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Sir Archibald Burt

First Chief Justice of Western Australia, 1861-1879

By: John Michael Bennett

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Sir Archibald Burt

First Chief Justice of Western Australia, 1861-1879

By: John Michael Bennett

Archibald Paull Burt, "reputed to be the ablest lawyer in the West Indies", arrived in Western Australia in 1861 at the age of 50 when bureaucratic disputes blocked his preferment in the Caribbean. He advised the government on the need for a Supreme Court of comprehensive jurisdiction and helped to see into place that and many other legal and constitutional changes. He was appointed first Cheif Justice of the colony, and until his death in 1879, he was the Colony's sole judge.

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Federation Press

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1862874387

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The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals

By: Bo Beolens,Michael Watkins,Michael Grayson

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The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals

By: Bo Beolens,Michael Watkins,Michael Grayson

Learn the origins of over 2,000 mammal species names with this informative reference guide. Just who was the Przewalski after whom Przewalski's horse was named? Or Husson, the eponym for the rat Hydromys hussoni? Or the Geoffroy whose name is forever linked to Geoffroy's cat? This unique reference provides a brief look at the real lives behind the scientific and vernacular mammal names one encounters in field guides, textbooks, journal articles, and other scholarly works. Arranged to mirror standard dictionaries, the more than 1,300 entries included here explain the origins of over 2,000 mammal species names. Each bio-sketch lists the scientific and common-language names of all species named after the person, outlines the individual’s major contributions to mammalogy and other branches of zoology, and includes brief information about his or her mammalian namesake’s distribution. The two appendixes list scientific and common names for ease of reference, and, where appropriate, individual entries include mammals commonly—but mistakenly—believed to be named after people. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals is a highly readable and informative guide to the people whose names are immortalized in mammal nomenclature. “A small treasure trove of information about the people whose names are immortalized in mammalian nomenclature. Given that we mammalogists are prone to ancestor worship, I expect it to be a best-seller.” —Don E. Wilson, Journal of Mammalian Evolution “This is a great reference for the mammalogy professional or student, or the curious naturalist.” —Wildlife Activist “This is a splendid book which fills a real gap in zoological literature.” —Nicholas Gould, International Zoo News

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JHU Press

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0801895332

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9780801895333

My Name's Friday

The Unauthorized But True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb

By: Michael J. Hayde

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My Name's Friday

The Unauthorized But True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb

By: Michael J. Hayde

A history of the police drama Dragnet and its creator and producer Jack Webb, from its beginnings as a successful radio show to its acclaimed run on television in the 1950s and later color version in the 1960s.

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Cumberland House Publishing

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1581821905

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A History of Psychology in Ten Questions

Lessons for Modern Life

By: Michael Hyland

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A History of Psychology in Ten Questions

Lessons for Modern Life

By: Michael Hyland

The second edition of this student-friendly book uses the history of psychology as a backdrop to provide a commentary on key historical developments and modern dilemmas, whilst encouraging readers to think about questions affecting life today. How do you know if something is true? How do you explain and control behaviour? What is the relation between psychology and physiology? How will artificial intelligence affect humanity? This book answers these and other questions by covering a wide range of topics in psychology, including neuroscience, personality, behaviourism, cognitive and humanistic psychology, qualitative methodology, inheritance and hermeneutics, all brought up to date with recent research. Drawing on the author’s own teaching, the book is structured around ten key questions where the history of psychology provides insight into modern life. Accessible for all readers, each chapter is also equipped with a ‘Lesson for modern life’ and nine ‘Essays and discussion topics’ so that readers can apply these ideas to their own thought practice. These provide interesting topics for discussion around issues that affect life and society. This insightful text encourages readers to question their own lives and the wider society by providing an engaging introduction to debates in history and contemporary society. The book is also the ideal resource for undergraduate students of psychology taking CHIPS and other history of psychology modules, as well as anyone generally interested in learning more about this fascinating subject. This text also has its own Instructors Resources, which includes Multiple Choice Questions, Student Slides and Lecture Slides. These will be available from Routledge’s Instructors Hub, once the book has published.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000990974

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Myths and Mysteries of Wisconsin

