Michael Kirk's Books

Kirk's Civil War Raids Along the Blue Ridge

By: Michael C. Hardy

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Kirk's Civil War Raids Along the Blue Ridge

By: Michael C. Hardy

In the Southern Appalachian Mountains, no character was more loved or despised than George W. Kirk. This inured Union officer led a group of deserters on numerous raids between Tennessee and North Carolina in 1863, terrorizing Confederate soldiers and civilians alike. At Camp Vance in Morganton, Kirk's mounted raiders showcased guerrilla warfare penetrating deep within Confederate territory. As Home Guards struggled to keep Western North Carolina communities safe, Kirk's men brought fear and violence throughout the region for their ability to strike and create havoc without warning. Civil War historian Michael C. Hardy examines the infamous history of George W. Kirk and the Civil War along the Blue Ridge.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439664080

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The Star Trek Encyclopedia

By: Michael Okuda,Denise Okuda,Debbie Mirek

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The Star Trek Encyclopedia

By: Michael Okuda,Denise Okuda,Debbie Mirek

From 'audet IX to Zytchin III, this book covers it all. This is the ultimate reference book for all Star Trek fans! Added to this edition are 128 new pages. This addendum highlights the latest episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, Star Trek: Voyager® and the newest feature film, Star Trek: Insurrection™. The thousands of photos and hundreds of illustrations place the Star Trek universe at your fingertips. Planets and stars, weapons and ships, people and places are just part of the meticulous research and countless cross-reference that fill this book.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451646887

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9781451646887

Imagine No More Lies

By: Michael Aldrich

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Imagine No More Lies

By: Michael Aldrich

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU COULD CHANGE THE WORLD? Th e Pate family is brutally attacked and ripped apart by a Chicago crime syndicate. The survivors are split up only to be brought back together by fate and their shared passion for philately. Fast forward...computer genius and biochemical engineer, Ashton Jones secretly designs a special device which would dramatically change not only the criminal justice system but the entire human race. Preventing this new technology from falling into the hands of a powerful international criminal lawyer sparks a struggle between the forces of good and evil. The race for control of this special device sends the Pate family and Ashton Jones on a life and death chase which spans from coast to coast. At what point can family be trusted with the truth, and how many lies and deceit can one family endure? A decision has to be made, but will it be the right one? And, can you imagine a world with no more lies?

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Xlibris Corporation

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1465361456

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The Swamp

The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

By: Michael Grunwald

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The Swamp

The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

By: Michael Grunwald

A prize-winning r"Washington Post" reporter tells the story of the Florida Everglades, from its beginnings as 4,500 off-putting square miles of natural liquid wasteland to the ecological mess it has become. Photos.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743251075

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The Uses of Reform

Godly Discipline and Popular Behavior in Scotland and Beyond, 1560-1610

By: Michael F. Graham

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The Uses of Reform

Godly Discipline and Popular Behavior in Scotland and Beyond, 1560-1610

By: Michael F. Graham

This work examines the social impact of Reformed protestantism through a study of the workings of the network of disciplinary courts created in Scotland during the second half of the sixteenth century.

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BRILL

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9004102612

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We Can Do It

A Community Takes on the Challenge of School Desegregation

By: Michael T. Gengler

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We Can Do It

A Community Takes on the Challenge of School Desegregation

By: Michael T. Gengler

This book tells of the challenges faced by white and black school administrators, teachers, parents, and students as Alachua County, Florida, moved from segregated schools to a single, unitary school system. After Brown v. Board of Education, the South’s separate white and black schools continued under lower court opinions, provided black students could choose to go to white schools. Not until 1968 did the NAACP Legal Defense Fund convince the Supreme Court to end dual school systems. Almost fifty years later, African Americans in Alachua County remain divided over that outcome. A unique study including extensive interviews, We Can Do It asks important questions, among them: How did both races, without precedent, work together to create desegregated schools? What conflicts arose, and how were they resolved (or not)? How was the community affected? And at a time when resegregation and persistent white-black achievement gaps continue to challenge public schools, what lessons can we learn from the generation that desegregated our schools?

