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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

Volume 58 - Supplement 21: Concept-Based Indexing and Retrieval of Hypermedia Information to Using Self-Checkout Technology to Increase Productivity and Patron Service in the Library

By: Allen Kent

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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

Volume 58 - Supplement 21: Concept-Based Indexing and Retrieval of Hypermedia Information to Using Self-Checkout Technology to Increase Productivity and Patron Service in the Library

By: Allen Kent

Supplement 21: Concept-Based Indexing and Retrieval of Hypermedia Information to Using Self-Checkout Technology to Increase Productivity and Patron Service in the Library.

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The Lost History of Washington and Lee: New Discoveries

A Historical Performance Audit

By: Kent Wilcox

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The Lost History of Washington and Lee: New Discoveries

A Historical Performance Audit

By: Kent Wilcox

Forty years in the making, this book constitutes an unveiling of hitherto unrecognized archival records pertaining to the founding of Washington and Lee University. These startling records created by men of the highest reputations and character disclose long-held secrets both shocking and at the same time assuaging. In the process, the true character of the universitys founding first president is illuminated as is his astounding significance to the history of the Great Valley of Virginia and to all the nations lovers of liberty. Within a vast array of pearls of wisdom are disclosed serving to quash long-held but mistaken notions and several myths exposed as utterly false narratives concerning when the institution was founded and by whom. The institutions current mistake on this subject is only wrong by twenty-five years. Some of those who are today heralded as founders turn out had nothing whatever to do with establishing Washington and Lee. Within these pages lies the unmistakable evidence of who was responsible and when the historical miscalculations were committed. Empty assertions too numerous to mention here are discredited as are many of their perpetrators. Some of those named were merely credulous and or too disinterested to scrutinize unauthenticated assertions of the past. Others, more agenda driven, failed to rise above their predispositions and selective perceptions, all failing to exercise due diligence in preserving the heritage and legacies of their forebears. The vast majority of the conclusions presented here for the first time since 1850 are virtually incontrovertible, at least by critics employing empirical standards nearly universally accepted since the dawn of the enlightenment. Footnotes are liberally employed to emphasize facts and uncover truths, as well as giving citations of authority. A bibliography is also attached, as are several important appendices. In a few select cases, those with the intent to deceive or cover up are specifically exposed. In the case of one particular false narrative, its exponent is held up to just ridicule for knowingly publishing a malicious and unjust traducement of a noble paragon of virtue, Rev. William Graham. In all, Washington and Lee University and its founding first president, William Graham, are shown in an entirely new light. The university is compellingly demonstrated to deserve to be considered the most progressive American institution of higher learning of the eighteenth century. As the new nation gave to the world an unprecedented democratic vision of freedom, this book reveals Washington and Lee University in its infancy (Liberty Hall Academy), introducing a vision of higher education for men and women of all races. This chartered degree-granting institution was then the only such institution with its doors open to all. Then the only campus in America where one might observe a black or female regular undergraduate student was at Lexington, Virginiaa sight never yet seen at Harvard, Yale, or even Princeton in the eighteenth century. This noble idea unfortunately died when the universitys founder, William Graham, died. His vision in this regard is but a part of his heretofore mostly unknown legacy. Although unheralded, he was, nevertheless, unquestionably the only educator in America who dared to prove that a black man, if given the opportunity, can succeed in securing a college education. A powerful lesson that once learned remained a powerful and enduring truth.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984530488

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9781984530486

Words Like Fire

Words That Get Results

By: Kent B. Smith

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Words Like Fire

Words That Get Results

By: Kent B. Smith

Words Like Fire will empower your communication to be dynamic and effective for specific results. Words are simply structured expressions and attributes which convey passion, emotions, commitment and desire. The term “Like Fire” means: The attribute of having dynamic energizing influence on people and things; the catalyst for change. Kent defines the difference between inspiration and motivation as, “Motivation is the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.” Inspiration is the process of being mentally energized or stimulated to the point of action. Words Like Fire explains how to blend motivation and inspiration for greater accomplishments in all aspects of life.

