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The Brittle Thread of Life

Backcountry People Make a Place for Themselves in Early America

By: Mark Williams

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The Brittle Thread of Life

Backcountry People Make a Place for Themselves in Early America

By: Mark Williams

The colonists who settled the backcountry in eighteenth-century New England were recruited from the social fringe, people who were desperate for land, autonomy, and respectability and who were willing to make a hard living in a rugged environment. Mark Williams’ microhistorical approach gives voice to the settlers, proprietors, and officials of the small colonial settlements that became Granby, Connecticut, and Ashfield, Massachusetts. These people—often disrespectful, disorderly, presumptuous, insistent, and defiant—were drawn to the ideology of the Revolution in the 1760s and 1770s that stressed equality, independence, and property rights. The backcountry settlers pushed the emerging nation’s political culture in a more radical direction than many of their leaders or the Founding Fathers preferred and helped put a democratic imprint on the new nation. This accessibly written book will resonate with all those interested in the social and political relationships of early America.

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Yale University Press

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0300139225

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Sharks in the Arts

From Feared to Revered

By: Vivienne Westbrook,Shaun Collin,Dean Crawford,Mark Nicholls

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Sharks in the Arts

From Feared to Revered

By: Vivienne Westbrook,Shaun Collin,Dean Crawford,Mark Nicholls

This book is the most thorough exploration to date of the many ways in which a wild creature has been absorbed, reimagined and represented across the ages in all of the major art forms. The authors consider not only how the identity of sharks in the natural environment became incorporated into a cultural environment but also how sharks came to be considered the most feared creatures in the open oceans as a consequence of this incorporation. Yet sharks are especially important in helping to maintain a balance that is essential to the health of the oceans. The book begins with a treatment of the three sharks at the top of global shark-attack files from scientific, economic and environmental perspectives. Subsequent chapters engage with cultural representations of sharks in poetry, drama, art, novels, screenplay adaptations and films. Through an exploration of the ways in which sharks have been represented in human culture through the centuries, this book alerts the global community to the importance of sharks as a common cultural heritage. It aims to change perceptions of sharks so that they can become more revered than feared. The authors of this book argue that an increased understanding of sharks should lead to the development of better strategies for shark and human interactions. This book will be of great interest to researchers and students of the Environmental Humanities, Cultural History and the Arts. It is also excellent supplementary reading for courses in Zoology and Marine Science.

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Routledge

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1317399072

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9781317399070

Comparative Politics

Rationality, Culture, and Structure

By: Mark Irving Lichbach,Alan S. Zuckerman

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Comparative Politics

Rationality, Culture, and Structure

By: Mark Irving Lichbach,Alan S. Zuckerman

This book reassesses the research schools in comparative politics, assessing knowledge, advancing theory, and in the end seeking to direct research in the coming years. It begins by examining the three research schools that guide comparative politics; rational choice theory, culturalist analysis, and structuralist approaches. The first set of contributors offer briefs for each of the schools, presenting core principles, variations within each approach, and fresh combinations. A second set of authors applies the research schools to established fields of scholarship. The concluding section contains essays by the editors, returning the focus to the theme of advanced theory in comparative politics.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521586682

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9780521586689

Values and Vaccine Refusal

Hard Questions in Ethics, Epistemology, and Health Care

By: Mark Navin

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Values and Vaccine Refusal

Hard Questions in Ethics, Epistemology, and Health Care

By: Mark Navin

Parents in the US and other societies are increasingly refusing to vaccinate their children, even though popular anti-vaccine myths – e.g. ‘vaccines cause autism’ – have been debunked. This book explains the epistemic and moral failures that lead some parents to refuse to vaccinate their children. First, some parents have good reasons not to defer to the expertise of physicians, and to rely instead upon their own judgments about how to care for their children. Unfortunately, epistemic self-reliance systematically distorts beliefs in areas of inquiry in which expertise is required (like vaccine immunology). Second, vaccine refusers and mainstream medical authorities are often committed to different values surrounding health and safety. For example, while vaccine advocates stress that vaccines have low rates of serious complications, vaccine refusers often resist vaccination because it is ‘unnatural’ and because they view vaccine-preventable diseases as a ‘natural’ part of childhood. Finally, parents who refuse vaccines rightly resist the utilitarian moral arguments – ‘for the greater good’ – that vaccine advocates sometimes make. Unfortunately, vaccine refusers also sometimes embrace a pernicious hyper-individualism that sanctions free-riding on herd immunity and that cultivates indifference to the interpersonal and social harms that unvaccinated persons may cause.

