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Speaking for the People

Party, Language and Popular Politics in England, 1867-1914

By: Jon Lawrence

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Speaking for the People

Party, Language and Popular Politics in England, 1867-1914

By: Jon Lawrence

Speaking for the People, first published in 1998, draws our attention to the problematic nature of politicians' claims to represent others, and in doing so it challenges conventional ideas about both the rise of class politics, and the triumph of party between 1867 and 1914. The book emphasises the strongly gendered nature of party politics before the First World War, and suggests that historians have greatly underestimated the continuing importance of the 'politics of place'. Most importantly, however, Speaking for the People argues that we must break away from teleological notions such as the 'modernisation' of politics, the taming of the 'popular', or the rise of class. Only then will we understand the shifting currents of popular politics. Speaking for the People represents a major challenge to the ways in which historians and political scientists have studied the interaction between party politics and popular political cultures.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521893666

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The Case of the Piglet's Paternity

Trials from the New Haven Colony, 1619-1963

By: Jon C. Blue

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The Case of the Piglet's Paternity

Trials from the New Haven Colony, 1619-1963

By: Jon C. Blue

“Incomparable insight into an early colonial legal system thoroughly influenced by Biblical interpretations . . . sure to appeal.” —Harvard Law Review In the mid-seventeenth century, judges in the short-lived New Haven Colony presided over a remarkable series of trials ranging from murder and bestiality, to drunken sailors, frisky couples, faulty shoes, and shipwrecks. The cases were reported in an unusually vivid manner, allowing readers to witness the twists and turns of fortune as the participants battled with life and liberty at stake. When the records were eventually published in the 1850s, they were both difficult to read and heavily edited to delete sexual matters. Rendered here in modernized English and with insightful commentary by eminent judge Jon C. Blue, the New Haven trials allow readers to immerse themselves in the exciting legal battles of America’s earliest days. The Case of the Piglet’s Paternity assembles thirty-three of the most significant and intriguing trials of the period. As a book that examines a distinctive judicial system from a modern legal perspective, it is sure to be of interest to readers in law and legal history. For less litigious readers, Blue offers a worm’s-eye view of the full spectrum of early colonial society—political leaders and religious dissidents, farmhands and apprentices, women and children. “An engaging and intelligent microhistory of this time period and colony that nonlegal scholars can understand” —Journal of American Culture

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Wesleyan University Press

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0819575380

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9780819575388

Brill's Companion to Hellenistic Epigram

Down to Philip

By: Peter Bing,Jon Bruss

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Brill's Companion to Hellenistic Epigram

Down to Philip

By: Peter Bing,Jon Bruss

Important research in recent decades, along with the publication of P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309 ('the Milan Posidippus papyrus') in 2001, have reinvigorated the study of Hellenistic epigram. Yet, scholarship on this genre often remains fragmented according to disciplinary sub-specialty and approach: some scholars focus on poets of Meleager’s Garland, others on Philip’s; some on inscriptional epigram, others on literary; each approaching the genre with different motives and questions. In this volume, expert scholars offer those less familiar with the genre an introduction to all aspects of Hellenistic epigram—from models and forms inherited from inscriptional epigram to poetology, sub-genera, epigrammatic intertexts, and ancient and modern reception. Even specialists will find here fresh explorations of epigram, along with new directions for scholarship.

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BRILL

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9047419405

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9789047419402

Flyfisher's Guide to Michigan

New Edition

By: Osborn, Jon

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Flyfisher's Guide to Michigan

