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The Burning Blue

The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster

By: Kevin Cook

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The Burning Blue

The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster

By: Kevin Cook

The untold story of a national trauma—NASA’s Challenger explosion—and what really happened to America’s Teacher in Space, illuminating the tragic cost of humanity setting its sight on the stars You’ve seen the pictures. You know what happened. Or do you? On January 28, 1986, NASA’s space shuttle Challenger exploded after blasting off from Cape Canaveral. Christa McAuliffe, America’s “Teacher in Space,” was instantly killed, along with the other six members of the mission. At least that's what most of us remember. Kevin Cook tells us what really happened on that ill-fated, unforgettable day. He traces the pressures—leading from NASA to the White House—that triggered the fatal order to launch on an ice-cold Florida morning. Cook takes readers inside the shuttle for the agonizing minutes after the explosion, which the astronauts did indeed survive. He uncovers the errors and corner-cutting that led an overconfident space agency to launch a crew that had no chance to escape. But this is more than a corrective to a now-dimming memory. Centering on McAuliffe, a charmingly down-to-earth civilian on the cusp of history, The Burning Blue animates a colorful cast of characters: a pair of red-hot flyers at the shuttle's controls, the second female and first Jewish astronaut, the second Black astronaut, and the first Asian American and Buddhist in space. Drawing vivid portraits of Christa and the astronauts, Cook makes readers forget the fate they're hurtling toward. With drama, immediacy, and shocking surprises, he reveals the human price the Challenger crew and America paid for politics, capital-P Progress, and the national dream of "reaching for the stars.

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Henry Holt and Company

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1250755565

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9781250755568

Discography of Western Swing and Hot String Bands, 1928-1942

By: Cary Ginell,Kevin Coffey

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Discography of Western Swing and Hot String Bands, 1928-1942

By: Cary Ginell,Kevin Coffey

The result of years of research by its authors, this discography strives to identify and trace the recorded development of the musical style now known as western swing from its early years through World War II. The style developed from the Texas string band tradition, growing from a fiddle and guitar duo into full swing band groups, and along the way, it drew from and absorbed a variety of other musical styles, thus making it one of the most diverse genres in American music. Until now, studies have been limited to a few book-length biographies, but through exhaustive research and interviews, Ginell and Coffey have provided the most complete and comprehensive listing of pre-War western swing and hot string band recordings to date. Accessible through a variety of indexes, the information included here comprises four sections. The reader can easily find cross-referenced information on which musicians played with which bands on which songs. Easy-to-follow linear and chronological development of the music is provided as well.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313074321

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9780313074325

The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting

How the Science of Strategic Thinking Can Help You Deal with the Toughest Negotiators You Know--Your Kids

By: Paul Raeburn,Kevin Zollman

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The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting

How the Science of Strategic Thinking Can Help You Deal with the Toughest Negotiators You Know--Your Kids

By: Paul Raeburn,Kevin Zollman

As every parent knows, kids are surprisingly clever negotiators. But how can we avoid those all-too-familiar wails, "That's not fair!" and "You can't make me!"? In The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting, journalist Paul Raeburn and game theorist Kevin Zollman pair up to highlight tactics from the worlds of economics and business that can help parents break the endless cycle of quarrels and ineffective solutions. Each chapter opens with a common parenting dilemma, such as determining who started a fight or who gets a bedtime story first. Then they show how carefully concocted schemes involving bargains and fair incentives can save the day. Delightfully witty, and refreshingly irreverent The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting looks past the fads to offer advice you can put into action today.

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Macmillan

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0374160015

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9780374160012

Darwin's Unfinished Symphony

How Culture Made the Human Mind

By: Kevin N. Lala

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Darwin's Unfinished Symphony

How Culture Made the Human Mind

By: Kevin N. Lala

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for culture, from the arts and language to science and technology. But how did the human mind—and the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture—evolve from its roots in animal behavior? Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony presents a captivating new theory of human cognitive evolution. This compelling and accessible book reveals how culture is not just the magnificent end product of an evolutionary process that produced a species unlike all others—it is also the key driving force behind that process. Kevin N. Lala tells the story of the painstaking fieldwork, the key experiments, the false leads, and the stunning scientific breakthroughs that led to this new understanding of how culture transformed human evolution. It is the story of how Darwin’s intellectual descendants picked up where he left off and took up the challenge of providing a scientific account of the evolution of the human mind.

