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The Slumbering Masses

Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life

By: Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer

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The Slumbering Masses

Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life

By: Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer

Analyzes and critiques how sleep and sleep disorders are understood and treated.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816674744

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Yells for Ourselves

A Story of New York City and the New York Mets at the Dawn of the Millennium

By: Matthew Callan

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Yells for Ourselves

A Story of New York City and the New York Mets at the Dawn of the Millennium

By: Matthew Callan

During the 1990s, as New York was transformed from a crumbling city into a vibrant metropolis, the New York Mets were anything but vibrant. Beginning in 1999, the team waged a battle to recapture the hearts of New York baseball fans from their crosstown rivals, and they came closer to succeeding than anyone dared dream. At the same time, mayor Rudy Giuliani—architect of this new New York and those rivals’ biggest cheerleader—was engaged in his own battles to win a Senate seat and to save his sagging legacy as savior of the city. Yells For Ourselves chronicles the 1999 and 2000 seasons of the New York Mets, and explores how local and national politics were interwoven with the obsessions of a baseball-mad city. It paints a picture of this forgotten time in the history of baseball and New York, when new ballparks, rapid expansion, and “enhanced training methods” caused a home run explosion; when rising free agent salaries separated teams into the Haves and Have Nots; and when a politico’s answer to the question Mets or Yankees? could make global headlines. Above all, Yells For Ourselves captures what happened when an underdog struggled to find an identity in a city with no room left for lovable losers.

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Inkshares

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1947848496

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9781947848498

Dingmans Ferry

By: Matthew M. Osterberg

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Dingmans Ferry

By: Matthew M. Osterberg

For over 200 years, the small village of Dingmans Ferry grew along the banks of the Delaware River. This once small town thrived first as a farming community and later as a summer retreat for New York and Philadelphia residents. Dingmans Ferry provides a tour of this fascinating community that was lost in the late 1970s after the area was purchased for the proposed Tocks Island Dam Project. The incredible mills, country churches, one-room schools, and family homes come alive in this grand photo essay. Drawn from the collections of the Dingmans Ferry/Delaware Township Historical Society, Pike County Historical Society, and private collections, these photographs include familiar sights such as Darragh Mill, St. John's Episcopal Church, and the Academy. Famous residents such as Chief Thundercloud and Marie Zimmerman are also highlighted in this photographic journey through an area long forgotten.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738538736

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9780738538730

Dictionary Of Modern Art

By: Matthew Baigell

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Dictionary Of Modern Art

By: Matthew Baigell

Alphabetically arranged and crossreferenced entries provide background information on major American painters, sculptors, printmakers, and photographers, plus important topics and movements central to American art from the sixteenth century to the present.

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Taylor & Francis

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0429688709

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A Scary Little Christmas

A History of Yuletide Horror Films, 1972-2020

By: Matthew C. DuPée

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A Scary Little Christmas

A History of Yuletide Horror Films, 1972-2020

By: Matthew C. DuPée

Controversial yet beloved among audiences, Christmas-themed horror movies emerged in the early 1970s and gained a notorious reputation with Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), depicting Santa as an ax-wielding maniac. Some parents and conservative groups condemned the film, while others embraced the portrayal of Yuletide as a backdrop for fear and dread. Drawing on interviews with directors, producers, special effects artists, photographers and actors, this book celebrates the sordid, colorful history of the Christmas horror subgenre. Psycho Santa films such as Christmas Evil (1980) and 3615 code Pere Noel (1989) are examined, along with "Yule-Die" slashers like The Dorm that Dripped Blood (1982), Black Christmas (1974) and Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972). Commercial successes like Gremlins (1984) and Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) are covered, as well as more recent releases such as Better Watch Out (2016), Red Christmas (2016) and Deathcember (2019). Rare photographs, promotional materials and an annotated filmography are provided.

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McFarland

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1476679991

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Idiom Attack Vol. 2 - Doing Business 이디엄 어택 2 - 거래하기

By: Peter Liptak,Matthew Douma,Jay Douma

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Idiom Attack Vol. 2 - Doing Business 이디엄 어택 2 - 거래하기

By: Peter Liptak,Matthew Douma,Jay Douma

*** Idiom Attack 2 - Doing Business (Korean Edition) *** 이디엄 어택 2 - 거래하기 *** Finally, a proven system to master Business English Idioms and speak like a native in the workplace... ...without breaking the bank or wasting hours of your time, GUARANTEED! English Idioms for ESL Learners: With 300+ Idioms in 25 Themed Chapters w/ MP3 at IdiomAttack.com Are you confused by common sayings in the English language? Discover the hidden meanings of English idioms to help you communicate with confidence. Are you worried that you’re missing out on the conversation? Do you want to strengthen your English language skills? As ESL educators, Peter Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma have decades of teaching experience across the world... After helping classrooms full of students navigate the treacherous waters of the English language, they’ve created a series of books to help you too! Idiom Attack 2: Doing Business (Korean Edition) is a densely-packed resource that contains **300+ of the most common and relevant idioms** for communicating your offer, closing deals & just making business happen in North America in both English and Korean. Through Idiom Attack, you’ll discover definitions, contextualized examples, and practice questions. Before you know it, you’ll be using English language idioms in your own everyday conversations like a native English speaker and impressing people with your business English. In Idiom Attack, you’ll discover: The three-step training process to help you quickly learn new concepts in English with translations in Korean Easy-to-follow sections separated by topic to help you find exactly what you’re looking for Clear meme-like illustrations to help boost your memorization of idioms and their usage Convenient stories, crosswords, and fill-in-the-blank worksheets at the end of each chapter to improve your English retention and conversational abilities A collection of idioms commonly found in the workplace, and much, much more! Idiom Attack is a must-have tool for ESL learners at intermediate and advanced levels. If you like easy-to-use guides, multi-format approaches to learning, and expert advice, then you’ll love Peter Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma’s in-depth look at American idioms. 일상 생활에 필수적인 숙어로 영어 실력을 향상 시키며 일상 생활에 익숙해지고 효과적으로 사용하도록하는 3 단계 교육 과정을 통해 네이티브가 습관적으로 쓰는 관용어구 300개! 살아있는 생활 속 관용어구 핵심주제 25가지! 까다로운 관용어구 길들이는 트레이닝 3단계 Buy Idiom Attack to finally take part in the discussion today! Plus get your MP3 and more helpful resources at IdiomAttack.com.

