Marvin Allen's Books

Where Is Home?

By: Marvin T Cook

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A young girl has an accident leaving her with multiple head injuries. She collapses and goes unconscious. She is found lying by the roadside by a young man. He takes her to the hospital. Over time they become friends then lovers then married. She does not know who she is. So, the Man and her develop a name for her, get a Social Security card, drivers license and a job. She gets an apartment. They go through many of lifes problems together. They eventually by a home and settle down. The girl learns her true identity and is really surprised to learn who she really is and where she came from.

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Trafford Publishing

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1426955979

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9781426955976

Deathtraps

The Postmodern Comedy Thriller

By: Marvin Carlson

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Deathtraps

The Postmodern Comedy Thriller

By: Marvin Carlson

Shows the comedy thriller to be a singularly postmodern form. This work examines various elements of the thriller - openings, settings, characters, plot lines, the role of the audience, and endings - and shows how they work to overturn the conventions of realism in detective drama.

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Indiana University Press

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0253313058

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9780253313058

Kurt Vonnegut

A Critical Companion

By: Thomas Marvin

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Kurt Vonnegut

A Critical Companion

By: Thomas Marvin

With a career spanning 50 years, Kurt Vonnegut is one of the most prolific and popular American writers of the 20th century. Though his works have often met with mixed reviews, and have been difficult to categorize, his status of cultural icon and one of the most important contemporary novelists is well established. This critical companion, perfect for students, skillfully guides readers through seven of Vonnegut's most important novels including Player Piano (1952), Mother Night (1961), Cat's Cradle (1963), and Slaughterhouse Five (1969). A full chapter is devoted to each work, with clear analysis of plot, character development, thematic concerns, symbolism, and a close critical reading. A chapter on the life of Kurt Vonnegut gives an up-to-date biography, with interesting details relating the facts of his life to his writings. The Literary Contexts section, devoted to examining issues of genre, influences and themes in Vonnegut's writing, adds to a fuller understanding of the man and his literary works. This exceptionally well-written Critical Companion will help students and interested readers appreciate Vonnegut's most important and popular novels. Close critical readings offer feminist, Marxist, and new historicist perspectives on these works. A bibliography helps students undertaking research identify additional sources for biographical and critical information, and provides reviews and a comprehensive list of Vonnegut's publications to date.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313006792

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9780313006791

Our Father Abraham

Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith

By: Marvin R. Wilson

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Our Father Abraham

Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith

By: Marvin R. Wilson

This volume delineates the link between Judaism and Christanity, between Old and the New Testaments, and calls Christians to reexamine their Hebrew roots so as to effect a more authentically biblical lifestyle.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802804233

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9780802804235

Lead

A Guide to Fostering Perpetual Leadership

By: Marvin Allen

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Lead

A Guide to Fostering Perpetual Leadership

By: Marvin Allen

Marvelous Marv has developed this leadership guide to share his secrets of leadership development based on his successful professional and community-based experiences. This guide is essential in the "I" driven environment in which we live and work. These secrets will transform your view of leadership and give you a fresh and exciting new approach to producing stronger leaders who will develop into higher performers with greater outcomes. His approach is personal and repetitive for the boardroom or your household. Using his LEAD strategy will foster a culture of perpetual leadership as you re-envision your approach to leadership development.

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195071828X

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Collective Violence

By: James F., Jr. Short,Marvin E. Wolfgang

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Collective Violence

By: James F., Jr. Short,Marvin E. Wolfgang

Collective violence has played an important role throughout American history, though we have typically denied it. But it is not enough to repress violence or to suppress our knowledge of it. We must understand the phenomenon, and to do this, we must learn what violent groups are trying to say. Th at some choose violence tells us something about the perpetrators, inevitably, about ourselves and the society we have built.

