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Good God

The Theistic Foundations of Morality

By: David Baggett,Jerry L. Walls

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Good God

The Theistic Foundations of Morality

By: David Baggett,Jerry L. Walls

This book aims to reinvigorate discussions of moral arguments for God's existence. To open this debate, Baggett and Walls argue that God's love and moral goodness are perfect, without defect, necessary, and recognizable. After integrating insights from the literature of both moral apologetics and theistic ethics, they defend theistic ethics against a variety of objections and, in so doing, bolster the case for the moral argument for God's existence. It is the intention of the authors to see this aspect of natural theology resume its rightful place of prominence, by showing how a worldview predicated on the God of both classical theism and historical Christian orthodoxy has more than adequate resources to answer the Euthyphro Dilemma, speak to the problem of evil, illumine natural law, and highlight the moral significance of the incarnation and resurrection of Christ. Ultimately, the authors argue, there is principled reason to believe that morality itself provides excellent reasons to look for a transcendent source of its authority and reality, and a source that is more than an abstract principle.

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0199751803

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God and Cosmos

Moral Truth and Human Meaning

By: David Baggett,Jerry L. Walls

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God and Cosmos

Moral Truth and Human Meaning

By: David Baggett,Jerry L. Walls

Naturalistic ethics is the reigning paradigm among contemporary ethicists; in God and Cosmos, David Baggett and Jerry L. Walls argue that this approach is seriously flawed. This book canvasses a broad array of secular and naturalistic ethical theories in an effort to test their adequacy in accounting for moral duties, intrinsic human value, moral knowledge, prospects for radical moral transformation, and the rationality of morality. In each case, the authors argue, although various secular accounts provide real insights and indeed share common ground with theistic ethics, the resources of classical theism and orthodox Christianity provide the better explanation of the moral realities under consideration. Among such realities is the fundamental insight behind the problem of evil, namely, that the world is not as it should be. Baggett and Walls argue that God and the world, taken together, exhibit superior explanatory scope and power for morality classically construed, without the need to water down the categories of morality, the import of human value, the prescriptive strength of moral obligations, or the deliverances of the logic, language, and phenomenology of moral experience. This book thus provides a cogent moral argument for God's existence, one that is abductive, teleological, and cumulative.

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Oxford University Press

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0199931208

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The Moral Argument

A History

By: David Baggett,Jerry Walls

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The Moral Argument

A History

By: David Baggett,Jerry Walls

The history of the moral argument for the existence of God is a fascinating tale. Like any good story, it is full of twists and unexpected turns, compelling conflicts, memorable and idiosyncratic characters, both central and ancillary players. The narrative is as labyrinthine and circuitous as it is linear, its point yet to be fully seen, and its ending yet to be written. What remains certain is the importance of telling it. The resources of history offer a refresher course, a teachable moment, a cautionary tale about the need to avoid making sacrosanct the trends of the times, and an often sobering lesson in why reigning assumptions may need to be rejected. This book lets the argument's advocates, many long dead, come alive again and speak for themselves. A historical study of the moral argument is a reminder that classical philosophers were unafraid to ask and explore the big questions of faith, hope, and love; of truth, goodness, and beauty; of God, freedom, and immortality. It gives students and scholars alike the chance to drill down into their ideas, contexts, and arguments. Only by a careful study of its history can we come to see its richness and the range of resources it offers.

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Oxford University Press

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0190246383

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Blacks, Carpetbaggers, and Scalawags

The Constitutional Conventions of Radical Reconstruction

By: Richard L. Hume,Jerry B. Gough

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Blacks, Carpetbaggers, and Scalawags

The Constitutional Conventions of Radical Reconstruction

By: Richard L. Hume,Jerry B. Gough

After the Civil War, Congress required ten former Confederate states to rewrite their constitutions before they could be readmitted to the Union. An electorate composed of newly enfranchised former slaves, native southern whites (minus significant numbers of disenfranchised former Confederate officials), and a small contingent of "carpetbaggers," or outside whites, sent delegates to ten constitutional conventions. Derogatorily labeled "black and tan" by their detractors, these assemblies wrote constitutions and submitted them to Congress and to the voters in their respective states for approval. Blacks, Carpetbaggers, and Scalawags offers a quantitative study of these decisive but little-understood assemblies -- the first elected bodies in the United States to include a significant number of blacks. Richard L. Hume and Jerry B. Gough scoured manuscript census returns to determine the age, occupation, property holdings, literacy, and slaveholdings of 839 of the conventions' 1,018 delegates. Carefully analyzing convention voting records on certain issues -- including race, suffrage, and government structure -- they correlate delegates' voting patterns with their racial and socioeconomic status. The authors then assign a "Republican support score" to each delegate who voted often enough to count, establishing the degree to which each delegate adhered to the Republican leaders' program at his convention. Using these scores, they divide the delegates into three groups -- radicals, swing voters, and conservatives -- and incorporate their quantitative findings into the narrative histories of each convention, providing, for the first time, a detailed analysis of these long-overlooked assemblies. Hume and Gough's comprehensive study offers an objective look at the accomplishments and shortcomings of the conventions and humanizes the delegates who have until now been understood largely as stereotypes. Blacks, Carpetbaggers, and Scalawags provides an essential reference guide for anyone seeking a better understanding of the Reconstruction era.

