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The Mormon Delusion

By: Jim Whitefield

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The first in a series of books comprising an exposé of the Mormon Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). This volume concentrates on polygamy and little known polyandry which is hidden from rank and file Mormons. Historical evidence proves the Mormon Church has rewritten its own history through lies, suppression, omission and interpolation; such that the truth is so well hidden from members; unless they look outside the Church for information; they will never know of the continued conspiracy to deceive them. Contains over 120 pages of appendices, including complete lists and analysis of all the wives and families of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, highlighting polyandrous relationships and children born into those unions; plus details of over a hundred children born post 1890 to polygamous wives of General Authorities who violated their own canonised Manifesto after they had covenanted to stop the practice. Visit www.themormondelusion.com for further information.

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1409259056

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The Life and Times of Gilbert and Sullivan

By: Jim Whiting

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The Life and Times of Gilbert and Sullivan

By: Jim Whiting

What is probably the most famous pairing in musical history began without fanfare in 1871 when writer William S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan teamed up to produce a Christmas entertainment called Thespis. The two men parted ways soon afterward and it took a theatrical promoter named Richard D Oyly Carter to reunite them four years later. Their first big hit came in 1878 with their operetta H.M.S. Pinafore. It reached the United States the following year and created the same excitement that we associate with a major rock concert or blockbuster movie. Despite some disagreements, the two men produced 11 other operettas before going their separate ways. Today Gilbert and Sullivan societies exist all over the world. Audiences still enjoy their combination of clever, humorous lyrics and tuneful melodies.

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Mitchell Lane

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154574887X

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Principles of Digital Communication and Coding

By: Andrew J. Viterbi,Jim K. Omura

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Principles of Digital Communication and Coding

By: Andrew J. Viterbi,Jim K. Omura

Written by two distinguished experts in the field of digital communications, this classic text remains a vital resource three decades after its initial publication. Its treatment is geared toward advanced students of communications theory and to designers of channels, links, terminals, modems, or networks used to transmit and receive digital messages. The three-part approach begins with the fundamentals of digital communication and block coding, including an analysis of block code ensemble performance. The second part introduces convolutional coding, exploring ensemble performance and sequential decoding. The final section addresses source coding and rate distortion theory, examining fundamental concepts for memoryless sources as well as precepts related to memory, Gaussian sources, and universal coding. Appendixes of useful information appear throughout the text, and each chapter concludes with a set of problems, the solutions to which are available online.

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Courier Corporation

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0486318311

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9780486318318

Deep Black: Biowar

By: Stephen Coonts,Jim DeFelice

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Deep Black: Biowar

By: Stephen Coonts,Jim DeFelice

Terrorists unleash the ultimate weapon—a devastating virus—in this pulse-pounding technothriller from the New York Times–bestselling author. In Stephen Coonts’s Deep Black: Biowar, cowritten with Jim DeFelice, Dr. James Kegan, a world-renowned scientist specializing in germ warfare, has vanished from his upstate New York home. But this is no ordinary missing-persons case. Kegan has left behind an unidentified dead man with a .22 caliber hole in his skull—and a contact trail that leads to an alleged terrorist cell. Unraveling the mystery is a job for Kegan’s best friend, NSA operative Charlie Dean. His mission is to infiltrate the scientist’s circle of associates and decipher Kegan’s confidential research. Dispatched to cover Charlie is Delta Force trooper Lia Francesca. The trail leads them to the core of a widespread killer fever that’s been dormant for centuries—and its link to a virus that’s quickly spreading victim by victim. With time running out Charlie and Lia must find Kegan, uncover his secrets, cut a terrorist threat to the quick, and stop the unimaginable outbreak of a new biological nightmare. Praise for Stephen Coonts “Coonts knows how to write and build suspense . . . this is the mark of a natural storyteller.” —The New York Times Book Review “The master of the techno-thriller.” —Publishers Weekly

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Macmillan + ORM

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1429967439

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9781429967433

The Ethics of What We Eat

Why Our Food Choices Matter

By: Peter Singer,Jim Mason

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The Ethics of What We Eat

Why Our Food Choices Matter

By: Peter Singer,Jim Mason

Peter Singer, the groundbreaking ethicist whom The New Yorker calls the most influential philosopher alive teams up again with Jim Mason, his coauthor on the acclaimed Animal Factories, to set their critical sights on the food we buy and eat: where it comes from, how it is produced, and whether it was raised humanely. The Ethics of What We Eat explores the impact our food choices have on humans, animals, and the environment. Recognizing that not all of us will become vegetarians, Singer and Mason offer ways to make healthful, humane food choices. As they point out: You can be ethical without being fanatical.

