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Novel Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases

By: Vibeke Strand,David L. Scot,Lee S. Simon

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Novel Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases

By: Vibeke Strand,David L. Scot,Lee S. Simon

Provides a detailed survey of therapies for autoimmune diseases, exploring the rationale for their use and clinical data regarding their potential benefit.

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CRC Press

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1482273535

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Free Men in an Age of Servitude

Three Generations of a Black Family

By: Lee H. Warner

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Free Men in an Age of Servitude

Three Generations of a Black Family

By: Lee H. Warner

Freedom did not solve the problems of the Proctor family. Nor did money, recognition, or powerful supporters. As free blacks in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America, three generations of Proctor men were permanently handicapped by the social structures of their time and their place. They subscribed to the Western, middle-class value system that taught that hard work, personal rectitude, and maintenance of family life would lead to happiness and prosperity. But for them it did not—no matter how hard they worked, how clever their plans, or how powerful their white patrons. The eldest, Antonio, born a Spanish slave, became a soldier for three nations and received government recognition for his daring and his skills as a translator. His son, George, an entrepreneur, achieved material success in the building trade but was so hampered by his status as a free black that he eventually lost not only his position in the community but his family. John, George's son, seized the opportunity proffered by Reconstruction and spent ten years in the Florida state legislature before segregation forced him to return to the life of a tradesman. Warner describes the Proctor men as "inarticulate." They left no personal papers and no indication of their attitudes toward their hardships. As a result, this work relies heavily on local government documents and oral history. Inference and intimation become vital tools in the search for the Proctors. In important ways the author has produced a case study of nontraditional methodology, and he suggests new ways of describing and analyzing inarticulate populations. The Proctors were not typical of the black population of their era and their location, yet the story of their lives broadens our knowledge of the black experience in America.

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University Press of Kentucky

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081319511X

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9780813195117

Commercial Law

By: Eric Baskind,Greg Osborne,Lee Roach

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Commercial Law

By: Eric Baskind,Greg Osborne,Lee Roach

Commercial Law is a fresh, modern, and stimulating discussion of this important subject. This accessible and engaging text includes thorough coverage of all key aspects of the syllabus, including the law of agency, the sale of goods, international trade, and methods of payment, finance, and security.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199664234

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The Ranger: The Fight Back Begins

The Fight Back Begins

By: Lee Smith

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The Ranger: The Fight Back Begins

The Fight Back Begins

By: Lee Smith

Arlingston, a town in chaos, the streets are overrun by the gangs and the schools are controlled by the thugs. The law fails as the crime rate rockets and the drug abuse escalates. In a town torn apart by gang wars, where hope is just a word and danger is all around, this story follows a troubled outcast, a delinquent, stubborn womanising teenager called Luke Sanders who vows to turn his life around and help his friends stand up against the ruthless bullies and thugs that unleash terror and prey on the weak and the vulnerable. When Luke sees his friends suffer at the hands of the gangs, he sets out to fight back not only as himself but as a vigilante known as the Ranger taking on the underworld that delve in drugs, blackmail and murder. As the battle ignites, a mysterious crime lord emerges thrusting Luke and his friends into a world of anarchy. Yet the town of Arlingston finds that bit of hope in Luke Sanders, the Ranger, for the fight back against the armies of the night is set to begin...

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Booktango

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1468926055

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The Raw Files: 1993

By: James Dixon,Arnold Furious,Lee Maughan

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The Raw Files: 1993

By: James Dixon,Arnold Furious,Lee Maughan

The team at www.historyofwrestling.info who brought you The Complete WWF Video Guide series, are back with this companion piece taking you through the first year of the WWF/E's flagship show: Monday Night Raw. We cover every angle, segment and match in detail, and offer plenty of thoughts and interesting facts along the way. The book is written and presented in the usual HOW style, with various awards, match and show lists and a host of star ratings for fans to debate at will. Learn about Friar Ferguson's ill-fated debut, 1-2-3 Kid's shocking upset victory, Lex Luger's sudden babyface turn, Vince McMahon's hatred for Barney The Dinosaur ticket scalpers, Rob Bartlett, superstars while they were still jobbers to the stars, Randy Savage's vicious rant about Hulk Hogan, Brutus Beefcake's parents and the wrestling blowjob, plus much, much more in an action packed, fun-filled 100 page, 80,000 word tome.

