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American Founding Son

John Bingham and the Invention of the Fourteenth Amendment

By: Gerard N. Magliocca

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American Founding Son

John Bingham and the Invention of the Fourteenth Amendment

By: Gerard N. Magliocca

John Bingham was the architect of the rebirth of the United States following the Civil War. A leading antislavery lawyer and congressman from Ohio, Bingham wrote the most important part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees fundamental rights and equality to all Americans. He was also at the center of two of the greatest trials in history, giving the closing argument in the military prosecution of John Wilkes Booth’s co-conspirators for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. And more than any other man, Bingham played the key role in shaping the Union’s policy towards the occupied ex-Confederate States, with consequences that still haunt our politics. American Founding Son provides the most complete portrait yet of this remarkable statesman. Drawing on his personal letters and speeches, the book traces Bingham’s life from his humble roots in Pennsylvania through his career as a leader of the Republican Party. Gerard N. Magliocca argues that Bingham and his congressional colleagues transformed the Constitution that the Founding Fathers created, and did so with the same ingenuity that their forbears used to create a more perfect union in the 1780s. In this book, Magliocca restores Bingham to his rightful place as one of our great leaders.

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NYU Press

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1479819913

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Bill and Report of John A. Bingham, and Vote on Its Passage

By: John Armor Bingham

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Bill and Report of John A. Bingham, and Vote on Its Passage

By: John Armor Bingham

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Palala Press

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1378049284

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Two Men Missing

By: John Creasey

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Two Men Missing

By: John Creasey

British detective Patrick Dawlish must find two men who can turn the tide of World War II in this breathtaking mystery from the author of Death in Flames. After solving several sensational cases—and building a stellar reputation—it’s become clear to Intelligence Officer Patrick Dawlish that he doesn’t have to look for trouble for it to find him. Enter Amelia Shortt, the attractive and cunning daughter of a brilliant doctor who’s making strides in helping World War II survivors with shell shock. Amelia thinks she’s convinced Dawlish that someone is blackmailing her father, but Dawlish can’t be manipulated that easily . . . He decides to play her game, but when she disappears, her father is kidnapped, and a murdered servant is left in their wake, Dawlish soon realizes he’s being drawn into a case with the highest of stakes. One of the doctor’s patients holds national security secrets in his shattered mind—and Dawlish finds himself in a deadly race against England’s enemies to find him . . .

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Open Road Media

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150409798X

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New Atlantis

Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans

By: John Swenson

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New Atlantis

Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans

By: John Swenson

At its most intimate level, music heals our emotional wounds and inspires us. At its most public, it unites people across cultural boundaries. But can it rebuild a city? That's the central question posed in New Atlantis, journalist John Swenson's beautifully detailed account of the musical artists working to save America's most colorful and troubled metropolis: New Orleans. The city has been threatened with extinction many times during its three-hundred-plus-year history by fire, pestilence, crime, flood, and oil spills. Working for little money and in spite of having lost their own homes and possessions to Katrina, New Orleans's most gifted musicians--including such figures as Dr. John, the Neville Brothers, "Trombone Shorty," and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux--are fighting back against a tidal wave of problems: the depletion of the wetlands south of the city (which are disappearing at the rate of one acre every hour), the violence that has made New Orleans the murder capitol of the U.S., the waning tourism industry, and above all the continuing calamity in the wake of Hurricane Katrina (or, as it is known in New Orleans, the "Federal Flood"). Indeed, most of the neighborhoods that nurtured the indigenous music of New Orleans were destroyed in the flood, and many of the elder statesmen have died or been incapacitated since then, but the musicians profiled here have stepped up to fill their roles. New Atlantis is their story. Packed with indelible portraits of individual artists, informed by Swenson's encyclopedic knowledge of the city's unique and varied music scene--which includes jazz, R&B, brass band, rock, and hip hop--New Atlantis is a stirring chronicle of the valiant efforts to preserve the culture that gives New Orleans its grace and magic.

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Oxford University Press

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0199781451

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9780199781454

Towards a Rhetoric of Medical Law

By: John Harrington

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Towards a Rhetoric of Medical Law

By: John Harrington

Challenging the dominant account of medical law as normatively and conceptually subordinate to medical or bioethics, this book provides an innovative account of medical law as a rhetorical practice. The aspiration to provide a firm grounding for medical law in ethical principle has not yet been realized. Rather, legal doctrine is marked, if anything, by increasingly evident contradiction and indeterminacy that are symptomatic of the inherently contingent nature of legal argumentation. Against the idea of a timeless, placeless ethics as the master discipline for medical law, this book demonstrates how judicial and academic reasoning seek to manage this contingency, through the deployment of rhetorical strategies, persuasive to concrete audiences within specific historical, cultural and political contexts. Informed by social and legal theory, cultural history and literary criticism, John Harrington’s careful reading of key judicial decisions, legislative proposals and academic interventions offers an original, and significant, understanding of medical law.