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Simon and Schuster

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1948122170

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The History of the Harwood Families of Darwen, Lancashire

By: Michael Harwood

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The History of the Harwood Families of Darwen, Lancashire

By: Michael Harwood

This book gives an insight into how our Lancashire ancestors lived and interacted with the environment in which they existed, over the centuries. Apart from a general history of Darwen life, this volume covers not only the very first ancestral tree but follows the story of one particular family branch through to the twentieth century and into living memory. The story includes detailed information of many other families which whom the Harwoods have intermingled over the centuries, and it would be a rare Darwener, who could not find some connection to his own ancestors within these pages. “Enthusiasm, in-depth research, and a unique authorial voice: this book is what genealogy should result in. It locates the Harwood family in a specific historical place and then watches them grow up and move out. Family journeys are explored from the paper mills of Kent to the goldfields of Ballarat and Maori massacres. “The sheer numbers of documents illustrated show both their value as evidence and the breadth of Mike’s research. There are fruitful and informative diversions into work, leisure, and religion, with excursions into the history of education, nonconformity, and workhouses, among many other things. It’s a story of Lancashire, and a Lancashire in the world. And it’s hard to argue with its announcement of itself not as a history but as the history of the Lancashire Harwoods. They are both typical and unique, and in tracing the development of Lancashire from a rural to an industrial economy, Mike never loses focus on his ancestors’ place in it.” —Neil Sayer, archive access manager, Lancashire Archives

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AuthorHouse

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1496994647

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Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise Haynes Manual

By: Ben Robinson,Marcus Riley,Michael Okuda

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Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise Haynes Manual

By: Ben Robinson,Marcus Riley,Michael Okuda

This long-awaited new "Star Trek" technical manual--nearly two years in the making--presented in the world-renowned Haynes Manual format details the intricacies of the "Enterprise.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451621299

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The Science of Good and Evil

Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule

By: Michael Shermer

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The Science of Good and Evil

Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule

By: Michael Shermer

Explores how and why people made the leap fom social primate to moral primate, discussing how humans transformed the moral sentiments displayed in many primate species into ethical principles.

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Macmillan

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0805077693

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Doctor Tandy's First Guide to Life Extension and Transhumanity

By: Charles Tandy,William Faloon,Robert A. Freitas, Jr.,Robin Hanson,Michael Perry,Christopher J. Phoenix,Avatar Polymorph,Claude Vorilhon,Jim Yount

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Doctor Tandy's First Guide to Life Extension and Transhumanity

By: Charles Tandy,William Faloon,Robert A. Freitas, Jr.,Robin Hanson,Michael Perry,Christopher J. Phoenix,Avatar Polymorph,Claude Vorilhon,Jim Yount

Dr. Tandy and nine additional contributors introduce the reader to the world of the twentyfirst century and beyond. Topics include: Dietary Supplements And Your Health Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine, And Health Extension Transhumanism, Transmortality, And The Singularity O'Neill Space Settlements Futurists As Wishful Dreamers Cryonic Hibernation And Personal Identity The Scientific Quest For A Universal Resurrection Of All Dead Persons Books Related To Life Extension And Transhumanity Websites Related To Life Extension And Transhumanity World War 3, The September 2001 Terrorist Attacks, And Our Responsibilities To Transhumanity

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Universal-Publishers

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1581126506

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Rat City

By: Michael La Ronn

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Rat City

By: Michael La Ronn

The first date was going great…until all hell broke loose. Cyrus Grant put his life back together after becoming a rat shifter. New job, new friends, new dating life. Best of all, he landed a first date with a beautiful woman at a French bistro. Go Cyrus! Of course the date is super awkward. Of course he spills a glass of wine on himself while cracking a terrible joke. And OF COURSE a giant, human-sized rat bursts through the window trying to kill him. Just another day in the life of a rat shifter… Cyrus and Becca are back in another spell-binding adventure that will push them both to the brink. If you thought the last adventure was a page-turner, you won’t be able to put this one down. Click the buy button to get your next fix of The Chicago Rat Shifter! V2.0