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Princeton University Press

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069118447X

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9780691184470

Patton's War

An American General's Combat Leadership, Volume 2: August–December 1944

By: Kevin M. Hymel

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Patton's War

An American General's Combat Leadership, Volume 2: August–December 1944

By: Kevin M. Hymel

This second of three volumes of Patton’s War picks up where the first one left off, examining General George S. Patton’s leadership of the U.S. Third Army. The book follows Patton’s contributions to both the Normandy and Brittany campaigns—the closing of the Falaise Pocket in Normandy, and racing to the port cities in Brittany. It ends with Patton and his corps rescuing the besieged town of Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge. As he did in the preceding volume, Hymel relies not only on Patton’s diaries and letters, but countless veteran interviews, surveys, and memoirs. He also provides a unique insight missed by previous Patton scholars. Instead of using Patton’s transcribed diaries, which were heavily edited and embellished, he consults Patton’s original, hand-written diaries to uncover previously unknown information about the general. This second volume of Hymel’s groundbreaking work shows Patton at the height of his generalship, successfully leading his army without the mistakes and caustic behavior that almost got him sent home earlier—even if we also see a Patton still guided at times by racism and antisemitism.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826274838

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9780826274830

Getting the Job Done

Practical Advice and Real-World Anecdotes to Manage Successful P.R.O.J.E.C.T.S.

By: Kevin Torf

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Getting the Job Done

Practical Advice and Real-World Anecdotes to Manage Successful P.R.O.J.E.C.T.S.

By: Kevin Torf

Unleash Your Team’s Potential to Succeed Today’s workplace has evolved. Yet the strategies to empower employees and teams are still maturing. Getting the Job Done fills this gap by providing a practical framework to inspire teams and keep them accountable for ultimate success. Rather than impose a single method to make you a better project manager, Getting the Job Done gives a flexible strategy that will help you lead confidently, take advantage of all the perspectives on your team, and get the job done on time without having to sacrifice quality. Conveyed through 100 educational, factual, and relatable project management tips, T2’s framework will keep your team engaged, responsible, and transparent. Through our “getting the job done” philosophy—the key to how we’ve led healthcare tech consulting for over fifteen years—you will master the building blocks of effective project management, as outlined by our acronym P.R.O.J.E.C.T.S: Planning Reflection Organization Juggling Empowerment Communication Teamwork Standards With the compact analysis of each block, followed by clear bite-sized tips, and concluding with T2’s case studies, you and your team will discover and create a new culture that can be used in both life and business. Elevate your team and organization’s capabilities and discover how projects can turn from overwhelming undertakings into successful collaborations.

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Greenleaf Book Group

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1736028375

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9781736028377

Machine Learning

A Probabilistic Perspective

By: Kevin P. Murphy

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Machine Learning

A Probabilistic Perspective

By: Kevin P. Murphy

A comprehensive introduction to machine learning that uses probabilistic models and inference as a unifying approach. Today's Web-enabled deluge of electronic data calls for automated methods of data analysis. Machine learning provides these, developing methods that can automatically detect patterns in data and then use the uncovered patterns to predict future data. This textbook offers a comprehensive and self-contained introduction to the field of machine learning, based on a unified, probabilistic approach. The coverage combines breadth and depth, offering necessary background material on such topics as probability, optimization, and linear algebra as well as discussion of recent developments in the field, including conditional random fields, L1 regularization, and deep learning. The book is written in an informal, accessible style, complete with pseudo-code for the most important algorithms. All topics are copiously illustrated with color images and worked examples drawn from such application domains as biology, text processing, computer vision, and robotics. Rather than providing a cookbook of different heuristic methods, the book stresses a principled model-based approach, often using the language of graphical models to specify models in a concise and intuitive way. Almost all the models described have been implemented in a MATLAB software package—PMTK (probabilistic modeling toolkit)—that is freely available online. The book is suitable for upper-level undergraduates with an introductory-level college math background and beginning graduate students.

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MIT Press

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0262018020

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9780262018029

How to Sweet-Talk a Shark

Strategies and Stories from a Master Negotiator

By: Bill Richardson,Kevin Bleyer

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How to Sweet-Talk a Shark

Strategies and Stories from a Master Negotiator

By: Bill Richardson,Kevin Bleyer

Sharks are not evil. But they're single-minded and very, very hungry. On land, they take the form of bosses, businesspeople, colleagues, family, and sociopathic neighbors. In the world of former governor of New Mexico and US ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson, they have taken the form of the most powerful people in the world. He's engaged in high-stakes, face-to-face negotiations with Castro, Saddam, the Taliban, two generations of North Korean leadership, and many more of the world's most infamous dictators—and done it so well he was known as the "Undersecretary of Thugs" while with the Clinton administration. Now the 5-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee tells these stories—from Washington, DC, to the Middle East to Pyongyang—in all their intense and sometimes absurd glory. How to Sweet-Talk a Shark is a rare, candid, and entertaining glimpse into an insider's world of high-stakes negotiation—showing Richardson's successes and failures in some of the world's least friendly places. Meanwhile, readers get frank lessons in the art of negotiation: how to prepare, how to size up your opponent, how to understand the nature of power in a standoff, how to give up only what is necessary while getting what you want, and many other strategies Richardson has mastered through at-the-table experience—and from working with other master negotiators like Presidents Obama and Clinton, and Nelson Mandela. These are takeaways that anyone can use to negotiate with the power brokers, dealmakers, and, yes, the hungry sharks in their own lives.

