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Little Lost Angel

By: Michael Quinlan

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A tragic and riveting true story of teenage obsession, torture, and murder. From Michael Quinlan, staff member of the Louisville Courier-Journal and the only journalist to interview all the parties involved, meticulously recounts the shocking and horrific events surround the murder of twelve-year-old Shandra Sharer by a group of teenage girls.

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1476715629

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The Great Bonanza. Illustrated Narrative of Adventure and Discovery in Gold Mining, Silver Mining, Among the Raftsmen, in the Oil Regions, Whaling, Hunting, Fishing and Fighting

By: Robert Michael Ballantyne,William Taylor Adams

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The Great Bonanza. Illustrated Narrative of Adventure and Discovery in Gold Mining, Silver Mining, Among the Raftsmen, in the Oil Regions, Whaling, Hunting, Fishing and Fighting

By: Robert Michael Ballantyne,William Taylor Adams

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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3385516552

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Raising Race Questions

Whiteness and Inquiry in Education

By: Ali Michael

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Raising Race Questions

Whiteness and Inquiry in Education

By: Ali Michael

Conversations about race can be confusing, contentious, and frightening, particularly for White people. Even just asking questions about race can be scary because we are afraid of what our questions might reveal about our ignorance or bias. Raising Race Questions invites teachers to use inquiry as a way to develop sustained engagement with challenging racial questions and to do so in community so that they learn how common their questions actually are. It lays out both a process for getting to questions that lead to growth and change, as well as a vision for where engagement with race questions might lead. Race questions are not meant to lead us into a quagmire of guilt, discomfort, or isolation. Sustained race inquiry is meant to lead to anti-racist classrooms, positive racial identities, and a restoration of the wholeness of spirit and community that racism undermines. Book Features: Case studies of expert and experienced White teachers who still have questions about race. Approaches for talking about race in the K–12 classroom. Strategies for facilitating race conversations among adults. A variety of different resources useful in the teacher inquiry groups described in the book. Research with teachers, not on teachers, including written responses from each teacher whose classroom is featured in the book. “In Raising Race Questions Ali Michael is an excavator, determined to dig into every unexplored crevice of White teachers’ experiences with race in order to unearth the complex realities of racism and schooling, and a model of reflective inquiry, willing to lay herself and her assumptions bare in service to the reader's consciousness and her own. This book grew my consciousness in multiple ways, and that is the greatest gift an author can give me.” —Paul Gorski, founder, EdChange, associate professor, George Mason University “Ali Michael has a gift for getting people talking. This must-read book captures her ‘magic’ and shares useful strategies for teachers and schools working to develop their racial proficiency. As a White teacher engaged in this work, I've watched these tools help educators support one another as they make mistakes, reflect, and grow together.” —Lynn Eckerman, Teacher, Independence Charter School, Philadelphia, PA

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Teachers College Press

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0807773417

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My Partner, My Enemy

An Unflinching View of Domestic Violence and New Ways to Protect Victims

By: John Michael Leventhal

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My Partner, My Enemy

An Unflinching View of Domestic Violence and New Ways to Protect Victims

By: John Michael Leventhal

The problem of domestic violence and partner abuse knows no bounds, can affect anyone, and when kept silent and in the dark can become deadly. Hon. John Leventhal presided over the Brooklyn Felony Domestic Violence Court, the first felony domestic violence part in the nation, since it opened in June 1996 until he was elevated to the appellate court January 2008. While domestic violence has greater social and legal visibility today then it did in the past, the problem still remains a massive and ongoing crisis. My Partner, My Enemy brings truth and reality to a matter that desperately needs to be addressed. So how do we help reduce and eliminate intimate partner abuse, especially when the public knows so little and much goes unreported? By exploring the severity of the problem through true case studies of violent and abusive men, and their motivations, Leventhal successfully brings to light the problem and ways to help.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442265175

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Your Civil Liberties

By: Michael Graubart Levin

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Your Civil Liberties

By: Michael Graubart Levin

Outlines the basic freedoms for all American citizens, current judicial interpretations of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and how to take action to protect these rights.

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Penguin

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0028644735

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Chatsworth Royalty

By: Michael Botz

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Chatsworth Royalty

By: Michael Botz

Jana Simmons read of the Midwest massacre and learns that her cousin Jake Wood was involved. She reaches out and he reveals his survivor’s guilt and the downward spiral of depression that has left him haunted. To remove Jake from the surrounding madness of the catastrophe, Jana invites him to visit her in Los Angeles. When he arrives, Jana is nowhere to be found. It makes zero sense. As one day passes into two, Jake begins to fear the worst. With the police unconcerned, Jake along with Jana’s best friend, Laurie Summers, commence a frantic search for the missing girl’s whereabouts. Chatsworth Royalty is an adventure-romance that is heartbreaking and hopeful. It’s a page-turning mystery that will be difficult to set aside and impossible to forget. Fast-Paced...Danger, Suspense, Romance, Humor! Readers will be chuckling and cheering at the same time! - Portland Book Review

