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Deadfall

A Ryan Moar Mystery

By: Michael D. Hartley

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Deadfall

A Ryan Moar Mystery

By: Michael D. Hartley

A giant, ancient statue of Buddha is blown to pieces in Afghanistan, and there is one man to blame: terrorist Habib Khadr. Following this magnificent display of his power, Habib is quiet for decades until he surfaces again in Mexico. He has successfully evaded Interpol, and he now plans to cross the Sierra Madre Plateau into America. Habib leaves a trail of murders in his wake, but he arrives in North Dakota, where he is reunited with his notoriously powerful wife. Together, they form a plot to rescue their son from Americanization and destroy Mount Rushmore. Meanwhile, private investigatorsand spousesRyan Moar and Joanne Sutter have their own problems. They investigate a young man named Moe Fouzi, who is about to marry an American heiress, although his intentions are not clear. Moe is not who he appears to be, and their investigation soon takes the detectives into the bloody path of Habib Khadr. Now, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Ryan and Joanne must fight to save Americas most prized monument and their own lives.

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Abbott Press

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145821723X

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9781458217233

John L. Sullivan and His America

By: Michael T. Isenberg

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John L. Sullivan and His America

By: Michael T. Isenberg

A knockout biography of John L. Sullivan that puts the fabled boxing champ squarely in the context of his rough-and-tumble times. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, including the scandalous National Police Gazette, Isenberg (History/Annapolis) recounts how Sullivan brawled his way from a working-class background in Boston's Irish ghetto to the top of the prizefighting world.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252064348

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9780252064340

The Wars of the Green Berets

Amazing Stories from Vietnam to the Present Day

By: Robin Moore,Michael Lennon

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The Wars of the Green Berets

Amazing Stories from Vietnam to the Present Day

By: Robin Moore,Michael Lennon

Authors Robin Moore and Michael Lennon team up in this exciting new novel to tell the “fictionalized” stories of the men who have risked it all for the U.S.A.: the Green Berets. They take us from firefights on the Cambodian border during the Vietnam War to the streets and alleyways of Iraq today. They teach us what it was really like to patrol the streets of Mogadishu in the days of Black Hawk Down. They show the horror that was Saddam’s Iraq during the first Gulf War. They take us to the moonscape that is Afghanistan in search of the Taliban. The Wars of the Green Berets continues the saga of Moore’s classic The Green Berets, revealing more than a few tantalizing secrets and anecdotes for the first time. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1602390541

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9781602390546

Windfall

A Ryan Moar Mystery

By: Michael D. Hartley

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Windfall

A Ryan Moar Mystery

By: Michael D. Hartley

For Fargo-based private investigator Ryan Moar, the island of Zanzibar is longer a laid-back tropical paradiseit has become a sinister and violent place. On this exotic East African island, the most unlikely target imaginable is economics professor Jomo Willow gunned down outside a seedy bar, a cold execution by an unknown assassin. Ryan pays a brutal price for saving Aisling Quinn from drowning in Zanzibars harbor. The rescue of the enigmatic Irish woman, plunges Ryan into a maelstrom of manipulations by a notorious crime tsar known only as Shark. The head of an international rogue organization, Shark is bent on expanding his empire at a frightening pace, eliminating anyone who stands in his way. When Ryan finds out Aisling has transmitted Sharks secret files to Ireland, the PI is compelled to find the incriminating documents no matter what the cost. Ryan is soon embroiled in a deadly duel against one of the worlds most diabolical criminals. While staying one-step ahead of teams of deadly assassins, the hunt for Dr. Willows killer takes Ryan from the narrow back alleys of Zanzibar to the gritty streets and stately homes of Dublin.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1524591831

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9781524591830

Chinese Warfighting

The PLA Experience Since 1949

By: Mark A. Ryan,David Michael Finkelstein,Michael A. McDevitt

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Chinese Warfighting

The PLA Experience Since 1949

By: Mark A. Ryan,David Michael Finkelstein,Michael A. McDevitt

This is the first systematic study of modern China's military campaigns and the actual fighting conducted by the People's Liberation Army since the founding of the People's Republic. It provides a general overview of the evolution of PLA military doctrine, and then focuses on major combat episodes from the civil war with the Nationalists to the last significant combat in Vietnam in 1979, in addition to navy and air operations through 1999. In contrast to the many works on the specifics and hardware of China's military modernization, this book discusses such topics as military planning, command, and control; fighting and politics; combat tactics and performance; technological catch-up and doctrinal flexibility; the role of Mao Zedong; scale and typologies of fighting; and deterrence. The contributors include scholars from Mainland China, Taiwan, and the United States, who draw from a wealth of fresh archival sources.