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193634243X

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Murder Movie Makers

Directors Dissect Their Killer Flicks

By: Matthew Edwards

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Murder Movie Makers

Directors Dissect Their Killer Flicks

By: Matthew Edwards

Serial killers, mass murderers, spree killers, outlaws, and real-life homicidal maniacs have long held a grim fascination for both filmmakers and viewers. Since the 1970s, hundreds of films and television movies have been made covering killers from Charles Manson to Ted Bundy and the Zodiac Killer creating a uniquely morbid sub-genre within horror and thrillers. This collection of interviews sheds light on 17 filmmakers and screenwriters who tackled this controversial subject while attempting to explore the warped world of infamous killers. The interviews include John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer), Tom Hanson (The Zodiac Killer), David Wickes (Jack the Ripper), Chris Gerolmo (Citizen X), Chuck Parello (The Hillside Stranglers), David Jacobson (Dahmer) and Clive Saunders on his ill-fated experience directing Gacy. Offering candid insights into the creative process behind these movies, the interviews also show the pitfalls and moral controversy the filmmakers had to wrestle with to bring their visions to the screen.

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1476639663

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Educations in Ethnic Violence

Identity, Educational Bubbles, and Resource Mobilization

By: Matthew Lange

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Educations in Ethnic Violence

Identity, Educational Bubbles, and Resource Mobilization

By: Matthew Lange

In Educations in Ethnic Violence, Matthew Lange explores the effects education has on ethnic violence. Lange contradicts the widely held belief that education promotes peace and tolerance. Rather, Lange finds that education commonly contributes to aggression, especially in environments with ethnic divisions, limited resources and ineffective political institutions. He describes four ways in which organized learning spurs ethnic conflicts. Socialization in school shapes students' identities and the norms governing intercommunal relations. Education can also increase students' frustration and aggression when their expectations are not met. Sometimes, the competitive atmosphere gives students an incentive to participate in violence. Finally, education provides students with superior abilities to mobilize violent ethnic movements. Lange employs a cross-national statistical analysis with case studies of Sri Lanka, Cyprus, the Palestinian territories, India, sub-Saharan Africa, Canada and Germany.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139505440

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Cracking iPhone and Android Native Development

Cross-Platform Mobile Apps Without the Kludge

By: Matthew Baxter-Reynolds

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Cracking iPhone and Android Native Development

Cross-Platform Mobile Apps Without the Kludge

By: Matthew Baxter-Reynolds

You've developed a killer app for one mobile device—now it’s time to maximize your intellectual investment and develop for the full spectrum of mobile platforms and devices. With Cracking iPhone and Android Native Development, you’ll learn how to quickly retool between the iPhone and Android platforms and broaden the interest and audience of your app, without working with burdensome and error-prone compatibility layers and toolkits. Cracking iPhone and Android Native Development takes you, the developer, through the same mobile software development project on both platforms, learning the differences between and the relative strengths and weaknesses of each platform as you go. No magic intermediate layers of obfuscation—by the time you get to the end, you'll be an expert at developing for any of the major smartphone platforms using each vendor's preferred toolset and approach. Cracking iPhone and Android Native Development covers the iPhone and Android platforms, two of the hottest mobile device platforms on the market today.

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Apress

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1430231998

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Killing Others

A Natural History of Ethnic Violence

By: Matthew Lange

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Killing Others

A Natural History of Ethnic Violence

By: Matthew Lange

In Killing Others, Matthew Lange explores why humans ruthlessly attack and kill people from other ethnic communities. Drawing on an array of cases from around the world and insight from a variety of disciplines, Lange provides a simple yet powerful explanation that pinpoints the influential role of modernity in the growing global prevalence of ethnic violence over the past two hundred years. He offers evidence that a modern ethnic mind-set is the ultimate and most influential cause of ethnic violence.Throughout most of human history, people perceived and valued small sets of known acquaintances and did not identify with ethnicities. Through education, state policy, and other means, modernity ultimately created broad ethnic consciousnesses that led to emotional prejudice, whereby people focus negative emotions on entire ethnic categories, and ethnic obligation, which pushes people to attack Others for the sake of their ethnicity. Modern social transformations also provided a variety of organizational resources that put these motives into action, thereby allowing ethnic violence to emerge as a modern menace. Yet modernity takes many forms and is not constant, and past trends in ethnic violence are presently transforming. Over the past seventy years, the earliest modernizers have transformed from champions of ethnic violence into leaders of intercommunal peace, and Killing Others offers evidence that the emergence of robust rights-based democracy—in combination with effective states and economic development—weakened the motives and resources that commonly promote ethnic violence.

