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The Quiet Journey

Memoirs 1936 to 2000

By: Joe Millard

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The Quiet Journey is one person's life story told in amusing and authentic memoirs from 1936 until 2000. The author, writing to his grandchildren, shares candid childhood stories about Saturday afternoon movies, reading contests, and threshing runs. The memoirs capture a glimpse of attending a one room rural school, growing up on a farm, and living without electricity. Older readers may recall their own memories of catching and killing a rooster for Sunday dinner, or playing fox and geese in the snow. Others may identify with the author as he tells of his first date and learning how to dance. A few may even remember the surprises that awaited them at college. Those who served in the navy during the 1950s may have experienced challenging shore patrol duty in places like Olongapo, Philippines, or visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. In addition, former sailors may remember some of their more amusing experiences when at sea. All of these experiences are captured in The Quiet Journey, along with humorous and challenging experiences of teaching in Urbana, Postville, Story City, and Dubuque, Iowa. However, everyone reading The Quiet Journey, will sense the importance of the second half of the twentieth century.

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The Quiet Journey

Memoirs 1936 to 2000

By: Joe Millard

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The Quiet Journey

Memoirs 1936 to 2000

By: Joe Millard

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The Local Boys

Hometown Players for the Cincinnati Reds

By: Joe Heffron,Jack Heffron

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The Local Boys

Hometown Players for the Cincinnati Reds

By: Joe Heffron,Jack Heffron

This book features the stories of Reds players from the Greater Cincinnati area spanning nearly 150 years.

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Clerisy Press

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1578605539

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9781578605538

Latinos Facing Racism

Discrimination, Resistance, and Endurance

By: Joe R. Feagin,José A. Cobas

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Latinos Facing Racism

Discrimination, Resistance, and Endurance

By: Joe R. Feagin,José A. Cobas

Feagin and Cobas provide the first in-depth examination of the everyday racism faced by middle-class Latinos. Based on a national survey, we learn how a diverse group of talented Latinos Mexican Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, Cuban Americans, and others respond to and cope with the commonplace white racial framing and discriminatory practices. Drawing on extensive interviewing, the authors address the recurring discrimination of ordinary whites directed against Spanish speakers and individuals with presumed Latino phenotypes. These incidents occur in everyday encounters, such as when male and female Latinos travel or shop. The book also chronicles the mistreatment that Latinos face from immigration officials when they cross US borders and from the police when they are racially profiled outside Latino areas. Critical and conforming Latino responses to recurring white discrimination are also extensively examined, as well as the diverse Latino reactions to remedial programs like affirmative action and to the ideal of assimilation into the proverbial US melting pot.

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Routledge

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1317256948

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9781317256946

Oconee River User's Guide

By: Joe Cook

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Oconee River User's Guide

By: Joe Cook

From its small headwaters in Hall County, Georgia, the North Oconee winds nearly seventy miles, tumbling over granite outcroppings at Hurricane Shoals and on to Athens, where it meets the Middle Oconee. From there, the Oconee courses 220 miles through east-central Georgia to meet the Ocmulgee convergence near Lumber City, forming the Altamaha River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. As the Oconee’s importance as a recreational amenity has grown over the years, University of Georgia students and instructors, the Altamaha Riverkeeper, Georgia River Network, Upper Oconee Watershed Network, and the North Oconee River Greenway have worked together to create a plan for water trails and recreational trails along the river as it flows through Athens. In the Oconee River User’s Guide, both novice and experienced water sports enthusiasts will find all the information required to enjoy the river, including detailed maps, put in and take out suggestions, fishing and camping locations, mile-by-mile points of interest, and an illustrated guide to the animals and plants commonly seen in and around the river. Daytrippers will enjoy Joe Cook’s fascinating description of the cultural and natural heritage of this richly diverse waterway. The Oconee River is home to seventy-four species of fish, including the Altamaha shiner, found only in the Altamaha River basin, as well as thirty-seven species of salamanders and frogs and forty-three species of reptiles, including the American alligator, found in the lower Oconee downstream of Milledgeville. FEATURES: an introduction and overview of the river chapters describing each river section with detailed maps and notes on river access and points of interest a compact natural history guide featuring species of interest found along Georgia’s rivers notes on safety and boating etiquette a fishing primer notes on organizations working to protect the river