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Rodale Books

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1605296074

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Transference And Projection

Mirrors to the Self

By: Grant, Jan,Crawley, Jim

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Transference And Projection

Mirrors to the Self

By: Grant, Jan,Crawley, Jim

This book describes, defines and demonstrates the clinical applications of transference and projection and how they are used by psychotherapists as 'mirrors to the self' - as reflections of a client's internal structure and core ways of relating to other people. There is an emphasis on understanding transference as a normal organizing process that helps individuals make meaning of interpersonal experiences, and on how to respond effectively to it in the day-to-day practice of counselling and psychotherapy.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335203140

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Don't Be Afraid to Win

How Free Agency Changed the Business of Pro Sports

By: Jim Quinn

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Don't Be Afraid to Win

How Free Agency Changed the Business of Pro Sports

By: Jim Quinn

Labeled by The New York Times as “instrumental in helping change the face of major professional sports,” attorney Jim Quinn has influenced modern sports business for decades. Beginning back in the 1970’s with the landmark Oscar Robertson basketball free agency case, Quinn battled owners in all four major leagues to make sure the players got their fair share. In the early 1990’s, he faced the goliath National Football League and won the right to free agency for players, Quinn has spent a lifetime dealing in the gritty sports business to make fair agreements for players. Quinn shares significant cases and legal proceedings across major American sports and tells stories of the courtroom battles he fought on behalf of players and labor leaders seeking economic justice in their workplace. He sheds light on known and unknown figures who committed to larger causes than themselves and that modern sports owes a debt to the leaders of the past who risked their careers. Through Quinn’s lengthy career he has helped to empower athletes to speak and act in the best interest of the sports community and overcome some of the toxic figures who sought to drag down league success for their own ego and greed. In Don’t Be Afraid to Win, Quinn provides a unique point of view of someone who was personally involved in making changes happen in the business. His is a masterful examination of how sports has grown dramatically over the decades, how it benefited from the rise of sports unions and free agency, and how there is still fairness to be gained across the leagues.

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Radius Book Group

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1635766850

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Us and Them

A History of Intolerance in America

By: Jim Carnes,Harry A. Blackmun

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Us and Them

A History of Intolerance in America

By: Jim Carnes,Harry A. Blackmun

Us and Them illuminates the dark corners of our nation's past and traces our ongoing efforts to live up to the American ideals of equality and justice. Fourteen case studies--enhanced through the use of original documents, historical photos, newly commissioned paintings, and dramatic narrative--bring readers a first-hand account of the history and psychology of intolerance. We read about Mary Dyer, executed for her Quaker faith in Boston in 1660. We learn how the Mormons were expelled from Missouri in 1838. The attack on Chinese miners in Wyoming in 1885, the battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, the Ku Klux Klan activities in Mobile, Alabama in 1981, and the Crown Heights riot in 1991 are among the memorable episodes presented in clear, evocative language that brings to life history that is often forgotten or slighted.

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Oxford University Press

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0195131258

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An Unsafe Bet?

The Dangerous Rise of Gambling and the Debate We Should Be Having

By: Jim Orford

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An Unsafe Bet?

The Dangerous Rise of Gambling and the Debate We Should Be Having

By: Jim Orford

An Unsafe Bet? The Dangerous Rise of Gambling and the Debate We Should Be Having reveals how gambling represents a danger to public health due to its inherent addiction potential, which is being intentionally downplayed by the gambling industry and governments. Lays bare the extent of gambling and its effects on society Exposes the dilemma for policy makers, who are charged with protecting public health but also increasingly dependent on revenues earned from gambling Written by Jim Orford, an internationally respected authority on the topic International examples broaden the argument and reveal the global stakes involved

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470973064

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The Power of Praise and Worship

By: Terry Law,Jim Gilbert

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The Power of Praise and Worship

By: Terry Law,Jim Gilbert

You can get through life's tragedies when you praise and worship the Lord! With gut-wrenching honesty, authors Terry Law and Jim Gilbert detail the tragedies in Terry's life that led him to a deep dimension of Divine teamwork. Terry Law's journey took him throughout the United States, through war-torn Afghanistan, and ancient Egypt to discover three spiritual truths expressed in worship and praise. God put these three spiritual powerhouses in your personal arsenal to use against the enemy: 1.The Word of God. 2.The Name of Jesus. 3.The Blood of Jesus. Arm yourself praise and worship are tools that break through the heavenlies all the way to the throne of God. As the author proves the sacrifice of praise and the blessing of worship saved his life. You, too, will be healed from the past and enjoy new hope for the future. You can handle all of life's tragedies through The Power of Praise and Worship.