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Cornell University Press

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1501707760

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Netroots

Online Progressives and the Transformation of American Politics

By: Matthew Robert Kerbel

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Netroots

Online Progressives and the Transformation of American Politics

By: Matthew Robert Kerbel

The progressive "netroots," fueled by bloggers writing on websites like the Daily Kos and working through online organizations like MoveOn, are on the verge of spearheading a revolution that may well define the coming political era. Still, their purpose, goals, and track record remain largely misunderstood. This book provides an understanding of the loosely affiliated groups that collectively call themselves the progressive netroots: who they are, what they hope to accomplish, what they've done so far and how likely it is they will succeed in a plan so audacious it would result, if realized, in the transformation of America from a television-focused, center-right nation to an Internet-focused, center-left nation. Netroots weaves together a range of evidence and arguments to shatter conventional myths about this online movement. It explains why the left is better positioned than the right to take advantage of the decentralized nature of the Internet. As progressive candidates make uneven progress toward winning elections, the progressive netroots are working to drive media narratives and building real and virtual communities of activists that will contribute strongly to electoral success. Netroots documents the achievements of this emerging political force through an engaging analysis told with an eye toward history and in the bloggers' own words.

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Routledge

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1317255569

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East Timor's Unfinished Struggle

Inside the Timorese Resistance

By: Constâncio Pinto,Matthew Jardine

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East Timor's Unfinished Struggle

Inside the Timorese Resistance

By: Constâncio Pinto,Matthew Jardine

Until the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two East Timorese activists, few had heard of East Timor or of its struggle for independence from Indonesia. Here, Constancio Pinto, a colleague of the two Nobel Peace Prize winners, and Matthew Jardine, a long-time chronicler of the situation in East Timor, offer a first-hand account of life inside the Timorese independence movement.

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0896085414

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The Elderly Kids

Short Stories: Take One a Day for One Week

By: Matthew T. Bell

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The Elderly Kids

Short Stories: Take One a Day for One Week

By: Matthew T. Bell

Have you ever thought life is tougher on you than others? Did you grow up too fast? Maybe you are one of The elderly kids... This collection grapples with pharmaceutical temptations, the fangs of family, and the dance that is alcohol. It also navigates stepfatherdom, energy drink madness, the vortexes of race and rap, baby bombs and abuse"--from page [4] of cover.

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1481725114

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Political Leadership

An Introduction

By: Matthew Laing

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Political Leadership

An Introduction

By: Matthew Laing

Drawing upon a diverse range of traditions and contexts, this authoritative new textbook presents a systematic introduction to political leadership. Making extensive use of examples of real leaders from a variety of cultural backgrounds, the book links theoretical ideas and concepts to real-world political leadership and in doing so helps students to make sense of why different leaders lead as they do and why people choose to follow them. This is ideal reading for students taking courses on political leadership and related topics.

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1350311421

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Idiom Attack Vol. 2 - Doing Business イディオム・アタック 2: 職場で

By: Peter Liptak,Matthew Douma,Jay Douma

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Idiom Attack Vol. 2 - Doing Business イディオム・アタック 2: 職場で

By: Peter Liptak,Matthew Douma,Jay Douma

*** Idiom Attack 2 - Doing Business *** イディオム・アタック2 - 職場で Finally, a proven system to master Business English Idioms and speak like a native in the workplace... ...without breaking the bank or wasting hours of your time, GUARANTEED! Are you confused by common sayings in the English language? Discover the hidden meanings of English idioms to help you communicate with confidence. Are you worried that you’re missing out on the conversation? Do you want to strengthen your English language skills? As ESL educators, Peter Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma have decades of teaching experience across the world... After helping classrooms full of students navigate the treacherous waters of the English language, they’ve created a series of books to help you too! Idiom Attack 2: Doing Business (Japanese Edition) is a densely-packed resource that contains **300+ of the most common and relevant idioms** for living, loving and doing business in North America in both English and Japanese. Through Idiom Attack, you’ll discover definitions, contextualized examples, and practice questions. Before you know it, you’ll be using English language idioms in your own everyday conversations like a native English speaker and impressing people with your business English. In Idiom Attack, you’ll discover: The three-step training process to help you quickly learn new concepts in English with translations in Japanese Easy-to-follow sections separated by topic to help you find exactly what you’re looking for Clear meme-like illustrations to help boost your memorization of idioms and their usage Convenient stories, crosswords, and fill-in-the-blank worksheets at the end of each chapter to improve your English retention and conversational abilities A collection of idioms commonly found in the workplace, and much, much more! Idiom Attack is a must-have tool for ESL learners at intermediate and advanced levels. If you like easy-to-use guides, multi-format approaches to learning, and expert advice, then you’ll love Peter Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma’s in-depth look at American idioms. 3段階の勉強法を通じて、日常的な慣用語を身につけて、実戦的な英会話力アップ. 必修慣用語300+語を英語の武器に日常的な25場面に備えて慣用語で準備万端 3段階の練習法ですぐに覚える Buy Idiom Attack to finally take part in the discussion today!

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1936342332

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Marie Dressler

A Biography; With a Listing of Major Stage Performances, a Filmography and a Discography

By: Matthew Kennedy

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Marie Dressler

A Biography; With a Listing of Major Stage Performances, a Filmography and a Discography

By: Matthew Kennedy

Early in the century, Marie Dressler was hailed as one of America's finest comics, with a 20-year string of Broadway and vaudeville successes including The Lady Slavey, Miss Prinnt, Higgledy Piggledy, The Man in the Moon, and Tillie's Nightmare. She starred with Charlie Chaplin in the first ever feature-length comedy Tillie's Punctured Romance and later in Min and Bill for which she won an Academy Award. A brilliant comedienne in body, timing, inflection and reactions, her talents far exceeded the expectations of slapstick, and her movies earned sums far greater than those of Garbo, or Harlow, or even Gable. This work examines Dressler's life from vaudeville to talkies. Based on extensive research and interviews with Dressler's surviving friends, co-stars and colleagues, including Maureen O'Sullivan, Jackie Cooper and Anita Page, it details her public and personal successes and failures. A listing of her stage appearances, vocal recordings and films is included.