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University of Georgia Press

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0820353914

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9780820353913

Woody Guthrie

A Life

By: Joe Klein

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Woody Guthrie

A Life

By: Joe Klein

A biography of the influential American folk singer, Woody Guthrie, who lived a life on the edge of tragedy but inspired a generation of songwriters, including Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. Few artists have captured the American experience of their time as wholly as folk legend Woody Guthrie. Singer, songwriter, and political activist, Guthrie drew a lifetime of inspiration from his roots on the Oklahoma frontier in the years before the Great Depression. His music—scathingly funny songs and poignant folk ballads—made heard the unsung life of field hands, migrant workers, and union organizers, and showed it worthy of tribute. Though his career was tragically cut short by the onset of a degenerative disease that ravaged his mind and body, the legacy of his life and music had already made him an American cultural icon, and has resounded with every generation of musician and music lover since. In this definitive biography, Joe Klein, nationally renowned journalist and author of the bestselling novel Primary Colors, creates an unforgettable portrait of a man as gifted, restless, and complicated as the American landscape he came from. Praise for Woody Guthrie: A Life “One of the finest treatments of an American 20th-century performer ever written . . . Not merely a biography . . . it is a social history . . . written knowledgeably, in a brilliant style.”—San Francisco Examiner “A really great book.”—Bruce Springsteen

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Delta

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0385333854

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9780385333856

Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s

The Great Fighters and Rivalries

By: Joe Ryan

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Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s

The Great Fighters and Rivalries

By: Joe Ryan

This work covers the individuals and events of what most consider to be the greatest era in boxing history. The first chapter compares the 1970s to all other eras, from the early 1900s and Jack Johnson to the present day and the Klitschko brothers, proving through an established set of criteria that the '70s stand above all other eras. The second chapter focuses on the tumultuous 1960s and the circumstances that led to the blossoming of unprecedented competition. The remaining ten chapters cover the years 1970 through 1979, revisiting the people and the rivalries of an era that produced Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton and Holmes, boxers known to people who didn't even follow the sport.

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McFarland

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0786470747

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Extra Innings

By: Joe Boschi

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Extra Innings

By: Joe Boschi

What's this book about? The short answer is that it is about Bull Durham and the Godfather joining to play some golf with Tin Cup. At one time or another, you've probably heard expressions like "You're a product of your environment," "More is better," and "Timing is everything." Extra Innings is the story of Bobby Winston and Pep Woodson. It chronicles their youth and the influence of their environment on their lives and careers in Major League Baseball (Bobby) and the aerospace industry (Pep). Each of them enjoyed enough success in their individual careers to enable them to retire comfortably, but it seemed that they were a step ahead of the boom times in each industry. Bobby and Pep meet in retirement and work together at a golf course, where their interests in golf are focused. It doesn't take long for them to exchange stories of their past and recognize the similarities in their lives. The compensation landscape changes around them in some of the same ways. An opportunity for each of them to get a second bite of the apple arises when they join forces.

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1449077528

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How Blacks Built America

Labor, Culture, Freedom, and Democracy

By: Joe R. Feagin

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How Blacks Built America

Labor, Culture, Freedom, and Democracy

By: Joe R. Feagin

How Blacks Built America examines the many positive and dramatic contributions made by African Americans to this country over its long history. Almost all public and scholarly discussion of African Americans accenting their distinctive societal position, especially discussion outside black communities, has emphasized either stereotypically negative features or the negative socioeconomic conditions that they have long faced because of systemic racism. In contrast, Feagin reveals that African Americans have long been an extraordinarily important asset for this country. Without their essential contributions, indeed, there probably would not have been a United States. This is an ideal addition to courses race and ethnicity courses.

