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The Life and Fate of Vasily Grossman

By: John Garrard,Carol Garrard

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The Life and Fate of Vasily Grossman

By: John Garrard,Carol Garrard

“A definitive treatment of one of the Soviet Union’s most significant writers.”—The Russian Review Vasily Grossman (1905–64), one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century, served for over 1,000 days with the Red Army as a war correspondent on the Eastern front. He was present during the street-fighting at Stalingrad, and his 1944 report “The Hell of Treblinka,” was the first eyewitness account of a Nazi death camp. Though he finished the war as a decorated lieutenant colonel, his epic account of the battle of Stalingrad, Life and Fate, was suppressed by Soviet authorities, and never published in his lifetime. Declared a non-person, Grossman died in obscurity. Only in 1980, with the posthumous publication in Switzerland of Life and Fate was his remarkable novel to gain an international reputation. This meticulously researched biography by John and Carol Garrard uses archival and unpublished sources that only became available after the collapse of the Soviet Union. A gripping narrative. “Fascinating . . . gives the reader a very clear insight into the horrors of the War on the Eastern Front . . . For anyone interested either in WWII or Soviet Communism, this book is a must.”—R.J. (Dick) Lloyd, author of Three Glorious Years “Grossman is a sufficiently important Soviet cultural figure to deserve a biography, and through his the Garrards say a good deal about cultural politics, internal repression, and antisemitism in the Soviet Union.”—Foreign Affairs

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178159404X

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Technoir

By: John Lasker

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Technoir

By: John Lasker

Investigations into the Phoenix Lights, the Lake Erie Lights, the U.S. military's emerging arsenal of Space Weapons, the super fuel that could bring about Battlefield Moon, how Nelson Mandela helped turn the tide in Iraq, the Forever War in cyberspace, the PlayStation War that's ravaged Africa, the rigging of the 2004 Presidential Election, Murder Simulators, the UFO invasion of Halloween 1973, and other stories from the Darkside of Technology.

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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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Durability 2000

Accelerated and Outdoor Weathering Testing

By: Warren D. Ketola,John D. Evans

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Durability 2000

Accelerated and Outdoor Weathering Testing

By: Warren D. Ketola,John D. Evans

Drawn from a January 2000 symposium held in New Orleans, the 13 papers in this collection discuss characterization of materials that have been subjected to exposure tests; advances and new developments in outdoor, indoor and laboratory accelerated tests; and service life prediction. Topics include t

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Where the Angels Come Toward Us

Selected Essays, Reviews & Interviews

By: David St. John

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Where the Angels Come Toward Us

Selected Essays, Reviews & Interviews

By: David St. John

For almost twenty years, from the publication of his seminal and highly influential collection of poems Hush to the appearance of the stunning Study for the World's Body: New and Selected Poems, David St. John has been considered one of the most accomplished and innovative of all American poets. Here, for the first time, David St. John has selected from essays and reviews written over the course of his career--about many of the major figures of our time: W. S. Merwin, Philip Levine, Mark Strand, Charles Wright, Donald Hall, Marvin Bell, Donald Justice, Jorie Graham, and dozens of others--and brought them together with six uncompromising and refreshingly candid interviews about the craft of poetry and the state of poetry today. Always passionate about the poets he loves and always provocative in his poetic judgements, David St. John has given us a lucid and exciting volume of prose that all readers of poetry can turn to for both pleasure and instruction."-- Back cover.

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White Pine Press

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1877727466

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World War 2 and the Soviet People

Selected Papers from the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, 1990

By: John Garrard,Alison Healicon

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World War 2 and the Soviet People

Selected Papers from the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, 1990

By: John Garrard,Alison Healicon

Selected papers from the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, 1990.