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0786428449

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The Other Side of the Harbor

The Journey of a First-Year Urban Teacher

By: Matthew Ohlson

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The Other Side of the Harbor

The Journey of a First-Year Urban Teacher

By: Matthew Ohlson

After graduating from college, author Matthew A. Ohlson returns to his hometown to be a fourth-grade teacher. Ignoring offers to work in the private sector or to teach in safer, more prestigious suburban schools, he returns to his old neighborhood to teach in one of Boston's most troubled schools. The Other Side of the Harbor follows the obstacles Ohlson and his students encounter, both in and out of the classroom. The twenty-eight students that make up the class of room 213 initially greet Ohlson with a display of bedlam that would send most teachers running in the opposite direction. But this is where he wants to be-and he knows these impressionable young minds need him-so he perseveres. By the end of the year, the kids become as much a part of Ohlson's family as his own flesh and blood. A fictional story based on true events, The Other Side of the Harbor showcases Ohlson's passion for education, yet brings to light the harsh realities of the Boston streets. Hilarious, inspiring, and heart-breaking, the stories of The Other Side of the Harbor encourage a new appreciation for the educational system and those striving to make it better.

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0595415822

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Red Sox by the Numbers

A Complete Team History of the Boston Red Sox by Uniform Number

By: Bill Nowlin,Matthew Silverman

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Red Sox by the Numbers

A Complete Team History of the Boston Red Sox by Uniform Number

By: Bill Nowlin,Matthew Silverman

What do Rube Walberg, Mike Nagy, Kevin Millar, and Dustin Pedroia all have in common? They have all worn #15 for the Boston Red Sox. Since 1931, the Red Sox have issued 74 different numbers to more than 1,500 players. In this newly updated edition, Red Sox by the Numbers tells the story of every Red Sox player since ’31—from Bill Sweeney (the first Red Sox player to don #1) to J.T. Snow (#84, the highest numbered non-coach in Sox history). Each chapter also features a fascinating sidebar that reveals obscure players who wore certain numbers and also which numbers produced the most wins, home runs, and stolen bases in club history. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Simon and Schuster

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1613218893

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Party Personnel Strategies

Electoral Systems and Parliamentary Committee Assignments

By: Matthew S Shugart,Matthew E Bergman,Cory L. Struthers,Ellis S Krauss,Robert J Pekkanen

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Party Personnel Strategies

Electoral Systems and Parliamentary Committee Assignments

By: Matthew S Shugart,Matthew E Bergman,Cory L. Struthers,Ellis S Krauss,Robert J Pekkanen

Key party goals serve to advance a policy brand and maximize seats in the legislature. This book offers a theory of how political parties assign their elected members — their "personnel" — to specialized legislative committees to serve collective organizational goals, here known as "party personnel strategies". Individual party members vary in their personal attributes, such as prior occupation, gender, and local experience. Parties seek to harness the attributes of their members by assigning them to committees where their expertise is relevant, and where they may enhance the party's policy brand. However, under some electoral systems, parties may need to trade-off the harnessing of expertise against the pursuit of seats, instead matching legislators according to electoral situation (e.g. marginality of seat) or characteristics of their constituency (e.g. population density). This book offers an analysis of the extent to which parties trade these goals by matching the attributes of their personnel and their electoral needs to the functions of the available committee seats. The analysis is based on a dataset of around six thousand legislators across thirty-eight elections in six established parliamentary democracies with diverse electoral systems.

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Oxford University Press

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0192651277

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The K Street Gang

The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine

By: Matthew Continetti

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The K Street Gang

The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine

By: Matthew Continetti

“You’ve got to understand, we are ideologues,” Tom DeLay once told a journalist. “We have an agenda. We have a philosophy. I want to repeal the Clean Air Act. No one came to me and said, ‘Please repeal the Clean Air Act.’ We say to the lobbyists, ‘Help us.’ We know what we want to do and we find the people to help us do that. We go to the lobbyists and say, ‘Help us get this in the appropriations bill.” It was a stunning admission. Lawmakers, DeLay was basically saying, relied on paid lobbyists to get bills passed, not the other way around. The federal government was so complex, the challenges of leadership so difficult, that lobbyists were more likely to get things done than the people’s representatives. And DeLay, because of his “ideology,” was happy to play along. The age of K Street had arrived. The Republicans were just along for the ride. from The K Street Gang What happens when ideologues obtain power? The K Street Gang is the inside story of how a group of self-styled Republican reformers succumbed to the temptations of power, becoming even worse than the Democrats they had been elected to replace. Now, some of those very reformers, including Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff, are under investigation, their careers and reputations tarnished by the very system they helped to create. The story begins in 1994, when a landslide victory led to the first GOP-controlled Congress in forty years. The Republicans had it all: a visionary leader in Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, a program for reform in the Contract With America, and a bonafide electoral mandate. They pledged to shrink government, reform politics, and drain the swamp of public malfeasance. Ten years later the Republican party finds itself embroiled in crippling scandals that have already brought about the fall of House majority leader DeLay and may reach all the way into the White House. In The K Street Gang, you'll meet DeLay, the brazen ideologue and prodigious fundraiser who invited lobbyists to run amok in exchange for campaign contributions; Jack Abramoff, the conservative activist who left a troubled career in Hollywood for a new beginning as a Washington lobbyist, only to fleece his clients out of millions of dollars; Ralph Reed, the former executive director of the Christian Coalition whose principles took a backseat to his business interests; Grover Norquist, the fiery antitax activist who provided intellectual ammunition for the Republican takeover of the lobbying industry, only to see the lobbyists take over his party; and Adam Kidan, a down-on-his-luck Republican businessman who engineered the scam of a lifetime-one that had deadly consequences. You'll learn how mysterious Russian businessmen with ties to Soviet military intelligence paid for Tom DeLay's trip to Moscow, then sold weapons to Jack Abramoff who resold them to militant Israeli settlers; how Grover Norquist helped arranged meetings between George W. Bush and men who are now alleged to be Islamic terrorists; how a former lifeguard rose from beachbum to aide to one of Washington's most powerful congressmen to high-powered and extremely wealthy lobbyist, and how he lost it all; and how a routine audit of an obscure Indian tribe's finances has led to a widespread public corruption investigation that threatens the political futures of half a dozen congressmen and the political future of the Republican Party. In The K Street Gang, Matthew Continetti takes us behind the headlines to meet a group of young idealists who came to Washington to do good and ended up staying to do well. It's about the perils of power and the high cost of greed. Above all, it's about how the American conservative movement began as a cause, turned into a career and ended up as a racket.

