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A Beautiful Child

A True Story of Hope, Horror, and an Enduring Human Spirit

By: Matt Birkbeck

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A Beautiful Child

A True Story of Hope, Horror, and an Enduring Human Spirit

By: Matt Birkbeck

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY GIRL IN THE PICTURE Sharon Marshall was a brilliant and beautiful student whose future was filled with promise—until her murderous, fugitive father drew her into a lifetime of deception that became one of the most baffling cases in the annals of American true crime. A student at Forest Park High School near Atlanta, Georgia, popular blonde-haired Sharon Marshall was at the top of her class. Serving as a Lt. Colonel in the ROTC, she earned a full scholarship to Georgia Tech University to study aerospace engineering. She was the ultimate girl next door, sweet, generous, and well-adjusted. But Sharon had disturbing secrets so shocking and unique, they took more than a decade to unravel... This is the horrifying true story of a mysterious young woman caught in the violent web of the murderous fugitive she called her father—and a heartrending testament to the profound courage and perseverance of one woman trapped in the grip of extreme evil.

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0425204405

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Innovation Nation

Canadian Leadership from Java to Jurassic Park

By: Leonard Brody,Wendy Cukier,Ken Grant,Matt Holland,Catherine Middleton,Denise Shortt

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Innovation Nation

Canadian Leadership from Java to Jurassic Park

By: Leonard Brody,Wendy Cukier,Ken Grant,Matt Holland,Catherine Middleton,Denise Shortt

From developing Java and the Blackberry to defining the specifications for XML, Canadians have blazed trails in the world's most innovative companies. Canadians have also risen to the top of the largest technology firms, providing a CEO for Yahoo!, Jeff Mallet, and eBay's first president, Jeff Skoll. This sets the stage for Innovation Nation, a new book designed to cut through traditional Canadian modesty and provide a window into the fibre, minds and makeup of over thirty Canadians whom the world needs to know. Demonstrating innovative thinking and entrepreneurial drive, these Canadians show themselves to be the leaders of today and tomorrow. Through these profiles, readers will also come to understand how Canada as a nation helped shaped the thinking of these businesses. With strong qualities, Canada has the infrastructure necessary to continue fostering such leadership and emerge as the world's Innovation Nation.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470158255

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9780470158258

Delinquency in Society

The Essentials

By: Robert Regoli,John Hewitt,Matt DeLisi

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Delinquency in Society

The Essentials

By: Robert Regoli,John Hewitt,Matt DeLisi

Delinquency in Society: The Essentials is a concise introduction to the important topics covered by the same authors in the popular Delinquency in Society, Eighth Edition. This practical text explores how juvenile delinquency is defined, measured, and explained, as well as how the juvenile justice system deals with delinquent youth. The new Essentials text provides separate chapters focusing on the police, juvenile courts, corrections, and delinquency prevention.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763777900

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The Endurance Diet

Discover the 5 Core Habits of the World's Greatest Athletes to Look, Feel, and Perform Better

By: Matt Fitzgerald

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The Endurance Diet

Discover the 5 Core Habits of the World's Greatest Athletes to Look, Feel, and Perform Better

By: Matt Fitzgerald

Sports Nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald has spent nearly twenty years studying the diets of top professional endurance athletes, who are among the fittest and healthiest people in the world. As a result, he has identified five core habits-most of which are contrary to what popular diets advise-that are essential to maximizing workout benefits. The Endurance Diet shares key strategies for optimal health and performance: eat everything, eat quality, eat carbohydrate, eat enough, and eat individually. Whether you want to lose weight, win a race, or look a little more like an elite athlete, this plan is for you. "I am always amazed at how much I learn from Matt Fitzgerald's books." -- Shalane Flanagan, Olympic bronze medalist

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Da Capo Lifelong Books

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0738218987

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9780738218984

How Ireland Really Went Bust

By: Matt Cooper

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How Ireland Really Went Bust

