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Into a Dark Frontier

By: John Mangan

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In the near future, Africa collapses into an enormous failed state, leaving the continent lawless and severely depopulated. For most, the breakdown brings horror, but for others—the outcast, the desperate, the criminals, and the insane—it allows unparalleled opportunity: a new frontier of danger and unlimited possibility. In America, ex-Navy SEAL Slade Crawford, emotionally crippled after twenty years of frontline combat, the dissolution of his marriage, and the accidental death of his son, is falsely accused of terrorism. Slade flees to Africa to build a new life and escape his past when he is captured by an enigmatic American colonel, Gary Kraven, and blackmailed into tracking down a blood cult that is rampaging across the sub-Sahara. Struggling to stay alive and to free himself from Kraven’s grasp, Slade pursues the cult across the lawless African frontier. He soon learns that nothing is as it seems and that he is standing at the epicenter of a global struggle that will determine the course of history. Slade must decide whether to fight for his life—or his honor.

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Oceanview Publishing

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1608092623

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Point of No Return

A Novel

By: John P. Marquand

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Point of No Return

A Novel

By: John P. Marquand

A #1 New York Times bestseller by a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist: A successful Manhattan banker is haunted by his humble New England roots. Raised in the small town of Clyde, Massachusetts, Charles Gray has worked long and hard to become a vice president at the privately owned Stuyvesant Bank in Manhattan. But at the most crucial moment of his career, when his focus should be on reading his boss’s intentions and competing with his chief rival for promotion, Charles finds himself hopelessly distracted by the past. Years ago, the Gray family was featured in a sociological study of their hometown. Charles, his sister, and their parents were classified as members of the “lower-upper class,” the unspoken strains of their tenuous social status cast in stark black and white. A chance encounter with the author of the study fills Charles’s head with memories—and when a business matter compels him to return to Clyde, it seems as if fate is intent on turning back the clock. As he reflects on the defining moments of his youth, Charles contends with one of the central mysteries of existence: how our lives can feel both predetermined and random at the same time. Published in 1949, Point of No Return is a brilliant study of character and place heralded by the New York Times as “further proof that its author is one of the most important living American novelists.”

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Open Road Media

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150401572X

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9781504015721

Moons For Sale

By: John Russell Fearn,Volsted Gridban

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Moons For Sale

By: John Russell Fearn,Volsted Gridban

To believe in a scientific theory strongly enough to be willing to use one's own son as the 'guinea pig' is faith indeed!

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Gateway

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1473209838

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PATHWAYS TO THE PLANETS

Memoirs of an Astrophysicist

By: John R. Strand

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PATHWAYS TO THE PLANETS

Memoirs of an Astrophysicist

By: John R. Strand

When my generation grew up, we were never limited by the sky or the stars. Man had already begun to probe its mysteries. Our mothers and fathers before us had created methods, maps, and ships that would forever change their planet and the way their children would view the world. So, when our small new-media company was offered the opportunity to work with John Strand and Pathways to the Planets, we all knew that it was a chance of a lifetime to work with someone who was instrumental in helping man reach that small rock in space called the moon. We live in the new world created by those brave pioneers and today are posed new frontiers; nano-science, cyberspace, molecular medicine, etc... All afforded to us humans, at least in part, by the extraordinary people portrayed in this book. Pathways to the Planets is a unique insight into the lives of those individuals as told through the memoirs of Astrophysicist John Strand. I personally, found this book to be an affirmation for anyone who seeks adventure and welcomes challenge and certainly a must read for those who were there (on earth!) during that exciting time. What a journey producing this book has been! For more information on John Strand, Pathways to the Planets or the early days of the space program go to “http://www.pathwaystotheplanets.com/” . by Perry Berryhill - President, Panacore Corporation

