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Raising Unicorns

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Running a Successful - and Magical! - Unicorn Farm

By: Jessica S. Marquis,Kevin Hedgpeth

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Raising Unicorns

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Running a Successful - and Magical! - Unicorn Farm

By: Jessica S. Marquis,Kevin Hedgpeth

Includes the rainbow-filled principles for unicornomics!

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Simon and Schuster

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1440525900

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9781440525902

The Western Flyer

Steinbeck's Boat, the Sea of Cortez, and the Saga of Pacific Fisheries

By: Kevin M. Bailey

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The Western Flyer

Steinbeck's Boat, the Sea of Cortez, and the Saga of Pacific Fisheries

By: Kevin M. Bailey

“Written with deep passion and knowledge for the boat and the fish harvested from it. . . . a poignant warning about humanity’s impact on the globe.” —David B. Williams, Seattle Times In January 2010, the Gemini was moored in the Swinomish Slough on a Native American reservation near Anacortes, Washington. Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the rusted and dilapidated boat was in fact the most famous fishing vessel ever to have sailed: the original Western Flyer, immortalized in John Steinbeck’s nonfiction classic The Log from the Sea of Cortez. In this book, Kevin M. Bailey resurrects this forgotten witness to the changing tides of Pacific fisheries. He draws on the Steinbeck archives, interviews with family members of crew, and more than three decades of working in Pacific Northwest fisheries to trace the depletion of marine life through the voyages of a single ship. As the Western Flyer herself faces an uncertain future, debates about the status of West Coast fisheries have resurfaced. A compelling and timely tale of a boat and the people it carried, of fisheries exploited, and of fortunes won and lost, The Western Flyer is environmental history at its best: a journey through time and across the sea, charting the ebb and flow of the cobalt waters of the Pacific coast. “Of interest both to Steinbeck fans and readers of Paul Greenberg’s Four Fish.” —Library Journal “A rich blend of philosophy, ecology, history, and first-rate literature.” —Donald Gunderson, University of Washington—Carmel Finley Blog “A valuable conservation lesson, one that should be read by every aspiring fishery biologist. . . . Recommended.” —J. C. Briggs, Oregon State University—Choice

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187

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University of Chicago Press

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022611693X

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9780226116938

Broke

The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth and Treasure

By: Glenn Beck,Kevin Balfe

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Broke

The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth and Treasure

By: Glenn Beck,Kevin Balfe

Briefly surveys more than two centures of American political history to describe how the country has been broken spiritually, politically and financially and advocates a return to core values to restore America's economic and spiritual health.

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416

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Simon and Schuster

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1451693443

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9781451693447

Exploring Character Design

By: Kevin Hedgpeth,Stephen Missal

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Exploring Character Design

By: Kevin Hedgpeth,Stephen Missal

Seasoned character creators Kevin Hedgpeth and Stephen Missal, drawing on the concepts examined in their previous book, Exploring Drawing for Animation, present a definitive guide to designing and developing characters for visual media. Exploring Character Design covers the entire character-creation process, from concept to final product—including research, conceptualization, synthesis, and refinement. Laying out a step-by-step analysis of character construction in accordance with standard industry methodology, Hedgpeth and Missal lead the reader on a fascinating journey into character design theory and practice to show how strong characters are actually built.

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Design Exploration

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1401862969

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9781401862961

Confronting the Chaos

New Strategies to Combat Terrorism

By: Kevin McGrath

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Confronting the Chaos

New Strategies to Combat Terrorism

By: Kevin McGrath

Al Qaeda killed over 3,000 US citizens on September 11, 2001, and terrorism leapt to the fore of US strategic and political priorities. Yet, after nearly six years of concentrated effort by the United States, the dominant power in the international system, Al Qaeda survives and is still acknowledged as a potent threat. This begs the question not just of why, but also of what the United States can do to redress the situation. Confronting Al-Qaeda asserts that Al-Qaeda is primarily a political threat, not a military one. This is because terrorists subvert legitimate political processes to achieve political ends. Al-Qaeda challenges not only specific U.S. policy decisions, but also the very nature of the U.S. political system and the U.S.-lead international order created after World War II. Therefore the character of the U.S. political response to the threat from Al-Qaeda is critical. Al-Qaeda’s capacity for violence is the direct source of its power. This must be reduced, and coercive means, such as the military, intelligence, and law enforcement, are necessary, for they alone directly degrade Al-Qaeda’s potential. A singularly coercive approach, however, is insufficient. As the leader of the international system, the United States is in a position to politically undercut Al-Qaeda. The United States can do so by adhering to globally revered traditional US political values and foreign policy.