New Edition

By: Osborn, Jon

Michigan is one of the best states in the nation for flyfishing, and Jon Osborn's all-new Flyfisher's Guide to Michigan details the outstanding fishing opportunities like no other guidebook on the market. The author covers the hot spots and lesser known fisheries with personal experiences, historical overviews, effective techniques for both warmwater and coldwater species and resident and anadromous species, stocking data, appropriate gear and flies, access points, nearby fly shops, approximate float times and much more. Photographer Hunter Brumels provides the visuals that paint the full picture of the fishing in this incredible state. With bonus coverage of nearby watering holes, anglers will have everything they need for many memorable days. From mainstays like the Au Sable, Pere Marquette, Muskegon and Manistee rivers to hidden gems like the Rabbit and Red Cedar rivers, Osborn has put in the river-time so that you can get down to business. Many more forks and tributaries are covered, including trout, steelhead, salmon, bass and pike fisheries. This book comes standard with Wilderness Adventures Press' precise and detailed full-color maps, with GPS coordinates for all access points, boat ramps, and parking areas, along with access roads, public land and more. As Lefty once said: "If someone can't find locations from these maps - they need to stay home." Whether you're a veteran fly angler or new to the sport, get an edge with this all-new guidebook.

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1940239214

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Most Wanted Particle

The Inside Story of the Hunt for the Higgs, the Heart of the Future of Physics

By: Jon Butterworth

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Most Wanted Particle

The Inside Story of the Hunt for the Higgs, the Heart of the Future of Physics

By: Jon Butterworth

An accessible account of the work leading up to the monumental discovery of the Higgs boson, from one of the physicists who was there. Particle physics as we know it depends on the Higgs boson: It’s the missing link between the birth of our universe—as a sea of tiny, massless particles—and the tangible world we live in today. But for more than 50 years, scientists wondered: Does it exist? Physicist Jon Butterworth was at the frontlines of the hunt for the Higgs at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider—perhaps the most ambitious experiment in history. In Most Wanted Particle, he gives us the first inside account of that uncertain time, when an entire field hinged on a single particle, and life at the cutting edge of science meant media scrutiny, late-night pub debates, dispiriting false starts in the face of intense pressure, and countless hours at the collider itself. As Butterworth explains, our first glimpse of the elusive Higgs brings us a giant step closer to understanding the universe—and points the way to an entirely new kind of physics. Praise for Most Wanted Particle “Butterworth is an insider’s insider. His narrative seethes with insights on the project’s science, technology and “tribes,” as well as his personal (and often amusing) journey as a frontier physicist.” —Nature “A vivid account of what the process of discovery was really like for an insider.” —Peter Higgs, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics “If you want to know why the discovery of the Higgs boson matters, read this book!” —Brian Cox, author of Why Does E=mc2?

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The Experiment

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1615192468

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Volatile Organic Compounds in the Environment

By: Wun-cheng Wang,Jon Doi

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Volatile Organic Compounds in the Environment

By: Wun-cheng Wang,Jon Doi

Papers delivered at the symposium of the same name, April 1994, by speakers from seven nations. Twenty presentations are arranged under six topics: regulation and assessment, air quality, environmental fate, environmental measurement, environmental monitoring, and control and remediation. A sampling

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0803120486

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Independence from America

Global Integration and Inequality

By: Jon V. Kofas

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Independence from America

Global Integration and Inequality

By: Jon V. Kofas

Jon Kofas offers a comprehensive and thought-provoking study of 'global integration' after the Second World War. Globalization is perceived to be essentially the process of world economic integration in which the United States has played the key role but in which interests of most Third World countries have been sacrificed. This study's original contribution lies in the author's contention that there have been two 'models' of globalization: the US led 'patron-client model' and the EU initiated 'interdependent integral model'. It will be of particular interest to those studying and researching in the fields of international political economy, foreign policy, development politics, political theory and sociology of development.

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Routledge

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1351155709

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This Is Chance!

The Great Alaska Earthquake, Genie Chance, and the Shattered City She Held Together

By: Jon Mooallem

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This Is Chance!

