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The Host: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion

By: Mark Cotta Vaz

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The Host: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion

By: Mark Cotta Vaz

Stephenie Meyer's The Host captured millions of readers around the world with one of the most unusual love stories ever written. Acclaimed director Andrew Niccol brings it to the silver screen with a star-studded cast, stunning visuals, and breathtaking special effects. Now this definitive companion book takes fans behind-the-scenes with extensive full-color photographs and exclusive interviews with the cast, crew, director, and producers, including Stephenie Meyer herself. Offering an intimate look at the filmmaking process, New York Times bestselling author Mark Cotta Vaz tells the inside stories behind the exotic locations, massive sets, and gravity-defying stunts, and shows how cast and crew come together to bring Meyer's extraordinary vision to life.

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Little, Brown

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0316230774

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Original Skin

A Detective Sergeant McAvoy Novel

By: David Mark

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Original Skin

A Detective Sergeant McAvoy Novel

By: David Mark

The New York Times hails David Mark's work as "in the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain." ORIGINAL SKIN is the second installment of the internationally acclaimed Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy series. When “swinger” Simon Appleyard is found strung-up and naked in his apartment, the authorities are only too happy to chalk it up to suicide. After all, a new gang has taken over the local drug trade, and Detective Superintendant Trish Pharaoh’s Serious and Organized Crime Unit is run ragged. A murder investigation is the last thing they need. But more bodies begin to surface, and all are somehow connected to the underground erotic scene. Although Detective Sargeant Aector McAvoy would be perfectly content to stay home with his wife and their newborn baby, he begins to suspect that murder is just the beginning. As his investigation brings him uncomfortably close to the local political elite, McAvoy realizes he is hunting a sadistic killer with a lust that won’t be satisfied until the River Humber runs red. David Mark’s latest Detective Sergeant McAvoy novel, CRUEL MERCY, is on-sale February 2017.

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1101621117

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9781101621110

Captain Marvel

Starforce

By: Stan Lee,Gerry Conway,Scott Edelman,Mark Gruenwald,Bob Harras,Mark Waid

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Captain Marvel

Starforce

By: Stan Lee,Gerry Conway,Scott Edelman,Mark Gruenwald,Bob Harras,Mark Waid

Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #65, Ms. Marvel (1977) #1, Captain Marvel (1968) #52, Quasar #9, Avengers (1963) #346, Captain America (1998) #8, material from Captain America (1968) #399 and more. Theyre set to wow you in theaters, but who are the Kree warriors known as Starforce? Get to know Captain Marvel and her spacefaring allies with these classic adventures! Ronan the Accuser makes first contact between the Kree and Earth and he may be judge, jury and executioner for the Fantastic Four! Kree scientist Dr. Minerva targets Avengers sidekick Rick Jones for abduction! Carol Danvers takes on her first costumed identity as Ms. Marvel! Captain Atlas confronts cosmic protector Quasar, Korath the Pursuer clashes with Captain America, and the Starforce battles the Avengers! Finally, Carol and Cap face Bron Char of the Kree Lunatic Legion!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302513400

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9781302513405

The Love of the Game

Parenthood, Sport and Me

By: Mark Chapman

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The Love of the Game

Parenthood, Sport and Me

By: Mark Chapman

BBC sports presenter Mark Chapman is no longer in his physical prime. There is an argument to suggest he has never been in his physical prime. Now in his forties, he is facing a world of knee replacements and ever-expanding waistlines, whilst his children are thriving. There is huge pride that they are doing so well, mixed with a fair amount of jealousy that actually they are better at a wide range of sport than he ever was. He is passionate about sport and it has played a huge part in his life. His parents encouraged him from a very early age and he wants to pass the baton on to his son and daughters. Although there is every chance he might drop it and have a massive strop instead. He is also very aware of the huge changes in sport today compared to when he was growing up; and he is determined that his own attitude to his son and daughters' sport - be it football, netball, cricket or gymnastics - will be exactly the same. And he wants to shine a light on grass roots sports - the incredible and largely unsung contribution that volunteers make in the sporting commnity, without whom - for example - no professional footballer would be in the game today. Funny, touching, passionate about sport and parenthood, Mark Chapman paints sport as a touchstone for everything important: growing up, becoming a parent, enjoying family time, getting old, learning how to win (and how to lose gracefully), the legacy we all hope to leave our children; in short, life and all that goes into it.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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140916330X