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Rodale Books

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1623360587

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9781623360580

Endangered Dreams

The Great Depression in California

By: Kevin Starr

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Endangered Dreams

The Great Depression in California

By: Kevin Starr

History of California in the 1930s, discussing topics that include the depression, Utpon Sinclair's campaign for governor, Harry Bridges and the San Francisco general strike, and the public and private relief programs for the more than one million emigrants from the dust bowl.

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Americans and the California D

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0195100808

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9780195100808

Boston's Boxing Heritage

Prizefighting from 1882 to 1955

By: Kevin Smith

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Boston's Boxing Heritage

Prizefighting from 1882 to 1955

By: Kevin Smith

Boston's Boxing Heritage: Prizefighting from 1882 to 1955 chronicles the rich history of prizefighting in Boston and the many characters that made the Hub city the home of champions. It is not only a pictorial history of the sport but also a tale of heroes and villains, gangsters and mobsters, contenders and bums, trainers and newspapermen, straight men and cheats. It is a saga of ethnicity and race, of color barriers broken and neighborhood rivalries settled and rekindled. At its core this story is truly about a city and its relationship with a sport. Boston's Boxing Heritage: Prizefighting from 1882 to 1955 covers the early bareknuckle years of boxing through the sport's post-World War II boom. When Boston's John L. Sullivan won the heavyweight crown from Paddy Ryan in 1882, he took prizefighting from an illegal, red-light district pastime to the country's most popular sport and in essence put Bean Town on the sporting map. For the next sixty years, Boston remained one of the elite cities in the boxing world spawning ring immortals such as George "Little Chocolate" Dixon, Joe "the Barbados Demon" Wolcott, William "Honey" Mellody, Rocky Marciano, Jack "the Boston Gob" Sharkey, and Sam "the Boston Tar Baby" Langford.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738511366

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9780738511368

Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice

By: Kevin Cullen,Shelley Murphy

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Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice

By: Kevin Cullen,Shelley Murphy

Chronicles the criminal career of the gangster who provided a protection racket against drug lords, ran illegal gambling, robbed banks, and served as an informant for the FBI until going into hiding for sixteen years. Raised in a South Boston housing project, James "Whitey" Bulger became the most wanted fugitive of his generation. In this story the authors follow his criminal career from teenage thievery to bank robberies to the building of his underworld empire and a string of brutal murders.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393087727

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9780393087727

Critical Engagement

Irish Republicanism, Memory Politics and Policing

By: Kevin Hearty

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Critical Engagement

Irish Republicanism, Memory Politics and Policing

By: Kevin Hearty

This book is an original case study of how memory has driven and challenged the Irish republican transition from armed conflict to constitutional politics that culminated in the acceptance of policing in the Northern Ireland state.

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Oxford University Press

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1786940477

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9781786940476

Governing States and Localities

By: Kevin B. Smith,Alan Greenblatt

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Governing States and Localities

By: Kevin B. Smith,Alan Greenblatt

The partisan and ideological polarization associated with federal government plagues states and localities too, bringing with it significant implications for public policy and intergovernmental relations. The trusted and proven Governing States and Localities guides students through these issues and continues its focus on the role economic and budget pressures play. With their engaging journalistic writing and crisp storytelling, Kevin B. Smith and Alan Greenblatt employ a comparative approach to explain how and why states and localities are both similar and different in institutional structure, culture, history, economy, geography, and demographics. A great blend of high-quality academic analysis and the latest scholarship, the Sixth Edition is thoroughly updated to account for such major developments as state vs. federal conflicts over immigration reform, gun control, and voter rights; health and education reforms aimed at improving the effectiveness of state and local government service delivery; and the lingering effects of the Great Recession.

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CQ Press

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1506360297

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9781506360294

Aviation in Florida

By: Kevin M. McCarthy

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Aviation in Florida

By: Kevin M. McCarthy

Florida—land of perpetual sunshine, open spaces, and endless blue skies perfect for flying. Blimps, hot air balloons, bi-wings, jets, space shuttles-you name it: if you can fly it, you can fly it here, and many aviators have. From the launch of Amelia Earhart's final flight to the worlds first scheduled airplane flight, important events in aviation have taken place in Florida. Filled with gorgeous color paintings by artist William Trotter, this book offers the definitive history of aviation in Florida—from the open-cockpit bi-wing planes used by the barnstormers of the 1920s to the jumbo jets and space shuttles of today.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1561647438

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The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism, 1945-1968

By: Kevin Boyle

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The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism, 1945-1968

By: Kevin Boyle

The UAW engaged in these struggles in an attempt to build a cross-class, multiracial reform coalition that would push American politics beyond liberalism and toward social democracy. The effort was in vain; forced to work within political structures - particularly the postwar Democratic party - that militated against change, the union was unable to fashion the alliance it sought. The UAW's political activism nevertheless suggests a new understanding of labor's place in postwar American politics and of the complex forces that defined liberalism in that period. The book also supplies the first detailed discussion of the impact of the Vietnam War on a major American union and shatters the popular image of organized labor as being hawkish on the war.

