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The Trailsman #290

Mountain Mavericks

By: Jon Sharpe

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The most dangerous beasts walk on two legs… Skye Fargo knows that the mountain country of the Yellowstone River is full of wildlife. But Fargo isn’t going to stand by and let a foxy young beauty looking for her brother be threatened by some mad-dog killers. Seems a boorish greenhorn is scouring the territory for specimens to put in his own private zoo. And the no-good skunks he hired as guides have the bad luck of crossing paths with Fargo one too many times. Now the Trailsman must show the rabid wolves that when it comes to survival, he’s leader of the pack…

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1101165502

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Adventures in the Ditch

A Memoir of Family, Navigation, and Discovery on the Intracoastal Waterway

By: Jon Coile

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Adventures in the Ditch

A Memoir of Family, Navigation, and Discovery on the Intracoastal Waterway

By: Jon Coile

As a seven-year-old boy, Jon Coile dreamed of spending the summer sailing Author of Evolution of an Xmas Letter the Atlantic. He just couldnt get his friends to cooperate. Coile grew up and spent time on the water, and in Adventures in the Ditch, he shares one story of a family nautical adventure. Hoping to rekindle the wanderlust and excitement of earlier sailing experiences, Coile, his thirty-seven-year-old brother Andrew, and their eighty-one-year-old father Russell embark on a nine-day, 2,500-mile, round-trip voyage on the Intracoastal Waterwayfrom the Chesapeake Bay to Miami. Their refurbished vessel, the Griffin, throws them some curveballs, and the trio encounters other unexpected situations, calling for creative and whimsical solutions. More than a mere boat trip, Adventures in the Ditch presents a rich, warm, and personal story of family relationships. Praise for Adventures in the Ditch Jon Coiles action-packed account of a journey on the Inland Waterway with his elderly father beautifully captures the challenges of navigating and the tensile strength of family ties. Susan Moger, Former Senior Editor, Scholastic Inc.

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1936236524

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9781936236527

Contour

By: Jon Beattiey

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Contour

By: Jon Beattiey

Andrew was living a lonely life - married, yes, but alone within himself, a common enough situation after twentyone years under the same roof. In the day-to-day routines, the mind-numbing sameness, who was the most lacklustre, he or his wife?

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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190622143X

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9781906221430

Jon McConal's Texas

By: Jon McConal

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Jon McConal's Texas

By: Jon McConal

Jon McConal, longtime columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, takes readers on a trip back through years of writing about Texas-its history, people, and unusual places.

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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1461625688

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9781461625681

Alpine Tide: Book One of the Second Moon Trilogy

By: Jon Fischer

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Alpine Tide: Book One of the Second Moon Trilogy

By: Jon Fischer

Sea level is suddenly two miles high. A second moon appears in the sky. As violent ocean waves are threatening the peaks of the Rocky Mountains, a group of seven survivors must navigate the erratic alpine tides, while trying to unravel the mystery of why this happened. It is soon discovered that this cataclysmic event was not just by chance. And one of the survivors, Miriam Madsen, may be the planet's only hope. Explore the #AlpineTide online at www.alpinetide.com for exclusive content, author commentary, and a sneak peek at the next installment of the trilogy.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1638147639