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Routledge

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1351527746

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9781351527743

Jane Austen

Irony as Defense and Discovery

By: Marvin Mudrick

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Jane Austen

Irony as Defense and Discovery

By: Marvin Mudrick

Has there ever been a critic of Jane Austen equal to her verve, her animation and independence of thought? Marvin Mudrick’s Jane Austen: Irony as Defense and Discovery, his first book, was published in 1952, and remains a fundamental work of commentary on Austen. It is filled with idiosyncratic insights about what makes Austen’s novels so daring and alive. Mudrick writes, for example, that this book “began as an essay to document my conviction that Emma is a novel admired, even consecrated, for qualities which it in fact subverts or ignores.” He goes on to show Austen to be a writer of irreverent sensibilities who, despite the constricted circumstances of her life, managed to create in her novels an enduring microcosm of the larger world. Mudrick examines her writings as aspects of a developing personal irony, an irony that later became the vital principles of her art. It was her ironic detachment, he maintains, that enabled her to expose and dissect, in novels that are masterpieces of comic wit and brilliant satire, the follies and delusions of eighteenth-century English society—and of human society even today.

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Berkshire Publishing Group

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1614728747

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9781614728740

White People Do Not Know how to Behave at Entertainments Designed for Ladies & Gentlemen of Colour

William Brown's African & American Theater

By: Marvin Edward McAllister

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White People Do Not Know how to Behave at Entertainments Designed for Ladies & Gentlemen of Colour

William Brown's African & American Theater

By: Marvin Edward McAllister

McAllister offers a history of black theater pioneer William Brown's career and places his productions within the broader context of U.S. social, political, and cultural history.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807854506

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9780807854501

Improving Efficiency by Shrinkage

The James--Stein and Ridge Regression Estimators

By: Marvin Gruber

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Improving Efficiency by Shrinkage

The James--Stein and Ridge Regression Estimators

By: Marvin Gruber

Offers a treatment of different kinds of James-Stein and ridge regression estimators from a frequentist and Bayesian point of view. The book explains and compares estimators analytically as well as numerically and includes Mathematica and Maple programs used in numerical comparison.;College or university bookshops may order five or more copies at a special student rate, available on request.

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Routledge

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1351439162

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9781351439169

Single Parent Families

Diversity, Myths and Realities

By: Marvin B Sussman,Shirley Hanson,Marsha L. Heims,Doris J. Julian

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Single Parent Families

Diversity, Myths and Realities

By: Marvin B Sussman,Shirley Hanson,Marsha L. Heims,Doris J. Julian

Here is a comprehensive source of vital information on single parent families in contemporary society. This book analyzes literature and empirical research concerning single parent families and explores issues and challenges they face. Contributing authors from many fields and perspectives examine a broad range of subjects relating to families in which one person is primarily responsible for parenting. The only state-of-the-art compendium on the topic of single parent families available today, the book synthesizes empirical, theoretical, and contemporary literature about the diversity, myths, and realities of single parent families in western countries.Each chapter contains a demographic overview, definitions, a literature review, and implications for practice, research, education, and social policy. Theoretical and conceptual perspectives related to parenting and wider families are included. An analysis, synthesis, and commentary on single parent families concludes the volume. Themes highlighted throughout the book include socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of single parent families, cultural and ethnic features, and legal and ethical components. Some chapter topics include: single parenthood following divorce single parenthood following death of a spouse never married teen mothers and fathers female-headed homeless families adoptions by single parents noncustodial mothers and fathers grandparents as primary parents single parents of children with disabilitiesSingle Parent Families contains additional resources useful for family professionals: an annotated bibliography, a video/filmography, and a national community resource list. The book is intended for a multidisciplinary audience, including sociologists, psychologists, health care professionals, social workers, therapists, and other researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and educators. An ideal primary or reference text for undergraduate and graduate level programs, the book can also serve as a tool for staff development and continuing education in service agencies.