True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained

By: Michael Bie

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Myths and Mysteries of Wisconsin

True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained

By: Michael Bie

Fourteen Mind-Boggling Tales from the Badger State Was Joe Davis, Civil War veteran and Menominee Indian, really the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis? What really happened the night that banker H. C. Mead was murdered inside the Exchange Bank of Waupaca? Did a flying saucer really land in Joe Simonton’s yard, and did the aliens aboard ask for a jug of water and serve him pancakes? From pirate ships to pancakes from outer space, Myths and Mysteries of Wisconsin makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state’s most fascinating and compelling stories.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762794410

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Minneapolis Burning

Did Fbi Agents Protect the Minneapolis Pd for Years Despite Multiple Warnings?

By: Michael P. Keefe

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Minneapolis Burning

Did Fbi Agents Protect the Minneapolis Pd for Years Despite Multiple Warnings?

By: Michael P. Keefe

Minneapolis Burning is based on a true story of how Minneapolis cops, FBI agents, attorneys, and elected officials seemingly turned a blind eye to corruption. The author, Lt. Michael P. Keefe, who was named Investigator of the Year by the Minneapolis Police Department in 2006 when he was a homicide detective, reveals how he and Sgt. Paul Burt blew the whistle on corruption inside the department. They were joined by a small number of other Minneapolis police officers and an FBI agent who put their careers on the line because they, too, refused to turn a blind eye to misdeeds. The author highlights two detailed complaints about departmental corruption—one that was filed in 2009 and the second in 2016, which was sent to the FBI via Sen. Charles Grassley’s office. If either had been duly acted upon, the officer involved shooting of Justine Damond, and the in-custody death of George Floyd, would have likely never happened.

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Archway Publishing

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1665733578

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9781665733571

An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research

By: Diane Larsen-Freeman,Michael H. Long

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An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research

By: Diane Larsen-Freeman,Michael H. Long

Understanding how people learn and fail to learn second and foreign languages is increasingly recognised as a critical social and psycholinguistic issue. Second languages are vitally important to diverse groups of people, ranging from refugees to college students facing foreign language requirements. This book provides a synthesis of empirical findings on second and foreign language learning by children and adults, emphasising the design and execution of appropriate research.

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Routledge

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1317869249

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9781317869245

The Slab

A Novel of Horror

By: Michael R. Collings

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The Slab

A Novel of Horror

By: Michael R. Collings

1066 Oleander Place seems a typical tract house in the Southern California town of Tamarind Valley. What no one grasps is that this house is deadly: dark, dangerous, EVIL to the core. It consumes all who enter it, one by one--spiritually, psychologically, physically. Even to visit the place challenges fate--and promises a VERY BAD TIME for everyone there. In the tradition of Stephen King and Dean Koontz, a phantasmagoria of fear, horror, and terror!

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434412075

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The Landmen

How They Secured the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Right-of-Way

By: Armand Spielman,Michael Travis

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The Landmen

How They Secured the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Right-of-Way

By: Armand Spielman,Michael Travis

Armand Spielman had no idea of the overwhelming task before him! It was March 1969 and Armand had accepted a temporary position as a landman for the company that would build the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. His task–acquire the project right-of-way so that crude oil would flow from the oil-producing fields of Prudhoe Bay to the ice-free port of Valdez where it would be shipped to west-coast refineries. Later, realizing the daunting task at hand, Armand recruited his long-time friend Jay Sullivan. Jay assembled an unlikely group of men who proved that ingenuity, perseverance, and a bit of naivety could get the job done. This is their story–the struggles and obstacles overcome to obtain the land needed to build the great Alaskan pipeline.