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Lulu.com

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1291303979

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9781291303971

The Law of Higher Education

By: William A. Kaplin,Barbara A. Lee

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The Law of Higher Education

By: William A. Kaplin,Barbara A. Lee

Based on the fourth edition of The Law of Higher Education—the indispensable guide to law that bears on the provision of higher education—this Student Edition provides an up-to-date reference and guide for coursework in higher education law. It also provides a guide for programs that help prepare higher education administrators for leadership roles. This important reference is organized into five main parts Perspectives and Foundations; The College and Its Governing Board and Staff; The College and Its Faculty; The College and Its Students; and The College and the Outside World. Each part includes the sections of the full fourth edition that most relate to student interests and are most suitable for classroom instruction, for example: The evolution and reach of higher education law The governance of higher education Legal planning and dispute resolution The interrelationships between law and policy The college and its employees Faculty employment and tenure Academic freedom Campus issues: student safety, racial and sexual harassment, affirmative action, computer networks, services for international students Student misconduct Freedom of speech, hate speech Student rights, responsibilities, and activities fees Athletics and Title IX Copyright

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118046595

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Art for the Middle Classes

America's Illustrated Magazines of the 1840s

By: Cynthia Lee Patterson

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Art for the Middle Classes

America's Illustrated Magazines of the 1840s

By: Cynthia Lee Patterson

How did the average American learn about art in the mid-nineteenth century? With public art museums still in their infancy, and few cities and towns large enough to support art galleries or print shops, Americans relied on mass-circulated illustrated magazines. One group of magazines in particular, known collectively as the Philadelphia pictorials, circulated fine art engravings of paintings, some produced exclusively for circulation in these monthlies, to an eager middle-class reading audience. These magazines achieved print circulations far exceeding those of other print media (such as illustrated gift books or catalogs from art-union membership organizations). Godey's, Graham's, Peterson's, Miss Leslie's, and Sartain's Union Magazine included two to three fine art engravings monthly, “tipped in” to the fronts of the magazines, and designed for pull-out and display. Featuring the work of a fledgling group of American artists who chose American rather than European themes for their paintings, these magazines were crucial to the distribution of American art beyond the purview of the East Coast elite to a widespread middle-class audience. Contributions to these magazines enabled many American artists and engravers to earn, for the first time in the young nation's history, a modest living through art. Author Cynthia Lee Patterson examines the economics of artistic production, innovative engraving techniques, regional imitators, the textual “illustrations” accompanying engravings, and the principal artists and engravers contributing to these magazines.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1604737379

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The Best Courts Money Could Buy

Reform of the Oklahoma Judiciary, 1956–1967

By: Lee Card

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The Best Courts Money Could Buy

Reform of the Oklahoma Judiciary, 1956–1967

By: Lee Card

Between 1956 and 1967, justice was for sale in Oklahoma’s highest court and Supreme Court decisions went to the highest bidder. One lawyer, O. A. Cargill, grew rich peddling influence with the justices; a shady company, Selected Investments, protected its illegal practices with bribes; and Supreme Court justice N. S. Corn, one of two justices who would ultimately serve time in prison, cheated his partners in crime and stashed vast amounts of ill-gotten cash in a locker at his golf course. Author Lee Card, himself a former judge, describes a system infected with favoritism and partisanship in which party loyalty trumped fairness and a shaky payment structure built on commissions invited exploitation. From petty corruption at the lowest level of the trial bench to large-scale bribery among Supreme Court justices, Card follows the developing scandal, introducing the bit players and worst offenders, the federal prosecutors who exposed the scheme, and the politicians who persuaded skeptical Oklahoma voters to adopt constitutional reforms. On one level,The Best Courts Money Could Buy is a compelling story of true crime and punishment set in the capitol of an agricultural, oil-producing, conservative state. But on a deeper level, the book is a cautionary tale of political corruption—and the politics of restoring integrity, accountability, and honor to a broken system.

