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Early Civilizations of the Old World

The Formative Histories of Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China

By: Charles Keith Maisels

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Early Civilizations of the Old World

The Formative Histories of Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China

By: Charles Keith Maisels

In this new paperback edition of Early Civilizations of the Old World, Charles Keith Maisels traces the development of some of the earliest and key civilizations in history. In each case the ecological and economic background to growth, geographical factors, cross-cultural intersection and the rise of urbanism are examined, explaining how particular forms of social structure and cultural interaction developed from before the Neolithic period to the time of the first civilizations in each area. This volume challenges the traditional assumption of a band-tribe-chiefdom-state sequence and instead demonstrates that large complex societies can flourish without social classes and the state, as dramatically shown by the Indus civilization. Such features as the use of Childe's urban revolution theory as a means of comparison for each emerging civilization and the discussion of the emergence of archaeology as a scientific discipline, make Early Civilizations of the Old World a valuable, innovative and stimulating work.

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1134837305

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Utopia

By: Keith McNair

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Utopia

By: Keith McNair

Robert Digby, a young engineer, manages a factory manufacturing robots. Searching for a higher level of artificial intelligence he meets Carla Rossi who has care of four illegally cloned human brains. The pair save the brains from destruction and equip them with robot bodies. The free brains have no organs for sight hearing or speech and develop communications with each other and with Carla by mental telepathy. Robert and Carla adapt or invent mechanical and electronic systems to provide the free brains for a semblance of human life. It all has to be done in secret. In the process, advances in medical science including the replication of human organs to repair or replace failing natural organs result. One of the four cloned brains bears the genes that produce autism. Another has a penchant for speaking in rhyme a third becomes an accomplished pianist and guitar player. The fourth, Utopia, is a universally loved and vivacious adolescent girl growing up in unnatural circumstances as a fashion model.

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1469154676

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The British Way in Warfare: Power and the International System, 1856–1956

Essays in Honour of David French

By: Keith Neilson

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The British Way in Warfare: Power and the International System, 1856–1956

Essays in Honour of David French

By: Keith Neilson

In his groundbreaking book The British Way in Warfare (Routledge, 1990), David French outlined the skillful combination of maritime, economic and diplomatic power employed by Britain to achieve its international goals. Almost two decades later, this collection offers a reassessment of French's thesis, using it as a lens through which to explore Britain's relationship with various kinds of power (military and civil) and how this was employed across the globe. In particular, each essay addresses the ways in which the use of power manifested itself in the maintenance of Britain's place within the international system between 1856 and 1956. Adopting twin methodologies, the collection firstly addresses the broad question of Britain's relationship with other Great Powers and how these influenced the strategies used, before then testing these with specific case studies. By taking this approach, it is possible to discern which policies were successful and which failed, and whether these remained constant across time and space. Measuring Britain's strategy against her commercial, imperial, and military competitors (including France, the USA, Italy, Germany, and Russia) allows intriguing conclusions to be drawn about just how an essentially maritime power could compete with much larger - and potentially more powerful - continental rivals. With contributions from an outstanding selection of military scholars, this collection addresses fundamental questions about the intersection of military, economic and diplomatic history, that are as relevant today as they were during the height of Britain's imperial power. It will prove essential reading, not only for those with an interest in British military history, but for anyone wishing to understand how power - in all its multifaceted guises - can be employed for national advantage on the international stage.

