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On the Moon

The Apollo Journals

By: Grant Heiken,Eric Jones

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On the Moon

The Apollo Journals

By: Grant Heiken,Eric Jones

Public interest in the first lunar landing transcended political, economic and social borders - the world was briefly united by the courage of the crew, and the wonder of the accomplishment. Prompted by the rivalry of the Cold War, Apollo 11 and the five missions that subsequently landed on the Moon were arguably the finest feats of exploration in human history. But these were more than exercises in flags and footprints, because the missions involved the crews making geological field trips on a low gravity site while wearing pressure suits, carrying life-support systems on their backs and working against an unforgiving time line. The missions delivered not only samples of moonrock, but also hard-learned lessons for how to work on the surface of another planet, and this experience will be crucial to planning the resumption of the human exploration of the Moon and going on to Mars.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387489398

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9780387489391

Inmate Radicalisation and Recruitment in Prisons

By: Clarke Jones,Raymund Narag

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Inmate Radicalisation and Recruitment in Prisons

By: Clarke Jones,Raymund Narag

It is traditionally viewed that vulnerable inmates form captive audiences for violent terrorist offenders who, in turn, are destined to turn prisons into training grounds for militant activities; all the while forming alliances with more hardened criminals to produce an even greater threat. However, there is limited empirical grounding to underpin these assertions. Inmate Radicalisation and Recruitment in Prisons challenges existing perceptions about prison radicalisation. Whilst not downplaying the seriousness of the prison radicalisation threat, it seeks a more balanced interpretation of current discussion. Drawing on original research in the Philippines and case studies from Australia, the US, Canada, Indonesia, the UK, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium, the authors posit an alternative view that suggests that the imprisonment of a terrorist may mark the beginning of physical disengagement and psychological de-radicalisation. Offering evidence-based insights to help determine how best to house terrorist offenders, this volume will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as Criminology and Criminal Justice, Terrorism, Prisons, and Organised Crime.

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Routledge

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1317510488

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9781317510482

Heretics and Hellraisers

Women Contributors to The Masses, 1911-1917

By: Margaret C. Jones

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Heretics and Hellraisers

Women Contributors to The Masses, 1911-1917

By: Margaret C. Jones

The Masses was the most dynamic and influential left-wing magazine of the early twentieth century, a touchstone for understanding radical thought and social movements in the United States during that era. As a magazine that supported feminist issues, it played a crucial role in shaping public discourse about women's concerns. Women editors, fiction writers, poets, and activists like Mary Heaton Vorse, Louise Bryant, Adriana Spadoni, Elsie Clews Parsons, Inez Haynes Gillmore, and Helen Hull contributed as significantly to the magazine as better-known male figures. In this major revisionist work, Margaret C. Jones calls for reexamination of the relevance of Masses feminism to that of the 1990s. She explores women contributors' perspectives on crucial issues: patriarchy, birth control, the labor movement, woman suffrage, pacifism, and ethnicity. The book includes numerous examples of the writings and visual art of Masses women and a series of biographical/bibliographical sketches designed to aid other researchers.

