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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

By: John Berendt

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

By: John Berendt

THE LANDMARK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city: “Elegant and wicked.... [This] might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime." —The New York Times Book Review • 30th Anniversary Edition with a New Afterword by the Author. Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman's Card Club; the turbulent young redneck gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the "soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariously funny black drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young blacks dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this true-crime book has become a modern classic.

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Vintage

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0307538370

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Moral Wisdom and Good Lives

By: John Kekes

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Moral Wisdom and Good Lives

By: John Kekes

In this profound and yet accessible book, John Kekes discusses moral wisdom: a virtue essential to living a morally good and personally satisfying life. He advances a broad, nontechnical argument that considers the adversities inherent in the human condition and assists in the achievement of good lives. The possession of moral wisdom, Kekes asserts, is a matter of degree: more of it makes lives better, less makes them worse. Exactly what is moral wisdom, however, and how should it be sought? Ancient Greek and medieval Christian philosophers were centrally concerned with it. By contrast, modern Western sensibility doubts the existence of a moral order in reality; and because we doubt it, and have developed no alternatives, we have grown dubious about the traditional idea of wisdom. Kekes returns to the classical Greek sources of Western philosophy to argue for the contemporary significance of moral wisdom. He develops a proposal that is eudaimonistic—secular, anthropocentric, pluralistic, individualistic, and agonistic. He understands moral wisdom as focusing on the human effort to create many different forms of good lives. Although the approach is Aristotelian, the author concentrates on formulating and defending a contemporary moral ideal. The importance of this ideal, he shows, lies in increasing our ability to cope with life's adversities by improving our judgment. In chapters on moral imagination, self-knowledge, and moral depth, Kekes calls attention to aspects of our inner life that have been neglected because of our cultural inattention to moral wisdom. He discusses these inner processes through the tragedies of Sophocles, which can inspire us with their enduring moral significance and help us to understand the importance of moral wisdom to living a good life.

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Cornell University Press

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1501721860

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Growing Shrubs and Small Trees in Cold Climates

Revised and Updated Edition

By: Nancy Rose,Don Selinger,John Whitman

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Growing Shrubs and Small Trees in Cold Climates

Revised and Updated Edition

By: Nancy Rose,Don Selinger,John Whitman

An all-in-one guide for northern gardeners seeking the perfect woody plants

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452933057

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Global Business Regulation

By: John Braithwaite,Peter Drahos

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Global Business Regulation

By: John Braithwaite,Peter Drahos

Across an amazing sweep of the critical areas of business regulation - from contract, intellectual property and corporations law, to trade, telecommunications, labour standards, drugs, food, transport and environment - this book confronts the question of how the regulation of business has shifted from national to global institutions. Based on interviews with 500 international leaders in business and government, this book examines the role played by global institutions such as the WTO, the OECD, IMF, Moody's and the World Bank, as well as various NGOs and significant individuals. The authors argue that effective and decent global regulation depends on the determination of individuals to engage with powerful agendas and decision-making bodies that would otherwise be dominated by concentrated economic interests. This book will become a standard reference for readers in business, law, politics and international relations.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107717507

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The Energy Transition And The Struggle For Global Governance

By: John R Fanchi

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The Energy Transition And The Struggle For Global Governance

By: John R Fanchi

Events around the world have shown that the energy transition is more likely to be chaotic rather than peaceful as nations around the world engage in a struggle to achieve global governance. This unique compendium of useful information will help readers understand how the desire to implement an energy transition is being used to catalyze a change in the modern world order. The book concludes with the identification of possible world orders that might emerge after the energy transition.

