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By: John 1747-1793 Langdon

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1371322015

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Wordplay

The Philosophy, Art, and Science of Ambigrams

By: John Langdon

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Wordplay

The Philosophy, Art, and Science of Ambigrams

By: John Langdon

Take a second look at the cover of this book—this time, turn it upside down. The title, Wordplay, is an ambigram, which means you will be able to read it both right side up and upside down. You may be familiar with the John Langdon’s ambigrams from Dan Brown’s bestseller Angels & Demons (see pages 186 and 188 of Wordplay), but if this is your first experience with the art of the ambigram, prepare to be dazzled! This lovely updated edition of the classic collection of ambigrams features a section of full-color ambigrams and dozens of stunning, mind-bending examples of this cryptic art form. Each strikingly beautiful and arresting illustration is accompanied by a short essay—sometimes serious, sometimes witty—to delight your brain as much as your eyes. Taken together, the art and the essays show how the very shape of letters can change our idea of words and their meanings. As Dan Brown says in the Foreword of this revised edition, John Langdon brilliantly rearranges the familiar, casting it in a new light. Both playful and profound, Wordplay will challenge you to take a second look at your world.

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Crown

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0767920759

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The Men Who Made the Constitution

Lives of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention

By: John R. Vile

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The Men Who Made the Constitution

Lives of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention

By: John R. Vile

Few events in the history of the United States were of greater consequence than the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Although most histories have focused on the issues and compromises that dominated the debates, the exchanges were also shaped by the dynamic personalities of the fifty-five delegates who attended from twelve of the thirteen states. In The Men Who Made the Constitution, constitutional scholar John R. Vileexplores the lives and contributions of all delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, including those who left before the Convention ended and those who stayed until the last day but refused to sign. Each biography records the delegate’s birth, education, previous positions or public service roles, homes, family life, life after the Convention, death, and resting place. Drawing directly from Convention debates and a vast array of secondary sources, Vile covers the positions of each delegate at the Convention on both major and minor issues and describes his service on committees and afterward at state ratification conventions. The Men Who Made the Constitution includes a bibliography of key sources, engravings of delegates for whom portraits were created, a quiz on key facts, and a transcript of the Constitution of the United States. This work is the perfect reference for students and scholars, as well as professional and amateur historians, of colonial and early American history, constitutional law, and American jurisprudence.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810888653

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9780810888654

A Treatise on the Limitations of Actions at Law and Suits in Equity and Admiralty

By: J. K. Angell,John Wilder May

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A Treatise on the Limitations of Actions at Law and Suits in Equity and Admiralty

By: J. K. Angell,John Wilder May

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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3368724800

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9783368724801

Epidemic

By: John Holt

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Epidemic

By: John Holt

Tom Kendall, a down to earth private detective, is asked to investigate the death of a young newspaper reporter. The evidence shows quite clearly that it was an accident: a simple, dreadful accident. That is the finding of the coroner and the local police. Furthermore, there were two witnesses. They saw the whole thing. But was it an accident, or was it something more sinister? Against a backdrop of a viral epidemic slowly spreading from Central America, a simple case soon places Kendall up against one of the largest drug companies in the country.

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Lulu.com

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1291316035

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9781291316032

Roswell

The Next Chapter

By: John Cottoggio

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Roswell

The Next Chapter

By: John Cottoggio

Book Description: It's the year 2007 and Colonel Mason Perry leading a dedicated group of military and civilian scientists has successfully solved the riddle of Roswell. In their quest for a solution, they discover information of alien visitation, which predates Roswell, and coordinates to a 5000-year-old base near Bimini Island in the Carribbean Ocean. Persuading the government to allow and fund exploration of this new discovery is difficult but once committed, the President of the United States puts his full support behind it. Lieutenant Joe Bailey and the men of SEAL Team Two are dispatched to the Caribbean and locate a submerged chamber. Efforts are mounted to gain entry. Once inside alien robots called Sentinels that were left behind to protect the chamber confront the SEALs. A battle ensues where SEALs emerge bloodied but victorious. Upon returning to Washington, Colonel Perry is granted permission for space exploration using the spacecraft developed from alien technology. Author's Bio: Please use author's bio from Author information section.

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iUniverse

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0595723829

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9780595723829

George Orwell

Into the Twenty-first Century

By: Thomas Cushman,John Rodden

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George Orwell

Into the Twenty-first Century

By: Thomas Cushman,John Rodden

The year 2003 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Orwell, one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century. Orwell's books are assigned today in over 60,000 classrooms annually. In this book essays by prominent writers and scholars explain why his impact continues in a world much changed from his own. The essays explore new aspects of Orwell's life and work and his continuing relevance for the interpretation of modern social, political, and cultural affairs. Thematic topics include: the use and abuse of 1984; ideas, ideologues, and intellectuals; biography and autobiography; literary and stylistic analyses; and the reception of Orwell's work abroad. The volume is an ideal secondary source for those who continue to be influenced by Orwell's insights and for teachers of Orwell's work. Contributors: Christopher Hitchens, Jonathan Rose, Ian Williams, Morris Dickstein, John Rodden, Thomas Cushman, Ronald F. Thiemann, Lawrence Rosenwald, Todd Gitlin, Erika Gottlieb, Dennis Wrong, Daphne Patai, Jim Sleeper, William Cain, Lynette Hunter, Margery Sabin, Vladimir Shalpentokh, Miquel Berga, Gilbert Bonifas, Robert Conquest.