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LSU Press

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0807134708

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Dammit2

By: Jerry Baggett

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Dammit2

By: Jerry Baggett

Marine Major Dammit McGowin stared intently at photos taken from security cameras immediately after the bomb exploded inside Cinderella Children's Hospital. He could hear the children screaming. He felt the concussion, smelled the burning flesh, understanding firsthand what they were going through. Attractive Dr. Robin Goodrich missed the fairy-tale life she shared with the handsome tough guy returning from deployment. Her passion for Dammit exceeded only by her desire to treat underprivileged children needing medical care. Fawaz Abu-Sabra, the ruthless terrorist leader, believed himself unbeatable until he encountered the hard-principled Dammit, a man equally without mercy for those willing to slaughter innocent children and their caregivers. Terrorists seek refuge in Washington state's beautiful San Juan Islands. God only knows the depth of their sickness.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1643005448

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My Neck of the Woods

The Lewis Families of Southeastern North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina

By: J. D. Lewis

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My Neck of the Woods

The Lewis Families of Southeastern North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina

By: J. D. Lewis

Trans-Allegheny Pioneers is, without a doubt, one of the most celebrated accounts of life on the Virginia frontier ever written. The author's focal point is the region of the New River-Kanawha in present-day Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. This is essential reading for anyone interested in frontier history or the genealogies of mid-18th century families who resided in the Valley of Virginia.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806351454

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Does God Love Everyone?

The Heart of What's Wrong with Calvinism

By: Jerry L. Walls

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Does God Love Everyone?

The Heart of What's Wrong with Calvinism

By: Jerry L. Walls

Does God truly love all persons? Most Christians think the obvious answer to this question is, "Yes, of course he does!" Indeed, many Christians would agree that the very heart of the gospel is that God so loved the whole world that he gave his Son to make salvation available for every single person. This book shows that one of the most popular and resurgent theological movements in the contemporary evangelical church--namely, Calvinism--cannot coherently and consistently affirm this vital claim about the love of God. While some Calvinists forthrightly deny that God loves everyone, more commonly Calvinists attempt to affirm the love of God for all persons in terms that are compatible with their doctrines that Christ died only for the elect--those persons God has unconditionally chosen to save. This book shows that the Calvinist attempts to affirm God's love for all persons are fraught with severe philosophical and theological difficulties. Calvinism, then, should be rejected in favor of a theology that can forthrightly and consistently affirm the love of God for all persons. Nothing less is at stake than the very heart of the gospel.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1620325500

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Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory

Rethinking the Things That Matter Most

By: Jerry L. Walls

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Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory

Rethinking the Things That Matter Most

By: Jerry L. Walls

Will heaven be boring? How can a good and loving God send people to hell? Is there such a place as purgatory? If so, why is it necessary, if we're saved by grace? Questions about the afterlife abound. Given what is at stake, they are the most important questions we will ever consider. Recent years have seen a surge of Christian books written by people claiming to have received a glimpse of the afterlife, and numerous books, films, and TV shows have apocalyptic or postapocalyptic themes. Jerry Walls, a dynamic writer and expert on the afterlife, distills his academic writing on heaven, hell, and purgatory to offer clear biblical, theological, and philosophical grounding for thinking about these issues. He provides an ecumenical account of purgatory that is compatible with Protestant theology and defends the doctrine of eternal hell. Walls shows that the Christian vision of the afterlife illumines the deepest and most important issues of our lives, changing the way we think about happiness, personal identity, morality, and the very meaning of life.

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Brazos Press

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144122257X

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Play to Win

Keys to Victory in the Game of Life

By: Jerry Glover

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Play to Win

Keys to Victory in the Game of Life

By: Jerry Glover

When you begin reading this book, you can't put it down. It is easy reading. There are two kinds of people in this world; those that are saved and those that are unsaved. The book will be support to the saved and "door opening" for the unsaved. Christ and football are the common denominators that tie it together. I knew Coach Glover when I played against one of his Etowah County football teams in 1948 while I attended Woodlawn High School. I think they beat us 2-0 in a driving rain. Reading about Jim and Jerry's experiences, with being saved, and having Jerry find out what "grace " is all about is the way it happened in my life. I joined the church and was baptized when I was eleven years old. I was 23 years old before I understood that I was saved by "grace" and not by my works. After reading this book, I'm fired up and ready to go again. Bobby Bowden Head Football Coach Florida State University