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1317764609

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Cross-cultural Perspectives on Families, Work, and Change

By: Katja Boh,Giovanni B. Sgritta,Marvin B. Sussman

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Cross-cultural Perspectives on Families, Work, and Change

By: Katja Boh,Giovanni B. Sgritta,Marvin B. Sussman

An intriguing study on families and their changing roles, Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Families, Work, and Change provides fresh viewpoints on factors that have an impact on family life and relationships. This thematic volume, with chapters from scholars in Italy, Australia, Israel, Jordan, West Germany, Yugoslavia, Norway, and Finland, is truly international and covers a variety of substantive concerns. Among these is the concern for new familial models which will meld both the individual and the whole into a viable family entity capable of providing for the wishes, needs, and aspirations of the whole and individual members of a family. Discussing various concepts relating to family structure in lieu of the recent shift toward gender equity and the greater acceptance of varied forms of families and lifestyles, this book carefully links the most supportive and nurturing components of modern society with tried and true components of traditional cultures and systems. The chapters take a conceptual approach, focusing on applications and future needs, policies, and problems surrounding the family. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Families, Work, and Change represents the increasing shift of mothers to professionals with chapters on increasing female employment and its effect on family life. The much-needed search for explanations of family and society change and for new family models is a common thread throughout the book. In reading this insightful work, family and marriage counselors, students and academicians in family studies, researchers, social workers, and psychologists will see new ways of perceiving families in their critical roles over generations of time.

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Psychology Press

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0866569618

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9780866569613

H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror #2

By: Marvin Kaye

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H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror #2

By: Marvin Kaye

The second issue of H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror is dedicated to classic fantasy writer Richard Matheson, presenting an original story, interview, and critical overview of his movies. An additional 11 stories fill out the issue, including work by such luminaries as Tanith Lee, Ray Russell, Chris Bunch, a classic reprint from E. Hoffman Price, and much more. Plus all the usual features by editor Marvin Kaye, book reviewer Craig Shaw Gardner, and film critic Greg Lamberson. Plus poetry by H.P. Lovecraft, Lynn Jamneck, and Mike Allen. Rounding out the issue is a fine selection of artwork by Steve Hickman (cover), Allen Koszowski, Alex McVey, Britt Spencer, George H. Scithers, Mike Dublisch, and David Grilla.

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Wildside Press LLC

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1592242073

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9781592242078

Advances in Computers

Advances in Software Engineering

By: Marvin Zelkowitz

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Advances in Computers

Advances in Software Engineering

By: Marvin Zelkowitz

Advances in Computers covers new developments in computer technology. Most chapters present an overview of a current subfield within computer science, with many citations, and often include new developments in the field by the authors of the individual chapters. Topics include hardware, software, theoretical underpinnings of computing, and novel applications of computers. This volume emphasizes software engineering issues in the design of new software systems. The use of the new emerging agile methods is presented as well as timeboxing and model based software engineering (MBASE) as techniques to manage large scale developments. The book series is a valuable addition to university courses that emphasize the topics under discussion in that particular volume as well as belonging on the bookshelf of industrial practitioners who need to implement many of the technologies that are described. - In-depth surveys and tutorials on new computer technology - Well-known authors and researchers in the field - Extensive bibliographies with most chapters - Important chapters on new technologies for software development: agile methods, time boxing, MBASE

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Elsevier

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0080471900

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9780080471907

THE LINDSEYS – KANSAS PIONEERS 1855 – 2024

A History of the Lindsey Family of southeast Miami County and northeast Linn County, Kansas

By: Marvin L,Steven E Lindsey

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THE LINDSEYS – KANSAS PIONEERS 1855 – 2024

A History of the Lindsey Family of southeast Miami County and northeast Linn County, Kansas

By: Marvin L,Steven E Lindsey

This book was written largely for the benefit of the writers children and grandchildren so they would know something of the life and hardships faced by their pioneering ancestors. It was inspired by their questions about our childhood and youth and their own memories of many visits to the Kansas farms of their grandparents and great grandparents. However, we think many other readers will enjoy learning something about what it was like growing up on a midwestern farm in the 1940s and 50s. A time that was in many ways much simpler but certainly not easy. We had the privilege of knowing personally grandparents and great grandparents who had lived through the many profound changes that occurred around the change of the century. Automobiles, tractors and telephones had only arrived on the farm about 30 years earlier and the grandparents’ barns and garages were still filled with horse-drawn equipment and harnesses from an earlier era. Electricity and graveled roads only occurred after WWII in our memory and running water and indoor bathrooms were still not common on many farms as late as 1955. It was a different and changing world of which we were privileged to be a part. Almost all our relatives lived nearby, and neighbors all knew us and didn’t hesitate to let our parents know if we were up to any mischief. We were expected to take responsibility, work hard, always be truthful, stay out of trouble, study hard and plant straight rows. All are excellent traits that unfortunately are not as valued today as they were then. In the book we have shared some history of the area and some stories of incidents from our lives that were not uncommon among farm families. We hope readers enjoy learning about us and our families.