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Routledge

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1317653181

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9781317653189

Presidential Leadership in Feeble Times

Explaining Executive Power in the Gilded Age

By: Mark Zachary Taylor

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Presidential Leadership in Feeble Times

Explaining Executive Power in the Gilded Age

By: Mark Zachary Taylor

Do presidents matter for America's economic performance? We tend to stereotype the Gilded Age presidents of the late nineteenth century as weak. We also assume that the American people were intellectually misguided about the economy and the government's role in it during this era. And we generally dismiss the Gilded Age macro-economy as boring--little interesting or important happened. Instead, the micro-economics of the business world was where the action was located. More broadly, many economists and political scientists believe that individual presidents do not matter much, even in the twenty-first century. Institutional constraints and historical circumstance dictate success or failure; the White House is just along for the ride. In Presidential Leadership in Feeble Times, Mark Zachary Taylor shows that all of this is mistaken. Taylor tells the story of three decades of Gilded Age economic upheaval with a focus on presidential leadership--why did some presidents crash and burn, while others prospered? It turns out that neither education nor experience mattered much. Nor did brains, personal ethics, or party affiliation. Instead, differences in presidential vision and leadership style had dramatic consequences. And even in this unlikely period, presidents powerfully affected national economic performance and their success came from surprising sources, with important lessons for us today.

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Oxford University Press

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0197750745

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Radio Man

The Remarkable Rise and Fall of C.O. Stanley

By: Mark Frankland

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Radio Man

The Remarkable Rise and Fall of C.O. Stanley

By: Mark Frankland

In 1929, Stanley bought a small radio manufacturing company from its founder, W. G. Pye. By the time it crashed and burned in 1966, the Pye company had become an international empire employing 30,000 workers, and was associated with some of the most dramatic application of electronics in the period. Frankland, a journalist with a background in history, tells the story of the man and his company. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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IET

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0852962037

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Teaching Multiwriting

Researching and Composing with Multiple Genres, Media, Disciplines, and Cultures

By: Robert L. Davis,Mark F Shadle

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Teaching Multiwriting

Researching and Composing with Multiple Genres, Media, Disciplines, and Cultures

By: Robert L. Davis,Mark F Shadle

Formulaic ways to train students in composition and rhetoric are no longer effective, say authors Robert L. Davis and Mark F. Shadle. Scholar-teachers must instead reinvent the field from the inside. Teaching Multiwriting: Researching and Composing with Multiple Genres, Media, Disciplines, and Cultures presents just such a reinvention with multiwriting, an alternative, open approach to composition. Seeking to open the minds of both writers and readers to new understandings, the authors argue for the supplanting of the outdated research paper assignment with research projects that use multiple forms to explore questions that cannot be fully answered. This innovative volume, geared to composition teachers at all levels, includes sixteen helpful illustrations and provides classroom exercises and projects for each chapter.

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SIU Press

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0809327546

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Shanghaiing Sailors

A Maritime History of Forced Labor, 1849-1915

By: Mark Strecker

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Shanghaiing Sailors

A Maritime History of Forced Labor, 1849-1915

By: Mark Strecker

Shaghaiing," or forcing a man to join the crew of a merchant ship against his will, plagued seafarers the world over between 1849 and 1915. Perpetrators were known as "crimps," and they had no respect for a man's education, social status, race, religion, or seafaring experience. The merchant ships were involved in the opium, tea and gold trades, and the practice was spurred by the opening of the Suez Canal. A major reason for it was a shortage of sailors and the unwillingness of seamen to sail on certain types of ships. They suffered from great deprivations, all for a paltry sum usually squandered during shore leave. Navies and pirates had their own form of shanghaiing called impressment. This work explores the rich history of shanghaiing and impressment with a focus on victims and also considers the 19th century seafarer and the circumstances that made shanghaiing so lucrative.

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McFarland

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1476615764

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China between Empires

The Northern and Southern Dynasties

By: Mark Edward Lewis

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China between Empires

The Northern and Southern Dynasties

By: Mark Edward Lewis

After the collapse of the Han dynasty in the third century CE, China divided along a north-south line. Mark Lewis traces the changes that both underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw the geographic redefinition of China, more engagement with the outside world, significant changes to family life, developments in the literary and social arenas, and the introduction of new religions. The Yangzi River valley arose as the rice-producing center of the country. Literature moved beyond the court and capital to depict local culture, and newly emerging social spaces included the garden, temple, salon, and country villa. The growth of self-defined genteel families expanded the notion of the elite, moving it away from the traditional great Han families identified mostly by material wealth. Trailing the rebel movements that toppled the Han, the new faiths of Daoism and Buddhism altered every aspect of life, including the state, kinship structures, and the economy. By the time China was reunited by the Sui dynasty in 589 ce, the elite had been drawn into the state order, and imperial power had assumed a more transcendent nature. The Chinese were incorporated into a new world system in which they exchanged goods and ideas with states that shared a common Buddhist religion. The centuries between the Han and the Tang thus had a profound and permanent impact on the Chinese world.