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Routledge

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131725922X

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9781317259220

The Eight of Swords: A Dr. Gideon Fell Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

By: John Dickson Carr,Douglas Green

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The Eight of Swords: A Dr. Gideon Fell Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

By: John Dickson Carr,Douglas Green

A tarot card discovered at a murder scene provides a clue for Dr. Gideon Fell In a house in the English countryside, a man has just turned up dead, surrounded by a crime scene that seems, at first glance, to be fairly straightforward. He’s found with a bullet through the head in an unlocked room, and all signs point to a recent strange visitor as the perpetrator. The body is even accompanied by an ostentatious clue, presumably left by the killer: The tarot card of The Eight of Swords, an allusion, perhaps, to justice. But when Dr. Gideon Fell arrives at the house to investigate, he finds that certain aspects of the murder scene don’t quite add up—and that every new piece of evidence introduces a new problem instead of a new solution. Add to that the suggestion of a poltergeist on the property, the appearance of American gangsters, and the constant interruptions of two dabbling amateur sleuths adjacent to the case, and you have a situation puzzling enough to push Fell’s powers of deduction to their limits. But will Fell be able to cut through their distractions and get to the heart of the matter, before more murders take place? Reissued for the first time in years, The Eight of Swords is an early Carr novel that highlights many of the qualities that made him such a successful writer, including his baffling plots, his twisty investigations, and his memorable characters. It is the third installment in the Dr. Gideon Fell series, which can be read in any order.

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Penzler Publishers

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1613162588

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9781613162583

The Wisest Council in the World

Restoring the Character Sketches by William Pierce of Georgia of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787

By: John R. Vile,William Pierce

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The Wisest Council in the World

Restoring the Character Sketches by William Pierce of Georgia of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787

By: John R. Vile,William Pierce

Of all the written portraits of the delegates who attended the Federal Convention of 1787, few are as complete and compelling as those penned by William Pierce Jr. (1753–89), one of four delegates from Georgia. While at the convention or shortly thereafter, Pierce produced character sketches of fifty-three of the fifty-five delegates. Although widely quoted and cited, the sketches—until now—have never been analyzed or annotated in detail. John R. Vile's study offers new insights into the workings of the convention and the character and roles of its delegates, as well as Pierce's little-known life, which included time as an artist. Vile reveals, for example, that the time prior to the establishment of national parties when the framers could have successfully met together in convention may have been a relatively narrow historical window. Following overviews of events leading to the 1787 convention and of Pierce and his immediate family, several chapters deal specifically with the character sketches. They cover Pierce's arrangement of the sketches and their subjects, his evaluations of the delegates' personal qualities and reputations, his assessments of their rhetorical abilities, and his descriptions of their public services, occupations, and miscellaneous matters. Two concluding chapters add further context. One examines a set of somewhat overlapping sketches that Louis Guillaume Otto, the French minister to the United States, penned about members of Congress in 1788. The other looks at writings by Pierce's son and namesake that also include assessments of various Founding Fathers. Gathering Pierce's sketches in full, with ample annotations and secondary materials, this is a valuable reference on Pierce's life, work, and times.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820348864

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9780820348865

The Digested Twenty-first Century

By: John Crace

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The Digested Twenty-first Century

By: John Crace

John Crace's Digested Read first appeared in in February 2000 and has been running ever since. Each week Crace reduces a new book ? anything from a Booker Prize winner to a Nigella cookery book is fair game ? to 700 words in a parody of the plot, style, dialogue and themes. Or lack of them. The Digested Read has not just become an institution for readers; it is read and enjoyed by publishers and authors too. So long as it is not their book being digested. A few years ago Crace wrote Brideshead Abbreviated, A Digested Read of the 20th Century. This is the 21st Century. So far.

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Constable

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1780339089

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9781780339085

The War of 1812 U.S. War Department Correspondence, 1812-1815

By: John C. Fredriksen

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The War of 1812 U.S. War Department Correspondence, 1812-1815

By: John C. Fredriksen

The War of 1812 saw the United States wracked by political dissent and saddled with a problematic military policy. The new nation notably failed in its attempted occupation of Canada in a bid to leverage better treatment from Great Britain but in two and a half years of fighting, there were American victories and defeats, none of which decisively altered events or advanced the national agenda. In the end, the grievances listed in President Madison's war message to Congress--British harassment of American shipping, the impressment of American citizens and the instigation of hostilities by Indian tribes--were all mitigated by the time the Treaty of Ghent was signed in 1814 (mainly attributable to the fall of Napoleon). This collection of War Department correspondence gives a complete account through more than 11,000 official and unofficial letters, annotated and indexed here for the first time.

