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Gold & Glory

By: Luke Marusiak

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Five from Pennsylvania, a diverse group themselves, join one of the most eclectic and talented group ever assembled that includes exU.S. Military fresh from victories in both the Cold War and Desert Storm; young PhDs from the United States, Asia, India, Europe, and Israel, the recent surge of technical women in the workforce; and AT&T Bell Labs expatriates in the 1990s Silicon Valley. This team and their company do what pundits long believed impossiblebeat the Japanese in computer chip semiconductor equipment manufacturing. Defying both the government-subsidized consortium and the presumed inexorable American technical decline, the group takes on all comers in a risky and audacious strategy to dominate an industry long given up as lost. The passionate clashes, heartbreaking losses, and stunning achievements highlight the lives, hopes, and dreams in one of the great untold stories of the 1990s. This novel is part of the Good Fight Series and continues the stories of the characters from Marx & Ford, Loud & Clear, and Fear & Hope. The Good Fight Series follows these characters into the tumultuous early years of the twenty-first century in the upcoming Thump & Riposte.

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1499070608

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Fear & Hope

By: Luke Marusiak

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Fear & Hope

By: Luke Marusiak

The collapse of the steel industry in the 1970s hit Western Pennsylvania hard. Hundreds of thousands lost their livelihoods, population sank, schools closed, and despair ruled many. In the midst of these trials, the destinies of three who came of age during that time Philip Bennet, Liam Conti, and Ruth O'Brien were determined by the choice they made: that of fear or that of hope. As the three grapple with their situation and their yearning for significance, they discover their fight is part of a much larger struggle. Excerpt from the preface Barack Obama referring to Pennsylvanians, April 2008: "It's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them . . ." That characterization is so far from the truth; an answer is in order. Fear & Hope is intended to be that answer. This novel is meant, first of all, to entertain because the Western Pennsylvania tragedies and triumphs are one heck of story. But it is also, in some small measure, meant to both rebuff Mr. Obama's pompous marginalization and point out the cautionary tales of high-cost mistakes made then that are being repeated today. This novel is part of the Good Fight Series and overlaps times and characters of Marx & Ford, Loud & Clear, and the upcoming Gold & Glory.

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148364572X

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Group Counseling with LGBTQI Persons Across the Life Span

By: Kristopher Goodrich,Melissa Luke

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Group Counseling with LGBTQI Persons Across the Life Span

By: Kristopher Goodrich,Melissa Luke

This unique resource provides strengths-based, group counseling strategies designed to meet the needs of LGBTQI clients in a variety of settings. Drs. Goodrich and Luke capture the developmental concerns of LGBTQI individuals throughout the life cycle as they establish and maintain intimate relationships, create families, encounter career concerns, and navigate other milestones and transitions. Illustrative case examples and interventions throughout the text, as well as warnings and recommendations, make this an ideal resource for practice and group work courses. After a discussion of the history of group work with the LGBTQI community, the planning and process issues that group leaders should consider in their work, and relevant ethical and legal concerns, the authors explore a range of group types and pertinent issues. Individual chapters focus on the following types of counseling: child and adolescent; same-gender adult; intersex and transgender; coming out/disclosure; school, community outpatient, and residential; couples and family; substance abuse; grief and loss; and advocacy. Chapters on group work supervision and the importance of allies round out the book. *Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. *To purchase print copies, please visit the ACA website. *Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to publications@counseling.org

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119098327

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9781119098324

A Layperson's Guide to Biblical Interpretation

A Means to Know the Personal God

By: Luke Brad Bobo

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A Layperson's Guide to Biblical Interpretation

A Means to Know the Personal God

By: Luke Brad Bobo

Interpreting an ancient book like the Bible can be an intimidating task. Hopefully, this book will demystify or make less complicated the task of Biblical interpretation for the layperson (or seminarian) by the use of a handy and memorable acronym 'SCAR'--where S means sitting with the text to listen to the Biblical author's words over and over again; where C means the literary and cultural-historical contexts; where A means analysis; and finally, where R means God's Redemptive Remedy. Readers are treated to some accessible theory behind Biblical interpretation in Part 1 and examples in Part 2, where SCAR is applied directly to two Old Testament and two New Testament texts. God has revealed himself on the pages of Scripture. He has revealed himself because he wants to be jealously and desperately known; so, my prayer for you is that this small book along with the True Biblical Interpreter, the Holy Spirit, will greatly and patiently escort you in this endeavor so that you fall more in love with our beautiful and gracious God who knows and loves you intimately. And may your growing and maturing love for him manifest itself in your unwavering obedience to him.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498208894

