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Stepin Fetchit

The Life & Times of Lincoln Perry

By: Mel Watkins

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Stepin Fetchit

The Life & Times of Lincoln Perry

By: Mel Watkins

In the late 1920s and '30s Lincoln Perry, aka Stepin Fetchit, was both renowned and reviled for his surrealistic portrayals of the era’s most popular comic stereotype–the lazy, shiftless Negro. Perry was hailed by critic Robert Benchley as “the best actor that the talking movies have produced,” and Mel Watkins’s meticulously researched and sensitive biography reveals the paradoxes of this pioneering actor’s life, from Perry’s tremendous popularity to his money troubles and rowdy offscreen antics. As later generations come to recognize Perry’s prodigious talent and achievements, in Stepin Fetchit, Mel Watkins brilliantly and definitively illuminates the life and times of a legendary figure in American entertainment.

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370

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Vintage

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0307547507

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9780307547507

Changing Education Systems

A Research-based Approach

By: Mel Ainscow,Christopher Chapman,Mark Hadfield

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Changing Education Systems

A Research-based Approach

By: Mel Ainscow,Christopher Chapman,Mark Hadfield

As countries seek to develop their education systems, achieving sustainable improvements amongst students from disadvantaged backgrounds remains a major challenge. This has considerable implications for those in the research community as they seek to influence developments in the field. Drawing on the authors’ extensive experiences as researchers, policy advisers and influencers, Changing Education Systems offers key insights on how to promote equity within education systems. Exploring three large-scale national reform programmes, the book: Presents a series of propositions that are the basis of a research-based approach to system change Explains the creation of relationships in which academic researchers collaborate in the process of development Considers smaller place-based projects that are set within policy contexts dominated by the idea of market forces as a strategy for improvement Explores the steps needed to overcome locally specific barriers Changing Education Systems is a must-read for policy-makers and practitioners involved in educational reforms, as well as researchers wishing to contribute to and learn from such developments.

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227

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Routledge

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1000706397

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9781000706390

Where There's Smoke

By: Mel McKinney

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Where There's Smoke

By: Mel McKinney

A lovesick expatriate Cuban, an unscrupulous Southern capitalist, and a sanitized Mafia heir scratching a mid-life itch come together in this barbed tale centered around a cache of Cuban cigars secured for JFK just before he tightened the embargo in 1963. Mel McKinney's Where There's Smoke is an ironic, provocative, and action-packed ride that hurtles full-force toward a breathless conclusion.

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230

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Macmillan

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1429977817

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9781429977814

The Gentleman from Georgia

The Biography of Newt Gingrich

By: Mel Steely

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The Gentleman from Georgia

The Biography of Newt Gingrich

By: Mel Steely

Along the way, the story of Gingrich's personal and political problems and triumphs is revealed, from his controversial first divorce and scandalous ethics problems and his early campaign losses. We also see his rise to national prominence and influence, the development of "Newt, Inc." and his involvement in the "necessary revolution." Finally, by detailing Gingrich's life experiences from childhood to adulthood the nature and development of his conservatism is examined."--BOOK JACKET.

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Mercer University Press

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0865546711

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9780865546714

National Geographic Guide to Birding Hot Spots of the United States

By: Mel White

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National Geographic Guide to Birding Hot Spots of the United States

By: Mel White

Pinpoints the best places to view more than four hundred species of birds, utilizing color photographs and maps to identify bird sanctuaries, national and state parks, wildlife refuges, nature trails, and other birding locales.

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324

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National Geographic Books

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079225483X

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9780792254836

Protecting the Presidential Candidates

From JFK To Biden

By: Mel Ayton

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Protecting the Presidential Candidates

From JFK To Biden

By: Mel Ayton

Protecting the Presidential Candidates is the first book of its kind to examine how presidents and presidential candidates were protected during the presidential election cycles – from JFK to Biden. It is also the first book of its kind to tell the story of the role of state troopers and private bodyguards in protecting presidential candidates. Protection for candidates changed and evolved from the free-wheeling style of the 1950s and early 1960s, which afforded presidential candidates little or no protection, to the growth of bodyguard personnel, increased intelligence facilities and state of the art technology employed today to keep the candidates safe. Presidential candidates relish connecting with the public and it has given greater visibility to the bodyguards who are willing to place themselves between a presidential candidate and a would-be attacker. In the milieu in which the Secret Service operates, bodyguards have witnessed the terrors of election campaigns when presidential candidates have waded into crowds to shake hands with their supporters, rode in open-top cars, and made sudden but risky changes to their schedules – oblivious to the fact that in every campaign there have been people stalking candidates with ill intent. Many stories revealed in Protecting the Presidential Candidates have remained largely hidden from the public; some buried in newspaper archives and others in oral histories, presidential libraries or official government documents. The author draws on numerous sources, including FBI files, presidential biographies, vice presidential biographies, civilian bodyguard memoirs, Secret Service agent memoirs, White House staff memoirs and more so that these stories can now be told. The book also allows readers to gain an insight into the personal as well as professional relationships between the candidate and the bodyguards who protected them. Some candidates were so trusting of their bodyguards they embraced them as part of an ‘inner circle’ of advisers. Bodyguards have also witnessed embarrassing moments in a candidate’s campaign and how intrusive they have been at the most delicate of moments. "The president’s day is your day," one agent said. "Nobody sees the president the way an agent does.