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0806168021

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Overwhelmed

Literature, Aesthetics, and the Nineteenth-Century Information Revolution

By: Maurice S. Lee

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Overwhelmed

Literature, Aesthetics, and the Nineteenth-Century Information Revolution

By: Maurice S. Lee

An engaging look at how debates over the fate of literature in our digital age are powerfully conditioned by the nineteenth century's information revolution What happens to literature during an information revolution? How do readers and writers adapt to proliferating data and texts? These questions appear uniquely urgent today in a world of information overload, big data, and the digital humanities. But as Maurice Lee shows in Overwhelmed, these concerns are not new—they also mattered in the nineteenth century, as the rapid expansion of print created new relationships between literature and information. Exploring four key areas—reading, searching, counting, and testing—in which nineteenth-century British and American literary practices engaged developing information technologies, Overwhelmed delves into a diverse range of writings, from canonical works by Coleridge, Emerson, Charlotte Brontë, Hawthorne, and Dickens to lesser-known texts such as popular adventure novels, standardized literature tests, antiquarian journals, and early statistical literary criticism. In doing so, Lee presents a new argument: rather than being at odds, as generations of critics have viewed them, literature and information in the nineteenth century were entangled in surprisingly collaborative ways. An unexpected, historically grounded look at how a previous information age offers new ways to think about the anxieties and opportunities of our own, Overwhelmed illuminates today’s debates about the digital humanities, the crisis in the humanities, and the future of literature.

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Princeton University Press

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0691259240

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Kepi' in the 'Istan

By: Jerry Lee Brumbelow

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Kepi' in the 'Istan

By: Jerry Lee Brumbelow

KEPI' in the 'ISTAN is the third novel in the BLUEMAN trilogy. It tells the story of an Army Special Forces deserter who by chance joins the French Foreign Legion. It follows his adventures in the South Pacific area and in French Guiana and later Afghanistan.

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1477118381

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Sentry of Deceit – Roadstead

By: Lee Ashe

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Sentry of Deceit – Roadstead

By: Lee Ashe

Hildegaard Streusselberg seethes when Mary Mahoney takes Marvin Schlick as her lover...until laying eyes on her new neighbor, Mario Mendez. Why have all of these very different people been brought together to live in an otherwise seemingly normal community? Hildie knows why, and Marvin knows. Mary and Mario, however, as well as a host of others, have placed pieces of their memories on hold.

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Lee Ashe Thriller Mysteries

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1450582087

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Ethics and Politics of Breastfeeding

Power, Pleasure, Poetics

By: Robyn Lee

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Ethics and Politics of Breastfeeding

Power, Pleasure, Poetics

By: Robyn Lee

Responding to the most widely read breastfeeding manual, La Leche League's The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, Robyn Lee's The Ethics and Politics of Breastfeeding explores breastfeeding as an art that must be developed through skillful application of effort and distinguished from a merely natural or physiological process. The Ethics and Politics of Breastfeeding challenges the dominant understanding of breastfeeding and cultivates an alternative conception as an ethical, embodied practice of the self. Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, Emmanuel Levinas, and Luce Irigaray, Lee develops a new understanding of breastfeeding as an "art of living," where the practice is reconsidered in the light of ongoing social inequalities.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487503717

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Yield

By: Lee Houck

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Yield

By: Lee Houck

Yield is set against a contemporary Manhattan thrumming with sex and violence as seen through the eyes of Simon - a twenty-something part-time hustler with a cadre of loyal, sometimes floundering friends. As Simon grows increasingly involved with a gorgeous client named Aiden, he tries to navigate a path to fulfilment in a city where love and honesty are as dangerous as they are rare. Witty, spare and rapier-sharp, Yield is an exceptional story about the families gay men create and the support that only friends can provide.

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Dafina Books

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0758242654

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Robert Frost

An Adventure in Poetry, 1900-1918

By: Lesley Lee Francis

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Robert Frost

An Adventure in Poetry, 1900-1918

By: Lesley Lee Francis

In this volume, Lesley Lee Francis, granddaughter of Robert Frost, brings to life the Frost family's idyllic early years. Through their own words, we enter the daily lives of Robert, known as RF to his family and friends, his wife, Elinor, and their four children, Lesley, Carol, Irma, and Marjorie. The result is a meticulously researched and beautifully written evocation of a fleeting chapter in the life of a literary family.Taught at home by their father and mother, the Frost children received a remarkable education. Reared on poetry, nurtured on the world of the imagination, and instructed in the art of direct observation, the children produced an exceptional body of writing and artwork in the years between 1905 and 1915. Drawing upon previously unexamined journals, notebooks, letters, and the little magazine entitled The Bouquet produced by the Frost children and their friends, Francis shows how the genius of Frost was enriched by his interactions with his children. Francis depicts her grandfather as a generous, devoted, and playful man with a striking ability to communicate with his children and grandchildren. She traces the family's adventures from their farm years in New Hampshire through their nearly three years in England. This enchanting evocation of the Frost family's life together makes more poignant the unforeseen personal tragedies that would befall its members in later years.