By: Matt Cooper

The definitive account of the tumultuous events that led to Ireland going broke in 2010 From the night the Irish government guaranteed the debts of Irish banks in September 2008 Ireland was on a one-way road to ruin. In How Ireland Really Went Bust Matt Cooper, journalist, broadcaster and No 1 bestselling author of Who Really Runs Ireland?, describes the events that climaxed with the arrival of the heavy hitters from the IMF and the ECB in Government Buildings in November 2010 - and he assesses the fall-out of that fateful period in Ireland's recent history. Drilling deep into the human dramas, the business catastrophes, the economic collapse and the unprecedented political upheaval that characterised the time after the bank bailout, Cooper gets to the heart of what really happened. And he investigates the background of the key decisions and reveals why they were taken, and by whom, to throw new light on a period that changed Ireland forever. 'A considerable piece of work ... read it and weep' Irish Times 'Cooper's previous bestseller Who Really Runs Ireland? was an authoritative and hugely readable account that told you everything you needed to know about who's who in Ireland and the golden circles that linked business and politics for generations. How Ireland Really Went Bust is equally impressive' Irish Independent 'A lively commentary with nuggets galore ... not just readable, but full of surprises' Sunday Independent '[A] brilliant achievement that should be read by anyone interested in the state of the nation' Evening Herald 'Up-to-the-minute and exhaustive ... [Cooper] knows the players and they talk to him' Sunday Business Post

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Penguin UK

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0141971584

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Autism and Enablement

Occupational Therapy Approaches to Promote Independence for Adults with Autism

By: Matt Bushell,Sandra Gasson,Ute Vann

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Autism and Enablement

Occupational Therapy Approaches to Promote Independence for Adults with Autism

By: Matt Bushell,Sandra Gasson,Ute Vann

Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) or a suspected diagnosis often have hidden needs that go unmet by public services. This book describes and analyses the Kent ASC enablement approach, a short-term intervention led by occupational therapy to promote people with ASC becoming more self-aware and self-sufficient outside of public services. Designed to teach adults with ASC strategies for controlling their sensory, motor-processing and social-communication needs and preferences, this person-centred approach gives them greater self-management over their lives. The book also provides an overview of a range of both professional and self-help tools and technologies which can be used by adults with ASC to increase independence and wellbeing. Case-studies demonstrate the transformative effects of enablement on daily life for adults with ASC. The book also provides recommendation for building on the enablement approach.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1784503487

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Reap What You Sow

By: Matt Kirkby

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Reap What You Sow

By: Matt Kirkby

Centuries ago, the Empire of Salidaraselom overthrew the Elven Kingdoms and established the rule of men. Elves became slaves and persecution sent many into exile. Time passes and now the empire's borders have been overrun by the Keli'cairn Horde and civilization is falling into chaos.Within the capitol, a group of alchemists and sorcerers conduct desperate experiments in a last desperate attempt to find some weapon with which to save the crumbling empire. But, as riots sweep through the city and the Imperial Court seethes with schemes, thoughts turn more to escape and thoughts of sanctuary beyond the Horde's reach. A lost Elven Kingdom known as Solace.

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0557108284

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9780557108282

Hell Paso

By: Matt Cole

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Hell Paso

By: Matt Cole

Morgan Latimer is a drifter, riding through the West trying to escape his past and especially trouble. He seeks peace. During his travels, he is forced to take shelter in a cave as a massive and ominous dirt storm plunges him into darkness. After the storm passes, Latimer overhears a scuffle breaking out between a man and a woman at a nearby creek. When the man becomes too fresh with the woman, Latimer – not being a man to sit back and watch a woman be assaulted – intervenes. Immediately, he knows he has found the trouble he was trying to avoid...

