst and Lovich’s thoroughly revised edition of this classic reference provides the most updated information ever assembled on the natural histories of North American turtles. From diminutive mud turtles to giant alligator snappers, two of North America’s most prominent experts describe the turtles that live in the fresh, brackish, and marine waters north of Mexico. Incorporating the explosion of new scientific information published on turtles over the past fifteen years—including the identification of four new species—Ernst and Lovich supply comprehensive coverage of all fifty-eight species, with discussions of conservation status and recovery efforts. Each species account contains information on identification, genetics, fossil record, distribution, geographic variation, habitat, behavior, reproduction, biology, growth and longevity, food habits, populations, predators, and conservation status. The book includes range maps for freshwater and terrestrial species, a glossary of scientific names, an extensive bibliography for further research, and an index to scientific and common names. Logically organized and richly illustrated—with more than two hundred color photographs and fifty-two maps—Turtles of the United States and Canada remains the standard for libraries, museums, nature centers, field biologists, and professional and amateur herpetologists alike.

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JHU Press

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0801891213

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Critical Companion to John Steinbeck

A Literary Reference to His Life and Work

By: Jeffrey D. Schultz,Luchen Li

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Critical Companion to John Steinbeck

A Literary Reference to His Life and Work

By: Jeffrey D. Schultz,Luchen Li

Celebrates the American writer who in his works confronted and explored the social fabric of the United States in the early 20th century. More than 500 entries include synopses of his novels, short stories, and nonfiction; descriptions of his characters, details about family, friends, and associates.

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1438108508

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Educational Psychology

Reflection for Action

By: Angela M. O'Donnell,Johnmarshall Reeve,Jeffrey K. Smith

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Educational Psychology

Reflection for Action

By: Angela M. O'Donnell,Johnmarshall Reeve,Jeffrey K. Smith

Teachers help students learn, develop, and realize their potential. To become successful in their craft, teachers need to learn how to establish high-quality relationships with their students, and they need to learn how to implement instructional strategies that promote students' learning, development, and potential. To prepare pre-service teachers for the profession, the study of educational psychology can help them to better understand their students and better understand their process of teaching. Such is the twofold purpose of Educational Psychology – to help pre-service teachers understand their future students better and to help them understand all aspects of the teaching-learning situation. The pursuit of these two purposes leads to the ultimate goal of this text – namely, to help pre-service teachers become increasingly able to promote student learning, development, and potential when it becomes their turn to step into the classroom and take full-time responsibility for their own classes.

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