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9798823022231

Handbook of Lasers

By: Marvin J. Weber

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Handbook of Lasers

By: Marvin J. Weber

Lasers continue to be an amazingly robust field of activity. Anyone seeking a photon source is now confronted with an enormous number of possible lasers and laser wavelengths to choose from, but no single, comprehensive source to help them make that choice. The Handbook of Lasers provides an authoritative compilation of lasers, their properties, and original references in a readily accessible form. Organized by lasing media-solids, liquids, and gases-each section is subdivided into distinct laser types. Each type carries a brief description, followed by tables listing the lasing element or medium, host, lasing transition and wavelength, operating properties, primary literature citations, and, for broadband lasers, reported tuning ranges. The importance and value of the Handbook of Lasers cannot be overstated. Serving as both an archive and as an indicator of emerging trends, it reflects the state of knowledge and development in the field, provides a rapid means of obtaining reference data, and offers a pathway to the literature. It contains data useful for comparison with predictions and for developing models of processes, and may reveal fundamental inconsistencies or conflicts in the data.

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CRC Press

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1351835513

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9781351835510

Concert Music, Rock, and Jazz Since 1945

Essays and Analytical Studies

By: Elizabeth West Marvin

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Concert Music, Rock, and Jazz Since 1945

Essays and Analytical Studies

By: Elizabeth West Marvin

Presents various interdisciplinary articles to bridge the gulf between classical and popular music.

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University Rochester Press

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1580460968

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9781580460965

Deal Me In

Twenty of the World's Stop Poker Players Share the Heartbreaking and Inspiring Stories of How They Turned Pro

By: Marvin Karlins,Stephen John

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Deal Me In

Twenty of the World's Stop Poker Players Share the Heartbreaking and Inspiring Stories of How They Turned Pro

By: Marvin Karlins,Stephen John

Deal Me In showcases 20 of the world's top poker players as they share their colorful and inspiring stories of how they became professionals. Poker's biggest players, such as Phil Ivey (2009 WSOP Main Event Finalist), Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth , Doyle Brunson and Daniel Negreanu give first-person accounts of their personal journeys and the key moments in their rise to the top of the poker pantheon. These stories will teach, inspire and make you laugh. Deal Me In humanizes the larger-than-life personalities, allowing the reader to understand more about poker strategy through the trials and errors of the best players in the game. Each poker legend tells his or her own story in the book including: Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth , Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Annie Duke, Johnny Chan, Chris Jesus Ferguson, Carlos Mortensen, Chau Giang, Jennifer Harman, Allen Cunningham, Howard Lederer, Erik Seidel, Chad Brown, David Devilfish Ulliott, Layne Flack, Scotty Nguyen, Annette Obrestad, Tom Dwan and the 2008 Main Event winner Peter Eastgate.

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Phil's House Publishing Inc

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0982455801

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9780982455807

Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics

By: Marvin L. Cohen,Steven G. Louie

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Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics

By: Marvin L. Cohen,Steven G. Louie

Based on an established course and covering the fundamentals, central areas and contemporary topics of this diverse field, Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics is a much-needed textbook for graduate students. The book begins with an introduction to the modern conceptual models of a solid from the points of view of interacting atoms and elementary excitations. It then provides students with a thorough grounding in electronic structure and many-body interactions as a starting point to understand many properties of condensed matter systems - electronic, structural, vibrational, thermal, optical, transport, magnetic and superconducting - and methods to calculate them. Taking readers through the concepts and techniques, the text gives both theoretically and experimentally inclined students the knowledge needed for research and teaching careers in this field. It features 246 illustrations, 9 tables and 100 homework problems, as well as numerous worked examples, for students to test their understanding. Solutions to the problems for instructors are available at www.cambridge.org/cohenlouie.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316571505