The Great Alaska Earthquake, Genie Chance, and the Shattered City She Held Together

By: Jon Mooallem

The thrilling, cinematic story of a community shattered by disaster—and the extraordinary woman who helped pull it back together “A powerful, heart-wrenching book, as much art as it is journalism.”—The Wall Street Journal “A beautifully wrought and profoundly joyful story of compassion and perseverance.”—BuzzFeed (Best Books of the Year) In the spring of 1964, Anchorage, Alaska, was a modern-day frontier town yearning to be a metropolis—the largest, proudest city in a state that was still brand-new. But just before sundown on Good Friday, the community was jolted by the most powerful earthquake in American history, a catastrophic 9.2 on the Richter Scale. For four and a half minutes, the ground lurched and rolled. Streets cracked open and swallowed buildings whole. And once the shaking stopped, night fell and Anchorage went dark. The city was in disarray and sealed off from the outside world. Slowly, people switched on their transistor radios and heard a familiar woman’s voice explaining what had just happened and what to do next. Genie Chance was a part-time radio reporter and working mother who would play an unlikely role in the wake of the disaster, helping to put her fractured community back together. Her tireless broadcasts over the next three days would transform her into a legendary figure in Alaska and bring her fame worldwide—but only briefly. That Easter weekend in Anchorage, Genie and a cast of endearingly eccentric characters—from a mountaineering psychologist to the local community theater group staging Our Town—were thrown into a jumbled world they could not recognize. Together, they would make a home in it again. Drawing on thousands of pages of unpublished documents, interviews with survivors, and original broadcast recordings, This Is Chance! is the hopeful, gorgeously told story of a single catastrophic weekend and proof of our collective strength in a turbulent world. There are moments when reality instantly changes—when the life we assume is stable gets upended by pure chance. This Is Chance! is an electrifying and lavishly empathetic portrayal of one community rising above the randomness, a real-life fable of human connection withstanding chaos.

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Random House Trade Paperbacks

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0525509925

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9780525509929

The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator

Leading Groups by Transforming Yourself

By: Jon C. Jenkins,Maureen R. Jenkins

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The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator

Leading Groups by Transforming Yourself

By: Jon C. Jenkins,Maureen R. Jenkins

What takes place in the head and heart of an effective facilitative leader? How do they find the inner resources to draw upon? What is the source of their powerful effect on people and situations? The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator examines these questions and explores the self-mastery it takes to become a great facilitator. Written by Jon and Maureen Jenkins, two of the long-term members of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF), this much-needed resource explains that facilitation is more than a process or a set of techniques for managing groups—facilitation is its own profession with its own set of disciplines that help define the facilitator's role. Throughout the book the authors detail the nine personal disciplines of effective facilitators: Detachment, Engagement, Focus, Awareness, Action, Presence, Interior Council, Intentionality, and a Sense of Wonder.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0787986585

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9780787986582

Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions

A History of All Series and Pilots

By: Jon Abbott

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Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions

A History of All Series and Pilots

By: Jon Abbott

The face of 1980s television was shaped by a man who stayed behind the scenes. Stephen Cannell's reluctant white knights--put-upon private eye James Rockford, World War II fly-boys the Black Sheep Squadron, hapless superhero Ralph Hinckley, fugitive mercenaries the A-Team, and maverick cop Hunter--traversed the television landscape from the 1970s to the 1990s. Cannell changed the face of the action-adventure genre, updating the crime-show format with a hybrid of rebellious morality, juvenile wit, intelligent sarcasm, and radical conservatism. This book discusses in detail the programs of the writer-producer and lists every episode of his award-winning productions from the early 1970s to the early '90s. The book features publicity photos and descriptions of unsold pilots.

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McFarland

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0786454016

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9780786454013

The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War

By: Jon E. Lewis

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The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War

