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The End of Night

How Cancer Cured Me!

By: Lawrence Crowder Davis

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The End of Night

How Cancer Cured Me!

By: Lawrence Crowder Davis

In the summer of 2013, Lawrence Crowder Davis and his wife Joanna were having the time of their lives. Blessed with grandchildren, great friends, and a solid marriage, things seemed as though they couldn't possibly get any better-but all it took was one diagnosis, and they suddenly became much, much worse. For two hundred days, Davis's life was plunged into darkness as he battled a formidable enemy: squamous cell carcinoma of the neck. Through months of testing and treatments, his existence became a desperate struggle for survival. But with the love of his life by his side, he managed to find his way back to the light. An eye-opening first-person account of cancer diagnosis and treatment, The End of Night is an inspirational true story guiding readers on a walk through the darkness of despair, pain, and addiction-a journey that left one man both cured of cancer and cured by cancer, aided by the strength and kindness of others along the way.

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0692700676

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9780692700679

Lincoln and His World

Volume 3, The Rise to National Prominence, 1843-1853

By: Richard Lawrence Miller

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Lincoln and His World

Volume 3, The Rise to National Prominence, 1843-1853

By: Richard Lawrence Miller

Based on deep consultation of seldom-examined primary sources, this third volume in Richard Lawrence Miller's massive Lincoln biography follows Lincoln's long effort to win a seat in Congress, his activity there, and his return to Illinois--chastened by his Washington experience. Topics include: Lincoln's anti-slavery efforts in Congress; the popularity of his stance against the Mexican War (which, contrary to common belief, didn't significantly harm his political reputation); his support of Zachary Taylor's presidential campaign and his subsequent efforts to win a patronage job from the Taylor White House; his political activities after returning to Illinois; and his generally happy home life with Mary and his sons. Throughout the work, a new portrait emerges of Lincoln as a canny politician, making his own luck by striking swiftly and strongly when opportunities arose.

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McFarland

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0786461926

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9780786461929

Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory

By: Lawrence V. Snyder,Zuo-Jun Max Shen

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Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory

By: Lawrence V. Snyder,Zuo-Jun Max Shen

Comprehensively teaches the fundamentals of supply chain theory This book presents the methodology and foundations of supply chain management and also demonstrates how recent developments build upon classic models. The authors focus on strategic, tactical, and operational aspects of supply chain management and cover a broad range of topics from forecasting, inventory management, and facility location to transportation, process flexibility, and auctions. Key mathematical models for optimizing the design, operation, and evaluation of supply chains are presented as well as models currently emerging from the research frontier. Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory, Second Edition contains new chapters on transportation (traveling salesman and vehicle routing problems), integrated supply chain models, and applications of supply chain theory. New sections have also been added throughout, on topics including machine learning models for forecasting, conic optimization for facility location, a multi-supplier model for supply uncertainty, and a game-theoretic analysis of auctions. The second edition also contains case studies for each chapter that illustrate the real-world implementation of the models presented. This edition also contains nearly 200 new homework problems, over 60 new worked examples, and over 140 new illustrative figures. Plentiful teaching supplements are available, including an Instructor’s Manual and PowerPoint slides, as well as MATLAB programming assignments that require students to code algorithms in an effort to provide a deeper understanding of the material. Ideal as a textbook for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses in supply chain management in engineering and business schools, Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory, Second Edition will also appeal to anyone interested in quantitative approaches for studying supply chains.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119024846

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9781119024842

Purging the Poorest

Public Housing and the Design Politics of Twice-Cleared Communities

By: Lawrence J. Vale

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Purging the Poorest

Public Housing and the Design Politics of Twice-Cleared Communities

By: Lawrence J. Vale

The building and management of public housing is often seen as a signal failure of American public policy, but this is a vastly oversimplified view. In Purging the Poorest, Lawrence J. Vale offers a new narrative of the seventy-five-year struggle to house the “deserving poor.” In the 1930s, two iconic American cities, Atlanta and Chicago, demolished their slums and established some of this country’s first public housing. Six decades later, these same cities also led the way in clearing public housing itself. Vale’s groundbreaking history of these “twice-cleared” communities provides unprecedented detail about the development, decline, and redevelopment of two of America’s most famous housing projects: Chicago’s Cabrini-Green and Atlanta’s Techwood /Clark Howell Homes. Vale offers the novel concept of design politics to show how issues of architecture and urbanism are intimately bound up in thinking about policy. Drawing from extensive archival research and in-depth interviews, Vale recalibrates the larger cultural role of public housing, revalues the contributions of public housing residents, and reconsiders the role of design and designers.

