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Portraits of Conflict

A Photographic History of Mississippi in the Civil War

By: Bobby Leon Roberts,Carl H. Moneyhon

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Portraits of Conflict

A Photographic History of Mississippi in the Civil War

By: Bobby Leon Roberts,Carl H. Moneyhon

This largest volume yet in the University of Arkansas Press's award-winning series on the Civil War deepens our understanding of the nation's costliest human conflict. It tells the stories of the ordinary soldierstheir heroism and fear, the boredom and the miseryin the midst of war. - Publisher.

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University of Arkansas Press

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1557282609

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Bullies and Cowards

The West Point Hazing Scandal, 1898-1901

By: Philip Leon

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Bullies and Cowards

The West Point Hazing Scandal, 1898-1901

By: Philip Leon

When Oscar Booze entered West Point in 1898, the older cadets decided that he did not conform to their image of what a cadet should be. After four months of constant torment, including a beating in an organized boxing match, ridicule for reading his Bible, and the forced consumption of hot sauce in the cadet mess hall, he resigned. When Oscar died a year and a half later from tuberculosis of the larynx, his family claimed that the West Point cadets had killed their son by scarring his throat and creating a fertile field for the fatal infection. This is the story of the ensuing scandal that brought West Point under fire in the press nationwide. Investigations following Oscar's death would reveal a long-standing pattern of cruelty that had become inextricably identified with the academy, related to notions of social Darwinism and initiation rituals popular at the time. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate considered closing the Academy in light of testimony by cadets in two separate investigations that revealed cruel and sadistic practices. Distilling startling accounts from trial transcripts, contemporary newspaper stories, archival records and correspondence, this book exposes a little-known chapter in the history of West Point.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313371547

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9780313371547

African American Almanac

Day-by-Day Black History

By: Leon Thomas Ross,Kenneth A. Mimms

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African American Almanac

Day-by-Day Black History

By: Leon Thomas Ross,Kenneth A. Mimms

Congress prohibited slave trading in 1808, Lincoln University was chartered in 1854, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and in 1916 Carter G. Woodson published the first issue of Journal of Negro History--all on January 1 of their respective years. This is a day-by-day guide to African American achievements and those happenings that have affected their history, including the birth dates of many significant men and women. The people and events are drawn from all walks of life: politics and government, civil rights, sports, entertainment, journalism, court decisions, writers and others. The work is fully indexed.

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McFarland

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147662173X

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9781476621739

America in Decline

By: Leon Sharpe

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America in Decline

By: Leon Sharpe

This collection gathers 91 essays that appeared in the pages of Challenge from 1973 through 2011.

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Routledge

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1317477359

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Cranial Manipulation

Theory and Practice : Osseous and Soft Tissue Approaches

By: Leon Chaitow

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Cranial Manipulation

Theory and Practice : Osseous and Soft Tissue Approaches

By: Leon Chaitow

This expertly authored book is a valuable clinical manual for therapists interested in cranial manipulation, a fast-growing area of manual therapy practice. The new edition presents the latest thinking on the use of this valuable approach, supported by the most up-to-date research evidence related to its use. Osteopathic biomechanical and biodynamic concepts are thoroughly examined, in addition to chiropractic and dental approaches involving cranial and cranio-facial manipulation. The book's unique approach explores both soft tissue and osseous applications, and provides guidance on which option to select in different clinical situations. Descriptions and explanations of techniques are supported by high-quality illustrations, a CD-ROM containing actual video demonstrations, and practical exercises integrated within the text. Cranial osteopathic, cranio-sacral, sacro-occipital (chiropractic), cranio-facial, and dental methods and perspectives are explained and compared. Evidence-based coverage highlights the clinical relevance of the latest research findings. Both osseous and soft tissue assessment and treatment options, and offers guidance on appropriate selection. Clear line drawings supplement the text. Important discussions of theory support guidelines for putting concepts into practice. Numerous exercises on palpation, assessment, and treatment allow the reader to practice techniques and check their understanding as they go. Written by one of the most highly respected practitioners in the field. A companion CD-ROM contains the entire text as well as video segments demonstrating how to perform the technique. Icons in the text direct readers to video footage on the CD-ROM that demonstrates the technique as it's described. Expanded information is provided on the use of this technique with children. A question-and-answer format has been incorporated into several chapters. A new chapter addresses conditions most commonly treated successfully with this technique. New two-color design clarifies the illustrations and makes the text easy to follow. New contributed chapters discuss the scope of cranial work, the biodynamic model of osteopathy in the cranial field, chiropractic in the cranial field, the link between cranial dysfunction, and the teeth from a dental perspective.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0443074496

