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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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1801701334

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Pioneer Public Service

An Administrative History of the United Canadas, 1841-1867

By: John E. Hodgetts

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Pioneer Public Service

An Administrative History of the United Canadas, 1841-1867

By: John E. Hodgetts

This book makes a new approach to Canadian politics, from the administrative side. It provides, first, a description of the evolution and structure of the administrative machine which, with few fundamental changes, still serves the Canadian nation, and in the process it attempts to acknowledge and appraise the hitherto unsung contributions of the public servant to the welfare of a pioneer community. A second objective is to disclose the presence in the pioneer public service of certain basic administrative issues which today still rise to perplex both the student and practitioner of public administration. And, finally, this study reveals a neglected aspect of the winning of responsible government in Canada—the author contends that the recognition of the constitutional principle on the political level, did not, in fact, coincide with its practical implementation at the administrative level. As Dr. R. MacGregor Dawson points out in his Foreword, "Few students, on suspects, appreciate how great has been the influence of the permanent officials in the years before Confederation, nor do they have an adequate comprehension of the degree to which administrative decisions of those days, both by Ministers and officials, determined many of the present practices. An astonishingly large number of the problems, moreover, will be found to have remained substantially the same for the past hundred years. The scheme of departmental organization, the delegation of authority and the allotment of responsibility, the application of financial controls, the intricate give and take between the political non-technical Minister and the technically trained specialist—these in some aspect or another have been the constant concern of the administrator: a different time, a different place, has simply shifted the emphasis a little one way or the other." Professor Hodgetts writes with humour and point; his book is a brilliant addition to the Canadian Government Series, in which it is the seventh volume to appear.

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465

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University of Toronto Press

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1487590075

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9781487590079

The War Mountains

By: John McKinna

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The War Mountains

By: John McKinna

On this battlefield, there are no victors...only survivors. In the rugged mountains of Yugoslavia, the dogged Marshall Tito and his Partisans are on the run, pursued by their most feared enemy: the lethal SS Division Handschar—a fanatical band of Muslim warriors fighting alongside the Nazis. Soon the entire region will be in German hands. To turn the tide, the Allies send a commando team, led by Major Walter Merritt, to destroy a nearly inaccessible high-altitude bridge in the mountains, a key link in the Handschar supply chain. Blowing up the bridge will be difficult—but getting there may be impossible. After parachuting into Yugoslavia, the team must fight a running battle alongside Tito’s forces in a life-or-death struggle against a foe who would rather die than give up the fight….

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Speaking Volumes

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1645401251

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9781645401254

The Big Money

By: John Dos Passos

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The Big Money

By: John Dos Passos

“It is not simply that [Dos Passos] has a keen eye for people, but that he has a keen eye for so many different kinds of people.”—The New York Times Marking the end of “one of the most ambitious projects that an American novelist has ever undertaken” (Time), The Big Money brings us back to America after the Great War, a nation on the upswing. Industrialism booms. The stock market surges. Lindbergh takes his solo flight. Henry Ford makes automobiles. From New York to Hollywood, love affairs to business deals, it is a country taking the turns too fast, speeding toward the crash of 1929. Ultimately, whether the novels of John Dos Passos’s classic USA Trilogy are read together or separately, they paint a sweeping portrait of collective America—and showcase the brilliance and bravery of one of its most enduring and admired writers. The Big Money, focusing on a passionate pilot whose compromises culminate in despair and an actress led astray by her ambitions, completes this “fable of America's materialistic success and moral decline” (American Heritage).

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0547524927

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9780547524924

The Welland Canals and Their Communities

Engineering, Industrial, and Urban Transformation

By: John N. Jackson

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The Welland Canals and Their Communities

Engineering, Industrial, and Urban Transformation

By: John N. Jackson

An examination of the role and contributions of the four Welland Canals to the development of Niagara Peninsula communities.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802009336

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The Depths

By: John Creasey

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The Depths

By: John Creasey

Professor Corvell has stunned the scientific and political worlds with proposals relevant to space exploration. Dr. Palfrey and Z5 must protect him. But Corvall is swept off of a ship by a huge spout of water that follows the appearance of a small submarine. Dr. Palfrey and Z5 have to investigate.

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House of Stratus

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0755134192

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9780755134199

Our Noise

The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small

By: Laura Ballance,John Cook,Mac McCaughan

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Our Noise

The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small

By: Laura Ballance,John Cook,Mac McCaughan

Merge Records defies everything you’ve heard about the music business. Started by two twenty-year-old musicians, Merge is a lesson in how to make and market great music on a human scale. The fact that the company is prospering in a failing industry is something of a miracle. Yet two of their bands made the Billboard Top 10 list; more than 1 million copies of Arcade Fire's Neon Bible have been sold; Spoon has appeared on Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show; and the Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs is a contemporary classic. In celebration of their twentieth anniversary, founders Mac and Laura offer first-person accounts—with the help of their colleagues and Merge artists—of their work, their lives, and the culture of making music. Our Noise also tells the behind-the-scenes stories of Arcade Fire, Spoon, the Magnetic Fields, Superchunk, Lambchop, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Butterglory. Hundreds of personal photos of the bands, along with album cover art, concert posters, and other memorabilia are included.

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Algonquin Books

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1565129687

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9781565129689

Twilight of Press Freedom

The Rise of People's Journalism

By: John C. Merrill,Peter J. Gade,Frederick R. Blevens

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Twilight of Press Freedom

The Rise of People's Journalism

By: John C. Merrill,Peter J. Gade,Frederick R. Blevens

This volume provides a critical examination of the trend toward public journalism and considers how press freedom will be impacted by this trend in coming years. For scholars and students in journalism, public opinion, media studies.

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Routledge

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113565557X

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Making the Cut

Life Inside the PGA Tour System

By: John A. Fortunato

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Making the Cut

Life Inside the PGA Tour System

By: John A. Fortunato

The success of the PGA Tour lies in the compelling stories of the individual quests for achievement--making the tournament cut, winning a tournament, qualifying for the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and the ultimate challenge of making it onto the Tour, where victory is often determined by a single stroke. Based on interviews with more than twenty professional golfers, this book provides new insight into the PGA Tour system, the events affecting tournament outcomes, and the career-changing opportunities that result.

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McFarland

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1476676194

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9781476676197

Book's by John Merritt

Delphi Complete Works of John Dos Passos (Illustrated)

Delphi Complete Works of John Dos Passos (Illustrated)

Pioneer Public Service

Pioneer Public Service

The War Mountains

The War Mountains

The Big Money

The Big Money

The Welland Canals and Their Communities

The Welland Canals and Their Communities

The Depths

The Depths

Our Noise

Our Noise

Twilight of Press Freedom

Twilight of Press Freedom

Making the Cut

Making the Cut

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