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Another Frank Capra

By: Leland Poague

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Another Frank Capra offers a new interpretation of the great Hollywood director beyond the patriotic sentimentalist or the cynical opportunist that he has been taken for. Often cast as a cinematic simpleton or primitive, Capra's exploitation of the stylistic and narrative resources of cinema was, in fact, extremely self-conscious and adventurous in ways typical of artistic modernism. His modernism is also evident in his repeated and strong identification with female characters. Informed by recent work in genre theory and feminist psychology, Another Frank Capra shows Capra to be a 'proto-feminist' director whose feminism has been entirely neglected by previous critics.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521380669

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9780521380669

The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown

An Introduction to the New Testament

By: Andreas J. Köstenberger,Leonard Scott Kellum,Charles Leland Quarles

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The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown

An Introduction to the New Testament

By: Andreas J. Köstenberger,Leonard Scott Kellum,Charles Leland Quarles

An all-new comprehensive introduction to the New Testament, paying close attention to the historical, literary, and theological dimensions of the biblical text.

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B&H Publishing Group

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0805443657

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9780805443653

Case Studies of City-County Consolidation: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape

Reshaping the Local Government Landscape

By: Suzanne M. Leland,Kurt M. Thurmaier

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Case Studies of City-County Consolidation: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape

Reshaping the Local Government Landscape

By: Suzanne M. Leland,Kurt M. Thurmaier

Facing cutbacks in federal and state assistance and a new wave of taxpayer revolts, local governments have renewed interest in local government consolidation as a way of achieving efficiencies of scale in response to citizen demands for services. Yet the vast majority of consolidation efforts fail, either during the process of drafting a charter or once they reach the ballot - only five have passed since 1990; only thirty-two have been successfully implemented since the first, when the city of New Orleans merged with Orleans Parish in 1805. What accounts for the high failure rate and what factors led to successful consolidations? This volume presents thirteen comparable case studies of consolidation campaigns and distills the findings.

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348

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Taylor & Francis

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1040277632

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9781040277638

Catch the Stage to Phoenix

By: Leland J. Hanchett, Jr.

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Catch the Stage to Phoenix

By: Leland J. Hanchett, Jr.

The importance of the stagecoach is often overlooked amidst its romance and legend. It was, in fact, Arizona's first, and for a long while only means of public transportation. If you wanted to travel to or within the Territory in the early days, you had better own a horse or a horse and buggy, or be willing to do a lot of walking. With the advent of stage travel in the late 1860s, all that changed, at least for those well enough off to pay the stagecoach fare. Catch the Stage to Phoenix covers the history of stage-coaching in the early days of the Arizona Territory. Stages traveled from Prescott to Phoenix first via Wickenburg and later through the Black Canyon. The drivers, stage station operators and the travelers, as well, deserve medals for their fortitude and bravery.

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228

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Pine Rim Publishing LLC

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0963778560

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9780963778567

The Country of the Blind

A Memoir at the End of Sight

By: Andrew Leland

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The Country of the Blind

A Memoir at the End of Sight

By: Andrew Leland

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE Named one of the best books of the year by: THE NEW YORKER • THE WASHINGTON POST • THE ATLANTIC • NPR • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • LITHUB "Fascinating...The great strength of this memoir is its voracious, humble curiosity." - The Atlantic, The 10 Best Books of the Year A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn about blindness as a rich culture all its own. We meet Andrew Leland as he’s suspended in the liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: he’s midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from sightedness to blindness over years, even decades. He grew up with full vision, but starting in his teenage years, his sight began to degrade from the outside in. Soon— but without knowing exactly when—he will likely have no vision left. Full of apprehension but also dogged curiosity, Leland embarks on a sweeping exploration of the state of being that awaits him: not only the physical experience of blindness but also its language, politics, and customs. He negotiates his changing relationships with his wife and son, and with his own sense of self, as he moves from his mainstream, “typical” life to one with a disability. Part memoir, part historical and cultural investigation, The Country of the Blind represents Leland’s determination not to merely survive this transition but to grow from it—to seek out and revel in that which makes blindness enlightening. Brimming with warmth and humor, it is an exhilarating tour of a new way of being.

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369

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Penguin

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1984881434

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9781984881434

Digital Filters and Signal Processing

By: Leland B. Jackson

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Digital Filters and Signal Processing

By: Leland B. Jackson

This text presents a general survey of digital signal processing concepts, design methods, and implementation considerations, with an emphasis on digital filters. It includes MATLAB exercises.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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079239559X

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9780792395591

Schooling Across the Globe

What We Have Learned from 60 Years of Mathematics and Science International Assessments

By: William H. Schmidt,Richard T. Houang,Leland S. Cogan,Michelle L. Solorio

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Schooling Across the Globe

What We Have Learned from 60 Years of Mathematics and Science International Assessments

By: William H. Schmidt,Richard T. Houang,Leland S. Cogan,Michelle L. Solorio

Schooling matters. The authors' professional pursuits for over twenty-five years have been focused on measuring one key aspect of schooling: the curriculum - what students are expected to study and what they spend their time studying. This documents their conviction that schools and schooling play a vital and defining role in what students know and are able to do with respect to mathematics and science. This research examines seventeen international studies of mathematics and science to provide a nuanced comparative education study. Whilst including multiple measures of students' family and home backgrounds, these studies measure the substance of the curriculum students study which has been shown to have a strong relationship with student performance. Such studies have demonstrated the interrelatedness of student background and curriculum. Student background influences their opportunities to learn and their achievements, yet their schooling can have even greater significance.