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0385518730

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Milwaukee Jihad

By: Matthew J. Flynn

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Milwaukee Jihad

By: Matthew J. Flynn

Jihadist forces in the Middle East tangle with covert figures in the American government. ISIS and its collaborators in Saudi Arabia plan to attack the U.S. Capitol during the State of the Union speech and destroy the Capitol and everyone inside with a combination of suicide bombers and a fleet of small suicide planes. They have embedded assassins in some U.S. cities in advance of the attack. ISIS communicates through a system of quantum cryptography that the U.S. can't decipher. Bernie Weber, a brilliant doctoral student, is put to work to break their code. The CIA assigns agent Audrey Knapp to protect him. The assassins are picked off one by one as Knapp and stubborn Milwaukee fight back. When the President and the First Lady start their limousine ride to the Capitol for the Speech, a team of Navy Seals, Navy planes, and Audrey Knapp with a knife in the Visitor Gallery try to stop the final attack. This edgy and sometimes darkly comic clash of cultures is riddled with violence, politics and mathematical science as it twists and turns like a relentless chess match, with the fate of Democracy in the balance.

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Gang Injunctions and Abatement

Using Civil Remedies to Curb Gang-Related Crimes

By: Matthew D. O'Deane

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Gang Injunctions and Abatement

Using Civil Remedies to Curb Gang-Related Crimes

By: Matthew D. O'Deane

As gang violence continues to rise across the country and the world, police departments, prosecutors, and community members are seeking new methods to reduce the spread of gang-related criminal activity. Civil gang injunctions have become a growing feature of crime control programs in several states across the nation. Gang Injunctions and Abatement: Using Civil Remedies to Curb Gang-Related Crimes examines the effectiveness of this strategy and explores the accompanying constitutional controversies related to freedom of speech, assembly, and other rights. Questions raised by this thought-provoking volume include: What are the costs of gang violence to society? Do civil remedies curb violence in the communities where they are implemented? What factors make a given injunction or abatement more or less effective? What legal and policy issues stand in the way of gang injunctions and abatement? Providing step-by-step instructions on how to establish a successful injunction and abatement program, the book presents comprehensive research on the theoretical basis for the strategy. It includes a legal and chronological progression of actual cases and their outcomes, describing weaknesses and successes in various programs. Supplying succinct guidelines from lessons learned, the book enables prosecutors, police agencies, and the public to take steps toward eradicating gang activities in their communities.

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The Fullness of Time

Temporalities of the Fifteenth-Century Low Countries

By: Matthew S. Champion

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The Fullness of Time

Temporalities of the Fifteenth-Century Low Countries

By: Matthew S. Champion

The Low Countries were at the heart of innovation in Europe in the fifteenth century. Throughout this period, the flourishing cultures of the Low Countries were also wrestling with time itself. The Fullness of Time explores that struggle, and the changing conceptions of temporality that it represented and embodied showing how they continue to influence historical narratives about the emergence of modernity today. The Fullness of Time asks how the passage of time in the Low Countries was ordered by the rhythms of human action, from the musical life of a cathedral to the measurement of time by clocks and calendars, the work habits of a guildsman to the devotional practices of the laity and religious orders. Through a series of transdisciplinary case studies, it explores the multiple ways that objects, texts and music might themselves be said to engage with, imply, and unsettle time, shaping and forming the lives of the inhabitants of the fifteenth-century Low Countries. Champion reframes the ways historians have traditionally told the history of time, allowing us for the first time to understand the rich and varied interplay of temporalities in the period.

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The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour through America's Food

By: Matthew Gavin Frank

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The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour through America's Food

By: Matthew Gavin Frank

Finalist for the Art of Eating Prize A richly illustrated culinary tour of the United States through fifty signature dishes, and a radical exploration of our gastronomic heritage. Following his critically acclaimed Preparing the Ghost, renowned essayist Matthew Gavin Frank takes on America’s food. In a surprising style reminiscent of Maggie Nelson or Mark Doty, Frank examines a quintessential dish in each state, interweaving the culinary with personal and cultural associations of each region. From key lime pie (Florida) to elk stew (Montana), The Mad Feast commemorates the unexpected origins of the familiar. Brazenly dissecting the myriad intersections between history and food, Frank, in this gorgeously designed volume, considers politics, sexuality, violence, grief, and pleasure: the cool, creamy whoopie pie evokes toughness in the face of New England winters, while the stewlike perloo serves up an exploration of food and race in the South. Tracing an unpredictable map of our collective appetites, The Mad Feast presents a beguiling flavor profile of the American spirit.

