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The Last Hurrah

Sterling Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864

By: Kyle Sinisi

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The Last Hurrah

Sterling Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864

By: Kyle Sinisi

In the late summer of 1864, Confederate General Sterling Price led a last ditch attempt to liberate Missouri from Union occupation and brutal guerrilla warfare. Price’s invading army was like few others seen during the Civil War. It was an army of cavalry that lacked men, horses, weapons, and discipline. Its success depended entirely upon a native uprising of pro-Confederate Missourians. When that uprising never occurred, Price’s rag-tag army marched through the state seeking revenge, supplies and conscripts. It was a march that took too long and ultimately allowed Union forces to converge on Price and badly defeat him in a series of battles that ran from Kansas City to the Arkansas border. Three months and 1,400 miles after it had started, the longest sustained cavalry operation of the war had ended in disaster. The Last Hurrah is the story of Price’s invasion from its politically charged planning to its starving retreat. The Last Hurrah is also the story of what happened after the shooting stopped. Even as hundreds of Missourians followed Price out of the state and tried desperately to join his army, elements of the Union army visited retribution upon Confederate sympathizers while still others showed little regard for the lives of the prisoners they had captured. Many more would have to suffer and die long after Sterling Price had fled Missouri.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742545369

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Black Baseball

A History of African-Americans & the National Game

By: Kyle McNary

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Black Baseball

A History of African-Americans & the National Game

By: Kyle McNary

From the first Black amateur players before the Civil War through to the last barnstorming Negro League teams in the 1960s, here is the complete and utterly fascinating history of segregated baseball in the United States. Thanks to photographs of the major players and many first-hand accounts, baseball fans will get the full story of this tumultuous time, behind the scenes and out in the ballparks. Every detail is revealed, starting with that sad day in 1911 when the governing body of the National Association of Baseball Players voted unanimously to bar any club that signed an African-American. Meet the many players, including George Stovey, Sol White, and Welday Walker, who blazed the way for Jackie Robinson to integrate major league baseball in 1947. Feel the frustration felt by the players when they were denied hotel rooms and restaurant service while on the road. Every image and tale also conveys the joy of the game and the pride these men felt in playing professional baseball.

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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1856487768

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9781856487764

¡Presente!

Nonviolent Politics and the Resurrection of the Dead

By: Kyle B.T. Lambelet

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¡Presente!

Nonviolent Politics and the Resurrection of the Dead

By: Kyle B.T. Lambelet

¡Presente! develops a lived theology of nonviolence through an extended case study of the movement to close the School of the Americas (also known as the SOA or WHINSEC). Specifically,it analyzes how the presence of the dead—a presence proclaimed at the annual vigil of the School of the Americas Watch—shapes a distinctive, transnational, nonviolent movement. Kyle B.T. Lambelet argues that such a messianic affirmation need not devolve into violence or sectarianism and, in fact, generates practical reasoning. By developing a messianic political theology in dialogue with the SOA Watch movement, Lambelet's work contributes to Christian ethics as he explores the political implications of the resurrection of the dead. This book contributes to studies of strategic nonviolence and civil resistance by demonstrating how religious and moral dynamics remain an essential part of such struggles.

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Georgetown University Press

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1626167273

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9781626167278

American Zombie Gothic

The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture

By: Kyle William Bishop

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American Zombie Gothic

The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture

By: Kyle William Bishop

Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in the New World and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and slavery. The voodoo-based zombie films of the 1930s and '40s reveal deep-seated racist attitudes and imperialist paranoia, but the contagious, cannibalistic zombie horde invasion narrative established by George A. Romero has even greater singularity. This book provides a cultural and critical analysis of the cinematic zombie tradition, starting with its origins in Haitian folklore and tracking the development of the subgenre into the twenty-first century. Closely examining such influential works as Victor Halperin's White Zombie, Jacques Tourneur's I Walked with a Zombie, Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2, Dan O'Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead, Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, and, of course, Romero's entire "Dead" series, it establishes the place of zombies in the Gothic tradition. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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McFarland