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Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004

By: John Stewart

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Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004

By: John Stewart

On March 31, 1943, the musical Oklahoma! premiered and the modern era of the Broadway musical was born. Since that time, the theatres of Broadway have staged hundreds of musicals--some more noteworthy than others, but all in their own way a part of American theatre history. With more than 750 entries, this comprehensive reference work provides information on every musical produced on Broadway since Oklahoma's 1943 debut. Each entry begins with a brief synopsis of the show, followed by a three-part history: first, the pre-Broadway story of the show, including out-of-town try-outs and Broadway previews; next, the Broadway run itself, with dates, theatres, and cast and crew, including replacements, chorus and understudies, songs, gossip, and notes on reviews and awards; and finally, post-Broadway information with a detailed list of later notable productions, along with important reviews and awards.

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Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources

Eighth Edition

By: John C. Hendee,Chad P. Dawson,Wenonah F. Sharpe

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Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources

Eighth Edition

By: John C. Hendee,Chad P. Dawson,Wenonah F. Sharpe

For 75 years, few textbooks have served a topic as well as Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources. Widely recognized for its comprehensive yet engaging coverage, this major revision provides an outstanding, up to date overview of management issues, conservation policies and practices related to forests and renewable resources, and an authoritative perspective on how these topics are evolving. New directions are covered, including: green certification of forest management and wood products; improved harvest practices in response to public concerns; carbon sequestration and ecological services as important forest yields; ecosystem restoration and resilience as management responds to concerns about global warming; and more. Well-illustrated with new examples, case studies and abundant photos, this eighth edition describes the importance and history of forests, evolution of policy, North American distribution of forests, and moves on to describe forest health strategies to combat insects, disease, damage from mammals, and fire. Ecological principles are explained as basis for forest management, with chapters on management of the associated resources of wildlife, watersheds and streams, range resources, outdoor recreation and wilderness. Market concerns and technology are embraced in chapters on economics, measurement and analysis, harvesting, and forest products. Concluding chapters describe management of forests and renewable resources by the federal government, by states, by private land owners, and in urban areas and communities. For forestry, natural resource, and environmental science students, involved citizens and resource users and professionals, this book is your reference and guide to forests and renewable resources.

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1478608951

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Escape, Escapism, Escapology

American Novels of the Early Twenty-First Century

By: John Limon

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Escape, Escapism, Escapology

American Novels of the Early Twenty-First Century

By: John Limon

Escape, Escapism, Escapology: American Novels of the Early Twenty-First Century identifies and explores what has emerged as perhaps the central theme of 21st-century American fiction: the desire to escape-from the commodified present, from directionless history, from moral death-at a time of inescapable globalization. The driving question is how to find an alternative to the world within the world, at a time when utopian and messianic ideals have lost their power to compel belief. John Limon traces the American answer to that question in the writings of some of the most important authors of the last two decades-Chabon, Diaz, Foer, Eggers, Donoghue, Groff, Ward, Saunders, and Whitehead, among others-and finds that it always involves the faux utopian freedom and pseudo-messianic salvation of childhood. When contemporary novelists feature actual historical escape, pervasively from slavery or Nazism, it appears in their novels as escape envy or escape nostalgia-as if globalization like slavery or Nazism could be escaped in a direction, from this place to another. Thus the closing of the world frontier inspires a mirror messianism and utopianism that in US novels can only be rendered as a performative, momentary, chiasmic relationship between precocious kids and their ludic guardians.

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1501391097

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Number One

A Novel

By: John Dos Passos

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Number One

A Novel

By: John Dos Passos

Tyler Spotswood, an alcoholic campaign manager, helps elect a corrupt Southern politician to the U.S. Senate. When his boss, Chuck Crawford aka “Number One,” pins a scandal on Spotswood, Tyler is too drunk to blow the whistle. Number One draws many comparisons to Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men. Crawford reminds many of Louisiana politician Huey Long, a figure studied in person by Dos Passos.

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Open Road Media

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THE EXTERIOR VIEWPOINT

By: John G. Marson

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THE EXTERIOR VIEWPOINT

By: John G. Marson

This upbeat novel concerns a group called the Church of Enlightenment. Two members, George and Jennifer, go on the first expedition to Mars, where they are marooned. Running out of oxygen, they discover a milelong sentient starship inside the Face. Meanwhile, on Earth, a group of alien beings have been taking over the bodies of influential individuals and using them to conduct a war against humans. Attacked by the aliens, George, Jennifer, and the other Church members flee on the starship to another planet, where they develop superhuman powers, and return to defeat the aliens.