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McFarland

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1476625433

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9781476625430

Silent Movies & Early Sound Films on DVD: New Expanded Edition

By: John Howard Reid

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Silent Movies & Early Sound Films on DVD: New Expanded Edition

By: John Howard Reid

Thanks to DVD, a great number of silent films and early talkies are now available for home viewing. In fact, so many of these wonderful movies can now be purchased, rented or borrowed by classic motion picture fans that an up-to-date reference work to the best (and the middling and the worst) has become essential. In this comprehensive guide, fans and enthusiasts will find not only familiar titles like Lon Chaney's "Phantom of the Opera" or Douglas Fairbanks' "Thief of Bagdad" or Harold Lloyd's "Safety Last"; but the less familiar "Down to the Sea in Ships" (starring a young Clara Bow), "Evangeline" (Dolores Del Rio), "Stella Dallas" (Belle Bennett), "Monsieur Beaucaire" (Rudolph Valentino), Ford Sterling's "The Show-Off," and Al Jolson's "Big Boy," to mention just a few of the many hundreds of titles detailed in this massive book. 440 pages of insightful text! Over 110 wonderful photos!

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Lulu.com

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0557433355

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9780557433353

Legitimating the Law

The Struggle for Judicial Competency in Early National New Hampshire

By: John Phillip Reid

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Legitimating the Law

The Struggle for Judicial Competency in Early National New Hampshire

By: John Phillip Reid

John Phillip Reid is one of the most highly regarded historians of law as it was practiced on the state level in the nascent United States. He is not just the recipient of numerous honors for his scholarship but the type of historian after whom such accolades are named: the John Phillip Reid Award is given annually by the American Society for Legal History to the author of the best book by a mid-career or senior scholar. Legitimating the Law is the third installment in a trilogy of books by Reid that seek to extend our knowledge about the judicial history of the early republic by recounting the development of courts, laws, and legal theory in New Hampshire. Here Reid turns his eye toward the professionalization of law and the legitimization of legal practices in the Granite State—customs and codes of professional conduct that would form the basis of judiciaries in other states and that remain the cornerstone of our legal system to this day throughout the US. Legitimating the Law chronicles the struggle by which lawyers and torchbearers of strong, centralized government sought to bring standards of competence to New Hampshire through the professionalization of the bench and the bar—ambitions that were fought vigorously by both Jeffersonian legislators and anti-Federalists in the private sector alike, but ultimately to no avail.

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Cornell University Press

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1609090543

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9781609090548

Fundamentals of Industrial Chemistry

Pharmaceuticals, Polymers, and Business

By: John A. Tyrell

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Fundamentals of Industrial Chemistry

Pharmaceuticals, Polymers, and Business

By: John A. Tyrell

This book discusses the connectivity between major chemicals, showing how a chemical is made along with why and some of the business considerations. The book helps smooth a student’s transition to industry and assists current professionals who need to understand the larger picture of industrial chemistry principles and practices. The book: Addresses a wide scope of content, emphasizing the business and polymer / pharmaceutical / agricultural aspects of industrial chemistry Covers patenting, experimental design, and systematic optimization of experiments Written by an author with extensive industrial experience but who is now a university professor, making him uniquely positioned to present this material Has problems at the end of chapters and a separate solution manual available for adopting professors Puts chemical industry topics in context and ties together many of the principles chemistry majors learn across more specific courses

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118617568

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9781118617564

Skeleton Keys

Workplace Hauntings

By: John Klann

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Workplace Hauntings

By: John Klann

10 true paranormal stories examining true hauntings involving professional people Haunted houses and buildings, hotels, homes, and more provide the backdrop for ghostly tales Experiences assembled from interviews and dramatized with storytelling techniques

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1507300530

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Wordplay

Wordplay

The Men Who Made the Constitution

The Men Who Made the Constitution

A Treatise on the Limitations of Actions at Law and Suits in Equity and Admiralty

A Treatise on the Limitations of Actions at Law and Suits in Equity and Admiralty

Epidemic

Epidemic

Roswell

Roswell

George Orwell

George Orwell

The Eight of Swords: A Dr. Gideon Fell Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

The Eight of Swords: A Dr. Gideon Fell Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

The Wisest Council in the World

The Wisest Council in the World

The Digested Twenty-first Century

The Digested Twenty-first Century

The War of 1812 U.S. War Department Correspondence, 1812-1815

The War of 1812 U.S. War Department Correspondence, 1812-1815

Silent Movies & Early Sound Films on DVD: New Expanded Edition

Silent Movies & Early Sound Films on DVD: New Expanded Edition

Legitimating the Law

Legitimating the Law

Fundamentals of Industrial Chemistry

Fundamentals of Industrial Chemistry

Skeleton Keys

Skeleton Keys

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