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0786455543

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9780786455546

Clotilda

The History and Archaeology of the Last Slave Ship

By: James P. Delgado,Deborah E. Marx,Kyle Lent,Joseph Grinnan,Alexander DeCaro

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Clotilda

The History and Archaeology of the Last Slave Ship

By: James P. Delgado,Deborah E. Marx,Kyle Lent,Joseph Grinnan,Alexander DeCaro

The book documents the maritime history and the 2018/2019 archaeological fieldwork and laboratory and historical research to identify the wreck of notorious schooner Clotilda in Mobile Bay. Clotilda was owned by Alabama businessman Thomas Meaher, who, on a dare, equipped it to carry captured Africans from what is now Benin and bring them to Alabama in 1860, some fifty years after the import of the enslaved was banned. The boat carried perhaps 110 Africans, and, on approaching Mobile Bay, the captives were unloaded and dispersed by river steamer/s to plantations upriver. To hide the evidence, Clotilda was set afire and sunk. Apparently, the site of the wreck was an open secret but lost from memory for a time. Various surveys through the years failed to locate the ship. In 2018, Al.com reporter Ben Raines identified a shipwreck near Twelvemile Island, and the story attracted international attention. Researcher partners, including Delgado and coauthors in the crew, determined that this was not the Clotilda. In 2019, on another investigative mission to locate the Clotilda, Delgado and crew compared the remains of a schooner and determined that it was the Clotilda. The Alabama Historical Commission and the descendent community of Africatown, where survivors of the Clotilda made their lives post-Emancipation, are making plans for commemoration of the site and the remains of the ship, if it is possible to salvage and preserve out of water. The book takes two tacks. First it serves as a nautical biography of Clotilda. After reviewing the maritime trade in and out of Mobile Bay, it places the Clotilda within the larger landscape of American and Gulf of Mexico schooners and covers its career before being used as a slave ship. Delgado et al. reconstruct Clotilda's likely appearance and characteristics. The second tack is the archaeological assessment of the wreck. The book also places the wreck within the context of a ship's graveyard in a "back water" of the Mobile River. Delgado et al. discuss the various searches for Clotilda. Detailing of the forensic and other analyses shows how those involved concluded that this wreck was indeed the Clotilda"--

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University of Alabama Press

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0817321519

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9780817321512

A Shot of Jack Daniels

By: Jack Kyle Daniels

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A Shot of Jack Daniels

By: Jack Kyle Daniels

Under any description of the start of my life, the odds were against me. With the untimely death of my mother at age 31 in September and the suicide of my father on the following Christmas Day, I was orphaned at the age of two along with six siblings. Through the efforts of a Methodist pastor, we were placed in the Methodist Orphans Home in Waco, Texas on January 21, 1937. This is the story of my life and how I was able to overcome those gigantic odds. Who would believe that the two-year-old orphan boy would later serve for the last twenty-five years of his career as the President/CEO of the agency that rescued him and his six siblings?

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1438950926

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9781438950921

The Early Seleukids, their Gods and their Coins

By: Kyle Erickson

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The Early Seleukids, their Gods and their Coins

By: Kyle Erickson

Before Alexander, the Near East was ruled by dynasts who could draw on the significant resources and power base of their homeland, but this was not the case for the Seleukids who never controlled their original homeland of Macedon. The Early Seleukids, their Gods and their Coins argues that rather than projecting an imperialistic Greek image of rule, the Seleukid kings deliberately produced images that represented their personal power, and that were comprehensible to the majority of their subjects within their own cultural traditions. These images relied heavily on the syncretism between Greek and local gods, in particular their ancestor Apollo. The Early Seleukids, their Gods and their Coins examines how the Seleukids, from Seleukos I to Antiochos IV, used coinage to propagandise their governing ideology. It offers a valuable resource to students of the Seleukids and of Hellenistic kingship more broadly, numismatics, and the interplay of ancient Greek religion and politics.

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Routledge

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135181107X

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Scripture and Cosmology

Reading the Bible Between the Ancient World and Modern Science

By: Kyle Greenwood

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Scripture and Cosmology

Reading the Bible Between the Ancient World and Modern Science

By: Kyle Greenwood

Kyle Greenwood introduces readers to ancient Near Eastern cosmology and the ways in which the Bible speaks within that context. He then traces the way the Bible was read through Aristotelian and Copernican cosmologies and discusses how its ancient conceptions should be understood in light of Scripture?s authority and contemporary science.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830898700

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9780830898701

Fugitive Lawman

By: Jethro Kyle

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Fugitive Lawman

By: Jethro Kyle

Dale Carnak is down on his luck in Chicago. The only company taking on men the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Desperate for employment, Carnak agrees to infiltrate the Fraser Gang and take part in robbing a train of the silver bullion it is carrying. A series of misunderstandings sees Carnak become a fugitive - on the run with the rest of the gang for robbery and murder. But there is worse to come for Carnak, as the other bandits begin to suspect that their newest recruit is not who he claims to be...