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1456833421

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The Last and Greatest Battle

Finding the Will, Commitment, and Strategy to End Military Suicides

By: John Bateson

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The Last and Greatest Battle

Finding the Will, Commitment, and Strategy to End Military Suicides

By: John Bateson

In The Last and Greatest Battle--the first book devoted exclusively to the problem of military suicides--John Bateson brings this neglected crisis into the spotlight"--

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199392323

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Anatomy of a Killing

By: John Leslie Evans

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Anatomy of a Killing

By: John Leslie Evans

An international film star is found brutally murdered in his Hollywood Hills mansion. A secret life of lies, deception and sex-for-hire . . . a shocking confession which turns brother against brother, a juvenile detention facility where hate, racism and violence are submerged in secrecy: These are the electrifying elements that lead two LAPD detectives into a baffling case no witnesses, no suspects. Their only clue is a bloody footprint. Stripping away the City of Angels' glittering facade, the detectives are drawn into a dark web of greed, betrayal, prostitution, and murder.

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140335409X

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Progressive Lawyers under Siege

Moral Panic during the McCarthy Years

By: Colin Wark,John F. Galliher

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Progressive Lawyers under Siege

Moral Panic during the McCarthy Years

By: Colin Wark,John F. Galliher

This is a study of a progressive law firm and its three partners. The firm was founded in 1936 and existed until the death of one partner in 1965. The partners were harassed by the FBI primarily for defending labor union members and leaders and the defense of both. The firm’s primary client was Harry Bridges, the long term President on the International Longshoreman’s and Warehouseman’s Union (ILWU). The irony was that the more the FBI persecuted labor unions, the more business the firm had from those harassed by the FBI. During this time the FBI was primarily interested in controlling the Communist Party. While the clients of the firm were sometimes Communists, the law partners were not Communist Party members. In both of these ways the FBI was wasting its time in persecuting this firm. Although the primary data used involved existing records (for example all of the partners had extensive FBI files), we also interviewed colleagues and relatives of the partners.

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Lexington Books

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0739195611

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The Rhetorical Career of Cesar Chavez

By: John C. Hammerback,Richard J. Jensen

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The Rhetorical Career of Cesar Chavez

By: John C. Hammerback,Richard J. Jensen

Although born into one of the least powerful segments of American society, César Chávez led the farm-labor movement to unprecedented heights. His powerful effect on audiences is well known, but award-winning scholars John C. Hammerback and Richard J. Jensen offer the first explanation of how Chávez achieved that effect. Although other studies of Chávez exist, none has examined so thoroughly his rhetoric nor analyzed in depth such a large number of Chávez's own texts--scores of which have previously been unstudied. Chávez was an indefatigable speaker, writer, and non-discursive communicator who developed a well-thought-out approach to his rhetorical discourse and placed his speaking and writing at the very center of his career. By merging thought and character in his themes, arguments, and explanations, and in his first and second personae, Chávez was able to identify with the character of his listeners. That identification induced many audience members to support Chávez's agenda for union activism. The authors have developed a model "to help explain Chávez's startling transformation of some audiences and persuasion of others." Hammerback and Jensen reveal that Chávez's world view motivated him to work tirelessly and directed him to the particular rhetorical qualities and techniques that characterized his discourse. The authors also demonstrate Chávez's surprising effectiveness as a rhetor despite his soft-spoken style, uncharacteristic of most powerful orators.

