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The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time

By: Martin Gitlin

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The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time

By: Martin Gitlin

Since the advent of network television, situation comedies have been a staple of prime-time programming. Classics of the genre have emerged in every decade, from The Honeymooners and Make Room for Daddy in the 1950sto 30 Rock, The Office, and Modern Family of the twenty-first century. Other shows that have left enduring impressions are The Andy Griffith Show, Get Smart, The Bob Newhart Show, Barney Miller, Cheers, The Cosby Show, The Golden Girls, Home Improvement, Will & Grace, and Everybody Loves Raymond. All of these shows are assured a place in history and would make almost anyone’s list of the most beloved comedies. In The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time, Martin Gitlin has assembled the top seventy sitcoms in television history. The rankings are based on such factors as longevity, ratings, awards, humor, impact, and legacy. Iconic programs such as I Love Lucy, The Dick Van Dyke Show,and Leave It to Beaver join contemporary shows The Simpsons, Arrested Development, and Family Guy on the list. Other programs include perennial favorites like All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Seinfeld, as well as short-lived treasures that never found the audiences they deserved like Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. Each entry contains a comprehensive compilation of information, including: Cast members Character list Network Air dates Ratings history Time slots Series overview Notable episodes Awards Fun facts and quotes Appendixes list the top male and female sitcom characters of all time, the best sitcom spin-offs, and shows that just missed the cut. By ranking these programs, The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time is sure to inspire debate. Whether you agree with this list or whether your favorite show placed as high as you think it should have, this book will be an entertaining and informative read—not only for students and scholars of television history but for sitcom fans as well.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810887258

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9780810887251

The Who & Quadrophenia

By: Martin Popoff

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The Who & Quadrophenia

By: Martin Popoff

The Who & Quadrophenia offers a generously illustrated deep dive into all aspects of one of the most popular rock albums of all time.

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Motorbooks International

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0760379270

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9780760379271

Citizen Washington

By: William Martin

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Citizen Washington

By: William Martin

Originally published: New York: Warner Books, 1999.

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St. Martin's Press

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0765363615

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9780765363619

The Food Question

Profits Versus People

By: Henry Bernstein,Maureen Mackintosh,Charlotte Martin

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The Food Question

Profits Versus People

By: Henry Bernstein,Maureen Mackintosh,Charlotte Martin

Wasteful over-consumption (by some) in the developed countries and the continuing, in some cases worsening, hunger of millions in the Third World is a dramatic indication that food problems are urgent. Anger is not enough and this book, which comes from the research group on Development Policy and Practice in the Open University (DPP), aims to provide some of the analytical tools needed for serious action. Case studies to show ways in which food aid has been used by donor countries for political ends; descriptions of the relationships between markets and human needs; articles on the problems associated with the feminization of poverty; pieces on patterns and trends of food production; analysis of land reform; an evaluation of the effects of biotechnology are all part of this rich and lively collection of articles written specially for this book.

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Routledge

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1134158017

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The Book of Caddyshack

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Greatest Movie Ever Made

By: Scott Martin

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The Book of Caddyshack

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Greatest Movie Ever Made

By: Scott Martin

Caddyshack is the ultimate golfer's cult movie. Released in 1980 and starring Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, and others, the movie is unquestionably the raunchiest, funniest golf movie ever made. The Book of Caddyshack gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at this classic comedy and includes: Full descriptions of all scenes, with the main action plus what's going on in the background (and there's a lot going on!) Details on actors and others involved in the movie: movies and television shows in which they appeared before and after Caddyshack. Where are they now? Some went on to excellent careers, others crashed and burned. Key props, such as Rodney Dangerfield's Rolls Royce and his enormous golf bag. Where did they come from? Where are they now? How the script progressed from the original to the eventual. The original is in the Caddyshack restaurant in Ponte Vedra Beach near Jacksonville. Every possible bit of trivia about the movie and making the movie. PGA Tour stars' favorite movie moments. Essentially, as the subtitle says: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Greatest Movie Ever Made