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Publication Consultants

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1594336091

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Correspondence Analysis in Practice, Third Edition

By: Michael Greenacre

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Correspondence Analysis in Practice, Third Edition

By: Michael Greenacre

Drawing on the author’s 45 years of experience in multivariate analysis, Correspondence Analysis in Practice, Third Edition, shows how the versatile method of correspondence analysis (CA) can be used for data visualization in a wide variety of situations. CA and its variants, subset CA, multiple CA and joint CA, translate two-way and multi-way tables into more readable graphical forms — ideal for applications in the social, environmental and health sciences, as well as marketing, economics, linguistics, archaeology, and more. Michael Greenacre is Professor of Statistics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, where he teaches a course, amongst others, on Data Visualization. He has authored and co-edited nine books and 80 journal articles and book chapters, mostly on correspondence analysis, the latest being Visualization and Verbalization of Data in 2015. He has given short courses in fifteen countries to environmental scientists, sociologists, data scientists and marketing professionals, and has specialized in statistics in ecology and social science.

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1315352958

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Our Osage Hills

Toward an Osage Ecology and Tribalography of the Early Twentieth Century

By: Michael Snyder,John Joseph Mathews

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Our Osage Hills

Toward an Osage Ecology and Tribalography of the Early Twentieth Century

By: Michael Snyder,John Joseph Mathews

This revealing book presents a selection of lost articles from “Our Osage Hills,” a newspaper column by the renowned Osage writer, naturalist, and historian, John Joseph Mathews. Signed only with the initials “J.J.M.,” Mathews’s column featured regularly in the Pawhuska Daily Journal-Capital during the early 1930s. While Mathews is best known for his novel Sundown (1934), the pieces gathered in this volume reveal him to be a compelling essayist. Marked by wit and erudition, Mathews’s column not only evokes the unique beauty of the Osage prairie, but also takes on urgent political issues, such as ecological conservation and Osage sovereignty. In Our Osage Hills, Michael Snyder interweaves Mathews’s writings with original essays that illuminate their relevant historical and cultural contexts. The result isan Osage-centric chronicle of the Great Depression, a time of environmental and economic crisis for the Osage Nation and country as a whole. Drawing on new historical and biographical research, Snyder’s commentaries highlight the larger stakes of Mathews’s reflections on nature and culture and situate them within a fascinating story about Osage, Native American, and American life in the early twentieth century. In treating topics that range from sports, art, film, and literature to the realities and legacies of violence against the Osages, Snyder conveys the broad spectrum of Osage familial, social, and cultural history.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1611463025

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9781611463026

Southern Families

Their Friends, Servants, Rivals, and Affairs 1901-1911

By: Michael V. C. Alexander

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Southern Families

Their Friends, Servants, Rivals, and Affairs 1901-1911

By: Michael V. C. Alexander

This novel is set in Perquimmons City, North Carolina, an imaginary town of roughly 5,500 people (slightly over 40 percent black). Although it doesn't ignore the serious racial problems of the early twentieth century, their depiction isn't the novel's main purpose. Its main purpose is to describe the underlying tension between an extremely snobbish and aristocratic family the Merritts who live in one of the state's few surviving antebellum mansions and whose forebears had dominated the area around Perquimmons City until the early 1880s. Then newcomers, with more education and greater technical skills, arrived in the area and, without making a conscious effort to do so, challenge the Merritts' social and political leadership, which they're determined to preserve. That's an impossible task for them, however, because the current head of the Merritt family is hated for cheating at cards, showing no concern for the property of others, and his well-known practice of forcing himself on dozens of young black women who live in the old slave cabins behind his mansion and in a small enclave shortly beyond the long bend where West Main Street turns into the Edenton Road. That William Merritt forces himself on so many young black women is extremely galling to his wife Marguerite, who's almost as annoyed by his laziness and failure to keep their pasture fences in a state of good repair. In September 1906, almost two hundred of their dairy cows escape through large breaks in their fences shortly after midnight and wander through the town's best residential streets looking for food and water. The next morning, hundreds of families look out of their windows and see their yards littered with ugly cow pies and choice shrubs almost defoliated. The outrage against the Merritts reaches a fever pitch, and Marguerite is so annoyed at her husband because of his laziness and the occasional beatings she receives from him that she leaves him in the fall of 1906. After two months, she accepts a reconciliation with him out of financial necessity. Eighteen years before the novel opens early in 1901, Thomas Stanton, the youngest son of the founder of a chain of New England textile mills, moved to Perquimmons City and, with his father's help, established a mill that employed over three hundred people, men and women, triggering a gradual transformation of the local economy. A much more important outsider, Dr. Joseph Hanford, a native of central North Carolina, arrived in 1895 and opened an office before marrying a local beauty, Julia Summerlin, who in short order became one of the town's leading hostesses and the mother of his two children. An unusually tolerant and conscientious man, Dr. Hanford insists on treating his black and white patients in his office, much to the discomfort of most of the whites who believe he should have set up segregated waiting rooms, which he never did out of deep personal conviction. The last important newcomer to arrive in town is William James Van Landingham, a New York financier whose second wife is Dr. Hanford's first cousin, Frances. (Her father, Joe's uncle, had left North Carolina shortly after the Civil War in the hope of making a fortune on Wall Street.) For almost a year, the Van Landinghams had planned to build a winter home in Palm Beach, Florida. But shortly after northern and central Florida are devastated by a powerful hurricane in August 1910 and William Merritt is murdered two months later Bill Van Landingham had met the Merritts during a brief visit to Perquimmons City in February 1910 and found them insufferable Bill and his wife decide to build their winter home in North Carolina and buy three adjacent tracts of land several miles east of Perquimmons City. With the help of a local contractor in January 1911, they retain a fine young architect from a nearby town to design their new home for them during the coming year. Shortly after the Van Landinghams develop permanent ties with the area, they donate a l