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Destiny Image Publishers

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0768498635

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Sick from Freedom

African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction

By: Jim Downs

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Sick from Freedom

African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction

By: Jim Downs

Bondspeople who fled from slavery during and after the Civil War did not expect that their flight toward freedom would lead to sickness, disease, suffering, and death. But the war produced the largest biological crisis of the nineteenth century, and as historian Jim Downs reveals in this groundbreaking volume, it had deadly consequences for hundreds of thousands of freed people. In Sick from Freedom, Downs recovers the untold story of one of the bitterest ironies in American history--that the emancipation of the slaves, seen as one of the great turning points in U.S. history, had devastating consequences for innumerable freed people. Drawing on massive new research into the records of the Medical Division of the Freedmen's Bureau-a nascent national health system that cared for more than one million freed slaves-he shows how the collapse of the plantation economy released a plague of lethal diseases. With emancipation, African Americans seized the chance to move, migrating as never before. But in their journey to freedom, they also encountered yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, dysentery, malnutrition, and exposure. To address this crisis, the Medical Division hired more than 120 physicians, establishing some forty underfinanced and understaffed hospitals scattered throughout the South, largely in response to medical emergencies. Downs shows that the goal of the Medical Division was to promote a healthy workforce, an aim which often excluded a wide range of freedpeople, including women, the elderly, the physically disabled, and children. Downs concludes by tracing how the Reconstruction policy was then implemented in the American West, where it was disastrously applied to Native Americans. The widespread medical calamity sparked by emancipation is an overlooked episode of the Civil War and its aftermath, poignantly revealed in Sick from Freedom.

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Oxford University Press

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0199908788

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Two for the Price of One

A Billy Michaels Mystery

By: David Spence,Jim Spence

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Two for the Price of One

A Billy Michaels Mystery

By: David Spence,Jim Spence

A young woman is found murdered in an expensive apartment near the top of a New York City high rise. Her name was DeeDee Miller, the daughter of a West Virginia coal mine owner. She was a friend to everyone and appeared to have no enemiesso who would want her dead? Young detective Billy Michaels is given her casehis first assignment. As he begins to consider the evidence, Billy receives a visit from a private investigator named Walter Gumm. Walter used to be a detective, and twenty years before DeeDees murder he investigated a similar crime with equally mysterious circumstances. The killer was never found, and Walter has a feeling Billys perpetrator might be the same man from twenty years ago. For some reason, Billy is blocked on all sides. His investigation stalls as he is thwarted by politicians, socialites, and even his own police force. Who would want to cover up the murder of DeeDee Miller? It must be someone with something to hide. Billy wont let this case remain unsolved. Failure is not an option but Billys ambition might cost him his life.

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iUniverse

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1475918607

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9781475918601

Radio Crime Fighters

More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age

By: Jim Cox

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Radio Crime Fighters

More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age

By: Jim Cox

In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public's fascination with subject matter tinged with wrongdoing. Stories of right and wrong, crime and punishment, and law and order kept audiences of every age hooked for more than thirty years. This work covers 300+ syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials that aired in the early or middle twentieth century. To be included, a series must have had one or more regularly appearing characters who fought against espionage, theft, murder and other crimes. Each entry includes series name, air dates, sponsor, extant episodes, cast information and synopsis.