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9798885510325

The Chicago Rat Shifter

The Complete Trilogy

By: Michael La Ronn

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The Chicago Rat Shifter

The Complete Trilogy

By: Michael La Ronn

Contains Books 1-3 of the exhilarating series that proves that the best heroes come in small packages! Meet Cyrus Grant, rat shifter. Covered in trash? Check. Getting washed through a sewer in a thunderstorm, fighting for his life? Check. Hunted by a mad scientist and an evil fae? Ugh. Just another day in the life of a rat shifter… All Cyrus wanted to do was find a job so he could stop sleeping on his sister's couch. Getting turned into a rat? Not on his to-do list. Aren't shifters supposed to be lions, bears, and dudes with hairy man chests? Somebody missed the memo. Cyrus must survive the city's paranormal underbelly, and worse-the brutal world of rats. If he can't, he's a dead rat walking. The Chicago Rat Shifter series is a fast-paced, full tilt urban fantasy that proves that the best heroes come in small packages. V1.0

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Science Friction

Where the Known Meets the Unknown

By: Michael Shermer

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Science Friction

Where the Known Meets the Unknown

By: Michael Shermer

In each of these 14 essays, the author, a psychologist and science historian, explores the very personal barriers and biases that plague and propel science, especially when scientists push against the unknown.

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0805077081

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Attempting to Bring the Gospel Home

Scottish Missions to palestine, 1839-1917

By: Michael Marten

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Attempting to Bring the Gospel Home

Scottish Missions to palestine, 1839-1917

By: Michael Marten

The first comprehensive study of Scottish religious imperialism in the Middle East highly topical in the light of parallels with American religious imperialism in the region has interdisciplinary importance and appeal Attempting to Bring the Gospel Home portrays the Scottish missions to Palestine carried out by Presbyterian churches. These missions had as their stated aim the conversion of Jews to Protestantism, but also attempted to 'convert' other Christians and Muslims. Marten discusses the missions to Damascus, Aleppo, Tiberias, Safad, Hebron and Jaffa, and locates the missionaries in their religious, social, national and imperial contexts. He describes the three main methods of the missionaries' work - confrontation, education and medicine - as well as the ways in which these were communicated to the supporting constituency in Scotland. Michael Marten was formerly a graduate student in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh, and now teaches at SOAS.

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0857710656

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9780857710659

Tos #86 Constitution: My Brother's Keeper Book Two

Star Trek The Original Series

By: Michael Jan Friedman

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Tos #86 Constitution: My Brother's Keeper Book Two

Star Trek The Original Series

By: Michael Jan Friedman

Gary Mitchell is dead, killed by his best friend for the sake of his ship. As Captain Kirk returns home in sadness, he recalls the first time he held Gary's life in his hands. The time is seven years earlier, and the two men have been assigned to the USS Constitution, Gary as chief navigator and Kirk as second officer, when the starship comes to the defence of an alien world menaced by ruthless invaders. An early attack leaves both the captain and the first officer in comas, and Jim Kirk must take command for the first time. He finds himself with only one chance to defeat the heavily armed enemy - but the cost may be Gary Mitchell's life!

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1471108252

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9781471108259

The Star Trek: Signature Edition: The Hand of Kahless

By: John M. Ford,Michael Jan Friedman

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The Star Trek: Signature Edition: The Hand of Kahless

By: John M. Ford,Michael Jan Friedman

Two novels in one volume include "Final Reflection," in which Krenn's loyalty to the Federation is tested, and "Kahless," in which an ancient scroll cast doubts on Klingon myths and fables.

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0743496590

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Adventures of Zipper

By: Michael Morgan

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Adventures of Zipper

By: Michael Morgan

A mystical cat takes a young boy under his wings to teach him what it means to be a superhero.

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1365005208

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Creating Conservatism

Postwar Words that Made an American Movement

By: Michael J. Lee

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Creating Conservatism

Postwar Words that Made an American Movement

By: Michael J. Lee

Creating Conservatism charts the vital role of canonical post–World War II (1945–1964) books in generating, guiding, and sustaining conservatism as a political force in the United States. Dedicated conservatives have argued for decades that the conservative movement was a product of print, rather than a march, a protest, or a pivotal moment of persecution. The Road to Serfdom, Ideas Have Consequences, Witness, The Conservative Mind, God and Man at Yale, The Conscience of a Conservative, and other mid-century texts became influential not only among conservative office-holders, office-seekers, and well-heeled donors but also at dinner tables, school board meetings, and neighborhood reading groups. These books are remarkable both because they enumerated conservative political positions and because their memorable language demonstrated how to take those positions—functioning, in essence, as debate handbooks. Taking an expansive approach, the author documents the wide influence of the conservative canon on traditionalist and libertarian conservatives. By exploring the varied uses to which each founding text has been put from the Cold War to the culture wars, Creating Conservatism generates original insights about the struggle over what it means to think and speak conservatively in America.