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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Fundamentals, Innovations, and Directions

By: Jose Leon-Carrion

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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Fundamentals, Innovations, and Directions

By: Jose Leon-Carrion

This definitive work, the combined effort of 30 international contributors, provides in-depth discussion of neuropsychological rehabilitation, the consequences of brain injury, fundamentals of recovery, current rehabilitation models, and treatment. Remarkable in the depth of its content, this publication reveals the numerous changes that have occurred over the past decade and the new pathways open to treating TBI. Experts from the United States and Europe detail the consolidation of neuropsychological rehabilitation as an interdisciplinary field with strong clinical and applied roots. The material explores the foundations which support and direct treatment, and it combines those foundations with a vision of the current state of the most innovative methodologies (e.g., gene therapy, post-traumatic sleep disorder intervention, neural transplants).

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CRC Press

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157444039X

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The History of Texas

By: Robert A. Calvert,Arnoldo De Leon,Gregg Cantrell

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The History of Texas

By: Robert A. Calvert,Arnoldo De Leon,Gregg Cantrell

The most comprehensive, best-illustrated survey of the Lone Star State—the new, updated edition of the classic text The History of Texas offers a sweeping exploration of the Lone Star State, covering its history from the pre-Columbian period, to the era of Spanish control, to nineteenth century watershed events, through the 1900s and into the new millennium. This engaging, student-friendly textbook looks at how people of diverse politics, identity, class, ethnicity, and race shaped the state’s past and continue to influence its present. Recent knowledge on the political, social, and cultural history of Texas provides insights on the celebrated figures, unsung heroes, and ordinary people of the state’s past. The sixth edition of this classic text has been revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship in all fields of Texas history, among them New Indian History and cultural and gender studies. The text offers fresh perspectives on Texas history, including discussions of the Progressive Era, the Great Depression, the Second World War and post-war modernization, and the state’s transition during the 1960s and into the 1980s. Revised chapters provide wide-ranging coverage of Texas in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including recent statewide and national elections and political debates. This textbook: Connects events in post-World War II Texas to the larger U.S. historical narrative Offers substantial coverage of events occurring from 1900 to 2018 Uses a chronological approach to divide chapters into easily identifiable eras Includes engaging illustrations, maps, and tables, an appendix, and inclusive lists of recommended readings Features online resources for students and instructors, including a test bank, maps, presentation slides, and more Effectively organized to better meet the needs of instructors, The History of Texas is the ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in Texas history at colleges and universities across both the state and the nation.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119581435

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9781119581437

Ninarphay Tales

Vol I - Iv

By: Leon Lowe

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Ninarphay Tales

Vol I - Iv

By: Leon Lowe

Ninarphay Tales are four intertwined young teen fantasy stories. each tale has flashes of gothic romance, mysticism, magic and timeless allegory. in volume one, four teenage girls are promoted to Ninarphay from Transzalore, a fantasy realm run by ogres and oni, to a fantasy world run by mythical beasts and magical creatures. in the second tale, we meet a mystical bird battling an ogre-like shark for the safety of two Ninarphain creatures, and in the third, we meet an excellently good Oni who saves a human girl from the underworld's demons. in our final outing, we meet the members of the pantheon of Ninarphay as they contend with keeping all children of Ninarphay safe from the underworld. Ninarphay Tales is a fun, adventurous and exuberant read from beginning to end. you will not get bored or even be disappointed.