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Cornell University Press

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080148538X

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9780801485381

Dream Interpretation and More Made Easy

By: TODESCHI KEVIN J.

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Dream Interpretation and More Made Easy

By: TODESCHI KEVIN J.

Since time immemorial dreams have inspired, haunted, amused, terrified, confused, confounded and delighted. Everyone knows how tantalising the world of dreams can be. Peden offers a guide for decoding the symbols hidden in your subconscious.

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Grand Central Publishing

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1931044139

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Social Learning

An Introduction to Mechanisms, Methods, and Models

By: William Hoppitt,Kevin N. Lala

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Social Learning

An Introduction to Mechanisms, Methods, and Models

By: William Hoppitt,Kevin N. Lala

Many animals, including humans, acquire valuable skills and knowledge by copying others. Scientists refer to this as social learning. It is one of the most exciting and rapidly developing areas of behavioral research and sits at the interface of many academic disciplines, including biology, experimental psychology, economics, and cognitive neuroscience. Social Learning provides a comprehensive, practical guide to the research methods of this important emerging field. William Hoppitt and Kevin N. Lala define the mechanisms thought to underlie social learning and demonstrate how to distinguish them experimentally in the laboratory. They present techniques for detecting and quantifying social learning in nature, including statistical modeling of the spatial distribution of behavior traits. They also describe the latest theory and empirical findings on social learning strategies, and introduce readers to mathematical methods and models used in the study of cultural evolution. This book is an indispensable tool for researchers and an essential primer for students. Provides a comprehensive, practical guide to social learning research Combines theoretical and empirical approaches Describes techniques for the laboratory and the field Covers social learning mechanisms and strategies, statistical modeling techniques for field data, mathematical modeling of cultural evolution, and more

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Princeton University Press

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0691150710

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Intellectuals in Action

The Origins of the New Left and Radical Liberalism, 1945–1970

By: Kevin Mattson

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Intellectuals in Action

The Origins of the New Left and Radical Liberalism, 1945–1970

By: Kevin Mattson

Born in 1966‚ a generation removed from the counterculture‚ Kevin Mattson came of political age in the conservative Reagan era. In an effort to understand contemporary political ambivalence and the plight of radicalism today‚ Mattson looks back to the ideas that informed the protest‚ social movements‚ and activism of the 1960s. To accomplish its historical reconstruction‚ the book combines traditional intellectual biography—including thorough archival research—with social history to examine a group of intellectuals whose thinking was crucial in the formulation of New Left political theory. These include C. Wright Mills‚ the popular radical sociologist; Paul Goodman‚ a practicing Gestalt therapist and anarcho-pacifist; William Appleman Williams‚ the historian and famed critic of "American empire"; Arnold Kaufman‚ a "radical liberal" who deeply influenced the thinking of the SDS. The book discusses not only their ideas‚ but also their practices‚ from writing pamphlets and arranging television debates to forming left-leaning think tanks and organizing teach-ins protesting the Vietnam War. Mattson argues that it is this political engagement balanced with a commitment to truth-telling that is lacking in our own age of postmodern acquiescence. Challenging the standard interpretation of the New Left as inherently in conflict with liberalis‚ Mattson depicts their relationship as more complicated‚ pointing to possibilities for a radical liberalism today. Intellectual and social historians‚ as well as general readers either fascinated by the 1960s protest movements or actively seeking an alternative to our contemporary political malais‚ will embrace Mattson’s book and its promise to shed new light on a time period known for both its intriguing conflicts and its enduring consequences.

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Penn State Press

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0271046708

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Before Revelation

The Boundaries of Muslim Moral Thought

By: A. Kevin Reinhart

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Before Revelation

The Boundaries of Muslim Moral Thought

By: A. Kevin Reinhart

Studies the development of Muslim jurisprudential and theological thought by analyzing the dispute that raged from the ninth to the nineteenth century over the assessment of acts that took place before the Qur'anic Revelation.