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Robert Hale Ltd

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071982110X

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Mummies around the World

An Encyclopedia of Mummies in History, Religion, and Popular Culture

By: Matt Cardin

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Mummies around the World

An Encyclopedia of Mummies in History, Religion, and Popular Culture

By: Matt Cardin

Perfect for school and public libraries, this is the only reference book to combine pop culture with science to uncover the mystery behind mummies and the mummification phenomena. Mortality and death have always fascinated humankind. Civilizations from all over the world have practiced mummification as a means of preserving life after death—a ritual which captures the imagination of scientists, artists, and laypeople alike. This comprehensive encyclopedia focuses on all aspects of mummies: their ancient and modern history; their scientific study; their occurrence around the world; the religious and cultural beliefs surrounding them; and their roles in literary and cinematic entertainment. Author and horror guru Matt Cardin brings together 130 original articles written by an international roster of leading scientists and scholars to examine the art, science, and religious rituals of mummification throughout history. Through a combination of factual articles and topical essays, this book reviews cultural beliefs about death; the afterlife; and the interment, entombment, and cremation of human corpses in places like Egypt, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. Additionally, the book covers the phenomenon of natural mummification where environmental conditions result in the spontaneous preservation of human and animal remains.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1610694201

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9781610694209

The Communist Party of Ireland 1921 - 2011

By: Matt Treacy

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The Communist Party of Ireland 1921 - 2011

By: Matt Treacy

This book is based on an exhaustive survey of available sources, including the Communist Party of Ireland's own recently released archive. Treacy, who is the author of an authoritative book on the IRA in the 1950s and 1960s, explores the history of Irish Communism for the light of the new evidence and with particular emphasis on the relationship between the Irish Communists and the IRA.

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1291093184

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The History of Live Music in Britain, Volume I: 1950-1967

From Dance Hall to the 100 Club

By: Simon Frith,Matt Brennan,Martin Cloonan,Emma Webster

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The History of Live Music in Britain, Volume I: 1950-1967

From Dance Hall to the 100 Club

By: Simon Frith,Matt Brennan,Martin Cloonan,Emma Webster

The social history of music in Britain since 1950 has long been the subject of nostalgic articles in newspapers and magazines, nostalgic programmes on radio and television and collective memories on music websites, but to date there has been no proper scholarly study. The three volumes of The History of Live Music in Britain address this gap, and do so from the unique perspective of the music promoter: the key theme is the changing nature of the live music industry. The books are focused upon popular music but cover all musical genres and the authors offer new insights into a variety of issues, including changes in musical fashions and tastes; the impact of developing technologies; the balance of power between live and recorded music businesses; the role of the state as regulator and promoter; the effects of demographic and other social changes on music culture; and the continuing importance of do-it-yourself enthusiasts. Drawing on archival research, a wide range of academic and non-academic secondary sources, participant observation and industry interviews, the books are likely to become landmark works within Popular Music Studies and broader cultural history.

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Routledge

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1317028864

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9781317028864

Criminological Theory: a Life-Course Approach

By: Matt DeLisi,Kevin M. Beaver

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Criminological Theory: a Life-Course Approach

By: Matt DeLisi,Kevin M. Beaver

In order to understand the perpetuance of crime, multiple influences in offenders' lives must be considered. Criminological Theory: A Life-Course Approach explores criminal and anti-social behavior by examining important factors occurring at each stage of life. This collection of cutting-edge scholarship comprehensively covers life-course antisocial behavior ranging from prenatal factors, to childhood examples of disruptive behavior, delinquency, and adult crime. Diverse research from internationally recognized experts on criminal behavior brings readers towards a sharpened understanding of crime and the prevailing life-course approach.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1449636179

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Ethics and Global Security

A cosmopolitan approach

By: Anthony Burke,Katrina Lee-Koo,Matt McDonald

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Ethics and Global Security

A cosmopolitan approach

By: Anthony Burke,Katrina Lee-Koo,Matt McDonald

This book will be the first systematic examination of the role that ethics plays in international security in both theory and practice, and offers the reader a concrete ethics for global security. Questions of morality and ethics have long been central to global security, from the death camps, world wars and H-bombs of the 20th century, to the humanitarian missions, tsunamis, terrorism and refugees of the 21st. This book goes beyond the Just War tradition to demonstrate how ethical commitments influence security theory, policy and international law, across a range of pressing global challenges. The book highlights how, from patrolling a territorial border to maintaining armed forces, security practices have important ethical implications, by excluding some from consideration, presenting others as potential threats and exposing them to harm, and licensing particular actions. While many scholars and practitioners of security claim little interest in ethics, ethics clearly has an interest in them. This innovative book extends the traditional agenda of war and peace to consider the ethics of force short of war such as sanctions, deterrence, terrorism, targeted killing, and torture, and the ethical implications of new security concerns such as identity, gender, humanitarianism, the responsibility to protect, and the global ecology. It advances a concrete ethics for an era of global threats, and makes a case for a cosmopolitan approach to the theory and practice of security that could inspire a more just, stable and inclusive global order. This book fills an important gap in the literature and will be of much interest to students of ethics, security studies and international relations.