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0595522602

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9780595522606

SULTANA TRAGEDY, THE

America's Greatest Maritime Disaster

By: Jerry O. Potter

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SULTANA TRAGEDY, THE

America's Greatest Maritime Disaster

By: Jerry O. Potter

Lee Surrenders! "President Murdered!" "Booth Killed!" screamed the headlines of American newspapers in April 1865, leaving little room for mention of a maritime disaster that to this day is America's worst. On April 27, 1865, the Sultana, a 260-foot, wooden-hulled steamboat-smaller than the Titanic but carrying more passengers-exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee. More than 1,800 men, mostly Union soldiers on their way home from Confederate prison camps, died. On board were over 2,400 passengers-six times the ship's legal capacity. Although jubilant about the war's end, most of the men were weakened by malnutrition and disease from their imprisonment at Andersonville and Cahaba. Hundreds who were not killed in the explosion drowned in the cold, swift waters of the muddy river. Because of the timing of the sinking, coverage of the Sultana's demise was scant, and the tragedy has passed almost unnoticed in the pages of American history. In this highly documented book, author Jerry Potter focuses on how greed, indifference, gross stupidity, and criminal misconduct reaching as far as the White House led to the overloading of the Sultana at Vicksburg. Such irresponsible conduct characterized the actions of President Lincoln, an entire chain of army command, and several profit-hungry civilians. This authoritative work contains abundant photographs and illustrations, as well as the most complete list of the ship's passengers available.

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Pelican Publishing Company

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1455612669

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9781455612666

Hillbillyland

What the Movies Did to the Mountains and what the Mountains Did to the Movies

By: Jerry Wayne Williamson

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Hillbillyland

What the Movies Did to the Mountains and what the Mountains Did to the Movies

By: Jerry Wayne Williamson

The stereotypical hillbilly figure in popular culture provokes a range of responses, from bemused affection for Ma and Pa Kettle to outright fear of the mountain men in Deliverance. In Hillbillyland, J. W. Williamson investigates why hillbilly images are so pervasive in our culture and what purposes they serve. He has mined more than 800 movies, from early nickelodeon one-reelers to contemporary films such as Thelma and Louise and Raising Arizona, for representations of hillbillies in their recurring roles as symbolic 'cultural others.' Williamson's hillbillies live not only in the hills of the South but anywhere on the rough edge of society. And they are not just men; women can be hillbillies, too. According to Williamson, mainstream America responds to hillbillies because they embody our fears and hopes and a romantic vision of the past. They are clowns, children, free spirits, or wild people through whom we live vicariously while being reassured about our own standing in society.

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UNC Press Books

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0807845035

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Purgatory

The Logic of Total Transformation

By: Jerry L. Walls

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Purgatory

The Logic of Total Transformation

By: Jerry L. Walls

Companion to: Heaven: The logic of eternal joy (2002).

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Oxford University Press

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0199732299

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The Perfect Lion

The Life and Death of Confederate Artillerist John Pelham

By: Jerry H. Maxwell

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The Perfect Lion

The Life and Death of Confederate Artillerist John Pelham

By: Jerry H. Maxwell

This is a biography of John Pelham, an Alabama native who left West Point for service in the Confederacy and distinguished himself as an artillery commander in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Blond, blue-eyed, and handsome, Pelham's modest demeanor charmed his contemporaries, and he was famously attractive to women. He was killed in action at the battle of Kelly's Ford in March of 1863, at age twenty four, and reportedly three young women of his acquaintance donned mourning at the loss of the South's ?beau ideal.?.

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University of Alabama Press

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081731735X

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Sudden Change

A Play-By-Play Account of My Transformation

By: Jerry Glover

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Sudden Change

A Play-By-Play Account of My Transformation

By: Jerry Glover

In Alabama, football is king. It dominates many aspects of life in the southern state. For Jerry Glover, the former head student manager for the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide, life was rolling along at a strong and desirable clip despite some of his deceptive and potentially destructive actions. But as coach Paul "Bear" Bryant taught him and the other members of the football team, you need to be ready for any quick change in your life's direction, like you would for a fumble or an interception on the gridiron. His father's illness made Glover take an inward look at his own life and where it was headed as Jesus Christ entered his world in a dynamic and supernatural way. After forty-four years of denying and hiding, Glover witnessed what he needed to see-that those who play properly win. As Glover puts himself under center in this play-by-play account of his life, he challenges and inspires you to do the same so that you, too, can know the rewards of living your life the right way, without denial or delusions and affirming a powerful and transformative commitment to God.