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Robert Hale Ltd

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0719824206

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9780719824203

Theater of State

Parliament and Political Culture in Early Stuart England

By: Chris Kyle

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Theater of State

Parliament and Political Culture in Early Stuart England

By: Chris Kyle

This book chronicles the expansion and creation of new public spheres in and around Parliament in the early Stuart period. It focuses on two closely interconnected narratives: the changing nature of communication and discourse within parliamentary chambers and the interaction of Parliament with the wider world of political dialogue and the dissemination of information. Concentrating on the rapidly changing practices of Parliament in print culture, rhetorical strategy, and lobbying during the 1620s, this book demonstrates that Parliament not only moved toward the center stage of politics but also became the center of the post-Reformation public sphere. Theater of State begins by examining the noise of politics inside Parliament, arguing that the House of Commons increasingly became a place of noisy, hotly contested speech. It then turns to the material conditions of note-taking in Parliament and how and the public became aware of parliamentary debates. The book concludes by examining practices of lobbying, intersections of the public with Parliament within Westminster Palace, and Parliament's expanding print culture. The author argues overall that the Crown dispensed with Parliament because it was too powerful and too popular.

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Stanford University Press

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080478101X

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Logizomai

A Reasonable Faith in an Unreasonable World

By: Kyle McDanell

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Logizomai

A Reasonable Faith in an Unreasonable World

By: Kyle McDanell

Logizomai is the Greek word meaning "to reckon," or "to reason." The Apostle John identifies Jesus as the "Logos" (John 1:1, 14)-the Divine Word. To most Christians in the West today, Christianity is nothing more than a duty, a feeling, a name badge, or something one does on Sunday's. But Christianity is more than that. Christianity is a complete worldview that makes sense of the world. A right theology results in a right understanding of the world and the gospel is that right theology. The Church is sick because she is shallow. What we need is a logizomai faith-a reasonable faith. Such a reasonable faith encounters hardships with perseverance, animosity with love, and evangelism with Spirit-filled skill. Most refuse to share their faith because they don't understand it and are unable to articulate it. If Christianity is logizomai, then the issues we face today present no real challenge. We must, therefore, learn to apply the truths of the gospel to our dying, hurting world. To do so, we must have reason, rooted in the gospel and inspired by the cross.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498272479

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9781498272476

Oath of Loyalty

By: Vince Flynn,Kyle Mills

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Oath of Loyalty

By: Vince Flynn,Kyle Mills

Named the Best Thriller of 2022 by The Real Book Spy Mitch Rapp confronts a very different kind of killer in this explosive “and entertaining from the first page to the last” (The Providence Journal) addition to Vince Flynn’s #1 New York Times bestselling series, written by Kyle Mills. With President Anthony Cook convinced that Mitch Rapp poses a mortal threat to him, CIA Director Irene Kennedy is forced to construct a truce between the two men. The terms are simple: Rapp agrees to leave the country and stay in plain sight for as long as Cook controls the White House. In exchange, the administration agrees not to make any moves against him. This fragile détente holds until Cook’s power-hungry security adviser convinces him that Rapp has no intention of honoring their agreement. To put him on the defensive, they leak the identity of his partner, Claudia Gould. As Rapp races to neutralize the enemies organizing against her, he discovers that a new type of assassin is on her trail. Known only as Legion, the shadowy killer has created a business model based on double-blind secrecy. Neither the assassin nor the client knows the other’s identity. Because of this, Legion can’t be called off nor can they afford to fail. No matter how long it takes—weeks, months, years—they won’t stand down until their target is dead. Faced with the seemingly impossible task of finding and stopping Legion, Rapp and his people must close ranks against a world that has turned on them in this white-knuckled thriller filled with “plenty of action and political intrigue” (Booklist).