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Harvard University Press

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0674265408

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9780674265400

Big Money, Little Effort

A Winning Strategy for Profitable Long-term Investment

By: Mark Shipman

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Big Money, Little Effort

A Winning Strategy for Profitable Long-term Investment

By: Mark Shipman

Big Money, Little Effort" provides everything prospective investors need to know about making the worlds money markets work to their advantage, enabling them to turn basic investments into a winning portfolio.

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Kogan Page Publishers

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0749449438

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9780749449438

The Myth of the Imperial Judiciary

Why the Right is Wrong about the Courts

By: Mark Kozlowski

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The Myth of the Imperial Judiciary

Why the Right is Wrong about the Courts

By: Mark Kozlowski

Few institutions have become as ferociously fought over in democratic politics as the courts. While political criticism of judges in this country goes back to its inception, today’s intensely ideological assault is nearly unprecedented. Spend any amount of time among the writings of contemporary right-wing critics of judicial power, and you are virtually assured of seeing repeated complaints about the “imperial judiciary.” American conservatives contend not only that judicial power has expanded dangerously in recent decades, but that liberal judges now willfully write their policy preferences into law. They raise alarms that American courts possess a degree of power incompatible with the functioning of a democratic polity. The Myth of the Imperial Judiciary explores the anti-judicial ideological trend of the American right, refuting these claims and taking a realistic look at the role of courts in our democracy to show that conservatives have a highly unrealistic conception of their power. Kozlowski first assesses the validity of the conservative view of the Founders’ intent, arguing that courts have played an assertive role in our politics since their establishment. He then considers contemporary judicial powers to show that conservatives have greatly overstated the extent to which the expansion of rights which has occurred has worked solely to the benefit of liberals. Kozlowski reveals the ways in which the claims of those on the right are often either unsupported or simply wrong. He concludes that American courts, far from imperiling our democracy or our moral fabric, stand as a bulwark against the abuse of legislative power, acting forcefully, as they have always done, to give meaning to constitutional promises.

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NYU Press

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0814749291

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9780814749296

International Real Estate

A Comparative Approach

By: Mark Lee Levine

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International Real Estate

A Comparative Approach

By: Mark Lee Levine

Explores the economic, political, geographic, and cultural issues that impact real estate practice in 33 countries spanning six continents.

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Dearborn Real Estate

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0793158729

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9780793158720

Modern Alchemy

Occultism and the Emergence of Atomic Theory

By: Mark Morrisson

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Modern Alchemy

Occultism and the Emergence of Atomic Theory

By: Mark Morrisson

Alchemists are generally held to be the quirky forefathers of science, blending occultism with metaphysical pursuits. Although many were intelligent and well-intentioned thinkers, the oft-cited goals of alchemy paint these antiquated experiments as wizardry, not scientific investigation. Whether seeking to produce a miraculous panacea or struggling to transmute lead into gold, the alchemists radical goals held little relevance to consequent scientific pursuits. Thus, the temptation is to view the transition from alchemy to modern science as one that discarded fantastic ideas about philosophers stones and magic potions in exchange for modest yet steady results. It has been less noted, however, that the birth of atomic science actually coincided with an efflorescence of occultism and esoteric religion that attached deep significance to questions about the nature of matter and energy.Mark Morrisson challenges the widespread dismissal of alchemy as a largely insignificant historical footnote to science by prying into the revival of alchemy and its influence on the emerging subatomic sciences of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Morrisson demonstrates its surprising influence on the emerging subatomic sciences of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Specifically, Morrisson examines the resurfacing of occult circles during this time period and how their interest in alchemical tropes had a substantial and traceable impact upon the science of the day. Modern Alchemy chronicles several encounters between occult conceptions of alchemy and the new science, describing how academic chemists, inspired by the alchemy revival, attempted to transmute the elements; to make gold.Examining scientists publications, correspondence, talks, and laboratory notebooks as well as the writings of occultists, alchemical tomes, and science-fiction stories, he argues that during the birth of modern nuclear physics, the trajectories of science and occultism---so often considered antithetical---briefly merged.