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1628950021

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Catalogue of Type, Figured and Cited Fossils in the National Museum of Wales

Supplement 1971-1994

By: Robert Maurice Owens,Michael G. Bassett,National Museum of Wales

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Catalogue of Type, Figured and Cited Fossils in the National Museum of Wales

Supplement 1971-1994

By: Robert Maurice Owens,Michael G. Bassett,National Museum of Wales

This catalogue lists all 'type and figured fossils' - those described, illustrated or referred to by geologists in scientific publications - up to the end of 1994.

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Shatner

By: Michael Seth Starr

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Shatner

By: Michael Seth Starr

In the early months of 1966, a handsome, hardworking thirty-five-year-old Canadian-born actor named William Shatner was cast as Captain Kirk in Star Trek, a troubled, low-budget science-fiction television series set to premiere that fall on NBC. Star Trek struggled for viewers and lasted only three seasons, but it found a huge, rabidly dedicated audience when it premiered in syndication following its cancellation—turning Shatner into a pop-culture icon and launching him on a career path he never could have imagined after graduating from McGill University with an economics degree twenty years earlier. As he approaches his ninetieth year, he's still working at a furious pace as a man of boundless contradictions: by turns one of the most dissected, disliked, revered, respected, mocked, imitated, and beloved stars in the show business firmament. Shatner takes a comprehensive look at this singular performer, using archival sources and information culled from interviews with friends and colleagues to transport readers through William Shatner's remarkably bumpy career: his spectacular failures and triumphs; tragedies, including the shocking death of his third wife, Nerine; and, ultimately, the resilience Shatner has shown, time and again, in the face of overwhelming odds. Author Michael Seth Starr unravels the mystery of William Shatner, stripping away the many myths associated with his personal life and his relationships with fellow actors, presenting a no-holds-barred, unvarnished look at the unique career of an inimitable performer.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493050656

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9781493050659

Star Trek: A Choice of Catastrophes

By: Steve Mollmann,Michael Schuster

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Star Trek: A Choice of Catastrophes

By: Steve Mollmann,Michael Schuster

The U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, is returning from a mission to deliver medical supplies to Deep Space Station C-15, one of Starfleet’s most distant installations. All is routine until the Enterprise comes within a light-year of the planet Mu Arigulon, when the ship is suddenly thrown from warp and suffers a momentary power cut, having run aground on a spatial distortion not revealed in previous scans of the system. When the pride of Starfleet hits another, much worse distortion, Dr. Leonard McCoy has his hands full caring for officers who have suddenly fallen into comas for no apparent reason. The Enterprise medical team soon discovers that the dying officers are espers—humans with a rare and abnormal level of telepathic and psychic ability. With no choice but to link to the officers’ minds in order to come to their aid, McCoy is plunged into a nightmarish dream-world . . . with the end result being nothing short of the possible destruction of the Enterprise and all aboard her. . . .

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Simon and Schuster

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1451607237

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9781451607239

Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment

A Case Study Approach

By: David C. Berry,Michael G. Miller,Leisha M. Berry

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Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment

A Case Study Approach

By: David C. Berry,Michael G. Miller,Leisha M. Berry

The case studies in this book use authentic injury assessment examples to help readers link theory and clinical practice with the goal of becoming competent clinicians. The situations are realistic and present more than 130 of the injuries that athletic trainers may encounter in the real world. The questions that accompany the cases ask readers to identify clinical and differential diagnoses, critique the evaluating clinician's actions, recommend treatment, comment on ethical choices, and make many of the decisions they will face in the field. The cases encourage readers to think and problem solve; evidence-based answers (for select cases in the text and for all cases in the instructor's manual) ensure that the recommended clinical decisions are based on the best available research, clinical expertise, and patient preferences rather than on anecdotal practice.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351818732

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Art Directors in Cinema

A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary

By: Michael L. Stephens

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Art Directors in Cinema

A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary

By: Michael L. Stephens

Often forgotten among the actors, directors, producers and others associated with filmmaking, art directors are responsible for making movies visually appealing to audiences. As such they sometimes make the difference between a hit and a bomb. This biographical dictionary includes not only the world's great and almost-great artists, but the unjustly neglected film designers of the past and present. Among the more than 300 art directors and designers are pioneers from silent films, designers from Hollywood and Europe's Golden Ages, Asian figures, post-Golden Age personalities, leaders of the European and American New Waves, and many contemporary designers. Each entry consists of biographical information, an analysis of the director's career and important films, and an extensive filmography including mentions of Academy Award nominations and winners.