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Simon and Schuster

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198216493X

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9781982164935

Scots in Victorian and Edwardian Belfast

A Study in Elite Migration

By: Kyle Hughes

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Scots in Victorian and Edwardian Belfast

A Study in Elite Migration

By: Kyle Hughes

A new departure in Scottish and Irish migration studiesThe Scottish diasporic communities closest to home-those which are part of what we sometimes term the 'near Diaspora'-are those we know least about. Whilst an interest in the overseas Scottish diaspora has grown in recent years, Scots who chose to settle in other parts of the United Kingdom have been largely neglected. This book addresses this imbalance.Scots travelled freely around the industrial centres of northern Britain throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and Belfast was one of the most important ports of call for thousands of Scots. The Scots played key roles in shaping Belfast society in the modern period: they were essential to its industrial development; they were at the centre of many cultural, philanthropic and religious initiatives and were welcomed by the host community accordingly.Yet despite their obvious significance, in staunchly Protestant, Unionist, and at times insular and ill at ease Belfast, individual Scots could be viewed with suspicion by their hosts, dismissed as 'strangers' and cast in the role of interfering outsiders.Key FeaturesThe only book-length scholarly study of the Scots in modern Ireland.Brings to light the fundamental importance of Scottish migration to Belfast society during the nineteenth century.Advances our knowledge and understanding of Scotland's 'near diaspora.'Highlights areas of tension in Ulster-Scottish relations during the Home Rule era.Puts forward a new agenda for a better understanding of British in-migration to Ireland in the modern period.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748679936

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9780748679935

Federalism

A Normative Theory and its Practical Relevance

By: Kyle Scott

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Federalism

A Normative Theory and its Practical Relevance

By: Kyle Scott

Using case studies from around the world, the book develops a new theory of federalism, showing that it can enhance deliberative democracy and civil society.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1441106863

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9781441106865

Moral Minorities and the Making of American Democracy

By: Kyle G. Volk

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Moral Minorities and the Making of American Democracy

By: Kyle G. Volk

Moral Minorities and the Making of American Democracy unearths the origins of popular minority-rights politics in American history. Focusing on controversies spurred by grassroots moral reform in the early nineteenth century, it shows how a motley array of self-understood minorities reshaped American democracy as they battled laws regulating Sabbath observance, alcohol, and interracial contact.

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Oxford University Press

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0190609494

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Choosing to Care

A Century of Childcare and Social Reform in San Diego, 1850-1950

By: Kyle E. Ciani

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Choosing to Care

A Century of Childcare and Social Reform in San Diego, 1850-1950

By: Kyle E. Ciani

In Choosing to Care, Kyle E. Ciani examines the long history of interactions between parents and social reformers from diverse backgrounds in the development of social welfare programs, particularly childcare, in San Diego, California. Ciani explores how a variety of people--from destitute parents and tired guardians to benevolent advocates and professional social workers--connected over childcare concerns in a city that experienced tremendous demographic changes caused by urbanization, immigration, and the growth of a local U.S. military infrastructure from 1850 to 1950. Choosing to Care examines four significant areas where San Diego's programs were distinct from, and contributed to, the national childcare agenda: the importance of the transnational U.S.-Mexico border relationship in creating effective childcare programs; the development of vocational education to curtail juvenile delinquency; the promotion of nursery school education; and the advancement of an emergency daycare program during the Great Depression and World War II. Ciani shows how children from families in unstable situations, especially children from Native American, Asian, Mexican-descent, African American, and impoverished Anglo families, challenged a social reform system that defined care as both social control and behavioral regulation. Choosing to Care incorporates a broader definition of childcare to include efforts by governmental and organizational bodies and persons to maintain and nurture the physical, mental, and social health and development of minors when parents and guardians cannot do so. It offers a more complex understanding of how multiple avenues and resources established social welfare in San Diego and other West Coast cities.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496216768

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9781496216762

Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia

Martyrdom and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity

By: Kyle Smith

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Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia

Martyrdom and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity

By: Kyle Smith

This book demonstrates that the history of Christianity in the fourth century has been written mainly on the basis of Greek ecclesiastical histories and Syriac martyrdom narratives that date to decades, even centuries, after the fact. By closely analyzing these sources--which often exhibit conflicting religious, political, and hagiographical agendas--an evolving portrait of the first Christian emperor begins to emerge. This portrait of Constantine is useful not for re-constructing the events of the fourth century, but for understanding how the Syriac Christians of Roman Mesopotamia and Sasanian Persia used Constantine and the Christians of the West to fashion multiple political and religious identities over a prolonged period of change"--Provided by publisher.