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University of Texas Press

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0292780494

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9780292780491

Jim Henson

The Biography

By: Brian Jay Jones

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Jim Henson

The Biography

By: Brian Jay Jones

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the first time ever—a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters born of his fertile imagination: Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird. The Muppets made Jim Henson a household name, but they were just part of his remarkable story. This extraordinary biography—written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family—covers the full arc of Henson’s all-too-brief life: from his childhood in Leland, Mississippi, through the years of burgeoning fame in America, to the decade of international celebrity that preceded his untimely death at age fifty-three. Drawing on hundreds of hours of new interviews with Henson's family, friends, and closest collaborators, as well as unprecedented access to private family and company archives, Brian Jay Jones explores the creation of the Muppets, Henson’s contributions to Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live, and his nearly ten-year campaign to bring The Muppet Show to television. Jones provides the imaginative context for Henson’s non-Muppet projects, including the richly imagined worlds of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth—as well as fascinating misfires like Henson’s dream of opening an inflatable psychedelic nightclub. An uncommonly intimate portrait, Jim Henson captures all the facets of this American original: the master craftsman who revolutionized the presentation of puppets on television, the savvy businessman whose dealmaking prowess won him a reputation as “the new Walt Disney,” and the creative team leader whose collaborative ethos earned him the undying loyalty of everyone who worked for him. Here also is insight into Henson’s intensely private personal life: his Christian Science upbringing, his love of fast cars and expensive art, and his weakness for women. Though an optimist by nature, Henson was haunted by the notion that he would not have time to do all the things he wanted to do in life—a fear that his heartbreaking final hours would prove all too well founded. An up-close look at the charmed life of a legend, Jim Henson gives the full measure to a man whose joyful genius transcended age, language, geography, and culture—and continues to beguile audiences worldwide. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE “Jim Henson vibrantly delves into the magnificent man and his Muppet methods: It’s an absolute must-read!”—Neil Patrick Harris “An exhaustive work that is never exhausting, a credit both to Jones’s brisk style and to Henson’s exceptional life.”—The New York Times “[A] sweeping portrait that is a mix of humor, mirth and poignancy.”—Washington Independent Review of Books “A meticulously researched tome chock-full of gems about the Muppets and the most thorough portrait of their creator ever crafted.”—Associated Press

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Ballantine Books

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0345526120

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9780345526120

Merchants to Multinationals

British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

By: Geoffrey Jones

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Merchants to Multinationals

British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

By: Geoffrey Jones

Merchants to Multinationals examines the evolution of multinational trading companies from the eighteenth century to the present day. During the Industrial Revolution, British merchants established overseas branches which became major trade intermediaries and subsequently engaged in foreign direct investment. Complex multinational business groups emerged controlling large investments in natural resources, processing, and services in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. While theories of the firm predict the demise over time of merchant firms, this book identifies the continued resilience of British trading companies despite the changing political and business environments of the twentieth century. Like Japanese trading companies, they 're-invented' themselves in successive generations. The competences of the trading companies resided in their information-gathering, relationship-building, human resource, and corporate governance systems. This book provides a new dimension to the literature on international business through the focus on multinational service firms and its evolutionary approach based on confidential business records.

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OUP Oxford

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0191530468

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9780191530463

Vascular Plants of Texas

A Comprehensive Checklist Including Synonymy, Bibliography, and Index

By: Stanley D. Jones,Joseph K. Wipff,Paul M. Montgomery

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Vascular Plants of Texas

A Comprehensive Checklist Including Synonymy, Bibliography, and Index

By: Stanley D. Jones,Joseph K. Wipff,Paul M. Montgomery

Everyone with a professional interest in the flora of Texas will welcome this checklist of the vascular plants. This comprehensive list also includes crops, persistent perennials, and naturalized plants and encompasses over 1,000 changes to the previous (Hatch, 1990) checklist. The authors have arranged this checklist phylogenetically by classes following the Cronquist system. Several features make this checklist especially useful. Chief among them is the relative synonymy (name history). An extensive index makes current classification and correct nomenclature readily accessible, while the botanical bibliography is the most extensive ever compiled for Texas. The authors also note which plants have been listed as threatened or endangered by the Texas Organization of Endangered Species, which are designated as Federal Noxious Weeds, and which have been chosen as state tree, flower, fruit, etc. by the Texas Legislature.

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University of Texas Press

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0292788541

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9780292788541

The Mountains That Remade America

How Sierra Nevada Geology Impacts Modern Life

By: Craig H. Jones

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The Mountains That Remade America

How Sierra Nevada Geology Impacts Modern Life

By: Craig H. Jones

From ski towns to national parks, fresh fruit to environmental lawsuits, the Sierra Nevada has changed the way Americans live. Whether and where there was gold to be mined redefined land, mineral, and water laws. Where rain falls (and where it doesn't) determines whose fruit grows on trees and whose appears on slot machines. All this emerges from the geology of the range and how it changed history, and in so doing, changed the country. The Mountains That Remade America combines geology with history to show how the particular forces and conditions that created the Sierra Nevada have effected broad outcomes and influenced daily life in the United States in the past and how they continue to do so today. Drawing connections between events in historical geology and contemporary society, Craig H. Jones makes geological science accessible and shows the vast impact this mountain range has had on the American West.