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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1589795148

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C-130 Hercules

A History

By: Martin W. Bowman

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C-130 Hercules

A History

By: Martin W. Bowman

“An engaging retrospective on the long-lived and ubiquitous C-130 Hercules tactical airlifter . . . Sweeping in its scope . . . an invaluable reference.” —Aviation History Designed in response to a 1951 requirement, the C-130 Hercules is the most successful military airlifter ever built. Since it first flew in prototype form on August 23, 1954, more than 2,100 have been produced in over eighty different versions. Across its variants, the Hercules serves more than sixty air forces, as well as many civilian cargo operators, in a multiplicity of roles, including air-to-air refueller, gunship, airborne command post, flying hospital, and firefighter. This rugged and easily maintained aircraft entered service in 1956 with the USAF Tactical Air Command. Ten years later, the “Charlie 130” was providing essential logistical support in Vietnam. This period in Southeast Asia was the Hercules’ finest hour. Paradrops, airlift, and evacuation operations were completed around the clock, often at low level, usually under fire and nearly always in bad weather. A generation later, this “Mr. Dependable” was serving with equal distinction in the Gulf War in the role of airlifter, radio-countermeasures, and “psy-ops” platform, gunship and, once again, “block-buster bomber.” The “Herky Bird” or “Fat Albert,” as the C-130 is fondly known, has proved a key component in humanitarian relief operations, as well, in all parts of the world. “Martin’s technical and informative look at their creation and use is absolutely fascinating. An iconic aircraft gets Martin’s VIP treatment in this wonderful book.” —Books Monthly “A history of an aviation great, from the pen of a popular and well-established author of aviation history.” —Firetrench

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Casemate Publishers

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1473863201

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9781473863200

Historical Dictionary of Laos

By: Martin Stuart-Fox,Simon Creak

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Historical Dictionary of Laos

By: Martin Stuart-Fox,Simon Creak

Laos has the smallest population, the weakest military, and despite rapid economic growth in recent years, one of the lowest levels of per capita income in mainland Southeast Asia. Yet a glance at the map reveals its strategic location, between China and Cambodia and Thailand and Vietnam. As Laos was formerly a crossroads for trade routes, the socialist government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic seeks to transform the country into a prosperous crossroads at the heart of this rapidly developing region. Historical Dictionary of Laos, Fourth Edition provides an in-depth examination of one of the least-known countries in Southeast Asia through a detailed chronology, comprehensive introduction, and extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book will be an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Laos.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538120283

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Fish Inspection, Quality Control, and HACCP

A Global Focus

By: Roy E. Martin

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Fish Inspection, Quality Control, and HACCP

A Global Focus

By: Roy E. Martin

Written by world government and industry experts, this book focuses on the application of new seafood inspection systems that ensure the public health while providing a reasonable environment for business. International trade has experienced very dynamic developments over the last few years, including new international trade agreements and new approaches in food safety inspection. The focus has shifted from traditional end product inspection to modern, preventive methods. Covering all aspects of the industry, Fish Inspection, Quality Control, and HACCP: A Global Focus aids readers in providing the safest possible high quality seafood to the ever-demanding public.

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CRC Press

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1566765463

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Ovid on Screen

A Montage of Attractions

By: Martin M. Winkler

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Ovid on Screen

A Montage of Attractions

By: Martin M. Winkler

The first study of Ovid, especially his Metamorphoses, as inherently visual literature, explaining his pervasive importance in our visual media.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108485405

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Goldmine Record Album Price Guide

By: Martin Popoff

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Goldmine Record Album Price Guide

By: Martin Popoff

Whether you're cleaning out a closet, basement or attic full of records, or you're searching for hidden gems to build your collection, you can depend on Goldmine Record Album Price Guide to help you accurately identify and appraise your records in order to get the best price. • Knowledge is power, so power-up with Goldmine! • 70,000 vinyl LPs from 1948 to present • Hundreds of new artists • Detailed listings with current values • Various artist collections and original cast recordings from movies, televisions and Broadway • 400 photos • Updated state-of-the-market reports • New feature articles • Advice on buying and selling Goldmine Grading Guide - the industry standard