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462887937

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9781462887934

Discrete Data Analysis with R

Visualization and Modeling Techniques for Categorical and Count Data

By: Michael Friendly,David Meyer

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Discrete Data Analysis with R

Visualization and Modeling Techniques for Categorical and Count Data

By: Michael Friendly,David Meyer

An Applied Treatment of Modern Graphical Methods for Analyzing Categorical DataDiscrete Data Analysis with R: Visualization and Modeling Techniques for Categorical and Count Data presents an applied treatment of modern methods for the analysis of categorical data, both discrete response data and frequency data. It explains how to use graphical meth

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CRC Press

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1498725864

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Michael Winner: Winner Takes All

A Life of Sorts

By: Michael Winner

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Michael Winner: Winner Takes All

A Life of Sorts

By: Michael Winner

Michael Winner, the legendary film director, writer and food critic, is a colourful figure who has led a remarkable life. He has a reputation for being outspoken, and, true to form, in his autobiography he tells it like it is with sharp and insightful observations. 'Winner Takes All' begins with his unconventional childhood as a Jewish boy attending a Quaker boarding school and introduces his eccentric mother, who was a compulsive gambler. Michael Winner gained his first taste of fame, when aged fourteen, he met the stars for a showbusiness column in twenty London local papers. At Cambridge he edited the student newspaper and became a local celebrity. The author is a natural raconteur and his anecdotes from the film industry are compelling. He recounts his early life with relish and provides fascinating accounts of his experiences directing some of the world’s most famous actors and actresses, including Charles Bronson, Sophia Loren, Joan Collins, Orson Welles, Marlon Brando and Anthony Hopkins. Many of them became close friends. As a food critic, Michael Winner is famous for shooting from the hip. Love him or loathe him, he is constantly in the public eye. His esure TV commercials – which produced a national catchphrase ‘Calm down dear!’ – have been an advertising industry phenomenon. What may come as a surprise to the reader is the gentle side that he reveals in his autobiography. He speaks with candour about his private life; he admits his fear of relationships with women and confides the heartbreaking story of the love of his life, a famous female star.

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Robson

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1909396214

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9781909396210

Great Debates in Criminology

By: Chad Posick,Michael Rocque

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Great Debates in Criminology

By: Chad Posick,Michael Rocque

This book explores the role of theory and research in criminology. Adopting a unique and refreshing approach to criminological theory, it focuses on the great debates in criminology from its inception as a field to the present day. It explores the debates that have motivated criminological thought, that have represented turning points in theoretical and empirical trajectories, that have offered mini-paradigm shifts, and that have moved the field forward. Coverage includes: Classical debates, including the work of Lombroso, Durkheim, and Sutherland; Sociological vs. psychological debates in criminology; Control theory and cultural deviance theory; Criminal career and trait-based theory; Theory testing in criminology; Critical theories in criminology; Debates on the state of criminology and criminal justice; Policy issues in criminology. Each chapter explores several key debates, summarizes key points, and offers a discussion of the current empirical status. This book is novel in emphasising the role of debate in criminology and offering an enlightening synthesis of theorists and their perspectives. It is essential reading for students taking courses on criminological theory and teachers of those theories.