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World Scientific

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9811290210

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Applications of Mathematics of Uncertainty

Grand Challenges—Human Trafficking—Coronavirus—Biodiversity and Extinction

By: John N. Mordeson,Sunil Mathew,M. Binu

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Applications of Mathematics of Uncertainty

Grand Challenges—Human Trafficking—Coronavirus—Biodiversity and Extinction

By: John N. Mordeson,Sunil Mathew,M. Binu

This book provides an examination of major problems facing the world using mathematics of uncertainty. These problems include climate change, coronavirus pandemic, human tracking, biodiversity, and other grand challenges. Mathematics of uncertainty is used in a modern more general sense than traditional mathematics. Since accurate data is impossible to obtain concerning human tracking and other global problems, mathematics of uncertainty is an ideal discipline to study these problems. The authors place several scientific studies into different mathematical settings such as nonstandard analysis and soft logic. Fuzzy differentiation is used to model the spread of diseases such as the coronavirus. The book uses fuzzy graph theory to examine the problems of human tracking and illegal immigration. The book is an excellent reference source for advanced under-graduate and graduate students in mathematics and the social sciences as well as for researchers and teachers.

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Springer Nature

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3030869962

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Critical Care Nephrology E-Book

By: Claudio Ronco,Rinaldo Bellomo,John A. Kellum

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Critical Care Nephrology E-Book

By: Claudio Ronco,Rinaldo Bellomo,John A. Kellum

Because of the increase in serious kidney diseases, including end-stage renal disease, your role as a nephrologist, intensivist, surgeon, or critical care physician is quickly expanding. Well received in its 1st edition, this 2nd edition continues to provide comprehensive coverage of the latest advances in critical care procedures for the adult or pediatric patient with renal diseases or disorders. Presents a common language and standardized guidelines to help multi-disciplinary physicians caring for the critically ill communicate more effectively. A new US editor, detailed discussions of different forms of organ support, artificial organs, infections, acute illness occurring in chronic hemodialysis patients, and much more make this book an exceptional resource for anyone who treats critically ill renal patients. Presents a multi-disciplinary and international approach to critical renal care for a thorough and integrated presentation of how to care for critically ill patients with renal disease or complications. Addresses the full range of renal problems, from epidemiology to monitoring and diagnostic procedures to pathophysiology of organ systems in relation to kidney failure. Provides details on different forms of organ support, including liver, lung, and cardiac therapy. Defines common guidelines in nephrology and critical care medicine for better communication among clinicians. Places a special emphasis on therapeutic interventions and treatment procedures for a hands on clinical reference tool. Features a new US editor, Dr. John Kellum, who incorporates his expertise in critical care medicine to the 2nd edition and extends the breadth of coverage with a North American perspective. Discusses new techniques in the field providing you with a comprehensive review of the experimental and clinical work being done. Features shorter, more focused chapters to help you access key facts quicker.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437711111

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The Treadmills of Time

By: Richard John Kosciejew

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The Treadmills of Time

By: Richard John Kosciejew

If the universe is a seamlessly interactive system that evolves to an assigning of some levelling plexuity, and that, the lawful regularities of this universe are emergent properties of this system; we can legibly assume that the cosmos, as a legitimate point of singularity, as an undivided totality in the contributions for making of its whole. In that, for evincing to the progressive principal order of complementarity, as placed within the intertwining relations within its given parts. Minded that this collective and undivided whole exists in some sense within all contributions of its parts, then one can declare positively or firmly maintain that it operates in self-reflective fashion and is the evidence for all emergent plexuities. Since human consciousness evinces self-reflective awareness in the human brain and since this brain is equivalently matched to all physical phenomena, as this can be viewed as an emergent property in the possessive nature of totality, such that it can be found within the whole for existing by its reason of certainty. As, can be feasible as plausibly concluded, that locality presupposes the consciousness of the universe, as we are conscious to its existing conventions within this prevalent response to approaching the expeditions into which of the past-present-future dimensions, allow to some marginal glimpse into the unthinkable.