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Penguin

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1440229163

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Preaching on Wax

The Phonograph and the Shaping of Modern African American Religion

By: Lerone A Martin

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Preaching on Wax

The Phonograph and the Shaping of Modern African American Religion

By: Lerone A Martin

The overlooked African American religious history of the phonograph industry Winner of the 2015 Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize for outstanding scholarship in church history by a first-time author presented by the American Society of Church History Certificate of Merit, 2015 Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research presented by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections From 1925 to 1941, approximately one hundred African American clergymen teamed up with leading record labels such as Columbia, Paramount, Victor-RCA to record and sell their sermons on wax. While white clerics of the era, such as Aimee Semple McPherson and Charles Fuller, became religious entrepreneurs and celebrities through their pioneering use of radio, black clergy were largely marginalized from radio. Instead, they relied on other means to get their message out, teaming up with corporate titans of the phonograph industry to package and distribute their old-time gospel messages across the country. Their nationally marketed folk sermons received an enthusiastic welcome by consumers, at times even outselling top billing jazz and blues artists such as Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey. These phonograph preachers significantly shaped the development of black religion during the interwar period, playing a crucial role in establishing the contemporary religious practices of commodification, broadcasting, and celebrity. Yet, the fame and reach of these nationwide media ministries came at a price, as phonograph preachers became subject to the principles of corporate America. In Preaching on Wax, Lerone A. Martin offers the first full-length account of the oft-overlooked religious history of the phonograph industry. He explains why a critical mass of African American ministers teamed up with the major phonograph labels of the day, how and why black consumers eagerly purchased their religious records, and how this phonograph religion significantly contributed to the shaping of modern African American Christianity. Instructor's Guide

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NYU Press

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0814708129

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The Bible in the Early Irish Church, A.D. 550 to 850

By: Martin McNamara

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The Bible in the Early Irish Church, A.D. 550 to 850

By: Martin McNamara

This book aims at bringing together and providing all the information which was available to early Irish writers from Columbanus (6th century) onwards as far as the greater commentators (Sedulius Scottus, Scottus Eriugena) about 850.

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BRILL

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9004512136

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9789004512139

The Pankhursts

The History of One Radical Family

By: Martin Pugh

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The Pankhursts

The History of One Radical Family

By: Martin Pugh

The suffragettes outraged Victorian society but their personal lives were just as dramatic as their public actions. In this gripping and incisive account of the Pankhursts, Martin Pugh reveals the full story behind this unique family: Emmeline, the domineering mother; Christabel, the favourite daughter, who became an Adventist and admirer of Mussolini; Sylvia, the 'scarlet woman'; adn Adela, banished to Australia after a bitter rift. The result is a narrative that reads like a novel, and a brilliant insight into the history of a family that changed the face of British society for ever.

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Random House

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1448162688

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Operation PLUM

The Ill-fated 27th Bombardment Group and the Fight for the Western Pacific

By: Adrian R. Martin,Larry W. Stephenson

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Operation PLUM

The Ill-fated 27th Bombardment Group and the Fight for the Western Pacific

By: Adrian R. Martin,Larry W. Stephenson

They went in as confident young warriors. They came out as battle-scarred veterans, POW camp survivors . . . or worse. The Army Air Corps’ 27th Bombardment Group arrived in the Philippines in November 1941 with 1,209 men; one year later, only 20 returned to the United States. The Japanese attacked the Philippines on the same morning as Pearl Harbor and invaded soon after. Allied air routes back to the Philippines were soon cut, forcing pilots to fight their air war from bases in Java, Australia, and New Guinea. The men on Bataan were eventually taken prisoner and forced into the infamous Death March. The 27th and other such units were pivotal in delaying the Japanese timetable for conquest. If not for these units, some have suggested, the Allied offensive in the Pacific might have started in Hawaii or even California instead of New Guinea and the surrounding islands. Based largely on primary materials, including a fifty-nine-page report written by the surviving unit members in September 1942, Operation PLUM (from the code name for the U.S. Army in the Philippines) gives an account of the 27th Bombardment Group and, through it, the opening months of the Pacific theater. Military historians and readers interested in World War II will appreciate the rich perspective presented in Operation PLUM