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University of Chicago Press

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022601259X

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9780226012599

A History of Missouri

By: Lawrence Harold Larsen

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A History of Missouri

By: Lawrence Harold Larsen

Traces the history of Missouri from 1953 to 2003, highlighting key events, figures, and policies that impacted the state's development during that time.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826215467

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9780826215468

Applied Multivariate Research

Design and Interpretation

By: Lawrence S. Meyers,Glenn Gamst,A.J. Guarino

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Applied Multivariate Research

Design and Interpretation

By: Lawrence S. Meyers,Glenn Gamst,A.J. Guarino

For me the comprehensive nature of the text is most important - even when I don't cover topics in class students gain value by being able to read about cluster analysis or ROC analysis in enough detail that they can conduct their own analyses. Students appreciate the integration with SPSS. There is an appropriate balance of "practice" and background so that students learn what they need to know about the techniques but also learn how to implement and interpret the analysis.

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SAGE

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141298811X

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9781412988117

One Small Step

The History of Aerospace Engineering at Purdue University

By: Alten F. Grandt,W. A. Gustafson,Lawrence T. Cargnino

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One Small Step

The History of Aerospace Engineering at Purdue University

By: Alten F. Grandt,W. A. Gustafson,Lawrence T. Cargnino

Purdue University has played a leading role in providing the engineers who designed, built, tested, and flew the many aircraft and spacecraft that so changed human progress during the 20th century. It is estimated that Purdue has awarded 6% of all BS degrees in aerospace engineering, and 7% of all PhDs in the United States during the past 65 years. The University's alumni have led significant advances in research and development of aerospace technology, have headed major aerospace corporations and government agencies, and have established an amazing record for exploration of space. More than one third of all US manned space flights have had at least one crew member who was a Purdue engineering graduate (including the first and last men to step foot on the moon). The School of Aeronautics & Astronautics was founded as a separate school within the College of Engineering at Purdue University in 1945. The first edition of this book was published in 1995, at the time of the school's 50th anniversary. This corrected and expanded second edition brings the school's illustrious history up to date, and looks to Purdue's future in the sky and in space.

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Purdue University Press

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155753599X

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9781557535993

Unlocking the Moon's Secrets

From Galileo to Giant Impact

By: James Powell

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Unlocking the Moon's Secrets

From Galileo to Giant Impact

By: James Powell

The Moon is the most viewed object in the sky, the Sun being too bright to look at directly and the planets too far away. The Greeks deduced everything that could be learned about the Moon using only the naked eye, including that it has no light of its own but reflects that of the Sun. They understood the cause of eclipses and used the Earth's shadow on the Moon to conclude that our planet is a sphere and to calculate the size of both the Moon and the Earth. The invention of the telescope some two millennia later offered the opportunity for much greater understanding, but the early observers became sidetracked onto a dead end: First, they fooled themselves into believing that they saw evidence of life on the Moon, even the works of a civilization. Second, they became convinced that the craters of the Moon were volcanoes like those we have on the Earth. These wrong-headed beliefs took centuries to dispel. The origin of the Moon itself has proven an even more difficult question, but scientists have now closed in on the answer. They find that our placid and seemingly unchanging Moon was born in colossal violence as a planet the size of Mars crashed into the primordial Earth and flung off a blob that solidified to become our heavenly companion. Unlocking the Moon's Secrets follows these developments to show how science evolves, complete with misunderstandings, contentious arguments, difficult to relinquish assumptions, and shifting views as new facts come to light. Thanks to the work of generations of determined scientists, we understand our Moon, at last.

