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The 758th Tank Battalion in World War II

The U.S. Army's First All African American Tank Unit

By: Joe Wilson, Jr.

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The 758th Tank Battalion in World War II

The U.S. Army's First All African American Tank Unit

By: Joe Wilson, Jr.

In 1941, the U.S. Army activated the 758th Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit. By December 1944 they were fighting the Axis in Northern Italy, from the Ligurian Sea through the Po Valley and into the Apennine Mountains, where they helped breach the Gothic Line--the Germans' last major defensive line of the Italian Campaign. After the war the 758th was deactivated but was reformed as the 64th Tank Battalion, keeping their distinguished insignia, a tusked elephant head over the motto "We Pierce." They entered the Korean War still segregated but returned fully integrated (though discrimination continued internally). Through the years, they fought with almost every American tank--the Stuart, the Sherman, the Pershing, the Patton and today's Abrams. Victorious over two fascist (and racist) regimes, many black servicemen returned home to what they hoped would be a more tolerant nation. Most were bitterly disappointed--segregation was still the law of the land. For many, disappointment became a determination to fight discrimination with the same resolve that had defeated the Axis.

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McFarland

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1476629447

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Samuel Miller

A Genealogy (1974-2011)

By: Joe Miller

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Samuel Miller

A Genealogy (1974-2011)

By: Joe Miller

This is a genealogy of the family of Samuel Miller (1974). The information presented in this book is based primarily on my personal research. Over the years, I have exchanged information and leads with many relatives that were interested in my extended family history. They have been most helpful in sharing what they know about these families. Joe Miller

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1456794302

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The Clean-Up

A Rush Henry Mystery

By: Joe Barry

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The Clean-Up

A Rush Henry Mystery

By: Joe Barry

Ten thousand dollars made Rush Henry take the job. He didn't know who his client was, and he was told he'd never find out, but the instructions were simple: Clean up Forest City!

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434467449

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Solving Cold Cases

Investigation Techniques and Protocol

By: Joe D. Kennedy,Hogan Hilling

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Solving Cold Cases

Investigation Techniques and Protocol

By: Joe D. Kennedy,Hogan Hilling

Solving a cold case is extremely difficult and many are left unresolved. In this book, retired NCIS Special Agent Joe Kennedy details the methodology he created to solve cold case murders. He offers an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look into why cases go cold, how they are investigated and what is needed to successfully resolve them. Author Kennedy shares his motivations and the lessons he has learned while solving these challenging cases. Also examined are cold cases where other detectives have successfully implemented Kennedy's methodology. Many books delve into the perspectives of criminals who commit murder, but this text takes a fascinating gumshoe journey into the mind of a cold case detective and his passionate search for the truth. Helping law enforcement solve cold cases brings justice and resolution for the victims and their families, and this book provides detectives and true crime enthusiasts the tools to investigate cold cases in their own communities.

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McFarland

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1476645310

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Newton

By: Dena Bisnette,Joe Gilliam

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Newton

By: Dena Bisnette,Joe Gilliam

Newton, Kansas, was established by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad as a new railhead for the Chisholm Cattle Trail in 1871. After two years as the wildest cow town in the West, Newton became a center for Mennonite migration and wheat production in east central Kansas, with the railroad moving it all. In addition to eastern European immigrants and hard winter wheat seed, the rails brought even more people from differing backgrounds, all of whom helped the town grow and change. Images of America: Newton shows those people and the places where they worked, worshipped, and played and includes many photographs from residents' family albums in addition to images from public archives. Meet the residents of this "Crossroads of Kansas" city, from the locally famous to the folks next door, in the pages of Newton.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738598755

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The 761st "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World War II

An Illustrated History of the First African American Armored Unit to See Combat

By: Joe Wilson

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The 761st "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World War II

An Illustrated History of the First African American Armored Unit to See Combat

By: Joe Wilson

Their motto was "Come Out Fighting," and that they did without fail. The 761st Tank Battalion - the famed "Black Panthers" - was the first African American armored unit to enter combat, and in World War II they fought in four major Allied campaigns and inflicted 130,000 casualties on the German army. And the fighting was intense - only one out of every two Black Panthers made it home alive. This is the complete history of the 761st, told in large part through the words of the surviving members of the unit. Richly illustrated, this work recounts how the unit was given long overdue recognition - the Presidential Unit Citation and the Medal of Honor - in recent years.

