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John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign

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John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign

By: John Allen Tucker

On September 17,1960, Sen John Kennedy, The Democratic nonimee for president, flew to Greenville, for a campaign rally onn the campus of East Carolina College.

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0738592943

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Itô Jinsai's Gomô Jigi and the Philosophical Definition of Early Modern Japan

By: John Allen Tucker

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Itô Jinsai's Gomô Jigi and the Philosophical Definition of Early Modern Japan

By: John Allen Tucker

This volume presents the first unabridged translation of Itô' Jinsai's (1627-1705) masterwork, the Gomô jigi (Philosophical Lexicography of the Analects and Mencius, 1705), into any western language. The extensively annotated translation opens with a brief textual study of the Gomô jigi and an intellectual biography of Jinsai. While highlighting the Neo-Confucian text, the author suggests that the Gomô jigi espouses a systematic philosophical worldview for chônin, or townspeople, living in the ancient imperial capital, Kyoto, even during an age of ascendant samurai power. The translation makes accessible to Western readers one of the earliest texts of Tokugawa philosophy. Those interested in Chinese and East Asian philosophy will find it enlightening since the topics that Jinsai addresses are also seminal ones in those fields.

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BRILL

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9004644857

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9789004644854

East Carolina University Football

By: Arthur Carlson, Elizabeth Brooke Tolar, and John Allen Tucker

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East Carolina University Football

By: Arthur Carlson, Elizabeth Brooke Tolar, and John Allen Tucker

East Carolina University's Pirates triumphs and tragedies are captured in this collection of striking images. East Carolina University played its first intercollegiate football game on October 29, 1932, against the Scots of Presbyterian Junior College. In the more than eight decades that have followed, the ECU Pirates have experienced triumph and tragedy while creating a premier game-day experience. From the team's early days playing on farmland through the decade-long quest to join the Southern Conference, ECU's rise is recounted through these pages. Players are featured alongside legendary and colorful coaches in this history of Pirate football.

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1467116459

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9781467116459

East Carolina University

By: John Allen Tucker, PhD, and Arthur Carlson

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East Carolina University

By: John Allen Tucker, PhD, and Arthur Carlson

John Allen Tucker, PhD, and Arthur Carlson as they uncover the past of East Carolina University in this unique history. East Carolina University was founded by the State of North Carolina in 1907 as a teacher training school meant to provide professionally trained faculty for schools in the eastern part of the state. Within two decades, the school matured into a teacher's college. Although coeducational from the start, the vast majority of the student body early on was female. Following World War II and the gender transformation of higher education resulting from successive GI Bills, East Carolina emerged with increasing balance as the male student body grew to match the female population on campus. In subsequent decades, East Carolina continued to expand academically, emerging as a research university with a medical school and a dental school. Today, ECU is a leading producer of K-12 teachers in the Southeast as well as a leader nationwide in training practitioners of family medicine. The impressive development of East Carolina has flowed from its embodiment of the school's ethic of service to the local community and, in the broadest context, the best interests of humanity.

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1467120405

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The Confederate Alamo

Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865

By: John J. Fox

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The Confederate Alamo

Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865

By: John J. Fox

The first book-length study about the bloody, chaotic Battle of Fort Gregg: “Sweeping . . . insightful . . . military history at its best.” —Civil War News By April 2, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant’s men had tightened their noose around the vital town of Petersburg, Virginia. Trapped on three sides with a river at their back, the soldiers from General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had never faced such dire circumstances. To give Lee time to craft an escape, a small motley group of threadbare Southerners made a suicidal last stand at a place called Fort Gregg. The venerable Union commander Major General John Gibbon called the struggle “one of the most desperate ever witnessed.” At 1:00 p.m., hearts pounded in the chests of thousands of Union soldiers in Gibbon’s 24th Corps. These courageous men fixed bayonets and charged across 800 yards of open ground into withering small arms and artillery fire. A handful of Confederates rammed cartridges into their guns and fired over Fort Gregg’s muddy parapets at this tidal wave of fresh Federal troops. Short on ammunition and men but not on bravery, these Southerners wondered if their last stand would make a difference. Many of the veterans who fought at this place considered it the nastiest fight of their war experience. Most could not shake the gruesome memories, yet when they passed on, the battle faded with them. On these pages, award-winning historian John Fox resurrects these forgotten stories, using numerous unpublished letters and diaries to take the reader from the Union battle lines all the way into Fort Gregg’s smoking cauldron of hell. Fourteen Federal soldiers would later receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for their valor during this hand-to-hand melee, yet the few bloody Confederate survivors would experience an ignominious end to their war. This richly detailed account is filled with maps, photos, and new perspectives on the strategic effect this little-known battle really had on the war in Virginia.