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Confessions of an Enron Executive

A Whistleblower's Story

By: Brewer Lynn,Lynn Brewer,Matthew Scott Hansen

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Confessions of an Enron Executive

A Whistleblower's Story

By: Brewer Lynn,Lynn Brewer,Matthew Scott Hansen

ESPIONAGE. FRAUD. POLITICS. "This book is one of the most chilling and compelling business stories I've ever read. Lynn Brewer lived the Enron story, and in a deeply personal, yet highly professional way, lets us peek into what can go horribly wrong in a publicly-traded business. There are some great lessons for leadership in this tale." Oren Harari, Author, The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell "In this incredibly lucid and juicy account of Enron's shenanigans, Lynn Brewer courageously reveals what went on behind the scenes. What she reports will shock the financial press who voted Enron "the most innovative and admired" five years in a row. It will shame research analysts and investors who drove Enron's stock up into the stratosphere - while never being able to explain how Enron made money. Brewer hasn't forgotten the teachers, the small business owners and retirees who lost a bundle when the house of cards came crashing down. She urges us to see Enron not simply as the failure of a few people and institutions. No, it is symptomatic of our win-at-any-cost culture. To prevent future Enrons, we all must look to see how our choices perpetuate this culture, which ultimately, like Enron, is unsustainable." L. J. Rittenhouse, Author, Do Business With People You Tru$t: Balancing Profits and Principles "Lynn Brewer unabashedly exposes the unchecked greed and chicanery operating in the leadership of Enron. Her story clearly reveals how the unethical leadership at Enron led to an unbearable culture of emotional turbulence and fear, drawing everyone into a web of deceit. Readers will get the inside view of one of the country's biggest corporate scandals." Danna Beal, M.Ed., Author, Tragedy in the Workplace: The Longest Running Show in the Country LIES. DECEPTIONS. SCANDAL. ENRON. Confessions of an Enron Executive: A Whistlebower's Story, is Lynn Brewer's gripping account of nearly three years spent with the company that has come to symbolize the worst in corporate greed. Lynn's riveting tale takes you deep into the heart of Enron for a shocking look at both the notorious illicit deals and the unscrupulous people who made them. Having spent time with Enron's water company, trading division, power trading desk, and the broadband unit, coupled with Lynn's background in accounting and law, a scandalous portrait emerges of a company run amok in the name of naked avarice. Fascinating, revelatory, and often times hilarious, Confessions of an Enron Executive: A Whistleblower's Story details the riveting account of her career at Enron, and her decision to blow the whistle to lawyers and the United States Government, long before the world had ever heard of Sherron Watkins. Cover Designed By: Paguirigan Branding & Design

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The Show Mayor

By: Matthew Williams

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The Show Mayor

By: Matthew Williams

When School's out. And summers in. Everybody at Glass Art. a elite boarding school. Can't wait for summer. Everybody, except for Benny Breezy. A piano prodigy. Who attends Glass Art. With his best friends. Simon, Mallory, Doyle and Nasser. Worried about next year. Since it will be there last year together. Benny sets out to have the best summer ever with his friends. His plans quickly change. After learning that. His, friends. Have other plans for the summer. He decides to go home for the summer. Things turn from bad to worst. When, Benny and Nasser. Who work at The Daily Maglorix Newspaper. As, Investigative Reporters. Along with Simon there photographer. Learn that The Daily Maglorix Newspaper. Is closing. All hope seems lost, until a mysterious person comes to there rescue. When Benny and his friends. Learn that a famous singer. Has been accused of stealing The Ape Skull from The Diamond Museum of Amsterdam. And that. He's offering a reward. To whomever can clear his name. Benny, Simon and Nasser. Along with Mallory and Doyle. Travel to Los Angeles. To interview him. While there in Los Angeles. Benny and his friends. Stay with his estranged Aunt Fanny. Who lives in a penthouse at a circus theme hotel called The Show Mayor. As they investigate. Benny and the gang. Discover that the real culprit who goes by the name of The Mad Ffraid Brat. Is more dangerous than they could ever imagine. And, that this will be the biggest assignment. They have ever had. With help from some new friends. They must race against time. To unmasked The Mad Ffraid Brat.

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1982247932

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1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die

By: Matthew Rye,Steven Isserlis

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1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die

By: Matthew Rye,Steven Isserlis

A thick and informative guide to the world of classical music and its stunning recordings, complete with images from CD cases, concert halls, and of the musicians themselves.

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Narrating the Landscape

Print Culture and American Expansion in the Nineteenth Century

By: Matthew N. Johnston

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Narrating the Landscape

Print Culture and American Expansion in the Nineteenth Century

By: Matthew N. Johnston

The American nineteenth century saw a largely rural nation confined to the Eastern Seaboard conquer a continent and spawn increasingly dense commercial metropolises. This time of unprecedented territorial and economic growth has long been thought to find its most sweeping visual equivalent in the period’s landscape paintings. But, as Matthew N. Johnston shows, the age’s defining features were just as clearly captured in, and motivated by, visual material mass-produced through innovations in printing technology. Illustrated railroad and steamboat guidebooks, tourist literature, reports of geological surveys, ethnographic studies: all of these new print vehicles brought new meanings to the interplay of time, space, and place as American continental expansion peaked. Instrumental to that project of national and industrial growth, these commercial and scientific publications introduced readers, travelers, and citizens to a changing North American landscape made more accessible by new travel routes blazed between 1825 and 1875. More fundamentally, as Johnston shows in his nuanced analysis, by simulating new temporal frameworks through their presentation of landscape, these print materials established new models of consumption and new kinds of knowledge critical to expansion. Johnston relates these sources to traditional art historical subjects—the landscapes of the Hudson River school, luminist paintings by John Kensett and William Trost Richards, Native portraits painted by George Catlin, and photographs by Timothy O’Sullivan—to show how key discourses associated with expansion shifted away from picturesque strategies pairing imagery and narrative toward entirely new forms that gave temporal structure to viewers’ experience of an emerging modernity. Revealing the crucial role of print and visual culture in shaping the nineteenth-century United States, Narrating the Landscape offers fresh insight into the landscapes Americans beheld and imagined in this formative era.