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Routledge

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1134474695

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Mark Twain in the Margins

The Quarry Farm Marginalia and a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

By: Joe B. Fulton

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Mark Twain in the Margins

The Quarry Farm Marginalia and a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

By: Joe B. Fulton

By redefining Twain's aesthetic, Fulton reinvigorates current debates about what constitutes literary realism."--Jacket.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817354735

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Until the Last Man Comes Home

POWs, MIAs, and the Unending Vietnam War

By: Michael Joe Allen

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Until the Last Man Comes Home

POWs, MIAs, and the Unending Vietnam War

By: Michael Joe Allen

Reveals how wartime loss in the Vietnam War transformed U.S. politics, arguing that the effort to recover lost warriors was as much a means to establish responsibility for their loss as it was a search for answers about their fate.

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0807832618

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White House Kids

The Perks, Pleasures, Problems, and Pratfalls of the Presidents' Children

By: Joe Rhatigan

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White House Kids

The Perks, Pleasures, Problems, and Pratfalls of the Presidents' Children

By: Joe Rhatigan

Living in America's most famous residence might seem glamorous at first--it's the most fun place any kid could live! There's a bowling alley in the basement, chefs are always available to prepare whatever you're craving, and sometimes presidential aides will even help you with your homework! But life isn't always easy for the youngsters who call the White House home. They're always in the spotlight, and those pesky Secret Service agents are always around. For every perk, there's a problem. From Washington to Obama, see the White House through the eyes of the children and grandchildren. Filled with wacky, weird, and wonderful stories, it shows what it's like to call the president Dad (or Granddad or Uncle). Find out what schools they went to, what mischief they caused, and what pets they had. There are first-person accounts from letters and interviews, fascinating photos, original illustrations, and even a section that follows the children after they left the White House.

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Charlesbridge Publishing

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1623540704

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9781623540708

All Hands on Deck

8 Essential Lessons for Building a Culture of Ownership

By: Joe Tye

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All Hands on Deck

8 Essential Lessons for Building a Culture of Ownership

By: Joe Tye

In the stormy seas of today's world economy, organizations need all hands on deck In the stormy seas of today's world economy, organizations need people to own their work, not just rent a spot on the organization chart. All Hands on Deck is a fun-to-read story that is both a business strategy book about creating competitive advantage through corporate culture, and a personal development book that will inspire readers to be more committed and engaged with their work and their organizations. Drawing upon the wisdom of some of the greatest and most beloved business leaders of the 20th century, this essential guide: Creates a virtual roadmap for building a culture of ownership where so workers are inspired to think and act like partners in the enterprise, and not just hired hands Shares practical and proven strategies for earning employee buy-in and commitment to the values, vision, and purpose of the organization Features the real-world wisdom of some of the most successful and beloved business leaders of the 20th century, including Walt Disney, Ray Kroc, Mary Kay Ash, Bill Hewlett, and Dave Packard A stirring resource for today's business environment, All Hands on Deck shares the tools you need to create an organization that competes and succeeds in today's turbulent world, and the inspiration that your people need to put those tools to work.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047059912X

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9780470599129

History of the Third Seminole War, 1849–1858

By: Joe Knetsch,John Missall,Mary Lou Missall

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History of the Third Seminole War, 1849–1858

By: Joe Knetsch,John Missall,Mary Lou Missall

This definitive account of the final war between the US government and Florida’s Seminole tribe “brings to life a conflict that is largely ignored” (San Francisco Book Review). Spanning a period of over forty years (1817–1858), the three Seminole Wars were America’s longest, costliest, and deadliest Indian wars, surpassing the more famous ones fought in the West. After an uneasy peace following the conclusion of the second Seminole War in 1842, a series of hostile events, followed by a string of murders in 1849 and 1850, made confrontation inevitable. The war was also known as the “Billy Bowlegs War” because Billy Bowlegs, Holata Micco, was the central Seminole leader in this the last Indian war to be fought east of the Mississippi River. Pushed by increasing encroachment into their territory, he led a raid near Fort Myers. A series of violent skirmishes ensued. The vastness of the Floridian wilderness and the difficulties of the terrain and climate caused problems for the army, but they had learned lessons from the second war, and, amongst other new tactics, employed greater use of boats, eventually securing victory by cutting off food supplies. History of the Third Seminole War is a detailed narrative of the war and its causes, containing numerous firsthand accounts from participants in the conflict, derived from virtually all the available primary sources, collected over many years. “Any reader interested in learning more about Indian wars, Army history, or Florida history will profit from reading this book,” as well as Civil War enthusiasts, since many of the officers earned their stripes in the earlier conflict (The Journal of America’s Military Past).

