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Big Trouble in Little China the Illustrated Novel: Big Trouble in Mother Russia

By: Matthew J. Elliot

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Big Trouble in Little China the Illustrated Novel: Big Trouble in Mother Russia

By: Matthew J. Elliot

It's all in the reflexes. Jack Burton from John Carpenter's cult-hit film, Big Trouble in Little China returns ... A direct sequel to the film, Jack is back and he's brought some old friends--and a few enemies. Kidnapped and dropped into communist Russia, Jack and his best friend Wang must survive .the KGB, the ancient Chinese Wing Kong, and a series of fantastical horrors if they ever want to get home. With the help of Gracie Law and Egg Shen, they will have to unlock a centuries-old mystery that could tear apart the very fabric of reality in order to survive.

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242

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Simon and Schuster

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1608868850

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9781608868858

The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent

Volume II: The Labour Government and the Polaris Programme, 1964-1970

By: Matthew Jones

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The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent

Volume II: The Labour Government and the Polaris Programme, 1964-1970

By: Matthew Jones

Volume II of The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent provides an authoritative and in-depth examination of the British Government’s strategy towards nuclear deterrent from 1964 to 1970. Written with full access to the UK documentary record, Volume II examines the nuclear policy of the Labour Government that took office in October 1964. Having decided to preserve the Polaris programme, ministers were nevertheless committed not to develop another generation of nuclear weapons beyond those in the pipeline, placing major questions over the long-term future of the nuclear programme and collaboration with the United States. This book will be of much interest to students of British politics, nuclear proliferation and international relations.

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583

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Taylor & Francis

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1351755285

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9781351755283

Plant-based Sports Nutrition

Expert Fueling Strategies for Training, Recovery, and Performance

By: D. Enette Larson-Meyer,Matthew Ruscigno

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Plant-based Sports Nutrition

Expert Fueling Strategies for Training, Recovery, and Performance

By: D. Enette Larson-Meyer,Matthew Ruscigno

Plant-Based Sports Nutrition offers guidance to athletes who choose vegan, vegetarian, and plant-based diets about how to effectively fuel their training and competition while adhering to their eating preferences.

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346

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Human Kinetics Publishers

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1492568643

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9781492568643

Garden of Ruins

Occupied Louisiana in the Civil War

By: J. Matthew Ward

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Garden of Ruins

Occupied Louisiana in the Civil War

By: J. Matthew Ward

J. Matthew Ward’s Garden of Ruins serves as an insightful social and military history of Civil War–era Louisiana. Partially occupied by Union forces starting in the spring of 1862, the Confederate state experienced the initial attempts of the U.S. Army to create a comprehensive occupation structure through military actions, social regulations, the destabilization of slavery, and the formation of a complex bureaucracy. Skirmishes between Union soldiers and white civilians supportive of the Confederate cause multiplied throughout this period, eventually turning occupation into a war on local households and culture. In unoccupied regions of the state, Confederate forces and their noncombatant allies likewise sought to patrol allegiance, leading to widespread conflict with those they deemed disloyal. Ward suggests that social stability during wartime, and ultimately victory itself, emerged from the capacity of military officials to secure their territory, governing powers, and nonmilitary populations. Garden of Ruins reveals the Civil War, state-building efforts, and democracy itself as contingent processes through which Louisianans shaped the world around them. It also illustrates how military forces and civilians discovered unique ways to wield and hold power during and immediately after the conflict.

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327

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LSU Press

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0807182362

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9780807182369

The Rise of Liberal Religion

Book Culture and American Spirituality in the Twentieth Century

By: Matthew S. Hedstrom

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The Rise of Liberal Religion

Book Culture and American Spirituality in the Twentieth Century

By: Matthew S. Hedstrom

Winner of the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Best First Book Prize of the American Society of Church History Society for U. S. Intellectual History Notable Title in American Intellectual History The story of liberal religion in the twentieth century, Matthew S. Hedstrom contends, is a story of cultural ascendency. This may come as a surprise-most scholarship in American religious history, after all, equates the numerical decline of the Protestant mainline with the failure of religious liberalism. Yet a look beyond the pews, into the wider culture, reveals a more complex and fascinating story, one Hedstrom tells in The Rise of Liberal Religion. Hedstrom attends especially to the critically important yet little-studied arena of religious book culture-particularly the religious middlebrow of mid-century-as the site where religious liberalism was most effectively popularized. By looking at book weeks, book clubs, public libraries, new publishing enterprises, key authors and bestsellers, wartime reading programs, and fan mail, among other sources, Hedstrom is able to provide a rich, on-the-ground account of the men, women, and organizations that drove religious liberalism's cultural rise in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Critically, by the post-WWII period the religious middlebrow had expanded beyond its Protestant roots, using mystical and psychological spirituality as a platform for interreligious exchange. This compelling history of religion and book culture not only shows how reading and book buying were critical twentieth-century religious practices, but also provides a model for thinking about the relationship of religion to consumer culture more broadly. In this way, The Rise of Liberal Religion offers both innovative cultural history and new ways of seeing the imprint of liberal religion in our own times.

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289

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Oxford University Press

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0199705607

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9780199705603

Unexpected New Life

Reading the Gospel of Matthew

By: Matthew J. Marohl

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Unexpected New Life

Reading the Gospel of Matthew

By: Matthew J. Marohl

. . . from expected death comes unexpected new life!" The Gospel of Matthew does not shy away from the realities of struggle, suffering, doubt, and death. Yet, from the first names in the genealogy to the last words spoken by Jesus, the Gospel testifies to the promise that from expected death comes unexpected new life. Through the actions of Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba, we experience the expectation of death and the promise of unexpected new life. In the birth story of Jesus, Joseph suspects Mary of committing adultery. It is this dilemma that is the focus of the narrative. If he reveals her pregnancy, she could be killed. If he conceals her pregnancy, he will be going against the law of the Lord. What is a righteous man to do? In Joseph's dilemma, this experience of expected death, the Gospel of Matthew proclaims the promise of unexpected new life. The promise of unexpected new life is a theme that continues throughout Matthew's Gospel in the life and ministry of Jesus. The call of his disciples is a call from death to new life. The teaching of Jesus focuses on the experience of death and the promise of new life. In both healing and curing, Jesus brings unexpected new life to those who face death. But it is the death and resurrection of Jesus that is the climax of unexpected new life in the Gospel of Matthew. Even as Jesus experiences a most horrific and humiliating death in the crucifixion, death and the grave do not have the final say. In bearing witness to Jesus' resurrection, the Gospel of Matthew proclaims the magnificent promise of unexpected new life. Matthew J. Marohl invites you in these pages to read the Gospel of Matthew in a new way, from a fresh perspective. Integrating insights from the study of Mediterranean anthropology, Marohl makes the cultural world of the Gospel come alive, so that as you read Matthew again (or perhaps for the first time) you will certainly experience the powerful promise that from expected death comes unexpected new life!

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1621894339

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Book's by Matthew J. Elliot

Big Trouble in Little China the Illustrated Novel: Big Trouble in Mother Russia

Big Trouble in Little China the Illustrated Novel: Big Trouble in Mother Russia

The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent

The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent

Plant-based Sports Nutrition

Plant-based Sports Nutrition

Garden of Ruins

Garden of Ruins

The Rise of Liberal Religion

The Rise of Liberal Religion

Unexpected New Life

Unexpected New Life

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