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Routledge

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1315403846

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Tales from the Casting Couch

An Unprecedented Candid Collection of Stories, Essays & Anecdotes By and About Legendary Hollywood Stars, Starlets and Wanna Bes

By: Michael Viner,Terrie Maxine Frankel

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Tales from the Casting Couch

An Unprecedented Candid Collection of Stories, Essays & Anecdotes By and About Legendary Hollywood Stars, Starlets and Wanna Bes

By: Michael Viner,Terrie Maxine Frankel

An unprecedented history of the actual casting sessions that propelled then-unknown actors to fame are revealed in this collection of never-before-told true stories by an about some of Hollywood’s stars and legends. Casting stories include those of Robert Redford Steve Martin, Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg, John Travolta, Sally Field, and many many others.

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Phoenix Books

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1614670870

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9781614670872

A Monument to Deceit

Sam Adams and the Vietnam Intelligence Wars

By: C. Michael Hiam

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A Monument to Deceit

Sam Adams and the Vietnam Intelligence Wars

By: C. Michael Hiam

It was an enigma of the Vietnam War: American troops kept killing the Viet Cong - and being killed in the process - and yet their ranks continued to grow. When CIA analyst Sam Adams uncovered documents suggesting a Viet Cong army more than twice as large as previously reckoned, another war erupted, this time within the ranks of America's intelligence community. Although originally clandestine, this conflict involving the highest levels of the U.S. government burst into public view during the acrimonious lawsuit Westmoreland v. CBS. The central issue in the suit, as in the war itself, was the calamitous failure of U.S. intelligence agencies to ascertain the strength of the Viet Cong and get that information to troops in a timely fashion. The legacy of this failure - whether caused by institutional inertia, misguided politics, or individual hubris - haunts our nation. In the era of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, and Edward Snowden, Sam Adams' tireless crusade for "honest intelligence" resonates strongly today.

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ForeEdge

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1611686008

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9781611686005

Scrappy General Management

Common Sense Practices to Avoid Calamities, Catastrophes and Lackluster Results

By: Michael Horton

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Scrappy General Management

Common Sense Practices to Avoid Calamities, Catastrophes and Lackluster Results

By: Michael Horton

Ok, you're the boss now, not of a section, or the team of a particular function -- but of the whole shooting match, end to end. You are the business's general manager and the staff looks to you for their livelihoods (yes you). So you have to strategize, sell, supply and service, collect the cash, provision, train and motivate your people, delight your clients and at the end of the day, return a profit to the business owners. So where the hell do you start? How do you know that you're not neglecting any aspect that will bite you on the bum later? Don't stress, it's not all that hard and it can be an extremely enjoyable and rewarding process. This book will provide you with the 12 common sense and repeatable steps that will guide you through running a business that everyone will be proud to be associated with. The intended reader is someone moving up from middle management -- or running their own business. The book is aimed to provide an easy to follow road map that will give some comfort and order amid the chaos of information and expectations...Helping with the 'what do I do next?' question that no-one wants to ask for the fear of appearing that they're not up to it.

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Happy About

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1600051499

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Twentieth Century Retailing in Downtown Detroit

By: Michael Hauser,Marianne Weldon

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Twentieth Century Retailing in Downtown Detroit

By: Michael Hauser,Marianne Weldon

As Detroit developed northward from the riverfront, Woodward Avenue became a mecca for retail, restaurants, and services. The 1870s and 1880s saw many independent merchants open their doors. By 1890, a new type of one-stop shopping had developed: the department store. Detroit's venerable Newcomb Endicott and Company was closely followed by other trailblazers: J. L. Hudson Company, Crowley Milner and Company, and the Ernst Kern Company. At its peak in the 1950s, the Woodward Avenue area boasted over four million square feet of retail, making it one of America's preferred retail destinations. Other Detroit emporiums such as the homegrown S. S. Kresge Company set trends in consumer culture. Generations made the trek downtown for back-to-school events, Easter shows, holiday windows, and family luncheons. Then, with the advent of suburban shopping centers, downtown stores began competing with their own branch locations. By the 1970s and 1980s, the dominoes began to fall as both chain and independent stores abandoned the once prosperous Woodward Avenue.