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339

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Cambridge University Press

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1316762289

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9781316762288

A Place Called Harbinger

By: R. Leland Smith

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A Place Called Harbinger

By: R. Leland Smith

A visit to Harbinger is a visit fifty-five years into your future. A trip where you will view conditions as they are likely to be given the current trends within todays world societies. Humans remain human, all other conditions are subject to change, sometimes very radically, but usually because of human resistance, more gradual than planned or hoped for. It is hoped that your trip there and back will be a thought provoking learning experience.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462817661

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9781462817665

Man's Legacies

Halo-Noose-Crown

By: R. Leland Smith

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Man's Legacies

Halo-Noose-Crown

By: R. Leland Smith

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285

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462817637

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9781462817634

The Christian Imagination

The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing

By: Leland Ryken

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The Christian Imagination

The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing

By: Leland Ryken

The Christian Imagination brings together in a single source the best that has been written about the relationship between literature and the Christian faith. This anthology covers all of the major topics that fall within this subject and includes essays and excerpts from fifty authors, including C.S. Lewis, Flannery O’Connor, Dorothy Sayers, and Frederick Buechner.

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482

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Shaw Books

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0307568849

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9780307568847

A Spiritual Armada

By: R. Leland Smith

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A Spiritual Armada

By: R. Leland Smith

Throughout recorded history we find that man has struggled to find a sense of lasting peace and contentment. His search has opened many varied avenues of discovery to little avail. Many approaches have held out a glowing promise of peace, false hopes and contentment only to fade in a brief span of time despite his efforts to build a stable fortress to guard against the threat of loss and vanquish this situation has prevailed throughout the centuries despite man's attempts to alter the human condition. This vexation has been made manifest physically, mentally, and spiritually.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462817645

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9781462817641

An Alaskan Gold Mine

The Story of No. 9 Above

By: Leland Carlson

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An Alaskan Gold Mine

The Story of No. 9 Above

By: Leland Carlson

An Alaskan Gold Mine: The Story of No. 9 Above is a notable and tragic story of the discovery of Alaska gold in 1898. The mine had so many implications for leaders and institutions of the Evangelical Covenant Church, a tangled and contested case of ownership extending over two decades that went to the Supreme Court of the United States on four occasions. Visiting Alaska three times doing meticulous research into legal proceedings and conducting oral interviews, Carlson succeeded in crafting a compelling narrative of gold, grief, and greed. An Alaskan Gold Mine: The Story of No. 9 Above remains a classic case study of the Alaska gold rush as a whole, as well as the particular context of issues and personalities unique to the bonanza claim staked by a Covenant missionary on Anvil Creek above the boomtown Nome.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725232545

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9781725232549

The Keelboat Age on Western Waters

By: Leland D. Baldwin

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The Keelboat Age on Western Waters

By: Leland D. Baldwin

This book tells the story of river boating in the West before the invention of the steamboat. In a deft combination of thorough research and interesting narrative, Baldwin recreates life on the keelboats and flatboats that plied the Ohio, Mississippi, and other rivers from revolutionary days until about 1820. No one knows who put the first keel along the bottom of one big, clumsy river craft used by the pioneers. but the change made the boats far easier to manage, and travel in both directions became practical all the way to New Orleans.Baldwin examines the many types of craft in use, the different methods of locomotion, and the art of navigation on uncharted rivers full of hidden obstacles. But he never loses sight of the picturesque aspects of his subject, especially the boatmen themselves-a tribe of rugged and fearless men whose colorful lives are described in great detail.The Keelboat Age is a segment cut from the history of the frontier, showing the overwhelming importance of river transportation in the development of the West. The rivers were great arteries, carrying a restless people into a new land. The keelboatman and his craft did much to build a nation.

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822974223

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9780822974222

Book's by Leland Walker

Another Frank Capra

Another Frank Capra

The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown

The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown

Case Studies of City-County Consolidation: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape

Case Studies of City-County Consolidation: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape

Catch the Stage to Phoenix

Catch the Stage to Phoenix

The Country of the Blind

The Country of the Blind

Digital Filters and Signal Processing

Digital Filters and Signal Processing

Schooling Across the Globe

Schooling Across the Globe

A Place Called Harbinger

A Place Called Harbinger

Man's Legacies

Man's Legacies

The Christian Imagination

The Christian Imagination

A Spiritual Armada

A Spiritual Armada

An Alaskan Gold Mine

An Alaskan Gold Mine

The Keelboat Age on Western Waters

The Keelboat Age on Western Waters

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