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Marvin, Enough Already!!

Cartoons of Life

By: Marvin Druger

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Marvin, Enough Already!!

Cartoons of Life

By: Marvin Druger

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Basket Weavers for the California Curio Trade

Elizabeth and Louise Hickox

By: Marvin Cohodas

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Basket Weavers for the California Curio Trade

Elizabeth and Louise Hickox

By: Marvin Cohodas

The peoples of northwestern Califonia's Lower Klamath River area have long been known for their fine basketry. Two early-twentieth-century weavers of that region, Elizabeth Hickox and her daughter Louise, created especially distinctive baskets that are celebrated today for their elaboration of technique, form, and surface designs. Marvin Cohodas now explores the various forces that influenced Elizabeth Hickox, analyzing her relationship with the curio trade, and specifically with dealer Grace Nicholson, to show how those associations affected the development and marketing of baskets. He explains the techniques and patterns that Hickox created to meet the challenge of weaving design into changig three-dimensional forms. In addition to explicating the Hickoxes' basketry, Cohodas interprets its uniqueness as a form of intersocietal art, showing how Elizabeth first designed her distinctive trinket basket to convey a particular view of the curio trade and its effect on status within her community. Through its close examination of these superb practitioners of basketry, Basket Weavers for the California Curio Trade addresses many of today's most pressing questions in Native American art studies concerning individuality, patronage, and issues of authenticity. Graced with historic photographs and full-color plates, it reveals the challenges faced by early-twentieth-century Native weavers. Published with the assistance of The Southwest Museum, Los Angeles.

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University of Arizona Press

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081654106X

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9780816541065

Clovis Blade Technology

A Comparative Study of the Keven Davis Cache, Texas

By: Michael B. Collins,Marvin Kay

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Clovis Blade Technology

A Comparative Study of the Keven Davis Cache, Texas

By: Michael B. Collins,Marvin Kay

Around 11,000 years ago, a Palcoindian culture known to us as "Clovis" occupied much of North America. This book offers the first comprehensive study of a little-known aspect of Clovis culture - stone blade technology. Michael Collins introduces the topic with a close look at the nature of blades and the techniques of their manufacture, followed by a discussion of the full spectrum of Clovis lithic technology and how blade production relates to the production of other stone tools. The second part of the book provides a full report of the discovery and examination of fourteen blades found in 1988 in the Keven Davis Cache in Navarro County; Texas. This book will be important reading for both specialists and amateurs who are piecing together the puzzle of the peopling of the Americas.

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University of Texas Press

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0292712359

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9780292712355

Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical & Post-biblical Antiquity

By: Edwin M. Yamauchi,Marvin R. Wilson

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Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical & Post-biblical Antiquity

By: Edwin M. Yamauchi,Marvin R. Wilson

The Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical & Post-Biblical Antiquity is a unique reference work that provides background cultural and technical information on the world of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament from 4000 BC to approximately AD 600. Also available as a 4-volume set (ISBN 9781619708617), this complete one-volume edition covers topics from A-Z. This dictionary casts light on the culture, technology, history, and politics of the periods of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Written and edited by a world-class historian and a highly respected biblical scholar, with contributions by many others, this unique reference work explains details of domestic life, technology, culture, laws, and religious practices, with extensive bibliographic material for further exploration. There are 115 articles ranging from 5-20 pages long. Scholars, pastors, and students (and their teachers) will find this to be a useful resource for biblical study, exegesis, and sermon preparation. "This is not your standard Bible dictionary, but one that focuses on aspects of daily life in Bible times, addressing interesting and sometimes puzzling topics that are often overlooked in other encyclopedias. I highly recommend the Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity and will be giving it 'shout-outs' in my classes in the years to come." --James K. Hoffmeier, Professor of Old Testament and Near Eastern Archaeology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School "This wonderful resource is much more than a dictionary. It is a compendium of substantive essays on numerous facets of daily life in the ancient world. I am frequently asked by pastors and students for recommendations on books that illuminate the manners, customs, and cultural practices of the biblical world. Now I have the ideal set of books to recommend." --Clinton E. Arnold, Dean and Professor of New Testament, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University