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Applications of the Laser

By: Leon Goldman

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Applications of the Laser

By: Leon Goldman

The laser's range of application is extraordinary. Arthur Schawlow says, "What instrument can shuck a bucket of oysters, correct typing errors, fuse atoms, lay a straight line for a garden bed, repair detached retinas, and drill holes in dia monds?"O The laser's specifically biomedical uses cover a similarly broad and interesting spectrum. In this book, I have endeavored to convey some of the fas cination that the laser has long held for me. It is my hope that both clinicians and researchers in the various medical and surgical specialties will find the book a use ful introduction. Biologists, particularly molecular biologists, should also find a great deal of relevant information herein. This volume's distinguished contributors provide admirably lucid discussions of laser principles, instrumentation, and current practice in their respective special ties. Safety, design, capabilities, and costs of various lasers are also reviewed. We have aimed to create a practical text that is comprehensive but not exhaustive. Our emphasis on the practical, rather than the esoteric, is dictated not only by the short history of biomedical laser use, but by the extent of the community to which this information will appeal.

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1351086715

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Self-Exposure

Human-Interest Journalism and the Emergence of Celebrity in America, 1890-1940

By: Charles L. Ponce de Leon

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Self-Exposure

Human-Interest Journalism and the Emergence of Celebrity in America, 1890-1940

By: Charles L. Ponce de Leon

Few features of contemporary American culture are as widely lamented as the public's obsession with celebrity--and the trivializing effect this obsession has on what appears as news. Nevertheless, America's "culture of celebrity" remains misunderstood, particularly when critics discuss its historical roots. In this pathbreaking book, Charles Ponce de Leon provides a new interpretation of the emergence of celebrity. Focusing on the development of human-interest journalism about prominent public figures, he illuminates the ways in which new forms of press coverage gradually undermined the belief that famous people were "great," instead encouraging the public to regard them as complex, interesting, even flawed individuals and offering readers seemingly intimate glimpses of the "real" selves that were presumed to lie behind the calculated, self-promotional fronts that celebrities displayed in public. But human-interest journalism about celebrities did more than simply offer celebrities a new means of gaining publicity or provide readers with the "inside dope," says Ponce de Leon. In chapters devoted to celebrities from the realms of business, politics, entertainment, and sports, he shows how authors of celebrity journalism used their writings to weigh in on subjects as wide-ranging as social class, race relations, gender roles, democracy, political reform, self-expression, material success, competition, and the work ethic, offering the public a new lens through which to view these issues.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807862215

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9780807862216

Brandeis University

A Host at Last

By: Abram Leon Sachar

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Brandeis University

A Host at Last

By: Abram Leon Sachar

In this engaging account, the first president of Brandeis tells how many formidable obstacles to launching a new university without initial capital endowment or any hope of alumni support for at least a generation were overcome; how academic goals were drafted, distinguished faculty recruited, and chairs endowed; and how a dilapidated campus was expended into a well-organized plant of some 90 buildings. In this revision of the 1976 edition, Abram L. Sachar expands the scope of his commentary and imbues it with a critical depth and objectivity that comes from 20 additional years of active involvement in the service of the university.

