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Opening Weekend

An Insider's Look at Marketing Hollywood's Hits and Flops

By: Jim Fredrick

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Opening Weekend

An Insider's Look at Marketing Hollywood's Hits and Flops

By: Jim Fredrick

In a world where movie marketers are the stars of the story, Opening Weekend: An Insider's Look at Marketing Hollywood's Hits and Flops recounts Jim Fredrick’s journey through the realm of movie marketing. Fredrick offers readers exclusive access to behind-the-scenes anecdotes and firsthand accounts of working with studio executives and navigating relationships with famous movie stars and directors. After starting his career in 1983 as a trailer editor and producer at famed advertising boutique Intralink, Jim Fredrick went on to serve as president of marketing at Castle Rock Entertainment; senior vice president of creative advertising at Warner Bros.; and executive vice president of marketing at Sony Screen Gems. In 2011, he founded his own company, Jim Fredrick Motion Picture Marketing. Across a span of thirty-five years, Fredrick’s roles as a trailer maker and studio executive allowed him to craft advertising campaigns for a range of movies, from such iconic cinematic gems as The Shawshank Redemption to the widely beloved Harry Potter franchise, to commercial failures like The Adventures of Pluto Nash and Fired Up! Opening Weekend explores the intricacies of the lesser-known business of film distribution and marketing, unraveling the complex mechanisms through which movies are sold to discriminating audiences. Replete with triumphs, setbacks, and the relentless spirit that drives the creation and promotion of cinematic masterpieces, Opening Weekend promises an enthralling glimpse into the previously untold world of Hollywood movies.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496853393

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Mass Spectrometry of Natural Substances in Food

By: Fred Mellon,Jim R Startin,Ron Self

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Mass Spectrometry of Natural Substances in Food

By: Fred Mellon,Jim R Startin,Ron Self

Introducing the principles, practice and applications of mass spectrometric techniques in the study of natural substances in foods, this book conveys the depth and breadth of modern mass spectrometry in relation to food analysis. It covers traditional techniques such as electron and chemical ionisation and newer soft ionisation techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation and electrospray. All of these techniques are especially relevant in food quality and safety studies and in biopolymer analysis. The ability to analyse biopolymers by mass spectrometry is having a major impact on the study of food structure components, food proteins, food pathogens and food components produced from genetically modified organisms. The principles and practice of mass spectrometry are covered in the early chapters and are followed by applications in flavour analysis and the determination of non-nutrient, biologically-active, natural substances in foods. The analysis and metabolic studies of amino acids, peptides, proteins, lipids, sugars, carbohydrates and vitamins is also discussed, with separate chapters on mineral and micronutrient metabolism and techniques of pyrolysis mass spectrometry. Mass Spectrometry of Natural Substances in Food will be a valuable resource for food scientists, food analysts and others working in food research, nutrition and safety.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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1847551297

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9781847551290

E-Serials

Publishers, Libraries, Users, and Standards, Second Edition

By: Jim Cole,Wayne Jones

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E-Serials

Publishers, Libraries, Users, and Standards, Second Edition

By: Jim Cole,Wayne Jones

Stay on the cutting edge of the e-serials world with this updated edition!This new edition of the seminal 1998 volume gives you a comprehensive overview of the world of e-serials in one compact volume! With new contributions and updated chapters from authorities in their respective fields, this book covers publishing, pricing, copyright, acquisitions and collection development, cataloging and metadata, preservation and archiving, projects and innovations, indexing, uniform resource identifiers, and citation.From editor Wayne Jones: “Most of the articles in the first edition have been retained, but because so much has happened with e-serials in the last three years, the authors have often had to completely restructure their work to reflect the current situation. There are new articles in this book too, exploring in more detail some topics which took up less room on the plate in the first edition--for example, experimentation by e-journal publishers and tracking titles in aggregator packages.”This essential volume: looks at the cost of building and maintaining an e-serials collection examines the perspectives of e-serials customers, intermediaries, and negotiators presents an updated who, what, why, and when for online serials collection development shows how AACR2 can be applied to electronic journals examines electronic journals indexing provides several case studies, including D-Lib Magazine and ScienceDirect includes extensive bibliographies and suggestions for additional reading and much, much more! E-Serials: Publishers, Libraries, Users, and Standards, Second Edition is an essential volume for everyone interested in the nuts and bolts of today’s e-serials!