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Marx & Ford

By: Luke Marusiak

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Marx & Ford

By: Luke Marusiak

This provocative fiction explores the consequences of twins choices. It is a riveting tale that follows the lives of twins John and Thomas Staid who are similar in every way, until they grow distant in their beliefs and the paths they take. From rural Pennsylvania to a gritty housing area in Pittsburgh; from a small private college to a glittering Silicon Valley start up - twins grapple with both their rivalry and the consequence of their choices. The reader ultimately will feel an affinity for one of the brothers thus the question which twin will you love, which will you hate? Readers will uncover surprises as the story unfolds. Marx & Ford engages the reader to an intellectual and intriguing literary adventure.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1456874985

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The Ontology of Space in Biblical Hebrew Narrative

The Determinate Function of Narrative Space within the Biblical Hebrew Aesthetic

By: Luke Gartner-Brereton

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The Ontology of Space in Biblical Hebrew Narrative

The Determinate Function of Narrative Space within the Biblical Hebrew Aesthetic

By: Luke Gartner-Brereton

The central premise of this book is that biblical Hebrew narrative, in terms of its structure, tends to operate under similar mechanical constraints to those of a stage-play; wherein 'space' is central, characters are fluid, and 'objects' within the narrative tend to take on a deep internal significance. The smaller episodic narrative units within the Hebrew aesthetic tend to grant primacy to space, both ideologically and at the mechanical level of the text itself. However 'space', as a determinate structural category, has been all but overlooked in the field of biblical studies to date; reflecting perhaps our own inability, as modern readers, to see beyond the dominant 'cinematic' aesthetic of our times. The book is divided into two major sections, each beginning with a more theoretical approach to the function of narrative space, and ending with a practical application of the previous discussion; using "Genesis 28.10-22" (the Bethel narrative) and the book of "Ruth" respectively, as test cases.

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Routledge

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1317490762

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9781317490760

Refuge Reimagined

Biblical Kinship in Global Politics

By: Mark R. Glanville,Luke Glanville

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Refuge Reimagined

Biblical Kinship in Global Politics

By: Mark R. Glanville,Luke Glanville

Mark R. Glanville and Luke Glanville offer a new approach to compassion for displaced people: a biblical ethic of kinship. Challenging the fear-based ethic that often motivates Christian approaches, they demonstrate how this ethic is consistently conveyed throughout the Bible and can be practically embodied today.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830853820

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These Heroic, Happy Dead

Stories

By: Luke Mogelson

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These Heroic, Happy Dead

Stories

By: Luke Mogelson

With his harrowing debut, Luke Mogelson provides an unsentimental, unflinching glimpse into the lives of those forever changed by war. Subtle links between these ten powerful stories magnify the consequences of combat for both soldiers and civilians, as the violence experienced abroad echoes through their lives in America. Troubled veterans first introduced as criminals in “To the Lake” and “Visitors” are shown later in “New Guidance” and “Kids,” during the deployments that shaped their futures. A seemingly minor soldier in “New Guidance” becomes the protagonist of “A Human Cry,” where his alienation from society leads to a shocking confrontation. The fate of a hapless Gulf War veteran who reenlists in “Sea Bass” is revealed in “Peacetime,” the story of a New York City medic's struggle with his inurement to calamity . A shady contractor job gone wrong in “A Beautiful Country” is a news item for a reporter in “Total Solar,” as he navigates the surreal world of occupied Kabul. Shifting in time and narrative perspective—from the home front to active combat, between experienced leaders, flawed infantrymen, a mother, a child, an Afghan-American translator, and a foreign correspondent--these stories offer a multifaceted examination of the unexpected costs of war. Here is an evocative, deep work that charts the legacy of an unprecedented conflict, and the burdens of those it touched. Written with remarkable empathy and elegance, These Heroic, Happy Dead heralds the arrival of an extraordinary new talent.