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Texas A&M University Press

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Mortal Adhesions

A Surgeon Battles the Seven Deadly Sins to Find Faith, Happiness, and Inner Peace

By: John Sottosanti

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Mortal Adhesions

A Surgeon Battles the Seven Deadly Sins to Find Faith, Happiness, and Inner Peace

By: John Sottosanti

Can money, power, and prestige sustain happiness? Can a surgeon trained in the scientific method believe in God when many friends and patients are atheists? Relying on his intelligence and perseverance, at age forty-two, Dr. Sottosanti achieved the American dream--money, power, fame, and a clifftop house overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Finding himself mired in the Seven Deadly Sins (his "mortal adhesions") and helpless to extricate himself, he cried out in despair, "God, if you are up there, all I want is inner peace." And with that one submission, his life changed, resulting in a cascade of improbable and unbelievable events, culminating in a salvific miracle experienced in the tomb of a medieval saint during a pilgrimage on Spain's Camino de Santiago. Faith, happiness, and inner peace followed. Readers will travel with him to learn life's lessons in an inspiring, riveting, fast-paced memoir.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666774480

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Crossroads

How the Blues Shaped Rock 'n' Roll (and Rock Saved the Blues)

By: John Milward

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Crossroads

How the Blues Shaped Rock 'n' Roll (and Rock Saved the Blues)

By: John Milward

The blues revival rescued the creators of America's most influential music from dusty obscurity, put them onstage in front of a vast new audience, and created rock 'n' roll

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UPNE

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1555537448

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Psychological Assessment and Testing

A Clinician's Guide

By: John M. Spores

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Psychological Assessment and Testing

A Clinician's Guide

By: John M. Spores

Expanding upon and updating the first edition, this comprehensive guide instructs readers on how to effectively conduct psychological assessment and testing in their practice, efficiently advancing a case from the initial referral and clinical interview, through the testing process, and leading to informed diagnosis and treatment recommendations. This second edition incorporates updated editions of all major tests, pertinent revisions from the DSM-5, more in-depth analysis of testing topics, and coverage of new constructs that are the targets of psychological testing relevant to outpatient mental health practice. Readers will learn about the fundamentals of assessment, testing, and psychological measurement, the complete process of psychological testing using a broad range of major tests, supplemented by interpretive flowcharts and case examples.. Downloadable practice and report forms, along with data tables with pre-drafted interpretive excerpts for all tests are also available for immediate use in clinical practice. Psychologists in both practice and training will come away with the tools and knowledge needed to successfully conduct psychological assessment and testing within the contemporary mental health field.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000590674

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Mechanisms of Atmospheric Oxidation of the Oxygenates

By: Jack Calvert,Abdelwahid Mellouki,John Orlando,Michael Pilling,Timothy Wallington

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Mechanisms of Atmospheric Oxidation of the Oxygenates

By: Jack Calvert,Abdelwahid Mellouki,John Orlando,Michael Pilling,Timothy Wallington

Prepared by an international team of eminent atmospheric scientists, Mechanisms of Atmospheric Oxidation of the Oxygenates is an authoritative source of information on the role of oxygenates in the chemistry of the atmosphere. The oxygenates, including the many different alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, acids, esters, and nitrogen-atom containing oxygenates, are of special interest today due to their increased use as alternative fuels and fuel additives. This book describes the physical properties of oxygenates, as well as the chemical and photochemical parameters that determine their reaction pathways in the atmosphere. Quantitative descriptions of the pathways of the oxygenates from release or formation in the atmosphere to final products are provided, as is a comprehensive review and evaluation of the extensive kinetic literature on the atmospheric chemistry of the different oxygenates and their many halogen-atom substituted analogues. This book will be of interest to modelers of atmospheric chemistry, environmental scientists and engineers, and air quality planning agencies as a useful input for development of realistic modules designed to simulate the atmospheric chemistry of the oxygenates, their major oxidation products, and their influence on ozone and other trace gases within the troposhere.

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Oxford University Press

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0199877475

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Live at the Fillmore East and West

Getting Backstage and Personal with Rock's Greatest Legends

By: John Glatt

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Live at the Fillmore East and West

Getting Backstage and Personal with Rock's Greatest Legends

By: John Glatt

From the Allman Brothers Band to Frank Zappa, and through the interweaving lives of Bill Graham, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, and Carlos Santana, author John Glatt chronicles the story of the 1960s’ rock music Colossus that stood astride the East and West Coasts—Graham’s twin temples of rock, the Fillmore East and Fillmore West.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493016725

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Nursing Leadership

By: John Daly,Sandra Speedy,Debra Jackson

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Nursing Leadership

By: John Daly,Sandra Speedy,Debra Jackson

Nursing Leadership covers contemporary concepts in leadership and management and their application to nursing practice. In addition to covering the fundamentals, a wide range of current topics are addressed including: change management, contemporary approaches to nursing care delivery & health outcomes evaluation; developing & enhancing quality in nursing practice; research based practice; cultural change processes; shared governance; development & leadership of staff; quality of work life issues; quality work environments; and industrial relations. Nursing Leadership provides a fresh innovative approach to the topic and is designed to stimulate interest in theory and concepts as well as providing the reader with strategies that can be readily tested and applied in practice.