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Routledge

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1136392440

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The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia

Seeking Truth at Rattlesnake Mountain

By: Jim Hall

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The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia

Seeking Truth at Rattlesnake Mountain

By: Jim Hall

This true crime history reveals the harrowing story of a black man brutally murdered by a lynch mob in 1932 Virginia. In 1932, a black man was found hanging on Rattlesnake Mountain in Fauquier County, Virginia. Though a mob set fire to his body, officials were able to identify him as Shedrick Thompson, who had been wanted for the abduction and rape of a local white woman. Some claimed Thompson killed himself, framing his gruesome death as the final act of a desperate fugitive. But residents knew better. Thompson had been the victim of a lynching—the last one known in Virginia. In The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia, author Jim Hall pieces together Thompson’s life, the weeks-long manhunt to find him, and his final hours. He also details the lawless practice of lynching in Fauquier County. This true crime chronicle takes an in-depth look at Thompson’s case to expose a complex and disturbing chapter in Virginia history.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439657696

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Corporate Rock Sucks

The Rise and Fall of SST Records

By: Jim Ruland

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Corporate Rock Sucks

The Rise and Fall of SST Records

By: Jim Ruland

A no-holds-barred narrative history of the iconic label that brought the world Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, and more, by the co-author of Do What You Want and My Damage. Greg Ginn started SST Records in the sleepy beach town of Hermosa Beach, CA, to supply ham radio enthusiasts with tuners and transmitters. But when Ginn wanted to launch his band, Black Flag, no one was willing to take them on. Determined to bring his music to the masses, Ginn turned SST into a record label. On the back of Black Flag’s relentless touring, guerilla marketing, and refusal to back down, SST became the sound of the underground. In Corporate Rock Sucks, music journalist Jim Ruland relays the unvarnished story of SST Records, from its remarkable rise in notoriety to its infamous downfall. With records by Black Flag, Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, Bad Brains, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, and scores of obscure yet influential bands, SST was the most popular indie label by the mid-80s--until a tsunami of legal jeopardy, financial peril, and dysfunctional management brought the empire tumbling down. Throughout this investigative deep-dive, Ruland leads readers through SST’s tumultuous history and epic catalog. Featuring never-before-seen interviews with the label's former employees, as well as musicians, managers, producers, photographers, video directors, and label heads, Corporate Rock Sucks presents a definitive narrative history of the ’80s punk and alternative rock scenes, and shows how the music industry was changed forever.

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Hachette Books

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0306925478

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Justice for All

Earl Warren and the Nation He Made

By: Jim Newton

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Justice for All

Earl Warren and the Nation He Made

By: Jim Newton

One of the most acclaimed and best political biographies of its time, Justice for All is a monumental work dedicated to a complicated and principled figure that will become a seminal work of twentieth-century U.S. history. In Justice for All, Jim Newton, an award-winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times, brings readers the first truly comprehensive consideration of Earl Warren, the politician-turned-Chief Justice who refashioned the place of the court in American life through landmark Supreme Court cases whose names have entered the common parlance -- Brown v. Board of Education, Griswold v. Connecticut, Miranda v. Arizona, to name just a few. Drawing on unmatched access to government, academic, and private documents pertaining to Warren's life and career, Newton explores a fascinating angle of U.S. Supreme Court history while illuminating both the public and the private Warren.

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Penguin

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1440619808

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Truth Like the Sun

By: Jim Lynch

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Truth Like the Sun

By: Jim Lynch

A classic and hugely entertaining political novel, the cat-and-mouse story of urban intrigue in Seattle both in 1962, when Seattle hosted the World's Fair, and in 2001, after its transformation in the Microsoft gold rush. Larger than life, Roger Morgan was the mastermind behind the fair that made the city famous and is still a backstage power forty years later, when at the age of seventy he runs for mayor in hopes of restoring all of Seattle's former glory. Helen Gulanos, a reporter every bit as eager to make her mark, sees her assignment to investigate the events of 1962 become front-page news with Morgan's candidacy, and resolves to find out who he really is and where his power comes from: in 1962, a brash and excitable young promoter, greeting everyone from Elvis Presley to Lyndon Johnson, smooth-talking himself out of difficult situations, dipping in and out of secret card games; now, a beloved public figure with, it turns out, still-plentiful secrets. Wonderfully interwoven into this tale of the city of dreams are backroom deals, idealism and pragmatism, the best and worst ambitions, and all the aspirations that shape our communities and our lives.