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Hendrickson Publishers

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1619701456

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Alternative Health Maintenance and Healing Systems for Families

By: Doris Y. Wilkinson,Marvin B. Sussman

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Alternative Health Maintenance and Healing Systems for Families

By: Doris Y. Wilkinson,Marvin B. Sussman

This important book offers timely discussions of movements in modern medicine that have had great impact upon the family--the hospice movement and the integration of the family into birthing, care of the dying, the chronically ill, and the mentally ill. This book emphasizes that alternative health practices, often viewed as archaic by Western-trained health care personnel, do no have to be in conflict with modern medical practices, but can instead enrich and expand them. The authors discuss fascinating health practices which are changing the course of medicine.

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Psychology Press

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0866567011

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King Josiah of Judah

The Lost Messiah of Israel

By: Marvin A. Sweeney

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King Josiah of Judah

The Lost Messiah of Israel

By: Marvin A. Sweeney

King Josiah of Judah is a figure of extraordinary importance for the history of Israel. Using synchronic and diachronic analyses of the Deuteronomistic History, Deuteronomy, and selected prophetic books, Marvin Sweeney reconstructs the ideological perspectives of King Josiah's program of religious and national restoration.

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Oxford University Press

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0198030525

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The Complete Book of Breastfeeding

By: Marvin S. Eiger,Sally Wendkos Olds

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The Complete Book of Breastfeeding

By: Marvin S. Eiger,Sally Wendkos Olds

Provides information about nutrition and exercise, explains how lactation works, and offers advice to working mothers about breastfeeding

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Workman Publishing

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0761109021

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9780761109020

Publishing in Journals on the Family

Essays on Publishing

By: Roma S. Hanks,Linda Matocha,Marvin B. Sussman

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Publishing in Journals on the Family

Essays on Publishing

By: Roma S. Hanks,Linda Matocha,Marvin B. Sussman

Here is a handy reference that helps beginning scholars learn the best strategies for getting published. Publishing in Journals on the Family contains varied perspectives from scholars at different career stages and from editors of major publication outlets. This combined knowledge from experts on both ends of publishing is invaluable to writers wishing to learn the ins and outs of getting published. The book provides readers with important information necessary to help them systematically plan a productive scholarly career while avoiding common publication pitfalls. Publishing in Journals on the Family includes the results of two surveys. The first presents the responses of productive scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers to questions about their choices of publication outlets. In the second survey, journal editors share information about publication criteria and changes in the focus of social science publications, and give helpful hints to beginning authors. The book also contains articles by a number of senior scholars who discuss their academic publication histories, providing readers with real-life examples of successful publishing careers. A bibliography of sources for tips on writing and publishing concludes the volume. Although the voices in the book are varied, they are unified in their calling for careful scholarship, relevant research, and clear writing. Graduate students, professionals such as therapists, social workers, and consultants, and academicians including teachers and researchers will find this book extremely helpful in their publishing lives.

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Psychology Press

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1560243414

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9781560243410

Report of the Committee on the Future of the College

By: Marvin Bressler

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Report of the Committee on the Future of the College

By: Marvin Bressler

Contents: Letter of Transmittal to the President ii; Members and Staff of the Commission on the Future of the College iv; Special Studies v; Acknowledgments vi; 1. The Commission on the Future of the College: Background and Purposes 3; 2. The Student on Campus: Composition, Undergraduate Life, Provisions for Advising and Counselling 23; 3. The Size of the College, Coeducation and the Composition of the Student Body 73; 4. The Structure of Academic Time 129; 5. Curriculum and Pedagogy 161; 6. Evaluation of Performance: Students and Faculty 215; Appendices; 1. Projected Enrollment 249; 2. Analysis of Costs and Income of 400 Additional Students 255; 3. Survey Instruments 275; References and Notes 289; Tables 299 Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400867479