By: Jon E. Lewis

By 1969, following the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, over 500,000 US troops were ‘in country’ in Vietnam. Before America’s longest war had ended with the fall of Saigon in 1975, 450,000 Vietnamese had died, along with 36,000 Americans. The Vietnam War was the first rock ’n’ roll war, the first helicopter war with its doctrine of ‘airmobility’, and the first television war; it made napalm and the defoliant Agent Orange infamous, and gave us the New Journalism of Michael Herr and others. It also saw the establishment of the Navy SEALs and Delta Force. At home, America fractured, with the peace movement protesting against the war; at Kent State University, Ohio National Guardsmen fired on unarmed students, killing four and injuring nine. Lewis’s compelling selection of the best writing to come out of a war covered by some truly outstanding writers, both journalists and combatants, includes an eyewitness account of the first major battle between the US Army and the People’s Army of Vietnam at Ia Drang; a selection of letters home; Nicholas Tomalin’s famous ‘The General Goes Zapping Charlie Cong’; Robert Mason’s ‘R&R’, Studs Terkel’s account of the police breaking up an anti-war protest; John Kifner on the shootings at Kent State; Ron Kovic’s ‘Born on the Fourth of July’; John T. Wheeler’s ‘Khe Sanh: Live in the V Ring’; Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh on the massacre at My Lai; Michael Herr’s ‘It Made You Feel Omni’; Viet Cong Truong Nhu Tang’s memoir; naval nurse Maureen Walsh’s memoir, ‘Burning Flesh’; John Pilger on the fall of Saigon; and Tim O’Brien’s ‘If I Die in a Combat Zone’.

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Robinson

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1472116070

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The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society

A Global Perspective

By: Jason L. Powell,Jon Hendricks

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The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society

A Global Perspective

By: Jason L. Powell,Jon Hendricks

In recent years, major social forces such as: ageing populations, social trends, migration patterns, and the globalization of economies, have reshaped social welfare policies and practices across the globe. Multinational corporations, NGOs, and other international organizations have begun to influence social policy at a national and local level. Among the many ramifications of these changes is that globalizing influences may hinder the ability of individual nation-states to effect policies that are beneficial to them on a local level. With contributions from thirteen countries worldwide, this collected work represents the first major comparative analysis on the effect of globalization on the international welfare state. The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society is divided into two major sections: the first draws from a number of leading social welfare researchers from diverse countries who point to the nation-state as case studies; highlighting how it goes about establishing and revising social welfare provisions. The second portion of the volume then moves to a more global perspective in its analysis and questioning of the impact of globalization on citizenship, ageing and marketization. The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society seeks to encourage debate about the implications of the most pressing social welfare issues in nation-states, and integrate analyses of policy and practice in particular countries struggling to provide social welfare support for their needy populations.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1441900667

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9781441900661

Iconic Restaurants of Ann Arbor

By: Jon Milan,Gail Offen

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Iconic Restaurants of Ann Arbor

By: Jon Milan,Gail Offen

What is an iconic Ann Arbor restaurant? Ask anyone who has ever spent time there as a student, traveler, or "townie," and they are likely to name several favorites in an instant. From debating the best place to celebrate or console on football Saturdays to deciding where to eat after the bars close, the choices have always sparked passionate conversation. In Ann Arbor, people are known to have strong feelings about the best places for pizza, coffee, beer, burgers, noodles, and burritos. Although many of the go-to hangouts are long gone, a surprising number still thrive. And there are always a few newcomers coming along to win the hearts of the next generation of diners, nibblers, and noshers. Some are fine restaurants and taverns, and others are lunch counters, diners, carry-outs, and drive-ins--but in each and every case, they are unique and together make up a collection of iconic local eateries.

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Arcadia Publishing

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143965767X

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The League of Regrettable Sidekicks

Heroic Helpers from Comic Book History!

By: Jon Morris

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The League of Regrettable Sidekicks

Heroic Helpers from Comic Book History!

By: Jon Morris

Nominated for the 2019 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Comics-Related Book More than one hundred of the strangest sidekicks in comics history, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. This collection affectionately spotlights forgotten helpers like Thunderfoot (explosive-soled assistant to the Human Bomb), super-pets like Frosting (polar bear pal of space hero Norge Benson), fan favorites like Rick Jones (sidekick to half of the Marvel Universe), and obscure partners of iconic heroes (Superman Junior's career barely got off the ground). Included are pernicious profiles of henchmen and minions, the sidekicks of the supervillain world. Casual comics readers and diehard enthusiasts alike will relish the hilarious commentary and vintage art from obscure old comics.