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9781409163305

The Flight of the Nez Perce

By: Mark Herbert Brown

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The Flight of the Nez Perce

By: Mark Herbert Brown

In the centuries of war between Indians and whites one episode is surely epical: the flight of the Nez Perce. Provoked by bad treaties and bitter memories, in 1877 a few Nez Perce raided homesteads in Idaho and killed their inhabitants. The raid quickly escalated into a series of skirmishes, and at last involved Chief Joseph and the ablest Nez Perce warriors in a prolonged chase by the army for over a thousand miles through Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The band of Nez Perce astonished military experts by their tactical ingenuity, swift maneuvers, daring, and endurance. By the time the chase concluded, barely forty miles from the Canadian border, the Nez Perce had left behind a record of heroic sacrifices, spectacular escapes, and incredible courage.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803260695

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Montana Vigilantes, 1863–1870

Gold, Guns and Gallows

By: Mark C. Dillon

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Montana Vigilantes, 1863–1870

Gold, Guns and Gallows

By: Mark C. Dillon

A history and legal analysis of vigilantism in Montana in the 1860s, from a state Supreme Court justice and legal historian. Historians and novelists alike have described the vigilantism that took root in the gold-mining communities of Montana in the mid-1860s, but Mark C. Dillon is the first to examine the subject through the prism of American legal history, considering the state of criminal justice and law enforcement in the western territories and also trial procedures, gubernatorial politics, legislative enactments, and constitutional rights. Using newspaper articles, diaries, letters, biographies, invoices, and books that speak to the compelling history of Montana’s vigilantism in the 1860s, Dillon examines the conduct of the vigilantes in the context of the due process norms of the time. He implicates the influence of lawyers and judges who, like their non-lawyer counterparts, shaped history during the rush to earn fortunes in gold. Dillon’s perspective as a state Supreme Court justice and legal historian uniquely illuminates the intersection of territorial politics, constitutional issues, corrupt law enforcement, and the basic need of citizenry for social order. This readable and well-directed analysis of the social and legal context that contributed to the rise of Montana vigilante groups will be of interest to scholars and general readers interested in Western history, law, and criminal justice for years to come. “[Justice Dillon’s] book reads like a Western. Dillon masterfully sets the stage for the rise of the Montana vigilantes by bringing alive the people who created and lived in [mining] towns. There are heroes, villains, shady characters, and more than a few politicians, businessmen, lawyers and judges. What sets Dillon’s book apart from historical texts and fictional tales is that he provides legal analyses and explanations of the trials, sentences, due process and procedures of the day . . . And shed[s] grisly light on the details of the hangings. Dillon’s unique background as an attorney and judge and his downright dogged research are what makes this complex story so engaging. The prose is clear, crisp and gets to the point. . . . The book is satisfying because it answers contemporary nagging questions about the law regarding the vigilantes and the hangings.” —Gregory Zenon, Brooklyn Barrister “Dillon’s analysis of the vigilantes of Bannack, Alder Gulch, and Helena in Montana Territory is the most detailed, insightful, and legally nuanced yet produced. . . . This book is a model for historians to follow when dealing with 19th-century criminal proceedings. Establishing historical context includes examining the laws in books as well as the law in action.” —Gordon Morris Bakken, Great Plains Research

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University Press of Colorado

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0874219205

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9780874219203

Group Therapy for Substance Use Disorders

A Motivational Cognitive-behavioral Approach

By: Linda Carter Sobell,Mark B. Sobell

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Group Therapy for Substance Use Disorders

A Motivational Cognitive-behavioral Approach

By: Linda Carter Sobell,Mark B. Sobell

This authoritative book presents a groundbreaking evidence-based approach to conducting therapy groups for persons with substance use disorders. The approach integrates cognitive-behavioral, motivational interviewing, and relapse prevention techniques, while capitalizing on the power of group processes. Clinicians are provided with a detailed intervention framework and clear-cut strategies for helping clients to set and meet their own treatment goals. More than two dozen ready-to-use reproducible assessment tools, handouts, homework exercises, and session outlines are supplied in a convenient large-size format. This book will be invaluable to clinical psychologists, social workers, substance abuse counselors, and other clinicians who treat clients with addiction and substance use problems. It may also serve as a supplemental text in graduate-level courses.