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SUNY Press

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0791422909

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Glider Infantryman

Behind Enemy Lines in World War II

By: Donald J. Rich,Kevin William Brooks

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Glider Infantryman

Behind Enemy Lines in World War II

By: Donald J. Rich,Kevin William Brooks

A member of the famed Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division, Donald J. Rich went ashore on D-Day at Utah Beach, was wounded in the bloody conflict at Carentan, landed in a flimsy plywood-and-canvas glider on the battlefields of Holland, and survived the grim siege with the "Battling Bastards of Bastogne" during the Battle of the Bulge. Glider Infantryman is his eyewitness account of how he, along with thousands of other young men from farms, small towns, and cities across the United States, came together to answer the call of their nation. It is also a heartfelt tribute to the many thousands who gave their lives in this struggle. Coauthored by Kevin Brooks, the son of Rich's best friend and World War II comrade, Glider Infantryman covers a span of nearly three years; his return home, five months after the war's end, as a toughened bazooka gunner and veteran of five campaigns. Rich's first-person narrative includes vivid coverage of the action, featuring an especially rare account of arriving on a combat landing zone by glider. Detailed, day-to-day depiction of some of the heaviest fighting in Holland follows, including the action at Opheusden, the center of the infamous "Island." Later highlights include the Battle of the Bulge, where Rich recounts his experiences in some of the hottest defensive fighting of the European Theater, including the epic tank battles at Marvie, Champs, and Foy.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1603449620

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Willie Horton: 23

Detroit's Own Willie the Wonder, the Tigers' First Black Great

By: Willie Horton,Kevin Allen

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Willie Horton: 23

Detroit's Own Willie the Wonder, the Tigers' First Black Great

By: Willie Horton,Kevin Allen

A compelling autobiography from one of Detroit's favorite sons At 15, Willie Horton received his first contract offer to become a professional baseball player. At 20, he smacked his first major-league home run. At 24, Horton stood in full uniform on the hood of his car, in the midst of burning homes and overturned vehicles, and pleaded for an end to the violence of the 1967 Detroit riots. In this new autobiography, Horton shares the fascinating story of his life and career, from growing up in Detroit's Jeffries Projects as the youngest of 21 children to winning a World Series with his hometown Tigers in 1968. Horton also candidly discusses the opposition he faced as a Black player, his fond memories of Al Kaline, the joy he felt in returning to the Tigers as a front office executive, and the many ways he still tries to give back to Detroit and his community. By turns heartrending and hilarious, this timely chronicle is an essential contribution to baseball's written history.

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Triumph Books

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1637270496

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Literary Depictions of Dangerous Reading

Textual Dangers

By: Kevin R. West

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Literary Depictions of Dangerous Reading

Textual Dangers

By: Kevin R. West

Literary Depictions of Dangerous Reading explores how selected American and European literary texts, from the classic to the contemporary, represent reading as a dangerous endeavor. It investigates how the texts being read or the conditions of reading may produce danger and considers the various qualities of the dangers depicted: literal or metaphorical, real or imagined, minor or mortal. Whereas readers can readily imagine being depressed or bored by a book, or even perhaps corrupted in some moral fashion, readers typically assume that the mere words on a page cannot directly affect their health. Nevertheless, literature can and does stage readings in which readers suffer actual harm from the magical or supernatural qualities of a given text. Such impossibly dangerous reading fascinates, the author argues, by exaggerating the dangers that may inhabit certain real experiences of reading.

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1498563724

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9781498563727

Star Challengers: Asteroid Crisis

Asteroid Crisis

By: Rebecca Moesta,Kevin J. Anderson

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Star Challengers: Asteroid Crisis

Asteroid Crisis

By: Rebecca Moesta,Kevin J. Anderson

It was supposed to be just an educational field trip to the Challenger Learning Center, but JJ Wren and her friends find themselves transported into the future, to a time when the human race is under siege from deadly alien invaders. The evil Kylarn have shifted the orbits of three asteroids, sending them tumbling toward Earth—and a direct impact will have devastating consequences. With instructions and skills they learn from the mysterious Commander Zota, JJ and her fellow Star Challengers embark on a mission to the asteroids before it's too late, hoping to divert the giant rocks before they strike Earth. But the alien invaders aren't the only enemy—the Star Challengers have to worry about human traitors, too!

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WordFire +ORM

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1614751080

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9781614751083

Building Recovery Resilience

Addiction Recovery and Relapse Prevention Workbook – An I-System Model Application

By: Guy du Plessis,Derrik R. Tollefson,Robert Weathers,Kevin G. Webb

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Building Recovery Resilience

Addiction Recovery and Relapse Prevention Workbook – An I-System Model Application

By: Guy du Plessis,Derrik R. Tollefson,Robert Weathers,Kevin G. Webb

A workbook for clients progressing through the Recovery Resilience Program, featuring novel resources for successful addiction recovery.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009378813

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Star Challengers: Moonbase Crisis

Moonbase Crisis

By: Rebecca Moesta,Kevin J. Anderson

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Star Challengers: Moonbase Crisis