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Casemate Publishers

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1612005772

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9781612005775

The White Racial Frame

Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing

By: Joe R. Feagin

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The White Racial Frame

Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing

By: Joe R. Feagin

In this book Joe Feagin extends the systemic racism framework in previous Routledge books by developing an innovative concept, the white racial frame. Now four centuries-old, this white racial frame encompasses not only the stereotyping, bigotry, and racist ideology emphasized in other theories of "race," but also the visual images, array of emotions, sounds of accented language, interlinking interpretations and narratives, and inclinations to discriminate that are still central to the frame’s everyday operations. Deeply imbedded in American minds and institutions, this white racial frame has for centuries functioned as a broad worldview, one essential to the routine legitimation, scripting, and maintenance of systemic racism in the United States. Here Feagin examines how and why this white racial frame emerged in North America, how and why it has evolved socially over time, which racial groups are framed within it, how it has operated in the past and in the present for both white Americans and Americans of color, and how the latter have long responded with strategies of resistance that include enduring counter-frames. In this new edition, Feagin has included much new interview material and other data from recent research studies on framing issues related to white, black, Latino, and Asian Americans, and on society generally. The book also includes a new discussion of the impact of the white frame on popular culture, including on movies, video games, and television programs as well as a discussion of the white racial frame’s significant impacts on public policymaking, immigration, the environment, health care, and crime and imprisonment issues.

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1135127654

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From Mobility to Accessibility

Transforming Urban Transportation and Land-Use Planning

By: Jonathan Levine,Joe Grengs,Louis A. Merlin

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From Mobility to Accessibility

Transforming Urban Transportation and Land-Use Planning

By: Jonathan Levine,Joe Grengs,Louis A. Merlin

Levine, Grengs, and Merlin marshal a compelling case to shift to accessibility-oriented planning, providing much needed conceptual clarity as to what accessibility is and is not. But their book also represents a major step toward transforming accessibility from a vaguely defined aspiration into concrete measures that can guide planning decisions. ― Journal of the American Planning Association In From Mobility to Accessibility, an expert team of researchers flips the tables on the standard models for evaluating regional transportation performance. Jonathan Levine, Joe Grengs, and Louis A. Merlin argue for an "accessibility shift" whereby transportation planning, and the transportation dimensions of land-use planning, would be based on people's ability to reach destinations, rather than on their ability to travel fast. Existing models for planning and evaluating transportation, which have taken vehicle speeds as the most important measure, would make sense if movement were the purpose of transportation. But it is the ability to reach destinations, not movement per se, that people seek from their transportation systems. While the concept of accessibility has been around for the better part of a century, From Mobility to Accessibility shows that the accessibility shift is compelled by the fundamental purpose of transportation. The book argues that the shift would be transformative to the practice of both transportation and land-use planning but is impeded by many conceptual obstacles regarding the nature of accessibility and its potential for guiding development of the built environment. By redefining success in transportation, the book provides city planners, decisionmakers, and scholars a path to reforming the practice of transportation and land-use planning in modern cities and metropolitan areas.

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Cornell University Press

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1501716107

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9781501716102

American Presidents Activity Book

By: Joe Rhatigan

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American Presidents Activity Book

By: Joe Rhatigan

American Presidents Activity Book features inventive games, quizzes, puzzles, and challenges all related to America's presidents.