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Elsevier Australia

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0729537412

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Health Care Economics

By: John B. Davis,Robert McMaster

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Health Care Economics

By: John B. Davis,Robert McMaster

The analytical approach of standard health economics has so far failed to sufficiently account for the nature of care. This has important ramifications for the analysis and valuation of care, and therefore for the pattern of health and medical care provision. This book sets out an alternative approach, which places care at the center of an economics of health, showing how essential it is that care is appropriately recognized in policy as a means of enhancing the dignity of the individual. Whereas traditional health economics has tended to eschew value issues, this book embraces them, introducing care as a normative element at the center of theoretical analysis. Drawing upon care theory from feminist works, philosophy, nursing and medicine, and political economy, the authors develop a health care economics with a moral basis in health care systems. In providing deeper insights into the nature of care and caring, this book seeks to redress the shortcomings of the standard approach and contribute to the development of a more person-based approach to health and medical care in economics. Health Care Economics will be of interest to researchers and postgraduate students in health economics, heterodox economists, and those interested in health and medical care.

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Routledge

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1317294009

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Globalization, Economic Growth and Innovation Dynamics

By: Paul J.J. Welfens,John T. Addison,David B. Audretsch,Thomas Gries,Hariolf Grupp

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Globalization, Economic Growth and Innovation Dynamics

By: Paul J.J. Welfens,John T. Addison,David B. Audretsch,Thomas Gries,Hariolf Grupp

In the new global economy, more countries have opened up to international competition and rapid capital flows. However, in the triad the process of globalization is rather asymmetric. With a rising role of multinational companies there are favorable prospects for higher global growth and economic catching-up, respectively. Theoretical analysis suggests key ingredients of sustained growth, but there is also a new concept of a long-term equilibrium income gap in which convergence is rather unlikely. The analysis also picks up European and US labor market issues in the context of economic globalization and raises the question of which EU policies in the field of labor market reform and of innovation policies are adequate.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540658580

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Going for Broke

How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming 80s to a Crashing Halt

By: John Rothchild

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Going for Broke

How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming 80s to a Crashing Halt

By: John Rothchild

Rothchild tells the incredible story of Robert Campeau's rise and fall, from his acquisition of major department store chains with $11 billion in loans the banks were all too eager to give, to his demise, when the overwhelming debt, coupled with eccentric management practices, drove him into bankruptcy. A fitting epilogue to the money-mad "Era of Debt"--a story of bankers who bent the rules of lending until they broke. Photographs.

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1893122611

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Functional Neuroscience

3 Volume Set

By: E. Roy John,Robert W. Thatcher,Thalía Harmony

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Functional Neuroscience

3 Volume Set

By: E. Roy John,Robert W. Thatcher,Thalía Harmony

The late E. Roy John is considered the pioneer in the field of neurometrics – the science of measuring the underlying organization of the brain’s electrical activity. Volume 1, co-authored by Robert W. Thatcher, and Volume 2 both originally published in 1977, were among the first books this field. Volume 3, written by colleague Thalía Harmony, followed in 1984. The field expanded significantly in the 1990s and thousands of articles have subsequently been published. Available together for the first time these 3 volumes were important foundational works for the fields of quantitative electrophysiology and neurometrics.