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Univ of California Press

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0520325508

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9780520325500

Principles of Taxation for Business and Investment Planning

By: Sally M. Jones

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Principles of Taxation for Business and Investment Planning

By: Sally M. Jones

This title is an approach to the study of taxation. It teaches students to recognize the role taxes play in business and investment decisions. In addition, the book presents the general role of taxation and its implications across all taxpaying entities before discussing the details of specific exceptions. This approach allows students to really grasp the fundamental concepts that are the foundation for specific tax rules. The benefit is that the students will understand the framework of the tax system, even though specific tax regulations change from year to year.

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McGraw-Hill Companies

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0072408243

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9780072408249

Judith Wright and Emily Carr

Gendered Colonial Modernity

By: Anne Collett,Dorothy Jones

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Judith Wright and Emily Carr

Gendered Colonial Modernity

By: Anne Collett,Dorothy Jones

Knitting together two fascinating but entirely distinct lives, this ingeniously structured braided biography tells the story of the lives and work of two women, each a cultural icon in her own country yet lesser known in the other's. Australian poet Judith Wright and Canadian painter Emily Carr broke new ground for female artists in the British colonies and influenced the political and social debates about environment and indigenous rights that have shaped Australia and Canada in the 21st century. In telling their story/ies, this book charts the battle for recognition of their modernist art and vision, pointing out significant moments of similarity in their lives and work. Although separated by thousands of miles, their experience of colonial modernity was startlingly analogous, as white settler women bent on forging artistic careers in a male-dominated world and sphere rigged against them. Through all this, though, their cultural importance endures; two remarkable women whose poetry and painting still speak to us today of their passionate belief in the transformative power of art.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350188212

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9781350188211

Street Fighting Man

By: Dennis Jones

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Street Fighting Man

By: Dennis Jones

Street Fighting Man chronicles the experiences of a group of young Brooklyn toughs who, coming of age in the emerging Sixties counterculture, turn to playing rock and roll music to escape the streets. Kevin OBriens street fighting consumes an inordinate amount of time. Hes not as adept as others with his fists and so he takes to carrying deadly weapons. Following a brush with the law, Kevin immerses himself in the drums in an attempt to straighten himself out. The transition is less than seamless, however, and trouble continues to stalk him into the Sixties renaissance.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1453582878

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9781453582879

From Bureaucracy to Hyperarchy in Netcentric and Quick Learning Organizations

Exploring Future Public Management Practice

By: Lawrence R. Jones,Fred Thompson

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From Bureaucracy to Hyperarchy in Netcentric and Quick Learning Organizations

Exploring Future Public Management Practice

By: Lawrence R. Jones,Fred Thompson

This book focuses on the inherent contradiction between bureaucracy, hierarchy, and the vision inspired by the architecture of modern information technology of a more egalitarian culture in public organizations. We agree with Evans and Wurster and others who have argued that, in the future, knowledge-based productive relationships will be designed around fluid, teambased collaborative communities, either within organizations (i.e., deconstructed value chains), or in collaborative alliances such as those with "amorphous and permeable corporate boundaries characteristic of companies in the Silicon Valley" that is, deconstructed supply chains. In such relationships everyone can communicate richly with everyone else on the basis of shared standards and, like the Internet itself, these relationships will eliminate the need to channel information, thereby eliminating the trade-off between information bandwidth and connectivity. "The possibility (or the threat) of random access and information symmetry," they conclude, "will destroy all hierarchies, whether of logic or power.

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IAP

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1607525879

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9781607525875

The Christ of the Mount

A Working Philosophy

By: E. Stanley Jones

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The Christ of the Mount

A Working Philosophy

By: E. Stanley Jones

This book, which was first published in 1931, is for every person who suspects and hopes there is a better way to live responsibly and compassionately in the complex world we share. In this book, Jones challenges us to go deeper, question and ultimately discover the effect of Jesus’ principles on humanity, regardless one’s background or predisposed religious views. “I trust this book will be an unhesitating, but not a too-light, easy, ‘Yes’ to the question as to whether the Sermon on the Mount is practicable. If the reading of it brings to the reader what the writing of it has brought to the writer in these months of meditation, then we will both be repaid a hundredfold. A trusted friend said to the writer, ‘You are not a theologian; you are a divining rod. You tell us where there is water beneath—remember your function.’ In this book I have tried to remember my function. I have left to others the discussion of the critical questions involved in the accounts of the Sermon on the Mount as reported by Matthew and Luke. I have not been able to escape theological implications—who can escape them?—but I have tried to leave to the theologians the labeling of the wells and their more accurate description while I have endeavored to be true to my friend’s commission and have pointed to where in the Sermon on the Mount I think water may be found. There is water here—dig and drink!”—E. Stanley Jones, Introduction