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Guilford Press

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1609180518

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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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9781623497279

An Archaeological Perspective on the History of Technology

By: A. Mark Pollard,Chris Gosden

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An Archaeological Perspective on the History of Technology

By: A. Mark Pollard,Chris Gosden

This volume represents an introduction to a new world-wide attempt to review the history of technology, which is one of few since the pioneering publications of the 1960s. It takes an explicit archaeological focus to the study of the history of technology and adopts a more explicit socially-embedded view of technology than has commonly been the case in mainstream histories of technology. In doing so, it attempts to introduce a more radical element to explanations of technological change, involving magic, alchemy, animism - in other words, attempting to consider technological change in terms of the 'world view' of those involved in such change rather than from an exclusively western scientific perspective.

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1009207105

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9781009207102

Captain America Epic Collection

Blood And Glory

By: Mark Gruenwald,D.G. Chichester,Margaret Clark

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Captain America Epic Collection

Blood And Glory

By: Mark Gruenwald,D.G. Chichester,Margaret Clark

Collects Captain America (1968) #398-410, Punisher/Captain America: Blood & Glory (1992) #1-3. Cap like you’ve never seen him before! First, it’s Captain America’s landmark 400th issue — and while Operation: Galactic Storm rages around him, Steve Rogers must face a gauntlet of his most formidable foes! But will the cosmic conflict’s fallout sunder the Avengers? Then, prepare for one of the wildest Cap stories ever as Steve is transformed into a howling mad Cap-Wolf! Other werewolves, including Man-Wolf, Werewolf by Night and the New Mutants’ Wolfsbane, join the fur-flying fun — as do Wolverine and Cable! But who will be the leader of the pack? Plus: When Crossbones captures Diamondback, it’s Cap and the Falcon to the rescue! But where’s D-Man? And Steve joins Frank Castle in a brutal battle for blood and glory!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302520040

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9781302520045

The Science of James Bond

The Super-Villains, Tech, and Spy-Craft Behind the Film and Fiction

By: Mark Brake

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The Science of James Bond

The Super-Villains, Tech, and Spy-Craft Behind the Film and Fiction

By: Mark Brake

Spy-Fi Culture with a License to Kill From Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, James Bond is the highest-grossing movie franchise of all time. Out-grossing Star Wars, Harry Potter, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the world’s most iconic and international secret agent has a shelf life of almost six decades, from Dr. No to Spectre. As nuclear missile threats are replaced by a series of subtler threats in a globalized and digital world, Bond is with us still. In The Science of James Bond, we recognize the Bond franchise as a unique genre: spy-fi. A genre of film and fiction that fuses spy fiction with science fiction. We look at Bond’s obsessions with super-villains, the future, and world domination or destruction. And we take a peek under the hood of trends in science and tech, often in the form of gadgets and spy devices in chapters such as: Goldfinger: Man Has Achieved Miracles in All Fields but Crime! You Only Live Twice: The Race to Conquer Space Live and Let Die: Full Throttle: Bond and the Car Skyfall: The Science of Cyberterrorism And more! This is the only James Bond companion that looks at the film and fiction in such a spy-fi way, taking in weapon wizards, the chemistry of death, threads of nuclear paranoia, and Bond baddies’ obsession with the master race!

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Simon and Schuster

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1510743804

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9781510743809

The Burying Ground

By: David Mark

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The Burying Ground

By: David Mark

Mark is a wonderfully descriptive writer' Peter James Cumbria, 1967. Grieving the loss of her son, Cordelia Hemlock is in the village graveyard when lightning strikes a tomb, giving her a glimpse of a fresh corpse that doesn't belong among the crumbling bones. But when the body vanishes, the authorities refuse to believe her, a relative newcomer to rural and ancient Upper Denton. Cordelia persuades Felicity, her new friend from the village and the only other person to have seen the corpse, to join her unofficial investigation. But the other villagers don't take kindly to their interference. There are those who believe the village's secrets should remain buried . . . whatever the cost.