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In the Shadow of the Pyrennees from Basque-land to Carcassonne

By: Marvin Richardson Vincent

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In the Shadow of the Pyrennees from Basque-land to Carcassonne

By: Marvin Richardson Vincent

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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338532159X

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Reaganomics in the Stagflation Economy

By: Sidney Weintraub,Marvin Goodstein

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Reaganomics in the Stagflation Economy

By: Sidney Weintraub,Marvin Goodstein

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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151281928X

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Berit Olam: The Twelve Prophets

Volume 1: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah

By: Marvin A. Sweeney

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Berit Olam: The Twelve Prophets

Volume 1: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah

By: Marvin A. Sweeney

There is generally no common material that binds together the works of the individual prophets that comprise the Twelve, but through Sweeney's commentary they stand together as a single, clearly defined book among the other prophetic books of the Bible. The Book of the Twelve Prophets is a multifaceted literary composition that functions simultaneously in all Jewish and Christian versions of the Bible as a single prophetic book and as a collection of twelve individual prophetic books. Each of the twelve individual books - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi - begins with its own narrative introduction that identifies the prophet and provides details concerning the historical setting and literary characteristics. In this manner each book is clearly distinguished from the others within the overall framework of the Twelve. By employing a combination of literary methodologies, such as reader response criticism, canonical criticism, and structural form criticism, Sweeney establishes the literary structure of the Book of the Twelve as a whole, and of each book with their respective ideological or theological perspectives. An introductory chapter orients readers to questions posed by reading the Book of the Twelve as a coherent piece of literature and to a literary overview of the Twelve. Sweeney then treats each of the twelve individual prophetic books in the order of the Masoretic canon, providing a discussion of each one's structure, theme, and outlook. This is followed by a detailed literary discussion of the textual units that comprise the book.

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Liturgical Press

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081468243X

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9780814682432

Class Dynamics in Later Life

Older Persons, Class Identity, and Class Action in Malta

By: Marvin Formosa

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Class Dynamics in Later Life

Older Persons, Class Identity, and Class Action in Malta

By: Marvin Formosa

Class Dynamics in Later Life examines the extent that older persons, despite their estrangement from the productive process, are still dynamically engaged in class structuring and action. It argues that class remains a key differentiating factor in older people's lives. Contrary to conventional assumptions which presuppose that class mobility cannot occur unless retirees re-enter the labour market, the book argues that class formation is truly alive and kicking in later life.

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3825815285

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9783825815288

Making Business Districts Work

Leadership and Management of Downtown, Main Street, Business District, and Community Development Organizations

By: David Feehan,Marvin D. Feit

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Making Business Districts Work

Leadership and Management of Downtown, Main Street, Business District, and Community Development Organizations

By: David Feehan,Marvin D. Feit

This practical look at the methods used by experienced professionals in the urban revitalization field describes why this field is important and how the actual work is done. Case studies, charts, chapter analyses and web resources are all included in this desk reference for students and professionals.