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Texas A&M University Press

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1603441840

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Controversies in Local Economic Development

Stories, strategies, solutions

By: Martin Perry

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Controversies in Local Economic Development

Stories, strategies, solutions

By: Martin Perry

Efforts to promote the economic development of individual localities engage the attention of academics, students and professionals. Many such analysts argue that competitive advantage can be fostered within local economies, complimenting the advent of a more globalised economy. Intensified efforts to build new economic foundations show no sign of abating despite the apparent increase in the international mobility of businesses and employment. Unpicking the arguments supporting different strategies for promoting local economic development, Controversies in Local Economic Development is an introductory guide to some of the major ideas and policy tools that have influenced academic debate and development practice. Taking the view that economic processes are mechanisms that promote desired outcomes only in particular contexts, the book asks questions of both academic debates and the prescriptions of policy experts.

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Routledge

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1136955747

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The Republic Pictures Checklist

Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959

By: Len D. Martin

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The Republic Pictures Checklist

Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959

By: Len D. Martin

Republic Pictures Corporation, began as a motion picture laboratory in 1915. By 1935, Republic had become a studio and released its first movie, Westward Ho! starring a young John Wayne, who would stay with Republic for the next 17 years. Republic would go on to produce highly successful Westerns starring singing cowboys Gene Autry and Roy Rogers as well as serial adventure series. The studio cranked out so many exciting (not to mention money-making) serials that it became known as "The Thrill Factory." Occasionally, Republic would produce and distribute "A" features, such as Macbeth and The Quiet Man, but it was the "B" Westerns and adventure serials that they knew best how to produce and market. Until its demise in 1959, Republic fed hungry moviegoers with a steady diet of "B" Westerns, serials, dramas, series pictures and musicals. The Republic Pictures Checklist provides a full listing of Republic releases, with plot synopses, release dates, alternate titles, chapter titles and awards. All of Republic's output, including documentaries and training films, is included.

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McFarland

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1476609608

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Britain, 1846-1964

The Challenge of Change

By: Martin Roberts

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Britain, 1846-1964

The Challenge of Change

By: Martin Roberts

The aim of this book is to explain how Britain's circumstances changed between 1846 - 1964: Britain in 1846 was by far the richest nation in the world. In 1964, Britain was, comparatively, much less rich than the USA and, though amongst the world's richest nations, was losing ground to Japan and to Western Europe. Because of her wealth and her navy, Britain in 1846 was the most powerful nation in the world. Britain in 1964 was dwarfed by the superpowers of the USA and the USSR. The British Empire of the 1840s refelcted Britain's power. By 1964 the Empire was collapsing. Only one in five men (and no women) could vote in the Britain of 1840s. By 1964 Britain was fully democratic, with all adults entitled to vote. In a period of a little over a century, these were some of the changes to which Britain had to adapt. It was a period that marked a substantial fall in Britain's comparative power and prosperity in the world.

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0199133735

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I Stumbled But I Didn't Fall

By: Cheryl Bonita Martin

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I Stumbled But I Didn't Fall