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MoonDance Press

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1633221113

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9781633221116

Texas: A History

By: Joe Bertram Frantz

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Texas: A History

By: Joe Bertram Frantz

Texas is blood and violence, right? It is cowboys and longhorns, the Alamo and the Astrodome, wheeling and dealing and bragging, right? Right. And also wrong, says the author of this book, Joe B. Frantz. This is the story of how a myth began, with the Texas Revolution against Mexico, cattle drives, and "hyperactive" Texas Rangers, and became embodied in larger-than-life figures, from Sam Houston to "Speaker Sam" Rayburn, from the explorer La Salle to L. B. J. It is also the story of a state larger than its myth, a Confederate state that contained enclaves of pro-Union German-Americans, a football-loving state that produced musicians of the sensitivity of Scott Joplin and Van Cliburn, a western state that also is Southern, Mexican, and Spanish in its influences.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393348695

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9780393348699

The Forgotten Officer

Restoring the Fullness of God’S Design

By: Joe Kohler

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The Forgotten Officer

Restoring the Fullness of God’S Design

By: Joe Kohler

The Bible teaches that the church is the fullness of Christ on earth (Eph. 1:23) and that God is able to do abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within the church (Eph. 3:20). So why are so many people disappointed with their church experiences? Why do so many outsiders view the church as irrelevant? Why do so many hop from one church to the next looking for fulfillment? Why are so many professing Christians seeking a form of Christian experience that no longer needs any connection with the organized church? The truth is that we have collectively drifted away from Gods blueprint for growing the body of Christ up into full maturity and attaining the fullness that he designed. We have inherited a leadership model that is more influenced by pagan practices, pragmatism, and capitalism than by the Scriptures. This cultural inheritance is extremely powerful, and it has resulted in a contemporary blind spot on a biblical truth of critical importance. It has led to our modern failure to properly recognize and appreciate a gift given by Jesus to his bride! This is the bad news. The good news is that reform is possible. Learn what has been forgotten, and rediscover the fullness of Gods design for his church!

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WestBow Press

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1512732834

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Leviticus and Numbers (Teach the Text Commentary Series)

By: Joe M. Sprinkle

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Leviticus and Numbers (Teach the Text Commentary Series)

By: Joe M. Sprinkle

The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of Scripture. Each unit of the commentary includes the big idea and key themes of the passage and sections dedicated to understanding, teaching, and illustrating the text. The newest release in this innovative commentary series is Joe M. Sprinkle's treatment of Leviticus and Numbers.

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Baker Books

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1493400398

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Assassins' America

Four Killers, Four Murdered Presidents, and the Country They Left Behind

By: Jessica Gunderson,Joe Tougas

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Assassins' America

Four Killers, Four Murdered Presidents, and the Country They Left Behind

By: Jessica Gunderson,Joe Tougas

Abraham Lincoln watched a play. James Garfield walked through a train station. William McKinley shook hands with his public. John Kennedy smiled and waved from a motorcade. In these moments shots rang out and four presidents suffered mortal wounds. Some say their assassins were calculating killers. Others say they were madmen guided by strange notions of the world. Assassins' America examines the lives of each killer and his victim. Their stories are full of twists and mysteries, and even today Americans live with lasting effects of these terrible crimes.

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Capstone

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1623709814

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You Bet Your Life: Your Guide to Deadly Risk

By: Sheila Buff,Joe Buff

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You Bet Your Life: Your Guide to Deadly Risk

By: Sheila Buff,Joe Buff

The gritty and granular truth behind the wagers we make with our lives every single day—and, if we’re unlucky, just once in a lifetime. What are your chances of living through the next 24 hours? This week? This month? This decade? Will your job kill you? Your car kill you? Your spouse kill you? Will your own bad habits kill you? Or will a rogue asteroid just kill us all? Each time you lay your head on the pillow at night or set your feet on the floor come morning, you bet your life. Exactly what odds do you face 24/7? You Bet Your Life applies to you, the individual, the analytical approach insurance companies use to calculate risk: actuarial science. The result is a comprehensive, encyclopedic, real world assessment of more than 1,000 of the risks we take every day of our all-too-finite lives, from boarding an airplane to tempting a shark attack by dipping a toe in the ocean. You Bet Your Life is introduced by an authoritative essay explaining how professional actuaries calculate risk and how less objective entities—in government, finance, science, technology, and religion—apply their own competing calculi of risk and reward.