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Crown

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1101906839

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9781101906835

Killer Children - Kids Who Killed

By: Luke Armitage

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Killer Children - Kids Who Killed

By: Luke Armitage

32 shocking true crime cases where children and teenagers committed murder. Includes - William Cornick, the Yorkshire schoolboy who stabbed his languages teacher to death because he didn't like her. The fourteen year-old 'Twilight Killers' Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham - one of the most harrowing cases in British true crime history. Maria Rossi and Christina Molloy - the teenage girls who brutally murdered a vulnerable pensioner in South Wales. Zachary Davis - the fifteen year-old who murdered his mother with a sledgehammer. Philip Chism - a schoolboy who brazenly raped and murdered his young female maths teacher in school. Noah Crooks - a thirteen year-old kid who shot his mother 22 times because she confiscated his Call of Duty computer game. Tsuji Natsumi - an eleven year-old girl who killed her best friend with a Stanley knife because she didn't like something that had been posted on her blog. Other cases in the book include Paris Bennett, Josh Phillips, Mary Bell, Sharon Carr, Sarah Marie Johnson, and many more.

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epubli

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3757516265

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Loud & Clear

By: Luke Marusiak

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Loud & Clear

By: Luke Marusiak

Hank Rudzinski always wanted to be a hero. He fi nds Amy, a partner in his quest, and joins the Army. From Pennsylvania to West Germany; from a Georgia Army Post to a Mississippi Air Force Base; from an Infantry Division in Missouri to the deserts of Iraq in 1991they realize that heroes are made of something different than rank or medals. They also discover that great causes bring out the best but also the very worst of people. This novel pulls aside the curtain to reveal the grandeur and grittiness of such pursuits. It is also a novel of love and hate; highlighting the lifelong permanence of soul searing choices. This book is part of the Good Fight Series and overlaps times and characters of Marx & Ford and the upcoming Fear & Hope.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1479777056

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The Other Side of Middletown

Exploring Muncie's African American Community

By: Luke E. Lassiter

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The Other Side of Middletown

Exploring Muncie's African American Community

By: Luke E. Lassiter

Prompted by the overt omission of Muncie's black community from the famous study by Lynd and Lynd, Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture, the authors uncover the neglected part of the story of Middletown, a well-known pseudonym for the Midwestern city of Muncie, Indiana. It is a uniquely collaborative field study involving local experts, ethnographers, and teams of college students. The book, The Other Side of Middletown, and DVD, Middletown Redux, are valuable resources for community research. Sponsored by the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, Muncie, Indiana.

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Rowman Altamira

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0759104840

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9780759104846

The Booker Prize and the Legacy of Empire

By: Luke Strongman

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The Booker Prize and the Legacy of Empire

By: Luke Strongman

This book is about the Booker Prize - the London-based literary award made annually to "the best novel written in English" by a writer from one of those countries belonging to, or formerly part of, the British Commonwealth. The approach to the Prize is thematically historical and spans the award period to 1999. The novels that have won or shared the Prize in this period are examined within a theoretical framework mapping the literary terrain of the fiction. Individual chapters explore themes that occur within the larger narrative formed by this body of novels - collectively invoked cultures, social trends and movements spanning the stages of imperial heyday and decline as perceived over the past three decades. Individually and collectively, the novels mirror, often in terms of more than a single static image, British imperial culture after empire, contesting and reinterpreting perceptions of the historical moment of the British Empire and its legacy in contemporary culture. The body of Booker novels narrates the demise of empire and the emergence of different cultural formations in its aftermath. The novels are grouped for discussion according to the way in which they deal with aspects of the transition from empire to a post-imperial culture - from early imperial expansion, through colonization, retrenchment, decolonization and postcolonial pessimism, to the emergence of tribal nationalisms and post-imperial nation-states. The focus throughout is primarily literary and contingently cultural.

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Rodopi

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9042014881

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9789042014886

The Best Book of Baseball Facts & Stats

By: Luke Friend,Don Zminda,John Mehno,Sports Team Analysis and Tracking Systems, Inc

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The Best Book of Baseball Facts & Stats

By: Luke Friend,Don Zminda,John Mehno,Sports Team Analysis and Tracking Systems, Inc

Cheney fans 21 in 16 innings. In 1962, Washington Senator's pitcher Tom Cheney set a major league strike-out record: twenty-one batters in a sixteen inning marathon. These events and much more are collected in a comprehensive and compact compendium, The Best Book of Baseball Facts and Stats. Information packed, this book records all the important players, teams, games and statistics, and: Profiles of more than one hundred current and all-time great players Charts the Major League franchises from their beginnings to their current standings Details every World Series since 1903 and many other key games Highlights the contributions of the best managers and how they shaped the game Celebrates the great stadiums like Fenway's Green Monster and Wrigley Field Discusses the facts behind the notorious scandals and controversies Lists comprehensive statistics for each position: single-game and single-season leaders for both the regular season and championships Lists award winners, MVPs, rookies of the year, and Hall of Fame inductees. Do you know the 1954 American League MVP? Want to read the most famous Yogi-ism? Enjoy reading the extraordinary achievements of the baseball's finest players? The Best Book of Baseball Facts and Stats is the ideal reference for baseball fans of all ages.