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M.E. Sharpe

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0765610876

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9780765610874

A Kingdom of Stargazers

Astrology and Authority in the Late Medieval Crown of Aragon

By: Michael A. Ryan

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A Kingdom of Stargazers

Astrology and Authority in the Late Medieval Crown of Aragon

By: Michael A. Ryan

Astrology in the Middle Ages was considered a branch of the magical arts, one informed by Jewish and Muslim scientific knowledge in Muslim Spain. As such it was deeply troubling to some Church authorities. Using the stars and planets to divine the future ran counter to the orthodox Christian notion that human beings have free will, and some clerical authorities argued that it almost certainly entailed the summoning of spiritual forces considered diabolical. We know that occult beliefs and practices became widespread in the later Middle Ages, but there is much about the phenomenon that we do not understand. For instance, how deeply did occult beliefs penetrate courtly culture and what exactly did those in positions of power hope to gain by interacting with the occult? In A Kingdom of Stargazers, Michael A. Ryan examines the interest in astrology in the Iberian kingdom of Aragon, where ideas about magic and the occult were deeply intertwined with notions of power, authority, and providence. Ryan focuses on the reigns of Pere III (1336–1387) and his sons Joan I (1387–1395) and Martí I (1395–1410). Pere and Joan spent lavish amounts of money on astrological writings, and astrologers held great sway within their courts. When Martí I took the throne, however, he was determined to purge Joan's courtiers and return to religious orthodoxy. As Ryan shows, the appeal of astrology to those in power was clear: predicting the future through divination was a valuable tool for addressing the extraordinary problems—political, religious, demographic—plaguing Europe in the fourteenth century. Meanwhile, the kings' contemporaries within the noble, ecclesiastical, and mercantile elite had their own reasons for wanting to know what the future held, but their engagement with the occult was directly related to the amount of power and authority the monarch exhibited and applied. A Kingdom of Stargazers joins a growing body of scholarship that explores the mixing of religious and magical ideas in the late Middle Ages.

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Cornell University Press

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0801463165

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Developing and Validating Test Items

By: Thomas M. Haladyna,Michael C. Rodriguez

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Developing and Validating Test Items

By: Thomas M. Haladyna,Michael C. Rodriguez

Since test items are the building blocks of any test, learning how to develop and validate test items has always been critical to the teaching-learning process. As they grow in importance and use, testing programs increasingly supplement the use of selected-response (multiple-choice) items with constructed-response formats. This trend is expected to continue. As a result, a new item writing book is needed, one that provides comprehensive coverage of both types of items and of the validity theory underlying them. This book is an outgrowth of the author’s previous book, Developing and Validating Multiple-Choice Test Items, 3e (Haladyna, 2004). That book achieved distinction as the leading source of guidance on creating and validating selected-response test items. Like its predecessor, the content of this new book is based on both an extensive review of the literature and on its author’s long experience in the testing field. It is very timely in this era of burgeoning testing programs, especially when these items are delivered in a computer-based environment. Key features include ... Comprehensive and Flexible – No other book so thoroughly covers the field of test item development and its various applications. Focus on Validity – Validity, the most important consideration in testing, is stressed throughout and is based on the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, currently under revision by AERA, APA, and NCME Illustrative Examples – The book presents various selected and constructed response formats and uses many examples to illustrate correct and incorrect ways of writing items. Strategies for training item writers and developing large numbers of items using algorithms and other item-generating methods are also presented. Based on Theory and Research – A comprehensive review and synthesis of existing research runs throughout the book and complements the expertise of its authors.