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UPNE

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0874515858

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9780874515855

Selling in Customer Service

Integrating and Coordinating Service and Selling

By: Leon Cai

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Selling in Customer Service

Integrating and Coordinating Service and Selling

By: Leon Cai

Service" in this book refers to the behaviors and actions of serving customers. "Selling" in this book refers to the behaviors and actions of selling products to customers. Hence, this book is completely different from other books on these subjects—Despite the fact that there are many books on service improvement and many related to selling skills worldwide, there are few books on how service and selling are integrated and coordinated. Primarily, it focuses on the interaction and transition between "the behavior of service" and "the behavior of selling" by sharing methods and skills of how those two are interrelated. This book provides many helpful guidelines and solutions for turning customers’ satisfaction with service into growth in sales. Through many refreshing ideas, the author helps you deeply understand the significance of integration of and conversion between service and selling and the harm of disconnection between service and selling. Many new ideas and viewpoints, which are different from other service books or sales books, are discussed, such as the contention that "over-service and over-selling should be prevented." Instead of: Giving highly complex and abstract definitions of "service" or "selling," this book redefines service and selling with "say YES to customers" and "Make customers say YES" respectively. Insisting that customers’ satisfaction with service will naturally lead to their long-term loyalty, this book emphasizes that customers' satisfaction with service has a shelf lifetime, which will soon fade over time. Taking the achievement of customer satisfaction as the final purpose of service, the author believes that "the end of service is not customer satisfaction, but to create new customer needs and achieve increased sales." Taking "meeting or exceeding customer expectations" as the golden rule, the author insists that "customer expectations need to be reduced first, then satisfied, and upgraded finally." Focusing on the development of customers’ buying needs like other books do, this book focuses oppositely on the research of "why customers have no buying needs.

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1040098606

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9781040098608

8 Ways to Say "I Love My Life!"

By: Nancy De Los Santos Reza,Josefina Lopez,Margo De Leon,Laura de Anda,Susan Orosco, Bel Hernandez Castillo , Joanna Ilizaliturri Diaz,Rita Mosqueda Marmolejo

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8 Ways to Say "I Love My Life!"

By: Nancy De Los Santos Reza,Josefina Lopez,Margo De Leon,Laura de Anda,Susan Orosco, Bel Hernandez Castillo , Joanna Ilizaliturri Diaz,Rita Mosqueda Marmolejo

“If you don't do anything, nothing will happen.” Nancy De Los Santos Reza learned this important lesson early in life. College wasn't an option, so she got a job as a secretary. A colleague, an older woman who had taken a liking to her, encouraged Nancy to ask her supervisor about attending a professional conference in California. “What's the worst that could happen?” the woman asked. “They say 'no' and you don't go? You're already not going.” As a result, Nancy found herself in San Francisco on a life-changing trip. She would go on to earn two college degrees and become the producer of Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel's movie review program, At the Movies. De Los Santos Reza's is one of eight inspiring personal essays by Latinas included in this collection. Each contributor overcame obstacles to happiness and success, and here they share their life lessons in the hopes of motivating others. Whether overcoming fear, guilt or low self-esteem, these women seek to encourage others to discover their personal power. With a foreword by acclaimed musician Vikki Carr, 8 Ways to Say I Love My Life and Mean It! contains chapters by women from a variety of professional backgrounds. Contributors include Latin Heat president Bel Hernandez Castillo and playwright and author of Real Women Have Curves, Josefina Lopez. Performed as monologues in 2009 in Los Angeles, the sold-out, ten-run show received a rave review in the Los Angeles Times and an Imagen Award, which recognizes positive portrayals of Latinos in the media. Designed to help women believe in the power of self-love and inner strength, this book will appeal to all women who seek a path to fulfillment.

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Arte Publico Press

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1558857540

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Portraits of Conflict

A Photographic History of Louisiana in the Civil War

By: Carl Moneyhon,Carl H. Moneyhon,Bobby Leon Roberts

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Portraits of Conflict

A Photographic History of Louisiana in the Civil War

By: Carl Moneyhon,Carl H. Moneyhon,Bobby Leon Roberts

Centering on the common soldier, this photojournalistic album tells the stories of individuals--their heroics, fear, boredom--with some 250 photographs, five maps, and related documents. It also documents, by-the-by, the rise of field photography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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University of Arkansas Press

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1557281580

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Charles Doolittle Walcott, Paleontologist