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1317039750

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Drawing Blood

Technology and Disease Identity in Twentieth-Century America

By: Keith Wailoo

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Drawing Blood

Technology and Disease Identity in Twentieth-Century America

By: Keith Wailoo

How physicians in this century wielded medical technology to define disease, carve out medical specialties, and shape political agendas. Winner of the American Public Health Association Arthur Viseltear Prize In Drawing Blood, medical historian Keith Wailoo uses the story of blood diseases to explain how physicians in this century wielded medical technology to define disease, carve out medical specialties, and shape political agendas. As Wailoo's account makes clear, the seemingly straightforward process of identifying disease is invariably influenced by personal, professional, and social factors—and as a result produces not only clarity and precision but also bias and outright error. Drawing Blood reveals the ways in which physicians and patients as well as the diseases themselves are simultaneously shaping and being shaped by technology, medical professionalization, and society at large. This thought-provoking cultural history of disease, medicine, and technology offers an important perspective for current discussions of HIV and AIDS, genetic blood testing, prostate-specific antigen, and other important issues in an age of technological medicine. "Makes clear that the high stakes involved in medical technology are not just financial, but moral and far reaching. They have been harnessed to describe clinical phenomena and to reflect social and cultural realities that influence not only medical treatment but self-identity, power, and authority."—Susan E. Lederer, H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences On Line "Wailoo's masterful study of hematology and its disease discourse is a model of interdisciplinarity, combining cultural analysis, social history, and the history of medical ideas and technology to produce a complex narrative of disease definition, diagnosis, and treatment . . . He reminds us that medical technology is a neutral artifact of history. It can be, and has been, used to clarify and to cloud the understanding of disease, and it has the potential both to constrain and to emancipate its subjects."—Regina Morantz-Sanchez, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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0801870291

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Archaic Eretria

A Political and Social History from the Earliest Times to 490 BC

By: Keith G. Walker

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Archaic Eretria

A Political and Social History from the Earliest Times to 490 BC

By: Keith G. Walker

This book presents for the first time a history of Eretria during the Archaic Era, the city's most notable period of political importance and Keith Walker examines all the major elements of the city's success. One of the key factors explored is Eretria's role as a pioneer coloniser in both the Levant and the West - its early Aegaen 'island empire' anticipates that of Athens by more than a century, and Eretrian shipping and trade was similarly widespread. Eretria's major, indeed dominant, role in the events of central Greece in the last half of the sixth century, and in the events of the Ionian Revolt to 490 is clearly demonstrated, and the tyranny of Diagoras (c.538-509), perhaps the golden age of the city, is fully examined. Full documentation of literary, epigraphic and archaeological sources (most of which has previously been inaccessible to an English speaking-audience) is provided, creating a fascinating history and valuable resource for the Greek historian.

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1134450974

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The Emergence of Civilization

From Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture, Cities, and the State of the Near East

By: Charles Keith Maisels

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The Emergence of Civilization

From Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture, Cities, and the State of the Near East

By: Charles Keith Maisels

The Emergence of Civilisation is a major contribution to our understanding of the development of urban culture and social stratification in the Near Eastern region. Charles Maisels argues that our present assumptions about state formation, based on nineteenth century speculations, are wrong. His investigation illuminates the changes in scale, complexity and hierarchy which accompany the development of civilisation. The book draws conclusions about the dynamics of social change and the processes of social evolution in general, applying those concepts to the rise of Greece and Rome, and to the collapse of the classical Mediterranean world.

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1134863276

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Infection Prevention and Control in the Hospital, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

By: Keith S. Kaye

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Infection Prevention and Control in the Hospital, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

By: Keith S. Kaye

Over the past several decades, "infection control has become a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field of incredible importance with regard to the safety of patients and healthcare workers, regulation and accreditation of healthcare facilities, and finances. The focus of this field has increasingly turned to prevention rather than control of hospital-acquired infections. This issue will bring the infectious disease specialist up to date on important topics such as hand hygiene, sterilization, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, antibiotic stewardship, and specific infections of particular concern.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455709344

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Soil and Environmental Analysis

Physical Methods, Revised, and Expanded

By: Keith A. Smith

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Soil and Environmental Analysis

Physical Methods, Revised, and Expanded

By: Keith A. Smith

Reviews a wide range of methods for soil physical analysis. Considers applications, accuracy, measurement time, and cost of equipment. Provides examples of applications.

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CRC Press

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0824745361

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Contingent Countryside

Settlement, Economy, and Land Use in the Southern Argolid Since 1700

By: Susan Buck Sutton,Keith W. Adams,Argolid Exploration Project

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Contingent Countryside

Settlement, Economy, and Land Use in the Southern Argolid Since 1700

By: Susan Buck Sutton,Keith W. Adams,Argolid Exploration Project

The essays in this volume are united by their attention to the many ways in which residents of Greece's southern Argolid peninsula—the focus of more ethnographic and ethnohistorical study than any other comparable region of Greece—have attempted to shelter, feed, and advance the economic situation of their families over the last three centuries.