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Routledge

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0789023903

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Babylon East

Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan

By: Marvin Sterling

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Babylon East

Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan

By: Marvin Sterling

An important center of dancehall reggae performance, sound clashes are contests between rival sound systems: groups of emcees, tune selectors, and sound engineers. In World Clash 1999, held in Brooklyn, Mighty Crown, a Japanese sound system and the only non-Jamaican competitor, stunned the international dancehall community by winning the event. In 2002, the Japanese dancer Junko Kudo became the first non-Jamaican to win Jamaica’s National Dancehall Queen Contest. High-profile victories such as these affirmed and invigorated Japan’s enthusiasm for dancehall reggae. In Babylon East, the anthropologist Marvin D. Sterling traces the history of the Japanese embrace of dancehall reggae and other elements of Jamaican culture, including Rastafari, roots reggae, and dub music. Sterling provides a nuanced ethnographic analysis of the ways that many Japanese involved in reggae as musicians and dancers, and those deeply engaged with Rastafari as a spiritual practice, seek to reimagine their lives through Jamaican culture. He considers Japanese performances and representations of Jamaican culture in clubs, competitions, and festivals; on websites; and in song lyrics, music videos, reggae magazines, travel writing, and fiction. He illuminates issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class as he discusses topics ranging from the cultural capital that Japanese dancehall artists amass by immersing themselves in dancehall culture in Jamaica, New York, and England, to the use of Rastafari as a means of critiquing class difference, consumerism, and the colonial pasts of the West and Japan. Encompassing the reactions of Jamaica’s artists to Japanese appropriations of Jamaican culture, as well as the relative positions of Jamaica and Japan in the world economy, Babylon East is a rare ethnographic account of Afro-Asian cultural exchange and global discourses of blackness beyond the African diaspora.

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Duke University Press

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0822392739

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9780822392736

Pets and the Family

By: Marvin B Sussman

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Pets and the Family

By: Marvin B Sussman

This major work summarizes the recent research and findings on the interactions of pets and their owners and the social and emotional benefits that may be derived by families who have pets. Social and health scientists explore the pervasiveness of the animal/human bond and the high prevalence of pets in U.S. households, including pets and children, pets and the elderly, pets as factors of stability and instability in family relationships, and pets as therapy for ill, grieving, and disabled family members. With this carefully researched book, researchers and family health professionals can better understand the complexities of family/animal interaction and can pursue further study into this increasingly important subject in contemporary society.

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1317715152

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The Damietta Crusade, 1217-1221

By: Laurence W. Marvin

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The Damietta Crusade, 1217-1221

By: Laurence W. Marvin

The Damietta Crusade, which is often referred to as the 'Fifth Crusade', was the first of the numbered crusades to be targeted against Egypt. Rather than directly targeting Jerusalem, its architects believed that by threatening the economic hub of Cairo the Ayyubid sultan would gladly give up Jerusalem in exchange. Here Laurence Marvin offers the first book-length treatment of the Damietta Crusade in almost 40 years. Written in accessible language and driven by a narrative and analysis firmly grounded in the primary sources in multiple languages, Marvin emphasizes what made this campaign unique, from its planning, choice of target, "brown-water" or amphibious nature, course, and result. He presents a multi-sided perspective by amply describing and analyzing the Egyptians and other groups in the eastern Mediterranean who played an important role in mounting a successful defense against Latin Christian forces. Marvin contends that the crusade in Egypt failed not because it derived from an unachievable or flawed grand strategy, but because of shifting operational goals, leadership issues, the social dynamics within the army, arrivals and departures of participants, and the effective defense led by Egypt's sultan, al-Kamil. This detailed analysis of an understudied event of thirteenth century history brings the latest methodologies of military history to bear on a wide range of primary sources, raising important questions about the complex nature of warfare and crusade in the medieval Mediterranean.

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Oxford University Press

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0198916191

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9780198916192

Gates into the Psalm-country

By: Marvin Richardson Vincent

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Gates into the Psalm-country

By: Marvin Richardson Vincent

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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3385317525

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Psychological Assessment, Psychiatric Diagnosis, And Treatment Planning

By: Steven W. Hurt,Marvin Reznikoff,John F. Clarkin

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Psychological Assessment, Psychiatric Diagnosis, And Treatment Planning

By: Steven W. Hurt,Marvin Reznikoff,John F. Clarkin

First published in 1991. Using actual case material, this text shows how psychological assessment contributes to the clarification of diagnostic issues and the development of an optimal treatment plan. It covers disorders usually first evident in childhood and ends with the Axis II personality disorders.