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1000807622

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Foundations of Cognitive Processes

By: Robert W. Thatcher,E. Roy John

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Foundations of Cognitive Processes

By: Robert W. Thatcher,E. Roy John

Originally published in 1977, this title describes the basic structure and function of the brain, as well as the highest cognitive functions, using data from various disciplines to detail ways in which behaviorally relevant functions are mediated by the neural systems. Among the topics discussed are the neurophysiology of emotion, the chemical basis of memory, daily subjective experience and psychopathology, and information representation. A major purpose of this volume was to provide the student not only with a sound foundation in functional neuroscience, but also to equip them with a detailed understanding of how these facts and methods can be applied to clinical problems.

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1000397823

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The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God

By: John R. Powers

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The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God

By: John R. Powers

All religions have worked hard to give you the impression that I'm a stiff; the kind of guy you'd never invite to a party. . . . I like laughter and the people who do it; from the twitterers to the chucklers to those whose laughter roars out in a gallop of explosions. To me, laughter is taking a bite out of life and saying, "Just right." Signed: God Clever yet cynical Tim Conroy, a failed idealist with a chip on his shoulder, is unable to find a secure place for himself in 1960s South Side Chicago. He narrates his bittersweet struggles with God, sex, career, and education in a voice that evokes an Irish Catholic Holden Caulfield. This poignant, skillfully told tale concludes John R. Powers's memorable coming-of-age trilogy that includes The Last Catholic in America and Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

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Economics of Health Care

By: John Henderson,Alastair Mcguire,Gavin Mooney

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Economics of Health Care

By: John Henderson,Alastair Mcguire,Gavin Mooney

First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Clinical and Neuropsychological Aspects of Closed Head Injury

By: John T. E. Richardson

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Clinical and Neuropsychological Aspects of Closed Head Injury

By: John T. E. Richardson

The book begins by considering the epidemiology, causes and structural neuropathology of closed head injury, considers the impact of closed head injury and finally details the outcome, mechanisms for recovery and rehabilitation.

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A Theory of Feeding and Growth of Animals

By: John R Parks

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A Theory of Feeding and Growth of Animals

By: John R Parks

Geoffrey R. Dolby, PhD One of the principal characteristics of a scientific theory is that it be falsifiable. It must contain predictions about the real world which can be put to experimental test. Another very important characteristic of a good theory is that it should take full cognisance of the literature of the discipline in which it is embedded, and that it should be able to explain, at least as well as its competitors, those experimental results which workers in the discipline accept without dispute. Readers of John Parks' book will be left in no doubt that his theory of the feeding and growth of animals meets both of the above criteria. The author's knowledge of the literature of animal science and the seriousness of his attempt to incorporate the results of much previous work into the framework of the present theory result in a rich and imaginative integration of diverse material concerned with the growth and feeding of animals through time, a theory which is made more precise through the judicious use of mathematics. The presentation is such that the key concepts are introduced gradually and readers not accustomed to a mathematical treatment will find that they can appreciate the ideas without undue trauma. The key concepts are clearly illustrated by means of a generous set of figures. The crux of the theory comprises three differential Eqs. (7. 1-7.

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On the Road with Janis Joplin

By: John Byrne Cooke

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On the Road with Janis Joplin

By: John Byrne Cooke

One of Parade's Top Ten Rock n' Roll Reads As a road manager and filmmaker, he helped run the Janis Joplin show--and record it for posterity. Now he reveals the never-before-told story of his years with the young woman from Port Arthur who would become the first female rock and roll superstar--and depart the stage too soon. In 1967, as the new sound of rock and roll was taking over popular music, John Byrne Cooke was at the center of it all. As a member of D.A. Pennebaker's film crew, he witnessed the astonishing breakout performances of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival that June. Less than six months later, he was on a plane to San Francisco, taking a job as road manager for Janis and her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company. From then on, Cooke was Joplin's road manager amid a rotating cast of musicians and personnel, a constant presence behind the scenes as the woman called Pearl took the world by storm. Cooke was there when Janis made the difficult decision to leave Big Brother and form a new band. He was with her when the Kozmic Blues Band toured Europe in the spring of 1969, when they performed at Woodstock in August, and when Janis and Full Tilt Boogie took their famous Festival Express train trip across Canada. He accompanied Janis to her friend and mentor Ken Threadgill's 70th birthday party, and was at her side when she attended her tenth high school reunion in Port Arthur, Texas. This intimate memoir spans the years he spent with Janis, from her legendary rise to her tragic last days. Cooke tells the whole incredible story as only someone who lived it could. INCLUDES PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS