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Vintage

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0307958698

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The Turtle and the Dreamboat

The Cold War Flights That Forever Changed the Course of Global Aviation

By: Jim Leeke

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The Turtle and the Dreamboat

The Cold War Flights That Forever Changed the Course of Global Aviation

By: Jim Leeke

The ‘Turtle’ and the ‘Dreamboat’ is the first detailed account of the race for long-distance flight records between the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy less than fourteen months after World War II. The flights were risky and unprecedented. Each service intended to demonstrate its offensive capabilities during the dawning nuclear age, a time when America was realigning its military structure and preparing to create a new armed service—the United States Air Force. The first week of October 1946 saw the conclusion of both record-breaking, nonstop flights by the military fliers. The first aircraft, a two-engine U.S. Navy P2V Neptune patrol plane nicknamed the Truculent Turtle, flew more than eleven thousand miles from Perth, Western Australia, to Columbus, Ohio. The Turtle carried four war-honed pilots and a young kangaroo as a passenger. The second plane, a four-engine U.S. Army B-29 Superfortress bomber dubbed the Pacusan Dreamboat, flew nearly ten thousand miles from Honolulu to Cairo via the Arctic. Although presented as a friendly rivalry, the two flights were anything but collegial. These military missions were meant to capture public opinion and establish aviation leadership within the coming Department of Defense. Both audacious flights above oceans, deserts, mountains, and icecaps helped to shape the future of worldwide commercial aviation, greatly reducing the length and costs of international routes. Jim Leeke provides an account of the remarkable and record-breaking flights that forever changed aviation.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1640125205

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Body in the Grave

By: Jim Wilcox

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Body in the Grave

By: Jim Wilcox

The quest to answer that haunting question sends PI Gideon Grant in search of multiple killer and kidnappers, who are themselves being stalked by a vengeful serial killer in Body in the Grave. Follow Gideon through a tangle of brutal murders as he struggles to identify the killer. The search will take Gideon from his hometown of Springfield to the top of Oregon's beautiful Larch Mountain. Witness his tender moments of spiritual conversion and romance with the lovely new assistant prosecuting attorney, June Whitlow. Can Grant balance his Christian faith while searching for the resourceful, and seemingly compassionate, serial killer before he finds another Body in the Grave?

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Tate Publishing

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1607996316

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The Last Best League

One Summer, One Season, One Dream

By: Jim Collins,James C. Collins

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The Last Best League

One Summer, One Season, One Dream

By: Jim Collins,James C. Collins

The compelling story of a single season in the world's finest amateur baseball league

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Da Capo Press, Incorporated

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0738209015

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9780738209012

How to Talk to Your Kids about Drugs

By: Stephen Arterburn,Jim Burns

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How to Talk to Your Kids about Drugs

By: Stephen Arterburn,Jim Burns

All parents want to believe their children will not experiment with drugs and alcohol. Unfortunately that is not realistic. The authors provide the knowledge and tools parents need to help their kids stay or become drug free. Includes a helpful study guide for personal use and group discussion.

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Harvest House Publishers

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0736920102

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Shoot the Gap

It’s Not Just a Strategy, It’s an Attitude

By: Jim Anaple

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Shoot the Gap

It’s Not Just a Strategy, It’s an Attitude

By: Jim Anaple

Since he was five years old all Tyler Kincaid really knew was baseball from when his great-grandfather gave him a 1920’s era baseball glove and he began to use it. By the time Tyler was in his late thirties baseball was still, for the most part, all that he had known. But now, sensing his playing days were coming to a close Tyler began to search for what life had in store for him next. Tyler then found himself in the small town of Cummings Hicks where he was playing for this city’s minor league baseball team. Little did he know that the town’s mysterious past and an unlikely source would help provide him the answers he was looking for, by learning about some of baseball’s most unusual history and anomalies.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984527290

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Divine Collision

An African Boy, An American Lawyer, and Their Remarkable Battle for Freedom

By: Jim Gash

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Divine Collision

An African Boy, An American Lawyer, and Their Remarkable Battle for Freedom

By: Jim Gash

Discover the compelling true story of a former L. A. lawyer and a Ugandan boy falsely accused of murder -- two courageous friends brought together by God on a mission to reform criminal justice. Jim Gash, former Los Angeles lawyer and current president of Pepperdine University, tells the amazing story of how, after a series of God-orchestrated events, he finds himself in the heart of Africa defending a courageous Ugandan boy languishing in prison and wrongfully accused of two separate murders. Ultimately, their unlikely friendship and unrelenting persistence reforms Uganda's criminal justice system, leaving a lasting impact on hundreds of thousands of lives and revealing a relationship that supersedes circumstance, culture, and the walls we often hide behind.