By: Cheryl Bonita Martin

Denise - An educated woman who is looking for love but seems to find love in the wrong men. Denise can hold it down for herself. She's sweet and a strong woman. She just simply wants to share her life with someone who can return her love. Unfortunately, in the relationship department Denise meets up with the wrong men who disappoints her, lies and cheats. Shattered and hurt by her past relationships, Denise meditates on why she chooses the men she chooses in her life. Moving forward, Denise comes to terms that the only man who can truly love her is the Man above and decides to turn her life over to Him. Michael - A banker from New York City. Michael graduated from one of the top universities in New York. Michael Meets Denise at the bank. He becomes involved with her. Michael seems to be honest and down-to-earth, but his double-life catches up with him when Denise becomes pregnant. Through all of the deceptions and lies surrounding Michael about the so called gang bangers being after him and his undercover marriage to another woman, Denise realizes that she is caught up in a crazy situation and has no direction in which way she should go and confused as to what decision she needs to make surrounding her pregnancy. Eddie - Was smooth and charming to the ladies. He takes care of the women he becomes involved with. When Eddie meets Denise, he sweeps her off of her feet with his smooth and charming personality. Eddie romances Denise and takes her on a different level she never thought she would dream of. He treats her like a queen. Under all of the smoothness, the charm and the romancing, Eddie shows Denise a different side of him, steals her joy and breaks her down mentally when he abruptly leaves her for another woman and marries her. Jamal - Is just someone in the passing. Jamal is from Atlanta. Denise meets Jamal one day while taking out the trash. Jamal is cool, calm and collective. He is handsome and sexy. Denise likes his style. They begin dating and a brief relationship forms. When Denise gets laid off from her downtown Atlanta job, she turns to Jamal for support only to realize Jamal offers no support. During Denise's financial crunch, she realizes that Jamal is lazy, lied about working, have no dreams or goals for himself. In fact, the only dreams and goals Jamal have is to live off of each and every woman he meets. This book is filled with joys, sorrows and pain endured from three different relationships, including mental abuse that started in the early years.

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1452041407

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Understanding Social Movements

By: Greg Martin

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Understanding Social Movements

By: Greg Martin

This book offers a new and fresh approach to understanding social movements. It provides interdisciplinary perspectives on social and cultural protest and contentious politics. It considers major theories and concepts, which are presented in an accessible and engaging format. Historical and contemporary case studies and examples from a variety of different countries are provided throughout, including the American civil rights movement, Greenpeace, Pussy Riot, indigenous peoples movements, liberation theology, Occupy, Tea Party, and the Arab Spring. The book presents specific chapters outlining the early origins of social movement studies, and more recent theoretical and conceptual developments. It considers key ideas from resource mobilization theory, the political process model, and new social movement approaches. It provides an expansive commentary on the role of culture in social protest, and looks at substantive areas in chapters dedicated to religious movements, geography and struggles over space, media and movements, and global activism. Understanding Social Movements will be a useful resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students across disciplines wanting to be introduced to or extend their knowledge of the field. The book will also prove invaluable for lecturers and academic researchers interested in studying social movements.

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Routledge

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1136868143

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Science, Technology and Society

An Introduction

By: Martin Bridgstock,David Burch,John Forge,John Laurent,Ian Lowe

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Science, Technology and Society

An Introduction

By: Martin Bridgstock,David Burch,John Forge,John Laurent,Ian Lowe

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the human, social and economic aspects of science and technology. It examines a broad range of issues from a variety of perspectives, using examples and experiences from Australia and around the world. The authors present complex issues in an accessible and engaging form. Topics include the responsibilities of scientists, ethical dilemmas and controversies, the Industrial Revolution, economic issues, public policy, and science and technology in developing countries. The book ends with a thoughtful and provocative look towards the future. It includes extensive guides to further reading, as well as a useful section on information searching skills. This book will provoke, engage, inform and stimulate thoughtful discussion about culture, society and science. Broad and interdisciplinary, it will be of considerable value to students and teachers.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139936190