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Routledge

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1135095086

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Science and Specters at Salem

By: Matt Goldish

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Science and Specters at Salem

By: Matt Goldish

Most studies of the Salem witch trials focus on social history and the dynamics between accused and accusers. Science and Specters at Salem turns instead to the intellectual background of the judges to understand why they accepted controversial types of evidence. The role of judges in a witch trial was central. Goldish argues that in Salem the judges' acceptance of questionable touch tests and spectral evidence was a result of their intellectual commitments. Several of the Salem judges were highly educated, and some of them were adherents of a particular philosophical school in England led by Henry More and Joseph Glanvill which Goldish calls "the anti-Sadducees." He demonstrates how the ideas of these leading thinkers, friends of Robert Boyle and Sir Isaac Newton, could have led to the deaths of twenty accused witches in Salem. This book will interest students and scholars of witch trials, American colonial history, Atlantic history, legal history and early modern Europe, as well as lay readers wanting a better understanding of Salem.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040118518

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9781040118511

Encounters

With the Strange and Unexplained

By: Matt Hoyle,PQ Blackwell, Ltd.

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Encounters

With the Strange and Unexplained

By: Matt Hoyle,PQ Blackwell, Ltd.

I'm 126 years old. This is my 4,500th incarnation." --Dr. Bob, as profiled in Encounters With the Strange and Unexplained * The National UFO Reporting Center averages 332 unexplained alien sightings each month, and the Gallup Organization reports that more than 32 percent of Americans believe in ghosts. In the summer of 2006, award-winning photographer Matt Hoyle took a paranormal road trip across the United States. He photographed 60 witnesses to alien spacecraft, murky swamp creatures, and demonic house poltergeists. * Chronicling these encounters through both written and photographic profiles, Hoyle presents a spectrum of specter--loving and--loathing believers in Encounters With the Strange and Unexplained. * Hoyle's award-winning photography is known for its rich character and post-production treatment that re-creates both the mood and setting of the environments his portraits depict.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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1449406327

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A Counselor's Guide to Working with Men

By: Matt Englar-Carlson,Marcheta P. Evans,Thelma Duffy

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A Counselor's Guide to Working with Men

By: Matt Englar-Carlson,Marcheta P. Evans,Thelma Duffy

This book examines a variety of critical issues pertaining to the psychology of men and masculinity and presents successful, evidence-based strategies for treatment. Part 1 focuses on treating men in couples counseling, group work, and career counseling, as well as counseling men about their health. Part 2 explores the intersections of identity for sexual minority men, older men, and fathers, and discusses spiritual work with men in life transitions. Part 3 addresses the concerns of men in the military, prevention of sexual violence, and treating men with addictions and trauma-related issues. Part 4 provides the specific clinical frames of female counselors using relational–cultural theory with men, and examines using motivational and masculine-sensitive therapy with men. Examples and vignettes throughout the text provide clinical relevance, and reflective questions in each chapter encourage readers to explore their own biases and ideas about working with men. *Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on wiley.com. *To purchase print copies, please visit the ACA website here. *Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to publications@counseling.org

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119026504

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9781119026501

Hope Wins

A Collection of Inspiring Stories for Young Readers

By: Tom Angleberger,Sarah Mlynowski,Max Brallier,Julie Buxbaum,Pablo Cartaya,J. C. Cervantes,Rex Ogle,Matt de la Peña,Stuart Gibbs,Adam Gidwitz,R.L. Stine,Veera Hiranandani,Hena Khan,Gordon Korman