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Canongate Books

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1838850953

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Mobilizing the Metropolis

How the Port Authority Built New York

By: Philip Mark Plotch,Jen Nelles

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Mobilizing the Metropolis

How the Port Authority Built New York

By: Philip Mark Plotch,Jen Nelles

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has morphed in ways that would be unrecognizable to its founders. Its mission evolved from improving rail freight to building motor vehicle crossings, airports, office towers, and industrial parks and taking control of a failing commuter rail line. In its early years, the agency was often viewed with admiration; however as it drew up plans, negotiated to take control of airfields and marine terminals, and constructed large bridges and tunnels, the Port Authority became the object of less favorable attention. It was attacked as a “super-government” that must be reined in, while the mayors of New York and Newark argued that it should be broken up with its pieces given to local governments for their own use. Despite its criticisms and travails, for over half a century the Port Authority overcame hurdles that had frustrated other public and private efforts, built the world's longest suspension bridge, and took a leading role in creating an organization to reduce traffic delays in the New York-New Jersey region. How did the Port Authority achieve these successes? And what lessons does its history offer to other cities and regions in the United States and beyond? In a time when public agencies are often condemned as inefficient and corrupt, this history should provide some positive lessons for governmental officials and social reformers. In 2021, the Port Authority marked its 100th birthday. Its history reveals a struggle between the public and private sectors, the challenges of balancing democratic accountability and efficiency, and the tension between regional and local needs. From selected Port Authority successes and failures, Philip Mark Plotch and Jen Nelles produce a significant and engaging account of a powerful governmental entity that offers durable lessons on collaboration, leadership, and the challenge of overcoming complex political challenges in modern America.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472903489

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9780472903481

Avengers Epic Collection

Operation Galactic Storm

By: Tom DeFalco,Mark Guenwald,Bob Harras,Gerard Jones,Len Kaminski,Dann Thomas,Roy Thomas

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Avengers Epic Collection

Operation Galactic Storm

By: Tom DeFalco,Mark Guenwald,Bob Harras,Gerard Jones,Len Kaminski,Dann Thomas,Roy Thomas

Collects Avengers (1963) #345-347, Avengers West Coast #80-82, Quasar #32-34, Wonder Man (1991) #7-9, Iron Man (1968) #278-279, Thor (1966) #445-446, Captain America (1968) #401 and material from Captain America (1968) #398-400. The Kree/Shiar War! When two of the galaxys most ancient and powerful races clash, its up to Earths Mightiest Heroes to play cosmic peacekeeper! With Earth in the crossfire, the Avengers are drawn into the conflict and end up as alien invaders on war-torn worlds of wonder! Assemblers East and West are embroiled in an epic too big for even two Avengers titles one that will shake the team to its very foundations! Super heroes from three galaxies clash in a war filled with incredible action including Thor vs. Gladiator of the Shiar Imperial Guard and the Avengers will face repercussions that will haunt them for years!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302498819

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9781302498818

Spanish Connections

My Diplomatic Journey from Venezuela to Equatorial Guinea

By: Mark L. Asquino

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Spanish Connections

My Diplomatic Journey from Venezuela to Equatorial Guinea

By: Mark L. Asquino

This is a memoir about my diplomatic journey to Equatorial Guinea, an ill-fated small Spanish-speaking country. I discuss the many stops along the way that finally led to my serving as U.S. ambassador to Spain’s only former colony in sub-Saharan Africa. This is the story of a lifelong fascination with Spain that began with a strange tale my mother told me about a mysterious uncle who fought in the Spanish Civil War. My assignment to Equatorial Guinea was the last piece needed to complete a full circle in my professional life that began in Franco’s Spain.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1669861805

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9781669861805

Operative Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery

By: Mark E. Easley,Sam W. Wiesel

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Operative Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery

By: Mark E. Easley,Sam W. Wiesel

Achieve the best outcomes with expert, practical, highly visual guidance! This expert clinical reference features just the foot and ankle surgery content from Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery, the comprehensive 4-volume set edited by Sam W. Wiesel, MD. Ideal for practitioners who wish to focus on mastering today’s best foot and ankle surgery procedures, it you step-by-step through each technique in a consistent manner, using concise, bulleted text, full-color illustrations, and full-color intraoperative photographs to clearly convey exactly what to look for and how to proceed.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496363353