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Worthy Books

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1617957682

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Blue Fog Mountain

The Enlightenment of a Mama's Boy

By: Jim Reedy

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Blue Fog Mountain

The Enlightenment of a Mama's Boy

By: Jim Reedy

Blue Fog Mountain has been described as a wholesome, uplifting story about a boy growing up on top of a remote Appalachian mountain. It takes place during the late 1920s, as the nation was headed into the Great Depression. Many portions of the Southern Highlands remained isolated and already economically depressed. Such was the case in the rugged mountains of Southwest Virginia. The book is a fictional story written into a largely factual setting about the enlightenment of a midteen as he confr

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Page Publishing Inc

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1641384379

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ROY, “ROCKY” & RED RYDER; “HOPPY,” DURANGO & MO[O]RE

By: Dr. Jim Vickrey, Ph.D., J.D.

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ROY, “ROCKY” & RED RYDER; “HOPPY,” DURANGO & MO[O]RE

By: Dr. Jim Vickrey, Ph.D., J.D.

ROY, “ROCKY” & RED RYDER; “HOPPY”, DURANGO & MO(O)RE By: Dr. Jim Vickrey, Ph.D., J.D. From Chapter One: The Wages of Cinema -- on Coming of Age on the B-Western Movie Range, to the Conclusion: Why You Can Yet Join Me in Riding the Range Again ..., author Dr. Jim Vickrey is "hopeful that the experiences I've had while researching and writing this movie-related memoir will engender within readers the same happy thoughts I had and have resulting from my first and every subsequent encounter thereafter with the world of Western, particularly B-Western, cinema”

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Dorrance Publishing

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1480990337

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A River Unvexed

A History and Tour Guide of the Campaign for the Mississippi River

By: Jim Miles

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A River Unvexed

A History and Tour Guide of the Campaign for the Mississippi River

By: Jim Miles

The first comprehensive account of the entire campaign for the Mississippi River, beginning with the conquests of Memphis and New Orleans and concluding with Grant's strategies for the siege of Vicksburg. Included are driving tours of the battlefields and important sites.

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Turner Publishing Company

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1620452030

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9781620452035

Historic Osceola County

An Illustrated History

By: Jim Robison

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Historic Osceola County

An Illustrated History

By: Jim Robison

An illustrated history of Osceola County, Florada, paired with histories of the local companies.

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HPN Books

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1935377027

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Social Behaviour and Network Therapy for Alcohol Problems

By: Alex Copello,Jim Orford,Ray Hodgson,Gillian Tober

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Social Behaviour and Network Therapy for Alcohol Problems

By: Alex Copello,Jim Orford,Ray Hodgson,Gillian Tober

Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category at the 2010 BMA Medical Books Awards! This book serves as a manual for clinicians working with people with alcohol problems. The manual is based on previous research in addiction treatment, including family and social network interventions, as well the authors' own work developing and evaluating Social Behaviour and Network Therapy (SBNT) for example in the United Kingdom Alcohol Treatment Trial (UKATT). Containing a range of ideas the book is guided by a key principle: the development of social support for a positive change in drinking behaviour. Divided into three sections topics include: an introduction to the evidence base underpinning SBNT core components of the treatment common questions asked about the intervention. Featuring a series of practical handouts, this book will be essential reading for clinicians, counsellors, nurses, psychologists and all those involved in the treatment of alcohol misuse and dependence.