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1789123305

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9781789123302

Patton's Shadow

The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory

By: Nathan C. Jones

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Patton's Shadow

The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory

By: Nathan C. Jones

General George S. Patton’s legendary image was carefully crafted during World War II and continues to shape our understanding of American history and culture today. Historian Nathan C. Jones explores the creation of the Patton legend and its enduring legacy in Patton’s Shadow.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817361561

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9780817361563

The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement

A Comprehensive Guide

By: Charles Edwin Jones

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The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement

A Comprehensive Guide

By: Charles Edwin Jones

With this final volume, devoted to the Holiness-Pentecostal Movement, Charles Edwin Jones's landmark 1974 work has now been expanded into a three-part series, which breaks up his original book into 4 volumes on The Wesleyan Holiness Movement (2 Volumes), The Keswick Movement, and The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement. The series provides materials for study of doctrine, worship, institutional development, and personalities, as well as antecedent and related movements.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0810860937

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9780810860933

Moonlight Bowl Manifesto

A Cure for California : a Novel

By: Barbara Jones

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Moonlight Bowl Manifesto

A Cure for California : a Novel

By: Barbara Jones

When a renegade East Coast bowling team moves into the sunshine state, the bowling buddies discover the ultimate weapon in their war against political correctness. They learn the secret of a dangerous new chemical that dissolves wood into piles of sawdust. They use it to inflict profound social change on bewildered Californians. In this whimsical and demented story from exciting new satirist Barbara Jones, nothing is sacred, and California's only hope to restore its imbalance lies in a band of beleaguered exile attorneys whose laws don't work anymore. In Moonlight Bowl Manifesto, self-appointed ligno-terrorists strike at the very heartwood of what makes California so weird. The 'Easters' decree: no more face-lifts, no more breast enhancement, and no more bottled designer water. Bowling shirts are the new dress code, and drug abuse is a thing of the past. Stand at ringside as Barbara Jones takes a tongue-in-chic swing at California's absurdly square jaw with her wry humor and dry Georgia wit. Will the General Sherman Tree survive? Can Californians survive behavior reengineering and learn to use bus tokens? And where is the Federal government while the Easters deal a coup de maitre to reason and politics in the west?

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Russell Dean

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1891954164

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9781891954160

The Life of One Soldier

By: Chuck Jones

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The Life of One Soldier

By: Chuck Jones

The Life of One Soldier By: Chuck Jones The Life of One Soldier chronicles the life of author Chuck Jones, growing up with his family, his romances, his enlistment to Vietnam, and all of the wonderful memories since.

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1480996173

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On the Moon

On the Moon

Inmate Radicalisation and Recruitment in Prisons

Inmate Radicalisation and Recruitment in Prisons

Heretics and Hellraisers

Heretics and Hellraisers

Jim Henson

Jim Henson

Merchants to Multinationals

Merchants to Multinationals

Vascular Plants of Texas

Vascular Plants of Texas

The Mountains That Remade America

The Mountains That Remade America

Principles of Taxation for Business and Investment Planning

Principles of Taxation for Business and Investment Planning

Judith Wright and Emily Carr

Judith Wright and Emily Carr

Street Fighting Man

Street Fighting Man

From Bureaucracy to Hyperarchy in Netcentric and Quick Learning Organizations

From Bureaucracy to Hyperarchy in Netcentric and Quick Learning Organizations

The Christ of the Mount

The Christ of the Mount

Patton's Shadow

Patton's Shadow

The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement

The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement

Moonlight Bowl Manifesto

Moonlight Bowl Manifesto

The Life of One Soldier

The Life of One Soldier

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