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1452057184

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9781452057187

On Borrowed Time

Assessing the Threat of Mineral Depletion

By: John E. Tilton

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On Borrowed Time

Assessing the Threat of Mineral Depletion

By: John E. Tilton

The sharp rise in mineral use has revived concern about scarcity. Economist John Tilton responds by analyzing recent trends in the consumption and availability of minerals that are most integral to the needs of modern civilization. He reminds readers that, if the arguments about scarcity sound familiar, it is because the story of minerals scarcity is almost as old as human history-and so too is substitution and technological innovation. The issue at hand is the unprecedented acceleration in exploitation and use. Given global population growth, rising living standards, and environmental concerns, how seriously should today‘s society take the threat of mineral exhaustion? On Borrowed Time? provides general interest and student readers with an accessible framework for understanding scarcity. Tilton defines important concepts and explores the methods used to study mineral scarcity, including physical measures of known reserves and the total resource base, and economic measures, such as extraction and end-user costs. He notes the increasing emphasis on the social and environmental costs of mineral production and use, placing the scarcity debate in context of broader concerns about sustainability and equity. He adds a history of thought about scarcity, from Malthus and Ricardo to Harold Hotelling, Donella Meadows, to the present day.

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Routledge

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1136528016

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The World of UCL

By: Negley Harte,John North,Georgina Brewis

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The World of UCL

By: Negley Harte,John North,Georgina Brewis

From its foundation in 1826, UCL embraced a progressive and pioneering spirit. It was the first university in England to admit students regardless of religion and made higher education affordable and accessible to a much broader section of society. It was also effectively the first university to welcome women on equal terms with men. From the outset UCL showed a commitment to innovative ideas and new methods of teaching and research. This book charts the history of UCL from 1826 through to the present day, highlighting its many contributions to society in Britain and around the world. It covers the expansion of the university through the growth in student numbers and institutional mergers. It documents shifts in governance throughout the years and the changing social and economic context in which UCL operated, including challenging periods of reconstruction after two World Wars. Today UCL is one of the powerhouses of research and teaching, and a truly global university. It is currently seventh in the QS World University Rankings. This completely revised and updated edition features a new chapter based on interviews with key individuals at UCL. It comes at a time of ambitious development for UCL with the establishment of an entirely new campus in East London, UCL East, and Provost Michael Arthur’s ‘UCL 2034’ strategy which aims to secure the university’s long-term future and commits UCL to delivering global impact.

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UCL Press

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1787352943

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Pierce's Register

Register of the Certificates Issued by John Pierce, Esquire, Paymaster General and Commissioner of Army Accounts for the United States, to Officers and Soldiers of the Continental Army Under Act of July 4, 1783

By: United States. War Department. Pay Department,John Pierce

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Pierce's Register

By: United States. War Department. Pay Department,John Pierce

Published as Senate Documents, Vol. 9, no. 988, 63rd Congress, 3rd Session.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806305274

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Great Men at Bad Moments

By: John Saunders

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Great Men at Bad Moments

By: John Saunders

Great Men at Bad Moments centres on the indignities and brutalities inflicted on young pupils during the reigns of some twenty-five headmasters, many of them Church of England clergymen. A major source for the book is the revelations of individual pupils who suffered under the cruel regimes. Many of these boys were later to achieve literary and other fame. So, for example, Leigh Hunt and Coleridge remember the unbridled behaviour of their headmaster, the Reverend Boyer of Christ's Hospital School, described by De Quincey as 'this horrid incarnation of whips and scourges'. Winston Churchill and the art critic, Roger Fry, provide vivid accounts of the atrocities committed by their prep school headmaster, the Revered Sneyd-Kynnersley. Roald Dahl ponders on the mix of sadism and Christianity which cast a shadow over his days at Repton. And A.N. Wilson tells how the brutality of his paedophile headmaster and his sadistic wife scarred him forever.Great Men at Bad Moments takes its form from John Aubrey's Brief Lives, mingling the anecdotal with the analytical.

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eBook Partnership

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1785452398

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Ain't No Whistle on This Here Train A'Blowin'

An African-American Trilogy

By: John W Work,John W. Work Iv

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Ain't No Whistle on This Here Train A'Blowin'