Moonbase Crisis

By: Rebecca Moesta,Kevin J. Anderson

In this YA adventure, student visitors to the Challenger Center are sent on a mission to the moon—where the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. After an exhilarating space simulation field trip at the local Challenger Center, a group of students are hand-picked by the mysterious Commander Zota for a special adventure: to travel to the future. A real moon base is in trouble, and these new “Star Challengers” will need to learn skills to save the human race./

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Viral Therapy of Cancer

By: Kevin J. Harrington

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Viral Therapy of Cancer

By: Kevin J. Harrington

In the last decade there has been an explosion of interest in viral therapies for cancer. Viral agents have been developed that are harmless to normal tissues but selectively able to kill cancer cells. These agents have been endowed with additional selectivity and potency through genetic manipulation. Increasingly these viruses are undergoing evaluation in clinical trials, both as single agents and in combination with standard chemotherapy and radiotherapy. This book provides a comprehensive yet succinct overview of the current status of viral therapy of cancer. Chapters coherently present the advances made with individual agents and review the biological and clinical background to a range of viral therapies: structured to proceed from basic science at the bench to the patient’s bedside, they give an up-to-date and realistic evaluation of a therapy’s potential utility for the cancer patient. Presents state of the art knowledge on how viruses can be, and have been, used in novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of cancer Describes the use of viruses as oncolytic agents, killing cells directly Editors are experts in the field, with experience of both laboratory and clinical research Viral Therapy of Cancer is essential reading for both basic scientists and clinicians with an interest in viral therapy and gene therapy.

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How Great the Triumph

James Burnham, Anticommunism, and the Conservative Movement

By: Kevin J. Smant

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How Great the Triumph

James Burnham, Anticommunism, and the Conservative Movement

By: Kevin J. Smant

James Burnham began his intellectual career in the 1930s as a Trotskyist. However, world events and his personal experiences within the Trotskyist movement convinced him that all forms of Marxism must be totalitarian, and he left the world of Marxism in 1940. This book focuses especially upon Mr. Burnham's career as a senior editor with William F. Buckley, Jr.'s National Review, putting him within the context of the conservative intellectual movement as a whole. Burnham, despite what he called his 'hard' anticommunist public stance, served as a moderating pragmatic force within National Review and American conservatism. He urged fellow conservatives to accept a minimum welfare state, to work within the established two-party system, and to adopt a tough but realistic foreign policy. Contents: From Left to ?; Lenin's Heir and Beyond; Burning His Bridges; Whither Conservatism?; The Ideology of Western Suicide; Sectarian and Doctrinaire Clannishness; Mr. Burnham; Epilogue; Selected Bibliography.

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0819184640

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Rebuilding Milo

A Lifter's Guide to Fixing Common Injuries and Building a Strong Foundation for Enhancing Performance

By: Aaron Horschig,Kevin Sonthana

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Rebuilding Milo

A Lifter's Guide to Fixing Common Injuries and Building a Strong Foundation for Enhancing Performance

By: Aaron Horschig,Kevin Sonthana

Every athlete who spends time in the weight room eventually deals with pain/injury that leaves them frustrated and unable to reach their highest potential. Every athlete ought to have the ability to take the first steps at addressing these minor injuries. They shouldn’t have to wait weeks for a doctor’s appointment, only to be prescribed pain medications and told to “take two weeks off lifting” or, even worse, to “stop lifting so heavy.” Dr. Aaron Horschig knows your pain and frustration. He’s been there. For over a decade, Dr. Horschig has been a competitive weightlifter, and he understands how discouraging it is to tweak your back three weeks out from a huge weightlifting competition, to have knee pain limit your ability to squat heavy for weeks, and to suffer from chronic shoulder issues that keep you from reaching your goals. Rebuilding Milo is the culmination of Dr. Horschig’s life’s work as a sports physical therapist, certified strength and conditioning specialist, and Olympic weightlifting coach. It contains all of the knowledge he has amassed over the past decade while helping some of the best athletes in the world. Now he wants to share that knowledge with you. This book, designed by a strength athlete for anyone who spends time in the weight room, is the solution to your struggles with injury and pain. It walks you through simple tests and screens to uncover the movement problem at the root of your pain. After discovering the cause of your injury, you’ll be able to create an individualized rehab program as laid out in this book. Finally, you’ll be on the right path to eliminate your pain and return to the activities you love.

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Victory Belt Publishing

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Born to Win

Keeping Your Firstborn Edge Without Losing Your Balance

By: Kevin Leman

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Born to Win

Keeping Your Firstborn Edge Without Losing Your Balance

By: Kevin Leman

Bestselling author, humorist, and internationally known psychologist Dr. Leman helps firstborns understand their natural advantages for the highest level of personal success at home, school, work, and in relationships.