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McFarland

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1476612277

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Hockey in Springfield

By: Jim Mancuso

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Hockey in Springfield

By: Jim Mancuso

Springfield has a dynamic hockey history that dates back 80 years, beginning with the Springfield Indians. One of the first professional hockey teams in the United States, the Indians were an inaugural member of the Canadian-American Hockey League. The Indians helped form the American Hockey League, where Springfield won seven Calder Cups, including a record three in a row from 1960 through 1962. Major-league hockey followed in the mid-1970s, when the New England Whalers came to town. Today, the Springfield Falcons carry on the city's great hockey legacy. Several hall of famers have skated for Springfield-based teams over the years, including Gordie Howe, Brian Kilrea, Chuck Rayner, Earl Seibert, Eddie Shore, Billy Smith, and Lorne "Gump" Worsley. Hockey in Springfield is the story of the teams, players, and coaches who make up one of the richest hockey traditions in all of North America.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738539279

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The Andersonville Report

By: Jim Wirz

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The Andersonville Report

By: Jim Wirz

The guilt of Captain Henry Wirz, Commandant, of the Southern Prisoner of War Camp at Andersonville, Georgia to this date remains a mystery. This book speaks to who Henry Wirz was prior to entering service in the War of Northern Aggression (the Southern title for the Civil War). It tells us about the type of family he came from, his marriages, education, and reasons for immigrating to America. You get to decide if this man was capable of committing those crimes for which he was convicted and ultimately condemned. Or was he the victim of a high level conspiracy to grab individual power, in an effort to control civil kayos after Lincoln’s assignation? What none of these powerful politicians seemed to know at the time was that the Wirz family, back in Switzerland, was about to enter the equation. They’re interest in Captain Wirz would become an unexpected wild card. The family, who knew Henry all his life, found it hard to believe he was capable of such crimes. They decided to secretly investigate the charges and send two carefully selected members of the family to America. This book speaks to the results of that investigation and what the two emissaries did to administer justice. We all know that the winner of any war has the privilege of writing its history. But seldom does that mean it is a truthful account of all things. This book was written to let the reader judge the government’s case against Henry Wirz.

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America Star Books

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1681228637

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Snyder County's Sports Heritage

By: Jim Campbell

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Snyder County's Sports Heritage

By: Jim Campbell

If Snyder County sports fans are not the most rabid in the nation, they certainly are among the most rabid. Regardless of the community, regardless of the sport or level at which it is played, Snyder County teams enjoy unconditional support second to none. Through the years, Snyder County has seen more than its share of athletic greatness. Those highly successful athletes, as well as those who played just for the love of the game, are represented in the more than 200 new and different images in this volume.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738545333

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Mayberry Memories

The Andy Griffith Show Photo Album

By: Ken Beck,Jim Clark

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Mayberry Memories

The Andy Griffith Show Photo Album

By: Ken Beck,Jim Clark

Organized chronologically, the book has chapters devoted to each of the show's eight seasons, along with production milestones and character biographies, as well as occasional lists, recipes, and snippets of dialogue. Originally published to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Andy Griffith Show, this book features nearly 300 beautifully reproduced photographs in both color and black and white, the majority of which have never before been published. Mayberry Memories is the ultimate keepsake memento for fans who have enjoyed everything Mayberry for four decades.

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Thomas Nelson

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1418553964

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Lost in Austin

A Nevada Memoir

By: Jim Andersen

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Lost in Austin

A Nevada Memoir

By: Jim Andersen

In 1974 Jim Andersen and his wife, tired of the congestion and high taxes in California, decided to start a new life in rural Nevada. They settled on Austin, a town of about 250 people perched on a mountainside along the legendary Highway 50, “the loneliest road in America.” In the middle of the nineteenth century, Austin was a free-wheeling boomtown at the center of a silver bonanza. By the time the Andersens arrived, it had shrunk to a quiet, isolated community of self-sufficient souls who ran their lives, economy, and local government their own way, with ingenuity, wit, and a certain disregard for convention. Andersen’s account of his life in Austin is a charming, sometimes hilarious account of city folks adapting to life in a small town. He addresses such matters as making a living from a variety of odd jobs, some of them odder than others; serving as a deputy sheriff, deputy coroner, and elected justice of the peace, and administering Austin’s unique version of justice; raising a family; finding ways to have fun; and exploring the austerely beautiful backcountry of central Nevada. He also introduces some of Austin’s residents and their stories, and describes the way the community comes together for entertainment or to respond to crises.Lost in Austin is fascinating reading for anyone who cherishes nostalgic memories of living in a small town, or who contemplates moving to one. It offers an engaging portrait of a Nevada that exists far from the glitz and glitter of Las Vegas and Reno, “a happy Bermuda Triangle” where rugged individualism and community spirit flourish amidst sagebrush and vast open spaces.