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9781316571507

Tilting at Mekong Windmills

A Historical Narrative

By: Marvin Baker Schaffer

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Tilting at Mekong Windmills

A Historical Narrative

By: Marvin Baker Schaffer

Tilting at Mekong Windmills is the true story of four participants in the Vietnam tragedy: John Paul Vann, a very senior American civilian; Philip (Ted) Serong, an Australian Army brigadier who became a CIA agent; and two Vietnamese siblings on opposite sides of the struggle. All made significant contributions to the war effort but met undeserved fates. For the author, this is a work of admiration for Vann and Serong. Heroes, who performed extraordinary service for the American side, both made strategic recommendations that might have led to a more favorable outcome. The other characters reflect the irony of the times. All were tilting at windmills.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1465360379

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9781465360373

Lindsey - Nichols

A Grand Union 1939 -1993

By: Marvin L.,Steven E. Lindsey

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Lindsey - Nichols

A Grand Union 1939 -1993

By: Marvin L.,Steven E. Lindsey

Our ancestors began arriving in eastern Kansas about 1855. Few white people were in Kansas at that time as it was illegal to settle in "Indian Territory" until the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. But soon thousands of newcomers began arriving, especially after the Civil War, and by 1900 the area was fully settled. But life remained largely unchanged from that experienced by people for thousands of years previously. Automobiles, telephones, television, tractors, air travel, electricity and good roads did not exist on the farm in 1900 much less in 1855. The United States was still an agrarian society dependent on horse power supplemented by a few railroads and steam engines. Things were about to change dramatically! Between 1900 and 1920 widespread introduction of tractors, automobiles, airplanes, radio and telephones changed life on the farm forever. Our grandparents and great grandparents not only lived through and adapted to these profound changes, they fought and won WWI. Drought and depression followed in the 1930's and then they won WWII in the 1940's. We came along about that time as the sixth generation of Lindsey's in the area and the first post WWII generation. Much of the life our ancestors knew on the frontier had already passed, but remnants still existed. Most importantly, many of our ancestors who had lived through and experienced these times were still around and were eager to share their life stories with us. We soaked it up and have now tried to pass it on. We think you will enjoy learning something of what it was like growing up on the farm in the 1940's and 50's and hearing of our ancestors lives in early Kansas. In many ways it was a simpler life then but it certainly wasn't easy. Marvin and Steven Lindsey

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1463429533

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9781463429539

The Heirs of Anthony Boucher

By: Marvin Lachman

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The Heirs of Anthony Boucher

By: Marvin Lachman

A dead partner, a murdered client...it’s more than attorney Joe McGuinness bargained for when he signed on at one of Pinnacle Peak, Arizona’s most prestigious law firms. The ink on Joe’s bar license is barely dry when the death of his firm’s senior partner puts the young lawyer’s job in jeopardy. Soon even more is at stake. While on a date with Mia Ortiz, personal assistant to one of the firm’s wealthiest clients, Joe walks into a grisly murder scene. Mia’s boss, Cordelia Barrett, and her son lie sprawled in a pool of blood. Joe knows Cordelia has recently changed her will, turning off the flow of money to her hotheaded son. But the police don’t agree with Joe’s theory of murder/suicide and arrest Mia for murder. Meanwhile, fellow lawyer Jerry Dan Kovacs is determined to prove the death of the firm’s senior partner wasn’t an accident. While Joe works fervently to free Mia, another body turns up and he must unravel a web of secrets to discover who is using murder to claim the rights of heir apparent. Winner of the 2006 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Nonfiction.