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Oxford University Press

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0195306961

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9780195306965

Property Management

Corporate Strategies, Financial Instruments and the Urban Environment

By: Mark Deakin

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Property Management

Corporate Strategies, Financial Instruments and the Urban Environment

By: Mark Deakin

Drawing upon a number of international property management projects, this book outlines the issues underlying the development of property management. Addressing key topics such as value for money, economy, efficiency and effectiveness, it focuses on corporate strategies and financial instruments of property management. It examines how managers are responsible for developing the corporate strategies and financial instruments required to provide a comprehensive appraisal of the land and buildings that make up the built environment. It outlines a framework for analysis and provides a directory of the environmental assessment methods currently available.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351908278

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The View of the Courts from the Hill

Interactions Between Congress and the Federal Judiciary

By: Mark C. Miller

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The View of the Courts from the Hill

Interactions Between Congress and the Federal Judiciary

By: Mark C. Miller

The book concludes with a call for the protection of judicial independence in order to preserve the voice of the federal courts in the constitutional interpretation dialogue.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813928109

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9780813928104

The Psychology of American Fascism

By: Mark Jarmuth

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The Psychology of American Fascism

By: Mark Jarmuth

390 pages; non-fiction. Author looks at how what people think dictates how they are governed. Our Christian ancestors (for instance) thought like self-governing citizens and governed themselves. Since the 1960s, instead of like our Christian ancestors, many here have thought like Europeans (secular Europeans) and have been governed as such; governed, that is, as if bureaucrats viewed them as objects of political domination.The period covered is European/ American history the late eighteenth century to the present. Readers will learn how the US was Europeanized post-1960, how at this time the American mind was transformed along Darwinian and Neo-Freudian lines and how Darwin, Freud and Marx caused World War II. SUBJECT KEYWORDS: the secret history, national review online, jonah goldberg, facists, liberal fascism, what is fascism, about the bible, nazis, the nazi party, german nazi, neonazi, nazi concentration camps, nazi camps, the nazi, what is a nazi, hitler nazi, nazi and jews, nazi holocaust, wwii, worldwar2, second world war, the nazis, reich, america story of us, facist, hitler, hitler death, adolph hitler, nazism, holocaust, the third reich, national socialist, eva braun, auschwitz, concentration camps, where is auschwitz, what is auschwitz, world war 2, world war ii, world war two, ww2, world war 1, world war 2, church, bible, jesus christ, the bible, god, the devil, church of christ, who is jesus, jesus the christ, who is christ, about jesus christ, christ, king james bible, christian, about christianity, jesus, about christianity, christian book, christian bookstore, christian music, christian store, what is christianity, who was jesus, jesus is, where is jesus, christ, who is jesus, bible, the bible, who was jesus, who is christ, church, god, bible verses, bible online, bible scriptures, bible quotes, bibles, the holy bible, what is the bible.

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Mark Jarmuth

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144140337X

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9781441403377

Property Finance

By: David Isaac,Mark Daley

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Property Finance

By: David Isaac,Mark Daley

Property Finance is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the field of property finance, linking the practicalities of property and construction with an understanding of core financial structures and concepts. It introduces the key components of real estate investment and development cycles, and explores the interconnected roles of the financial services industry, property companies, joint ventures, banks, and real estate developers. For this edition, a new co-author, Mark Daley, has been brought on board. He brings a wealth of knowledge and teaching experience to this well-established textbook. An ideal book for students undertaking real estate or construction-related degrees, it is also useful for personal study or further information and help in this particular area of finance.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350315761

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Our Planet Powered by AI

How We Use Artificial Intelligence to Create a Sustainable Future for Humanity

By: Mark Minevich

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Our Planet Powered by AI

How We Use Artificial Intelligence to Create a Sustainable Future for Humanity

By: Mark Minevich

A hands-on guide to evolving your company with ethical AI along with thought-provoking insights and predictions from a variety of well-known industry leaders In Our Planet Powered by AI, renowned AI strategist and pioneer Mark Minevich delivers an exciting and practical discussion of how to implement groundbreaking artificial intelligence technologies at every level of your organization. You’ll learn to create sustainable, effective competitive advantage by introducing previously unheard-of levels of adaptability, resilience, and innovation into your company. Using real-world case studies from a variety of well-known industry leaders, the author explains the strategic archetypes, technological infrastructures, and cultures of sustainability you’ll need to ensure your firm’s next-level digital transformation takes root. You’ll also discover: How AI can enable new business strategies, models, and ecosystems of innovation and growth How to develop societal impact and powerful organizational benefits with ethical AI implementations that incorporate transparency, fairness, privacy, and reliability What it means to enable all-inclusive artificial intelligence An engaging and hands-on exploration of how to take your firm to new levels of dynamism and growth, Our Planet Powered by AI will earn a place in the libraries of managers, executives, directors, and other business and technology leaders seeking to distinguish their companies in a new age of astonishing technological advancement and fierce competition.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1394180608