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Impeachment

An American History

By: Jon Meacham,Timothy Naftali,Peter Baker,Jeffrey A. Engel

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Impeachment

An American History

By: Jon Meacham,Timothy Naftali,Peter Baker,Jeffrey A. Engel

Four experts on the American presidency examine the three times impeachment has been invoked—against Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton—and explain what it means today. Impeachment is a double-edged sword. Though it was designed to check tyrants, Thomas Jefferson also called impeachment “the most formidable weapon for the purpose of a dominant faction that was ever contrived.” On the one hand, it nullifies the will of voters, the basic foundation of all representative democracies. On the other, its absence from the Constitution would leave the country vulnerable to despotic leadership. It is rarely used, and with good reason. Only three times has a president’s conduct led to such political disarray as to warrant his potential removal from office, transforming a political crisis into a constitutional one. None has yet succeeded. Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868 for failing to kowtow to congressional leaders—and, in a large sense, for failing to be Abraham Lincoln—yet survived his Senate trial. Richard Nixon resigned in August 1974 after the House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of impeachment against him for lying, obstructing justice, and employing his executive power for personal and political gain. Bill Clinton had an affair with a White House intern, but in 1999 he faced trial in the Senate less for that prurient act than for lying under oath about it. In the first book to consider these three presidents alone—and the one thing they have in common—Jeffrey A. Engel, Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, and Peter Baker explain that the basis and process of impeachment is more political than legal. The Constitution states that the president “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors,” leaving room for historical precedent and the temperament of the time to weigh heavily on each case. This book reveals the complicated motives behind each impeachment—never entirely limited to the question of a president’s guilt—and the risks to all sides. Each case depended on factors beyond the president’s behavior: his relationship with Congress, the polarization of the moment, and the power and resilience of the office itself. This is a realist view of impeachment that looks to history for clues about its potential use in the future.

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Modern Library

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1984853783

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Salem Secret Underground

The History of the Tunnels in the City

By: Christopher Jon Luke Dowgin

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Salem Secret Underground

The History of the Tunnels in the City

By: Christopher Jon Luke Dowgin

In 1801 Elias Hasket Derby Jr. leaves his two year retirement. His father, the country’s first millionaire, has left him a money pit that many would consider one of the nations first American Castles. The expense to keep up this mansion and his leisurely life style has forced Elias back into action. He will take command of the local militia to fill in the ponds in the Common as part of an elaborate plot. The plot would entail the beautification of this neighborhood and entice a series of merchants and ship captains to build a series of two grand brick mansions set apart at fixed distances around the new park. All attached to a series of smuggling tunnels that would lead from the wharf, to their stores, and the banks. An elaborate scheme filled with Masons,pirates, a Secretary of the Navy, Senators, Representatives, a Supreme Court Justice, Presidents, and a touch of murder! Dig into the tunnels of Salem and find the underbelly of our nation!

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Salem House Press

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0986261033

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9780986261039

Sams Teach Yourself MS Access 2002 in 21 Days

By: Paul Cassel,Craig Eddy,Jon Price

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Sams Teach Yourself MS Access 2002 in 21 Days

By: Paul Cassel,Craig Eddy,Jon Price

This book is a hands-on tutorial for Access users who want to learn Access by working through solid examples. It will show the reader how to use Access and how to develop solid databases from start to finish. The focus of the book will be Access databases on the desktop but will have two chapters on implementing Access in a networked or client/server environment. Key topics include understanding relational databases and the Access 2002 architecture; designing, building, and maintaining full-feature, robust database applications; implementing Data Access Pages; working with Visual Basic for Applications and the Visual Basic Editor; and publishing Access content to the WWW or a company's intranet.

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0672321033

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9780672321030

Psychological Meanderings

By: Jon A Shaw M.D. M.S.

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Psychological Meanderings

By: Jon A Shaw M.D. M.S.

These writings encompass a bit of the authors early life experiences, his role as a military psychiatrist, his endeavor vis--vis these selected writings to understand human behavior with specific attention to the traumatic effects of war on the individual soldier, child abuse, the illusion of safety, the complex relationship between narcissism and aggression, the determining effect of personality on the creative artist and his art, and lastly, his thoughts on spirituality, chance happenings in everyday life, and the capacity to mourn the various losses associated with the life cycle.

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1546240403

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9781546240402

And There Was Light

Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

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And There Was Light

Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America. “Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize • Longlisted for the Biographers International Plutarch Award • One of the Best Books of the Year: The Christian Science Monitor, Kirkus Reviews A president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when implacable secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. In him we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations. At once familiar and elusive, Lincoln tends to be seen as the greatest of American presidents—a remote icon—or as a politician driven more by calculation than by conviction. This illuminating new portrait gives us a very human Lincoln—an imperfect man whose moral antislavery commitment, essential to the story of justice in America, began as he grew up in an antislavery Baptist community; who insisted that slavery was a moral evil; and who sought, as he put it, to do right as God gave him to see the right. This book tells the story of Lincoln from his birth on the Kentucky frontier in 1809 to his leadership during the Civil War to his tragic assassination in 1865: his rise, his self-education, his loves, his bouts of depression, his political failures, his deepening faith, and his persistent conviction that slavery must end. In a nation shaped by the courage of the enslaved of the era and by the brave witness of Black Americans, Lincoln’s story illustrates the ways and means of politics in a democracy, the roots and durability of racism, and the capacity of conscience to shape events.