By: Ellis Leon Yochelson

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Charles Doolittle Walcott, Paleontologist

By: Ellis Leon Yochelson

This biography of geologist Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927) documents his career and life from birth to his retirement from the US Geological Survey in 1907, when he became Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Kent State University Press

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0873385993

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9780873385992

Palpation and Assessment in Manual Therapy

Learning the Art and Refining your Skills

By: Leon Chaitow

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Palpation and Assessment in Manual Therapy

Learning the Art and Refining your Skills

By: Leon Chaitow

As the title suggests. this book has been written to assist manual therapists to understand and hone the palpatory skills which are essential to their effectiveness as practitioners. Skilful palpation is the foundation stone of all effective manual therapy assessments and treatments. The ability to use subtle and sensitive touch to examine and assess patients is essential for an accurate interpretation of the underlying problems of fascial and muscle function. The accurate interpretation of palpatory findings is difficult and comes with experience. This book aims to increase awareness of how to palpate and understanding of what is being felt. In this fourth edition of his now well-established and much loved book Leon Chaitow has introduced references to the latest research findings relating to fascia and its role in health and disease, so that practitioners can apply this knowledge in interpreting what they palpate. In addition to the author, six notable contributors from Europe and North America enhance the work's range and authority. All manual therapists, whatever their professional background, will benefit from the wealth of experience- and research-based information presented in this book.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1912085151

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9781912085156

Trauma Among Older People

Issues and Treatment

By: Leon Albert Hyer,Steven Sohnle

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Trauma Among Older People

Issues and Treatment

By: Leon Albert Hyer,Steven Sohnle

Trauma Among Older Adults presents an integrative model of treatment that considers current theories of treatment in light of special considerations relating to elderly patients. The book provides case studies, vignettes, and discussions, and demonstrates the importance of considering the personality, memory, and familial history of an elderly individual who has suffered a trauma.

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Routledge

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1317722337

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9781317722335

Trouble in Mind

Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow

By: Leon F. Litwack

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Trouble in Mind

Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow

By: Leon F. Litwack

A searing history of life under Jim Crow that recalls the bloodiest and most repressive period in the history of race relations in the United States—and the painful record of discrimination that haunts us to this day. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Been in the Storm So Long. "The stain of Jim Crow runs deep in 20th-century America.... Its effects remain the nation's most pressing business. Trouble in Mind is an absolutely essential account of its dreadful history and calamitous legacy." —The Washington Post In April 1899, Black laborer Sam Hose killed his white boss in self-defense. Wrongly accused of raping the man's wife, Hose was mutilated, stabbed, and burned alive in front of 2,000 cheering whites. His body was sold piecemeal to souvenir seekers; an Atlanta grocery displayed his knuckles in its front window for a week. Drawing on new documentation and first-person accounts, Litwack describes the injustices—both institutional and personal—inflicted against a people. Here, too, are the Black men and women whose activism, literature, and music preserved the genius of the human spirit.

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Vintage

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0375702636

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9780375702631

History Riddles

A Treasure Trove Book

By: Leon Conrad

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History Riddles

A Treasure Trove Book

By: Leon Conrad

Enjoy stories? Enjoy history? You’ll love this book! How well do you know your history? Pit your wits against this collection of 30 cultural riddles featuring popular historical stories and legends. Engage with these riddles out of sheer fun and curiosity as a reader, or use them when facilitating an Odyssey Dynamic Learning System journey (Liberalis Books, 2015). You’ll find they intrigue, tease, inform, educate, enlighten, and entertain. Still guessing? There are clues to help you. Think you’ve cracked them? Check out the background information for the answers and for suggestions on exploring topics further. How many riddles will you be able to solve?