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9781496363350

Theodore Roosevelt and His Library at Sagamore Hill

By: Mark I. West

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Theodore Roosevelt and His Library at Sagamore Hill

By: Mark I. West

President Theodore Roosevelt called himself a “book lover” and for good reason. From his boyhood days in the 1860s to the very end of his life in 1919, Roosevelt had a deep-seated passion for reading books. Wherever he went, he brought books with him. Whether he was rounding up cattle on a ranch in North Dakota, giving campaign speeches from the back of a train, governing the nation from the White House, or exploring an uncharted tributary of the Amazon River, he always made time to read books. Theodore Roosevelt and His Library at Sagamore Hill includes an overview of Roosevelt’s life as a reader, a discussion of the role that reading particular books played in shaping his life and career, and a short history of his personal library. The book also provides researchers and others interested in Roosevelt’s life with a complete list of Roosevelt’s books that are currently located at Sagamore Hill, his home in Oyster Bay, New York. The books in his personal library reflect his love of classic works of literature, his interest in history, and his fascination with the natural sciences. Theodore Roosevelt and His Library at Sagamore Hill concludes with an essay that Roosevelt wrote near the end of his life in which he reflected on his reading habits and commented on some of his favorite books.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538159368

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9781538159361

Captain Marvel

The Many Lives Of Carol Danvers

By: Roy Thomas,Gerry Conway,Chris Claremont,David Michelinie,Howard Mackie,Mark Jason,Kurt Busiek,John Jackson Miller,Brian Reed,Kelly Sue Deconnick

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Captain Marvel

The Many Lives Of Carol Danvers

By: Roy Thomas,Gerry Conway,Chris Claremont,David Michelinie,Howard Mackie,Mark Jason,Kurt Busiek,John Jackson Miller,Brian Reed,Kelly Sue Deconnick

Collects Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #13; Ms. Marvel (1977) #1, 19; Avengers (1963) #183-184; Uncanny X-Men (1963) #164; Logan: Shadow Society (1996) #1; Avengers (1998) #4; Iron Man (1998) #85; Ms. Marvel (2006) #32-33; Captain Marvel (2012) #1. She has one of comics’ most richly varied careers — both in and out of costume! Carol Danvers has been a U.S. Air Force pilot, an undercover agent and a NASA security chief — but after meeting Kree warrior Mar-Vell, she gained incredible powers of her own, becoming Ms. Marvel! She soon joined the Avengers but later took to outer space as the cosmic Binary! Years later, a new name — Warbird — accompanied Carol’s return to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and her later position as a government-appointed agent. But at last, Carol Danvers has embraced her legacy — and now flies higher and faster as Captain Marvel!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302520652

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9781302520656

I'll Never Be French (no Matter what I Do)

Living in a Small Village in Brittany

By: Mark Greenside

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I'll Never Be French (no Matter what I Do)

Living in a Small Village in Brittany

By: Mark Greenside

Author and teacher Mark Greenside recounts his struggles to fit into the life of a small Celtic village in Brittany.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416586873

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9781416586876

Cannabis

Evolution and Ethnobotany

By: Robert Clarke,Mark Merlin

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Cannabis

Evolution and Ethnobotany

By: Robert Clarke,Mark Merlin

Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the natural origins and early evolution of this famous plant, highlighting its historic role in the development of human societies. Cannabis has long been prized for the strong and durable fiber in its stalks, its edible and oil-rich seeds, and the psychoactive and medicinal compounds produced by its female flowers. The culturally valuable and often irreplaceable goods derived from cannabis deeply influenced the commercial, medical, ritual, and religious practices of cultures throughout the ages, and human desire for these commodities directed the evolution of the plant toward its contemporary varieties. As interest in cannabis grows and public debate over its many uses rises, this book will help us understand why humanity continues to rely on this plant and adapts it to suit our needs.

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Univ of California Press

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0520292480

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9780520292482

In Search of Heroes

By: Mark Gruber-Lebowitz

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In Search of Heroes

By: Mark Gruber-Lebowitz

When you hear the word “hero,” what does your mind’s eye picture? If it is a superhero, soaring across the sky or scaling skyscrapers is a single leap, you need to read this book! In Search of HEROES will help you to understand that real, honest-to-goodness heroes are all around you every day . . . and they look an awful lot like you! Written in verse that is fun to read and great food for thought, with colorful and creative illustrations that will add to your pleasure, In Search of Heroes will delight the youngest child as a read-aloud favorite as it charms and challenges independent young readers through the early elementary grades. So pull up a chair and open this book to learn about some genuinely heroic traits lived out by everyday people who are anything but ordinary! Then let YOUR search for heroes begin!