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Oxford University Press

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0197694861

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9780197694862

Gettysburg Eddie

The Story of Eddie Plank

By: Lawrence Knorr

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Gettysburg Eddie

The Story of Eddie Plank

By: Lawrence Knorr

Who is the winningest left-handed pitcher in Philadelphia baseball history? Who is the winningest left-handed pitcher in American League history? Who is third in wins all-time among left-handed starters? Who threw more shutouts than any left-handed pitcher in baseball history? Few know the answer is Edward Stewart Plank, also known as "Gettysburg" Eddie. Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, only a dozen years after the bloody Civil War battle, Eddie grew up on a farm and was a late-bloomer. By his early twenties, he was a local star on the town ball team and enrolled in the Gettysburg Academy in order to pitch for the Gettysburg College team. Soon after, Connie Mack from the Philadelphia Athletics in the newly-formed American League came calling and the rest is history. Eddie Plank was the mainstay of Connie Mack's early success from 1901 through 1914. Plank's unorthodox delivery and pinpoint control brought him consistent results. While others out-pitched him during individual seasons, "Steady-Eddie" provided Mack excellence year after year while others came and went. Gettysburg Eddie chronicles the life of this clean-living baseball superstar who worked hard, saved his money, and was always the perfect gentleman. Said Mack upon hearing of Eddie's premature death in 1926, "I feel like a father must feel who has lost a son.

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Sunbury Press, Inc.

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1620061708

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9781620061701

Lefty

An American Odyssey

By: Vernona Gomez,Lawrence Goldstone

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Lefty

An American Odyssey

By: Vernona Gomez,Lawrence Goldstone

“An intimate portrait of a man whose life off the field was equally as captivating as his unparalleled baseball career.”—Yankees Magazine Born into a small-town California ranching family, Vernon “Lefty” Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular personality across America to the dugout of the New York Yankees. Lefty baffled hitters with his blazing fastball, establishing himself as the team’s ace. Now, drawing on countless conversations with Lefty, more than three hundred interviews conducted with his family, friends, competitors, and teammates over the course of a decade, and revealing candid photos, documents, and film clips—many never shown publicly—his daughter Vernona Gomez and her award-winning co-author Lawrence Goldstone vividly re-create the life and adventures of the irreverent southpaw. A star-studded romp through America’s most glamorous years, with cameos from Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, George Gershwin, Ernest Hemingway, and Marilyn Monroe, Lefty is at once a long-overdue reminder of a pitcher’s greatness and a heartwarming celebration of a life well-lived. “His story transcends sports and gives us a much-needed lesson in grit and grace.”—Jon Meacham “A loving and beautifully written tribute . . . Be prepared to be transformed, and to discover stars who were stars in an age when that word really meant something.”—Mike Greenberg, co-host of ESPN’s Mike and Mike in the Morning “An amiable portrait of a baseball great—like Yogi Berra, Dizzy Dean and Satchel Paige—whose outsized personality looms even larger than his considerable athletic achievements.”—Kirkus Reviews

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Ballantine Books

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034552649X

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9780345526496

Business Cases in Statistical Decision Making

Computer Based Applications

By: Lawrence H. Peters,J. Brian Gray

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Business Cases in Statistical Decision Making

Computer Based Applications

By: Lawrence H. Peters,J. Brian Gray

Presenting business problems in a case format, this text asks students to make good business decisions based on statistical information. The authors ask the student to evaluate realistic business situations and apply statistical reasoning to solve problems.