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University of Nevada Press

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0874178029

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The Mormon Delusion. Volume 1. Paperback Version

By: Jim Whitefield

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The Mormon Delusion. Volume 1. Paperback Version

By: Jim Whitefield

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Lulu.com

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1409259048

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A Killing in Carter Country

By: Jim Lawrence

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A Killing in Carter Country

By: Jim Lawrence

Rural North Florida. August, 1952. In the stillness of a summer Sunday morning, a quiet, reticent young black woman named Coretta Daniels enters the offices of a prominent white physician and inexplicably shoots him to death. She is immediately arrested and hastily put on trial, with the State of Florida demanding nothing less than her execution in the electric chair. In an odd series of circumstances, Coretta's fate comes to rest in the hands of Jack Hunter, a white former county solicitor, and Randall McNeil, a black Harvard-educated defense attorney. Though different in every conceivable way, these two men must somehow find the means to overcome lifetimes of suspicion and prejudice before it is too late if they are to have even the remotest chance of saving Coretta from a racist judge, a State's Attorney out for blood vengeance, and the Southern Jim Crow justice system. Suggested by a true story.

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0759615527

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"Then Levy Said to Kelly... "

The Best Buffalo Bills Stories Ever Told

By: Jim Gehman

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"Then Levy Said to Kelly... "

The Best Buffalo Bills Stories Ever Told

By: Jim Gehman

Written for every sports fan who follows the Bills, this account goes behind the scenes to peek into the private world of the players, coaches, and decision makers--all while eavesdropping on their personal conversations. From the Buffalo locker room to the sidelines and inside the huddle, the book includes stories about Dick Jauron, Jim Kelly, O. J. Simpson, and Thurman Thomas, among others, allowing readers to relive the highlights and the celebrations.

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Triumph Books

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1600780555

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The Great Radio Sitcoms

By: Jim Cox

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The Great Radio Sitcoms

By: Jim Cox

On January 12, 1926, radio audiences heard the first exchanges of wit and wisdom between "Sam 'n' Henry"--the verbal jousters who would evolve into Amos 'n' Andy and whose broadcasts launched the radio sitcom. Here is a detailed look at 20 of the most popular such sitcoms that aired between the mid-1920s and early 1950s, the three-decade heyday of radio. Each series is discussed from an artistic standpoint, with attention to the program's character development and style of comedy as well as its influence on other shows. The book provides complete biographical profiles of each sitcom's stars as well as several actors whose careers consisted primarily of supporting roles. Appendices include an abbreviated summary of 13 sitcoms beyond those discussed in the main body of the book, and a comprehensive list of 170 radio sitcoms. Notes, bibliography, index.

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McFarland

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0786491809

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9780786491803

Connexions

Histories of Race and Sex in North America

By: Jennifer Brier,Jim Downs,Jennifer L Morgan

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Connexions

Histories of Race and Sex in North America

By: Jennifer Brier,Jim Downs,Jennifer L Morgan

Connexions investigates the ways in which race and sex intersect, overlap, and inform each other in United States history. An expert team of editors curates thought-provoking articles that explore how to view the American past through the lens of race and sexuality studies. Chapters range from the prerevolutionary era to today to grapple with an array of captivating issues: how descriptions of bodies shaped colonial Americans' understandings of race and sex; same-sex sexual desire and violence within slavery; whiteness in gay and lesbian history; college women's agitation against heterosexual norms in the 1940s and 1950s; the ways society used sexualized bodies to sculpt ideas of race and racial beauty; how Mexican silent film icon Ramon Navarro masked his homosexuality with his racial identity; and sexual representation in mid-twentieth-century black print pop culture. The result is both an enlightening foray into ignored areas and an elucidation of new perspectives that challenge us to reevaluate what we "know" of our own history. Contributors: Sharon Block, Susan K. Cahn, Stephanie M. H. Camp, J. B. Carter, Ernesto Chávez, Brian Connolly, Jim Downs, Marisa J. Fuentes, Leisa D. Meyer, Wanda S. Pillow, Marc Stein, and Deborah Gray White.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252098811

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9780252098819

Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

By: Sir Michael J. Rutter,Dorothy Bishop,Daniel S. Pine,Stephen Scott,Jim S. Stevenson,Eric A. Taylor,Anita Thapar

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Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

By: Sir Michael J. Rutter,Dorothy Bishop,Daniel S. Pine,Stephen Scott,Jim S. Stevenson,Eric A. Taylor,Anita Thapar