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0800732626

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The Star Challengers Trilogy

By: Rebecca Moesta,Kevin J. Anderson

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The Star Challengers Trilogy

By: Rebecca Moesta,Kevin J. Anderson

All three novels in the acclaimed YA sci-fi trilogy featuring teenage space explorers who use real science to save humanity. After a visit to the Challenger Center, a group of young people are recruited to become real space adventurers by the mysterious Commander Zota. Sent into the future to save humanity, they venture to a moon base, a space station, and an asteroid! Each mission involves learning vital new skills and saving humanity. “These teenage Star Challengers team up in their quest to find innovative solutions to help them solve problems using real out-of-this-world science.” —Dr. Sally Ride, Astronaut

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1614751250

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Machine Learning for Social and Behavioral Research

By: Ross Jacobucci,Kevin J. Grimm,Zhiyong Zhang

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Machine Learning for Social and Behavioral Research

By: Ross Jacobucci,Kevin J. Grimm,Zhiyong Zhang

Over the past 20 years, there has been an incredible change in the size, structure, and types of data collected in the social and behavioral sciences. Thus, social and behavioral researchers have increasingly been asking the question: "What do I do with all of this data?" The goal of this book is to help answer that question. It is our viewpoint that in social and behavioral research, to answer the question "What do I do with all of this data?", one needs to know the latest advances in the algorithms and think deeply about the interplay of statistical algorithms, data, and theory. An important distinction between this book and most other books in the area of machine learning is our focus on theory"--

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Guilford Publications

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1462552927

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Star Challengers: Space Station Crisis

Space Station Crisis

By: Rebecca Moesta,Kevin J. Anderson

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Space Station Crisis

By: Rebecca Moesta,Kevin J. Anderson

From two New York Times–bestselling authors, a group of talented young people heads to the International Space Station for a new mission: saving Earth from invasion . . . Now that JJ Wren, her brother Dylan, and friends King and Song-Ye have seen Earth’s dark future—facing an invasion by the hideous alien Kylarn—they know they have to prepare the human race. At the local Challenger Center, the mysterious Commander Zota sends JJ and her friends off on another mission, this time to the International Space Station Complex, where they meet old friends, survivors from the disaster at Moonbase Magellan, as well as a mysterious girl, Mira, who claims to be from the past. Another Star Challenger with her own mentor, just like Commander Zota. Together, they have to discover and stop the continuing plans of the alien invaders. And the Kylarn have set their sights on conquering, or destroying, the space station, so that Earth has no protection at all! “The Star Challengers books inspire young readers with [a] sense of adventure, introducing them to a universe of exciting possibilities.” —Buzz Aldrin “[There’s] never a dull moment in these fast-paced books . . . Don’t miss this thought-provoking series.” —Lurlene McDaniel, author of Breathless

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1614750971

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King Vidor in Focus

On the Filmmaker's Artistry and Vision

By: Kevin L. Stoehr,Cullen Gallagher

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King Vidor in Focus

On the Filmmaker's Artistry and Vision

By: Kevin L. Stoehr,Cullen Gallagher

King Vidor (1894-1982) had the longest career of any Hollywood director, and his works include some of the most dramatic, sublime moments in the history of American cinema. Regarded by many film historians as one of the greatest of silent era filmmakers--especially for masterworks The Big Parade, The Crowd, and Show People--Vidor is nonetheless one of the most underrated of Hollywood's "old masters" in terms of his overall career. His sound era films include Hallelujah, Street Scene, The Champ, The Stranger's Return, Our Daily Bread, Stella Dallas, The Citadel, Northwest Passage, Duel in the Sun, Beyond the Forest, The Fountainhead, Ruby Gentry and War and Peace. He also helped to establish the Screen Directors Guild and served as its first president. This book charts the ways in which Vidor's vast, complex body of work ranges over diverse genres and styles while also expressing his recurring personal interests in spirituality (especially Christian Science), aesthetics, metaphysics, social realism, and the myth of America. The first book since 1988 to give a comprehensive view of Vidor's career, it discusses his artistic evolution in a way that appeals to the general reader as well as to the film scholar.

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McFarland

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1476670099

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Minding the Helm

An Unlikely Career in the U.S. Coast Guard

By: Kevin P. Gilheany

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Minding the Helm

An Unlikely Career in the U.S. Coast Guard

By: Kevin P. Gilheany

As a boy growing up in New York City, Kevin P. Gilheany had two dreams: to join the Coast Guard, and to play the bagpipes. But by the time he finished high school he was overweight, had a drinking problem, and couldn’t swim. Undeterred by the doubts of the folks at home, he decided to enlist in the Coast Guard anyway. With great determination, and some divine intervention, he passed the swim test and graduated from boot camp, thus beginning an eventful and diverse twenty-year career in the 1980s and 1990s Coast Guard. He set a goal for himself to get command of his own patrol boat, and along the way he was involved in capturing drug smugglers, rescuing hundreds of Haitian migrants at sea, recovering Space Shuttle Challenger debris, surviving a “hooligan navy” experience on a Coast Guard workboat, coordinating search and rescue during the famed “Perfect Storm,” and leading armed boardings of ships following the terrorist attacks of 9/11. When he was asked by one of his men, who was dying from brain cancer, to play bagpipes at his retirement ceremony, Kevin started down a new path to have bagpipers officially recognized as part of the Coast Guard. This ultimately led a boy who couldn’t swim to fulfill both of his childhood dreams and leave a lasting legacy by founding the U.S. Coast Guard Pipe Band.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574417568