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201

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Taylor & Francis

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1317524926

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9781317524922

The Bee-keepers' Guide. Or Manual of the Apiary

By: Albert John Cook

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The Bee-keepers' Guide. Or Manual of the Apiary

By: Albert John Cook

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385482445

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9783385482449

Unwinding the 12-Karat Ticker

The Secret of Morley Mountain

By: John Memeo

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Unwinding the 12-Karat Ticker

The Secret of Morley Mountain

By: John Memeo

In Unwinding the Twelve-Karat Ticker: The Secret of Morley Mountain, a rather mundane summer break appears to be in store for good-natured sixteen-year-old fraternal twins Tyler and Samantha Cole and their friend Jake Rogers. An upcoming houseboat vacation on a nearby lake promises to be the highlight.But a folktale from the bygone gold rush era and clues from an antique pocket watch belonging to a mysterious gambler ignite the prospect of unearthing outlaw treasure hidden near the lake over a century ago. Applying brainpower and old-fashioned legwork, as well as having a bit of luck, the pieces of a curious puzzle begin falling into place.However, a seemingly harmless slip of the tongue alerts others seeking the treasure that someone else may possess the final clue. A dangerous game of cat and mouse ensues with the three teenagers as prey and the hunters eager to pounce. The threesome finds themselves being pursued in an underground world fraught with mystery and danger.When the game is almost over, it appears kith and kin will not be able to rescue them. But as the final card is played, the hunters becoming the hunted, and the teens discover that perhaps dogs are not man's only best friend.2

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662410425

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9781662410420

Switch

By: John Lutz

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Switch

By: John Lutz

Find The Cat, Catch The Killer Dead in her penthouse apartment. Designer scarf around her neck. Dismembered finger in a place it should never be. What the police haven't found is her diamond-and-ruby bracelet, switched with a cheap imitation. A bracelet that mysteriously ended up around the neck of a little girl's pet cat. Now the feline is missing, the killer has struck again--and former NYPD detective Frank Quinn has to track down both the cat and the culprit before the next body drops. Quinn's played his share of cat-and-mouse games before. But this time, when fingers are pointed, the claws come out. . . "Lutz knows how to make you shiver." --Harlan Coben on The Night Spider "A heart-pounding roller coaster." --Jeffery Deaver on Night Victims "Nail-biting. . .dramatic suspense." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Mister X 18,000 Words

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Pinnacle Books

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0786030763

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Rebuilding the Christian Commonwealth

New England Congregationalists and Foreign Missions, 1800-1830

By: John A. AndrewIII

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Rebuilding the Christian Commonwealth

New England Congregationalists and Foreign Missions, 1800-1830

By: John A. AndrewIII

The foreign missionary movement of the early 19th century grew out of the efforts of churches in New England to deal with the changes then taking place in society. The erosion of traditional institutional structures and social values plus the rise of Unitarianism threatened the destruction of the traditional faith. Mr. Andrew holds that the Congregational clergy used foreign missions not only to implant New England culture in heathen lands but also to awaken a sense of community at home.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813156963

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9780813156965

Non-Newtonian Flow in the Process Industries

Fundamentals and Engineering Applications

By: R. P. Chhabra,John Francis Richardson

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Non-Newtonian Flow in the Process Industries

Fundamentals and Engineering Applications

By: R. P. Chhabra,John Francis Richardson

Non-Newtonian fluid behaviour; Rheometry for non-Newtonian fluids; Flow in pipes and conduits of non-circular cross-sections; Flow of multi-phase mixtures in pipes; Particulate systems; Heat transfer characteristics of non-Newtonian fluids in pipes; Momentum, heat and mass transfer in boundary layers; Liquid mixing.

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Butterworth-Heinemann

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0750637706

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9780750637701

Pulse

By: John Lutz

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Pulse

By: John Lutz

A PI’s latest case resembles the work of a serial killer presumed dead in this dark crime thriller by the New York Times–bestselling author of Switch. Some Killers Come Back For More The killer’s depravity is insatiable. What he does to his victims is unthinkable. Homicide detective turned PI Frank Quinn has seen this M.O. before. A demented ritual, it’s the work of Daniel Danielle—a notorious serial killer who blurs the line between male and female, human and monster. Danielle disappeared ten years ago. Is a copycat repeating the crimes? Or has Danielle made a deadly return? Either way, this time the killing won’t stop . . . Praise for the writing of John Lutz “Among the best.” —The San Diego U-T “A major talent.” —John Lescroart “One of the masters.” —Ridley Pearson “In rare form.” —The New York Times Book Review

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Pinnacle Books

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0786030526

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Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design

Volume 51 - Slurry Systems: Instrumentation to Solid-Liquid Separation

By: John J. McKetta Jr

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Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design