Rutter’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has become an established and accepted textbook of child psychiatry. Now completely revised and updated, the fifth edition provides a coherent appraisal of the current state of the field to help trainee and practising clinicians in their daily work. It is distinctive in being both interdisciplinary and international, in its integration of science and clinical practice, and in its practical discussion of how researchers and practitioners need to think about conflicting or uncertain findings. This new edition now offers an entirely new section on conceptual approaches, and several new chapters, including: neurochemistry and basic pharmacology brain imaging health economics psychopathology in refugees and asylum seekers bipolar disorder attachment disorders statistical methods for clinicians This leading textbook provides an accurate and comprehensive account of current knowledge, through the integration of empirical findings with clinical experience and practice, and is essential reading for professionals working in the field of child and adolescent mental health, and clinicians working in general practice and community pediatric settings.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444358715

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9781444358711

Identity Crisis

How Identification is Overused and Misunderstood

By: Jim Harper

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Identity Crisis

How Identification is Overused and Misunderstood

By: Jim Harper

Showing and ID doesn't protect against terrorism the way people think. This book explodes the myths surrounding identification and, at the same time, shows the way forward.

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Cato Institute

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1930865848

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9781930865846

Gambling and Problem Gambling in Britain

By: Bob Erens,Laura Mitchell,Jim Orford,Kerry Sproston,Clarissa White

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Gambling and Problem Gambling in Britain

By: Bob Erens,Laura Mitchell,Jim Orford,Kerry Sproston,Clarissa White

Despite a rapid increase in the availability of many forms of gambling, there has been little serious study in the literature of the likely effects. This book seeks to fill that gap by reviewing what is known about gambling in Britain and studying work on the nature, prevalence and possible causes of problem gambling. Drawing on the history and recent British studies on the subject, Gambling and Problem Gambling in Britain gives an in-depth theoretical and practical viewpoint of this subject. Areas covered include: * gambling in Britain since Victorian times * expansion of gambling in the late twentieth century * what we now know about problem gambling and its treatment * a consideration of the future of gambling in Britain. This book will be invaluable for professionals, trainees and academics in the areas of counselling, primary care, probation and social work.

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Routledge

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1135479445

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Dark Hero of the Information Age

In Search of Norbert Wiener, The Father of Cybernetics

By: Flo Conway,Jim Siegelman

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Dark Hero of the Information Age

In Search of Norbert Wiener, The Father of Cybernetics

By: Flo Conway,Jim Siegelman

Child prodigy and brilliant MIT mathematician, Norbert Wiener founded the revolutionary science of cybernetics and ignited the information-age explosion of computers, automation, and global telecommunications. His best-selling book, Cybernetics, catapulted him into the public spotlight, as did his chilling visions of the future and his ardent social activism. Based on a wealth of primary sources and exclusive access to Wiener's closest family members, friends, and colleagues, Dark Hero of the Information Age reveals this eccentric genius as an extraordinarily complex figure. No one interested in the intersection of technology and culture will want to miss this epic story of one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and colorful figures.

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0786735619

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My Name Is Tulip

By: Jim Black

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My Name Is Tulip

By: Jim Black

Three decades have passed since seventeen-year-old Tulip McDowell was last seen leaving Sikes Senter Mall in Wichita Falls, Texas, in the fall of 1990. On the thirtieth anniversary of her disappearance, homicide detective Horace Brown pulls the cold case file from a dusty storage room shelf at police headquarters. With dogged determination, he and his partner, Detective Randy Miller, pursue the case intent on finally finding the person responsible and bringing him to justice. Unknown to them, the detectives are not alone in their quest; someone else has joined the search. Someone with a different type of justice in mind. In his thrilling sequel to Manitou Lake, Black takes readers to a whole other level of suspense, blurring the line between what we believe and what we know to be true.

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1977277802

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9781977277800

1980

America's Pivotal Year

By: Jim Cullen

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1980

America's Pivotal Year

By: Jim Cullen

Many people are aware that 1980 was an important moment in U.S. history: at a time of economic stagnation at home and international defeat abroad, it represented a turning point in bringing Ronald Reagan to the presidency and inaugurating a conservative era in American politics. What's less well known is how the popular culture of 1980 also marked a pivotal transition. By boring in with granular detail on a few key touchstone areas--politics, music, film, television, and publishing--1980 describes a zeitgeist as it shifts, capturing those elements that harkened back toward the seventies as they jostled with others that pointed forward to the eighties. The effect is analogous to capturing in slow motion the mysterious but unmistakable process by which a child grows. The result is a lively, revealing, and informative account not just of a single year and the social milieu of an era, but also a book that traces some of the most profound rhythms of American history more generally. From who shot J.R. to The Dukes of Hazzard; from John and Yoko to the end of disco and the rise of rap; from Heaven's Gate to Private Benjamin; and from Jimmy Carter's defeat to the rise of Ronald Reagan, Jim Cullen shows how 1980 can be seen as a pivot point in American culture--a time of change that ushered in the current era.

