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Grand View

By: John Hancock

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The picture on the cover of Grand View shows my great uncle, Wayman Redden, with one leg dangling over the precipice of a 2000-foot cliff in the New River Valley of West Virginia. It's no contrived photograph. He designed a homemade timer for the shutter and took it himself in the 1920s. By some accounts, he was insane, and this photo certainly doesn't help his case. However, others swore he was a genius, including the psychiatrists who examined him at a Virginia sanitarium. Wayman allegedly had a secret: a billion dollar secret. Family legend holds that he discovered an extremely valuable mine on Redden land. Not gold, not silver but something worth a hundred times their value. Unimpressed with the potential fortune, or led by his lunacy or, perhaps, both, he takes his secret and moves to Detroit to work on the assembly line for Henry Ford. There, Wayman is swept up in the tidal wave of the Great Depression and finds himself and a lover caught in the middle of one of the most brutal labor union incidents of the young century, the Ford Hunger March of 1932. Nine months later, he was dead. Trappers found his frozen body beneath a cliff in the West Virginia woods. Grand View is the story about how he may have died in those woods.

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Trafford Publishing

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1412034094

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9781412034098

Into the Cold Blue

My World War II Journeys with the Mighty Eighth Air Force

By: John F. Homan,Jared Frederick

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Into the Cold Blue

My World War II Journeys with the Mighty Eighth Air Force

By: John F. Homan,Jared Frederick

One of the last great memoirs of World War II, Into the Cold Blue is a riveting account of the air war over Europe, when hell was four miles above the earth. A born daredevil, John Homan joined the Army Air Forces after the Pearl Harbor attack. By 1944, he was co-piloting a B-24 Liberator over Nazi Germany, raining death and destruction on the enemy. This first-person account of his harrowing missions—chronicling deadly flights through skies of red-hot flak bursts and airmen bailing out with parachutes aflame—will leave readers staggered by the determination and grit of World War II aviators. Fighting a fierce enemy in the air seemed the perfect way for Homan to channel his restless, energetic spirit in wartime, but he could never have imagined the horrors that awaited him. During a vast operation over Nazi-occupied Holland in September 1944, his plane was punched full of holes, its left tail shot away, and a tire blown to bits. Homan wondered how he could possibly survive. The young lieutenant and his exhausted crewmates braced for a nearly hopeless emergency landing. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, waited the sweetheart he thought he’d never see again. With wit, warmth, and astonishing clarity, John Homan conveys the skill and heroism of the “Mighty Eighth” Air Force in the most perilous theater of history’s greatest air war.

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337

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Simon and Schuster

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1510781722

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9781510781726

The Roots of Verbal Meaning

By: John Beavers,Andrew Koontz-Garboden

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The Roots of Verbal Meaning

By: John Beavers,Andrew Koontz-Garboden

This book explores possible and impossible word meanings, with a specific focus on the meanings of verbs. It presents a new theory of possible root meanings and their interaction with event templates that produces a new typology of possible verbs, with semantic and grammatical properties determined not just by templates, but also by roots.

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Oxford University Press

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0198855788

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9780198855781

Cummings Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery E-Book

Head and Neck Surgery, 3-Volume Set

By: Paul W. Flint,Bruce H. Haughey,K. Thomas Robbins,Valerie J. Lund,J. Regan Thomas,John K. Niparko,Mark A. Richardson,Marci M. Lesperance

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Cummings Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery E-Book

Head and Neck Surgery, 3-Volume Set

By: Paul W. Flint,Bruce H. Haughey,K. Thomas Robbins,Valerie J. Lund,J. Regan Thomas,John K. Niparko,Mark A. Richardson,Marci M. Lesperance