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9781394180608

The Corporate University Handbook

Designing, Managing, and Growing a Successful Program

By: Mark Allen

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The Corporate University Handbook

Designing, Managing, and Growing a Successful Program

By: Mark Allen

This book is a resource for companies of all sizes who are considering or developing enhanced professional learning programs. Featuring contributions from experts at ten different corporate universities, academic institutions, and consulting firms, the book addresses three major components of corporate university success: organization, content, and processes. It defines best practices, offers guidance on integrating current training programs into the university structure, and explores how corporate universities are evolving internationally. Allen is director of executive education at Pepperdine University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Amacom Books

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0814407110

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Aristocratic Education and the Making of the American Republic

By: Mark Boonshoft

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Aristocratic Education and the Making of the American Republic

By: Mark Boonshoft

Following the American Revolution, it was a cliche that the new republic's future depended on widespread, informed citizenship. However, instead of immediately creating the common schools--accessible, elementary education--that seemed necessary to create such a citizenry, the Federalists in power founded one of the most ubiquitous but forgotten institutions of early American life: academies, privately run but state-chartered secondary schools that offered European-style education primarily for elites. By 1800, academies had become the most widely incorporated institutions besides churches and transportation projects in nearly every state. In this book, Mark Boonshoft shows how many Americans saw the academy as a caricature of aristocratic European education and how their political reaction against the academy led to a first era of school reform in the United States, helping transform education from a tool of elite privilege into a key component of self-government. And yet the very anti-aristocratic critique that propelled democratic education was conspicuously silent on the persistence of racial and gender inequality in public schooling. By tracing the history of academies in the revolutionary era, Boonshoft offers a new understanding of political power and the origins of public education and segregation in the United States.

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UNC Press Books

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1469659549

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The Valuation of Property Investments

By: Nigel Enever,David Isaac,Mark Daley

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The Valuation of Property Investments

By: Nigel Enever,David Isaac,Mark Daley

The credit crunch has highlighted the fact that fully understanding property appraisal and valuation is more critical than ever. With a long and reliable history, this new seventh edition covers all the major aspects of valuing various types of investment property. Fully updated and revised, this edition tackles the problems of inflation and growth, the equated rent principle and the special problems of short leaseholds, reversionary investments and taxation implications. Separate sections are devoted to investment appraisal, risk, investment strategy and computer and statistical aids.

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Taylor & Francis

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1135334463

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Return of the Gar

By: Mark Spitzer

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Return of the Gar

By: Mark Spitzer

The alligator gar belongs to a family of fish that has remained fundamentally unchanged since the Cretaceous, over 100 million years ago. Its intimidating size and plethora of teeth have made it demonized throughout its range in North America, resulting in needless killing. Massive oil spills in its breeding range have not helped its population either. Interspersing science, folklore, history, and action-packed fishing narratives, Spitzer's empathy for and fascination with this air-breathing, armored fish provides for an entertaining odyssey that examines management efforts to preserve and propagate the alligator gar in the United States. Spitzer also travels to Central America, Thailand, and Mexico to assess the global gar situation. He reflects on what is and isn't working in compromised environments, then makes a case for conservation based on personal experience and a love for wildness for its own sake. This colorful portrait of the alligator gar can serve as a metaphor and measurement for the future of our biodiversity during a time of planetary crisis.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574415999

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9781574415995

Case Studies in Star Formation

A Molecular Astronomy Perspective

By: Duncan MacKay,Mark Thompson,James Urquhart

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Case Studies in Star Formation

A Molecular Astronomy Perspective

By: Duncan MacKay,Mark Thompson,James Urquhart

A succinct overview of our current understanding in the molecular astronomy of star formation for graduate students and early researchers.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009277448

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Prologue to a Farce

Communication and Democracy in America

By: Mark Lloyd

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Prologue to a Farce

Communication and Democracy in America

By: Mark Lloyd

“A popular Government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both.”--James Madison, 1822 Mark Lloyd has crafted a complex and powerful assessment of the relationship between communication and democracy in the United States. In Prologue to a Farce, he argues that citizens’ political capabilities depend on broad public access to media technologies, but that the U.S. communications environment has become unfairly dominated by corporate interests. Drawing on a wealth of historical sources, Lloyd demonstrates that despite the persistent hope that a new technology (from the telegraph to the Internet) will rise to serve the needs of the republic, none has solved the fundamental problems created by corporate domination. After examining failed alternatives to the strong publicly owned communications model, such as antitrust regulation, the public trustee rules of the Federal Communications Commission, and the underfunded public broadcasting service, Lloyd argues that we must re-create a modern version of the Founder’s communications environment, and offers concrete strategies aimed at empowering citizens.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252091752