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Hope Wins

A Collection of Inspiring Stories for Young Readers

By: Tom Angleberger,Sarah Mlynowski,Max Brallier,Julie Buxbaum,Pablo Cartaya,J. C. Cervantes,Rex Ogle,Matt de la Peña,Stuart Gibbs,Adam Gidwitz,R.L. Stine,Veera Hiranandani,Hena Khan,Gordon Korman

In a collection of personal stories and essays, award-winning and bestselling artists from Matt de la Peña and Veera Hiranandani to Max Brallier and R.L. Stine write about how hope always wins, even in the darkest of times. Where does hope live? In your family? In your community? In your school? In your heart? From a family restaurant to a hot-dog shaped car, from an empty road on a moonlight night to a classroom holiday celebration, this anthology of personal stories from award-winning and bestselling authors, shows that hope can live everywhere, even—or especially—during the darkest of times. No matter what happens: Hope wins. Contributors include: Tom Angleberger, James Bird, Max Brallier, Julie Buxbaum, Pablo Cartaya, J.C. Cervantes, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Stuart Gibbs, Adam Gidwitz, Karina Yan Glaser, Veera Hiranandani, Hena Khan, Gordon Korman, Janae Marks, Sarah Mlynowski, Rex Ogle, James Ponti, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Ronald L.Smith, Christina Soontornvat, and R.L. Stine.

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Penguin

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0593463935

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9780593463932

Lawless

A Novel Based on a True Story

By: Matt Bondurant

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Lawless

A Novel Based on a True Story

By: Matt Bondurant

With a Foreword by Director John Hillcoat Based on the true story of Matt Bondurant’s grandfather and two granduncles, Lawless is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County, Virginia, during Prohibition and in the years after. When Sherwood Anderson, the journalist and author of Winesburg, Ohio, was covering a story there, he christened it the “wettest county in the world.” Anderson finds himself driving along dusty red roads, piecing together the clues linking the brothers to “The Great Franklin County Moonshine Conspiracy,” and breaking open the silence that shrouds Franklin County. In vivid, muscular prose, Matt Bondurant brings these men—their dark deeds, their long silences, their deep desires—to life. His understanding of the passion, violence, and desperation at the center of this world is both heartbreaking and magnificent.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451699700

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Ritual in Human Evolution and Religion

Psychological and Ritual Resources

By: Matt J. Rossano

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Ritual in Human Evolution and Religion

Psychological and Ritual Resources

By: Matt J. Rossano

This book explores the role of ritual in social life, human evolution, and religion. It explains the functions and purpose of varied rituals across the world by arguing they are mechanisms of ‘resource management’, providing a descriptive tool for understanding rituals and generating predictions about ritual survival. By showing how rituals have resulted from the need to cultivate social resources necessary to sustain cooperative groups, Rossano presents a unique examination of the function of rituals and how they cultivate, mobilize, and direct psychological resources. Rossano examines rituals from a diverse range of historical contexts, including the Greco-Romans, Soviet Russians, and those in ‘crisis cults’. The book shows how rituals address societal and community problems by cultivating three psychological resources – commitment to communal values, goodwill (both of humans and supernatural agents) and social support or social capital. Holding communities together in the face of threat, disaster, or apathy is one of ritual’s primary functions, and the author describes how our ancestors used ritual to become the highly social, inter-dependent primate that is Homo sapiens. Including examples from all over the world and providing detailed descriptions of both past and current ritual practices, this is fascinating reading for students and academics in psychology, sociology, religion, anthropology, and sociology.

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Routledge

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1000175952

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Cyber Force: Awakening, Vol. 2

By: Matt Hawkins Hill,Bryan Hill

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Cyber Force: Awakening, Vol. 2

By: Matt Hawkins Hill,Bryan Hill

With the world still reeling from the sudden blackout of all networked technology, Stryker, Aphrodite, and Velocity are sent to find a deadly bounty hunter that could help them bring order to the chaos but this bounty hunter has a secret that might stop Cyber Force before it starts. Collects CYBER FORCE #5-8