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Routledge

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1351492764

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Innovations in Fetal and Neonatal Surgery, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

By: Hanmin Lee,Ronald Hirschl

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Innovations in Fetal and Neonatal Surgery, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

By: Hanmin Lee,Ronald Hirschl

The Guest Editors have assembled a list of topics that provide state-of-the-art coverage on fetal surgery. Topics covered include fetal cardiac intervention, abdominal wall defects, NEC, esophageal atresia, and spinia bifida. Some articles provide the clinical basics, like general concepts of fetal surgery, while others provide a detailed look at CDH in utero, CDH post natal, ECMO/placenta, stem cell, and anorectal malformations.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455744271

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The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists

By: Ann Lee Morgan

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The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists

By: Ann Lee Morgan

In this dictionary of American art, 945 alphabetically arranged entries cover painters, sculptors, graphic artists, photographers, printmakers, and contemporary hybrid artists, along with important aspects of the cultural infrastructure.

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Oxford University Press

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0195373219

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A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals

By: William A. Kaplin,Barbara A. Lee

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A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals

By: William A. Kaplin,Barbara A. Lee

The student affairs market has experienced a great boom in the last decade. Based on the fourth edition of the indispensable guide to the laws that bear on the conduct of higher education, this updated student affairs edition provides a reference and guide for student affairs practitioners and graduate students in student affairs administration courses. This volume combines sections that are pertinent to student affairs practitioners, as well as the government regulatory and administrative issues found in the full Fourth Edition. It is thus the most comprehensive and easy-to-use volume for student affairs officers and students.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470623624

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9780470623626

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management in the Hospitality Industry

By: Darren Lee-Ross,Conrad Lashley

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Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management in the Hospitality Industry

By: Darren Lee-Ross,Conrad Lashley

• Explores both entrepreneurial theory and practice applied to the tourism and hospitality industry, by investigating some key theoretical concepts and grounding them in practical real life scenarios; • Moves back and forth between strategy and operations to illustrate the link between the two areas and explain how both perspectives are necessary for entrepreneurial success; • Creates an enthusiasm about the field by not only discussing some of the major challenges and opportunities but by providing the knowledge and skills required to start a small business and drastically improve the chances of sustaining it successfully.

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Routledge

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1136440224

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Motor Learning and Performance

From Principles to Application

By: Richard A. Schmidt,Timothy D. Lee

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Motor Learning and Performance

From Principles to Application

By: Richard A. Schmidt,Timothy D. Lee

Motor Learning and Performance: From Principles to Application, Sixth Edition With Web Study Guide, enables students to appreciate high-level skilled activity and understand how such incredible performances occur. Written in a style that is accessible even to students with little or no knowledge of physiology, psychology, statistical methods, or other basic sciences, this text constructs a conceptual model of factors that influence motor performance, outlines how motor skills are acquired and retained with practice, and shows students how to apply the concepts to a variety of real-world settings. The sixth edition of Motor Learning and Performance has been carefully revised to incorporate the most important research findings in the field, and it is supplemented with practice situations to facilitate a stronger link between research-based principles and practical applications. Other highlights include the following: A web study guide offers updated principles-to-application exercises and additional interactive activities for each chapter, ensuring that students will be able to transfer core content from the book to various applied settings. Extensive updates and new material related to the performance of complex movements expand the theoretical focus to a more in-depth analysis of dynamical systems and the constraints-led approach to learning. Narratives from Motor Control in Everyday Actions that appear in the web study guide tie each book chapter to concrete examples of how motor behavior is applicable to real life. Photo caption activities pose questions to students to encourage critical thinking, and answers to those questions are provided to instructors in the instructor guide. As the text investigates the principles of human performance, pedagogical aids such as learning objectives, key terms, and Check Your Understanding questions help students stay on track with learning in each chapter. Focus on Research and Focus on Application sidebars deliver more detailed research information and make connections to real-world applications in areas such as teaching, coaching, and therapy. The sixth edition of Motor Learning and Performance: From Principles to Application goes beyond simply presenting research—it challenges students to grasp the fundamental concepts of motor performance and learning and then go a step further by applying the concepts. Incorporating familiar scenarios brings the material to life for students, leading to better retention and greater interest in practical application of motor performance and learning in their everyday lives and future careers.