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338

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Naval Institute Press

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1612510337

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9781612510330

Golden Dreams

California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963

By: Kevin Starr

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Golden Dreams

California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963

By: Kevin Starr

A narrative tour de force that combines wide-ranging scholarship with captivating prose, Kevin Starr's acclaimed multi-volume Americans and the California Dream is an unparalleled work of cultural history. In this volume, Starr covers the crucial postwar period--1950 to 1963--when the California we know today first burst into prominence. Starr brilliantly illuminates the dominant economic, social, and cultural forces in California in these pivotal years. In a powerful blend of telling events, colorful personalities, and insightful analyses, Starr examines such issues as the overnight creation of the postwar California suburb, the rise of Los Angeles as Super City, the reluctant emergence of San Diego as one of the largest cities in the nation, and the decline of political centrism. He explores the Silent Generation and the emergent Boomer youth cult, the Beats and the Hollywood "Rat Pack," the pervasive influence of Zen Buddhism and other Asian traditions in art and design, the rise of the University of California and the emergence of California itself as a utopia of higher education, the cooling of West Coast jazz, freeway and water projects of heroic magnitude, outdoor life and the beginnings of the environmental movement. More broadly, he shows how California not only became the most populous state in the Union, but in fact evolved into a mega-state en route to becoming the global commonwealth it is today. Golden Dreams continues an epic series that has been widely recognized for its signal contribution to the history of American culture in California. It is a book that transcends its stated subject to offer a wealth of insight into the growth of the Sun Belt and the West and indeed the dramatic transformation of America itself in these pivotal years following the Second World War.

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601

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Oxford University Press

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0199924309

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9780199924301

Devils Hole Pupfish

The Unexpected Survival of an Endangered Species in the Modern American West

By: Kevin C. Brown

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Devils Hole Pupfish

The Unexpected Survival of an Endangered Species in the Modern American West

By: Kevin C. Brown

Cyprinodon diabolis, or Devils Hole pupfish: a one-inch-long, iridescent blue fish whose only natural habitat is a ten-by-sixty-foot pool near Death Valley, on the Nevada-California border. The rarest fish in the world. As concern for the future of biodiversity mounts, Devils Hole Pupfish asks how a tiny blue fish—confined to a single, narrow aquifer on the edge of Death Valley National Park in Nevada’s Amargosa Desert—has managed to survive despite numerous grave threats. For decades, the pupfish has been the subject of heated debate between environmentalists intent on protecting it from extinction and ranchers and developers in the region who need the aquifer’s water to support their livelihoods. Drawing on archival detective work, interviews, and a deep familiarity with the landscape of the surrounding Amargosa Desert, author Kevin C. Brown shows how the seemingly isolated Devils Hole pupfish has persisted through its relationships with some of the West’s most important institutions: federal land management policy, western water law, ecological sciences, and the administration of endangered-species legislation. The history of this entanglement between people and the pupfish makes its story unique. The species was singled out for protection by the National Park Service, made one of the first “listed” endangered species, and became one of the first controversial animals of the modern environmental era, with one bumper sticker circulating in Nevada in the early 1970s reading “Save the Pupfish,” while another read “Kill the Pupfish.” But the story of the pupfish should be considered for more than its peculiarity. Moreover, Devils Hole Pupfish explores the pupfish’s journey through modern American history and offers lessons for anyone looking to better understand the politics of water in southern Nevada, the operation of the Endangered Species Act, or the science surrounding desert ecosystems.

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University of Nevada Press

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1647790115

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9781647790110

Raising Unicorns

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Running a Successful - and Magical! - Unicorn Farm

By: Jessica S. Marquis,Kevin Hedgpeth

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Raising Unicorns

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Running a Successful - and Magical! - Unicorn Farm

By: Jessica S. Marquis,Kevin Hedgpeth

Includes the rainbow-filled principles for unicornomics!

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Book's by Kevin Hedgpeth

Raising Unicorns

Raising Unicorns

The Western Flyer

The Western Flyer

Broke

Broke

Exploring Character Design

Exploring Character Design

Confronting the Chaos

Confronting the Chaos

Golden Dreams

Golden Dreams

Devils Hole Pupfish

Devils Hole Pupfish

Raising Unicorns

Raising Unicorns

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