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Stanford University Press

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0804733155

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The Gospel as Manuscript

An Early History of the Jesus Tradition as Material Artifact

By: Chris Keith

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The Gospel as Manuscript

An Early History of the Jesus Tradition as Material Artifact

By: Chris Keith

But the Bible says" is a common enough refrain in many conversations about Christianity. The written verses of the four canonical Gospels are sometimes volleyed back and forth and taken as fact while the apocryphal and oral accounts of the life of Jesus are taken as mere oddities. Early thinkers inside and outside the community of Jesus-followers similarly described a contentious relationship between the oral and the written, though they often focused on the challenges of trusting the written word over the spoken-Socrates described the written word an illegitimate "bastard" compared to the spoken word of a teacher. Nevertheless, the written accounts of the Jesus tradition in the Gospels have taken a far superior position in the Christian faith to any oral tradition. In The Gospel as Manuscript, Chris Keith offers a new material history of the Jesus tradition's journey from voice to page, showing that the introduction of manuscripts played an underappreciated, but crucial, role in the reception history of the gospel. From the textualization of Mark in the first century CE until the eventual usage of liturgical readings as a marker of authoritative status in the second and third centuries, early followers of Jesus placed the gospel-as-manuscript on display by drawing attention to the written nature of their tradition. Many authors of Gospels saw themselves in competition with other evangelists, working to establish their texts as the quintessential Gospel. Reading the texts aloud in liturgical settings and further establishedthe literary tradition in material culture. Revealing a vibrant period of competitive development of the Jesus tradition, wherein the material status of the tradition frequently played as important a role as the ideas that it contained, Keith offers a thorough consideratios of the competitive textualization and public reading of the Gospels.

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Oxford University Press

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0190097248

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The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time

By: Keith Houston

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The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time

By: Keith Houston

Everybody who has ever read a book will benefit from the way Keith Houston explores the most powerful object of our time. And everybody who has read it will agree that reports of the book’s death have been greatly exaggerated."— Erik Spiekermann, typographer We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages—of civilizations, empires, human ingenuity, and madness. In an invitingly tactile history of this 2,000-year-old medium, Houston follows the development of writing, printing, the art of illustrations, and binding to show how we have moved from cuneiform tablets and papyrus scrolls to the hardcovers and paperbacks of today. Sure to delight book lovers of all stripes with its lush, full-color illustrations, The Book gives us the momentous and surprising history behind humanity’s most important—and universal—information technology.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393244806

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9780393244809

Perceptions of Health and Illness

By: Keith J. Petrie,John A. Weinman

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Perceptions of Health and Illness

By: Keith J. Petrie,John A. Weinman

First Published in 1997. The study of how individuals perceive and make sense of health and illness is a new and rapidly developing area in health psychology. The field has seen important recent theoretical developments and applications to a wide range of health threats and illnesses. The first section of this book examines the current theoretical and measurement issues in the field and includes issues related to illness perceptions across the lifespan, disability, and the assessment of illness representations in chronic illness. The second section addresses the role of illness perceptions in health screening and prevention and includes work on perceptions of genetic disease, cancer screening, and how individuals process health risk information. The third section is concerned with the application of the illness perceptions approach to patients with chronic illness and those undergoing treatment. Illnesses examined using this approach include chronic fatigue syndrome, breast cancer, diabetes, and myocardial infarction.

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Psychology Press

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1134401612

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9781134401611

The English Language and Linguistics Companion

By: Keith Allan,Julie Bradshaw,Geoffrey Finch

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The English Language and Linguistics Companion

By: Keith Allan,Julie Bradshaw,Geoffrey Finch

Interested in discovering how language works? Daunted by the prospect of studying linguistics at university? The English Language and Linguistics Companion is a tool-kit for the novice linguist. Integrating study skills with substantive coverage, it offers an innovative approach to the study of English language and linguistics, helping students see how their chosen discipline 'fits together'. A one-stop resource, this practical and highly accessible guide: - Provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary approaches to the study of language and outlines the contribution of significant scholars to the development of the field. - Introduces the core topics and concepts of linguistics and the study of language and summarizes key issues in applied linguistics. - Defines and illustrates the key terms and concepts in the discipline of linguistics. - Offers practical advice on the skills required when studying linguistics and suggests a range of possible career pathways. - Illustrates approaches to linguistic research and recommends resources for linguistic inquiry and the study of language. Packed full of information and guidance, this is an essential resource for prospective linguistics students and anyone with an interest in the study of language.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1349923958