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Human Kinetics

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149259315X

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We Are Not One People

Secession and Separatism in American Politics Since 1776

By: Michael J. Lee,R. Jarrod Atchison

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We Are Not One People

Secession and Separatism in American Politics Since 1776

By: Michael J. Lee,R. Jarrod Atchison

Bands, bonds, and affections -- Secession all the way down : libertarians opt out -- "A slave republic" : secession and southern slavery -- White devils and Black separatists -- "Dykes first" : lesbian separatism in America -- Exodus as secession : achieving God's terrestrial kingdom.

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Oxford University Press

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0190876506

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Jean, Lady Hamilton, 1861–1941

Diaries of A Soldier's Wife

By: Celia Lee

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Jean, Lady Hamilton, 1861–1941

Diaries of A Soldier's Wife

By: Celia Lee

“A pleasure to read. It’s predominantly about the life of Jean Hamilton’s husband Ian as an officer during the Great War and life for both before and after.” —UK Historian Jean, Lady Hamilton’s diaries remained forgotten and hidden in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King’s College, London, for fifty years. The story begins with the young couples’ wedding, a dazzling bride, Jean Muir, marrying a star-struck Major Ian Hamilton. The daughter of the millionaire businessman Sir John Muir, Jean had all the money whilst Hamilton was penniless. Having spent their early married years in India, the Hamiltons returned and set up house in the prestigious Hyde Park area of London, also eventually buying Lullenden Manor, East Grinstead, that they purchased as a country home from Winston Churchill when he could no longer afford it. Churchill in particular was like family in the Hamiltons’ home; he used to go there and practice his speeches, and painted alongside Jean to whom he sold his first painting. Jean chronicled Ian’s long army career that culminated in the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. The failure there ended her husband’s distinguished career and almost ended Churchill’s as he had to leave his job as First Lord of the Admiralty. This account is Lady Hamilton’s “attempt to chronicle her husband’s life as a top-flight but penniless soldier, this at a time when young Winston Churchill . . . was emerging from his own distinguished and very colourful military career to enter a life of politics . . . Jean Hamilton is one of those larger than life people of whom we know very little until a book such as Celia’s comes along” (Books Monthly).

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Pen and Sword Military

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1526786591

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Our Lost Explorers

The Narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition

By: George W. Delong,Raymond Lee Newcomb

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Our Lost Explorers

The Narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition

By: George W. Delong,Raymond Lee Newcomb

Lieutenant George Washington De Long was an American explorer whose disastrous Arctic expedition gave evidence of a continuous ocean current across the Polar Regions. In July of 1879 he set sail from San Francisco taking the Jeannette through the Bering Strait and heading for Wrangel Island, off the northeast coast of Siberia. On September 5th, the ship became trapped in the pack ice near Herald Island (now Gerald Island), east of Wrangel. With crewman George Melville’s engineering skill, the boat was kept afloat for almost two years until it was finally crushed on June 12, 1881. The crew, including De Long, escaped with most of their provisions and three small boats. Their destination, the Siberian coast, lay some 600 miles away. They endured extreme hardships for the next two months as they crossed the ice. After reaching open water, one of the boats and the men aboard were lost. The remaining two boats became separated. De Long's boat reached the eastern side of the Lena River delta, Melville’s, reached the western side. Melville's party was rescued, but De Long and his men died of exposure and starvation. Melville later led an expedition that found the remains of De Long and his party the following Spring. De Long's journal, in which he made regular entries until shortly before his death, was found a year later and published as The Voyage of the Jeannette (1883). Three years after the Jeannette was sunk, wreckage from it was found on an ice floe on the southwest coast of Greenland, a discovery that gave new support to the theory of trans-Arctic drift.

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Digital Scanning Inc

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1582182817

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