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Quirk Books

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168369077X

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Language and Literacy Development in Early Childhood

By: Robyn Ewing,Jon Callow,Kathleen Rushton

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Language and Literacy Development in Early Childhood

By: Robyn Ewing,Jon Callow,Kathleen Rushton

This book provides pre-service and practising teachers with an integrated approach to language and literacy learning in early childhood. Written by leading academics in the field, it explores how children learn to talk, play using language, become literate and make meaning - from birth through to the pre-school years. Emphasising the importance of imagination and the arts in language learning, this book addresses a wide range of contemporary issues, highlights the impact of diverse socioeconomic, language and cultural backgrounds on young children's language and literacy development, and shows how early childhood teachers can effectively partner with parents and caregivers to help children learn through and about language. Case studies, interviews, reflective questions, clear links to the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum, and a rich array of practical and creative activities for use in early childhood environments help students connect theory and current research to practice.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316692507

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25 Essential Skills and Strategies for the Professional Behavior Analyst

Expert Tips for Maximizing Consulting Effectiveness

By: Jon Bailey,Mary Burch

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25 Essential Skills and Strategies for the Professional Behavior Analyst

Expert Tips for Maximizing Consulting Effectiveness

By: Jon Bailey,Mary Burch

25 Essential Skills Strategies for the Professional Behavior Analyst is a much needed guidebook for behavior analysts who want to become successful at consulting. Jon Bailey and Mary Burch present five basic skills and strategy areas that professional behavior analysts need to acquire. This book is organized around those five areas, with a total of 25 specific skills presented within those topics. Every behavior analyst, whether seasoned or beginning, should have this book.

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Routledge

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1135967628

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Velocity Girl and XuÃ N HÃo

By: Jon Klement

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Velocity Girl and XuÃ N HÃo

By: Jon Klement

THE ORIGIN OF VELOCITY GIRL BEFORE SHE MET SMERD Mary was a fairly typical teenager, concerned about her weight & intellectual enough to only fit in w/ science geeks. After a strange fainting spell, her whole world changed, including herself. Awakening in the hospital w/ a new, thinner body, she returns to school & begins life anew. As her body develops superhuman abilities, she finds herself drawn into a web of intrigue & dangerous secrets from the past. Some of these secrets not only involve her, but also her best friend from school & her mysterious new mentor, a man with a dark past known as Xuan Hu. Xuan Hu trains her to become Velocity Girl. Her double life begins. Adventuring as Velocity Girl, she struggles against evil masterminds & super-powered alien psychopaths. She also meets otheres like herself who choose to use their gifts and abilities to make a difference. As Mary Woods, she has to deal with a stepfather who tries too hard, hiding her abilities, &, worst of all, attention from boys

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Lulu.com

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0557185491

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9780557185498

Velocity Girl and XuÃ N HÃo: Ready to Rumble

By: Jon Klement

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Velocity Girl and XuÃ N HÃo: Ready to Rumble

By: Jon Klement

VELOCITY GIRL'S SECOND ADVENTURE BEFORE SHE MET SMERD Something's wrong with the kids at Whitmore High School. Drug usage is running rampant. Deciding to investigate, Mary Woods, aka Velocity Girl, quickly discovers that these aren't mere street drugs the kids are using, but are instead chemicals part of a sinister plot to dominate the human brain by a renegade genius named Mr. Science. Joining Velocity Girl in her quest to stop the madman, are martial artist Jiggy Bling and the beautiful goliath Amizara. All three, of course, are mentored by none other than Xuan Hu. Adding to the mix, African Violet - a femme fatale with a soft spot for all things green - comes out to play, making things worse for all involved. The clock is ticking. Virtual reality and life outside the computer collide as harmless, recreational drugs alter the brains of teens to function as organic CPU's. Are you ready to rumble?