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1728326850

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Echoes of Memories Past

By: Mark Douglas Holborn

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Echoes of Memories Past

By: Mark Douglas Holborn

Echoes of Memories Past is the powerful sequel to 'The Price.' Cameron's return to the future becomes a horrible nightmare. He finds himself erased from time. Tamlyn, who had waited centuries for Cameron's return could only reveal that his soul in this divergent timeline had found its mate. As Cameron's world fades from reality, his body fades away with it, leaving his soul behind. Inexplicably it merges into Morgan Hamilton, the man who replaced him in this new timeline. The invasion of Cameron's soul causes chaos within Morgan's brain creating terrible life threatening seizures. Tamlyn discovers that this was all part of the Lavender eyed Goddess' wicked vengeance. Two souls locked in perpetual conflict. He strives to save Cameron and Morgan from the madness within as the Azael and their evil brethren thwart him at every turn. Ultimately, he learns that salvation may only exist in a journey back in time to Scotland's turbulent past, only there can Tamlyn hope to save both souls.

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iUniverse

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1491742941

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9781491742945

The Core of an Onion

Peeling the Rarest Common Food—Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipes

By: Mark Kurlansky

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The Core of an Onion

Peeling the Rarest Common Food—Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipes

By: Mark Kurlansky

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt, a delectable look at the cultural, historical, and gastronomical layers of one of the world's most beloved culinary staples-featuring original illustrations and recipes from around the world. As Julia Child once said, “It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.” Historically, she's been right-and not just in the kitchen. Flourishing in just about every climate and culture around the world, onions have provided the essential basis not only for sautés, stews, and sauces, but for medicines, metaphors, and folklore. Now they're Kurlansky's most flavorful infatuation yet as he sets out to explore how and why the crop reigns from Italy to India and everywhere in between. Featuring historical images and his own pen-and-ink drawings, Kurlansky begins with the science and history of the only sulfuric acid–spewing plant, then digs through its twenty varieties and the cultures built around them. Entering the kitchen, Kurlansky celebrates the raw, roasted, creamed, marinated, and pickled. Including a recipe section featuring more than one hundred dishes from around the world, The Core of an Onion shares the secrets to celebrated Parisian chef Alain Senderens's onion soup eaten to cure late-night drunkenness; Hemingway's raw onion and peanut butter sandwich; and the Gibson, a debonair gin martini garnished with a pickled onion. Just as the scent of sautéed onions will lure anyone to the kitchen, The Core of an Onion is sure to draw readers into their savory stories at first taste.

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Washington Babylon

From George Washington to Donald Trump, Scandals that Rocked the Nation

By: Mark Hyman

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Washington Babylon

From George Washington to Donald Trump, Scandals that Rocked the Nation

By: Mark Hyman

Since America’s founding, the nation’s capital has experienced more than its share of scandals; thankfully, Washington Babylon explores some of the dirtiest secrets that have occurred throughout US history. Some are from the earliest days of America’s founding and include the most famous people in history, like George Washington. Others are still fresh in our minds, as the dust has not even settled. In between, US history is littered with scandals from nearly all walks of life that were the most talked-about stories at the time. Many past scandals remain infamous, such as Watergate, Chappaquiddick, and Abscam. Other scandals that were once the biggest stories of the day have faded into obscurity. Washington Babylon reveals new details in some scandals that were not known when the story first broke, offering a whole new perspective for discussion. This is the most comprehensive collection of American scandals that will educate, entertain, shock, and perhaps, even titillate the reader.