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Univ of California Press

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0520289609

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9780520289604

Slavery in the Late Roman World, AD 275–425

By: Kyle Harper

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Slavery in the Late Roman World, AD 275–425

By: Kyle Harper

Capitalizing on the rich historical record of late antiquity, and employing sophisticated methodologies from social and economic history, this book reinterprets the end of Roman slavery. Kyle Harper challenges traditional interpretations of a transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages, arguing instead that a deep divide runs through 'late antiquity', separating the Roman slave system from its early medieval successors. In the process, he covers the economic, social and institutional dimensions of ancient slavery and presents the most comprehensive analytical treatment of a pre-modern slave system now available. By scouring the late antique record, he has uncovered a wealth of new material, providing fresh insights into the ancient slave system, including slavery's role in agriculture and textile production, its relation to sexual exploitation, and the dynamics of social honor. By demonstrating the vitality of slavery into the later Roman empire, the author shows that Christianity triumphed amidst a genuine slave society.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139504061

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9781139504065

Algorithms for Decision Making

By: Mykel J. Kochenderfer,Tim A. Wheeler,Kyle H. Wray

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Algorithms for Decision Making

By: Mykel J. Kochenderfer,Tim A. Wheeler,Kyle H. Wray

A broad introduction to algorithms for decision making under uncertainty, introducing the underlying mathematical problem formulations and the algorithms for solving them. Automated decision-making systems or decision-support systems—used in applications that range from aircraft collision avoidance to breast cancer screening—must be designed to account for various sources of uncertainty while carefully balancing multiple objectives. This textbook provides a broad introduction to algorithms for decision making under uncertainty, covering the underlying mathematical problem formulations and the algorithms for solving them. The book first addresses the problem of reasoning about uncertainty and objectives in simple decisions at a single point in time, and then turns to sequential decision problems in stochastic environments where the outcomes of our actions are uncertain. It goes on to address model uncertainty, when we do not start with a known model and must learn how to act through interaction with the environment; state uncertainty, in which we do not know the current state of the environment due to imperfect perceptual information; and decision contexts involving multiple agents. The book focuses primarily on planning and reinforcement learning, although some of the techniques presented draw on elements of supervised learning and optimization. Algorithms are implemented in the Julia programming language. Figures, examples, and exercises convey the intuition behind the various approaches presented.

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MIT Press

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0262370239

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9780262370233

Mobilizing the Will to Intervene

Leadership to Prevent Mass Atrocities

By: Frank Chalk,Kyle Matthews,Carla Barqueiro,Simon Doyle

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Mobilizing the Will to Intervene

Leadership to Prevent Mass Atrocities

By: Frank Chalk,Kyle Matthews,Carla Barqueiro,Simon Doyle

Despite the handwringing and promises of "never again," the grim recurrences of genocide and crimes against humanity around the world have made it emphatically clear that the international community has been largely ineffective in stopping mass atrocity crimes. Drawing on candid interviews with eighty key figures involved in American and Canadian responses to the Rwandan genocide of 1994 and the Kosovo crisis of 1999, Mobilizing the Will to Intervene explains why and provides a roadmap for change. Since appeals to the "moral law" carry little weight in the political calculations of modern states, the authors argue that civil society must persuade governments that the prevention of mass atrocities around the world is in every country's national interest. In a globalized world, violence, disease, and instability triggered by mass atrocities in one place affect the security, health, and prosperity of all other regions. No nation is an island. Impassioned, insightful, and determined, Mobilizing the Will to Intervene is a direct appeal to American and Canadian politicians, NGOs, journalists, and the public to participate effectively in the prevention of mass atrocities by pressuring their leaders to act. With simple, practical recommendations, this book shows how civil society can participate in preventing future mass atrocities and help repair a ruined system of international aid.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773581022

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9780773581029

Acea and the Adventure Thru Time

By: Kyle Shoop

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Acea and the Adventure Thru Time

By: Kyle Shoop

Time is a War. Time is an Answer. Time is an Adventure. Six years ago, Acea Bishop took an oath to become the son of the evil sorcerer Vesuvius. In doing so, all memory of his parents and his friend Emma were forgotten. With a sorcerer as his father, Acea has now been a student of evil longer than he was a wizard. But strange things keep happening. As he travels thru time, mysterious visions appear. Indeed, Acea is sure that he's being followed. Acea's told there's a war brewing between wizards and sorcerers. But he wonders if the real war is what he's battling within. Travel thru time with Acea as he visits ancient civilizations and influences important inventions. Acea's time-traveling may be to change the past, but what he doesn't expect is how time may change his future. The thrilling conclusion to the Acea Bishop Trilogy.