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1496936175

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Chemical Principles Study Guide/Solutions Manual

By: John Krenos,Joseph Potenza,Carl Hoeger

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Chemical Principles Study Guide/Solutions Manual

By: John Krenos,Joseph Potenza,Carl Hoeger

Written for general chemistry courses, 'Chemical Principles' helps students develop chemical insight by showing the connection between chemical principles and their applications.

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Macmillan

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1429200995

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Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XV

By: John D. Bonagura,David C. Twedt

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Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XV

By: John D. Bonagura,David C. Twedt

- NEW chapters cover the most important, emerging information on current diagnostic, treatment, and preventive challenges in today's veterinary practice. - A new section on feline and canine nutrition covers important issues in nutritional health. - 50 new chapter authors join hundreds of expert international contributors, all of whom are leading authorities in their fields. - NEW! Availability as Pageburst ebook allows you digital access to this volume along with your library of other Elsevier references.

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0323227627

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Texas Supreme Court Justice Bob Gammage

A Jurisprudence of Rights and Liberties

By: John C. Domino

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Texas Supreme Court Justice Bob Gammage

A Jurisprudence of Rights and Liberties

By: John C. Domino

John C. Domino examines Texas Supreme Court Justice Bob Gammage’s progressive jurisprudence during the most tumultuous period in Texas judicial history. This era witnessed numerous seismic shifts, including the manner in which judicial campaigns were conducted, the rise of million dollar judicial races, a dramatic change in the partisan and ideological composition of the Texas Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, and most of the fourteen intermediate appellate courts, as well as the birth of the judicial reform movement in Texas. Gammage, who served as a court of appeals judge and as a state supreme court justice, forged a solid liberal record arguing for robust individual rights, including the right to privacy, freedom of expression, due process, and equal protection, whether those rights were implied in the Texas constitution, rooted in an evolving common law, or set out in state and federal judicial precedent.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498578594

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Managing Global Business Strategies

A Twenty-First-Century Perspective

By: John T McManus,Don White,Neil Botten

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Managing Global Business Strategies

A Twenty-First-Century Perspective

By: John T McManus,Don White,Neil Botten

Aimed at key decision makers and those responsible for global strategy, this book is about changing markets and the complexity of undertaking business in a fast paced technological and knowledge based age in a dynamic and strategic context. Trends show a renaissance in entrepreneurial activity that is fuelling innovation particularly in the so called BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, China and India. For example, both China and India have benefited immensely from Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and as a direct consequence both nation states are reshaping the way global business is conducted and the way investment decisions are made. Evidence would suggest that Europe and the United States are more dependent on the BRIC trading nations for earnings and profits. Geographical distance is no longer a barrier between nations; however, the challenges of ethnic diversity in domestic markets are multiplied by the difficulties of delivering goods and services into global markets with different cultures and languages. This book examines the issues associated with undertaking global business in complex and knowledge related markets. - Written by highly knowledgeable and well-respected practitioners and academics in their field - Provides practical insight and realistic answers to global and strategic problems - Progressive constructs of trends and thoughts to take the reader from the current paradigm to the broader yet application-specific view of global business

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Elsevier

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178063157X

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The Follower Iii

Terrorist Groups in Silicon Valley and Boston Are Smashed by the Follower

By: John Durbin Husher

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The Follower Iii

Terrorist Groups in Silicon Valley and Boston Are Smashed by the Follower

By: John Durbin Husher

When three grisly murders mystify pathologists, Dr. Edward Kim of the United States Science Agency calls on Axel Tressler. By day, Tressler is an ordinary university biology teacher. But, endowed with special capabilities, he also carries out dangerous, top-secret government missions. Kim asks Tressler to go undercover in the Silicon Valley to investigate the improper use of nanoparticles as biological weapons. Kim believes someone is leaking top-secret information to a terrorist organization. Tresslers mission takes him to Boston, Mexico, Great Britain, and Iran, where he faces terrorists involved in the nanoparticle technologies. Tressler must rely on all of his unique skills and abilitiesincluding a high-tech internal computer and an indestructible skin coveringto rescue five American students held in an Iranian jail and thwart Irans attempts to build a nuclear arsenal.

