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Peckinpah's Tragic Westerns

A Critical Study

By: John L. Simons,Robert Merrill

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Peckinpah's Tragic Westerns

A Critical Study

By: John L. Simons,Robert Merrill

The work of Sam Peckinpah represents a high point in American cinema. This text is the first theoretical and critical attempt to place Peckinpah within the 2,000-year-old tradition of western tragedy. The tradition, enfolding the Greeks, Shakespeare and modern tragedians, is represented in Peckinpah's art in numerous ways, and the fact that he worked in the mode throughout his career distinguishes him from most American film directors. Films covered include Ride the High Country, Noon Wine, The Wild Bunch, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.

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233

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McFarland

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0786484748

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9780786484744

Explorers of Rinth

By: John L Simons Jr

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Explorers of Rinth

By: John L Simons Jr

Aristotle wakes with no memory after being left for dead in a place that carries the seeds of a distant and dying Earth, but he is not alone. The survival of the human species rests on his shoulders and a small group of discarded humans. Meanwhile, Iseulte and her friends flee the spark of civil war that engulfs their home. They escape into long-forgotten tunnels where they find that things Humanity dabbled in and abandoned have taken on their own lives and destinies. Although separated by unimaginable distance, the future of these two groups was bound together in the distant past by the strangest secret of all.

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741

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Rinth Press

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ISBN 13

9798988966012

The Emergence of Man

By: John E. Pfeiffer

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The Emergence of Man

By: John E. Pfeiffer

Book based on study of human evolution and anthropology

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496

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HarperCollins Publishers

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0060451963

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9780060451967

Inherited Disorders of the Thyroid System

By: Geraldo Medeiros-Neto,John B. Stanbury

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Inherited Disorders of the Thyroid System

By: Geraldo Medeiros-Neto,John B. Stanbury

First Published in 1994, Inherited Disorders of the Thyroid System presents a thorough and comprehensive study of the biology of varied thyroid disorders illustrated by numerous tables and figures. This monograph begins with the initial step in thyroid hormone production and concludes with the interaction of the thyroid hormones with their target cells. The authors have been involved in research in this field for many years and help to bring together, in a single text, the widely scattered literature relevant to the disorders of the thyroid system.

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232

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CRC Press

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1000006085

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9781000006087

Biographical Sketches of the Bench and Bar of South Carolina

Vol. II

By: John Belton O'Neall

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Biographical Sketches of the Bench and Bar of South Carolina

Vol. II

By: John Belton O'Neall

Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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626

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3382302780

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9783382302788

Delinquency Theories

Appraisals and applications

By: John P. Hoffmann

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Delinquency Theories

Appraisals and applications

By: John P. Hoffmann

Delinquency Theories: Appraisals and applications provides a fulsome and accessible overview of contemporary theories of juvenile delinquency. The book opens with a comprehensive description of what a theory is, and explains how theories are created in the social sciences. Following on, each subsequent chapter is dedicated to describing an individual theory, broken down and illustrated within four distinct sections. Initially, each chapter tells the tale of a delinquent youth, and from this example a thorough review of the particular theory and related research can be undertaken to explain the youth’s delinquent behaviour. The third and fourth sections of each chapter critically analyze the theories, and provide a straightforward discussion of policy implications of each, thus encouraging readers to evaluate the usefulness of these theories and also to consider the relationship between theory and policy. This text is an invaluable resource for both undergraduate and graduate students of subjects such as youth justice, delinquency, social theory, and criminology.

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381

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Routledge

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1136855386

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9781136855382

The Color of Mind

Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matter for Justice

By: Derrick Darby,John L. Rury

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The Color of Mind

Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matter for Justice

By: Derrick Darby,John L. Rury

“An indispensable text for understanding educational racial injustice and contributing to initiatives to mitigate it.” —Educational Theory American students vary in educational achievement, but white students in general typically have better test scores and grades than black students. Why is this the case, and what can school leaders do about it? In The Color of Mind, Derrick Darby and John L. Rury answer these pressing questions and show that we cannot make further progress in closing the achievement gap until we understand its racist origins. Telling the story of what they call the Color of Mind—the idea that there are racial differences in intelligence, character, and behavior—they show how philosophers, such as David Hume and Immanuel Kant, and American statesman Thomas Jefferson, contributed to the construction of this pernicious idea, how it influenced the nature of schooling and student achievement, and how voices of dissent such as Frederick Douglass, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and W.E.B. Du Bois debunked the Color of Mind and worked to undo its adverse impacts. Rejecting the view that racial differences in educational achievement are a product of innate or cultural differences, Darby and Rury uncover the historical interplay between ideas about race and American schooling, to show clearly that the racial achievement gap has been socially and institutionally constructed. School leaders striving to bring justice and dignity to American schools today must work to root out the systemic manifestations of these ideas within schools, while still doing what they can to mitigate the negative effects of poverty, segregation, inequality, and other external factors that adversely affect student achievement. While we can’t expect schools alone to solve these vexing social problems, we must demand that they address the injustices associated with how we track, discipline, and deal with special education that reinforce long-standing racist ideas. That is the only way to expel the Color of Mind from schools, close the racial achievement gap, and afford all children the dignity they deserve.