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0553393987

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Leaders of the American Civil War

A Biographical and Historiographical Dictionary

By: Charles F. Ritter,Jon L. Wakelyn

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Leaders of the American Civil War

A Biographical and Historiographical Dictionary

By: Charles F. Ritter,Jon L. Wakelyn

Covering both the great military leaders and the critical civilian leaders, this book provides an overview of their careers and a professional assessment of their accomplishments. Entries consider the leaders' character and prewar experiences, their contributions to the war effort, and the war's impact on the rest of their lives. The entries then look at how history has assessed these leaders, thus putting their longtime reputations on the line. The result is a thorough revision of some leaders' careers, a call for further study of others, and a reaffirmation of the accomplishments of the greatest leaders. Analyzing the leaders historiographically, the work shows how the leaders wanted to be remembered, how postwar memorists and biographers saw them, the verdict of early historians, and how the best modern historians have assessed their contributions. By including a variety of leaders from both civilian and military roles, the book provides a better understanding of the total war, and by relating their lives to their times, it provides a better understanding of historical revisionism and of why history has been so interested in Civil War lives.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313064946

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9780313064944

Everybody's Business

The Unlikely Story of How Big Business Can Fix the World

By: Jon Miller

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Everybody's Business

The Unlikely Story of How Big Business Can Fix the World

By: Jon Miller

Sometimes it seems as if business exists purely to enrich a small elite. While the world is facing unprecedented challenges, it appears that businesses are only interested in making profits or paying bonuses. Big businesses are powerful machines. We all know they have the potential to cause enormous social and environmental harm; but with their resources and expertise they can also be great engines of positive change. Rather than fighting the power of business, should we be seeking to harness it? Everybody's Business is a journey through the business world. We meet the companies that are driving business forward by mobilising to tackle the challenges we all face. At its heart, this is a story of businesses doing what they do best: delivering products and services that people need, creating jobs and finding new ways to solve old problems. It's a story of people taking the initiative, and finding inspiration in the positive impact of their actions. We see how some of today's leading companies are realising that lasting success comes from having a purpose broader than making a profit. They know that business should benefit customers, employees, suppliers, neighbours and the wider world, as well as shareholders. Enduring value comes from making business work for everybody.

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1849546630

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9781849546638

Coming Out Jewish

By: Jon Stratton

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Coming Out Jewish

By: Jon Stratton

Like many Jews of our generation, Jon Stratton grew up in a family more concerned about assimilation than about preserving Jewish tradition. While he could easily 'pass' among non-Jews, he found himself increasingly torn between his fear of not belonging and a deeply-felt commitment to his family's past. Coming Out Jewish examines the unique challenge of constructing an identity amid the clash between ethnicity and conformity. For many Jews, the idea of full assimilation ended with the Holocaust. But the pressure to adapt to the mainstream, Stratton eloquently argues, remains powerful, especially for those with anglicized names, assimilationist parents, a history of recent immigration, or ambivalent experiences of themselves as Jews. With reference to the work of Daniel Boyarin, Ien Ang, and Homi Bhabha, among others, Stratton offers fresh analysis on a wide range of topics, including the Jewish origins of pluralism in the US, anti-Semitism in Germany, the Jewishness of sitcoms like Seinfeld, and the Yiddishization of American culture since World War II. More than a book about Jews and Jewishness, Coming Out Jewish smartly and accurately mines the Jewish experience in the West to give voice to the issues of migration, Diaspora, assimilation and identity that affect those, displaced and 'othered', around the world.

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Routledge

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1134597061

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9781134597062

Digital Nature Photography

By: Jon Cox

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Digital Nature Photography

By: Jon Cox

Digital Nature Photography is the definitive how-to book on photographing nature with a digital camera. Focusing primarily on the art of taking the picture in the field—rather than just manipulating the image after it has been shot—this comprehensive guide is geared to the nature photographer who is fairly new to the world of digital cameras. Packed with step-by-step directions and resplendent full-color examples from the author’s own body of work, readers will receive hands-on practice with lighting, composition, landscapes, sunrises, sunsets, animal portraits, close-ups, manipulating and storing images, and much more. The essential reference for every level of photographer, Digital Nature Photography guides the reader through a magnificent and unique visual experience into the natural world.