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The Most Dangerous Man in America

Rush Limbaugh's Assault on Reason

By: John K. Wilson

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The Most Dangerous Man in America

Rush Limbaugh's Assault on Reason

By: John K. Wilson

John K. Wilson, the author of President Trump Unveiled, tackles the ideologies of America’s most notorious conservative radio talk show icon in The Most Dangerous Man in America: Rush Limbaugh’s Assault on Reason. Rush Limbaugh is the most prominent figure in the conservative movement with millions of listeners every week on more than six hundred stations—a larger media platform than almost any other individual in the nation. And this is why he is so dangerous. Despite refusing to uphold even the most basic standards of journalism, Rush has been given an extensive, wide-reaching platform with which to spew his venom. And spew it he does! In this book, author John K. Wilson uses the most damning evidence of all—Rush’s own words—to deliver the ultimate indictment of Limbaugh’s bankrupt ideology and how it embodies the decline of the conservative movement. Wilson catalogs the world according to Rush—from the political conspiracies to his disdain for scientific evidence and apparent love of racist, sexist, and homophobic stereotypes—and shows how the radio personality poisons any rational political rhetoric with an endless stream of slurs, lies, and intimidation. Most revealingly, the author demonstrates how Limbaugh’s blustering, baseless proclamations and love for savage, personal attacks have had a chilling effect on both parties, as he viciously targets not only liberals but also any Republican who dares question one of his conclusions. Meanwhile, Rush’s viselike grip on the political arena has created a media monster so powerful that even liberal commentators are forced to engage with him and his polarizing discourse. The Most Dangerous Man in America reveals Rush Limbaugh to be just that. No matter what you thought about the man before, you will never feel the same way about him again.

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Child Labor in America

The Epic Legal Struggle to Protect Children

By: John A. Fliter

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Child Labor in America

The Epic Legal Struggle to Protect Children

By: John A. Fliter

Child labor law strikes most Americans as a fixture of the country’s legal landscape, involving issues settled in the distant past. But these laws, however self-evidently sensible they might seem, were the product of deeply divisive legal debates stretching over the past century—and even now are subject to constitutional challenges. Child Labor in America tells the story of that historic legal struggle. The book offers the first full account of child labor law in America—from the earliest state regulations to the most recent important Supreme Court decisions and the latest contemporary attacks on existing laws. Children had worked in America from the time the first settlers arrived on its shores, but public attitudes about working children underwent dramatic changes along with the nation’s economy and culture. A close look at the origins of oppressive child labor clarifies these changing attitudes, providing context for the hard-won legal reforms that followed. Author John A. Fliter describes early attempts to regulate working children, beginning with haphazard and flawed state-level efforts in the 1840s and continuing in limited and ineffective ways as a consensus about the evils of child labor started to build. In the Progressive Era, the issue finally became a matter of national concern, resulting in several laws, four major Supreme Court decisions, an unsuccessful Child Labor Amendment, and the landmark Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Fliter offers a detailed overview of these events, introducing key figures, interest groups, and government officials on both sides of the debates and incorporating the latest legal and political science research on child labor reform. Unprecedented in its scope and depth, his work provides critical insight into the role child labor has played in the nation’s social, political, and legal development.

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A Secure Base

By: John Bowlby

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A Secure Base

By: John Bowlby

As Bowlby himself points out in his introduction to this seminal childcare book, to be a successful parent means a lot of very hard work. Giving time and attention to children means sacrificing other interests and activities, but for many people today these are unwelcome truths. Bowlby’s work showed that the early interactions between infant and caregiver have a profound impact on an infant's social, emotional, and intellectual growth. Controversial yet powerfully influential to this day, this classic collection of Bowlby’s lectures offers important guidelines for child rearing based on the crucial role of early relationships.