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0786406674

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Aquaman: 80 Years of the King of the Seven Seas The Deluxe Edition

By: Mort Weisinger,Joe Samachson,Otto Binder,Robert Bernstein

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Aquaman: 80 Years of the King of the Seven Seas The Deluxe Edition

By: Mort Weisinger,Joe Samachson,Otto Binder,Robert Bernstein

Celebrate Aquaman’s comic book debut in the pages of More Fun Comics #73 with this deluxe volume of iconic stories selected from eight decades of high-seas adventures. Featuring over 400 pages of classic and modern tales such as “Aquaman Joins the Navy,” “The Legend of Aquaman,” and “The Trench”-plus historical commentary from former Aquaman writers and editors Mark Waid, Paul Kupperberg, Robert Greenberger, and Paul Levitz-this edition is the perfect companion piece to the upcoming motion picture Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom! Collects stories from Aquaman #0-37, JLA: Our Worlds at War #1, Aquaman #17, Outsiders: Five of a Kind - Metamorpho/Aquaman #1, Adventure Comics #120-137, 232-266, 269-475, More Fun Comics #73, Aquaman #11-35, 46-62, Aquaman #1; Aquaman #1; Aquaman Special #1 and Aquaman #25.

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DC Comics

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1779516010

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9781779516015

The Language of Jane Austen

By: Joe Bray

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The Language of Jane Austen

By: Joe Bray

Joe Bray’s careful analysis of Jane Austen’s stylistic techniques reveals that the genius of her writing is far from effortless; rather he makes the case for her as a meticulous craftswoman and a radical stylistic pioneer. Countering those who have detected in her novels a dominant, authoritative perspective, Bray begins by highlighting the complex, ever-shifting and ambiguous nature of the point of view through which her narratives are presented. This argument is then advanced through an exploration of the subtle representation of speech, thought and writing in Austen’s novels. Subsequent chapters investigate and challenge the common critical associations of Austen’s style with moral prescriptivism, ideas of balance and harmony, and literal as opposed to figurative expression. The book demonstrates that the wit and humour of her fiction is derived instead from a complex and subtle interplay between different styles. This compelling reassessment of Austen’s language will offer a valuable resource for students and scholars of stylistics, English literature and language and linguistics.

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Springer

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3319721623

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9783319721620

Live Fast, Die Young

Misadventures in Rock And Roll America

By: Chris Price,Joe Harland

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Live Fast, Die Young

Misadventures in Rock And Roll America

By: Chris Price,Joe Harland

Disappointed to learn that Hotel California isn’t actually in the phone book, radio producers Chris and Joe resolve to seek out the true spirit of rock and roll America. Roof down and stereo up, they drive coast to coast on a mission to ‘live the music’. It’s a tale of friendship tested to the limit, great melodies, and noble myths.

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Summersdale

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1848399375

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Christian Reconstruction

The American Missionary Association and Southern Blacks, 1861-1890

By: Joe M. Richardson

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Christian Reconstruction

The American Missionary Association and Southern Blacks, 1861-1890

By: Joe M. Richardson

Christian Reconstruction traces the history of the American Missionary Association, the most ambitious and successful of the many benevolent societies that worked with the former slaves during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817355383