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Amphoto Books

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0385344503

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9780385344500

Monstrous British Serial Killers

By: Jon Buchanan

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Monstrous British Serial Killers

By: Jon Buchanan

Monstrous British Serial Killers features eighteen strange and morbidly fascinating British serial killer true crime cases. This volume will examine, among others, Sharon Carr - a vicious teenage killer who became known as The Devil's Daughter. We will also take a deep dive into the harrowing case of Dennis Nilsen and take a look at the frightening story of James Fairweather - a teenage boy who decided he wanted to be a famous serial killer. Other cases to fall under scrutiny in this book include Stephen Port, Neville Heath, and Daniel Gonzalez. All this and more awaits in Monstrous British Serial Killers.

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epubli

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3757547942

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Essential Reporting

The NCTJ Guide for Trainee Journalists

By: Jon Smith,Joanne Butcher

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Essential Reporting

The NCTJ Guide for Trainee Journalists

By: Jon Smith,Joanne Butcher

If you want a book that instructs you about all the technical skills you need to pass the examinations set by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) and embark on a career in journalism, then this is the book for you. It outlines the basic knowledge required to succeed as a trainee reporter. Shorthand, intros, writing styles, subbing, layout, the way newsrooms work and how to find things out are among the range of skills described." - Times Higher Education "Precisely what it says on the cover - a down-to-earth essential handbook for anyone embarking on a career in journalism. All you need to know about avoiding newsroom minefields and attracting the editor′s attention for the right reasons. If only it had been around in my day!′ - Bob Satchwell, Executive Director, Society of Editors This is a book for everyone who wants to be a journalist: a practical guide to all you need to know, learn and do to succeed as a trainee reporter in today′s newsroom. Although the world of journalism is changing fast, as technology blurs the boundaries between newspapers, radio, television and web-based media, the reporter′s core role remains the same: to recognise news, communicate with people, gather information, and create accurate, balanced and readable stories. Essential Reporting, written by an experienced NCTJ examiner, explains how to do this. Contents include: what makes a good reporter what is news, and how to find it how newsrooms work day-to-day life as a reporter key reporting tasks covering courts and councils successful interviewing writing news stories specialist reporting handling sound, pictures and the web It also contains a wealth of advice, tips and warnings from working journalists, a guide to NCTJ training and examinations, a glossary and a guide to further reading. It will be invaluable to anyone embarking on a career in journalism and is the NCTJ′s recommended introductory text for all students on college and university courses preparing them to become successful reporters.

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SAGE

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1446205010

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9781446205013

Pragmatics and Fiction

By: Jon-K. Adams

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Pragmatics and Fiction

By: Jon-K. Adams

This study is intended to design measures for ethnographic description including speech acts in an etic instrumental approach, oriented toward an analysis of the functions of communicative events in relation to the ongoing stream of behavior. A revised taxonomy of speech acts is applied to an empirical corpus and is shown to produce a systematic set of behavioral measures which are potentially productive for cross-cultural comparison.

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9027225443

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Rogue Watcher: Book 2 of the Second Moon Trilogy

By: Jon Fischer

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Rogue Watcher: Book 2 of the Second Moon Trilogy

By: Jon Fischer

Earth is not the only planet with intelligent human life. For many millennia, advanced humans from Completed Worlds have monitored the technological development of humans on other less advanced planets across the universe, including Earth. Each Developing World always has five Watchers from Completed Worlds, who are assigned to live on the planet and monitor its progress. The Watchers work under the strict direction of a Universal MAXIM to anonymously observe and report and never interfere with the native humans. Earth was Developing at a great pace until a band of Universal terrorists, known as Takers, damaged the Earth with large asteroids, flooding the planet and killing nearly all its population. The largest asteroid in the attack was miraculously caught into the Earth's orbit, becoming a second moon. Rogue Watcher, the next installment of the Second Moon Trilogy, picks up where Alpine Tide left off. The stakes are higher than ever as eighteen-year-old Miriam Madsen and her fellow survivors face new threats from across the Universe. To avoid their certain destruction, Watcher 3 of Earth, known locally as Spence, will stop at no length to protect Miriam, the woman he loves--even if it means going rogue. Explore the Second Moon Trilogy online at www.secondmoontrilogy.com for exclusive content, author commentary, and a sneak peek into the last installment of the trilogy.