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Routledge

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1135213305

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Unpacking the Kists

The Scots in New Zealand

By: Brad Patterson,Tom Brooking,Jim McAloon

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Unpacking the Kists

The Scots in New Zealand

By: Brad Patterson,Tom Brooking,Jim McAloon

Historians have suggested that Scottish influences are more pervasive in New Zealand than in any other country outside Scotland, yet curiously New Zealand's Scots migrants have previously attracted only limited attention. A thorough and interdisciplinary work, Unpacking the Kists is the first in-depth study of New Zealand's Scots migrants and their impact on an evolving settler society. The authors establish the dimensions of Scottish migration to New Zealand, the principal source areas, the migrants' demographic characteristics, and where they settled in the new land. Drawing from extended case-studies, they examine how migrants adapted to their new environment and the extent of longevity in diverse areas including the economy, religion, politics, education, and folkways. They also look at the private worlds of family, neighbourhood, community, customs of everyday life and leisure pursuits, and expressions of both high and low forms of transplanted culture. Adding to international scholarship on migrations and cultural adaptations, Unpacking the Kists demonstrates the historic contributions Scots made to New Zealand culture by retaining their ethnic connections and at the same time interacting with other ethnic groups.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773589783

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9780773589780

Creative Ideas for Worship with All Abilities

By: Hazel Bradley,Jim Cargin

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Creative Ideas for Worship with All Abilities

By: Hazel Bradley,Jim Cargin

This vital resource explores the essential considerations of pastoral work with those with intellectual disabilities. Drawing on the vast experience of the L’Arche community that fully includes and centers those with intellectual disabilities, this practical guide offers ideas for imaginative worship to engage people with all abilities. It gives suggestions for enabling participation and building familiarity while keeping worship fresh and varied, with ready-to-use themed service outlines that are appropriate throughout the Christian year. It includes a compendium of resources for creating your own acts of worship, including prayers, blessings, stories, quotes, a directory of online resources, ideas for what to keep in a “liturgy box,” ideas or seasonal decoration of the worship space, and many more resources from L’Arche. This book is rooted in the belief that each human being is on a spiritual quest to find meaning in their life, and while each person’s path is uniquely their own, we share the journey together. The important thing is to encourage each other’s personal development, and celebrate the gifts and talents that emerge within and for the whole community.

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Church Publishing, Inc.

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1640654003

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9781640654006

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part II, Volume 2

Edmund Kean, Sarah Siddons and Harriet Smithson by Their Contemporaries

By: Gail Marshall,Tetsuo Kishi,Jim Davis,Lisa Freeman,Peter Raby

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Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part II, Volume 2

Edmund Kean, Sarah Siddons and Harriet Smithson by Their Contemporaries

By: Gail Marshall,Tetsuo Kishi,Jim Davis,Lisa Freeman,Peter Raby

During the eighteenth century, theatrical writing developed as a genre. The publishing market responded to a seemingly insatiable appetite for accounts of the personalities, social lives and performances of celebrated entertainers. This series features actors who were significant in their development of new ways of performing Shakespeare.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040128637

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Rings, Revenge, Superstitions

Two Searches—One for Death, One for Life

By: Jim Stuckey

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Rings, Revenge, Superstitions

Two Searches—One for Death, One for Life

By: Jim Stuckey

Does good exist? Or is it only a matter of a culture’s definition or description or of personal position and opinion? The characters are two US Marines, an Iranian military family, an Iranian business mogul and his vengeful son, the daughter of a young US immigrant from Iran, a handful of educators, a curmudgeonly hotel owner, a hired killer, and a corrupt deputy sheriff. Through their eyes, we see the impact a single deeply considered idea, good or evil, can have on one’s life. In Iran, Vietnam, California, and Arizona, the players reveal their personalities and characters. We discover the impact that one life and one idea—the idea of rings—can have years and even decades later.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984532634

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Building a Better World, 3rd Edition

An Introduction to the Labour Movement in Canada, 3rd Edition

By: Stephanie Ross,Larry Savage,Errol Black,Jim Silver

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Building a Better World, 3rd Edition

An Introduction to the Labour Movement in Canada, 3rd Edition

By: Stephanie Ross,Larry Savage,Errol Black,Jim Silver

This third edition of Building a Better World offers a comprehensive introductory overview of Canada’s labour movement. The book includes an analysis of why workers form unions; assesses their organization and democratic potential; examines issues related to collective bargaining, grievances and strike activity; charts the historical development of labour unions; and describes the gains unions have achieved for their members and all working people.

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Fernwood Publishing

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1773633317

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Then Junior Said to Jeff...