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A Piece of Chalk

By: Joe Dotoli

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A Piece of Chalk

By: Joe Dotoli

A true story of racial and economic disparity set in America’s oldest public high school in the 1970s is still shockingly relevant today. Boston’s 1970’s busing crisis is a critical moments in America’s civil rights movement. Championes as a solution to segregation in northern city schools, forced busing became one of the most divisive and regrettable episodes in Boston’s long and distinguished history. What ensued was a firestorm of riots, heavy-handed police response, political ping-pong, disenfranchised students, and lawsuits. Those who were on the ground—teachers, administrators, and students—recount these events with empathy and precision. Joe Dotoli, who at the time was a young science teacher at Boston English High School, narrates the events with all the cultural richness of Boston during the ‘70s. This was the oldest public high school in America—with a prestigious history going back to the historic moment in 1821 when it was established as the first public secondary school in America. It boasts alumni like J. P. Morgan, Samuel P. Langley, and General Matthew Ridgway. By the ‘70s it was the epicenter of desegregation, and crumbling under the pressure. Today this story isn’t so much one of clear triumph as perseverance in a racial and economic struggle still making American headlines today.

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Trafford Publishing

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1698714467

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Sonic Cool

The Life & Death of Rock 'n' Roll

By: Joe S. Harrington

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Sonic Cool

The Life & Death of Rock 'n' Roll

By: Joe S. Harrington

(Book). In the tradition of Nick Tosches, Tom Wolfe and Lester Bangs comes an epic and riveting history of rock and roll that reads like a novel. Sonic Cool presents the saga of rock and roll as the closest thing we have to genuine "myth" in the modern world, and it is the first book about rock to be written in the spirit of rock. Immense, fierce, opinionated and hilarious, Joe Harrington masterfully presents rock as a movement of near-religious proportions, against a backdrop of social factors and important events such as the invention of the guitar, the jukebox, LSD, the 12-inch phonograph record, the '70s recession, the Reagan Revolution, and the Internet. This is the history of rock as it's never been told, as the legend of a massive cultural movement, one that had meaning, but ultimately failed because it sold its soul. Radically egalitarian in its assessments towering figures such as Lennon, Dylan and Cobain stand along side lesser-known but equally influential artists like the MC5, the Misfits and Joy Division Sonic Cool is gripping reading for anyone who ever believed in the music. Includes a 16-page black-and-white photo insert. Joe S. Harrington began writing at the age of 10, an act that provoked a rejection slip from Mad magazine. He has written about music for the Boston Globe , Boston Phoenix , New York Press , Seattle Stranger , Lowell Sun , Wired , Reflex , Raygun , High Times , Seconds , Rollerderby and numerous fanzines. He is currently employed as an on-line jazz critic at Amazon, and lives in Portland, Maine. Softcover.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0634028618

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Building the Black City

The Transformation of American Life

By: Joe William Trotter

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Building the Black City

The Transformation of American Life

By: Joe William Trotter

Building the Black City shows how African Americans built and rebuilt thriving cities for themselves, even as their unpaid and underpaid labor enriched the nation's economic, political, and cultural elites. Covering an incredible range of cities from the North to the South, the East to the West, Joe William Trotter, Jr., traces the growth of Black cities and political power from the preindustrial era to the present. Trotter defines the Black city as a complicated socioeconomic, spiritual, political, and spatial process, unfolding time and again as Black communities carved out urban space against the violent backdrop of recurring assaults on their civil and human rights-including the right to the city. As we illuminate the destructive depths of racial capitalism and how Black people have shaped American culture, politics, and democracy, Building the Black City reminds us that the case for reparations must also include a profound appreciation for the creativity and productivity of African Americans on their own behalf"--

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0520344413

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Building a Culture of Ownership in Healthcare, Third Edition

The Invisible Architecture of Core Values, Attitude, and Self-Empowerment

By: Joe Tye,Bob Dent

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Building a Culture of Ownership in Healthcare, Third Edition