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John Hunt Publishing

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1782792937

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9781782792932

An Atlas of Illinois Fishes

150 Years of Change

By: Brian A. Metzke,Brooks M. Burr,Leon C. Hinz Jr.,Lawrence M. Page,Christopher A. Taylor

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An Atlas of Illinois Fishes

150 Years of Change

By: Brian A. Metzke,Brooks M. Burr,Leon C. Hinz Jr.,Lawrence M. Page,Christopher A. Taylor

Lake Michigan, winding creeks, sprawling swamps, and one of the world’s great rivers--Illinois’s variety of aquatic habitats makes the Prairie State home to a diverse array of fishes. The first book of its kind in over forty years, An Atlas of Illinois Fishes is a combination of nature guide and natural history. It provides readers with an authoritative resource based on the extensive biological data collected by scientists since the mid-1850s. Each of the entries on Illinois’s 217 current and extirpated fish species offers one or more color photographs; maps depicting distributions at three time periods; descriptions of identifying features; notes on habitat preference; and comments on distribution. In addition, the authors provide a pictorial key for identifying Illinois fishes. Scientifically up-to-date and illustrated with over 240 color photos, An Atlas of Illinois Fishes is a benchmark in the study of Illinois’s ever-changing fish communities and the habitats that support them.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252053087

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9780252053085

Been in the Storm So Long

The Aftermath of Slavery

By: Leon F. Litwack

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Been in the Storm So Long

The Aftermath of Slavery

By: Leon F. Litwack

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award Based on hitherto unexamined sources: interviews with ex-slaves, diaries and accounts by former slaveholders, this "rich and admirably written book" (Eugene Genovese, The New York Times Book Review) aims to show how, during the Civil War and after Emancipation, blacks and whites interacted in ways that dramatized not only their mutual dependency, but the ambiguities and tensions that had always been latent in "the peculiar institution." Contents 1. "The Faithful Slave" 2. Black Liberators 3. Kingdom Comin' 4. Slaves No More 5. How Free is Free? 6. The Feel of Freedom: Moving About 7. Back to Work: The Old Compulsions 8. Back to Work: The New Dependency 9. The Gospel and the Primer 10. Becoming a People

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Vintage

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0307773612

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Fortunate Son

The Life of Elvis Presley

By: Charles L. Ponce de Leon

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Fortunate Son

The Life of Elvis Presley

By: Charles L. Ponce de Leon

Elvis Presley was celebrity's perfect storm. His sole but substantial contribution was talent, a fact Charles L. Ponce de Leon is careful to demonstrate throughout his wonderfully contextual Fortunate Son. Even as the moments of lucidity necessary to exercise that talent grew rarer and rarer, Elvis proved his musical gifts right up to the end of his life. Beyond that, however, he was fortune's child. Fortunate Son succinctly traces out the larger shifts that repeatedly redefined the cultural landscape during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, using Elvis's life to present a brief history of American popular culture during these tumultuous decades.

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Macmillan + ORM

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0374707332

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The Philosophy of Marx (RLE Marxism)

By: William Leon McBride

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The Philosophy of Marx (RLE Marxism)

By: William Leon McBride

This book, first published in 1977, presents for the first time a serious and systematic assessment of Marx primarily as a philosopher. It considers all major aspects of Marx’s theory – its methodology, its ontological dimensions, its approaches to the descriptions of history and of societies and their economic structures, its alleged predictions and its vision of the future – as well as some of its intellectual antecedents and twentieth-century heirs. The presentation of Marx’s ideas attempts to be at once faithful to them, as distinguished from their reinterpretations by later ‘Marxists’, and yet novel in form and language. From this unique standpoint, the book aims to bring the student of philosophy and of political ideas to a closer understanding of the intellectual foundations of Marx’s Capital and his writings in collaboration with Engels.