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The Near East

Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization'

By: Charles Keith Maisels

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The Near East

Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization'

By: Charles Keith Maisels

The transition from foraging, farming and the neolithic village to the city-state is a complex and fascinating period. Studies on the prehistory of the Near East by nineteenth and twentieth century pioneers in the field transformed archaeology through the creation of the 'Ages System' of Stone, Bronze and Iron. The Near East provides a developmental account of this period contextualised by discussion of the emergence of archaeology as a discipline. The Near East details the causes and effects - enviromental, organizational, demographic and technological - of the world's first village farming cultures some eight thousand years ago. Charles Maisels explains how cities such as Uruk and Ur, Nippur and Kish formed as a result of geological factors and the role of key organizational features of Sumerian society in introducing the world's first script, system of calculation and literature.

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1134664680

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Edwards' Treatment of Drinking Problems

A Guide for the Helping Professions

By: Keith Humphreys,Anne Lingford-Hughes,Griffith Edwards,David M. Ball,Christopher C.H. Cook,E. Jane Marshall

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Edwards' Treatment of Drinking Problems

A Guide for the Helping Professions

By: Keith Humphreys,Anne Lingford-Hughes,Griffith Edwards,David M. Ball,Christopher C.H. Cook,E. Jane Marshall

This book presents state-of-the-art, accessible reviews of the science of alcohol treatment and guidance for the management of clinical situations.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107519527

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Textbook of Prostate Cancer: Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment

Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment

By: Louis J Denis,Keith Griffiths,Amir V Kaisary,Gerald P Murphy

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Textbook of Prostate Cancer: Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment

Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment

By: Louis J Denis,Keith Griffiths,Amir V Kaisary,Gerald P Murphy

Textbook of Prostate Cancer covers major developments in diagnosis, surgery and medical treatment.

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CRC Press

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185317422X

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Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future

By: Keith D. Alverson,Raymond S. Bradley

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Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future

By: Keith D. Alverson,Raymond S. Bradley

This book provides a synthesis of the past decade of research into global changes that occurred in the earth system in the past. Focus is achieved by concentrating on those changes in the Earth's past environment that best inform our evaluation of current and future global changes and their consequences for human populations. The book stands as a ten year milestone in the operation of the Past Global Changes (PAGES) Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). It seeks to provide a quantitative understanding of the Earth’s environment in the geologically recent past and to define the envelope of natural environmental variability against which anthropogenic impacts on the Earth System may be assessed. A set of color overhead transparencies based on the figures in the book is available free on the PAGES website (www.pages-igbp.org) for use in teaching and lecturing.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540424024

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Zakim and Boyer's Hepatology

A Textbook of Liver Disease E-Book

By: Thomas D. Boyer,Keith D Lindor

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Zakim and Boyer's Hepatology

A Textbook of Liver Disease E-Book

By: Thomas D. Boyer,Keith D Lindor

Get the authoritative, up-to-date information you need on liver disease from the 7th Edition of the most trusted reference worldwide. Covering both basic science and recent clinical developments, this revised edition by Drs. Arun J. Sanyal, Thomas D. Boyer, Norah A. Terrault, and Keith D. Lindor, provides an in-depth, comprehensive look at the pathophysiology, diagnostic, and treatment information related to the liver. More than 1,100 figures and tables, many new and in full color, highlight completely updated content throughout. - Expert, international authorship and comprehensive, easy-to-access information makes this edition the gold standard in the field of hepatology. - Includes new information on the rapid changes in treatment paradigms for acute liver failure, the latest treatments for primary biliary cholangitis, full coverage of the gut microbiome and its role in liver disease, the newest developments in drug-induced liver injury, and changes in hepatitis C virus treatment and hot-button concerns about access to care. - New summary boxes at the end of each chapter and a newly streamlined table of contents make it easier to find and understand the information you're looking for. - Hundreds of brand-new illustrations clearly present key aspects of liver disease.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323446574