Volume 51 - Slurry Systems: Instrumentation to Solid-Liquid Separation

By: John J. McKetta Jr

Slurry Systems, Instrumentation to Solid-Liquid Separation

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CRC Press

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0824726022

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9780824726027

History Shock

When History Collides with Foreign Relations

By: John Dickson

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History Shock

When History Collides with Foreign Relations

By: John Dickson

For over twenty-five years John Dickson served the United States as a Foreign Service officer in North America, South America, the Caribbean, and Africa. In History Shock: When History Collides with Foreign Relations Dickson offers valuable insights into the daily life of a Foreign Service officer and the work of representing the United States. Dickson organizes History Shock around a country-by-country series of lively personal experience vignettes followed by compelling historical analyses of the ways in which his inadequate understanding of the host country’s history, particularly its prior history with the United States, combined with his lack of knowledge of his own nation’s history led to history shock: where dramatically different interpretations of history blocked diplomatic understanding and cooperation. John Dickson offers these “stories with a history” to highlight the interaction between history and foreign relations and to underscore the costs of not knowing the history of our partners and adversaries, much less our own. In both Mexico and Canada in particular we see how our lack of knowledge and understanding of how our long history of military interventions continues to complicate our efforts at developing mutually beneficial relationships with our two closest neighbors. In Nigeria and South Africa, Dickson experienced firsthand how the history of racism in the United States plays out on a world stage and clouds our ability to effectively work with key African nations. Perhaps the starkest example of history shock, of two nations with deeply conflicted views of their own histories and their shared history, is another country near at hand, Cuba. Not all of the gaps are too wide for bridge building; in Peru, Dickson provides an example of how history can be deployed to mutual advantage. The Foreign Service has long sought to improve its training, to provide some form of “playbook” or “operating manual” with systematic case studies for its officers. In History Shock Dickson provides not only a model for such case studies but also a unique contribution of an interpretive framework for how to remedy this deficit, including recommendations for strengthening historical literacy in the Foreign Service.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700632026

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9780700632022

Delphi Complete Works of John Dos Passos (Illustrated)

By: John Dos Passos

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Delphi Complete Works of John Dos Passos (Illustrated)

By: John Dos Passos

One of the major novelists of the post-World War I lost generation, John Dos Passos established a reputation as a social historian and radical critic of American life. His celebrated masterpiece, the U.S.A. trilogy, was ranked by the Modern Library as 23rd of the 100 best English-language novels of the twentieth century. Written in experimental, non-linear form, the landmark trilogy blends elements of biography, song lyrics and news reports to portray a vibrant tapestry landscape of early twentieth-century American culture. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Dos Passos’ complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dos Passos’ life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 15 novels, with individual contents tables * Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including the unfinished novel ‘Century’s Ebb’ * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * The plays and poetry — available in no other collection * Includes a wide selection of Dos Passos’ non-fiction * Features the seminal autobiography ‘The Best Times’ – discover Dos Passos’ literary life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The U.S.A. Trilogy The 42nd Parallel (1930) Nineteen Nineteen (1932) The Big Money (1936) District of Columbia Trilogy Adventures of a Young Man (1939) Number One (1943) The Grand Design (1949) Other Novels One Man’s Initiation — 1917 (1920) Three Soldiers (1921) Streets of Night (1923) Manhattan Transfer (1925) Chosen Country (1951) Most Likely to Succeed (1954) The Great Days (1958) Midcentury (1961) Century’s Ebb (1975) The Plays The Garbage Man (1926) Airways, Inc. (1934) Fortune Heights (1934) The Poetry Poems from ‘Eight Harvard Poets’ (1917) A Pushcart at the Curb (1922) The Non-Fiction Rosinante to the Road Again (1922) Facing the Chair (1927) Orient Express (1927) Why Write for the Theatre Anyway? (1934) The Men Who Made the Nation (1957) Mr. Wilson’s War (1962) Brazil on the Move (1963) The Portugal Story (1969) Easter Island (1970) The Autobiography The Best Times (1966)

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Delphi Classics

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1801701334

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9781801701334

The American Decisions

By: John Proffatt

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The American Decisions

By: John Proffatt

Containing All the Cases of General Value and Authority decided in The Courts of the Several Satates from the earliest issue of the state reports to the year 1862

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Рипол Классик

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5879474607

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9785879474602

The Americans at Normandy

The Summer of 1944--The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise

By: John C. McManus

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The Americans at Normandy

The Summer of 1944--The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise

By: John C. McManus

In this succeeding volume to The Americans at D-Day, McManus does the same for the Battle of Normandy as a whole. Never before has the American involvement in Normandy been examined so thoroughly or exclusively as in The Americans at Normandy. For D-Day was only one part of the battle, and victory came from weeks of sustained effort and sacrifices made by Allied soldiers. Presented here is the American experience during that summer of 1944, from the aftermath of D-Day to the slaughter of the Falaise Gap, from the courageous, famed figures of Bradley, Patton, and "Lightning" Joe Collins to the lesser-known privates who toiled in torturous conditions for their country. Engrossing, lightning-quick, and filled with real human sorrow and elation, The Americans at Normandy honors those Americans who lost their lives in foreign fields and those who survived. Here is their story, finally told with the depth, pathos, and historical perspective it deserves.

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