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120

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Balboa Press

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1982209593

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9781982209599

Commentaries on American Law

By: James Kent

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Commentaries on American Law

By: James Kent

Twelfth edition, edited by O. W. Holmes Thirteenth edition, edited by Charles M. Barnes.

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Рипол Классик

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143681037X

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Minima Memoria

In the Wake of Jean-François Lyotard

By: Claire Nouvet,Zrinka Stahuljak,Kent Still

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Minima Memoria

In the Wake of Jean-François Lyotard

By: Claire Nouvet,Zrinka Stahuljak,Kent Still

Minima Memoria attests to the impact of the works of Jean-François Lyotard, one of the most influential French philosophers of the twentieth century, and the continuing effects of these works across a wide array of fields: philosophy, literature, political theory, gender theory, aesthetics, and psychoanalysis. Particular attention is paid to Lyotard's repeated warnings regarding the way in which the complexity of events can be occluded in the very attempt to represent them. Indeed, through the contributors' careful and critical analysis, Lyotard's complex intellectual trajectoryall the way up to the posthumously published works The Confession of Augustine and The Misery of Philosophyis traced in different and often conflicting manners, which bring out the different currents that traverse his writings and the sites of tension that such terms as "different," "affect," and "infancy" mark. What emerges is not a grand narrative that would organize Lyotard's life and work around one unifying idea, but multifaceted approaches that extend in new and unforeseen directions.

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Stanford University Press

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0804751129

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9780804751124

Theatre and Humanism

English Drama in the Sixteenth Century

By: Kent Cartwright

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Theatre and Humanism

English Drama in the Sixteenth Century

By: Kent Cartwright

English drama at the beginning of the sixteenth century was allegorical, didactic and moralistic; but by the end of the century theatre was censured as emotional and even immoral. How could such a change occur? Kent Cartwright suggests that some theories of early Renaissance theatre - particularly the theory that Elizabethan plays are best seen in the tradition of morality drama - need to be reconsidered. He proposes instead that humanist drama of the sixteenth century is theatrically exciting - rather than literary, elitist and dull as it has often been seen - and socially significant, and he attempts to integrate popular and humanist values rather than setting them against each other. Taking as examples the plays of Marlowe, Heywood, Lyly and Greene, as well as many by lesser-known dramatists, the book demonstrates the contribution of humanist drama to the theatrical vitality of the sixteenth century.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139425994

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Protestant Missionaries in Spain, 1869–1936

"Shall the Papists Prevail?"

By: Kent Eaton

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Protestant Missionaries in Spain, 1869–1936

"Shall the Papists Prevail?"

By: Kent Eaton

Protestant Missionaries in Spain, 1869–1936: “Shall the Papists Prevail?” examines the history of the Protestant denominations, especially the Plymouth Brethren, throughout Europe that attempted to bring their churches to Spain just prior to Spain’s First Republic (1873–1874) when religious liberty briefly existed. Protestant groups labored feverishly, establishing churches and schools designed to gain converts and thereby prove the supremacy of their theology in Spain as the foremost Roman Catholic country. Religious liberty was reintroduced in the 1930s during the Second Republic, but failed when General Francisco Franco won the Spanish Civil War and unified the culturally and linguistically diverse nation through the doctrine of religious uniformity. Equally important is the question of why the Roman Catholic Church felt compelled to expel them from Spain. After the First Vatican Council (1869–1870), Spain became the battlefield between Protestants and Catholics, each vying to demonstrate their preeminence. Using primary sources from Spain and the UK, this book recreates the story of these missionaries’ struggles and examines their motivations for making significant sacrifices.