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Kyle L. Shoop

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1532882122

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9781532882128

Historic Spots in California

Fifth Edition

By: Douglas E. Kyle,Hero Eugene Rensch,Ethel Grace Rensch,Mildred Brooke Hoover,William Abeloe

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Historic Spots in California

Fifth Edition

By: Douglas E. Kyle,Hero Eugene Rensch,Ethel Grace Rensch,Mildred Brooke Hoover,William Abeloe

The only complete guide to the historical landmarks of California, this standard work has now been thoroughly revised and updated. The edition is enriched by some 200 photographs, most of which were taken by the reviser and all of which are new to this edition. Since the last revision in 1990, enormous changes have taken place within the state: many landscapes and buildings have been greatly altered and some are no longer in existence. Every effort has been made, through personal observation, to record the present condition of the landmarks and to provide clear and accurate descriptions of their locations. The text is written with the idea that the reader might use the book while traveling around the state, and thus mileage and signposts have been given where it was thought helpful. For this new edition, the reviser has added additional information on the state's geography, the presence of Native Americans, and state and local museums. To provide historical background, the reviser has written a short historical overview. The chapters of the book are organized by county, in alphabetical order. A rough chronology is followed for each county, beginning with pertinent facts on geography, continuing with Native American life, the coming of the Spaniards and other Europeans, the American conquest of the 1840s, and, in those areas where it had a major impact, the gold rush. The text then continues into the period of intensive agricultural development, railroads, industrialization, the growth of cities, the effects of World War II, and on into more recent times. The bibliography, like the text, has been updated to 2001 and includes some of the established classics in California history as well as more recent material. Reviews of the Fourth Edition "Prodigious in detail and scope, this is the definitive guide to historical landmarks in California and a valuable resource not only for travelers but also for anyone interested in California history." —California Highways "This is an outstanding and accessible piece of scholarship, one that every student of California will value." —San Francisco Chronicle "Kyle and Stanford University Press are to be lauded for this monumental undertaking." —Southern California Quarterly

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Stanford University Press

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0804778175

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Rural Jail Reentry

Offender Needs and Challenges

By: Kyle C. Ward

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Rural Jail Reentry

Offender Needs and Challenges

By: Kyle C. Ward

Today’s high recidivism rates, combined with the rising costs of jails and prisons, are increasingly seen as problems that must be addressed on both moral and financial grounds. Research on prison and jail reentry typically focuses on barriers stemming from employment, housing, mental health, and substance abuse issues from the perspective of offenders returning to urban areas. This book explores the largely neglected topic of the specific challenges inmates experience when leaving jail and returning to rural areas. Rural Jail Reentry provides a thorough background and theoretical framework on reentry issues and rural crime patterns, and identifies perceptions of the most significant challenges to jail reentry in rural areas. Utilizing three robust samples—current inmates, probation and parole officers, and treatment staff—Ward examines what each group considers to be the most impactful factors surrounding rural jail re-entry. A springboard for future research and policy discussions, this book will be of interest to international researchers and practitioners interested in the topic of rural reentry, as well as graduate and upper-level undergraduate students concerned with contemporary issues in corrections, community-based corrections, critical issues in criminal justice, and criminal justice policy.

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Taylor & Francis

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Grace and Agency in Paul and Second Temple Judaism

Interpreting the Transformation of the Heart

By: Kyle Wells

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Grace and Agency in Paul and Second Temple Judaism

Interpreting the Transformation of the Heart

By: Kyle Wells

Following recent intertextual studies, Kyle B. Wells examines how descriptions of ‘heart-transformation’ in Deut 30, Jer 31–32 and Ezek 36 informed Paul and his contemporaries' articulations about grace and agency. Beyond advancing our understanding of how these restoration narratives were interpreted in the LXX, the Dead Sea Literature, Baruch, Jubilees, 2 Baruch, 4 Ezra, and Philo, Wells demonstrates that while most Jews in this period did not set divine and human agency in competition with one another, their constructions differed markedly and this would have contributed to vehement disagreements among them. While not sui generis in every respect, Paul's own convictions about grace and agency appear radical due to the way he reconfigures these concepts in relation to Christ.