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Routledge

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1136961984

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Contrary to Popular Belief: A Chronicle of a Progressive in Indiana

By: Michael Leppert

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Contrary to Popular Belief: A Chronicle of a Progressive in Indiana

By: Michael Leppert

n the spring of 2014, Leppert started writing a blog. It was the usual kind of blog being written for the usual kinds of reasons. But a funny thing happened when he took a couple of risks with his writing: he got away with it. And then he took his gloves off for good.Within a year, his blog was elevated to a column and began showing up in mainstream publications throughout Indiana. After publishing more than a hundred installments, a group of recurring political and cultural themes began to emerge. From RFRA and guns, to the economy and parenting, Leppert takes a provocative view on all of it.Contrary To Popular Belief gives the real reasons why and from where his opinions are based. It is a chronicle being released purposely in summer of 2016 for readers to use as a guide during a historically chaotic political season.

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First Edition Design Pub.

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150690940X

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A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence

Volume 6 A History of the Philosophy of Law from the Ancient Greeks to the Scholastics

By: Michael Lobban

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A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence

Volume 6 A History of the Philosophy of Law from the Ancient Greeks to the Scholastics

By: Michael Lobban

This comprehensive treatment of legal philosophy and general jurisprudence is designed for jurists as well as legal and practical philosophers. The treatise is presented in two sections: The 5-volume Theoretical part (2005) covers topics of contemporary debate; The 6-volume Historical part (2006-2007) traces the development of legal thought from ancient Greece through the twentieth century. This release incorporates Vol. 6: A History of the Philosophy of Law from the Ancient Greeks to the Scholastics; Vol. 7: The Jurists' Philosophy of Law from Rome to the Seventeenth Century; and Vol 8: A History of the Philosophy of Law in the Common Law World, 1600-1900.

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Springer

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1402049501

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Foundations in Grammatical Evolution for Dynamic Environments

By: Ian Dempsey,Michael O'Neill,Anthony Brabazon

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Foundations in Grammatical Evolution for Dynamic Environments

By: Ian Dempsey,Michael O'Neill,Anthony Brabazon

Dynamic environments abound, encompassing many real-world problems in fields as diverse as finance, engineering, biology and business. A vibrant research literature has emerged which takes inspiration from evolutionary processes to develop problem-solvers for these environments. 'Foundations in Grammatical Evolution for Dynamic Environments' is a cutting edge volume illustrating current state of the art in applying grammar-based evolutionary computation to solve real-world problems in dynamic environments. The book provides a clear introduction to dynamic environments and the types of change that can occur. This is followed by a detailed description of evolutionary computation, concentrating on the powerful Grammatical Evolution methodology. It continues by addressing fundamental issues facing all Evolutionary Algorithms in dynamic problems, such as how to adapt and generate constants, how to enhance evolvability and maintain diversity. Finally, the developed methods are illustrated with application to the real-world dynamic problem of trading on financial time-series. The book was written to be accessible to a wide audience and should be of interest to practitioners, academics and students, who are seeking to apply grammar-based evolutionary algorithms to solve problems in dynamic environments. 'Foundations in Grammatical Evolution for Dynamic Environments' is the second book dedicated to the topic of Grammatical Evolution.

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3642003141

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Killer Bodies

A Glamorous Bodybuilding Couple, a Love Triangle, and a Brutal Murder

By: Michael Fleeman

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Killer Bodies

A Glamorous Bodybuilding Couple, a Love Triangle, and a Brutal Murder

By: Michael Fleeman

***Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.*** HE WAS THE "BAD BOY" OF BODYBUILDING Craig Titus once earned the championship title of Mr. USA, but that was before his illegal drug use and terrible temper got the best of his body—and his career. Soon he would redirect his attention toward a young, bubbly fitness professional who looked up to Craig as a mentor...and later became his wife. SHE WAS A COVER GIRL FOR MUSCLE MAGAZINES Kelly Ryan quickly rose to the top of her field. She appeared on the cover of Ironman magazine's swimsuit issue and was named Ms. Fitness America. A crowd favorite, her fans were shocked to learn that Kelly had been taken into custody, along with Craig, on charges of murder. The victim: the couple's personal assistant, Melissa James. THEIR BODIES WERE TO DIE FOR... Did Craig have a romantic relationship with Melissa? And did Kelly find out about—and force Craig to put a deadly end to their affair? When Melissa's corpse was found in the back of Kelly's Jaguar, police made an arrest. Now, the burning question that remains is: Is America's favorite celebrity bodybuilding couple guilty as charged? With this shocking exposé, author Michael Fleeman attempts to find out.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1466801034