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Eckhardt

There Once Was a Congressman from Texas

By: Gary Keith

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Eckhardt

There Once Was a Congressman from Texas

By: Gary Keith

Renowned for his "brilliant legislative mind" and political oratory—as well as for bicycling to Congress in a rumpled white linen suit and bow tie—U.S. Congressman Bob Eckhardt was a force to reckon with in Texas and national politics from the 1940s until 1980. A liberal Democrat who successfully championed progressive causes, from workers' rights to consumer protection to environmental preservation and energy conservation, Eckhardt won the respect of opponents as well as allies. Columnist Jack Anderson praised him as one of the most effective members of Congress, where Eckhardt was a national leader and mentor to younger congressmen such as Al Gore. In this biography of Robert Christian Eckhardt (1913-2001), Gary A. Keith tells the story of Eckhardt's colorful life and career within the context of the changing political landscape of Texas and the rise of the New Right and the two-party state. He begins with Eckhardt's German-American family heritage and then traces his progression from labor lawyer, political organizer, and cofounder of the progressive Texas Observer magazine to Texas state legislator and U.S. congressman. Keith describes many of Eckhardt's legislative battles and victories, including the passage of the Open Beaches Act and the creation of the Big Thicket National Preserve, the struggle to limit presidential war-making ability through the War Powers Act, and the hard fight to shape President Carter's energy policy, as well as Eckhardt's work in Texas to tax the oil and gas industry. The only thorough recounting of the life of a memorable, important, and flamboyant man, Eckhardt also recalls the last great era of progressive politics in the twentieth century and the key players who strove to make Texas and the United States a more just, inclusive society.

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University of Texas Press

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0292716915

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Dahlia Black

A Novel

By: Keith Thomas

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Dahlia Black

A Novel

By: Keith Thomas

For fans of World War Z and the Southern Reach Trilogy, a suspenseful oral history commemorating the five-year anniversary of the Pulse—the alien code that hacked the DNA of Earth’s population—and the response team who faced the world-changing phenomenon. Voyager 1 was a message in a bottle. Our way of letting the galaxy know we existed. That we were out here if anyone wanted to find us. Over the next forty years, the probe flew past Jupiter and Saturn before it drifted into the void, swallowed up by a silent universe. Or so we thought… Truth is, our message didn’t go unheard. Discovered by Dr. Dahlia Black, the mysterious Pulse was sent by a highly intelligent intergalactic species that called themselves the Ascendants. It soon becomes clear this alien race isn’t just interested in communication—they are capable of rewriting human DNA, in an astonishing process they call the Elevation. Five years after the Pulse, acclaimed journalist Keith Thomas sets out to make sense of the event that altered the world. Thomas travels across the country to interview members of the task force who grappled to decode the Pulse and later disseminated its exact nature to worried citizens. He interviews the astronomers who initially doubted Black’s discovery of the Pulse—an error that critics say led to the world’s quick demise. Thomas also hears from witnesses of the Elevation and people whose loved ones vanished in the Finality, an event that, to this day, continues to puzzle Pulse researchers, even though theories abound about the Ascendants’ motivation. Including never-before-published transcripts from task force meetings, diary entries from Black, and candid interviews with Ballard, Thomas also shows in Dahlia Black how a select few led their country in its darkest hours, toward a new level of humanity.

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Atria/Leopoldo & Company

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1501156713

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Contested Terrain

Suburban Fiction and U.S. Regionalism, 1945-2020

By: Keith Wilhite

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Contested Terrain

Suburban Fiction and U.S. Regionalism, 1945-2020

By: Keith Wilhite

Drawing on a body of literature published between 1945 and 2016, Contested Terrain proposes a more expansive treatment of suburban fiction as a discourse that operates within national and transnational geographies. Wilhite argues that the suburbs and suburban narratives reflect the latest, perhaps final outpost in the tradition of U.S. regionalism. Although he may be accused of simply substituting one outmoded methodology for another, such a critique depends on misreading regionalism as either a sub-literary genre or, as Roberto Dainotto suggests, a pernicious political ideology that opposes modernity and suppresses difference in the naive pursuit of "grounded, rooted, natural, authentic values shared by a true community." In opposition to such withering appraisals, Contested Terrain demonstrates that, as both a literary discourse and a mode of geopolitical analysis, regionalism clarifies the fraught relationship between isolationism and imperialism that has shaped U.S. residential geography and, in turn, helps us rethink the role literary texts play in the postwar project of suburban nation building"--