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9004277323

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Matthew

By: Jeannine K. Brown,Kyle Roberts

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Matthew

By: Jeannine K. Brown,Kyle Roberts

In this latest addition to the Two Horizons New Testament Commentary series, biblical scholar Jeannine Brown and theologian Kyle Roberts together illuminate the Gospel of Matthew for pastors, scholars, and serious students of Scripture. Including an original translation of the text along with section-by-section commentary, this volume features chapters on “thinking theologically with Matthew” about such themes as kingdom, Christology, the Holy Spirit, and discipleship. Brown and Roberts also offer constructive theological engagement with a number of contemporary viewpoints, including feminist, global, political, and ethical (post-Holocaust) perspectives. At once interdisciplinary and insightful, their commentary will appeal to a wide readership.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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1467451274

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Revolutionaries for the Right

Anticommunist Internationalism and Paramilitary Warfare in the Cold War

By: Kyle Burke

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Revolutionaries for the Right

Anticommunist Internationalism and Paramilitary Warfare in the Cold War

By: Kyle Burke

Freedom fighters. Guerrilla warriors. Soldiers of fortune. The many civil wars and rebellions against communist governments drew heavily from this cast of characters. Yet from Nicaragua to Afghanistan, Vietnam to Angola, Cuba to the Congo, the connections between these anticommunist groups have remained hazy and their coordination obscure. Yet as Kyle Burke reveals, these conflicts were the product of a rising movement that sought paramilitary action against communism worldwide. Tacking between the United States and many other countries, Burke offers an international history not only of the paramilitaries who started and waged small wars in the second half of the twentieth century but of conservatism in the Cold War era. From the start of the Cold War, Burke shows, leading U.S. conservatives and their allies abroad dreamed of an international anticommunist revolution. They pinned their hopes to armed men, freedom fighters who could unravel communist states from within. And so they fashioned a global network of activists and state officials, guerrillas and mercenaries, ex-spies and ex-soldiers to sponsor paramilitary campaigns in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Blurring the line between state-sanctioned and vigilante violence, this armed crusade helped radicalize right-wing groups in the United States while also generating new forms of privatized warfare abroad.

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UNC Press Books

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1469640740

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Eyes of a Spore

By: Kyle Johanesson

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Eyes of a Spore

By: Kyle Johanesson

John Vurduct, heir to his father's renowned suit tailoring business in 1850s Independence, Missouri, is at a crossroads. He's far from where he should be, questioning whether to continue his father's legacy or chase dreams beyond his hometown's borders. As tradition weighs heavy and relationships elude him, John finds himself in a stalemate. In Eyes of a Spore, set against the backdrop of 1850s Missouri, John navigates fabrics and stitches, wrestling with expectations. Will he break free and forge his path or remain entangled in another's design? A story of introspection, Eyes of a Spore weaves a tale of finding identity and meaningful connections amidst a world of inherited expectations.

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Kyle Johanesson

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The Emergence of the American University Abroad

By: Kyle A. Long

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The Emergence of the American University Abroad

By: Kyle A. Long

The Emergence of the American University Abroad explores the development of the independent American university abroad model since the U.S. Civil War and situates it in the context of American higher education.

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BRILL

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9004425764

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Yeomen, Sharecroppers, and Socialists

Plain Folk Protest In Texas, 1870-1914

By: Kyle Grant Wilkison

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Yeomen, Sharecroppers, and Socialists

Plain Folk Protest In Texas, 1870-1914

By: Kyle Grant Wilkison

As the nineteenth century ended in Hunt County, Texas, a way of life was dying. The tightly knit, fiercely independent society of the yeomen farmers--"plain folk," as historians have often dubbed them--was being swallowed up by the rising tide of a rapidly changing, cotton-based economy. A social network based on family, religion, and community was falling prey to crippling debt and resulting loss of land ownership. For many of the rural people of Hunt County and similar places, it seemed like the end of the world. In Yeomen, Sharecroppers, and Socialists historian Kyle G. Wilkison analyzes the patterns of plain-folk life and the changes that occurred during the critical four decades spanning the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. Political protest evolved in the wake of the devastating losses experienced by the poor rural majority, and Wilkison carefully explores the interplay of religion and politics as Greenbackers, Populists, and Socialists vied for the support of the dispossessed tenant farmers and sharecroppers. With its richly drawn contextualization and analysis of the causes and effects of the epochal shifts in plain-folk society, Kyle G. Wilkison's Yeomen, Sharecroppers, and Socialists will reward students and scholars in economic, regional, and agricultural history.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1603444130

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Immunohematology, Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, and Cellular Therapy

A Case Study Approach

By: Mark T. Friedman,Kamille A. West,Peyman Bizargity,Kyle Annen,H. Deniz Gur,Timothy Hilbert