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Routledge

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1317504135

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Green Light to Kill

By: Richard Leon

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Green Light to Kill

By: Richard Leon

Richard Leon presents the debut of his new series, a story ahead of the headlines. It is January 20, 2009, descendants of ex-Confederates and their neo-Nazi allies launch the Second Civil War in the United States of America. On this night of all nights President Jasper Bohannons inaugural party is interrupted by a sneak attack on Washington causing terror, chaos and confusion in the nations capital. The President unleashes his private hit squad the Eradicators led by Skeeter Macklin and Mickey Stovall under the leadership of Mad Sam Falk, they must thwart the diabolical scheme of a rogue US Senator, Robin Calhoun. After the attack the evil genius orders her SOS operatives to destroy Boston. The Presidents assassins are up against the clock as they try to prevent another more horrific assault from happening. The terrorists struck America in her heart now the White Houses secret unit must prevent them from destroying her soul. The Eradicators are given the green light to kill. Will the Presidents men save the United States as we know it? The situation has a short fuse and time is not their friend.

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1481767836

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Understanding The Merchant of Venice

A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

By: Jay leon Halio

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Understanding The Merchant of Venice

A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

By: Jay leon Halio

The Merchant of Venice, even in its own time, was considered Shakespeare's most controversial play. Now, one of the most popularly read and performed works, the play raises even more important issues for our day, particularly anti-Semitism and the treatment of Jews. Shakespeare scholar Jay Halio brings together his fascinating literary insights and his considerable knowledge of Shakespeare's world to this student casebook. His analysis of the play helps students interpret Shakespeare's plot and interwoven subplots, the sources that helped shape the play and the characters, and the thematic issues relating to justice, mercy, and the myriad bonds of human relationships. These themes serve as starting points for a broader understanding of the issues discussed and documented: Elizabethan marriage and women's matrimonial rights; Renaissance concepts of male friendship; legal, moral, and religious views of usury; and the treatment of Jews in Venice and beyond. The concerns raised by the play are put into context with historical materials including Sir Francis Bacon's essay Of Friendship, excerpts from Henry Smith's 1591 A Preparative to Marriage, extracts from Phillip Stubbes' 1583 Anatomy of Abuses, and Travel Accounts by Fynes Moryson that describe Venice and how Jews lived there in the early 1600s. This casebook also considers contemporary applications, with essays and editorials on current hate groups in the United States, the treatment of women, and male bonding. This section, culminating with a poignant interview in which actor Hal Halbrook discusses his stage portrayal of Shylock, will leave readers with an appreciation for how profoundly relevant The Merchant of Venice remains for our time. This casebook introduces students to the many issues in the play with a Literary and Dramatic Analysis chapter. Six topic chapters examine the play in its historical context, combining expert discussion and primary documents, making this ideal for interdisciplinary study. Each topic section contains ideas for classroom discussions, research papers, and further suggested readings to help students get the most out of their study of The Merchant of Venice.

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Workingmen's Democracy

The Knights of Labor and American Politics

By: Leon Fink

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Workingmen's Democracy

The Knights of Labor and American Politics

By: Leon Fink

Focusing on the operation and influence of the Knights of Labor—the leading labor organization of the nineteenth century—Workingmen's Democracy explores the dreams, achievements, and failures of a movement that sought to renew the democratic potential of American institutions. Runner-up in both the John H. Dunning Prize and Albert J. Beveridge Award competitions

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The Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters

By: Leon Claire Metz

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The Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters

By: Leon Claire Metz

Standoffs, saloons, and sunsets spring to mind when one envisions the rough and tumble early days of the American frontier.

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Understanding Social Problems, Policies, and Programs

By: Leon H. Ginsberg,Julie Miller-Cribbs

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Understanding Social Problems, Policies, and Programs

By: Leon H. Ginsberg,Julie Miller-Cribbs

In this fourth edition of a social work standard, Leon Ginsberg and Julie Miller-Cribbs offer an updated version of the text that has introduced thousands of social work students to the defining policies and procedures of the profession. Concise yet comprehensive, the volume surveys the span of social welfare history, explains the elements of social welfare policy education, and describes the impact of executive, legislative, and judicial initiatives on the delivery of social services.

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