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Alchemy of the Soul

The Eros and Psyche Myth As a Guide to Transformation

By: Martin Lowenthal

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Alchemy of the Soul

The Eros and Psyche Myth As a Guide to Transformation

By: Martin Lowenthal

Life without myth, the vital force of archetypal experiences, is life filled with maladies, neuroses, addictions, and disease. Alchemy of the Soul retells the myth of Eros and Psyche to help readers reconnect mind and relatedness to find wholeness and deep meaning. Author Martin Lowenthal describes how the story of Eros and Psyche illustrates the alchemical process of marrying soul and matter so that life can be lived with more joy, meaning, and a tangible sense of divine love. The book is divided into three parts: • Part 1 is a beautiful retelling of the myth of Eros and Psyche. • Part 2 examines the power of myth and alchemy and shows how spiritual alchemy can restore and transform the soul. • Part 3 is an initiation into the alchemical mysteries using myth as mentor. Lowenthal writes, "The story assails the defenses of our mind and our reactive habits and seeks to wrest a victory for life and growth from the inertia of daily habits and confusion. It initiates us into a world far more vibrant, rich, and nourishing than the one we knew in childhood and naively, yet regressively, settle for. In this sense, story reveals what happens as we attempt to spread our emotional wings in the developmentally confining domain of our childhood home and community and what it takes to make something significant of ourselves in ways that feed the future. As guests of the story, we discover the larger sacred garden in which we emerge as a unique and beautiful flower in a bed of exquisite blossoms, each one unique and essential." Alchemy of the Soul takes alchemy from the realm of the esoteric and places it in practical terms of story—terms that anyone can understand, value, and use as a guide to life.

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Nicolas-Hays, Inc.

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0892545909

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9780892545902

On Law, Politics, and Judicialization

By: Martin Shapiro,Alec Stone Sweet

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On Law, Politics, and Judicialization

By: Martin Shapiro,Alec Stone Sweet

Across the globe, the domain of the litigator and the judge has radically expanded, making it increasingly difficult for those who study comparative and international politics, public policy and regulation, or the evolution of new modes of governance to avoid encountering a great deal of law and courts. In On Law, Politics, and Judicialization, two of the world's leading political scientists present the best of their research, focusing on how to build and test a social science of law and courts. The opening chapter features Shapiro's classic 'Political Jurisprudence,' and Stone Sweet's 'Judicialization and the Construction of Governance,' pieces that critically redefined research agendas on the politics of law and judging. Subsequent chapters take up diverse themes: the strategic contexts of litigation and judging; the discursive foundations of judicial power; the social logic of precedent and appeal; the networking of legal elites; the lawmaking dynamics of rights adjudication; the success and diffusion of constitutional review; the reciprocal impact of courts and legislatures; the globalization of private law; methods, hypothesis-testing, and prediction in comparative law; and the sources and consequences of the creeping 'judicialization of politics' around the world. Chosen empirical settings include the United States, the GATT-WTO, France and Germany, Imperial China and Islam, the European Union, and the transnational world of the Lex Mercatoria. Written for a broad, scholarly audience, the book is also recommended for use in graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in law and the social sciences.

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OUP Oxford

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0191531375

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9780191531378

The Psalms in the Early Irish Church

By: Martin J. McNamara

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The Psalms in the Early Irish Church

By: Martin J. McNamara

A creative, independent, Irish exegetical tradition was well established by the year 700 CE, influencing Northumbria but not Continental Europe. This book contains eight studies by the distinguished Irish biblical scholar, Martin McNamara, which he has published over the past twenty-five years, on the Latin biblical texts (Vulgate, Gallicanum and Jerome's Hebraicum) of the Psalter and commentaries on it in Ireland from 600 CE onwards. The oldest Irish Vulgate text, the Cathach of St Columba of Iona (died 597), shows signs of correction against the Irish recension of the Hebrew text. The central exegetical tradition is strongly Antiochene, being dependent on the commentary of Theodore of Mopsuestia (in Julian's translation), while another branch understands the Psalms as principally about David, rather than christologically or as about later Jewish history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567540340

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9780567540348

Exploring Terrorist Targeting Preferences

By: Martin C. Libicki,Peter Chalk,Melanie W. Sisson,Melanie Sisson

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Exploring Terrorist Targeting Preferences

By: Martin C. Libicki,Peter Chalk,Melanie W. Sisson,Melanie Sisson

Governments spend billions to protect against terrorism. Might it help to understand what al Qaeda would achieve with each specific attack? This book examines various hypotheses of terrorist targeting: is it (1) to coerce, (2) to damage economies, (3) to rally the faithful, or (4) a decision left to affiliates? This book analyzes past attacks, post hoc justifications, and expert opinion to weigh each hypothesis.