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1615952861

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Net-Wit.Com

A Smorgasbord of E-Mail and Internet Wit Blended with Humorous Incidents from the Author's Wild and Woolly Life

By: Marvin Rubinstein,Marv Rubinstein

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Net-Wit.Com

A Smorgasbord of E-Mail and Internet Wit Blended with Humorous Incidents from the Author's Wild and Woolly Life

By: Marvin Rubinstein,Marv Rubinstein

A smorgasbord of e-mail and Internet wit blended with humorous incidents from the author's wild and wooly life, sure to light up one's lonely moments and any social gathering.

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1887563520

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9781887563529

Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Semiconductors

By: Marvin L. Cohen,James R. Chelikowsky

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Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Semiconductors

By: Marvin L. Cohen,James R. Chelikowsky

We began planning and writing this book in the late 1970s at the suggestion of Manuel Cardona and Helmut Lotsch. We also received considerable en couragement and stimulation from colleagues. Some said there was a need for instructional material in this area while others emphasized the utility of a research text. We tried to strike a compromise. The figures, tables, and references are included to enable researchers to obtain quickly essential information in this area of semiconductor research. For instructors and stu dents, we attempt to cover some basic ideas about electronic structure and semiconductor physics with applications to real, rather than model, solids. We wish to thank our colleagues and collaborators whose research re sults and ideas are presented here. Special thanks are due to Jim Phillips who influenced us both during our formative years and afterwards. We are grateful to Sari Yamagishi for her patience and skill with the typing and production of the manuscript. Finally, we acknowledge the great patience of Helmut Lotsch and Manuel Cardona. Berkeley, CA M.L. Cohen Minneapolis, MN, J.R. Chelikowsky March 1988 VII Contents 1. Introduction............................................... 1 2. Theoretical Concepts and Methods ..................... 4 2.1 The One-Electron Model and Band Structure............ 7 2.2 Properties of En(k) ...................................... 11 3. Pseudopotentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 The Empirical Pseudopotential Method.................. 20 3.2 Self-Consistent and Ab Initio Pseudopotentials ........... 25 4. Response Functions and Density of States .............. 30 4.1 Charge Density and Bonding ................... . . . . . . . . . 38 .

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Springer Science & Business Media

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364297080X

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9783642970801

For Love or Money

By: Marvin Kauder

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For Love or Money

By: Marvin Kauder

Allen Tobias has a secret. He is a best-selling romance novelist writing under a pen name. His sister is the only one who knows. Her job is to run interference for him and take care of his growing fortune. After years of loneliness, Allen becomes involved with three beautiful women. Each has the power to sweep him off his feet. Complicating matters, Sunburn, his first novel has been made into a blockbuster movie and its premier has caused the spotlight to be cast in his direction. Allen doesn't want the notoriety that goes along with being a celebrity. He wants to be free to find a woman who loves him just the way he is, without the fame and fortune. He needs to make certain that the woman he chooses wants him for love and not for money.

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1669847446

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The Methods and Methodologies of Qualitative Family Research

By: Janet F Gilgun,Marvin B Sussman

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The Methods and Methodologies of Qualitative Family Research

By: Janet F Gilgun,Marvin B Sussman

The Methods and Methodologies of Qualitative Family Research can provide you with a strong conceptual framework for undertaking qualitative research. As it explores inquiry and theory on the cutting edge, it shows how qualitative methodologies can be applied to family life, education, and research. Designed to demonstrate how emerging and established methodologies can advance the understanding of families and direct social change, this book is a major step in assessing the development, progress, and contributions of qualitative inquiry. Packed with useful information and innovative approaches, this volume pulls together a rich and diverse group of essays that teach readers about the complexities and challenges of qualitative research. Most importantly, you’ll learn how new qualitative approaches are grounded in systems thinking, holistic formulations, attention to context, cultural sensitivity, and nonlinear dynamics.The Methods and Methodologies of Qualitative Family Research is distinct from other books of its kind because it acknowledges the agent, or self, in compiling data and reaching conclusions. Moreover, it analyzes how studying the world affects those doing the studying and how those effects, in turn, play a substantial role in interpreting data and forming conclusions. The Methods and Methodologies of Qualitative Family Research introduces three major types of qualitative clinical family research: conversational analysis, recursive frame analysis, and hermeneutic phenomenology. It exposes a wide array of resources for undertaking qualitative inquiry, including data journals, letters, official files, clinical case notes, folk tales, interviews, and field observations. You’ll learn how these resources are invaluable tools for understanding: couples’decisionmaking generative fathering reflexivity the use of historical data to construct composite cases egalitarianism and oppression in marriage perceptions of gender, race, and class among African-American adolescent women successful aging among individuals who require long-term care poverty and access to servicesA skillful blend of theory and practice, The Methods and Methodologies of Qualitative Family Research offers conceptual schemes, bibliographies, and other useful resources for teaching and conducting qualitative research. It will revolutionize the way you think about qualitative inquiry and your own approaches to qualitative family research. In addition, you’ll come away updated on the current state of qualitative research and with new skills and techniques for tackling your own research.