An African-American Trilogy

By: John W Work,John W. Work Iv

An African-American Trilogy features three distinct stories based on historical figures. The first, "My Name Is Ida B. Wells," describes the late 19th- and early 20th-century battles forged by the newspaperwoman against racial discrimination, and the growing scourge of lynching around the nation, and especially in Memphis, Tennessee. A young reporter idolizes Ida and seeks to emulate her. In fear of her life from an enraged white mob, Ida escapes her home just hours before a mob burns it to the ground. The second historical fiction story is "Tulsa, 1921: The Granddaddy of American Race Riots." Two of the colored millionaires in Tulsa, Oklahoma, O.W. Gurley and J.B. Stradford, were business competitors in real estate. They decided to partner in building the finest hotel in Tulsa. Never dreaming their plans would evoke animosity from the white community, the hotel plans were put on hold. A seemingly innocent incident involving an elevator ride shared by a colored man and a white woman set off the worst race riot in American history. "When Miss Anderson Sang at the Met" is the final story. Set in 1955, it tells of a young man who simply must hear the great Marian Anderson perform at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, marking the first time an African-American artist would perform at the Met. John W. Work IV, Ph.D., has been a university professor of economics, a corporate executive, and most recently was a senior principal in a New York City-based management consulting firm. He resides with his wife in New York City, where he is an author and professional futures trader. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/JohnWWorkIV

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1622123867

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9781622123865

Curriculum and Assessment in English 11 to 19

A Better Plan

By: John Richmond,Andrew Burn,Peter Dougill,Angela Goddard,Mike Raleigh,Peter Traves

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Curriculum and Assessment in English 11 to 19

A Better Plan

By: John Richmond,Andrew Burn,Peter Dougill,Angela Goddard,Mike Raleigh,Peter Traves

Curriculum and Assessment in English 11 to 19 provides a clear, balanced and persuasive critique of the current English curriculum in secondary schools and colleges in England.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351856235

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Drama and Curriculum

A Giant at the Door

By: John O'Toole,Madonna Stinson,Tiina Moore

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Drama and Curriculum

A Giant at the Door

By: John O'Toole,Madonna Stinson,Tiina Moore

‘Here’s a knocking indeed!’ says the Porter in Shakespeare’s Scottish play (Act II, Scene 3) and immediately puts himself into role in order to deal with the demands of such an early call after a late night of drinking and carousal: ‘If a man were porter of hell-gate...’. But what roles does the porter of curriculum-gate take on in order to deal with drama’s persistent demands for entry? Ah, that depends upon the temperature of the times. We, who have been knocking for what seems to be a very long time, know well that when evaluation and measurement criteriaare demanded as evidence of drama’s ef cacy, an examiner stands as gatekeeper. When the educational landscape is in danger of overcrowding, we meet a territorial governor. And how often has the courtesan turned out to be only a tease because the arts are, for a brief moment, in the spotlight for their abilities to foster out-of-the-box thinkers? In this text, we meet these ‘commissionaires’ and many more. The gatekeeping roles and what they represent are so familiar that they have become cliches ́ to us. We know them by their arguments, ripostes, dismissals, their brief encouragement and lack of follow-up. And we know that behind each one (however rmly they think they keep the keys) is a nancial and political master whose power controls the curriculum building and everything in it.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402093705

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9781402093708

Magdalen College Register

Vol. 3. The instructors in grammar.

By: John Rouse Bloxam

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Magdalen College Register

Vol. 3. The instructors in grammar.

By: John Rouse Bloxam

Reprint of the original, first published in 1863. A Register of the Presidents, Fellows, Demies, Instructors in Grammar and in Music, Chaplains, Clerks, Choristers, and Other Members of Saint Mary Magdalen College in the University of Oxford, from the Foundation of the College to the Present Time.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3375005903

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A History of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades

By: Peter Bain,John Gennard

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A History of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades

By: Peter Bain,John Gennard

With full access to the union's records, John Gennard and Peter Bain have produced a wide-ranging history of SOGAT up to its merger with the National Graphical Association in 1991. In addition to presenting a thorough study of the union, this book provides a valuable insight into the paper and printing industries during a period of great change as well as examining some of the most momentous events in recent British industrial relations history.

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1134790899

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9781134790890

Spooky Science

Debunking the Pseudoscience of the Afterlife

By: John Grant

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Spooky Science

Debunking the Pseudoscience of the Afterlife

By: John Grant

A hilarious lampoon of scientific inquiry into the psychic. Life after death, spirit communication, the astral plane, reincarnation: on the relatively rare occasions when scientists have tried to apply their methods to the paranormal, they’ve often ended up embarrassed—fooled by obvious charlatans, deluded into making irrational and unsubstantiated claims, or frustrated in their attempt to find something that just isn’t there. John Grant—author of Discarded Science and Corrupted Science—investigates the pseudoscience of spooky stuff to fascinating and humorous effect. From scamming mediums, to poltergeist fakery, to heavenly hallucinations, Grant spares ardent believers and gullible thinkers no mercy in this rollicking history of psychic “phenomena.”