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Rutgers University Press

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197883117X

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Prisoner Litigation

The Paradox of the Jailhouse Lawyer

By: Jim Thomas

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Prisoner Litigation

The Paradox of the Jailhouse Lawyer

By: Jim Thomas

...a brilliant investigation...Thomas' book not only is an excellent descriptive and interpretive analysis but it will surely provide the basis of further research on JHLs and jailhouse lawyering. It presently stands as the definitive statement on the subject.'-CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY

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Police

By: Jim Ollhoff

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Police

By: Jim Ollhoff

Every day, people are faced with critical, life-threatening situations - in times of trouble, who can help? In this title, readers will get to know the police officers who arrive on the scene of the crime or emergency. Chapters highlight the different kinds of law enforcement officers as well as the training, tools, and knowledge police forces need to save lives and property, collect evidence, investigate crimes, and uphold the law. An interview with a real-life police officer provides insight into what makes the worst days bring out their best. From the state patrol to the county sheriff, the stories of these Emergency Workers will keep young readers on the edge of their seats. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

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1614801355

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Mike Hargrove and the Cleveland Indians

A Baseball Life

By: Jim Ingraham

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Mike Hargrove and the Cleveland Indians

A Baseball Life

By: Jim Ingraham

An inside, in-depth look at a fascinating baseball life . . . There were spectacular highs—Rookie of the Year, All Star, World Series . . . And devastating lows—the end of his playing days, a tragic accident in his second year as manager, a heartbreaker in the World Series, being fired from the job he loved . . . Mike Hargrove truly spent a lifetime in baseball. From the sandlots of tiny Perryton, Texas, to the biggest stage, Game 7 of the World Series, he played, coached, managed . . . lived the game for four decades. The Cleveland Indians were at the center of Hargrove’s baseball life for more than 20 years. He played for some mediocre Indians teams in the 1980s. He managed some of the best Indians teams ever in the 1990s—including five consecutive division titles, one of the most powerful offensive lineups in baseball history (Lofton, Belle, Baerga, Murray, Thome, Ramirez) and two trips to the World Series. Not bad for a kid who didn’t play baseball in high school, was a walk-on in college and an afterthought 25th-round draft pick. One constant in Hargrove’s roller-coaster career: Sharon Hargrove. Their 50-year marriage in an unsteady business (from 1970 to 1995, the Hargroves lived in 23 different houses) is inspiring. This book takes a close-up look at a life and career long under-appreciated—by us, not by him—perhaps because much of it was spent in the shadows of so many big personalities. But Hargrove’s story includes big moments—both heartbreaking and heart-stopping.

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Gray & Company, Publishers

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1598511114

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Photography and the Non-Place

The Cultural Erasure of the City

By: Jim Brogden

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Photography and the Non-Place

The Cultural Erasure of the City

By: Jim Brogden

This book presents a critical and aesthetic defence of “non-place” as an act of cultural reclamation. Through the restorative properties of photography, it re-conceptualises the cultural significance of non-place. The non-place is often referred to as “wasteland”, and is usually avoided. The sites investigated in this book are located where access and ownership are often ambiguous or in dispute; they are places of cultural forgetting. Drawing on the author’s own photographic research-led practice, as well as material from photographers such as Ed Ruscha, Joel Sternfeld and Richard Misrach, this study employs a deliberately allusive intertexuality to offer a unique insight into the contested notions surrounding landscape representation. Ultimately, it argues that the non-place has the potential to reveal a version of England that raises questions about identity, loss, memory, landscape valorisation, and, perhaps most importantly, how we are to arrive at a more meaningful place.