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0738561908

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The Devil at Genesee Junction

The Murders of Kathy Bernhard and George-Ann Formicola, 6/66

By: Michael Benson

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The Devil at Genesee Junction

The Murders of Kathy Bernhard and George-Ann Formicola, 6/66

By: Michael Benson

Today you’d call Ballantyne suburban, but back then, at the start of the summer of 1966, it was country — just a cluster of houses, some of them shacks, on or near Ballantyne Road, in the Town of Chili, NY. And while June 25 started like any other day it would end in a nightmare. In The Devil at Genesee Junction, veteran crime writer, Michael Benson, returns to his formerly rural hometown to take on the double homicide of his friends Kathy Bernhard and George-Ann Formiciola that took place that night. The two girls were missing for a month and then found in the bushes horribly mutilated. The double homicide changed the author’s childhood suddenly, and drastically. He went from living in a rural playland, to being encased in fear, wondering who among them was the werewolf who cut up Kathy and George-Ann. This heinous crime was never resolved, and didn’t go away. In recent years, the author has teamed up with a victim’s mom, and a local private investigator to delve deep into the 6/66 murders, developing along the way some strong new leads and shocking details. Together they have heated up this icy cold case, and their investigation has led them in a startling new direction.

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1442252340

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Voyage of the Neo Star

By: Michael G. Johnson

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Voyage of the Neo Star

By: Michael G. Johnson

Freshman college student Steve Brighton accepts the official account that his father, the chief engineer of the Neo Star spacecraft, has died in an explosion soon after launch . . . until a mysterious sealed envelope falls into his hands and puts his life and the lives of his family in extreme danger. Faced with evidence that the official story is a lie, Steve joins a select few who know the truth about the fate of the Neo Star, and a desperate rescue attempt ensues.This is a story of time machines, space travel, and otherworldly adventure and of strange dreams, broken hearts, and shocking revelations. It's also about courage and cowardice, and betrayal and redemption, where not-so-superheroes prevail against desperate odds by appealing to the most Powerful Force in the Universe.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1098011449

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9781098011444

The Player ; The Rapture ; The New Age

Three Screenplays

By: Michael Tolkin

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The Player ; The Rapture ; The New Age

Three Screenplays

By: Michael Tolkin

Michael Tolkin is one of Hollywood's hottest new players, a screenwriter and director who has created films that are intellectually uncompromising, provocative, hilarious, sexy, and brilliantly contemporary. The Player, the award-winning movie sensation about the twisted world of Hollywood, was directed by Robert Altman and starred Tim Robbins and Greta Scacchi. It has been hailed as "a masterpiece! One of the smartest, funniest, most penetrating movies about moviemaking ever made" (Vanity Fair). The Rapture explores the emotionally intense, surreal world of Christian fundamentalism. The Los Angeles Times called it "a nervy, unsettling, edgy piece of work, that most audacious of cinematic ventures, a film of theological ideas, intent on looking into what we believe and why we believe it, determined, even eager, to explore the issues of heaven, hell, and the hereafter." The New Age, a film sure to become an archetype for the post-1980's era, tells the story of a young couple's fall from financial grace and their quest for spirituality in a world defined by materialism. These screenplays not only represent some of the finest and most challenging work being done in Hollywood today but present, collectively, breadth, and feeling to that created by any of our time's most talented artists, whatever the medium.

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0802133924

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Introduction to the Process of Research: Methodology Considerations

By: P. Michael Politano,Robert O. Walton,Donna L. Roberts

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Introduction to the Process of Research: Methodology Considerations

By: P. Michael Politano,Robert O. Walton,Donna L. Roberts

Introduction to the Process of Research: Methodology Considerations is meant for undergraduate and graduate students taking a research methodology class. The book takes a step-by-step look at the overall research process and an in-depth look at quantitative and qualitative methods. It covers the process from research question development, to literature review, data collection, statistical test and interpretation, ethics and, finally, to publication. This text is intended for students taking research methods classes throughout all fields of study.