The Invisible Architecture of Core Values, Attitude, and Self-Empowerment

By: Joe Tye,Bob Dent

“The ‘Invisible Architecture’ is built on knowing, and acting on, what research tells us creates a great employee experience. Thank you, Joe and Bob, for writing a book whose time has come—and for your efforts to make healthcare better and better.” -Quint Studer, MSE Co-author, The Human Margin: Building the Foundations of Trust "A must read and a great resource for every leader in today's transforming work environment." -Tim Porter-O'Grady, DM, EdD, APRN, FAAN, FACCWS Senior Partner, Health Systems, TPOG Associates Clinical Professor, Emory University, SON Registered Mediator In the aftermath of the pandemic, preexisting challenges in healthcare organizations have intensified. Stress, burnout, staffing shortages, and even the erosion of trust in organizational leadership are pressing issues that need solutions. Using construction as their metaphor, authors Joe Tye and Bob Dent make a compelling case that a healthcare organization’s Invisible Architecture—a foundation of core values, a superstructure of organizational culture, and the interior finish of workplace attitude—is no less important than its visible architecture. In this third edition of Building a Culture of Ownership in Healthcare, readers will learn how investing in their organization and their people can enable a significant, successful change in productivity; employee engagement; nurse satisfaction, recruitment, and retention; quality of care; patient satisfaction; and positive financial outcomes. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Invisible Architecture Chapter 2: From Accountability to Ownership Chapter 3: The Foundation of Core Values Chapter 4: The Superstructure of Organizational Culture Chapter 5: The Interior Finish of Workplace Attitude Chapter 6: Blueprinting a Culture of Ownership Chapter 7: Three Essential Elements of a Culture of Ownership Chapter 8: Personal Values and Organizational Values Chapter 9: The Four Dimensions of Transformational Leadership Chapter 10: Anatomy of a Change Movement: What the Movement to Ban Public Smoking Has to Teach Healthcare Leaders About Culture Change Afterword Epilogue

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Sigma Theta Tau

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1646481275

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9781646481279

Beowulf and Other Stories

A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures

By: Joe Allard,Richard North

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Beowulf and Other Stories

A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures

By: Joe Allard,Richard North

Beowulf & Other Stories was first conceived in the belief that the study of Old English – and its close cousins, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman – can be a genuine delight, covering a period as replete with wonder, creativity and magic as any other in literature. Now in a fully revised second edition, the collection of essays written by leading academics in the field is set to build upon its established reputation as the standard introduction to the literatures of the time. Beowulf & Other Stories captures the fire and bloodlust of the great epic, Beowulf, and the sophistication and eroticism of the Exeter Riddles. Fresh interpretations give new life to the spiritual ecstasy of The Seafarer and to the imaginative dexterity of The Dream of the Rood, andprovide the student and general reader with all they might need to explore and enjoy this complex but rewarding field. The book sheds light, too, on the shadowy contexts of the period, with suggestive and highly readable essays on matters ranging from the dynamism of the Viking Age to Anglo-Saxon input into The Lord of the Rings, from the great religious prose works to the transition from Old to Middle English. It also branches out into related traditions, with expert introductions to the Icelandic Sagas, Viking Religion and Norse Mythology. Peter S. Baker provides an outstanding guide to taking your first steps in the Old English language, while David Crystal provides a crisp linguistic overview of the entire period. With a new chapter by Mike Bintley on Anglo-Saxon archaeology and a revised chapter by Stewart Brookes on the prose writers of the English Benedictine Reform, this updated second edition will be essential reading for students of the period.

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Routledge

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1317860411

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9781317860419

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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Relentless Change

A Casebook for the Study of Canadian Business History

By: Joe Martin

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Relentless Change

A Casebook for the Study of Canadian Business History

By: Joe Martin

Casebooks in business history are designed to instruct students in classrooms and boardrooms about the evolution of business management. The first casebook for the study of business history in a Canadian context, Joseph E. Martin's text will help students, both in the classroom and the boardroom, understand the Canadian economy and guide them in making sound decisions and contributing to a healthy, growing economy. Thirteen original case studies from the mid-nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries deal with different industry sectors as well as individual corporations and managers. Overviews provide context by examining major public policy decisions and key developments in the financial system that have affected business practices. Martin also presents eight original tables that trace the evolution of the 60 largest Canadian corporations between 1905 and 2005. Relentless Change is an invaluable resource for instructors and business students and clearly demonstrates how businesses are affected by the interaction of individual decisions, policy changes, and market trends.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442697156

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I MAY NOT BE PERFECT BUT I'M IRISH

By: Joe Sullivan

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I MAY NOT BE PERFECT BUT I'M IRISH

By: Joe Sullivan

This is the story of Joe Kennedy who was born Irish and rich. His father laced his baby bottle with gin, his step-mother failing in her attempt to kill him, tried to have him committed to an insane asylum. Leaving home at 16 Joe faces the world with his fists, drink, and lust for women. His only weapons being Irish and street smarts. Someday he is going to write a book if he can only survive the Jungle, the Pike, and Long Beach, California. This story is real unless you happen to be in it. Then, the author claims it is pure fiction. The 60's never happened and sure as hell never will again.....