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209

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University of Chicago Press

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022652549X

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9780226525495

Remembering Columbia

By: John M. Sherrer III, Historic Columbia

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Remembering Columbia

By: John M. Sherrer III, Historic Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina, is very much a tale of two cities. Founded as a political compromise, forged by an economy shackled by slavery, and physically vanquished by fire, the Palmetto State's second capital became a proving ground for a new society less than a century after its establishment. During the course of the next 100 years, Columbians--new and old, black and white, rich and poor--would physically transform their city in ways that reflected their needs, aspirations, fears, and wherewithal. Remembering Columbia is a visual road map that merges images with accounts of people, sites, and events pulled from historical newspapers, diaries, and ephemera. Building upon the efforts of previous generations, this account explores South Carolina's capital city from its early years through the mid-20th century in ways previously underdeveloped or altogether unrepresented. The result is an intriguing detective story that will be enriching, surprising, and compelling to life-long residents, newcomers, and visitors alike.

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144

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467114669

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9781467114660

High Sierra

By: John Huston,William Riley Burnett

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High Sierra

By: John Huston,William Riley Burnett

High Sierra (1941) is a highly successful Warner Brothers gangster film of special interest to film scholars, and aficionados. It represented a turning point in the nature of gangster film of the 1930s. It was the film that launched Humphrey Bogart to stardom.And it is representative of the concerted efforts of the very b est of Warners' talent of the era. In a period of serious reassessment of the American film, this revised shooting script, never before published, provides valuable primary data for that reassessment.

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200

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299079341

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9780299079345

Australia's New Aged

Issues for young and old

By: John McCallum

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Australia's New Aged

Issues for young and old

By: John McCallum

The idea that our society is ageing is a popular source of gloomy predictions for the future. We see today's youth struggling in their mature years to pay for the masses of geriatric baby boomers whose productive years lie far behind. Australia's New Aged shows that this belief is part reality and part myth. While there will be an increase in the proportion of aged people in the next 20 years, this is a temporary phenomenon and it is likely that tomorrow's elderly will quite differently from their parents. Australia's New Aged examines public policy for the aged in the context of an increasingly vocal and active elderly population and cutbacks to health and welfare spending. The authors argue that policy makers have become trapped in a 'social problem' approach to ageing that assumes the elderly are a homogeneous, disadvantaged group with common interests. They examine a range of cases and identify negative consequences of inappropriate assumptions in terms of structural blindness and brutality. They show that this approach is no longer viable and argue that both policy makers and the aged care industry will need to be more sensitive to diversity and more flexible than ever before. Australia's New Aged is essential reading for students, policy makers and anyone working with the aged. John McCallum is Professor of Public Health and Dean of the Faculty of Health at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur and co-editor of Grey Policy (1990). Karin Geiselhart is a journalist previously employed by the Office for the Status of Women in Canberra.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000938735

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9781000938739

Federal Taxation 2002

Corporations, Parnerships, Estates and Trusts

By: Kenneth E. Anderson,Thomas R. Pope,John L. Kramer

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Federal Taxation 2002

Corporations, Parnerships, Estates and Trusts

By: Kenneth E. Anderson,Thomas R. Pope,John L. Kramer

A practical approach to federal taxation of corporations, partnerships, estates, and trusts, this volume is appropriate for a one-semester undergraduate or graduate-level second taxation course in accounting. Written by nationally recognized tax educators, this acclaimed three-volume series provides a hands-on, definitive guide to federal income taxation concepts and applications. Stressing quality, readability and accuracy, it combines comprehensive coverage with instructional flexibility in what may be the most practical student-oriented series of texts.

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Prentice Hall

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013055071X

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9780130550712

Racial Paranoi

The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness

By: John L. Jr. Jackson,Richard Perry University Associate Professor of Communication and Anthropology John L Jackson, Jr Jr.

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Racial Paranoi

The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness

By: John L. Jr. Jackson,Richard Perry University Associate Professor of Communication and Anthropology John L Jackson, Jr Jr.

In this courageous book, John L. Jackson, Jr. draws on current events as well as everyday interactions to demonstrate the culture of race-based paranoia and its profound effects on our lives. He explains how it is cultivated and reinforced, and how it complicates the goal of racial equality. In this paperback edition, Jackson explores the 2008 presidential election, weaving in examples ranging from the notorious New Yorker cover to Saturday Night Lives political parodies.

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1458759075

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9781458759078

Book's by John L. Simons

Peckinpah's Tragic Westerns

Peckinpah's Tragic Westerns

Explorers of Rinth

Explorers of Rinth

The Emergence of Man

The Emergence of Man

Inherited Disorders of the Thyroid System

Inherited Disorders of the Thyroid System

Biographical Sketches of the Bench and Bar of South Carolina

Biographical Sketches of the Bench and Bar of South Carolina

Delinquency Theories

Delinquency Theories

The Color of Mind

The Color of Mind

Remembering Columbia

Remembering Columbia

High Sierra

High Sierra

Australia's New Aged

Australia's New Aged

Federal Taxation 2002

Federal Taxation 2002

Racial Paranoi

Racial Paranoi

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