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McFarland

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1476611289

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American Credo

The Place of Ideas in US Politics

By: Michael Foley

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American Credo

The Place of Ideas in US Politics

By: Michael Foley

American society may be hostile to the thought of ideologies, but it possesses a sophisticated but little understood ability to engage in deep conflicts over political ideas, while at the same time reducing adversarial positions to legitimate derivatives of American history and development. The study asks how this occurs; how the sources, traditions and usages of core ideas and their derivative compounds animate political discourse and structure the basis of political conflict; and how it is possible to sustain a high incidence of competitive value-laden argument and principled political conflict within a stable political order. The fundamental aim of this study is to examine the traditions and usages of American political ideas within the arena of practical politics. By locating them in their respective contexts, it will be possible to assess both their changing meanings and their shifting relationships to one another. In surveying America's core ideas both in isolation and in combination, the book facilitates an informed awareness of their political and cultural leverage as forms of persuasion and sources of legitimacy. American Credo roots the examination of American political ideas firmly in the milieu of social drives, political movements and contemporary issues within which the ideas themselves are embedded. This not only allows the study to investigate the interior properties and traditional priorities of America's key values but permits the theoretical implications and practical consequences of these ideas to be traced and evaluated. By marshalling a wide variety of evidence from different disciplines and perspectives, and by employing innovative principles of organisation, the study offers clarity and depth in support of an inventive explanatory scheme. It concludes with a review of the current and likely future challenges to the protocols and conventions surrounding the matrix of ideational coexistence.

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OUP Oxford

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0191528374

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The Occult Laboratory

Magic, Science, and Second Sight in Late Seventeenth-century Scotland

By: Michael Hunter,Michael Cyril William Hunter

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The Occult Laboratory

Magic, Science, and Second Sight in Late Seventeenth-century Scotland

By: Michael Hunter,Michael Cyril William Hunter

Magic, science and second sight in 17c Scottish Higlands, with new edition of Kirk's Secret Commonwealth.

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Boydell & Brewer

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0851158013

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The Panther Chronicles: Part I the Black Stone

By: Michael Kircher

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The Panther Chronicles: Part I the Black Stone

By: Michael Kircher

A Hydrologist about to publish his research on ancient water tunnels in Saudi Arabia, suddenly disappears. A Geophysical Engineer finds an ancient wood artifact in a gift shop in London, which leads him to India in search of clues to mankind's history. A Photojournalist, trying to escape his past, ends up in a prison in Teheran for photographing the wrong subject. A young Muslim merchant joins a secret team planning to change the course of Middle East politics. A former presidential advisor searches for a new life amidst chaos. In a chase across continents, this clandestine team attempts to unlock the secrets of the fabled 'Panther Catacombs'. In the process, they must face their tragic pasts to secure their future.