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Contest

By: Matthew Reilly

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By: Matthew Reilly

The New York Public Library is transformed into a deadly labyrinth in the New York Times–bestselling author’s debut thriller. New York’s iconic library is a silent sanctuary of knowledge; a hundred-year-old edifice of towering bookcases, narrow aisles and long marble hallways. For Doctor Stephen Swain and his eight-year-old daughter, Holly, it is the site of a nightmare. Because for one night this historic building is to be the venue for a contest. A contest in which Swain is to compete—whether he likes it or not. The rules are simple: Seven contestants will enter, only one will leave. With his daughter in his arms, Stephen Swain is plunged into a terrifying fight for survival. The stakes are high, the odds brutal. He can choose to run, to hide or to fight—but if he wants to live, he has to win.

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1429908181

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Cracking Windows Phone and BlackBerry Native Development

Cross-Platform Mobile Apps Without the Kludge

By: Matthew Baxter-Reynolds

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Cracking Windows Phone and BlackBerry Native Development

Cross-Platform Mobile Apps Without the Kludge

By: Matthew Baxter-Reynolds

You've developed a killer app for one mobile device—now it’s time to maximize your intellectual investment and develop for the full spectrum of mobile platforms and devices. With Cracking Windows Phone and BlackBerry Native Development, you’ll learn how to quickly retool your application between the Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry platforms and broaden the interest and audience of your app. Cracking Windows Phone and BlackBerry Native Development takes you through the same mobile software development project on each platform, learning the differences between and the relative strengths and weaknesses of each platform as you go. No magic intermediate layers of obfuscation—by the time you get to the end, you'll be an expert at developing for any of the major smartphone platforms using each vendor's preferred toolset and approach. Cracking Windows Phone and BlackBerry Native Development covers the Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry platforms, as well as the development of a general web application accessible on other devices. If you're interested in taking your app into the world of iPhone and Android, be sure to check out the companion volume, Cracking iPhone and Android Native Development, at http://www.apress.com/9781430231981.

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Idiom Attack Vol. 2 - Doing Business: Attaque d'idiomes 2 - Le monde des affaires

By: Peter Liptak,Matthew Douma,Jay Douma

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Idiom Attack Vol. 2 - Doing Business: Attaque d'idiomes 2 - Le monde des affaires

By: Peter Liptak,Matthew Douma,Jay Douma

*** Idiom Attack 2 - Doing Business (French Edition) *** Attaque d'idiomes 2 - Le monde des affaires Finally, a proven system to master Business English Idioms and speak like a native in the workplace... ...without breaking the bank or wasting hours of your time, GUARANTEED! English Idioms for ESL Learners: With 300+ Idioms in 25 Themed Chapters w/ MP3 at IdiomAttack.com Are you confused by common sayings in the English language? Discover the hidden meanings of English idioms to help you communicate with confidence. Are you worried that you’re missing out on the conversation? Do you want to strengthen your English language skills? As ESL educators, Peter Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma have decades of teaching experience across the world... After helping classrooms full of students navigate the treacherous waters of the English language, they’ve created a series of books to help you too! Idiom Attack: Doing Business (French Edition) is a densely-packed resource that contains **300+ of the most common and relevant idioms** for living, loving and doing business in North America in both English and French. Through Idiom Attack, you’ll discover definitions, contextualized examples, and practice questions. Before you know it, you’ll be using English language idioms in your own everyday conversations like a native English speaker and impressing people with your business English. In Idiom Attack, you’ll discover: The three-step training process to help you quickly learn new concepts in English with translations in French Easy-to-follow sections separated by topic to help you find exactly what you’re looking for Clear meme-like illustrations to help boost your memorization of idioms and their usage Convenient stories, crosswords, and fill-in-the-blank worksheets at the end of each chapter to improve your English retention and conversational abilities A collection of idioms commonly found in the workplace, and much, much more! Idiom Attack is a must-have tool for ESL learners at intermediate and advanced levels. If you like easy-to-use guides, multi-format approaches to learning, and expert advice, then you’ll love Peter Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma’s in-depth look at American idioms. Améliorez vos connaissances en anglais avec 300 idiomes indispensables à la conversation courante, grâce à notre méthode d'apprentissage en trois étapes vous permettant de mémoriser et d'utiliser ces expressions dans la vie quotidienne ! Ajoutez 300 idiomes clés à vos munitions ! Utilisez des expressions idiomatiques courantes sur 25 thèmes différents ! Apprentissage rapide grâce à notre méthode en trois étapes ! Buy Idiom Attack to finally take part in the discussion today! Plus get your MP3 and more helpful resources at IdiomAttack.com.

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1936342359

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Inside the East Timor Resistance

By: Constancio Pinto,Matthew Jardine

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Inside the East Timor Resistance

By: Constancio Pinto,Matthew Jardine

1 Origins of the Struggle 2 The Indonesian Struggle 3 Life in Remexio 4 Making a New Life in Dili 5 Joining the Underground 6 Emergence of the Underground 7 Founding the Executive Committee 8 Arrest and Torture 9 Working as a Double Agent 10 Preparing for the Portuguese Delegation 11 The Santa Cruz Massacre 12 Life Underground 13 Escape Abroad 14 Reflections on the Struggle

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1550285882

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The Shape of Hebrew Poetry

Exploring the Discourse Function of Linguistic Parallelism in the Egyptian Hallel

By: Matthew Ian Ayars

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The Shape of Hebrew Poetry

Exploring the Discourse Function of Linguistic Parallelism in the Egyptian Hallel

By: Matthew Ian Ayars

In The Shape of Hebrew Poetry, Matthew Ayars explores foregrounding and structural cohesion as the dual discourse function of linguistic parallelism in biblical Hebrew poetry through a robust application of Russian Formalist Roman Jakobson's conceptulisation of linguistic parallelism to the Egpytian Hallel (Psalm 113–118). Other hebraists and biblical Hebrew poetry specialists have long noted the importance of Jakobson's theory of parallelism for poetic texts of the Hebrew Bible, however, Ayars is the first to offer an application of Jakobsonian-based analysis to a poetic corpus of the Hebrew Bible.