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Lulu.com

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1938845013

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9781938845017

On Time and On Budget: Project Management Collection (4 Books)

By: Harvard Business Review,Joe Knight,Roger Thomas,Brad Angus,Aaron J. Shenhar

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On Time and On Budget: Project Management Collection (4 Books)

By: Harvard Business Review,Joe Knight,Roger Thomas,Brad Angus,Aaron J. Shenhar

The Harvard Business Review Project Management Collection is for anyone serious about project management. Project Management for Profit shows every company owner and project manager—at businesses large and small—how to run projects differently. Reinventing Project Management, based on an unprecedented study of more than 600 projects in a variety of businesses and organizations around the globe, provides a new and highly adaptive model for planning and managing projects to achieve superior business results. Also included in this collection are Managing Projects Large and Small, which will walk you through every step of project oversight from start to finish, and the HBR Guide to Project Management, which will help you: build a strong, focused team, break major objectives into manageable tasks, create a schedule that keeps all the moving parts under control, monitor progress toward your goals, manage stakeholders' expectations, and wrap up your project and gauge its success.

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1633691608

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Safety Training Methods

Practical Solutions for the Next Millennium

By: Jack B. Re Velle,Joe Stephenson

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Safety Training Methods

Practical Solutions for the Next Millennium

By: Jack B. Re Velle,Joe Stephenson

A revision of the book used to train workers throughout industry in safety methods. The new edition retains the presentation of practical applications concerned with design, implementation and monitoring of on-the-job safety training. This version is updated to conform with new environmental compliance (EC) requirements and OSHA programs for a wide variety of organizations. It includes a dictionary of commonly used health and safety terms, a model safety program, scores of checklists as well as lists of safety and health-oriented enterprises, associations, periodicals and publications.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471552305

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Breaking Rocks

Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa

By: Joe Trapido

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Breaking Rocks

Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa

By: Joe Trapido

Based on fieldwork in Kinshasa and Paris, Breaking Rocks examines patronage payments within Congolese popular music, where a love song dedication can cost 6,000 dollars and a simple name check can trade for 500 or 600 dollars. Tracing this system of prestige through networks of musicians and patrons – who include gangsters based in Europe, kleptocratic politicians in Congo, and lawless diamond dealers in northern Angola – this book offers insights into ideologies of power and value in central Africa’s troubled post-colonial political economy, as well as a glimpse into the economic flows that make up the hidden side of the globalization.

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Berghahn Books

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1785333992

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Let's Go!

Benjamin Orr and The Cars

By: Joe Milliken

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Let's Go!

Benjamin Orr and The Cars

By: Joe Milliken

“When Ben got out of the hospital he said, ‘When I fall down and can’t pick myself up we’ll know it’s over. Until then, we rock!’” – Jeff Carlisi Benjamin Orr was the co-founder, co-lead singer, and bassist for the platinum-selling rock band The Cars. Often considered the band’s heartthrob, Orr possessed an incredible voice, diverse musical talent, and rare stage presence, all balanced by an enigmatic personality and a relentless determination to reach rock stardom. Selling over 30 million albums worldwide with fifteen Billboard Top 40 hits, The Cars certainly achieved success. Within a decade of the debut album, though, Orr found himself adrift and without a band. Veteran music journalist Joe Milliken draws together interviews with over 120 family members, friends, bandmates, and music associates from Orr's life, as well as many unpublished and never-before-seen photos from private collections, to reveal an intimate portrait of one of classic rock’s greatest talents. From Orr’s first performances as a house-band musician for the TV show UpBeat through his creation of The Cars with Ric Ocasek to Orr’s eventual rebirth with the supergroup Big People, this definitive account of Orr’s life is a rollercoaster ride that sheds new light on the history of The Cars. Orr is no longer able to rock with The Cars, but the music he made with them continues to attract new generations of fans. Coinciding with the band’s 2018 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, thisfirst-everbiography of Benjamin Orr immortalizes his legacy as a deeply kind-hearted and exceptionally talented musician who would stop at nothing to live his rock and roll dream.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538118661