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Crows, Pete Rose, Ufos

And Other Pretty Pieces

By: Marvin E. Mengeling

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Crows, Pete Rose, Ufos

And Other Pretty Pieces

By: Marvin E. Mengeling

Follow along as the author searches for the funniest word in the English language. Be there when he is offered a job by Chicago Syndicate Boss Sam Giancana. Discover his plan for getting Pete Rose into the Hall of Fame. Read about his joke writing experiences involving Bob Hope, about why he loves golf but never plays, and about how he came within minutes of joining the Army Secret Service. Written with a sense of mischief and fun these 28 essays are usually humorous, sometimes bizarre, invariably informative, and always entertaining. Personal experiences are a springboard for discussions on a wide variety of topics including gambling, violence, sports, UFOs, intelligent crows, and the meaning (?) of life. In 2002, Mengelings book on Ray Bradbury, Red Planet, Flaming Phoenix, Green Town, was published by AuthorHouse.

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A Collection of Jokes and Funny Stories

By: Marvin Lebman

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A Collection of Jokes and Funny Stories

By: Marvin Lebman

Emailed jokes and funny stories.

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1412038707

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Intercultural Variation in Family Research and Theory

Implications for Cross-National Studies Volumes I & II

By: Roma S Hanks,Marvin B Sussman

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Intercultural Variation in Family Research and Theory

Implications for Cross-National Studies Volumes I & II

By: Roma S Hanks,Marvin B Sussman

Intercultural Variation in Family Research and Theory sets forth 23 critical reviews in a 2-volume set that document the development of family research and theory in various societies around the world. Focusing on modern research while drawing on the historical roots of theoretical and methodological approaches employed in the study of family, this collection not only increases your knowledge about the status of family research in various countries, but also inspires cross-national research among researchers and scholars. The societies being studied have been grouped by region: Volume I contains the set’s Introduction and contributions from the Far East, the Baltic region, Australia, and South Africa. Volume II covers the Middle East, Western Europe, Scandinavia, and also includes the Index. The materials in these two volumes are the result of the charge given to scholars of 23 societies to review the development of family theory and research in their homelands. Their obligation was to provide an analytic report telling a story from their perspective of reality. The book’s editors now present some of the commonality of experiences and trends of the researchers and interpret country differences and similarities from their writings. Intercultural Variation in Family Research and Theory holds numerous suggestions for your investigations into the family field. You’ll find that the set adds to the body of knowledge on comparative family analysis and raises concerns and issues for future research. The questions anddressed in this book include: how gender of the investigator influences choice of research topics how funding sources shape the research agenda what influence a researcher’s career trajectory has on research topics, methods, and procedures why psychological and sociological frameworks and methodologies are commonly used in family research how political policy influences and dictates theory development and research what to do about the multitude of new questions that inevitably arise from such intercultural research

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The Rationale of Operative Fracture Care

By: Joseph Schatzker,Marvin Tile

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The Rationale of Operative Fracture Care

By: Joseph Schatzker,Marvin Tile

Long awaited 3rd edition of a classic. Over 1,900 illustrations. Written by surgeons for surgeons. All chapters have been revised and updated to reflect the advances in fracture care.

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