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9780252091759

Afghanistan 1979–88

Soviet air power against the mujahideen

By: Mark Galeotti

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Afghanistan 1979–88

Soviet air power against the mujahideen

By: Mark Galeotti

The first English-language book to examine the crucial part air power played in the Soviet-Afghan War. The Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan was fought as much in the air as on the ground. From the high-level bombing raids that blasted rebel-held mountain valleys, to the Mi-24 helicopter gunships and Su-25 jets that accompanied every substantial army operation, Soviet control of the air was a crucial battlefield asset. Vital to every aspect of its operations, Mi-8 helicopters ferried supplies to remote mountain-top observation points and took the bodies of fallen soldiers on their last journey home in An12 'Black Tulips'. But this was not a wholly one-sided conflict. Even before the Afghan rebels began to acquire man-portable surface-to-air missiles such as the controversial US 'Stinger,' they aggressively and imaginatively adapted. They learnt new techniques of camouflage and deception, set up ambushes against low-level attacks, and even launched daring raids on airbases to destroy aircraft on the ground. Featuring information previously unknown in the West, such as the Soviets' combat-testing of Yak-38 'Forger' naval jump jets, Soviet-expert Mark Galeotti examines the rebel, Kabul government and the Soviet operation in Afghanistan, drawing deeply on Western and Russian sources, and including after-action analyses from the Soviet military. Using maps, battlescenes and detailed 'Bird's Eye Views', he paints a comprehensive picture of the air war and describes how, arguably, it was Soviet air power that made the difference between defeat for Moscow and the subsequent stalemate that they decided to disengage from.

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Microeconomics

Theory and Applications

By: Edgar K. Browning,Mark A. Zupan

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Microeconomics

Theory and Applications

By: Edgar K. Browning,Mark A. Zupan

Microeconomics: Theory & Applications, 13th Edition teaches students how fundamental tools of analysis are used explain and predict market phenomena. Designed for both economics and business students, this thorough yet accessible textbook describes basic microeconomic principles using various applications to clarify complicated economic concepts and provides an essential foundation of microeconomics knowledge. Clear and engaging chapters discuss cutting-edge models and explore numerous real-world examples of microeconomic theory in action. Comprehensive and topically relevant, this textbook offers greater coverage of input market analysis and applications than other texts on the subject. In-depth applications, such as consumer choice theory and noncompetitive market models, complement over 100 shorter applications that reinforce the graphical and logical techniques developed in the theory chapters. The authors’ innovative use of relatable applications promotes student engagement and comprehension, and facilitates a case-based, active-learning approach. Discussion of globalization, ethics, sustainability, and other important contemporary themes helps students understand how economics impacts their lives in various, often unexpected ways.

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Red, White, and Blue

A Critical Analysis of Constitutional Law

By: Mark V. Tushnet

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Red, White, and Blue

A Critical Analysis of Constitutional Law

By: Mark V. Tushnet

The first paperback edition of a classic of American constitutional theory. The book is divided into two parts. In Part I Professor Tushnet appraises the five major competing “grand theories” of constitutional law and interpretation, and, argues that none of them satisfy their own requirements for coherence and judicial constraint. In Part II the author offers a descriptive sociology of constitutional doctrine and raises critical questions as to whether a grand theory is necessary, is it possible to construct a coherent, useful grand theory, and is construction of an uncontroversial grand theory possible? Professor Tushnet’s new Afterword is organized in parallel fashion to the original text. Part I offers a new survey of the contemporary terrain of constitutional interpretation. Part II provides an extended discussion of the most prominent of contemporary efforts to provide an external analysis of constitutional law, the idea of regime politics. This includes discussion of major court decisions, including Bush v. Gore and Citizens United.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700621024

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Introduction to Information Literacy for Students

By: Michael C. Alewine,Mark Canada

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Introduction to Information Literacy for Students

By: Michael C. Alewine,Mark Canada

Introduction to Information Literacy for Students presents a concise, practical guide to navigating information in the digital age. Features a unique step-by-step method that can be applied to any research project Includes research insights from professionals, along with review exercises, insiders' tips and tools, search screen images utilized by students, and more Encourages active inquiry-based learning through the inclusion of various study questions and exercises Provides students with effective research strategies to serve them through their academic years and professional careers Ensures accessibility and a strong instructional approach due to authorship by a librarian and award-winning English professor

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Sharia, Inshallah

Finding God in Somali Legal Politics

By: Mark Fathi Massoud

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Sharia, Inshallah

Finding God in Somali Legal Politics

By: Mark Fathi Massoud

Shari'a, Inshallah shows how people have used shari'a to struggle for peace, justice, and human rights in Somalia and Somaliland.