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9781538118665

Breaker Morant

The Final Roundup

By: Joe West,Roger Roper

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Breaker Morant

The Final Roundup

By: Joe West,Roger Roper

Kitchener's scapegoat or a murderous war criminal? The truth about Breaker Morant revealed

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445659662

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Forecast

A Diary of the Lost Seasons

By: Joe Shute

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Forecast

A Diary of the Lost Seasons

By: Joe Shute

Join Joe Shute as he travels across Britain tracing the history of our seasons and discovering how they are changing. We talk about them. We plan our lives around them. The changing seasons are part of us all. But what happens when the weather changes beyond recognition? Joe Shute has spent years unpicking Britain's love affair with the weather, poring over the centuries of folklore, customs and rituals our seasons have inspired. But in recent years Shute has noticed a curious thing: the British seasons are changing far faster and far more profoundly than we realise. Daffodils in December, frogspawn in November, swallows that no longer fly home, floods, wildfires and winters without snow. Nothing is behaving as it should, sending nature into an increasing state of flux. In Forecast, Shute travels all over Britain tracing the history of the seasons, and discovering the extent to which we are now growing disconnected from them. While documenting these warped rhythms caused by the changing weather, he records the parallels in his personal journey as he and his wife struggle to conceive a child. This is a book that races to keep up with the march of the seasons as they rapidly change course. It examines how the weather is reshaping the world around us, and asks what happens to centuries of culture, memory and identity when the very thing they subsist on is slipping away.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472976762

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10th Grade

A Novel

By: Joe Weisberg

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10th Grade

A Novel

By: Joe Weisberg

Jeremiah Reskin has big plans for tenth grade—he wants to make some friends and he wants to take a girl’s shirt off. It’s not going too well at first, but when he meets a group of semibohemian outcasts, things start to change. Soon he’s negotiating his way through group back rubs and trying to find the courage to make a move on Renee Shopmaker, the hottest girl in school. At the behest of his composition teacher, Jeremy’s also chronicling everything in his own novel—a disastrously ungrammatical but unflinching look at sophomore year.

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Random House

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1588361985

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Raleigh

A Brief History

By: Joe A. Mobley

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Raleigh

A Brief History

By: Joe A. Mobley

Since its establishment in 1792 as the "permanent and unalterable seat of government of the state of North Carolina," Raleigh has seen many changes. Historian Joe Mobley offers a detailed and compelling portrait of North Carolina's capital as it has evolved from town to thriving metropolis, from the Civil War and Reconstruction through the Great Depression and Raleigh's coming of age in the decades following World War II. Learn about the many obstacles Raleigh has overcome on its way to becoming a major center of economic, social and political life in North Carolina.

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1614232962

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The Female Reader in the English Novel

From Burney to Austen

By: Joe Bray

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The Female Reader in the English Novel

From Burney to Austen

By: Joe Bray

This book examines how reading is represented within the novels of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Contemporary accounts portrayed the female reader in particular as passive and impressionable; liable to identify dangerously with the world of her reading. This study shows that female characters are often active and critical readers, and develop a range of strategies for reading both texts and the world around them. The novels of Frances Burney, Charlotte Smith, Mary Hays, Elizabeth Inchbald, Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen (among others) reveal a diversity of reading practices, as how the heroine reads is often more important than what she reads. The book combines close stylistic analysis with a consideration of broader intellectual debates of the period, including changing attitudes towards sympathy, physiognomy and portraiture.