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WW Norton

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0789260964

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9780789260963

InSideOut Coaching

How Sports Can Transform Lives

By: Joe Ehrmann,Paula Ehrmann,Gregory Jordan

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InSideOut Coaching

How Sports Can Transform Lives

By: Joe Ehrmann,Paula Ehrmann,Gregory Jordan

Ehrmann, whom "Parade" calls "the most important coach in America," describes his coaching philosophy and explains how sports can transform lives.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439182981

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9781439182987

The EC Archives: Vault of Horror Volume 4

By: Joe Orlando

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The EC Archives: Vault of Horror Volume 4

By: Joe Orlando

Twenty-four tales of horror, presented by The Vault Keeper, the Crypt Keeper and The Old Witch.

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Dark Horse Books

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161655519X

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The Reconstruction of Mark Twain

How a Confederate Bushwhacker Became the Lincoln of Our Literature

By: Joe B. Fulton

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The Reconstruction of Mark Twain

How a Confederate Bushwhacker Became the Lincoln of Our Literature

By: Joe B. Fulton

When Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, thousands of patriotic southerners rushed to enlist for the Confederate cause. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who grew up in the border state of Missouri in a slave-holding family, was among them. Clemens, who later achieved fame as the writer Mark Twain, served as second lieutenant in a Confederate militia, but only for two weeks, leading many to describe his loyalty to the Confederate cause as halfhearted at best. After all, Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) and his numerous speeches celebrating Abraham Lincoln, with their trenchant call for racial justice, inspired his crowning as "the Lincoln of our Literature." In The Reconstruction of Mark Twain, Joe B. Fulton challenges these long-held assumptions about Twain's advocacy of the Union cause, arguing that Clemens traveled a long and arduous path, moving from pro-slavery, secession, and the Confederacy to pro-union, and racially enlightened. Scattered and long-neglected texts written by Clemens before, during, and immediately after the Civil War, Fulton shows, tout pro-southern sentiments critical of abolitionists, free blacks, and the North for failing to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. These obscure works reveal the dynamic process that reconstructed Twain in parallel with and response to events on American battlefields and in American politics. Beginning with Clemens's youth in Missouri, Fulton tracks the writer's transformation through the turbulent Civil War years as a southern-leaning reporter in Nevada and San Francisco to his raucous burlesques written while he worked as a Washington correspondent during the impeachment crises of 1867--1868. Fulton concludes with the writer's emergence as the country's satirist-in-chief in the postwar era. By explaining the relationship between the author's early pro-southern writings and his later stance as a champion for racial justice throughout the world, Fulton provides a new perspective on Twain's views and on his deep involvement with Civil War politics. A deft blend of biography, history, and literary studies, The Reconstruction of Mark Twain offers a bold new assessment of the work of one of America's most celebrated writers.

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LSU Press

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0807146951

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Disciplining the Poor

Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race

By: Joe Soss,Richard C. Fording,Sanford Schram

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Disciplining the Poor

Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race

By: Joe Soss,Richard C. Fording,Sanford Schram

This volume lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. The authors argue that poverty governance has been transformed in the United States by two significant developments.

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0226768767

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9780226768762

The Escape from Eden

The Texas Republic Series

By: Joe L. Blevins

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The Texas Republic Series

By: Joe L. Blevins

Andrew learns to read by copying the alphabet from an old Bible he finds. He begins writing a journal to keep track of the crops he raises. Andrew writes about his freedom and about being forced to move to Texas when smugglers took his farm as a hideout. He tells of his trip to Nacogdoches to meet with Sam Houston, a lawyer, and the leader of the Texan army. Andrew signs up for the land grants in east Texas, but discovers that first he must serve two years as a soldier. On his way to claim his land grant, he is attacked by robbers. Andrew is badly wounded and hides in some brush until daylight. A group of Cherokee Indians on a hunting party finds him close to death. They save him and bring him to their village. Andrew joins the Texas Army as a scout. His new wife, Say-te-Qua, and his love for his family make him determined to protect his home from raids by the Mexican army. Follow Andrew as his journey leads him into the heat of the San Jacinto battle and on the quest for Texas independence.