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Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books

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155407049X

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9781554070497

The Formula

How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems . . . and Create More

By: Luke Dormehl

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The Formula

How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems . . . and Create More

By: Luke Dormehl

A fascinating guided tour of the complex, fast-moving, and influential world of algorithms—what they are, why they’re such powerful predictors of human behavior, and where they’re headed next. Algorithms exert an extraordinary level of influence on our everyday lives - from dating websites and financial trading floors, through to online retailing and internet searches - Google's search algorithm is now a more closely guarded commercial secret than the recipe for Coca-Cola. Algorithms follow a series of instructions to solve a problem and will include a strategy to produce the best outcome possible from the options and permutations available. Used by scientists for many years and applied in a very specialized way they are now increasingly employed to process the vast amounts of data being generated, in investment banks, in the movie industry where they are used to predict success or failure at the box office and by social scientists and policy makers. What if everything in life could be reduced to a simple formula? What if numbers were able to tell us which partners we were best matched with – not just in terms of attractiveness, but for a long-term committed marriage? Or if they could say which films would be the biggest hits at the box office, and what changes could be made to those films to make them even more successful? Or even who is likely to commit certain crimes, and when? This may sound like the world of science fiction, but in fact it is just the tip of the iceberg in a world that is increasingly ruled by complex algorithms and neural networks. In The Formula, Luke Dormehl takes readers inside the world of numbers, asking how we came to believe in the all-conquering power of algorithms; introducing the mathematicians, artificial intelligence experts and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who are shaping this brave new world, and ultimately asking how we survive in an era where numbers can sometimes seem to create as many problems as they solve.

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Penguin

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0698158849

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Answer Is Baseball

By: Luke Salisbury

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Answer Is Baseball

By: Luke Salisbury

Salisbury's witty and literate volume is a true baseball catechism that initiates readers into the deepest mysteries of the game. It is an intriguing and eccentric combination of history and trivia. Drawings.

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Vintage Books USA

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067972642X

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9780679726425

Small Claims Court Guide for Florida

Win Your Case and Collect Your Money!

By: Luke S. Brown

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Small Claims Court Guide for Florida

Win Your Case and Collect Your Money!

By: Luke S. Brown

Small Claims Court was created to allow people pursue their cases without an attorney. But, without guidance, you can risk not presenting your case to the best advantage. With the help of this step-by-step guide, you can enter the courtroom with confidence and argue your case clearly and powerfully. Whether you are suing or defending, this book will take you through the Florida Small Claims Court system, from filing a complaint to collecting your judgment.Includes all sample forms, plus details on: -- Resolving a dispute without going to court -- Types of cases handled by the Small Claims Court -- Steps to take if you are being sued -- Preparing for trial -- Appealing a Small Claims Court judgment

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Bellingham, Wash. ; North Vancouver, B.C. : Self-Counsel Press

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0889087806

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9780889087804

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Gold & Glory

Gold & Glory

Fear & Hope

Fear & Hope

Group Counseling with LGBTQI Persons Across the Life Span

Group Counseling with LGBTQI Persons Across the Life Span

A Layperson's Guide to Biblical Interpretation

A Layperson's Guide to Biblical Interpretation

Marx & Ford

Marx & Ford

The Ontology of Space in Biblical Hebrew Narrative

The Ontology of Space in Biblical Hebrew Narrative

Refuge Reimagined

Refuge Reimagined

These Heroic, Happy Dead

These Heroic, Happy Dead

Killer Children - Kids Who Killed

Killer Children - Kids Who Killed

Loud & Clear

Loud & Clear

The Other Side of Middletown

The Other Side of Middletown

The Booker Prize and the Legacy of Empire

The Booker Prize and the Legacy of Empire

The Best Book of Baseball Facts & Stats

The Best Book of Baseball Facts & Stats

The Formula

The Formula

Answer Is Baseball

Answer Is Baseball

Small Claims Court Guide for Florida

Small Claims Court Guide for Florida

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