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0557188261

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Crime, Policy and the Media

The Shaping of Criminal Justice, 1989-2010

By: Jon Silverman

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Crime, Policy and the Media

The Shaping of Criminal Justice, 1989-2010

By: Jon Silverman

Media clamour on issues relating to crime, justice and civil liberties has never been more insistent. Whether it is the murder of James Bulger or detaining terrorist suspects for long periods without trial, mediated comment has grown immeasurably over the last twenty years. So, how does it interact with and shape policy in these fields? How do the politicians both respond to and try to manipulate the media which permeates our society and culture? Crime, Policy and the Media is the first academic text to map the relationship between a rapidly changing media and policymaking in criminal justice. Spanning the period, 1989-2010, it examines a number of case studies – terrorism, drugs, sentencing, policing and public protection, amongst others – and interrogates key policy-makers (including six former Home Secretaries, a former Lord Chief Justice, Attorney-General, senior police officers, government advisers and leading commentators) about the impact of the media on their thinking and practice. Bolstered by content and framing analysis, it argues that, especially, in the last decade, fear of media criticism and the Daily Mail effect has restricted the policymaking agenda in crime and justice, concluding that the expanding influence of the Internet and Web 2.0 has begun to undermine some of the ways in which agencies such as the police have gained and held a presentational advantage. Written by a former BBC Home Affairs Correspondent, with unrivalled access to the highest reaches of policy-making, it is both academically rigorous and accessible and will be of interest to both scholars and practitioners in media and criminal justice.

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Routledge

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1136583998

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Selling Intervention and War

The Presidency, the Media, and the American Public

By: Jon Western,Professor Jon Western

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Selling Intervention and War

The Presidency, the Media, and the American Public

By: Jon Western,Professor Jon Western

Selling Intervention and War examines the competition among foreign policy elites in the executive branch and Congress in winning the hearts and minds of the American public for military intervention. The book studies how the president and his supporters organize campaigns for public support for military action. According to Jon Western, the outcome depends upon information and propaganda advantages, media support or opposition, the degree of cohesion within the executive branch, and the duration of the crisis. Also important is whether the American public believes that military threat is credible and victory plausible. Not all such campaigns to win public support are successful; in some instances, foreign policy elites and the president and his advisors have to back off. Western uses several modern conflicts, including the current one in Iraq, as case studies to illustrate the methods involved in selling intervention and war to the American public: the decision not to intervene in French Indochina in 1954, the choice to go into Lebanon in 1958, and the more recent military actions in Grenada, Somalia, Bosnia, and Iraq. Selling Intervention and War is essential reading for scholars and students of U.S. foreign policy, international security, the military and foreign policy, and international conflict.

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0801881080

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Reel Life 101

1,101 Classic Movie Lines That Teach Us About Life, Death, Love, Marriage, Anger and Humor

By: Jon Anthony Dosa

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Reel Life 101

1,101 Classic Movie Lines That Teach Us About Life, Death, Love, Marriage, Anger and Humor

By: Jon Anthony Dosa

Reel Life: 101 meticulously and cleverly presents more than 1,101 of the most culturally influential movie lines of our time, it is not a mere collection of familiar movie quotes from popular movies. In fact, you probably won’t remember most of them. But, they remember you. Reel Life 101 is a fascinating first-ever compilation of those special lines and bits of dialogue that went, as if by some divine cinematic guidance, directly to your brain. There, it was compressed and stored in a unique one-of-a-kind “celebrity cell,” ready to be re-act-ivated into the scenes of your own reel life dramas. Jon Anthony Dosa, the Emmy Award winning producer of A Day At The Movies, lovingly and meticulously presents more than 1,101 of these literary gems, these nuggets of “behavioral truths,” in a meaningful, easy to read, and entertainingly clever way. Years in the making, and a true labor of love, Reel Life 101 is a must-have resource book for film buffs, sociologists, therapists, historians, writers, speakers, and anyone who wants to understand what life, death, love, marriage, anger, and humor are all about.