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South Korea

The Enigmatic Peninsula

By: Mark Dake

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South Korea

The Enigmatic Peninsula

By: Mark Dake

Mark Dake, a Canadian ESL teacher, set out on a four-month road trip to discover everything that South Korea had to offer. From art galleries and temples to mountaintops and national parks, South Korea: The Enigmatic Peninsula shares the heart and soul of Koreans and their beautiful country.

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The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia

From Abraham to Zabar's and Everything in Between

By: Stephanie Butnick,Liel Leibovitz,Mark Oppenheimer,Tablet

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The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia

From Abraham to Zabar's and Everything in Between

By: Stephanie Butnick,Liel Leibovitz,Mark Oppenheimer,Tablet

Named one of Library Journal’s Best Religion & Spirituality Books of the Year An Unorthodox Guide to Everything Jewish Deeply knowing, highly entertaining, and just a little bit irreverent, this unputdownable encyclopedia of all things Jewish and Jew-ish covers culture, religion, history, habits, language, and more. Readers will refresh their knowledge of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, the artistry of Barbra Streisand, the significance of the Oslo Accords, the meaning of words like balaboosta,balagan, bashert, and bageling. Understand all the major and minor holidays. Learn how the Jews invented Hollywood. Remind themselves why they need to read Hannah Arendt, watch Seinfeld, listen to Leonard Cohen. Even discover the secret of happiness (see “Latkes”). Includes hundreds of photos, charts, infographics, and illustrations. It’s a lot.

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Production and Consumption in English Households 1600-1750

By: Darron Dean,Andrew Hann,Mark Overton,Jane Whittle

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Production and Consumption in English Households 1600-1750

By: Darron Dean,Andrew Hann,Mark Overton,Jane Whittle

This economic, social and cultural analysis of the nature and variety of production and consumption activities in households in Kent and Cornwall yields important new insights on the transition to capitalism in England.

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Hank: The Short Life and Long Country Road of Hank Williams

By: Mark Ribowsky

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Hank: The Short Life and Long Country Road of Hank Williams

By: Mark Ribowsky

A compassionate yet clear-eyed" (Washington Post) portrait of country music’s founding father and "Hillbilly King." Mark Ribowsky’s Hank has been hailed as the "greatest biography yet" (Library Journal, starred review) of the beloved icon. Hank Williams, a frail, flawed man who had become country music’s first real star, instantly morphed into its first tragic martyr when he died in the backseat of a Cadillac at the age of twenty-nine. Six decades later, Ribowsky traces the miraculous rise of this music legend?from the dirt roads of rural Alabama to the now-immortal stage of the Grand Ole Opry, and, finally, to a lonely end on New Year’s Day in 1953. Examining Williams’s chart-topping hits while also re-creating days and nights choked in booze and desperation, Hank uncovers the real man beneath the myths, reintroducing us to an American original whose legacy, like a good night at the honkytonk, promises to carry on and on.

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The Commercial Real Estate Revolution

Nine Transforming Keys to Lowering Costs, Cutting Waste, and Driving Change in a Broken Industry

By: Rex Miller,Dean Strombom,Mark Iammarino,Bill Black

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The Commercial Real Estate Revolution

Nine Transforming Keys to Lowering Costs, Cutting Waste, and Driving Change in a Broken Industry

By: Rex Miller,Dean Strombom,Mark Iammarino,Bill Black

As it currently operates, the commercial real estate construction industry is a disaster full of built-in waste. Seventy-percent of all projects end over budget and late. The buildingSMART Alliance estimates that up to fifty-percent of the process is consumed in waste. Almost every project includes massive hidden taxes in the form of delays, cost overruns, poor quality, and work that has to be redone. Building new structures is a fragmented, adversarial process that commonly results in dissatisfied customers and frequently ends in disappointment, bitterness, and even litigation. The industry must change—for its own good and that of its customers. But while the industry has tried to reform itself, it can’t do it alone. Real change can only come from business owners and executives who refuse to continue paying for a dysfunctional system and demand a new way of doing business. The Commercial Real Estate Revolution is a bold manifesto for change from the Mindshift consortium—a group of top commercial real estate industry leaders who are fed up with a system that simply doesn’t work. The book explains how business leaders can implement nine principles for any project that will dramatically cut costs, end delays, create better buildings, and force the industry into real reform. The Commercial Real Estate Revolution offers a radically new way of doing business—a beginning-to-end, trust-based methodology that transforms the building process from top to bottom. Based on unifying principles and a common framework that meets the needs of all stakeholders, this new system can reform and remake commercial construction into an industry we’re proud to be a part of. If you’re one of the millions of hardcore cynics who work in commercial construction, you probably think this sounds like pie in the sky. But this is no magic bullet; it’s a call for real reform. If you’re an industry professional who’s sick of letting down clients or an owner who’s sick of cost overruns and endless delays, The Commercial Real Estate Revolution offers a blueprint for fixing a broken industry.