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University of Iowa Press

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1609388577

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Earth's Magnetosphere

Formed by the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer

By: Wayne Keith,Walter Heikkila

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Earth's Magnetosphere

Formed by the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer

By: Wayne Keith,Walter Heikkila

Earth's Magnetosphere: Formed by the Low Latitude Boundary Layer, Second Edition, provides a fully updated overview of both historical and current data related to the magnetosphere and how it is formed. With a focus on experimental data and space missions, the book goes in depth relating space physics to the Earth's magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind. Starting with Newton's law, this book also examines Maxwell's equations and subsidiary equations such as continuity, constitutive relations and the Lorentz transformation, Helmholtz' theorem, and Poynting's theorem, among other methods for understanding this interaction.This new edition of Earth's Magnetosphere is updated with information on such topics as 3D reconnection, space weather implications, recent missions such as MMS, ionosphere outflow and coupling, and the inner magnetosphere. With the addition of end-of-chapter problems as well, this book is an excellent foundational reference for geophysicists, space physicists, plasma physicists, and graduate students alike. - Offers an historical perspective of early magnetospheric research, combined with progress up to the present - Describes observations from various spacecraft in a variety of regions, with explanations and discussions of each - Includes chapters on prompt particle acceleration to high energies, plasma transfer event, and the low latitude boundary layer

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Academic Press

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0128181613

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Like a Tree Universally Spread

Sri Sabhapati Swami and Śivarājayoga

By: Keith Edward Cantú

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Like a Tree Universally Spread

Sri Sabhapati Swami and Śivarājayoga

By: Keith Edward Cantú

This book reconstructs the tantalizing tale of Sri Sabhapati Swami (ca. 1828-1923/4), today a little-known swami who was originally from Tamil Nadu in southern India, and historically contextualizes a fascinating type of yoga that Sabhapati claimed would lead to an experience of being "like a tree universally spread." The practical method of having this experience, in technical terms called the samadhi or "composure" of sivarajayoga or the "Royal yoga for siva," was published in English and multiple Indic languages and lavishly illustrated in diagrams on subtle and physical bodies. This book is the first book-length treatment on Sabhapati Swami, scholarly or otherwise, and uses critically-edited sources printed in Tamil, Devanagari, and Bengali scripts to reveal the expansion of his literature across South Asia and globally, the vast majority of which has never before been considered in any scholarly work to date. The book shows how intertwined Sabhapati's yoga is with historical Tamil saiva and Siddha movements, including the mythos of the rishi Agastya, and also with Hathayoga and mantra-based ritual. It also takes into account his and his followers' wrestling with the Victorian scientific worldview and their rationalization of Hindu philosophical discourses in the colonial period. Finally, the book demonstrates the extent to which Sabhapati's teachings were integrated into esoteric religious movements such as the Theosophical Society, the Thelema of Aleister Crowley, and New Thought, and suggests that a reappraisal of scholarship on the roots of yoga in these movements is long overdue"--

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Oxford University Press

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0197665470

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9780197665473

The Harriet Lane Handbook E-Book

By: The Johns Hopkins Hospital,Keith Kleinman,Lauren McDaniel,Matthew Molloy

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The Harriet Lane Handbook E-Book

By: The Johns Hopkins Hospital,Keith Kleinman,Lauren McDaniel,Matthew Molloy

Every three years, The Harriet Lane Handbook is carefully updated by residents, edited by chief residents, and reviewed by expert faculty at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Easy to use, concise, and complete, this essential manual keeps you current with new guidelines, practice parameters, pharmacology, and more. The 22nd Edition of this portable reference continues to be the #1 source of pediatric point-of-care clinical information for pediatric residents, students, nurses, and all healthcare professionals who treat young patients. - Trusted for more than 65 years for fast, accurate information on pediatric diagnosis and treatment. - Updated and expanded content includes an all-new chapter on Psychiatry, plus reorganized information on Emergency and Critical Care Management, as well as Traumatic Injuries. - The popular Pediatric Drug Formulary, updated by Carlton K. K. Lee, PharmD, MPH, provides the latest in pharmacologic treatment of pediatric patients. - Outline format ensures you'll find information quickly and easily, even in the most demanding circumstances.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323674097

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9780323674096

Pushing Cool

Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette

By: Keith Wailoo

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Pushing Cool

Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette

By: Keith Wailoo

Prologue: Pushers in the city of my youth -- Introduction -- The crooked man: influence, exploitation, and menthol's expanding web -- Selling the menthol sensation -- For people susceptible to cancer anxiety -- Building a black franchise -- Urban hustles and suburban dreams -- Uptown's aftertaste.