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1642931535

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Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny

A Novel

By: Mark Cecil

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Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny

A Novel

By: Mark Cecil

A large-hearted reimagining of beloved all-American legends, this epic debut novel brings men of myth Paul Bunyan and John Henry alive like never before, teaming up for an adventure quest with deeper interrogations of race, class, and industrialization. Paul Bunyan—legendary larger-than-life American lumberjack—is a man down on his luck. With a load of family debts on his broad back, he ekes out a miserable miner’s life in Lump Town, a bleak hamlet controlled by famed industrialist El Boffo. When Bunyan's wife Lucette falls ill with a disease caused by the toxic mineral Lump, he embarks on a quest to save her. His only guide: the Chilali—a mysterious creature who speaks only in questions. Bunyan’s path leads to The Windy City—and to John Henry. Henry is not yet the “steel-drivin’” man known to folklore, but a fugitive on the run from a rigged, racist prison system. As Bunyan and Henry strive to reunite with the families they love, they must work together to solve riddles, forge weapons, brawl with a behemoth, and confront at every turn the relentless, duplicitous El Boffo. A richly imaginative reinvention of myth, Bunyan and Henry is at once a timeless quest, a fresh origin story, and an urgent modern fable that wrestles with the two sides of the American dream—its wild idealism and cruel underbelly—to inspire the awakening of the folk hero in us all.

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0593471172

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Blackwood's Magazine, 1817-25, Volume 6

Selections from Maga's Infancy

By: Nicholas Mason,John Strachan,Anthony Jarrells,Tom Mole,Mark Parker

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Blackwood's Magazine, 1817-25, Volume 6

Selections from Maga's Infancy

By: Nicholas Mason,John Strachan,Anthony Jarrells,Tom Mole,Mark Parker

Contextualizes and annotates the influential, scandalous, and entertaining texts which appeared in the Blackwood's Magazine between 1817 and 1825. This title features a detailed general introduction, volume introductions and endnotes, providing the reader with an understanding of the origins and early history of Blackwood's Magazine.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000888215

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The Devil's Triangle

Mark Judge vs the New American Stasi

By: Mark Judge

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The Devil's Triangle

Mark Judge vs the New American Stasi

By: Mark Judge

“Do you remember the woman in To Kill a Mockingbird who falsely accuses a black man of raping her? What could possess anyone to do such an evil thing—to viciously attempt to destroy a life by knowingly lying? For that answer look no farther than the riveting and gloriously candid The Devil’s Triangle by Mark Judge, who himself was targeted for destruction by that same evil, and who lived to tell the tale, if only so that we might all recognize the dark forces at work in our nation. In a voice evoking J.D. Salinger, Hunter S. Thompson, and yes, Lester Bangs—within a narrative that brings to mind All the President’s Men and Fast Times at Ridgemont High—Judge tells us the truth, in all of its brutality and beauty. May this book open the way for a spate of similar memoirs, whose honesty will lead this once-great nation out of the fetid triangular swamp of lies that is this brave book’s eponymous Devil’s Triangle¾and toward a new sunlit frontier, in which genuine liberty and unvarnished truth once more become our beacons and our hope.” —Eric Metaxas, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Fish Out of Water: A Search for the Meaning of Life and Host of Socrates in the City In 2018, in the midst of a contentious Supreme Court confirmation battle, Christine Blasey Ford named Mark Judge as a witness to her alleged attempted rape over thirty years earlier at the hands of a teenaged Brett Kavanaugh. Overnight, the unassuming writer, critic, videographer, and recovering alcoholic was unwillingly thrust into the national media spotlight. Reporters combed through Judge’s writings, pored over his high school yearbook, hounded him with emails and phone calls, and invaded the privacy of his relatives, friends, and former girlfriends. He was mauled in the press, denounced in the Senate, received threatening late-night calls, became the target of a classic honey trap, and was even called out by Matt Damon on Saturday Night Live. As the lunacy reached its crescendo, Judge began to fear for his sanity⎯and even his life. A year later, still traumatized by this Kafkaesque experience, Judge found himself washing dishes in a Maryland restaurant, trying to piece his shattered life back together. Even at the time, it was clear that Judge himself was not the target of this campaign of vilification. Instead, it was an attempt to use his spotty record as a teenage alcoholic, and later, a political and cultural conservative, to destroy Brett Kavanaugh by proxy. The actors in this malicious and cynical plot were an informal cabal of partisan reporters, Democrats in Congress, and shadowy opposition researchers: a “Devil’s Triangle” whom Judge aptly compares to the Stasi, the dreaded East German secret police who terrorized citizens during the Cold War. Now, in a frank, confessional, and deeply moving book that stands comparison to Arthur Koestler’s Cold War classic Darkness at Noon, Judge rips the mask from the new American Stasi. Using pop culture, politics, the story of his friendship with Kavanaugh, and the fun, wild, and misunderstood 1980s, Judge celebrates sex, art, and freedom while issuing a timely warning to the rest of us about our own endangered freedoms.