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1546271651

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Cheltenham Town 365

By: Jon Palmer

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Cheltenham Town 365

By: Jon Palmer

All the highs and lows in Cheltenham Town's long history are detailed in this day-by-day account of all the key dates. This comprehensive book will evoke memories of all the landmark matches, pivotal departures and arrivals, and significant events since the Robins first took to the field in the late nineteenth century. Compiled by the Gloucestershire Echo's football writer and lifelong Robins fanatic Jon Palmer, all the key moments are accounted for, along with cult heroes, loyal servants, classic cup ties, promotions and relegations. A must-read for fans of Cheltenham Town, this book will educate even the most dedicated football 'statto', and will teach you everything you need to know about a club which has progressed so far in recent years, chronicling the events that led to their remarkable rise to the Football League.

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The History Press

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0752482491

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Prostate Cancer

By: Jon Schiller

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Prostate Cancer

By: Jon Schiller

Your author decided to write this book about Prostate Cancer when one of his best friends suffered from this disease. He took extensive chemotherapy which extended his life, but made living difficult. His body was saying make me live longer, but his mind was saying I should die, living is too painful to continue. His mind finally won-out and he died. This book used Internet to learn about the symptoms of Prostate Cancer and the latest therapies used to extend the life span of people suffering from this cancer. One promising technology is the use of Nanocells which are injected in the patient's blood stream. These nanocells seek out the cancer cells and destroy them, thus curing the patient. I learned studying Nanotechnology research for another book that people investigating the applications of Nanocells had injected such synthesized cells into mice and the cells had sought out the cancer cells and destroyed them, thus curing the mice. If Bioscience researchers can do the same thing for humans, then there is hope for eradicating Prostate Cancer.

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145368235X

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Classic Chevrolet Dealerships: Selling the Bowtie

Selling the Bowtie

By: Jon Robinson

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Classic Chevrolet Dealerships: Selling the Bowtie

Selling the Bowtie

By: Jon Robinson

Since its founding in 1912, Chevrolet has weathered the Great Depression, two World Wars, confused markets, and fuel crises to become an American motoring icon. Chevy's success would not have been possible without the network of dealerships that sold and marketed the company's cars and trucks, first to wary customers unconvinced of the new contraptions' practically, then to nine decades of consumers ranging from cash -strapped, to cash-flush, to confused, to increasingly fuel-conscious. This book examines that network by profiling several longstanding dealerships that have thrived and sometimes just barely survived on the frontlines of the car business. Readers will be entertained by anecdotes of early dealerships that took livestock and crops as trade-ins, coped with and thrived under Chevy's stringent Quality Dealer Program in the 1930s, weathered World War II on the income generated by service departments, and corrected backward engineering of the immediate postwar era. Specific Dealerships featured include: William L. Morris (Fillmore, California); Whitney's (Montesano, Washington); Webster Motors (Cody, Wyoming); Felix (Los Angeles, California); Holz (Janesville, Wisconsin); Smith (Atlanta, Georgia); Mandeville (North Attleboro, Massachusetts); and Culberson-Stowers (Pampas, Texas)

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161060878X

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Velocity Girl and XuÃ N HÃo: Shadows of Destiny

By: Jon Klement

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Velocity Girl and XuÃ N HÃo: Shadows of Destiny

By: Jon Klement

VELOCITY GIRL'S THIRD ADVENTURE AND HER FIRST MEETING WITH SMERD An old foe returns in the third novelized adventure of Velocity Girl and Xuan Hu. When Titan sends his minions back to Earth from deep space to collect hidden weapons, the teen speedster and her mentor engage them in combat, only to become separated as Velocity Girl is warped into space along with the villains Null and Voyd, as they flee. While Xuan Hu recovers from his wounds and desperately seeks a way to rescue her, Velocity Girl meets several new friends, including Smerd the p'ckit dragon, a symbiotic being who becomes bonded to her. Events accelerate as Xuan Hu enlists the aid of the mysterious Knightshade to help him locate Velocity Girl. WIll she be able to do her part to fulfill and alien prophecy to save an entire planet of psychic aliens from extinction at the hands of an ancient and powerful demon?

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0557188997

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A Field Guide to Warblers of North America

By: Jon Lloyd Dunn,Kimball Garrett

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A Field Guide to Warblers of North America

By: Jon Lloyd Dunn,Kimball Garrett

Describes sixty species of North American warblers.