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Union Square + ORM

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1454917261

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9781454917267

The Viper

A Dave Gurney Novel

By: John Verdon

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The Viper

A Dave Gurney Novel

By: John Verdon

Pushed to his breaking point and accused of murder, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney must face his greatest adversary yet to solve a mystery that is quickly tearing his world apart Tennis bad boy Ziko Slade is serving twenty years for the grisly murder of small-time criminal Lenny Lerman. The facts of the case—and Slade’s checkered past—seem indisputable. What begins as a cursory review of the case as a favor to Dave Gurney’s wife’s friend soon spirals into something much more complicated. When Gurney’s involvement threatens to expose a viper’s nest of corruption, he finds himself framed for murder and pursued by a sensational media, a ruthless district attorney, and a coldblooded killer. As he evades the law and attempts to solve the case to salvage his reputation, Gurney grapples with the realization that his unshakable need for police work is costing him more than the brilliant detective ever suspected. The Viper is the most shocking and riveting chapter yet in the internationally bestselling Dave Gurney series.

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Catapult

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1640096493

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The Bull Grunt and the Emotionless Cry

Things That Go Boo, and the More Terrifying, Things That Go Boo in Broad Daylight...

By: Jason John Tyler

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The Bull Grunt and the Emotionless Cry

Things That Go Boo, and the More Terrifying, Things That Go Boo in Broad Daylight...

By: Jason John Tyler

Christine and Emma are driven to the edge. Erby develops a thirst for blood and Priscilla senses the desire to be chopped into pieces. The snakes are back. Raquel can feel them, tearing at her insides. Franks urge to gas Christine has returned and Marys dog, Brutus, has developed a fondness for human flesh. The coming is near. At a hotel where the dead lurk, Tiger twists the arm of his friend, Billy, into shady dealings. Together, they are drawn into a ghostly world where a battle for survival ensues, taking them to the brink, in the ultimate test of friendship. Learn the terrifying truths behind the changing and discover what drove them to the edge. Enter the lives of the, once good, and journey onto a dark road of sucked in faces and outstretched arms, into the hearts and minds of two boys, young men, in a timeless world of horror.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1524555649

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9781524555641

College For Every Student

A Practitioner's Guide to Building College and Career Readiness

By: Rick Dalton,Edward P. St. John

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College For Every Student

A Practitioner's Guide to Building College and Career Readiness

By: Rick Dalton,Edward P. St. John

College For Every Student shares best practices for raising college and career aspirations and increasing educational opportunities for underserved and diverse students in rural and urban districts. Providing guidance for educating your students and organizing communities for expanding educational opportunities, this is a must-read for every school leader and counselor interested in promoting educational uplift. This comprehensive guidebook offers a wealth of resources and tools for educators and professionals to help students build essential college and career readiness skills. College For Every Student gives you the research-based, proven strategies needed for promoting the core student skills essential for college and career readiness: aspiration, grit, perseverance, adaptability, leadership, and teamwork.

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Routledge

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1317334124

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9781317334125

Singing a New Tune

The Rebirth of the Modern Film Musical, from Evita to De-lovely and Beyond

By: John Kenneth Muir

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Singing a New Tune

The Rebirth of the Modern Film Musical, from Evita to De-lovely and Beyond

By: John Kenneth Muir

A survey of film musicals incorporates interviews with directors and screenwriters, an overview of the genre from the 1920s to the 1990s, and discusses fourteen film musicals from 1996 to 2004, along with musicals on TV.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1557836108

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9781557836106

Other Worlds Than These

By: John Joseph Adams

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Other Worlds Than These

By: John Joseph Adams

What if you could not only travel any location in the world, but to any possible world? We can all imagine such “other worlds”--be they worlds just slightly different than our own or worlds full of magic and wonder--but it is only in fiction that we can travel to them. From The Wizard of Oz to The Dark Tower, from Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass to C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a rich tradition of this kind of fiction, but never before have the best parallel world stories and portal fantasies been collected in a single volume--until now.

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Start Publishing LLC

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1597804347

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9781597804349

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