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1637586817

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Symmetry and the Monster

One of the Greatest Quests of Mathematics

By: Mark Ronan

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Symmetry and the Monster

One of the Greatest Quests of Mathematics

By: Mark Ronan

In an exciting, fast-paced historical narrative ranging across two centuries, Ronan takes readers on an exhilarating tour of this final mathematical quest to understand symmetry.

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Oxford University Press

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0192807234

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Lectures on Buildings

Updated and Revised

By: Mark Ronan

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Lectures on Buildings

Updated and Revised

By: Mark Ronan

In mathematics, “buildings” are geometric structures that represent groups of Lie type over an arbitrary field. This concept is critical to physicists and mathematicians working in discrete mathematics, simple groups, and algebraic group theory, to name just a few areas. Almost twenty years after its original publication, Mark Ronan’s Lectures on Buildings remains one of the best introductory texts on the subject. A thorough, concise introduction to mathematical buildings, it contains problem sets and an excellent bibliography that will prove invaluable to students new to the field. Lectures on Buildings will find a grateful audience among those doing research or teaching courses on Lie-type groups, on finite groups, or on discrete groups. “Ronan’s account of the classification of affine buildings [is] both interesting and stimulating, and his book is highly recommended to those who already have some knowledge and enthusiasm for the theory of buildings.”—Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

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University of Chicago Press

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0226724999

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Nobody Does it Better

The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of James Bond

By: Edward Gross,Mark A. Altman

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Nobody Does it Better

The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of James Bond

By: Edward Gross,Mark A. Altman

The ultimate oral history of the only gentleman secret agent with a license to kill... and thrill...telling the incredible, uncensored true stories of the James Bond franchise and spy mania. For over five decades, the cinematic adventures of James Bond have thrilled moviegoers. Now, bestselling authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross take you behind-the-scenes of the most famous and beloved movie franchise of all-time filled with reflections from over 150 cast, crew, critics and filmmakers who reflect on the impact of this legendary movie franchise as well as share their thoughts about their favorite (and least) favorite 007 adventures and spy mania which gripped fans the world over in the wake of the success of the James Bond films. From Russia--with love, course--to Vegas, from below the bright blue waters of the Bahamas in search of a missing nuclear weapon to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, from below the seas in Stromberg’s new Noah's Ark of Atlantis into orbit with Hugo Drax, Nobody Does It Better: The Complete Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of James Bond tells the amazing, true story of the birth of James Bond through the latest remarkable James Bond adventures as well as the Spy mania classics that enthralled the world. It’s Bond and Beyond from the critically acclaimed authors of the bestselling The Fifty-Year Mission and So Say We All. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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1250300967

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The Undecided Voter's Guide to the Next President

Who the Candidates Are, Where They Come from, and How You Can Choose

By: Mark Halperin

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The Undecided Voter's Guide to the Next President

Who the Candidates Are, Where They Come from, and How You Can Choose

By: Mark Halperin

Who's ready for the oval office? They call it a horse race, and in this election the candidates got out of the gate early. But it's still hard to tell them apart and make a choice. Mark Halperin, veteran reporter and political analyst, sizes up the White House hopefuls with intelligence, insight, and his trademark wit, offering engaging, in-depth examinations of the histories, qualifications, agendas, and personal beliefs of the major candidates—including Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson, as well as some "dark horse" contenders. Among the features in this book: Issue-by-issue charts defining where each candidate stands on the war in Iraq, health care, taxes, the economy, and other significant points of debate. An assessment of each candidate's strengths and weaknesses. A hypothetical glimpse into the future of each candidate's potential presidency. Areas of possible controversy that could spark heated discussion and affect the outcome of the race. Personal facts and anecdotes about each candidate—including exclusive Q&As covering everything from their junk food weaknesses to their biggest superstitions.

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Harper Collins

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0061755443

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