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9781466801035

The Baseball Codes

Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime

By: Jason Turbow,Michael Duca

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The Baseball Codes

Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime

By: Jason Turbow,Michael Duca

An insider’s look at baseball’s unwritten rules, explained with examples from the game’s most fascinating characters and wildest historical moments. Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. All aspects of baseball—hitting, pitching, and baserunning—are affected by the Code, a set of unwritten rules that governs the Major League game. Some of these rules are openly discussed (don’t steal a base with a big lead late in the game), while others are known only to a minority of players (don’t cross between the catcher and the pitcher on the way to the batter’s box). In The Baseball Codes, old-timers and all-time greats share their insights into the game’s most hallowed—and least known—traditions. For the learned and the casual baseball fan alike, the result is illuminating and thoroughly entertaining. At the heart of this book are incredible and often hilarious stories involving national heroes (like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays) and notorious headhunters (like Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale) in a century-long series of confrontations over respect, honor, and the soul of the game. With The Baseball Codes, we see for the first time the game as it’s actually played, through the eyes of the players on the field. With rollicking stories from the past and new perspectives on baseball’s informal rulebook, The Baseball Codes is a must for every fan.

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Anchor

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030727862X

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Grammatical Evolution

Evolutionary Automatic Programming in an Arbitrary Language

By: Michael O'Neill,Conor Ryan

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Grammatical Evolution

Evolutionary Automatic Programming in an Arbitrary Language

By: Michael O'Neill,Conor Ryan

Grammatical Evolution: Evolutionary Automatic Programming in an Arbitrary Language provides the first comprehensive introduction to Grammatical Evolution, a novel approach to Genetic Programming that adopts principles from molecular biology in a simple and useful manner, coupled with the use of grammars to specify legal structures in a search. Grammatical Evolution's rich modularity gives a unique flexibility, making it possible to use alternative search strategies - whether evolutionary, deterministic or some other approach - and to even radically change its behavior by merely changing the grammar supplied. This approach to Genetic Programming represents a powerful new weapon in the Machine Learning toolkit that can be applied to a diverse set of problem domains.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461504473

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Some Seed Fell on Good Ground

The Life of Edwin V. O'Hara

By: Timothy Michael Dolan

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Some Seed Fell on Good Ground

The Life of Edwin V. O'Hara

By: Timothy Michael Dolan

A man far ahead of his time, Archbishop Edwin V. O'Hara of Kansas City (1881-1956) orchestrated numerous initiatives that profoundly affected American Catholic life.

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CUA Press

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0813219493

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Chinese Warfighting: The PLA Experience since 1949

The PLA Experience since 1949

By: Mark A. Ryan,David M. Finkelstein,Michael A. McDevitt,CNA Corporation

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Chinese Warfighting: The PLA Experience since 1949

The PLA Experience since 1949

By: Mark A. Ryan,David M. Finkelstein,Michael A. McDevitt,CNA Corporation

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Deadfall

Deadfall

John L. Sullivan and His America

John L. Sullivan and His America

The Wars of the Green Berets

The Wars of the Green Berets

Windfall

Windfall

Chinese Warfighting

Chinese Warfighting

A Kingdom of Stargazers

A Kingdom of Stargazers

Developing and Validating Test Items

Developing and Validating Test Items

Contrary to Popular Belief: A Chronicle of a Progressive in Indiana

Contrary to Popular Belief: A Chronicle of a Progressive in Indiana

A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence

A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence

Foundations in Grammatical Evolution for Dynamic Environments

Foundations in Grammatical Evolution for Dynamic Environments

Killer Bodies

Killer Bodies

The Baseball Codes

The Baseball Codes

Grammatical Evolution

Grammatical Evolution

Some Seed Fell on Good Ground

Some Seed Fell on Good Ground

Chinese Warfighting: The PLA Experience since 1949

Chinese Warfighting: The PLA Experience since 1949

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