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iUniverse

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1450230237

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Paul, the Passionate Scholar

A Verse-By-Verse Analysis of the Complete Writings of the Apostle Paul Presented in Approximate Chronological Order

By: John D. Rouse MA

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Paul, the Passionate Scholar

A Verse-By-Verse Analysis of the Complete Writings of the Apostle Paul Presented in Approximate Chronological Order

By: John D. Rouse MA

This book is Gods Word, prayerfully unfolding glimpses into the clarifying elements of the Greek text, augmented by historical images of his times. Designed to arouse believers and further deepen their Christian commitment, it can change lives and augment Christian growth of lay readers. The language of the NT Greek holds many keys for unlocking the riches of Gods palace. In a special tour of each chapter, one can marvel over stories of valor and tender moments of love, lavishly displayed in rich flavors and stirring narratives that invigorate the soul.

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WestBow Press

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1490856323

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Social-science Commentary on the Letters of Paul

By: Bruce J. Malina,John J. Pilch

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Social-science Commentary on the Letters of Paul

By: Bruce J. Malina,John J. Pilch

This latest addition to the Fortress Social-Science Commentaries on New Testament writings illuminates the values, perceptions, and social codes of the Mediterranean culture that shaped Paul and his interactions - both harmonious and conflicted - with others, Malina and Pilch add new dimensions to our understanding of the apostle as a social change agent, his coworkers as innovators, and his gospel as an assertion of the honor of the God of Israel.

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0800636406

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Statistical Programming in SAS

By: A. John Bailer

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Statistical Programming in SAS

By: A. John Bailer

Statistical Programming in SAS Second Edition provides a foundation for programming to implement statistical solutions using SAS, a system that has been used to solve data analytic problems for more than 40 years. The author includes motivating examples to inspire readers to generate programming solutions. Upper-level undergraduates, beginning graduate students, and professionals involved in generating programming solutions for data-analytic problems will benefit from this book. The ideal background for a reader is some background in regression modeling and introductory experience with computer programming. The coverage of statistical programming in the second edition includes  Getting data into the SAS system, engineering new features, and formatting variables  Writing readable and well-documented code  Structuring, implementing, and debugging programs that are well documented  Creating solutions to novel problems  Combining data sources, extracting parts of data sets, and reshaping data sets as needed for other analyses  Generating general solutions using macros  Customizing output  Producing insight-inspiring data visualizations  Parsing, processing, and analyzing text  Programming solutions using matrices and connecting to R  Processing text  Programming with matrices  Connecting SAS with R  Covering topics that are part of both base and certification exams.

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CRC Press

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1000735427

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Book's by John A Strong

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Moral Wisdom and Good Lives

Moral Wisdom and Good Lives

Growing Shrubs and Small Trees in Cold Climates

Growing Shrubs and Small Trees in Cold Climates

Global Business Regulation

Global Business Regulation

The Energy Transition And The Struggle For Global Governance

The Energy Transition And The Struggle For Global Governance

Applications of Mathematics of Uncertainty

Applications of Mathematics of Uncertainty

Critical Care Nephrology E-Book

Critical Care Nephrology E-Book

The Treadmills of Time

The Treadmills of Time

Chemical Principles Study Guide/Solutions Manual

Chemical Principles Study Guide/Solutions Manual

Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XV

Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XV

Texas Supreme Court Justice Bob Gammage

Texas Supreme Court Justice Bob Gammage

Managing Global Business Strategies

Managing Global Business Strategies

The Follower Iii

The Follower Iii

Paul, the Passionate Scholar

Paul, the Passionate Scholar

Social-science Commentary on the Letters of Paul

Social-science Commentary on the Letters of Paul

Statistical Programming in SAS

Statistical Programming in SAS

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