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Introduction to Tornado

By: Michael Dory,Adam Parrish,Allison Parrish,Brendan Berg

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Introduction to Tornado

By: Michael Dory,Adam Parrish,Allison Parrish,Brendan Berg

Presents a guide to the computer file Tornado, focusing on forms and templates, extending templates, databases, and other topics.

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Parson's Rain

By: Michael Fay

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Parson's Rain

By: Michael Fay

Parson Barret is assigned a murder in Washington DC. His investigation widens to include local judges, a Congressman, and a horrific international human trafficking ring. He must fight to bring justice to the dead and to avoid becoming a corpse himself.

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1387071246

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Career Development Basics

By: Michael Kroth,McKay Christensen

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Career Development Basics

By: Michael Kroth,McKay Christensen

This book is now available as an ebook through ASTD's new service: Content Express! Even in the best financial times, career development is often relegated to the back of the bus because it's seen as a short-term cost rather than a long-term investment with lasting impact. But the reality is that career development helps people strive for meaningful accomplishment in the workplace, and both individuals and organizations thrive when their goals are being met. This book is intended to empower training and development leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to become catalysts for bringing a career development focus to their organizations. Because busy managers in today's hectic business environment already have plenty on their plates, Career Development Basics jump-starts the learning curve by providing a succinct, ready-to-apply approach to this challenge. Within this book you'll find a sound, no-nonsense framework for implementing a career development focus, supplemented by an array of easy-to-understand materials including worksheets, comparison charts, case studies, flowcharts, and specific forms for turnover cost calculation and a sample performance review.

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Wisconsin Myths & Legends

The True Stories Behind History's Mysteries

By: Michael Bie

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Wisconsin Myths & Legends

The True Stories Behind History's Mysteries

By: Michael Bie

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Rowman & Littlefield

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The Unknown Wizard

By: Michael Bralich

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The Unknown Wizard

By: Michael Bralich

When an enormous army of ogres attacks the civilized kingdoms around their homeland of Sylvannia, three friends set out on a dangerous quest to find the last known living wizard to enlist his aid in the war. Little did the three know that among themselves, one had the potential to become a wizard, and if they can find and recover the Crystal of Enhancement, he could become a very powerful wizard.

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1640273433

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Dragons in the Surf

By: Michael Squires

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Dragons in the Surf

By: Michael Squires

China and Iran form an unholy alliance to dominate the world. This work of fiction reads like your everyday newspaper. See the future unfold before your eyes, and be afraid, very afraid as you watch your jobs and industries fall under China's control before the missiles start coming at you......believe it. The next World War has already started and most of you haven't even noticed.

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1430309725

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Deepkill

By: Michael Kilian

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Deepkill

By: Michael Kilian

After a botched terrorist plot, a coast guard agent uncovers a terrifying threat against America The plan is simple. The moment the Homeland Security adviser reaches the middle of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, a team of suicide bombers will rush his car, killing him and destroying the bridge. But as the plot’s mastermind watches from afar, he sees only 2 small explosions. The bridge has survived; the plan has failed. He will have to find another way to bring terror to the United States—and he’s about to get a fearsome opportunity. Investigating the attack, coast guard agent Erik Westman meets a dying air force pilot who claims to have dumped a nuclear bomb off the coast of Delaware in 1967. It’s still there under 30 feet of water, waiting to be used by anyone mad enough to detonate it. If Westman can’t reach the weapon before the terrorists, the nation’s capitol will burn.