The Greatest NASCAR Stories Ever Told

By: Jim McLaurin,David Poole,Tom Gillispie

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Then Junior Said to Jeff...

The Greatest NASCAR Stories Ever Told

By: Jim McLaurin,David Poole,Tom Gillispie

This collection of behind-the-scenes happenings from the history of the beloved stock car series shares stories of the great and the infamous, revealing privy insights into the drivers that fans thought they knew everything about. The book grants a glimpse into Buck Baker's tomato juice incident, how his son Buddy Baker landed face first in the mud on an ambulance stretcher, Dale Earnhardt's 1997 Daytona 500 rolling crash and how he famously went from ambulance to car to complete the race, Tony Stewart's realization that racing was the ideal career choice, and how Jeff Gordon "misplaced" his commemorative Richard Petty money clip. Race fans with allegiance to any era of NASCAR, past or present, will feel drawn into the inner circle of the drivers after sharing in these inside stories that are worth the telling.

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Triumph Books

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1623680476

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9781623680473

My Drowning

A Novel

By: Jim Grimsley

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My Drowning

A Novel

By: Jim Grimsley

Ever since Ellen Tote can remember, she has dreamed of her mother walking slowly into a river. The mystery of this memory, as it unfolds in her recollections, is the haunting story of MY DROWNING.

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Algonquin Books

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1565121414

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Lucy's Letters - Scans and Transcriptions

By: Jim Sims

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Lucy's Letters - Scans and Transcriptions

By: Jim Sims

88 years after they were written, Jim Sims learned of and obtained a notebook containing letters exchanged in 1924 by his parents, Frazier Sims and Lucy Ensor, during the year before they married. Those letters, letters from Lucy's mother and other letters reveal much about them and about the rough life in poor, rural Kentucky at the time. This publication of "Lucy's Letters" contains transcriptions and scans of the actual 70+ letters and postcards plus some background information and photos about the families and locales of their early life.

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Lulu.com

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1300752963

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Lucy's Letters - Transcriptions

By: Jim Sims

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Lucy's Letters - Transcriptions

By: Jim Sims

88 years after they were written, Jim Sims learned of and obtained a notebook containing letters exchanged in 1924 by his parents, Frazier Sims and Lucy Ensor, during the year before they married. Those letters, letters from Lucy's mother and other letters reveal much about them and about the rough life in poor, rural Kentucky at the time. This publication of "Lucy's Letters" contains transcriptions of the 70+ letters and postcards plus some background information and photos about the families and locales of their early life.

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1300722053

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Chicago to Springfield

Crime and Politics in the 1920s

By: Jim Ridings

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Chicago to Springfield

Crime and Politics in the 1920s

By: Jim Ridings

The story of Chicago gangsters in the 1920s is legendary. Less talked about is the tale of the politicians who allowed those gangsters to thrive. During the heyday of organized crime in the Prohibition era, Chicago mayor Big Bill Thompson and Gov. Len Small were the two most powerful political figures in Illinois. Thompson campaigned on making Chicago a wide open town for bootleggers. Small sold thousands of pardons and paroles to criminals, embezzled $1 million, and was then acquitted after mobsters bribed the jury. This book is the story of those Jazz Age politicians whose careers in government thrived on and endorsed corruption and racketeering, from Chicago to Springfield. It complements author Jim Ridingss groundbreaking biography, Len Small: Governors and Gangsters, which was praised by critics and situated Ridings as a trailblazer among Chicago crime authors.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439625735

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Michigan Off the Beaten Path®

Discover Your Fun

By: Jim Dufresne

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Michigan Off the Beaten Path®

Discover Your Fun

By: Jim Dufresne

Michigan Off the Beaten Path features the things travelers and locals want to see and experience––if only they knew about them. From the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales, Michigan Off the Beaten Path takes the reader down the road less traveled and reveals a side of Michigan that other guidebooks just don't offer.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493026364

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Michigan Off the Beaten Path®, 10th

A Guide to Unique Places

By: Jim DuFresne

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Michigan Off the Beaten Path®, 10th

A Guide to Unique Places

By: Jim DuFresne

Discover unexpected pleasures, whether they may be shipwrecks in Lake Michigan, homemade cheese made in a converted gas station, or the Be Good to Your Mother-in-Law Bridge, a favorite with newlyweds and married couples.

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0762758422

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9780762758425

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