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An Anxious Peace

A Cold War Memoir

By: Hans Mark

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An Anxious Peace

A Cold War Memoir

By: Hans Mark

By any measure, Hans Mark was a warrior of the Cold War. Born in Mannheim, Germany, in 1929, he spent his early childhood in Vienna before escaping the Nazi Anschluss in 1938 and eventually emigrating to the United States, settling in New York. He graduated from high school in 1947, went west to attend the University of California, Berkeley, and later earned a PhD in physics from MIT. His work in nuclear engineering soon set him on a path that would be shaped by aeronautics, space exploration, and national defense. It was through advanced technology that Mark believed the United States could win the Cold War. In An Anxious Peace, Mark recounts in detail his life as a twentieth-century “rocket man.” Here is the inside story of one who—in a career spanning more than six decades—was on the technological front line, from long-range bombers to the space shuttle. Along the way, Mark reveals many never-before-told stories from life at NASA and more. Readers will revel in learning the background behind the decision to place a plaque on Pioneer 10, a space probe that the NASA Ames Research Center designed to fly past the asteroid belt, Jupiter, and Saturn to collect data and images. Mark tells how he, Carl Sagan, and NASA insider John Naugle kept secret the addition of the now iconic 6x9-inch aluminum “message from humanity” until the probe had been launched. To this day Mark is pushing for a manned mission to Mars. One thing is sure: Hans Mark has left a major impact on academic and scientific communities that will be felt for decades to come.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1623497272

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"This Honorable Court"

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1789-2000

By: Mark Edward Lender

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"This Honorable Court"

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1789-2000

By: Mark Edward Lender

In this first historical account of the District of New Jersey, Mark Edward Lender traces its evolution from its origins through the turn of the twenty-first century. Drawing on extensive original records, including those in the National Archives, he shows how it was at the district court level that the new nation first tested the role of federal law and authority. From these early decades through today, the cases tried in New Jersey stand as prime examples of the legal and constitutional developments that have shaped the course of federal justice. At critical moments in our history, the courts participated in the Alien and Sedition Acts, the transition from Federalist to Jeffersonian political authority, the balancing of state and federal roles during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and modern controversies over civil rights and affirmative

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Rutgers University Press

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0813538041

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Securing Southeast Asia

The Politics of Security Sector Reform

By: Mark Beeson,Alex Bellamy

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Securing Southeast Asia

The Politics of Security Sector Reform

By: Mark Beeson,Alex Bellamy

This book uniquely applies the security reform agenda to Southeast Asia. It investigates recent developments in civil-military relations in the region, looking in particular at the impact and utility of the agenda on the region and assessing whether it is likely to help make the region more stable and less prone to military interventions. It provides an historical overview of the region’s civil-military relations and goes on to explore the dynamics of civil-military relations within the context of the security sector reform framework, focusing on the experiences of four of the region’s militaries: Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. It argues that although regional militaries have not necessarily followed a ‘Western’ model, significant developments have occurred that are broadly in keeping with the security sector reform agenda, and which suggests that the prospects for stable civil-military relations are brighter than some sceptics believe.

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1134117566

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A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada

By: Mark A. Noll

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A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada

By: Mark A. Noll

A best-selling text thoroughly updated, including new chapters on the last 30 years "An excellent study that will help historians appreciate the importance of Christianity in the history of the United States and Canada." – The Journal of American History “Scholars and general readers alike will gain unique insights into the multifaceted character of Christianity in its New World environment. Nothing short of brilliant.” – Harry S. Stout, Yale University “A new standard for textbooks on the history of North American Christianity.” – James Turner, University of Notre Dame Mark Noll’s A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada has been firmly established as the standard text on the Christian experience in North America. Now Noll has thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded his classic text to incorporate new materials and important themes, events, leaders, and changes of the last thirty years. Once again readers will benefit from his insights on the United States and Canada in this superb narrative survey of Christian churches, institutions, and cultural engagements from the colonial period through 2018.

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