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Casemate Publishers

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1940669162

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9781940669168

Fundamentals of Dependable Computing for Software Engineers

By: John Knight

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Fundamentals of Dependable Computing for Software Engineers

By: John Knight

Fundamentals of Dependable Computing for Software Engineers presents the essential elements of computer system dependability. The book describes a comprehensive dependability-engineering process and explains the roles of software and software engineers in computer system dependability. Readers will learn: Why dependability matters What it means for a system to be dependable How to build a dependable software system How to assess whether a software system is adequately dependable The author focuses on the actions needed to reduce the rate of failure to an acceptable level, covering material essential for engineers developing systems with extreme consequences of failure, such as safety-critical systems, security-critical systems, and critical infrastructure systems. The text explores the systems engineering aspects of dependability and provides a framework for engineers to reason and make decisions about software and its dependability. It also offers a comprehensive approach to achieve software dependability and includes a bibliography of the most relevant literature. Emphasizing the software engineering elements of dependability, this book helps software and computer engineers in fields requiring ultra-high levels of dependability, such as avionics, medical devices, automotive electronics, weapon systems, and advanced information systems, construct software systems that are dependable and within budget and time constraints.

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CRC Press

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1439862559

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9781439862551

After Whistler

The Artist and His Influence on American Painting

By: Linda Merrill,Robyn Asleson,Lee Glazer,Lacey Taylor Jordan,John Siewert,Marc Simpson,Sylvia Yount

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After Whistler

The Artist and His Influence on American Painting

By: Linda Merrill,Robyn Asleson,Lee Glazer,Lacey Taylor Jordan,John Siewert,Marc Simpson,Sylvia Yount

This illustrated book - published to commemorate the centenary of the artist's death - addresses Whistler's extraordinary legacy and establishes his pivotal place in the history of American art.

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Yale University Press

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0300101252

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9780300101256

John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign

By: John Allen Tucker

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John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign

By: John Allen Tucker

On September 17,1960, Sen John Kennedy, The Democratic nonimee for president, flew to Greenville, for a campaign rally onn the campus of East Carolina College.

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Wilkes County, NC, P&Q Minutes, 1817-1821

By: John A. McGeachy

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Wilkes County, NC, P&Q Minutes, 1817-1821

By: John A. McGeachy

Transcription of 1817-1821 minutes of the Wilkes County (NC) Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions; indexed by personal name, business name, geographic name and subject.

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Lulu.com

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1387920367

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9781387920365

The Forty-Seven Rōnin

The Vendetta in History

By: John A. Tucker

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The Forty-Seven Rōnin

The Vendetta in History

By: John A. Tucker

The Forty-Seven Rōnin vendetta is one of the most famous incidents in Japanese history, but it is also one of the most misunderstood. John A. Tucker seeks to provide a credible account of the vendetta and its afterlife in history. He suggests that, when considered historically and holistically, the vendetta appears as a site of contested cultural ground, with conflicts, disagreements, and debates characterizing its three-century history far more than cultural unanimity about its values, virtues, and icons. Tucker narrates the incident as the historical event that it was, within the context of Tokugawa social, political, cultural, and spiritual history, before exploring the vendetta as conflicted cultural ground, generating a steady flow of essays, novels, plays, and ideologically driven expressions intrinsic to the course of Japanese history. This engaging, accessible study provides insights into ways in which events and debates from early modern history have continued to inform developments in modern Japan.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108614388

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9781108614382

Chase City

By: John Caknipe Jr.

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Chase City

By: John Caknipe Jr.

The rich and vibrant history of Chase City, originally called Raines Tavern, dates back to the mid-1700s. With its mineral springs and fertile farm and timberlands, Chase City, named for former Supreme Court justice Salmon P. Chase, has been a tourist destination since 1733 when surveyor William Byrd II dubbed the area the Land of Eden. Depicted in this volume are the prosperous days of Thoroughbred racehorses and plantations in the 1850s to Reconstruction from 1866 to 1877. The rise, fall, and rebound of the town are traced through vintage photographs, as is the citys current status as the center for commerce and culture, and as a leader in Southsides tobacco market.