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Image Comics

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1534313990

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Little Me

My autobiography

By: Matt Lucas

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Little Me

My autobiography

By: Matt Lucas

The hilarious, heart-warming and tear-jerking memoir from one of Britain's best-loved comedians and actors, Matt Lucas. Hello there. Welcome to my autobiography. Throughout this book I talk about my life and work, including Little Britain, Come Fly With Me, Bridesmaids, Les Miserables, Alice In Wonderland and, of course, Shooting Stars. The thing is, this is a bit different to most memoirs you may have read, because it comes in the form of an A-Z. For instance, B is for Baldy! - which is what people used to shout at me in the playground (not much fun), G is for Gay (because I'm an actual real life gay) and T is for the TARDIS (because I'm a companion in Doctor Who now). You get the sort of thing. Anyway I hope you buy it at least twice. Thank you.

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Canongate Books

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1786891077

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McAllister Rides

By: Matt Chisholm

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McAllister Rides

By: Matt Chisholm

Rancher Bourn was/ a big man; big, rough - arid rich. He was offering five hundred dollars to the man who could get back his pretty-young wife, kidnapped. by Comanche braves in a raid. If saving Mrs Bourn from a fate worse than deaith was worth that much money, McAllister was crazy enough to ride straight into Comanche Country, and kidnap her right back. It wasn't his fault that, when it came to it, Mrs Bourn didn't want to return. to her big, rough rancher . . .

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1448207185

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Remarkable Plants of Texas

Uncommon Accounts of Our Common Natives

By: Matt Warnock Turner

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Remarkable Plants of Texas

Uncommon Accounts of Our Common Natives

By: Matt Warnock Turner

“No single existing publication includes the kind of information featured in this book,” a natural history of the flora of the Lone Star State (A. Michael Powell, Professor of Biology Emeritus and Director of the Herbarium, Sul Ross State University). With some 6,000 species of plants, Texas has extraordinary botanical wealth and diversity. Learning to identify plants is the first step in understanding their vital role in nature, and many field guides have been published for that purpose. But to fully appreciate how Texas’s native plants have sustained people and animals from prehistoric times to the present, you need Remarkable Plants of Texas. In this intriguing book, Matt Warnock Turner explores the little-known facts—be they archaeological, historical, material, medicinal, culinary, or cultural—behind our familiar botanical landscape. In sixty-five entries that cover over eighty of our most common native plants from trees, shrubs, and wildflowers to grasses, cacti, vines, and aquatics, he traces our vast array of connections with plants. Turner looks at how people have used plants for food, shelter, medicine, and economic subsistence; how plants have figured in the historical record and in Texas folklore; how plants nourish wildlife; and how some plants have unusual ecological or biological characteristics. Illustrated with over one hundred color photos and organized for easy reference, Remarkable Plants of Texas can function as a guide to individual species as well as an enjoyable natural history of our most fascinating native plants.

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University of Texas Press

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0292773714

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The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle Against Atlantic Slavery

By: Matt D. Childs

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The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle Against Atlantic Slavery

By: Matt D. Childs

In 1812 a series of revolts known collectively as the Aponte Rebellion erupted across the island of Cuba, comprising one of the largest and most important slave insurrections in Caribbean history. Matt Childs provides the first in-depth analysis of the re

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0807830585

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Sport and Exercise Science

By: Joanne Thatcher,Rhys Thatcher,Melissa Day,Matt Portas,Simon Hood

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Sport and Exercise Science

By: Joanne Thatcher,Rhys Thatcher,Melissa Day,Matt Portas,Simon Hood

This text introduces students to the essentials of the major contributing disciplines – biomechanics, physiology and psychology. It provides detailed knowledge and understanding of each subject area combined with explicit advice on how to study effectively, research further and think critically. Case studies clearly relate theory to practice and learning exercises support readers throughout the text.