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Fordyce’s Behavioral Methods for Chronic Pain and Illness

Republished with Invited Commentaries

By: Chris J. Main,Francis J. Keefe,Mark P. Jensen,Johan W. Vlaeyen,Kevin E. Vowles

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Fordyce’s Behavioral Methods for Chronic Pain and Illness

Republished with Invited Commentaries

By: Chris J. Main,Francis J. Keefe,Mark P. Jensen,Johan W. Vlaeyen,Kevin E. Vowles

Nearly forty years after its original publication, one of the most influential textbooks on modern pain management is available again for today’s generation, in a unique and enhanced edition. Now complemented by expert, chapter-by-chapter commentaries from leading authorities on psychologically-oriented pain management and pain-associated disability, Fordyce’s Behavioral Methods for Chronic Pain and Illness blends Dr. Fordyce’s pioneering behavioral concepts with modern research and clinical practice. This innovative title is ideal for clinicians and researchers involved in the multidisciplinary assessment, treatment, and management of pain and pain-associated disorders, as well as anyone interested in behavioral approaches to chronic pain and illness.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496320298

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Pitfalls in Paediatrics - E-Book

By: Alf Nicholson,John Murphy,Sarah Taaffe,Kevin Dunne

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Pitfalls in Paediatrics - E-Book

By: Alf Nicholson,John Murphy,Sarah Taaffe,Kevin Dunne

Written by clinicians with years of experience in paediatrics, this unique textbook is designed to promote quality and safe care of children, and reduce common clinical errors and delayed diagnoses through shared first-hand experiences. This book is for anyone who needs to make a clinical decision about infants and children- be they from a medical, nursing or health professional background. The text is particularly useful for trainees but is also relevant to experienced practitioners. The aim of the book is to prevent errors and ensure safe care. The authors offer practical advice on potential pitfalls and red flags from neonatal care to mental health issues in adolescence . This book takes the reader through recent advances in diagnosis, common presentations and how to identify the sick child, all with case studies and illustrations to bring the text to life.The strengths of the book are: - The ability to learn from other's experiences and mistakes and share this learning - All chapters reviewed by sub-specialists in Paediatrics with a focus on presentations to first responders including family practitioners - Instructive case scenarios highlighting clinical pearls and pitfalls to avoid - High-quality clinical images throughout Unique chapters on: - Safe care for infants and children including the use of artificial intelligence - Avoiding errors - Picking up the sick child with practical tips especially for family doctors and first responders - Potential pitfalls in both the newborn and 6-week examinations - Unravelling the diagnosis in an infant or child with a fever - Key symptoms and signs guiding family doctors to suspect cancer in childhood - Mental health issues in adolescence - Ordering and interpreting tests in children - Surviving and thriving throughout a career in paediatric nursing or medicine

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0443108757

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9780443108754

How Did You Get To Be Mexican

By: Kevin Johnson

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How Did You Get To Be Mexican

By: Kevin Johnson

A readable account of a life spent in the borderlands between racial identity.

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Temple University Press

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1592138187

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Probabilistic Machine Learning

Advanced Topics

By: Kevin P. Murphy

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Probabilistic Machine Learning

Advanced Topics

By: Kevin P. Murphy

An advanced book for researchers and graduate students working in machine learning and statistics who want to learn about deep learning, Bayesian inference, generative models, and decision making under uncertainty. An advanced counterpart to Probabilistic Machine Learning: An Introduction, this high-level textbook provides researchers and graduate students detailed coverage of cutting-edge topics in machine learning, including deep generative modeling, graphical models, Bayesian inference, reinforcement learning, and causality. This volume puts deep learning into a larger statistical context and unifies approaches based on deep learning with ones based on probabilistic modeling and inference. With contributions from top scientists and domain experts from places such as Google, DeepMind, Amazon, Purdue University, NYU, and the University of Washington, this rigorous book is essential to understanding the vital issues in machine learning. Covers generation of high dimensional outputs, such as images, text, and graphs Discusses methods for discovering insights about data, based on latent variable models Considers training and testing under different distributions Explores how to use probabilistic models and inference for causal inference and decision making Features online Python code accompaniment

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MIT Press

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0262376008

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