Through four editions, Cummings Otolaryngology has been the world's most trusted source for comprehensive guidance on all facets of head and neck surgery. This 5th Edition - edited by Paul W. Flint, Bruce H. Haughey, Valerie J. Lund, John K. Niparko, Mark A. Richardson, K. Thomas Robbins, and J. Regan Thomas – equips you to implement all the newest discoveries, techniques, and technologies that are shaping patient outcomes. You'll find new chapters on benign neoplasms, endoscopic DCR, head and neck ultrasound, and trends in surgical technology... a new section on rhinology... and coverage of hot topics such as Botox. Plus, your purchase includes access to the complete contents of this encyclopedic reference online, with video clips of key index cases! Overcome virtually any clinical challenge with detailed, expert coverage of every area of head and neck surgery, authored by hundreds of leading luminaries in the field. See clinical problems as they present in practice with 3,200 images - many new to this edition. Consult the complete contents of this encyclopedic reference online, with video clips of key index cases! Stay current with new chapters on benign neoplasms, endoscopic DCR, head and neck ultrasound, and trends in surgical technology... a new section on rhinology... and coverage of hot topics including Botox. Get fresh perspectives from a new editorial board and many new contributors. Find what you need faster through a streamlined format, reorganized chapters, and a color design that expedites reference.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323080871

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9780323080873

50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know

By: John Sutherland

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50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know

By: John Sutherland

In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and examples from both classic and popular works. From postmodernism to postcolonialism, William Shakespeare to Jane Austen , 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important literary concepts in history.

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Greenfinch

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1529433754

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When Winning Costs Too Much

Steroids, Supplements, and Scandal in Today's Sports

By: John McCloskey,Julian E. Bailes

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When Winning Costs Too Much

Steroids, Supplements, and Scandal in Today's Sports

By: John McCloskey,Julian E. Bailes

In this day and age when the sports pages of the local newspaper read like either a police report or a pharmacology text, it is impossible not to conclude that the mantra of winning has entered very dangerous ground. This book not only details these abuses and the dangers of the drugs themselves, but also addresses the misguided coaches, fialed mentors, and poor role models who have contributed to the decline of the sports-for-sports sake mentalitly.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1589791797

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9781589791794

Chattooga

Descending into the Myth of Deliverance River

By: John Lane

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Chattooga

Descending into the Myth of Deliverance River

By: John Lane

Before the novel and the film Deliverance appeared in the early 1970s, any outsiders one met along the Chattooga River were likely serious canoeists or anglers. In later years, untold numbers and kinds of people have felt the draw of the river’s torrents, which pour down the Appalachians along the Georgia-South Carolina border. Because of Deliverance the Chattooga looms enigmatically in our shared imagination, as iconic as Twain’s Mississippi—or maybe Conrad’s Congo. This is John Lane’s search for the real Chattooga—for the truths that reside somewhere in the river’s rapids, along its shores, or in its travelers’ hearts. Lane balances the dark, indifferent mythical river of Deliverance against the Chattooga known to locals and to the outdoors enthusiasts who first mastered its treacherous vortices and hydraulics. Starting at its headwaters, Lane leads us down the river and through its complex history to its current status as a National Wild and Scenic River. Along the way he stops for talks with conservation activists, seventh-generation residents, locals who played parts in the movie, day visitors, and others. Lane weaves into each encounter an abundance of details drawn from his perceptive readings and viewings of Deliverance and his wide-ranging knowledge of the Chattooga watershed. At the end of his run, Lane leaves us still fully possessed by the Chattooga’s mystery, yet better informed about its place in his world and ours.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820346225

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9780820346229

They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

The Life and Times of John Paris, Jr., Hockey's First Black Professional Coach

By: John Paris, Jr.,,Robert Ashe

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They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

The Life and Times of John Paris, Jr., Hockey's First Black Professional Coach

By: John Paris, Jr.,,Robert Ashe

In the ultra-competitive junior hockey leagues in the early 1960s, a young man could tolerate nearly anything that helped him stand out from the hordes of other prospects, so John Paris, Jr. did just that. The African-Canadian from Nova Scotia dazzled and dominated on the ice -- often facing racism on and off the ice. It took courage. They Called Me Chocolate Rocket is the story of Johns life from his childhood in the Currys Corner section of Windsor, Nova Scotia, where he was rated one of the top junior prospects in Eastern Canada and scouted by the legendary Scotty Bowman, to his eventual decision to coach, beginning with the Montreal-area minor systems and on to the pro ranks with the IHLs Atlanta Knights. Although John has an impressive resume, it is the stories of the complex life that he has lived -- persevering in a hockey world where blacks were rare -- that propel the book. From John being befriended by Rocket Richard as a junior, to being brought back from near-death in a Montreal hospital at age 25, to getting a street lesson in Atlanta when caught in a gang fight, and more. Now living in Dallas, Texas with his wife and young daughter, John is actively involved in hockey as a coach and principal instructor for top-level prospects, and works in prestigious U.S. junior development camps.