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0595469582

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3D Bioprinting in Tissue and Organ Regeneration

By: Yang Wu,Jerry Fuh,Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat

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3D Bioprinting in Tissue and Organ Regeneration

By: Yang Wu,Jerry Fuh,Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat

3D Bioprinting in Tissue and Organ Regeneration covers state-of-the-art advances and applications in bioprinting. Beginning with an introduction that considers techniques, bioinks and construct design, the authors then move onto a detailed review of applications of bioprinting in different biomedical fields (skin, cartilage, bone, vascularized tissue, etc.). This is followed by a chapter overview of intraoperative bioprinting, which is widely considered one of the important future trends in this area. Finally, the authors tackle ethical and regulation concerns regarding the utilization of bioprinting.The book is written by three global experts for an audience of students and professionals with some basic knowledge of bioprinting, but who seek a deeper understanding of the biomedical applications involved in bioprinting. - Introduces readers to bioprinting modalities, as well as pre-bioprinting, bioprinting and post-bioprinting procedures - Focuses on biomedical applications used in bioprinting in chapters specific to skin, cartilage, bone and vascularized tissue - Provides readers with original ideas from engineering and clinical points-of-view that are based on the authors' extensive experience in this field, as well as the possibilities of future translation of bioprinting technologies from bench to bedside

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Academic Press

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0323859054

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9780323859059

Corriganville: The Definitive True History of the Ray "Crash" Corrigan Movie Ranch

By: Jerry L Schneider

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Corriganville: The Definitive True History of the Ray "Crash" Corrigan Movie Ranch

By: Jerry L Schneider

FOR THE FIRST TIME! A complete and true history of the Ray "Crash" Corrigan Movie Ranch, from its prehistory to its current status as a city park. Corrects all of the falsehoods and exaggerations concerning the ranch and its operation as both a movie location and as an amusement park. Includes many details of its day-to-day operation, especially the amusement park business (its highpoints and its shortcomings!). An extensive and expanded filmography of the movie ranch. Profusely illustrated with nearly a thousand illustrations, including almost 500 photographs from a 4,000 negative collection of Corriganville images, most of which have not been published before.

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Lulu.com

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0983197253

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9780983197256

Testing The Boundaries

A Novel

By: Jerry Baggett,Sara Stevenson

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Testing The Boundaries

A Novel

By: Jerry Baggett,Sara Stevenson

Testing the Boundaries is a story of a man's determined search for justice after assassins kill his wife and young daughter. Had the assassins known the manner of man they believed they had executed with a shot to the back of the head, they would have been more careful. Nick Quincy is a man with no smooth edges, willing to give up his own life in a final attempt to fulfill his promise of justice for those he loved. Casey Minerva Blair, investigator from the California attorney general's office, could make the difference between his crossing the narrow line between justice and a violent act of revenge.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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9798891128903

Dammit

By: Jerry Baggett

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Dammit

By: Jerry Baggett

Marine Capt. Dammit McGowin couldn't believe his luck-a one-night stand with the most beautiful woman he'd ever met. He soon discovered she'd recently become the sole heir to three generations of her family's wealth. Robbi, full of life and a brand new medical degree, felt burdened by the responsibility, she hadn't asked for, until she realized she'd been handpicked and carefully coached by her grandfather to preserve the integrity of the family's treasure. Terror, romantic adventure, and dire responsibility forced them closer together, fi ghting for survival against violent men holding Robbi for ransom in California's isolated Channel Islands. A modern-day sea story for those who venture beyond the breakers.

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1640033149

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9781640033146

Born to Referee

By: Jerry Markbreit

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Born to Referee

By: Jerry Markbreit

Jerry Markbreit is one of the best and most well-known referees in the history of the NFL. In Born to Referee, he has combined the compelling story of his 30 years as a football official with a rare insider's look at professional football.

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0671684655

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Last Call

Memoirs of an NFL Referee

By: Jerry Markbreit,Alan Steinberg

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Last Call

Memoirs of an NFL Referee

By: Jerry Markbreit,Alan Steinberg

Drawing on his more than thirty years of experience (including a record four Super Bowls) as the NFL's top referee, Jerry Markbreit describes the hard-hitting, fast-paced NFL action from a perspective few others can match. Filled with humorous anecdotes as well as his opinions on controversial subjects and players and coaches, this book is the first comprehensive look at pro football officiating from the official's point of view -- and Markbreit's homage to the sport he has helped define.

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Simon and Schuster

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1613211821

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9781613211823

Educational Computing

Learning with Tomorrow's Technologies

By: Cleborne D. Maddux,Dee LaMont Johnson,Jerry Willis

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Educational Computing

Learning with Tomorrow's Technologies

By: Cleborne D. Maddux,Dee LaMont Johnson,Jerry Willis

Focusing on general concepts and the theory and research on teaching, learning and technology, this text is aimed at those who already have basic computing skills. It is geared to answering the question of what a teacher would do differently if he or she had computers in the classroom.

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