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They Knew Jesus

By: Jon Boswell

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They Knew Jesus

By: Jon Boswell

This book is a series about eighteen individuals who, going through their daily activities as we all do, personally met the Lord and Savior of all mankind. The stories are conceptions of how they were affected.

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WestBow Press

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1512799718

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The Healing Practices of the Knights Templar and Hospitaller

Plants, Charms, and Amulets of the Healers of the Crusades

By: Jon G. Hughes

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The Healing Practices of the Knights Templar and Hospitaller

Plants, Charms, and Amulets of the Healers of the Crusades

By: Jon G. Hughes

• Presents a traditional “cure-all” or leechbook of the ailments the Crusaders would have encountered and the remedies their mediciners would have employed, including recipes for many cures and instructions • Includes a comprehensive herbal, listing all the medicinal plants and materials needed to make the remedies, potions, elixirs, and unctions of the cure-all • Details the author’s travels in the steps of the Crusader physicians where he met with healers still employing the mediciners’ practices During the Crusades, chivalric knightly orders, such as the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller, brought along monastic mediciners to treat the sick and wounded. These mediciners not only employed the leading cures of medieval Europe but also learned new methods from the local folk-healers and Arabic healing traditions they encountered on their journeys. Presenting a traditional “cure-all” or leechbook of the Crusader physicians, Jon Hughes shares a comprehensive encyclopedia of the ailments the Crusaders would have encountered and the remedies their mediciners would have employed. He details recipes for many cures and a range of magico-medical applications such as charms, spells, enchantments, and amulets used to address the new illnesses of strange and foreign lands. He includes a detailed and comprehensive herbal, listing all the plants and materials needed to make and administer the remedies of the cure-all. He also details his travels in the steps of the Crusader physicians throughout Poland, the Czech Republic, Malta, Morocco, and the island of Rhodes where he met with healers still following this healing path who shared their practices with him. Revealing how the healers of the Crusades helped elevate Western medical knowledge through the integration of wisdom from their Middle Eastern counterparts, Hughes shows how their legacy continues through the many effective remedies and healing modalities still in use today.

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Simon and Schuster

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1644113317

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American Gospel

God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation

By: Jon Meacham

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American Gospel

God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation

By: Jon Meacham

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham reveals how the Founding Fathers viewed faith—and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice. At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, American Gospel draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the fascinating history of a nation grappling with religion and politics–from John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” sermon to Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence; from the Revolution to the Civil War; from a proposed nineteenth-century Christian Amendment to the Constitution to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s call for civil rights; from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. Debates about religion and politics are often more divisive than illuminating. Secularists point to a “wall of separation between church and state,” while many conservatives act as though the Founding Fathers were apostles in knee britches. As Meacham shows in this brisk narrative, neither extreme has it right. At the heart of the American experiment lies the God of what Benjamin Franklin called “public religion,” a God who invests all human beings with inalienable rights while protecting private religion from government interference. It is a great American balancing act, and it has served us well. Meacham has written and spoken extensively about religion and politics, and he brings historical authority and a sense of hope to the issue. American Gospel makes it compellingly clear that the nation’s best chance of summoning what Lincoln called “the better angels of our nature” lies in recovering the spirit and sense of the Founding. In looking back, we may find the light to lead us forward. Praise for American Gospel “In his American Gospel, Jon Meacham provides a refreshingly clear, balanced, and wise historical portrait of religion and American politics at exactly the moment when such fairness and understanding are much needed. Anyone who doubts the relevance of history to our own time has only to read this exceptional book.”—David McCullough, author of 1776 “Jon Meacham has given us an insightful and eloquent account of the spiritual foundation of the early days of the American republic. It is especially instructive reading at a time when the nation is at once engaged in and deeply divided on the question of religion and its place in public life.”—Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation

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1588365778

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John

By: Jonathan D. Huntzinger,Jon Huntzinger

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John

By: Jonathan D. Huntzinger,Jon Huntzinger

In this commentary, Dr. Jonathan D. Huntzinger shows that John's book is unique among the gospels because it emphasizes that Jesus offers the eternal life of God to the people of God.