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421

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Frontline Books

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1399014099

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9781399014090

On the Real Side

A History of African American Comedy

By: Mel Watkins

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On the Real Side

A History of African American Comedy

By: Mel Watkins

This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Blackface minstrelsy, Stepin Fetchit, and the Amos 'n' Andy show presented a distorted picture of African Americans; this book contrasts this image with the authentic underground humor of African Americans found in folktales, race records, and all-black shows and films. After generations of stereotypes, the underground humor finally emerged before the American public with Richard Pryor in the 1970s. But Pryor was not the first popular comic to present authentically black humor. Watkins offers surprising reassessments of such seminal figures as Fetchit, Bert Williams, Moms Mabley, and Redd Foxx, looking at how they paved the way for contemporary comics such as Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Murphy, and Bill Cosby.

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638

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Chicago Review Press

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1569767602

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9781569767603

Social Security Law In Ireland

By: Mel Cousins,Gerry Whyte

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Social Security Law In Ireland

By: Mel Cousins,Gerry Whyte

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book describes the social security regime in Ireland. It conveys a clear working knowledge of the legal mechanics affecting health care, employment injuries and occupational diseases, incapacity to work, pensions, survivors’ benefits, unemployment benefits and services, and family benefits. The analysis covers the field of application, conditions for entitlement, calculation of benefits, financing, the institutional framework, and relevant law enforcement and controls. Allowances for retirees, employees, public sector workers, the self-employed, and the handicapped are all clearly explained, along with full details of claims, adjudication procedures, and appeals. Succinct yet eminently practical, the book will be a valuable resource for lawyers handling social security matters in Ireland. It will be of practical utility to those both in public service and private practice called on to develop and to apply social security law and policy, and of special interest as a contribution to the comparative study of social security systems.

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392

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9403533447

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9789403533445

The Silent Witness in Dallas

By: Mel Chizedek

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The Silent Witness in Dallas

By: Mel Chizedek

Lee Harvey Oswald never shot anyone. I can, and will, prove that. And I will expose the truth about who really killed Kennedy and why. I was shocked, to say the least, and I halfway expected it! Nor did I realize just how much evidence existed to prove it. Imagine how shocked you'll be. This book is unlike any other book out there. No bogus theories, no idle speculation, just pure unadulterated facts. Think you're as smart as I am? Not even close. You owe it to yourself to read this.

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668

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Lulu.com

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1387659359

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9781387659357

The Gospel of John Cowboy Style

A Paraphrase of the Gospel in Cowboy Language

By: Mel Hooten

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The Gospel of John Cowboy Style

A Paraphrase of the Gospel in Cowboy Language

By: Mel Hooten

The Gospel of John Cowboy Style: A Paraphrase of the Gospel in Cowboy Language steps into the boots of countless books, compositions, paintings, and sculptures that have, over the centuries, turned to the gospels for inspiration and to particular cultures for means of expression. Author Mel Hooten, drawing upon personal history and long experience, retells the gospel of John in the lingo of the cowboy. From start to finish, including both the gospel writers narrative and every figures words, this retelling presents the gospel afresh through the straight-talking dialect of the Texas Panhandles traditional cowboys. With this approach, The Gospel of John Cowboy Style presents familiar passages in a new light. In John 3:16, for example, Jesus says, Ya see, God loves this world so much, that He gave His one and only Son to die, so that every man, woman, boy, and girl who believes in Him will not die, but will be a-livin forever. If you struggle with unfamiliar words in traditional translations of the Bible, The Gospel of John Cowboy Style offers an easy-to-understand retelling of the good news of Jesus Christ. Whether you love the heritage of the American West or enjoy the thrill of hearing the gospel in new ways, this paraphrase will rope you in with its powerful mixture of cowboy culture and gospel content.

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126

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WestBow Press

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149089604X

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9781490896045

Texas and the Arkansas River Valley

By: Alice Gordon,Jerry Camarillo Dunn,Mel White

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Texas and the Arkansas River Valley

By: Alice Gordon,Jerry Camarillo Dunn,Mel White

Historic towns, buildings, and natural wonders.

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500

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Stewart, Tabori, & Chang

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1556701241

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9781556701245

Exploring the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail

Highlights of a Birding Mecca

By: Mel White

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Exploring the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail

Highlights of a Birding Mecca

By: Mel White

This birding guide profiles more than 80 of the best sites and attractions along this approximately 2,110-mile trail which covers more over 41 counties along Texas's Gulf Coast, and hosts half of the 600 species found in the state.

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148

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Falcon Guides

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0762727128

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9780762727124

Where There's Smoke

By: Mel McKinney

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Where There's Smoke

By: Mel McKinney

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1429977817

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Stepin Fetchit

Stepin Fetchit

Changing Education Systems

Changing Education Systems

Where There's Smoke

Where There's Smoke

The Gentleman from Georgia

The Gentleman from Georgia

National Geographic Guide to Birding Hot Spots of the United States

National Geographic Guide to Birding Hot Spots of the United States

Protecting the Presidential Candidates

Protecting the Presidential Candidates

On the Real Side

On the Real Side

Social Security Law In Ireland

Social Security Law In Ireland

The Silent Witness in Dallas

The Silent Witness in Dallas

The Gospel of John Cowboy Style

The Gospel of John Cowboy Style

Texas and the Arkansas River Valley

Texas and the Arkansas River Valley

Exploring the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail

Exploring the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail

Where There's Smoke

Where There's Smoke

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