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Trafford Publishing

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1426948085

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9781426948084

All You Need Is a Pencil: The Totally Hilarious All About America Activity Book

By: Joe Rhatigan

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All You Need Is a Pencil: The Totally Hilarious All About America Activity Book

By: Joe Rhatigan

Kids will be catapulted back through American history with dozens of activities, quizzes, games, puzzles, and doodles that explore the wacky side of our country's past. Explore early American history as you draw a new dress for Abigail Adams, practice your signature like John Hancock, and do a word search of popular names from the 1770s. Conquer a MadLib of the national anthem or write your own modern history by designing your own presidential campaign—then decorate the oval office after you're elected. Peppered with "A Bit of Learnin''' sections to give the real facts behind the activities, Hilarious American History makes America's past, present, and possibly future come alive for kids.

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Charlesbridge Publishing

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1623540763

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9781623540760

Texas Gardener's Handbook

All You Need to Know to Plan, Plant & Maintain a Texas Garden

By: Dale Groom,Dan Gill,Steve Dobbs,James Fizzell,Joe Lamp'l,Joe White

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Texas Gardener's Handbook

All You Need to Know to Plan, Plant & Maintain a Texas Garden

By: Dale Groom,Dan Gill,Steve Dobbs,James Fizzell,Joe Lamp'l,Joe White

Texas Gardener’s Handbook is filled with need-to-know information from popular Texas gardening experts. Each includes his or her collective wisdom in a complete guide for Texas gardeners. In addition to hundreds of proven plants, this resource has monthly to-do calendars for each of more than ten plant categories, from annuals to vines. Full-color photos and expert advice assist gardeners with the proper care and timing for everything from planting to watering. Information on gardening with less water addresses the challenges of gardening in Texas.

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Cool Springs Press

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1610588223

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9781610588225

Songs of Work and Protest

By: Edith Fowke,Joe Glazer,Kenneth Ira Bray

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Songs of Work and Protest

By: Edith Fowke,Joe Glazer,Kenneth Ira Bray

Provides lyrics, music, and chord notation for work and protest songs and discusses each tune's significance in the labor movement

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Courier Corporation

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0486228991

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9780486228990

Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth

By: Joe D. Burchfield

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Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth

By: Joe D. Burchfield

Portrait of Lord Kelvin

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University of Chicago Press

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0226080439

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9780226080437

The Dempsey Clan from 1771

A Family History

By: Joe Dempsey Kale

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The Dempsey Clan from 1771

A Family History

By: Joe Dempsey Kale

The history focuses primarily on the first five generations listed above. However, my research covers all the male descendants of Hiram Dempsey. Where possible, I have documented the husbands of the female descendants. All this research covers 596 descendants of Hiram Dempsey of Tennessee, their wives, and some of their children; however, it does not include all the children of each descendant.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1456808192

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9781456808198

New England Gardener's Handbook

All You Need to Know to Plan, Plant & Maintain a New England Garden - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont

By: Jacqueline Heriteau,Holly Hunter Stonehill,Liz Ball,James Fizzell,Joe Lamp'l

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New England Gardener's Handbook

All You Need to Know to Plan, Plant & Maintain a New England Garden - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont

By: Jacqueline Heriteau,Holly Hunter Stonehill,Liz Ball,James Fizzell,Joe Lamp'l

New England Gardener’s Handbook is written by popular gardening experts who include their collective wisdom in one complete guide for New England gardeners. In addition to the hundreds of hardy plants in eleven different plant categories, there are monthly to-do calendars assisting gardeners with the proper care and timing for everything from planting to pruning. Full-color photos for each plant and helpful illustrations and charts make this an easy-to-use resource for all New England gardeners with expert advice for home gardeners in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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Cool Springs Press

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1610587154

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9781610587150

The Unofficial Guide to Chicago

By: David Hoekstra,Alice Van Housen,Laurie Levy

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The Unofficial Guide to Chicago

By: David Hoekstra,Alice Van Housen,Laurie Levy

Five Great Features and Benefits offered ONLY by The Unofficial Guide: Information that's candid, critical, and totally objective ; Hotels reviewed and ranked for value and quality--plus secrets for getting the lowest possible rate ; More than 70 restaurants reviewed and profiled, with listings for dozens more ; A complete guide to Chicago's sights--museums, architecture, ethnic neighborhoods, and more ; The inside story on shopping--where to get the best for less, on and off the Magnificent Mile.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470042079

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9780470042076

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