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Routledge

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1317839099

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Custer's Arikara Indian Interpreter

Frederick Francis Gerard

By: Marvin Woods

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Custer's Arikara Indian Interpreter

Frederick Francis Gerard

By: Marvin Woods

Marvin Woods' thoroughly researched chronicle follows the fascinating life of Frederick Francis Gerard, who is best known as Major General George Armstrong Custer's Indian Interpreter at the Battle of the Little Bighorn Expedition. Gerard built an impressive reputation as an Indian fighter who experienced many perils, yet was a strong advocate for the Indians friendly to the United States. Readers of this fascinating work will learn about the history of a famous battle, the nascent United States, and of early American history from an angle that is altogether different than what they may have read before.

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Vantage Press, Inc

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0533160529

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9780533160525

Peter Martyr, a Reformer in Exile (1542-1562)

A Chronology of Biblical Writings in England and Europe

By: Marvin Anderson

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Peter Martyr, a Reformer in Exile (1542-1562)

A Chronology of Biblical Writings in England and Europe

By: Marvin Anderson

A first examination of the writings of the Reformed theologian Pietro Martyre Vermigli (1499-1562) in English, especially following his career in Northern Europe from 1542-1562. Appendix I (pp. 467-486): Register Epistolarum Vermigli, a list of 305 letters. pp. 540-585: Bibliography of sources and reference tools, including a full survey of manuscripts and printed editions.

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BRILL

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9004616756

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9789004616752

Florentine Essays

Selected Writings of Marvin B. Becker

By: Marvin B. Becker,James R. Banker,Carol Lansing

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Florentine Essays

Selected Writings of Marvin B. Becker

By: Marvin B. Becker,James R. Banker,Carol Lansing

A collection of essays on Florentine history by a seasoned and innovative Renaissance scholar

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University of Michigan Press

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0472112252

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9780472112258

A Martyr's Grace

Stories of Those Who Gave All for Christ and His Cause

By: Marvin J. Newell

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A Martyr's Grace

Stories of Those Who Gave All for Christ and His Cause

By: Marvin J. Newell

As a former director of TEAM in Indonesia, Marvin Newell knows the challenges and dangers of missionary work. Now he tells the story of messengers of Christ who didn't survive to tell their own. Newell's sobering look at 21 students of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago rides the momentum of DC Talk's Jesus Freaks and the major motion picture The End of the Spear.

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Moody Publishers

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1575676036

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Clinical Management of Hypertension

By: Marvin Moser

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Clinical Management of Hypertension

By: Marvin Moser

JNC and WHO-ISH management guidelines and results of key clinical trials are reviewed. Recommended approach for treatment is presented together with easy-to-follow treatment algorithms. Drug therapies are extensively discussed, with separate chapters dedicated to each class of antihypertensive medications. Treatment strategies for resistant hypertension are presented.

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Professional Communications

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1932610324

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9781932610321

Haunting Legacy

Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama

By: Marvin Kalb,Deborah Kalb

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Haunting Legacy

Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama

By: Marvin Kalb,Deborah Kalb

The United States had never lost a war—that is, until 1975, when it was forced to flee Saigon in humiliation after losing to what Lyndon Johnson called a "raggedy-ass little fourth-rate country." The legacy of this first defeat has haunted every president since, especially on the decision of whether to put "boots on the ground" and commit troops to war. In Haunting Legacy, the father-daughter journalist team of Marvin Kalb and Deborah Kalb presents a compelling, accessible, and hugely important history of presidential decisionmaking on one crucial issue: in light of the Vietnam debacle, under what circumstances should the United States go to war? The sobering lesson of Vietnam is that the United States is not invincible—it can lose a war—and thus it must be more discriminating about the use of American power. Every president has faced the ghosts of Vietnam in his own way, though each has been wary of being sucked into another unpopular war. Ford (during the Mayaguez crisis) and both Bushes (Persian Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan) deployed massive force, as if to say, "Vietnam, be damned." On the other hand, Carter, Clinton, and Reagan (to the surprise of many) acted with extreme caution, mindful of the Vietnam experience. Obama has also wrestled with the Vietnam legacy, using doses of American firepower in Libya while still engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan. The authors spent five years interviewing hundreds of officials from every post war administration and conducting extensive research in presidential libraries and archives, and they've produced insight and information never before published. Equal parts taut history, revealing biography, and cautionary tale, Haunting Legacy is must reading for anyone trying to understand the power of the past to influence war-and-peace decisions of the present, and of the future.