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Lexington Books

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0739194119

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9780739194119

Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege

Amanda America Dickson, 1849-1893

By: Kent Anderson Leslie

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Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege

Amanda America Dickson, 1849-1893

By: Kent Anderson Leslie

This fascinating story of Amanda America Dickson, born the privileged daughter of a white planter and an unconsenting slave in antebellum Georgia, shows how strong-willed individuals defied racial strictures for the sake of family. Kent Anderson Leslie uses the events of Dickson's life to explore the forces driving southern race and gender relations from the days of King Cotton through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and New South eras. Although legally a slave herself well into her adolescence, Dickson was much favored by her father and lived comfortably in his house, receiving a genteel upbringing and education. After her father died in 1885 Dickson inherited most of his half-million dollar estate, sparking off two years of legal battles with white relatives. When the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the will, Dickson became the largest landowner in Hancock County, Georgia, and the wealthiest black woman in the post-Civil War South. Kent Anderson Leslie's portrayal of Dickson is enhanced by a wealth of details about plantation life; the elaborate codes of behavior for men and women, blacks and whites in the South; and the equally complicated circumstances under which racial transgressions were sometimes ignored, tolerated, or even accepted.

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University of Georgia Press

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082033717X

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9780820337173

The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1

A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island

By: Kent Monkman,Gisèle Gordon

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The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1

A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island

By: Kent Monkman,Gisèle Gordon

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER From global art superstar Kent Monkman and his long-time collaborator Gisèle Gordon, a transformational work of true stories and imagined history that will remake readers’ understanding of the land called North America. For decades, the singular and provocative paintings by Cree artist Kent Monkman have featured a recurring character—an alter ego of sorts, a shape-shifting, time-travelling elemental being named Miss Chief Eagle Testickle. Though we have glimpsed her across the years in films and on countless canvases, it is finally time to hear her story, in her own words. And, in doing so, to hear the whole history of Turtle Island anew. The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island is a genre-demolishing work of genius, the imagined history of a legendary figure through which profound truths emerge—a deeply Cree and gloriously queer understanding of our shared world, its past, its present, and its possibilities. Volume One, which covers the period from the creation of the universe to the confederation of Canada, follows Miss Chief as she moves through time, from a complex lived experience of Cree cosmology to the arrival of European settlers, many of whom will be familiar to students of history. An open-hearted being, she tries to live among those settlers, and guide them to a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of all beings and the world itself. As their numbers grow, though, so does conflict, and Miss Chief begins to understand that the challenges posed by the hordes of newly arrived Europeans will mean ever greater danger for her, her people, and, by extension, all of the world she cherishes. Blending history, fiction, and memoir in bold new ways, The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle are unlike anything published before. And in their power to reshape our shared understanding, they promise to change the way we see everything that lies ahead.

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McClelland & Stewart

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0771061234

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9780771061233

Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History

By: Kent C. Condie

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Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History

By: Kent C. Condie

A comprehensive 2001 review of mantle plumes for advanced students and researchers in Earth science.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521014727

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Cushing of Gettysburg

The Story of a Union Artillery Commander

By: Kent Masterson Brown

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Cushing of Gettysburg

The Story of a Union Artillery Commander

By: Kent Masterson Brown

First Lieutenant Cushing was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by the pPresident of the United States on November 6, 2014, 151 years after his death at the Angle at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, where he commanded Battery A, Fourth United States Artillery. He is likely the last Civil War soldier to who will be so honored. Although many individuals were involved in the effort to give the Medal of Honor to Cushing, this book, first published in 1993, played a critical role.

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Book's by Kent B. Smith

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

The Lost History of Washington and Lee: New Discoveries

The Lost History of Washington and Lee: New Discoveries

Words Like Fire

Words Like Fire

Commentaries on American Law

Commentaries on American Law

Minima Memoria

Minima Memoria

Theatre and Humanism

Theatre and Humanism

Protestant Missionaries in Spain, 1869–1936

Protestant Missionaries in Spain, 1869–1936

Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege

Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege

The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1

The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1

Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History

Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History

Cushing of Gettysburg

Cushing of Gettysburg

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