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Springer

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3030039196

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Tweeting to Freedom

An Encyclopedia of Citizen Protests and Uprisings around the World

By: Jim Willis,Anthony R. Fellow

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Tweeting to Freedom

An Encyclopedia of Citizen Protests and Uprisings around the World

By: Jim Willis,Anthony R. Fellow

This book provides an insightful and comprehensive look at the issues regarding the use of the Internet and social media by activists in more than 30 countries—and how many governments in these countries are trying to blunt these efforts to promote freedom. The innovators who created social media might never have imagined the possibility: that activists living in countries where oppressive conditions are the norm would use social media to call for changes to bring greater freedom, opportunity, and justice to the masses. The attributes of social media that make it so powerful for casual socializing—the ability to connect with nearly limitless numbers of like-minded individuals instantaneously—enables political activists to recruit, communicate, and organize like never before. This book examines three aspects of the use of social media for political activism: the degrees of media freedom practiced in countries around the world; the methods by which governments attempt to block access to information; and the various ways in which activists use the media—especially social media—to advance their cause of greater freedoms. Readers will learn how these political uprisings came from the grassroots efforts of oppressed and unhappy citizens desperate to make better lives for themselves and others like them—and how the digital age is allowing them to protest and call attention to their plights in unprecedented ways.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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9798216157953

The Extraordinary Banana Tree

A Novel

By: Jim Farrell

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The Extraordinary Banana Tree

A Novel

By: Jim Farrell

The Extraordinary Banana Tree is not a war story. It is a love story in the time of war. It is the story of the developing love between Cheryl Flynn, Assistant Chief of Intelligence for the Defense Attaches Office in Saigon, and Billy Dobson, Manager of Flight Operations for Air America in Vietnam and Cambodia. The story opens on April 4, 1975, with Cheryl boarding the giant C5A sent by Gerry Ford to rescue orphans from South Vietnam. The plane crashed 13 miles south of Saigon. Does Cheryl survive? Does anyone survive? The story goes back in time and follows Cheryl and Billy on their paths to April 4 and to the eventual fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. Does Billy have to face the last month alone or will Cheryl be at his side? The story follows Billy from the seminary, to the Army, where he serves as Counterintelligence Officer for the 11th Armored Cav, sent into Cambodia by President Nixon, and eventually to Air America and his meeting with Cheryl Flynn at Nha Trang, paradise on the South China Sea. The story exemplifies the horrors the war, the resilience of the human spirit, the bravery and unbelievable accomplishments of Air America personnel, and the power of love to make it all worthwhile. You will laugh, you will cry, you will love Cheryl and Billy. A very appropriate book for the 40th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon.

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1491769904

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Blood at Dawn

By: Jim R. Woolard

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Blood at Dawn

By: Jim R. Woolard

From the two-time Spur Award–winning author: a classic frontier epic of a young man raised to survive any battle in a wild, savage, untamed land . . . Young Ethan Downer may not look old enough to shave, but he was raised by his father to survive a harsh, unsettled land crawling with enemies eager to spill his blood. When Ethan joins General St. Clair’s troops on a hard march toward Ohio’s Wabash River, his hard-won lessons will be put to the test like never before . . . On a cold dawn in 1791, St. Clair’s exhausted army awakes to find itself surrounded by a well-planned Indian ambush. As the battle wages fiercely, the outcome is clear—there is no hope for survival. It’s a slaughter on a monumental level and only a desperate, futile plan might save a few lives. And Ethan Downer is unafraid to ride straight into the jaws of the enemy, guns blazing. Praise for Jim R. Woolard “An impressive writer . . . Good old-fashioned storytelling.” —Cameron Judd, author of The Overmountain Men “The seminal early frontier stories of James Fenimore Cooper have found a serious rival at last.” —Loren D. Estleman, four-time Shamus Award–winning author “Jim R. Woolard has done it again . . . A ‘must read’ for every historical fiction fan.” —Ellen Recknor, Spur Award-winning author “Woolard knows how to tell a damn good story.” —Terry C. Johnston, award-winning author of the Titus Bass novels

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Lyrical Press

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1516101634

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9781516101634

Trout Streams Of Wisconsin And Minnesota 2e

An Anglers Guide To More Than 120 Rivers And Streams

By: Jim Humphrey,Bill Shogren

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Trout Streams Of Wisconsin And Minnesota 2e

An Anglers Guide To More Than 120 Rivers And Streams

By: Jim Humphrey,Bill Shogren

In this completely updated and expanded second edition, veteran anglers Jim Humphrey and Bill Shogren have added information on dozens of new streams. The authors describe their native trout waters with an evocative sense of place and anecdotes that convey not only the details but also the experience an angler can expect.

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The Countryman Press

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0881504971

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