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0785252541

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The Trail

By: Jon Wilmot

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The Trail

By: Jon Wilmot

People go missing for all sorts of reasons. When Scott Hunter is drawn into investigating the unexplained disappearance of Andrew Wood, a man he barely knew, he finds questions everywhere he turns. Is Andrew alive? Was he taken or did he simply leave? Why did he quit his job and leave his home in such a hurry, leaving many of his belongings behind? Why has he failed to make contact with anyone in the three months since he vanished? And why is another man searching his house, armed with a gun? As Scott gradually discovers the trail which brings him closer to the truth, he unearths a web of deceit that is bigger than he first imagined. And after a brutal murder causes shockwaves across the city, the police become very interested in Scott, so much so that he realises if he fails to find Andrew, the life he knows may be taken from him. But he's not the only one searching for Andrew. Not by a long way....

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Lulu.com

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1326042998

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Hidden History of Helena, Montana

By: Ellen Baumler,Jon Axline

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Hidden History of Helena, Montana

By: Ellen Baumler,Jon Axline

Distinguished by statesmen and magnates, Helena's history is colored with many other compelling characters and episodes nearly lost to time. Before achieving eminence in Deadwood, Sheriff Seth Bullock oversaw Montana Territory's first two legal hangings. The Seven Mile House was an oasis of vice for the parched, weary travelers entering the valley on the Benton Road, despite a tumultuous succession of ownership. The heritage of the Sieban Ranch and the saga of "King Kong" Clayton, "the Joe Louis of the Mat," faded from public memory. From unraveling the myths of Chinatown to detailing the lives of red-light businesswomen and the Canyon Ferry flying saucer hoax, revered local historians Ellen Baumler and Jon Axline team up to preserve a compendium of Helena's yesteryear.

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1439668655

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Appalachian! An honorable route

AN ADVENTURE OF RESILIENCE AND PERSONAL GROWTH

By: Jon Galdos Elguezabal

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Appalachian! An honorable route

AN ADVENTURE OF RESILIENCE AND PERSONAL GROWTH

By: Jon Galdos Elguezabal

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 2,189-mile-long mountain trail with a cumulative elevation gain of 464,500 feet. It runs through an impressive wealth of woodland, crossing great forests and National Parks in the United States. In the past, these lands belonged to Indian Nations, such as the Cherokees, Delawares, Catawbas and Abenakies. The country became part of the British Colonies before becoming part of the United States of America. The Appalachian trail runs across fourteen states: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Hikers who attempt to walk the trail have to survive in the forest for days on end, just like other animals. The author spent one hundred and forty-two consecutive days on the trail to become the first Thru-Hiker from Spain to finish the trail alone, without any back-up support. A truly extraordinary experience. While overcoming this tremendous challenge, the author adopted the trail name “Basajaun,” the name of a creature from Basque mythology who dwells in the woods, half human, half beast.

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Caligrama

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8419039845

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Curse of Great Train Robbery

By: Jon Fordham

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Curse of Great Train Robbery

By: Jon Fordham

The story of the Great Train Robbery of 1963 according to the latest research and how it adversely affected the lives of all thos involved.

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Arena books

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1909421812

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Taming the Leviathan

The Reception of the Political and Religious Ideas of Thomas Hobbes in England 1640–1700

By: Jon Parkin

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Taming the Leviathan

The Reception of the Political and Religious Ideas of Thomas Hobbes in England 1640–1700

By: Jon Parkin

Thomas Hobbes is widely acknowledged as the most important political philosopher to have written in English. Originally published in 2007, Taming the Leviathan is a wide-ranging study of the English reception of Hobbes's ideas. In the first book-length treatment of the topic for over forty years, Jon Parkin follows the fate of Hobbes's texts (particularly Leviathan) and the development of his controversial reputation during the seventeenth century, revealing the stakes in the critical discussion of the philosopher and his ideas. Revising the traditional view that Hobbes was simply rejected by his contemporaries, Parkin demonstrates that Hobbes's work was too useful for them to ignore, but too radical to leave unchallenged. His texts therefore had to be controlled, their lessons absorbed and their author discredited. In other words the Leviathan had to be tamed. Taming the Leviathan significantly revised our understanding of the role of Hobbes and Hobbism in seventeenth-century England.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107321182