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Open Road Media

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1504019261

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Genome

The Story of the Most Astonishing Scientific Adventure of Our Time—the Attempt to Map All the Genes in the Human Body

By: Jerry E. Bishop,Michael Waldholz

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Genome

The Story of the Most Astonishing Scientific Adventure of Our Time—the Attempt to Map All the Genes in the Human Body

By: Jerry E. Bishop,Michael Waldholz

An “invaluable [and] highly readable” account of the quest to map our DNA, the blueprint for life—and what it means for our future ( The Philadelphia Inquirer). Genome tells the story of the most ambitious scientific adventure of our time. By gradually isolating and identifying all the genes in the human body—the blueprint for life—scientists are closing in on the ability to effectively treat and prevent nearly every disease that strikes man, from muscular dystrophy, diabetes, and cancer to heart ailments, alcoholism, and even mental illness. Such discoveries will change the course of human life. At the same time, they raise profound ethical questions that have tremendous implications: Can insurance companies demand genetic tests to determine who poses a health risk? Should parents be able to choose their baby’s sex or eye color? Will employers screen out potential employees who are genetically susceptible to occupational health problems? An exciting true tale of discovery that is revolutionizing our world, Genome helps us understand our future.

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1497607531

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Founding Father

John J. Wynne, S.J. and the Inculturation of American Catholicism in the Progressive Era

By: Michael F. Lombardo

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Founding Father

John J. Wynne, S.J. and the Inculturation of American Catholicism in the Progressive Era

By: Michael F. Lombardo

In Founding Father, Michael F. Lombardo provides the first critical biography of John J. Wynne, S.J. (1859-1948). One of the most prominent American Catholic intellectuals of the early twentieth century, Wynne was founding editor of the Catholic Encyclopedia (1907) and the Jesuit periodical America (1909), and served as vice-postulator for the canonization causes of the first American saints (the Jesuit Martyrs of North America) and Kateri Tekakwitha. Lombardo uses theological inculturation to explore the ways in which Wynne used his publications to negotiate American Catholic citizenship during the Progressive Era. He concludes that Wynne’s legacy was part of a flowering of early-twentieth century American Catholic intellectual thought that made him a key forerunner to the mid-century Catholic Revival.

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9004304525

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Zenith City

Stories from Duluth

By: Michael Fedo

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Zenith City

Stories from Duluth

By: Michael Fedo

Duluth may be the city of “untold delights” as lampooned in a Kentucky congressman’s speech in 1871. Or it may be portrayed by a joke in Woody Allen’s film Manhattan. Or then again, it may be the “Zenith City of the unsalted seas” celebrated by Dr. Thomas Preston Foster, founder of the city’s first newspaper. But whatever else it may be, this city of granite hills, foghorns, and gritty history, the last stop on the shipping lanes of the Great Lakes, is undeniably a city with character—and characters. Duluth native Michael Fedo captures these characters through the happy-go-melancholy lens nurtured by the people and landscape of his youth. In Zenith City Fedo brings it back home. Framed by his reflections on Duluth’s colorful—and occasionally very dark—history and its famous visitors, such as Sinclair Lewis, Joe DiMaggio, and Bob Dylan, his memories make the city as real as the boy next door but with a better story. Here, among the graceful, poignant, and often hilarious remembered moments—pranks played on a severe teacher, the family’s unlikely mob connections, a rare childhood affliction—are the coordinates of Duluth’s larger landscape: the diners and supper clubs, the baseball teams, radio days, and the smelt-fishing rites of spring. Woven through these tales of Duluth are Fedo’s curious, instructive, and ultimately deeply moving stories about becoming a writer, from the guidance of an English teacher to the fourteen-year-old reporter’s interview with Louis Armstrong to his absorption in the events that would culminate in his provocative and influential book The Lynchings in Duluth. These are the sorts of essays—personal, cultural, and historical, at once regional and far-reaching—that together create a picture of people in a place as rich in history and anecdote as Duluth and of the forces that forever bind them together.

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145294136X

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A Home at the End of the World

A Novel

By: Michael Cunningham

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A Home at the End of the World

A Novel

By: Michael Cunningham

From Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours, comes the acclaimed novel of two boyhood friends A Home at the End of the World, now a feature film starring Colin Farrell and Dallas Roberts Jonathan. There's Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scuttling the plans of Jonathan, who is gay, to father Clare's child. Then, when Clare and Bobby have a baby, the three move to a small house upstate to raise "their" child together and, with an odd friend, Alice, create a new kind of family. A Home at the End of the World masterfully depicts the charged, fragile relationships of urban life today.

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0374707596

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9780374707590

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