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0395783216

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Wild Ones

A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America

By: Jon Mooallem

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Wild Ones

A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America

By: Jon Mooallem

Wild Ones is a tour through our environmental moment and the eccentric cultural history of people and wild animals in America that inflects it. With propulsive curiosity and searing wit, and without that easy moralizing and nature worship of environmental journalism's older guard, [Jon] Mooallem merges reportage, science, and history into a humane and endearing meditation on what it means to live in, and bring life into, a broken world."--Back cover.

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0143125370

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The Battles of Arras: South

Bullecourt, Monchy-le-Preux, Wancourt and the Valley of the Scarpe

By: Jon Cooksey,Jerry Murland

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The Battles of Arras: South

Bullecourt, Monchy-le-Preux, Wancourt and the Valley of the Scarpe

By: Jon Cooksey,Jerry Murland

An illustrated and informative guide to the WWI battlefields south of Arras, France, including some of the most significant battles of 1917. Some of the most famous and frequently visited battlefields on the Western Front are just to the south of the Arras. These sites include Battery Valley and Observation Ridge, Telegraph Hill, Monchy-le-Preux, Wancourt, and Bullecourt. And this clearly written, highly illustrated guide is the ideal introduction to them. Expert guides Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland have devised a series of routes that can be walked, biked or driven, explaining the fighting that occurred at each place in vivid detail. They record what happened, where it happened and why, pointing out the sights that remain for the visitor to see. The featured itineraries allow visitors to trace the course of each battle across the modern landscape, gaining visceral insight into the nature of combat throughout the war.

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Pen and Sword

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1526742403

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The Routledge Companion to Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Century Urban Design

A History of Shifting Manifestoes, Paradigms, Generic Solutions, and Specific Designs

By: Jon Lang

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The Routledge Companion to Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Century Urban Design

A History of Shifting Manifestoes, Paradigms, Generic Solutions, and Specific Designs

By: Jon Lang

The Routledge Companion to Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Century Urban Design is a fully illustrated descriptive and explanatory history of the development of urban design ideas and paradigms of the past 150 years. The ideas and projects, hypothetical and built, range in scale from the city to the urban block level. The focus is on where the generic ideas originated, the projects that were designed following their precepts, the functions they address and/or afford, and what we can learn from them. The morphology of a city—its built environment—evolves unselfconsciously as private and governmental investors self-consciously erect buildings and infrastructure in a pragmatic, piecemeal manner to meet their own ends. Philosophers, novelists, architects, and social scientists have produced myriad ideas about the nature of the built environment that they consider to be superior to those forms resulting from a laissez-faire attitude to urban development. Rationalist theorists dream of ideal futures based on assumptions about what is good; empiricists draw inspirations from what they perceive to be working well in existing situations. Both groups have presented their advocacies in manifestoes and often in the form of generic solutions or illustrative designs. This book traces the history of these ideas and will become a standard reference for scholars and students interested in the history of urban spaces, including architects, planners, urban historians, urban geographers, and urban morphologists.

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1000206238

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Environmental Medicine

By: Jon Ayres,Roy Harrison,Gordon Nichols,Robert Maynard CBE

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Environmental Medicine

By: Jon Ayres,Roy Harrison,Gordon Nichols,Robert Maynard CBE

Environmental Medicine is an indispensable aid to the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of environmentally-acquired disorders. It brings into sharp focus the increasing importance of the practice of environmental medicine, drawing together the many different strands that make up this modern discipline, and putting topical and

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1444128442

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9781444128444

Death by Station Wagon

A Suburban Detective Mystery

By: Jon Katz

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Death by Station Wagon

A Suburban Detective Mystery

By: Jon Katz

He's a disgraced ex-Wall Streeter, hired by some kids to prove that a murder-suicide isn't what it seems. He's the Suburban Detective--and he's about to learn just how deadly the suburbs really are.

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055329881X

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9780553298819

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