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1134156138

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Lotto

By: Joe McDonald

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Lotto

By: Joe McDonald

Michael Collins's life is fast approaching a dead end. Passed over for an expected promotion at work, his only friend is bourbon, and his soon-to-be-ex-wife is having a shameless affair with her boss. When he discovers he owns the 23 million dollar winning Lotto ticket, he thinks he has won the key to happiness-his cheating, venomous wife never needs to know. Norm Feinberg has lost nearly all his retirement savings on the advice of his "full service" broker. To get out of representing petty crooks and flakes for another fifteen years, he is ready to do about anything. Then Michael Collins walks into his office looking to swindle his wife out of her share of the big Lotto jackpot. Norm devises a plan to cheat the cheater and make off with the winnings. Mike Collins will be the perfect patsy. Joe McDonald wanted to know what would happen if a man let big money go to his head before he even got his hands on it. Lotto is the answer. McDonald is a retired insurance broker and is enjoying his second career as a writer. He lives on Mercer Island, Washington, with his wife, Beverly.

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BookPros, LLC

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0981453430

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9780981453439

50 States, 5,000 Ideas

Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do

By: National Geographic,Joe Yogerst

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50 States, 5,000 Ideas

Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do

By: National Geographic,Joe Yogerst

This richly illustrated book from the travel experts at National Geographic showcases the best travel experiences in every state, from the obvious to the unexpected. Sites include national parks, beaches, hotels, Civil War battlefields, dude ranches, out-of-the-way museums, and more. You'll discover the world's longest yard sale in Tennessee, swamp tours in Louisiana, dinosaur trails in Colorado, America's oldest street in NYC, and the best spot to watch for sea otters on the central California coast. Each entry provides detailed travel information as well as fascinating facts about each state that will help fuel your wanderlust and ensure the best vacation possible. In addition to 50 states in the U.S., the book includes a section on the Canadian provinces and territories.

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National Geographic Books

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1426221207

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9781426221200

Chapter 11 Analysis & Financial Restructuring: The Case of Pierre Foods & Oaktree Capital

By: Joe Gensor

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Chapter 11 Analysis & Financial Restructuring: The Case of Pierre Foods & Oaktree Capital

By: Joe Gensor

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Analysis & Financial Restructuring: Pierre Foods & Oaktree Capital--Featuring an Alternative Plan of Reorganization

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0578036134

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Drums In The Distance

Journeys Into the Global Far Right

By: Joe Mulhall

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Drums In The Distance

Journeys Into the Global Far Right

By: Joe Mulhall

Mulhall watches the extreme right revival from the inside - as an anti-fascist infiltrator criss-crossing the global networks of modern fascism - but he brings a deep analytical focus. By the end of it we understand one thing: the threat of a second fascist era is real.' Paul Mason, author of Postcapitalism 'An urgent missive from the global frontlines of the fight against fascism.' Nima Elbagir, CNN Senior International Correspondent A terrifying and timely look at the spread of far-right movements across the globe. Joe Mulhall knows what it's like to stare fascism in the face. For a decade, often undercover at significant personal risk, he has investigated hate groups. He infiltrated a US white supremacist militia, set up a fake Ku Klux Klan branch, has been on countless street marches with violent far-right groups across Europe, and got inside some of the most important 'alt-right' meetings ever held. Brazil, India and the US are still in thrall to authoritarian populism, and far-right views have become steadily normalised in mainstream politics. Mulhall's dramatic experiences on the front line of anti-fascist activism, coupled with his academic research, clearly explain the roots of both elected and non-elected far-right movements across the globe. Above all, he concludes, the far right should not be dehumanised - they are normal people, but with dangerous beliefs that can be defeated. 'Joe has had a unique view of the far right over the past decade as it transformed from a marginal subculture into one of the defining political currents of our time. He understands how these groups think and operate, and is perfectly placed to guide readers through this disturbing but vital story.' Daniel Trilling, journalist and author of Lights In The Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe 'Few, if any, are better placed to write a book of this breadth and scale than Joe Mulhall.' Mark Townsend, Home Affairs editor of the Observer

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Icon Books

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1785787527

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9781785787522

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