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0615168515

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9780615168517

Dont Call Me Boss

David L. Lawrence, Pittsburgh’s Renaissance Mayor

By: Michael Weber

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Dont Call Me Boss

David L. Lawrence, Pittsburgh’s Renaissance Mayor

By: Michael Weber

The death of David Leo Lawrence in 1966 ended a fifty-year career of major influence in American politics. In a front-page obituary, the New York Times noted that Lawrence, the longtime mayor of Pittsburgh, governor of Pennsylvania, and power in Democratic national politics, disliked being called Boss. But, the Times noted, "he was one anyway."Certainly Lawrence was a consumate politician. Born in a poor, working-class neighborhood, in the present-day Golden Triange of Pittsburgh, he was from boyhood an astute student of politics and a devoted Democrat. Paying minute attention to every detail at the ward and precinct level, he revived the moribund Democratic party of Pittsburgh and fashioned a machine that upset the long-entrenched Republican organization in 1932.When "Davy" Lawrence, as he was affectionately known, won the gubernatorial election in 1958, he became the first Roman Catholic governor of Pennsylvania and the oldest. But he achieved his greatest public recognition as mayor of Pittsburgh. Taking office in 1945, at the close of World War II, this stalwart Democrat formed an alliance with the predominantly Republican business community to bring about the much acclaimed Pittsburgh Renaissance, transforming the downtown business district and persuading many large corporations to retain their national headquarters in Pittsburgh. In 1958 the editors of Fortune magazine name Pittsburgh as one of the eight best administered cities in America.Don't Call Me Boss examines the lengthy career of this remarkable politician. Using over one hundred interviews, as well as extensive archival material, Michael Weber demonstrates how Lawrence was able to balance his intense political drive and devotion to the Democratic party with the larger needs of his city and state. Although his administration was not free of controversy, as indicated by the city's police and free work scandals. Lawrence showed that it was possible to make the transition from nineteenth-century political boss to modern municipal manager. He was one of the few politicians of the century to do so. When the undisputed bosses of other American cities - the Curleys, Pendergasts, and Hagues - were out of power and disgraced, Lawrence was elected governor of Pennsylvania.More than twenty years after his death, David L. Lawrence and his success in rebuilding the city of Pittsburgh continue to serve as an example of effective urban leadership.

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0822970252

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Using Early Memories in Psychotherapy

Roadmaps to Presenting Problems and Treatment Impasses

By: Michael Karson

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Using Early Memories in Psychotherapy

Roadmaps to Presenting Problems and Treatment Impasses

By: Michael Karson

This book, The Learning Shoes" is in conjunction of what our children learn and value as we teach them. From the cradle to toddler stage and growing ages, children absorb words, sounds and develop emotionally. In this book I captured the dearest and tender moments that our children encounter from those who nurture them."The Learning Shoes" took me back to my childhood of teachings...I found reading and learning to be so much.... FUN!

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0765703963

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Teacher

Two Years in the Mississippi Delta

By: Michael Copperman

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Two Years in the Mississippi Delta

By: Michael Copperman

When Michael Copperman left Stanford University for the Mississippi Delta in 2002, he imagined he would lift underprivileged children from the narrow horizons of rural poverty. Well-meaning but naïve, the Asian American from the West Coast soon lost his bearings in a world divided between black and white. He had no idea how to manage a classroom or help children navigate the considerable challenges they faced. In trying to help students, he often found he couldn't afford to give what they required--sometimes with heartbreaking consequences. His desperate efforts to save child after child were misguided but sincere. He offered children the best invitations to success he could manage. But he still felt like an outsider who was failing the children and himself. Teach For America has for a decade been the nation's largest employer of recent college graduates but has come under increasing criticism in recent years even as it has grown exponentially. This memoir considers the distance between the idealism of the organization's creed that "One day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education and reach their full potential" and what it actually means to teach in America's poorest and most troubled public schools. Copperman's memoir vividly captures his disorientation in the divided world of the Delta, even as the author marvels at the wit and resilience of the children in his classroom. To them, he is at once an authority figure and a stranger minority than even they are--a lone Asian, an outsider among outsiders. His journey is of great relevance to teachers, administrators, and parents longing for quality education in America. His frank story shows that the solutions for impoverished schools are far from simple.

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Tos #85 Republic: My Brother's Keeper Book One

Star Trek The Original Series

By: Michael Jan Friedman

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Tos #85 Republic: My Brother's Keeper Book One

Star Trek The Original Series

By: Michael Jan Friedman

At Starfleet Academy, Gary Mitchell is restless and fun-loving while James Kirk is driven, ambitious, but awkward around other people - especially women! Their friendship begins with a fistfight. Then their routine training mission on the USS Republic is diverted to a planet where centuries of bloody interplanetary conflict are about to end in a ceremony of reconcilation. Assigned to help with security on the planet's surface, Kirk and Gary quickly find themselves in the middle of a life-and-death struggle against terrorists determined to disrupt the ceremony. With the future of two planets at stake, Kirk and Gary must find a way to work together before a mission of life and peace becomes one of death and despair.