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815721323

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9780815721321

The Foundation of Phenomenology

Edmund Husserl And the Quest for a Rigorous Science of Philosophy

By: Marvin Farber

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The Foundation of Phenomenology

Edmund Husserl And the Quest for a Rigorous Science of Philosophy

By: Marvin Farber

In this widely hailed and long out of print classic of twentieth century philosophic commentary, Professor Farber explains the origin, development, and function of phenomenology with a view towards its significance for philosophy in general. The book offers a general account of Husserl and the background of his philosophy. The early chapters are devoted to his mathematical-philosophical and psychological studies. The refutation of psychologism is present in detail, together with the critical reaction to it. The development of his logical theories in the light of contemporary literature at the close of the 19th century is next considered. The main content of the six Logical Investigations follows, which contribute to the phenomenological elucidation of experience and knowledge. The phenomenological philosophy of logic as developed in Husserl's later writings is then introduced, followed by a discussion of the phenomenological method and its proper function. Farber makes clear his preference for phenomenology as a purely descriptive method and his opposition to have it serve as a last stronghold of metaphysics. Indispensable as groundwork for descriptive philosophical study, this book will deeply interest not only serious students of philosophy and psychology, but also those who are concerned with the philosophical aspects of mathematics, social and natural sciences, law and psychiatry. Marvin Farber (1901-1980) taught at the University of Buffalo from 1927-1974. During that time he founded and was the editor of Philosophical and Phenomenological Research. In the early 1920's he received his doctorate at Harvard University and he studied in Germany under Edmund Husserl. He is the author of three major works on phenomenology, Phenomenology as a Method, Naturalism and Subjectivism and this volume.

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Transaction Publishers

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0202369684

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9780202369686

Multifunction Peripherals for PCs

Technology, Troubleshooting and Repair

By: Marvin Hobbs

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Multifunction Peripherals for PCs

Technology, Troubleshooting and Repair

By: Marvin Hobbs

Multifunction devices combine the essentials of a fax machine, printer, scanner, and copier into one peripheral for small and home offices. As the market for this equipment grows, the need for skilled repair and maintenance increases. Unfortunately the service documentation supplied by the manufacturers is completely inadequate making the repair jobs even harder and more expensive. Marvin Hobbs teaches you how multifunction peripherals work in theory and in practice with lots of hands-on examples and important troubleshooting and repair tips you don't want to miss. This book fills a gap in the literature, and will be a welcome addition to the library of any technician or do-it-yourselfer. Written by a knowledgeable practitioner with inside industry information Fully covers the troubleshooting and repair of multifunction peripherals A must-have instructional and reference title for anyone who works with computer peripherals!

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0750671254

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Stepfamilies

History, Research, and Policy

By: Marvin B Sussman

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Stepfamilies

History, Research, and Policy

By: Marvin B Sussman

Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy examines language use, laws, cultural stereotypes, media images, and social policies and practices to create an understanding of how predominant views about stepfamilies and stepfamily members are constructed within society. As the rates of divorce and remarriage continue to increase, it is more important than ever to overcome nuclear family ideology and abandon the model of research that compares stepfamilies with nonstepfamilies. This book shows you how honor and empowerment can be attained in new family structures and how alternative kin networks can be just as healthy as the traditional nuclear family unit.As this book examines the ability of different societies to integrate different family forms into mainstream notions of “family,” you will realize the damaging effects of treating stepfamilies as incomplete, undesirable institutions. In fact, Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy will challenge your notions of family over and over again, as it discusses: key relationships in stepfamilies stepfather involvement in parenting after remarriage meaning of gender in a stepfamily differences in “investment” between biological and nonbiological parents demographic change and significant shifts in the social and cultural implications of stepfamilies attempting to reconstruct a household like that of a previous marriage the impact of stereotypes on the internal dynamics of stepfamilies and on the interactions of stepfamilies with outsiders the absence of guidelines and cultural norms for role performance and problem solving in stepfamiliesStepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy discusses both the difficulties of forming new families and households as well as the factors that promote family cohesiveness and integration in stepfamilies. From stereotypes of stepmothers to ambiguous legal relationships to child maltreatment in stepfamilies to sibling relations, there isn’t much that the penetrating lens of this book leaves uncovered.