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The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism

Neoliberalism, Post-Modern Culture, and Reactionary Politics

By: Matthew McManus

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The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism

Neoliberalism, Post-Modern Culture, and Reactionary Politics

By: Matthew McManus

This book is designed as a timely analysis of the rise of post-modern conservatism in many Western countries across the globe. It provides a theoretical overview of post-modernism, why post-modern conservatism emerged, what distinguishes it from other variants of conservatism and differing political doctrines, and how post-modern conservatism governs in practice. First developing a unique genealogy of conservative thought, arguing that the historicist and irrationalist strains of conservatism were ripe for mutation into post-modern form under the right social and cultural conditions, then providing a new unique theoretical framework to describe the conditions for the emergence of post-modern conservatism, The Rise of Post-modern Conservatism applies its theoretical framework to a concrete analysis of the politics of the day. Ultimately, it aims to help us understand the emergence and rise of identity oriented alt right movements and their “populist” spokesmen particularly in the United States, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, and now Italy.

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3030246825

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Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory

Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy

By: Matthew Kennedy

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Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory

Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy

By: Matthew Kennedy

At the dawn of sound, he wrote the story for the Academy Award-winning musical The Broadway Melody and collaborated memorably with Gloria Swanson and Joseph Kennedy for The Trespasser. He excelled at anti-war drama (White Banners, The Dawn Patrol, We Are Not Alone), fantastic Bette Davis weepies (Dark Victory, The Old Maid, The Great Lie), lilting romantic dramas (The Constant Nymph, Claudia), big-budgeted literary adaptations (The Razor's Edge), and even film noir (Nightmare Alley).

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0299197700

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Bench Bosses

The NHL's Coaching Elite

By: Matthew DiBiase

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Bench Bosses

The NHL's Coaching Elite

By: Matthew DiBiase

Bench Bosses celebrates the greatest NHL Coaches in the history of the game. Bench Bosses is filled with compelling biographical narrative, innovative analysis, historical allusion, hockey folklore, humour, heartbreak, and tragedy. By introducing a creative new method for evaluating coaching success, professional historian and hockey columnist Matthew DiBiase settles many a debate. His hard-hitting prose and cogent analysis covers key aspects of coaching and definitively identifies the greatest offensive and defensive coaches, expounds on the best penalty-killing or power-play coaches and delves into statistics to determine the nastiest squads on the ice. His unique assessment method determines his selection of the top fifty head coaches of all time. DiBiase's in-depth hockey research delivers a powerful, gripping and informative look at the game's best of the best. This seminal book tells the story behind the story of coaching success. It removes subjectivity and bias and provides a comprehensive overview of each coach's major career achievements and the contributions each has made to the game. In the writing of this book, the author personally interviewed many of the game's best known coaches and their players to get the most accurate and complete perspective of the sport and its coaching elite. Readers will enjoy hearing from such names as Scotty Bowman, Al Arbour, Jean Beliveau, Dick Irving Jr., and more.

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Swinging '73

Baseball's Wildest Season

By: Matthew Silverman

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Swinging '73

Baseball's Wildest Season

By: Matthew Silverman

Interest and attendance were dropping, and football was ascending. Stuck in a rut, baseball was dying. Then Steinbrenner bought the Yankees, a second-division club with wife-swapping pitchers, leaving the House That Ruth Built not with a slam but a simper. He vowed not to interfere—before soon changing his mind. Across town, Tom Seaver led the Mets’ stellar pitching line-up, and iconic outfielder Willie Mays was preparing to say goodbye. For months, the Mets, under Yogi Berra, couldn’t get it right. Meanwhile, the A’s were breaking a ban on facial hair while maverick owner Charlie Finley was fighting to keep them underpaid. But beneath the muttonchops and mayhem, lay another world. Elvis commanded a larger audience than the Apollo landings. A Dodge Dart cost $2,800, gas was a quarter per gallon. A fiscal crisis loomed; Vietnam had ended, the vice president resigned, and Watergate had taken over. It was one of the most exciting years in the game’s history, the first with the designated hitter and the last before arbitration and free agency. The two World Series opponents went head-to-head above the baby steps of a dynasty that soon dwarfed both league champions. It was a turbulent time for the country and the game, neither of which would ever be the same again.

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Improvisations of Empire

Thomas Pringle in Scotland, the Cape Colony and London, 17891834

By: Matthew Shum

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Improvisations of Empire

Thomas Pringle in Scotland, the Cape Colony and London, 17891834

By: Matthew Shum

Improvisations of Empire offers a historical, biographical and literary study of the life and writings of Thomas Pringle (1789–1834), the son of a Lowland tenant farmer in Scotland. It examines his Scottish journalistic and literary career, his emigration to the Cape Colony as the head of a party of Scottish settlers and his subsequent relocation to London where he gained prominence as the secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society and the editor of a popular annual, Friendship’s Offering. The central concern of the book is with Pringle’s poetry and his affiliated prose, and how these writings reflect the negotiation of his deeply conflicted colonial experience from the perspectives of his Scottish background, his shifting colonial locations and his subsequent period of residence in London.

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Thieves of Baghdad

One Marine's Passion to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures

By: Matthew Bogdanos

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Thieves of Baghdad

One Marine's Passion to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures

By: Matthew Bogdanos

Thieves of Baghdad is a riveting account of Colonel Matthew Bogdanos and his team's extraordinary efforts to recover over 5,000 priceless antiquities stolen from the Iraqi National Museum after the fall of Baghdad. A mixture of police procedural, treasure hunt, war-time thriller, and cold-eyed assessment of the international black market in stolen art, Thieves of Baghdad also explores the soul of a truly remarkable man: a soldier, a father, and a passionate, dedicated scholar.

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