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1471108236

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Year of the Rat

By: Michael La Ronn

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Year of the Rat

By: Michael La Ronn

The final chapter in the imagination-defying urban fantasy series by bestselling, award-winning author Michael La Ronn! Cheesy jokes. Dates. A bachelor pad of his own. After saving the world (twice), Cyrus Grant deserves to enjoy the single life and relax…until a demon possesses his sister. The cure: a ruthless nightclub owner who peddles dangerous magic. He offers anything for a price. And he doesn’t mean dollars. It takes a rat to fight a rat… Year of the Rat is the page-turning final book in the Chicago Rat Shifter series that explores what happens when we face our inner demons. Scroll up and click the buy button today! V2.0

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Into the Unknown

High Adventure and Hard Lessons Exploring the World’s Great, Lost Wilderness Rivers

By: Michael P. Ghiglieri

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Into the Unknown

High Adventure and Hard Lessons Exploring the World’s Great, Lost Wilderness Rivers

By: Michael P. Ghiglieri

Veteran wilderness guide Michael P. Ghiglieri takes you into the unknown—among white-water rapids, crocodiles, hippos, gorillas, lions, and impossible waterfalls. His riveting memoir not only serves up true high adventure, it also presents the ecology, natural history, conservation (or the lack of it), and exploration history of nine far-flung wilderness regions across the globe—including the never-to-be-repeated white-water run on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon during the Bureau of Reclamation’s 1983 super flood of ninety-seven thousand cubic feet per second; the first summit-to-sea descent of the Alas River exploring Sumatra’s new Gunung Leuser National Park, a last redoubt for wild orangutans and other rare species; and the “impossible” run of the Alsek River from the Yukon to Alaska in the world’s largest international conservation area. Into the Unknown reveals what the natural world looks like through a professional’s eyes during “adventure” travel, when things start sliding toward the edge. This insider memoir recounts ten sagas of extreme expeditions into Earth’s most amazing wilderness regions to illustrate their realities, science, allure, history, risks to life and limb, and ultimate fates. Many of these regions have now vanished to “progress.” Others are imperiled. Only a few are protected. But all are, or were, places where exotic beauty and danger are inseparable.

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University of New Mexico Press

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0826366856

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Q & A Revision Guide: Criminal Law 2012 and 2013

By: Michael T. Molan,Mike Molan

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Q & A Revision Guide: Criminal Law 2012 and 2013

By: Michael T. Molan,Mike Molan

Q&A Criminal Law offers a lifeline to students revising for exams. It provides clear guidance from experienced examiners on how best to tackle exam questions, and gives students the opportunity to practise their exam technique and assess their progress.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199697604

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The Eisenhower Years

By: Michael S. Mayer

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The Eisenhower Years

By: Michael S. Mayer

The 34th U.S. president to hold office, Dwight D. Eisenhower won America over with his irresistible I like Ike slogan. Bringing to the presidency his prestige as a commanding general during World War II, he worked incessantly during his two terms to ease the tensions of the cold war. Pursuing the moderate policies of Modern Republicanism, he left a legacy of a stronger and more powerful nation. From his crucial role in support of Brown v. Board of Education to the National Defense Education Act, The Eisenhower Years provides a well-balanced study of these politically charged years. Biographical entries on key figures of the Eisenhower era, such as Allen W. Dulles, Joseph R. McCarthy, and Rosa Parks, combine with speeches such as the Military Industrial Complex speech, the Open Skies proposal, the disturbance at Little Rock address, Eisenhower Doctrine, and his speech after the Soviet launch of Sputnik to give an in-depth look at the executive actions of this administration.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438119089

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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

The Scottish Empire

By: Michael Fry

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The Scottish Empire

By: Michael Fry

This new edition of Michael Fry's remarkable book charts the involvement of the Scots in the British empire from its earliest days to the end of the twentieth century. It is a tale of dramatic extremes and craggy characters and of a huge range of concerns - from education, evangelism and philanthropy to spying, swindling and drug running. Stories of Scottish regiments on the rampage, cannibalism and other atrocities are contrasted with the deeds of heroic pioneers such as David Livingstone and Mary Slessor. Above all it tells how the British empire came to be dominated and run by the Scots, and how it truly became a Scottish empire. As the empire transformed Scotland beyond recognition, so was the Empire shaped by the Scots - a remarkable achievement from the population of so small a country, which was itself neither nation nor fully province, neither fully colonizer nor fully colonized. Michael Fry's energetic and colourful account is one of the classics of modern Scottish history.

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1788854322

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