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Learning Matters

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1844458180

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Freshwater Ecology

Concepts and Environmental Applications of Limnology

By: Walter K. Dodds,Matt R. Whiles

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Freshwater Ecology

Concepts and Environmental Applications of Limnology

By: Walter K. Dodds,Matt R. Whiles

Freshwater Ecology, Third Edition, covers everything from the basic chemical and physical properties of water, to the advanced and unifying concepts of community ecology and ecosystem relationships found in continental waters. Giving students a solid foundation for both courses and future fieldwork, and updated to include key issues, including how to balance ecological and human health needs, GMOs, molecular tools, fracking, and a host of other environmental issues, this book is an ideal resource for both students and practitioners in ecology and related fields. - Winner of a 2020 Textbook Excellence Award (College) (Texty) from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association - Provides an updated revision of this classic text, covering both basic scientific concepts and environmental applications - Includes additional biography boxes with greater cultural diversity of the featured scientists - Covers expanded content on developing nations, ecosystem goods and services, properties of water, global change, impacts of fracking, molecular tools for classification and identification of aquatic organisms, a discussion of emergent diseases and aquatic habitats, and more

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0128132566

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Day Men: Pen & Ink #2

By: Matt Gagnon,Michael Alan Nelson

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Day Men: Pen & Ink #2

By: Matt Gagnon,Michael Alan Nelson

The next installment of the critically acclaimed Pen & Ink program, Day Men: Pen & Ink #2 collects issues #3-4 of the hit vampire noir series in the hallmark oversized, black-and-white format, complete with commentary from writers Matt Gagnon & Michael Alan Nelson and legendary artist Brian Stelfreeze.

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BOOM! Studios

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1681591359

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U2: A Diary

By: Matt McGee

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U2: A Diary

By: Matt McGee

This new and updated edition of U2 A Diary brings U2s story up to date with information about the band’s ground-breaking film, U2 3D, recording sessions for No Line on the Horizon and the story of how the album was leaked online twice before its official release, the U2 360 world tour and Bono’s back injury that forced an entire leg to be postponed and the band’s struggles to decide how to follow No Line on the Horizon and the 360 Tour with new material. Here is the complete history of U2 told exactly as it happened in day-by-day diary format. As well as following the mid-1970's birth of the band to the present day in journal form, U2: A Diary also includes new revelations and fresh insights into key moments of U2's development. Through interviews and extensive research, author Matt McGee sheds light on stories. Fully illustrated with pictures spanning the bands career, this is a fanatically detailed account of a legendary group's life!

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0857127438

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Who Really Owns Ireland

How we became tenants in our own land - and what we can do about it

By: Matt Cooper

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Who Really Owns Ireland

How we became tenants in our own land - and what we can do about it

By: Matt Cooper

Through centuries of oppression, we were tenants in our own land. Today, despite our independence and new-found affluence, we are in the midst of a crisis. The question of who owns Ireland is once again taking on a sense of urgency. Is the land of Ireland still for the people of Ireland? In a deep and far-reaching investigation, journalist, broadcaster and No. 1 bestselling author Matt Cooper examines the power wielded by those who control the land where we live, work and play. Who are they, how did they acquire so much and what does it mean for ordinary citizens when the ownership of key resources like shopping centres, wind farms, forestry and data centres comes from outside? This is a story about how power and money influence and control the present and the future of Ireland ... sometimes for good and sometimes for bad. Filled with riveting detail, this compelling story of who really owns Ireland is an essential account of the issues that affect every single one of us living on this island.

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A is for Archive

Warhol's World from A to Z

By: Matt Wrbican,Blake Gopnik,Neil Printz

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A is for Archive

Warhol's World from A to Z

By: Matt Wrbican,Blake Gopnik,Neil Printz

Showcasing the artist's vast and personal archive, this carefully researched book unveils an eclectic selection of objects including artworks, fashion, photographs, and ephemera--everything from "Autograph" to "Zombies.