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Immunohematology, Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, and Cellular Therapy

A Case Study Approach

By: Mark T. Friedman,Kamille A. West,Peyman Bizargity,Kyle Annen,H. Deniz Gur,Timothy Hilbert

The latest edition of this volume features an extensively revised and expanded collection of immunohematology and transfusion medicine case studies, comprised of clinical vignettes and antibody panels with questions following each case. Arranged in a workbook format, the text presents cases based on real patient problems and covers a number of common issues and challenging problems in blood banking and transfusion practice. Discussion and resolution of each case is provided in a separate answer section, including up-to-date information on pertinent advances in the field. This third edition updates information on existing case chapters and references and adds a variety of new case chapters. The enhanced title of this edition reflects upon the wider array of covered topics, including in-depth case studies of hemostasis and a second section with blood donation and cellular therapy topics. New features include a key to covered topics for each case and a case-difficulty rating scale. Written by experts in the field, Immunohematology, Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, and Cellular Therapy: A Case Study Approach, Third Edition is an interactive tool that makes blood banking and transfusion medicine memorable, practical, and relevant to residents, fellows, laboratory technologists, and anyone interested in gaining and updating their knowledge in the field

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Springer Nature

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3031146387

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Senator Albert Gore, Sr.

Tennessee Maverick

By: Kyle Longley

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Senator Albert Gore, Sr.

Tennessee Maverick

By: Kyle Longley

Longley situates Gore as part of a generation of politicians who matured on the messages of William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Roosevelt. In the South, Gore belonged to a staunch group of liberals who battled traditional conservative forces, often within their own party. He and others such as Estes Kefauver, Frank Porter Graham, and Ralph Yarborough set the stage for subsequent generations, including that of Jimmy Carter and Jim Sasser, and later Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Jr., and John Edwards.

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LSU Press

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0807153478

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Emerging Prophet

Kierkegaard and the Postmodern People of God

By: Kyle A. Roberts

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Emerging Prophet

Kierkegaard and the Postmodern People of God

By: Kyle A. Roberts

Kierkegaard was a prophet who critiqued "Christendom," the perversion of authentic, New Testament Christianity into the institutionalized, materialistic, triumphalist, and flabby religion of modernism. Emergent Christianity is attempting to carve out a more authentic way of being Christian and doing church within--and beyond--the ineffectual, institutionalized church of modernity. In many ways, Kierkegaard's critiques, concerns, and goals overlap with emergent Christianity and the emerging church. For the first time, this book brings Kierkegaard into a dialogue with various postmodern forms of Christianity, on topics like revelation and the Bible, the atonement and moralism, and the church as an "apologetic of witness." In conversation with postmodern philosophers, contemporary theologians, and emergent leaders, Kierkegaard is offered as a prophetic voice for those who are carving out an alternative expression of the New Testament today and attempting to follow Christ through works of love.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1610972228

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Chemistry

Notable Research and Discoveries

By: Kyle Kirkland

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Chemistry

Notable Research and Discoveries

By: Kyle Kirkland

Frontiers of Science is an eight-volume set that explores notable issues at the forefront of scientific research and inquiry. The interdisciplinary set focuses on the methods and imagination of people who push the boundaries of science by investigating subjects not readily observable or shrouded in obscurity. Understanding the science behind scientific advances is critical because new knowledge and theories sometimes seem unbelievable until the underlying methods leading to their discovery become clear. Designed to complement science curricula, the set covers a broad range of complex, relevant topics that will extend the limits of knowledge and satisfy the curiosity of readers. Chemistry investigates the research and discoveries of the explorers and scientists who expanded knowledge related to the field. Often, these men and women found materials that exhibit remarkable or useful properties, some of which cure disease or make up motors or machines. Each chapter of the book covers the evolution of a significant topic related to chemistry and contains an introduction, a conclusion, a chronology, and a list of resources that allow the reader to focus on the topic being considered. The volume includes information on archaeological chemistry chemistry of the brain fuel cells nanotechnology new chemicals and materials "smart" materials The book contains more than 40 color photographs and line illustrations, sidebars, a glossary, the Periodic Table of the Elements, a detailed list of additional print and Internet resources, and an index. Frontiers of Science is essential for high school students, teachers, and general readers who wish to understand the newest areas of scientific research, from groundbreaking issues that are making headlines to those not as well known. Book jacket.

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0816074402

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