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Emma and the Minotaur

By: Jon Herrera

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Emma and the Minotaur

By: Jon Herrera

A love letter to innocence, magic, and fantasy. The residents of the City of Saint Martin are disappearing. Those who hear the music of the forest are compelled to follow it and are never seen again. At the same time, creatures of myth and legend are returning to our world. Led by the colossal Minotaur, they hide in the shadows of Glenridge Forest, waiting for a day soon to come. Why are they here? What is the World of Light? Join young Emma Wilkins as she uncovers the truth behind the mystery and learns the identity of the great power behind it all. Like a song in the wind, the tale drifted out into the world. It started its journey in a dark glade deep inside Glenridge Forest. Those who had been there to witness the story carried it with them into the City of Saint Martin. From there, told and retold, the tale transformed and grew wings of its own. Farther and farther, the tale flew, reshaping itself into the form given to it by the voice of the teller. The story morphed and shifted, ever molding itself to the temperament of the land beneath it. The tale reached every corner of the world. To some, it was only a children's bedtime story. But others, in times to come, would find in it solace and truth.

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Jon Herrera

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1777266815

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The Health and Social Care Divide

The Experiences of Older People

By: Glasby, Jon,Littlechild, Rosemary

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The Health and Social Care Divide

The Experiences of Older People

By: Glasby, Jon,Littlechild, Rosemary

By focusing specifically on the experiences of older people, an especially vulnerable group when divisions emerge between health and social care providers, the authors are able to highlight in detail issues and recommendations that are applicable in a wide range of settings.

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Policy Press

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1861345259

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Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals

By: Jon Rogawski

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Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals

By: Jon Rogawski

Organized to support an "early transcendentals" approach to the single variable course, this version of Rogawski's highly anticipated text presents calculus with solid mathematical precision but with an everyday sensibility that puts the main concepts in clear terms. It is rigorous without being inaccessible and clear without being too informal--it has the perfect balance for instructors and their students.

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Macmillan

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1429210753

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Calculus: Early Transcendentals (Paper)

By: Jon Rogawski

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Calculus: Early Transcendentals (Paper)

By: Jon Rogawski

This new text presents calculus with solid mathematical precision but with an everyday sensibility that puts the main concepts in clear terms. It is rigorous without being inaccessible and clear without being too informal--it has the perfect balance for instructors and their students. Also available in a late transcendentals version (0-7167-6911-5).

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1429210745

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Biographical Dictionary of Explorers

By: Alan Wexler,Jon Cunningham

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Biographical Dictionary of Explorers

By: Alan Wexler,Jon Cunningham

An informative, fascinating resource suitable for students, researchers, and general readers, this biographical dictionary is a "who was who" of world and space explorers, giving readers a sense of the human drama—the achievements and the challenges—that those who go where few or none have gone before must face. The explorers covered include Jacques Cousteau, Sir Vivian Fuchs, John Glenn Jr., Aleksei Leonov, Annie Peck, Valentina Tereshkova, and many more.

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Infobase Holdings, Inc

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1438182155

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Calculus: Late Transcendentals Single Variable

By: Jon Rogawski,Colin Adams,Robert Franzosa

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Calculus: Late Transcendentals Single Variable

By: Jon Rogawski,Colin Adams,Robert Franzosa

The authors goal for the book is that its clearly written, could be read by a calculus student and would motivate them to engage in the material and learn more. Moreover, to create a text in which exposition, graphics, and layout would work together to enhance all facets of a student’s calculus experience. They paid special attention to certain aspects of the text: 1. Clear, accessible exposition that anticipates and addresses student difficulties. 2. Layout and figures that communicate the flow of ideas. 3. Highlighted features that emphasize concepts and mathematical reasoning including Conceptual Insight, Graphical Insight, Assumptions Matter, Reminder, and Historical Perspective. 4. A rich collection of examples and exercises of graduated difficulty that teach basic skills as well as problem-solving techniques, reinforce conceptual understanding, and motivate calculus through interesting applications. Each section also contains exercises that develop additional insights and challenge students to further develop their skills.

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1319270395

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