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University of Chicago Press

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022679413X

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9780226794136

Linguistic Meaning

By: Keith Allan

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Linguistic Meaning

By: Keith Allan

Dr Keith Allan presents a coherent, consistent and comprehensive account of linguistic meaning, centred around an informally presented theory of meaning. It is intended for graduate and undergraduate students of linguistics, or any linguist curious about what a theory of meaning should seek to accomplish and the way to achieve that aim. The work assumes that the primary task of a theory of linguistic meaning is to describe the meaning of speech acts. This in turn presupposes a theory of semantics and a theory of prosodic meaning, as well as a proper treatment of the co-operative principle, context and background information. These matters are dealt with in detail. The second task of a theory of linguistic meaning is to identify what meaning is, to explain the relationships between sense and denotation, and to explicate the nature of meaningful properties and meaning relations. These matters are fully covered, and the work concludes with a summary of the principle arguments presented.

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Routledge

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1134742444

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Shakespeare, Bakhtin, and Film

A Dialogic Lens

By: Keith Harrison

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Shakespeare, Bakhtin, and Film

A Dialogic Lens

By: Keith Harrison

This book explores how Bakhtin’s ideas can illuminate the compelling but uneasy fusion of Shakespeare and cinema. With a wide variety of tones, languages, cultural orientations, and thematic concerns, film directors have updated, translated, transposed, fragmented, parodied, and geographically re-situated Shakespeare. Keith Harrison illustrates how Bakhtin’s interlinked writings in various fields can fruitfully be applied to an understanding of how the ongoing responsiveness of filmmakers to Shakespeare’s historically remote words can shape self-expressive acts of co-authoring in another medium. Through the use of such Bakhtinian concepts as the chronotope, heteroglossia, the carnivalesque, and polyphony, Harrison details how filmmakers—faithful to their specific cultures, genders, geographies, and historical moments—dialogically locate their particularity through Shakespeare’s presence.

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268

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Springer

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3319597434

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Evangelical Bible Doctrine

Articles in Honor of Dr. Mal Couch

By: Dr. Keith Sherlin

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Evangelical Bible Doctrine

Articles in Honor of Dr. Mal Couch

By: Dr. Keith Sherlin

Over twenty-one faithful evangelical Bible teachers have joined together in this work to both honor the legacy of Dr. Mal Couch as well as to promote a solid, sacred, and safe theological manual for the body of Christ. Colleagues and friends of Dr. Couch, such as Dr. Wayne House, Dr. Norman Geisler, Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum, Dr. Timothy Demy, and more, along with many of Mals students and disciples, set forth in this work a biblical and practical theology. The first half of the book covers all twelve of the major biblical doctrines of Christianity. The last half covers some of the hottest theological topics and practical issues that present-day believers ought to be aware of in order to properly defend the faith. In chapter 25 you will meet many of the disciples in Christ that Mal taught over the years as they express their gratitude for this godly giant of the faith. So if you are curious about what a holistic evangelical faith looks like, and even curious as to how dispensationalism fits within orthodox evangelicalism, this book will provide for you a solid resource for many years to come.

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AuthorHouse

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1504964969

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9781504964968

A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 1, The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans

By: William Keith Chambers Guthrie

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A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 1, The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans

By: William Keith Chambers Guthrie

The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521294207

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9780521294201

Shining Star

Braving the Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire

By: Philip Bailey,Keith Zimmerman,Kent Zimmerman

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Shining Star

Braving the Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire

By: Philip Bailey,Keith Zimmerman,Kent Zimmerman

Earth, Wind & Fire has sold some ninety million records and won eight Grammy awards. But while its charismatic founder, Maurice White, and Philip Bailey, one of popular music’s greatest voices, are remarkable musical talents, their relentless work ethic exhausted and emotionally gutted the group. Now, Bailey shares the inside story of his professional and spiritual journey, from his origins to the band’s meteoric rise to stardom, and from its breakup to its triumphant reinvention. Shining Star will mesmerize the supergroup’s millions of fans and anyone who loves an inspiring story about what happens when real life exceeds your dreams.

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Penguin

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1101607939

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