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1439619522

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9781439619520

The Brooklyn Dodgers Series

The Kid from Tomkinsville, Keystone Kids, and World Series

By: John R. Tunis

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The Brooklyn Dodgers Series

The Kid from Tomkinsville, Keystone Kids, and World Series

By: John R. Tunis

DIVDIVA special edition of three of John R. Tunis’s novels about the Brooklyn Dodgers, engrossing stories of integrity and strength against all odds/divDIV In The Kid from Tomkinsville, Roy Tucker—a small-town kid from Tomkinsville, Connecticut—has quit his job at the drugstore and packed up for Dodgers training camp in Clearwater, Florida, hoping to make the team as a rookie pitcher. He expects the field to be competitive and realizes he might not pass muster, but after just one practice, he discovers just how difficult a goal he has set. But the Dodgers are an aging team, and owner Jack MacManus is getting tired of the smart remarks from sports reporters and the manager of the rival Giants, Bill Murphy. With a little coaching and encouragement from Dave Leonard, the oldest catcher in the big leagues, this kid from Tomkinsville might be just what the team needs./divDIV In Keystone Kids, the Brooklyn Dodgers have been flagging, dropping through the ranks as the Pittsburgh Pirates take the league. When a scout brings Spike and Bob Russell up from the minor leagues, the “Keystone Kids” quickly prove their worth. With Spike at shortstop and Bob at second base, the future starts to look a little brighter—but Spike sees the slumping team begin to fall apart again the following year. Exasperated and tired of being in last place, owner Jack MacManus unexpectedly promotes Spike to manager, hoping to shake his team of its losing habit./divDIV And in World Series, the Brooklyn Dodgers have finally made it to the World Series, after years of losing seasons and disappointments. Roy Tucker, the kid from Tomkinsville, is excited about the series, and also about the prospect of a little extra money to send home to his grandmother in Connecticut. The Cleveland Indians are now all that stands between the Dodgers and their first-ever championship. But this seven-game series could be the longest they’ve ever played, plagued by injuries, setbacks, and early losses. Will Tucker and his Brooklyn teammates finally have their moment of glory?/divDIV/div/div

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Open Road Media

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1480466093

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9781480466098

Capitalism and Classical Social Theory

Fourth Edition

By: John Bratton,David Denham

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Capitalism and Classical Social Theory

Fourth Edition

By: John Bratton,David Denham

Capitalism and Classical Social Theory offers a rigorous introduction to classical social theory, highlighting the enduring relevance of classical works for understanding the many crises of the contemporary world. This popular theory book introduces students to a selection of classical social thinkers and demonstrates the relevance of the classical canon in contemporary society – a society marked by social inequality, insecurity, transformative AI, and the climate emergency. The fourth edition features updated examples, data, and images throughout, as well as new material on early American sociology and new literature on classical social theorists from the past five years. It reintroduces a chapter on Georg Simmel and urbanism, and it includes a new chapter exploring the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and class, race, and gender. While attentive to historical context, Capitalism and Classical Social Theory argues that classical theorists speak directly to the present challenges of inequality, social change, and the climate crisis in the twenty-first century.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487556330

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9781487556334

Book's by John Allen Tucker

John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign

John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign

Itô Jinsai's Gomô Jigi and the Philosophical Definition of Early Modern Japan

Itô Jinsai's Gomô Jigi and the Philosophical Definition of Early Modern Japan

East Carolina University Football

East Carolina University Football

East Carolina University

East Carolina University

The Confederate Alamo

The Confederate Alamo

Fundamentals of Dependable Computing for Software Engineers

Fundamentals of Dependable Computing for Software Engineers

After Whistler

After Whistler

John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign

John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign

Wilkes County, NC, P&Q Minutes, 1817-1821

Wilkes County, NC, P&Q Minutes, 1817-1821

The Forty-Seven Rōnin

The Forty-Seven Rōnin

Chase City

Chase City

The Brooklyn Dodgers Series

The Brooklyn Dodgers Series

Capitalism and Classical Social Theory

Capitalism and Classical Social Theory

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