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Rand Corporation

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0833042483

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9780833042484

Understanding Homeland Security

By: Gus Martin

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Understanding Homeland Security

By: Gus Martin

Gus Martin′s Understanding Homeland Security, 4th edition offers much-needed insight into the complex nature of issues surrounding modern homeland security. This comprehensive textbook examines the theories, agency missions, laws, and regulations governing the homeland security enterprise through the lens of threat scenarios and countermeasures related to terrorism, natural disasters, emergency management, cyber security, and much more. Martin′s pedagogical approach is designed to stimulate critical thinking in readers, allowing them to not only comprehend the fundamentals, but to analyze and respond to various threat environments. The Fourth Edition introduces readers to homeland security in the modern era, focusing particularly on the post - September 11, 2001 world. Exploring cutting-edge topics, this book keeps readers on the forefront of homeland security.

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SAGE Publications

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1071893971

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Business Clusters

An International Perspective

By: Martin Perry

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Business Clusters

An International Perspective

By: Martin Perry

Using evidence from high and low income economies, as well as case studies showing the reasons for successful clusters, this book is aimed at students of business location, policy-makers and managers seeking a real-world understanding of clustering.

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Routledge

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1134300204

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Gender, Colonialism and Education

An International Perspective

By: Joyce Goodman,Jane Martin

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Gender, Colonialism and Education

An International Perspective

By: Joyce Goodman,Jane Martin

An examination of the ways in which gender intersects with informal and formal education in England, Germany, Indonesia, South Africa, USA and the Netherlands. The book looks at various issues including: citizenship; authority; colonialism and education; and the construction of national identities.

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Routledge

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1134981686

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Classical Antiquity and the Cinematic Imagination

By: Martin M. Winkler

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Classical Antiquity and the Cinematic Imagination

By: Martin M. Winkler

The first systematic study of classical literature and arts to explain their close affinities with modern visual technologies and media.

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553

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Cambridge University Press

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1009396714

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Bound for Gold

A Peter Fallon Novel of the California Gold Rush

By: William Martin

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Bound for Gold

A Peter Fallon Novel of the California Gold Rush

By: William Martin

A Peter Fallon novel of the California gold rush"--Jacket.

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Forge Books

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0765384213

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The B-17 - The Flying Forts

By: Martin Caidin

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The B-17 - The Flying Forts

By: Martin Caidin

There is no such thunder in history -- nor ever will be again -- as the deep-throated roar of the mighty, four-engined B-17s that streamed across the skies in World War II. The long runways are silent now, the men and planes are gone. But out of the massive files of records available, and the memories of the men who flew, Martin Caidin has assembled this dramatic portrait of America's most formidable heavy bomber of the war. The B-17: The Flying Forts recreates a vanished era and a great and gallant plane -- a plane that could absorb three thousand enemy bullets, fly with no rudder, and complete its mission on two engines. A plane that American pilots flew at Pearl Harbor, Tunis, Midway, Palermo, Schweinfurt, Regensberg, Normandy, and Berlin, in thousands of missions and through hundreds of thousands of miles of flak-filled skies. A plane that proved itself in every combat theater as the greatest heavy bomber of World War II.

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ibooks

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0743434706

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Atascadero

By: S. W. Martin

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Atascadero

By: S. W. Martin

Atascadero, California--located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on US Highway 101--is the brainchild of E.G. Lewis. Thought by some to have been a visionary, others considered Lewis a con artist. In spite of his reputation, he founded Atascadero and left in his wake a collection of unique architecture that was the first planned community in the state of California. He established roads, water mains, power grids, agricultural cooperatives, and a 20-mile road to the Pacific Ocean. Atascadero is also home to the nation's first enclosed shopping mall and magnificent art from the 1904 St. Louis World Exposition. Atascadero's creator also founded University City, Missouri, and Palos Verdes, California.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738589160

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