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Yale University Press

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0300233442

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The Press Gang

Writings on Cinema from New York Press, 1991-2011

By: Godfrey Cheshire,Matt Zoller Seitz,Armond White

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The Press Gang

Writings on Cinema from New York Press, 1991-2011

By: Godfrey Cheshire,Matt Zoller Seitz,Armond White

A dialogue about cinema's legacy and best directors through essays by three of the best long-form critics out there, collected from the legendary NYPress for the first time. Comprising of the kind of long-form criticism that is all too rare these days, the weekly film columns in the NYPress included polemics, reviews, interviews, festival reports and features. A far cry from what is often derisively termed the "consumer report" mode of criticism, Cheshire, Seitz and White were passionately engaged with the film culture of both their own time, and what had come before. They constituted three distinctly different voices: equally accomplished, yet notably individual, perspectives on cinema. Their distinctive tastes and approaches were often positioned in direct dialogue with each other, a constant critical conversation that frequently saw each writer directly challenging his colleagues. Dialogue is important in criticism, and here you can find a healthy example of it existing under one proverbial roof. This three-way dialogue between Cheshire, Seitz and White assesses the 1990s in cinema, along with pieces on New York's vibrant repertory scene that allow us to read the authors' takes on directors such as Hitchcock, Lean, Kubrick, Welles, Fassbinder and Bresson; as well as topics such as the legacy of Star Wars, film noir, early film projection in New York City, the New York Film Critics Circle, Sundance, the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the emerging cinema of Iran and Taiwan.

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Seven Stories Press

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1609809785

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A World of Its Own

Race, Labor, and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970

By: Matt Garcia

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A World of Its Own

Race, Labor, and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970

By: Matt Garcia

Tracing the history of intercultural struggle and cooperation in the citrus belt of Greater Los Angeles, Matt Garcia explores the social and cultural forces that helped make the city the expansive and diverse metropolis that it is today. As the citrus-growing regions of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys in eastern Los Angeles County expanded during the early twentieth century, the agricultural industry there developed along segregated lines, primarily between white landowners and Mexican and Asian laborers. Initially, these communities were sharply divided. But Los Angeles, unlike other agricultural regions, saw important opportunities for intercultural exchange develop around the arts and within multiethnic community groups. Whether fostered in such informal settings as dance halls and theaters or in such formal organizations as the Intercultural Council of Claremont or the Southern California Unity Leagues, these interethnic encounters formed the basis for political cooperation to address labor discrimination and solve problems of residential and educational segregation. Though intercultural collaborations were not always successful, Garcia argues that they constitute an important chapter not only in Southern California's social and cultural development but also in the larger history of American race relations.

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0807898937

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TV (The Book)

Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time

By: Alan Sepinwall,Matt Zoller Seitz

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TV (The Book)

Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time

By: Alan Sepinwall,Matt Zoller Seitz

Is The Wire better than Breaking Bad? Is Cheers better than Seinfeld? What's the best high school show ever made? Why did Moonlighting really fall apart? Was the Arrested Development Netflix season brilliant or terrible? For twenty years-since they shared a TV column at Tony Soprano's hometown newspaper-critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz have been debating these questions and many more, but it all ultimately boils down to this: What's the greatest TV show ever? That debate reaches an epic conclusion in TV (THE BOOK). Sepinwall and Seitz have identified and ranked the 100 greatest scripted shows in American TV history. Using a complex, obsessively all-encompassing scoring system, they've created a Pantheon of top TV shows, each accompanied by essays delving into what made these shows great. From vintage classics like The Twilight Zone and I Love Lucy to modern masterpieces like Mad Men and Friday Night Lights, from huge hits like All in the Family and ER to short-lived favorites like Firefly and Freaks and Geeks, TV (THE BOOK) will bring the triumphs of the small screen together in one amazing compendium. Sepinwall and Seitz's argument has ended. Now it's time for yours to begin!

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Hachette+ORM

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1455588202

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Development as Leadership-led Change

A Report for the Global Leadership Initiative

By: Matt Andrews,Jesse McConnell,Alison Wescott

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Development as Leadership-led Change

A Report for the Global Leadership Initiative

By: Matt Andrews,Jesse McConnell,Alison Wescott

Development as Leadership-led Change' presents the findings of the Global Leadership Initiative Research Study, which examines leadership in the change processes of fourteen capacity development interventions in eight developing countries. The paper explores what it takes to make change happen in the context of development, and in particular, the role leadership plays in bringing about change. The analysis and findings conclude that leadership manifests itself in different ways in different contexts, depending on readiness, factors that shape change, and leadership opportunities. However, the key characteristics of plurality, functionality, problem orientation, and change space creation are likely to be common to all successful leadership-led change events.

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