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0132858347

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9780132858342

Missouri

The Heart of the Nation

By: William E. Parrish,Lawrence O. Christensen,Brad D. Lookingbill

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Missouri

The Heart of the Nation

By: William E. Parrish,Lawrence O. Christensen,Brad D. Lookingbill

Comprehensively captures the robust history of the state of Missouri, from the pre-Columbian period to the present Combining a chronological overview with topical development, this book by a team of esteemed historians presents the rich and varied history of Missouri, a state that has played a pivotal role in the history of the nation. In a clear, engaging style that all students of Missouri history are certain to enjoy, the authors of Missouri: The Heart of the Nation explore such topics as Missouri’s indigenous population, French and Spanish colonialism, territorial growth, statehood, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, railroads, modernization, two world wars, constitutional change, Civil Rights, political realignments, and the difficult choices that Missourians face in the 21st century. Featuring chapter revisions as well as new maps, photographs, reading lists, a preface, and index, this latest edition of this beloved survey textbook will continue to engage all those celebrating Missouri’s bicentennial. A companion website features a student study guide. Published to commemorate the bicentennial of Missouri statehood in 2021 Features fully updated chapters that bring the historical narrative up to the present Presents numerous images and maps that enrich the coverage of key events Provides suggestions for further reading Missouri: The Heart of the Nation is an excellent book for colleges and universities offering survey courses on state history or state government. It also will appeal to all lovers of American history and to those who call Missouri home.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111916589X

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9781119165897

Peace Action

Past, Present, and Future

By: Glen Harold Stassen,Lawrence S Wittner

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Peace Action

Past, Present, and Future

By: Glen Harold Stassen,Lawrence S Wittner

Peace Action: Past, Present, and Future" is a collection of short, lively essays written by prominent leaders and supporters of Peace Action and its two important predecessors the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. Just in time for its 50th anniversary, Peace Action brings together reflections on the largest and most influential peace organization in history. At the same time, this book provides a unique resource for understanding popular protest against nuclear weapons and war in the modern era. It illuminates the local, national, and international role of Peace Action today and outlines Peace Action s strategies for the future, including ongoing protest against the war in Iraq and a negotiated resolution of nuclear issues in Iran and North Korea.Read Katrina vanden Heuvel's blog on "Peace Action" at http: //www.thenation.com

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Routledge

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1317254570

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9781317254577

Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain

The Eleven Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle

By: Lawrence K. Peterson

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Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain

The Eleven Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle

By: Lawrence K. Peterson

As Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman swept through Georgia in 1864, he fought several small battles against an ever-retreating Gen. Joseph E. Johnston who had replaced the beleaguered Gen. Braxton Bragg as leader of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. After heavy rains slowed Sherman’s advance, Johnston’s army entrenched along the Brushy Mountain line. Hemmed in by the mountains and impassable roads, Sherman noted in his reports to Washington, “Kennesaw is the key to the whole country.” Ultimately, Sherman would outflank Johnston and grind down his army’s defenses with a brazen frontal assault. Federal forces suffered 3,000 casualties compared to Johnston’s 1,000, and yet the Confederate Army of Tennessee was forced to retreat to Smyrna, and continued defeats led to Sherman’s infamous burning of Atlanta in August of 1864. Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain explores the critical decisions made by Confederate and Federal commanders during the battle and how these decisions shaped its outcome. Rather than offering a history of the battle, Larry Peterson hones in on a sequence of command decisions that provides us, retroactively, with a blueprint of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain at its tactical core. Identifying and exploring the critical decisions in this way allows students of the battle to progress from a knowledge of what happened to a mature grasp of why events happened. Complete with maps and a driving tour, Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain is an indispensable primer, and readers looking for a concise introduction to the battle can tour this sacred ground—or read about it at their leisure—with key insights into the campaign and a deeper understanding of the Civil War itself. Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain is the seventeenth in a series of books that will explore the critical decisions of major campaigns and battles of the Civil War.

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1621908135

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9781621908135

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The End of Night

The End of Night

Lincoln and His World

Lincoln and His World

Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory

Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory

Purging the Poorest

Purging the Poorest

A History of Missouri

A History of Missouri

Applied Multivariate Research

Applied Multivariate Research

One Small Step

One Small Step

Unlocking the Moon's Secrets

Unlocking the Moon's Secrets

Gettysburg Eddie

Gettysburg Eddie

Lefty

Lefty

Business Cases in Statistical Decision Making

Business Cases in Statistical Decision Making

Missouri

Missouri

Peace Action

Peace Action

Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain

Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain

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