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Routledge

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Delinquency Careers in Two Birth Cohorts

By: Paul E. Tracy,Marvin E. Wolfgang,Robert M. Figlio

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Delinquency Careers in Two Birth Cohorts

By: Paul E. Tracy,Marvin E. Wolfgang,Robert M. Figlio

Delinquency in a Birth Cohort, published in 1972, was the first criminologi cal birth cohort study in the United States. Nils Christie, in Unge norske lovorertredere, had done the first such study as his dissertation at the University of Oslo in 1960. Professor Thorsten Sellin was the inspiration for the U.S. study. He could read Norwegian, and I could a little because I studied at the University of Oslo in my graduate years. Our interest in pursuing a birth cohort study in the United States was fostered by the encouragement of Saleem Shah who awarded us a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to begin our birth cohort studies at the University of Pennsylvania by investigating the delinquency of the 1945 cohort. We studied this group of 9,945 boys extensively through official criminal history and school records of their juvenile years. Subsequently, we followed up the cohort as adults using both adult arrest histories and an interview of a sample of the cohort. Our follow-up study was published as From Boy to Man, From Delinquen cy to Crime in 1987.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1468470507

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The Man Who Would Not Shut Up

The Rise of Bill O'Reilly

By: Marvin Kitman

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The Man Who Would Not Shut Up

The Rise of Bill O'Reilly

By: Marvin Kitman

Fair? Balanced? To some, Bill O'Reilly is a semi-demented cable TV talk show host who can be an obnoxious, insufferable, opinionated, rude loudmouth whose views, the kinder ones say, are typical right-wing drivel. But there is much more to O'Reilly than what meets eye. O'Reilly is the paradigm of idiosyncrasy in television journalism. On the rough road to the top, O'Reilly learned how to give the public what it wants and thinks it needs. From his early education at the hands of nuns to an advanced degree in public policy from Harvard, from working at local television stations and rising through the ranks to network news, O'Reilly spent nearly twenty-five years learning his craft before he became an overnight star at Fox News. In this very intimate look at the man and what matters to him, veteran media critic Marvin Kitman explores all the experiences that led to the making of Bill O'Reilly—a nonconformist in a business that demands conformity as the price of success, and a man who has risen to the top by not playing by the rules of broadcast news. Kitman shows that O'Reilly is not a knee-jerk conservative, but an "independent" freethinker with a mind of his own, and he believes what journalism needs is more Bill O'Reillys. Not screamers, the blowhards like the current O'Reilly clones rushed on the air since his success, but trained journalists, reporting the news and telling us why, in their opinion, the world is a crazy place. Supported by twenty-nine interviews with O'Reilly, Marvin Kitman chronicles a descent from reporter of news to spewer of views.

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The Reverse of the Curse

Paul, Wisdom, and the Law

By: C. Marvin Pate

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The Reverse of the Curse

Paul, Wisdom, and the Law

By: C. Marvin Pate

C. Marvin Pate demonstrates from the undisputed Pauline writings that wherever Paul employs the theme of wisdom, he does so to reverse the Deuteronomic curses and blessings. In accomplishing this, Pate highlights Paul's doctrine of justification, which signals the end of the Mosaic Law"--Page 4 of cover.

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161472861

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