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Formac Publishing Company

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1459503317

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9781459503311

Reading Explorers Year 2

A Guided Skills-Based Journey

By: John Murray

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Reading Explorers Year 2

A Guided Skills-Based Journey

By: John Murray

A Guided Skills-Based Journey is a series of books aimed at developing key reading and study skills. This brilliant new series provides teachers with a wide variety of genres, both fiction and non-fiction, which will allow children to access, interpret and understand what they are reading. It increases the child's knowledge and understanding of why certain words are chosen by an author. It gives the reader the chance to speculate on the tone and purpose of the texts, as well as consider both the texts' themes and audience.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1907515739

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9781907515736

On Divers Arts

The Foremost Medieval Treatise on Painting, Glassmaking, and Metalwork

By: Theophilus (Presbyter.),John G. Hawthorne,Cyril Stanley Smith

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On Divers Arts

The Foremost Medieval Treatise on Painting, Glassmaking, and Metalwork

By: Theophilus (Presbyter.),John G. Hawthorne,Cyril Stanley Smith

First printed in the 12th century, here is the earliest treatise on the arts written by a practicing artist. Offering an essential understanding of pre-Renaissance art and technology, the Benedictine author details pigments, glass blowing, stained glass, gold and silver work, and more — information of great importance to craftsmen and historians of art and science. Includes 34 illustrations.

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Courier Corporation

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0486237842

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9780486237848

The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland A.D. 1546-1580

By: John Maitland Thomson

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The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland A.D. 1546-1580

By: John Maitland Thomson

Reprint of the original, first published in 1886.

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338541590X

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9783385415904

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–10

Emma Albani / Emily Carr / George Grant / Jacques Plante / John Diefenbaker / John Franklin / Marshall McLuhan / Phyllis Munday / Wilfrid Laurier / Nellie McClung

By: Vladimir Konieczny,Darcy Dunton,Michelle Labrèche-Larouche,T.F. Rigelhof,Arthur Slade,Raymond Plante,Kate Braid,Judith Fitzgerald,John Wilson,Kathryn Bridge,Roderick Stewart,Margaret Macpherson

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Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–10

Emma Albani / Emily Carr / George Grant / Jacques Plante / John Diefenbaker / John Franklin / Marshall McLuhan / Phyllis Munday / Wilfrid Laurier / Nellie McClung

By: Vladimir Konieczny,Darcy Dunton,Michelle Labrèche-Larouche,T.F. Rigelhof,Arthur Slade,Raymond Plante,Kate Braid,Judith Fitzgerald,John Wilson,Kathryn Bridge,Roderick Stewart,Margaret Macpherson

Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: Emma Albani, a nineteenth century opera singer from Quebec who became a diva of the musical world; Emily Carr, the artist famous for capturing the essence in her paintings of the Native cultures of the coast of British Columbia; George Grant, a prescient political philosopher and author of Lament for a Nation; star NHL goalie Jacques Plante, the first netminder to don a protective mask; influential Prime Ministers John Diefenbaker and Sir Wilfrid Laurier; John Franklin, while not a Canadian, an explorer whose demise in the Arctic is an important part of Canada’s historical identity; Marshall McLuhan, the academic who predicted so much of the modern media world we live in today; mountaineer and explorer Phyllis Munday; and early feminist icon Nellie McClung. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker John Franklin Marshall McLuhan Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier Nellie McClung

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Dundurn

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1459724364

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9781459724365

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Grand View

Grand View

Into the Cold Blue

Into the Cold Blue

The Roots of Verbal Meaning

The Roots of Verbal Meaning

Cummings Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery E-Book

Cummings Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery E-Book

50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know

50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know

When Winning Costs Too Much

When Winning Costs Too Much

Chattooga

Chattooga

They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

Reading Explorers Year 2

Reading Explorers Year 2

On Divers Arts

On Divers Arts

The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland A.D. 1546-1580

The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland A.D. 1546-1580

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–10

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–10

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