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For All the People

Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America

By: John Curl

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Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America

By: John Curl

Seeking to reclaim a history that has remained largely ignored by most historians, this dramatic and stirring account examines each of the definitive American cooperative movements for social change—farmer, union, consumer, and communalist—that have been all but erased from collective memory. Focusing far beyond one particular era, organization, leader, or form of cooperation, For All the People documents the multigenerational struggle of the American working people for social justice. While the economic system was in its formative years, generation after generation of American working people challenged it by organizing visionary social movements aimed at liberating themselves from what they called wage slavery. Workers substituted a system based on cooperative work and constructed parallel institutions that would supersede the institutions of the wage system. With an expansive sweep and breathtaking detail, this scholarly yet eminently readable chronicle follows the American worker from the colonial workshop to the modern mass-assembly line, from the family farm to the corporate hierarchy, ultimately painting a vivid panorama of those who built the United States and those who will shape its future. John Curl, with over forty years of experience as both an active member and scholar of cooperatives, masterfully melds theory, practice, knowledge, and analysis, to present the definitive history from below of cooperative America. This second edition contains a new introduction by Ishmael Reed; a new author’s preface discussing cooperatives in the Great Recession of 2008 and their future in the 21st century; and a new chapter on the role co-ops played in the Food Revolution of the 1970s.

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On the Road with Janis Joplin Deluxe

By: John Byrne Cooke

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On the Road with Janis Joplin Deluxe

By: John Byrne Cooke

The deluxe edition of On the Road with Janis Joplin includes over 20 minutes of video shot by author John Byrne Cooke while touring with Janis and over 50 minutes of audio interviews with those who knew Janis best, conducted over the course of twenty-five years. Interviewees include band members Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, and Snooky Flowers; her friend and roommate Linda Gravenites; filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker; and many more. As a road manager and filmmaker, he helped run the Janis Joplin show—and record it for posterity. Now he reveals the never-before-told story of his years with the young woman from Port Arthur who would become the first female rock and roll superstar—and depart the stage too soon. In 1967, as the new sound of rock and roll was taking over popular music, John Byrne Cooke was at the center of it all. As a member of D.A. Pennebaker’s film crew, he witnessed the astonishing breakout performances of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival that June. Less than six months later, he was on a plane to San Francisco, taking a job as road manager for Janis and her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company. From then on, Cooke was Joplin’s road manager amid a rotating cast of musicians and personnel, a constant presence behind the scenes as the woman called Pearl took the world by storm. Cooke was there when Janis made the difficult decision to leave Big Brother and form a new band. He was with her when the Kozmic Blues Band toured Europe in the spring of 1969, when they performed at Woodstock in August, and when Janis and Full Tilt Boogie took their famous Festival Express train trip across Canada. He accompanied Janis to her friend and mentor Ken Threadgill’s 70th birthday party, and was at her side when she attended her tenth high school reunion in Port Arthur, Texas. This intimate memoir spans the years he spent with Janis, from her legendary rise to her tragic last days. Cooke tells the whole incredible story as only someone who lived it could. INCLUDES PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS

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Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789–2015 [2 volumes]

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By: John R. Vile

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Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789–2015 [2 volumes]

[2 volumes]

By: John R. Vile

Now in its fourth edition and completely updated, this is the most comprehensive book on constitutional amendments and proposed amendments available. Although only 27 amendments have ever been added to the U.S. Constitution, the last one having been ratified in 1992, throughout American history, members of Congress have introduced more than 11,000 amendments, and countless individuals outside of Congress have advanced their own proposals to revise the Constitution—the wellspring of America's legal, political, and cultural foundations. At a time when calls for a new constitutional convention are on the rise, it is essential for students of political science and history as well as American citizens to understand proposed alternatives. This updated edition of the established standard for high school and college libraries as well as public and law libraries serves as the go-to reference for learning about existing constitutional amendments, proposed amendments, and the issues related to them. An alphabetically arranged two-volume set, it contains more than 500 entries that discuss amendments that have been proposed in Congress from 1789 to the present. It also discusses prominent proposals for extensive constitutional changes introduced outside Congress as well as discussions of major amending issues.

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