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End of the Road Publishing

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0578264021

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Stefan Lorant

Godfather of Photojournalism

By: Michael Hallett

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Stefan Lorant

Godfather of Photojournalism

By: Michael Hallett

Hungarian-born Stefan Lorant's work as a visual and literary editor allowed him to pioneer and develop the genré of picture-based journalism at a period that saw the emergence of modern mass communications. Lorant became a guiding force on an international scale, disseminating his ideas and political knowledge throughout Europe in the late-twenties and thirties by working in Hungary, Germany, and England. His innovative layouts, his "exclusive" interviews and his thirst for knowledge became a familiar part of millions of everyday lives, largely through the pages of his own creations and in particular the legendary Picture Post. Eventually his sphere of influence spread to America where he introduced the concept of the pictorial biography. His vision of photography as a documentary medium inspired Life and Look magazines and paved the way for the eventual emergence of the television documentary. For this he has become recognized as "the godfather" of photojournalism. Lorant's work enlightened the world - yet his own world was shrouded with darkness. His secret past, hidden throughout his lifetime, reveals the changing attitude of sexual politics as it evolved throughout the century. His serial womanizing and scandalous love affairs provide insight into the unhappy alliance between his sexual fulfillment and intellectual frustration, his searching in others for what he could not find within himself. Michael Hallett first interviewed Stefan Lorant in late 1990 and spent the following years researching and interviewing his subject. Hallett examines Lorant's public image, his huge ego, his manipulative nature, and his devious love of subterfuge and confusion. Hallett also reveals Lorant's warmth, his generosity, his callousness, his passions and his extraordinary humanity. This biography encompasses the 20th century, while focusing on the emergence of modern mass communications throughout Europe and the United States. Additionally there is a small but key section that highlights Lorant's pl

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Scarecrow Press

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1461712343

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I Am Just Going Outside: Captain Oates - Antarctic Tragedy

By: Michael Smith

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I Am Just Going Outside: Captain Oates - Antarctic Tragedy

By: Michael Smith

On 17 March 1912, Lawrence 'Titus' Oates crawled bootless from a tent to his death in blizzard conditions of -40°C. Oates, always an outsider on Scott's Polar expedition, died on his 32nd birthday. His parting words were: 'I am just going outside and may be some time.' Oates was the epitome of the Victorian English gentleman: a public schoolboy who became a dashing cavalry officer and hero in the Boer War. Stationed in Ireland from 1902 to 1906, his passion became horse racing and he won numerous victories at racecourses throughout Ireland. Oates' austere and dominating mother blamed Scott for her son's death and was among the first to challenge the accepted version of events. She continued to control his memory long after his death, keeping his diary and letters hidden, even ordering their destruction from her deathbed. Oates always had difficulty forming lasting relationships with women. He died without realising that he was a father. The story of how Oates died, unaware of his daughter, has been a closely guarded secret until now. This is a compelling and heart-rending story of endurance, bravery and folly. From the author of TOM CREAN: AN UNSUNG HERO

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Gill & Macmillan Ltd

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1848899017

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5-HTP

The Natural Way to Overcome Depression, Obesity, and Insomnia

By: Michael Murray

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5-HTP

The Natural Way to Overcome Depression, Obesity, and Insomnia

By: Michael Murray

The most authoritative and comprehensive guide to realizing the amazing health benefits of 5-HTP Written by one of America's leading naturopathic doctors, 5-HTP explains how this natural amino acid can safely and effectively regulate low serotonin levels, which have been linked to depression, obesity, insomnia, migraines, and anxiety. 5-HTP is also a powerful antioxidant that can protect the body from free-radical damage, reducing the risk of serious illnesses such as cancer. 5-HTP has already helped thousands, and Dr. Murray, citing extensive scientific studies and case histories, shows how this groundbreaking supplement can help you.

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Bantam

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030757184X

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The Language of Journalism

A Multi-Genre Perspective

By: Angela Smith,Michael Higgins

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The Language of Journalism

A Multi-Genre Perspective

By: Angela Smith,Michael Higgins

The Language of Journalism (2nd edition) provides lively and accessible tools to understand and analyse the language of journalism. The authors explain how language develops across divergent media platforms, old and new, by looking at the differences across various forms of journalism – including broadcast, magazine, newspaper, sports, radio, and online and citizen. As well as introducing the reader to the principles and methods of discourse analysis and how it can be applied to media, the book addresses the dynamic interplay between the emerging linguistic forms of social media and the journalistic field. With this new edition, the authors draw upon a range of international examples, including from the USA, India, Australia, China and the UK. They focus on an exploration of how social media is incorporated into the journalistic output of print media, with a particular focus on 'clickbait'. This edition also focuses on the global ambitions of online newspapers – such as the Daily Mail and the Guardian – which are UK based, but have Australian and US subsections.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501351702

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Mountain of Hope

By: Michael O’Connor

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Mountain of Hope

By: Michael O’Connor

Bill Dooley left a lucrative career as a music talent scout to pursue his dream of being a mountain lodge owner. Sadly, his big plans soon turn to nightmares. With extensive repairs required to bring the property back to its original state, Bill hires several townsfolk to help, including Ed the carpenter, Little Bit the housekeeper, and Lauri the bartender. On New Years Eve, high above the Fork River, chaos ensues. Partygoers are attacked. The enemy is just a single cell in hundreds that have invaded America to find hidden nuclear weapon plans. Some of the employees are forced to do as their captors saylike Lauri, who must serve the enemy food, drinks, and anything else they may desire. Bill devises a plan to take back the mountain, even if they have to go underground to survive. Other townsfolk get creative, devising weapons out of crude farming equipment while staying alert at all times. As the leader, Bill must stay strong to keep things in some kind of order, find a way to rescue Lauri, and stop the infiltrators.

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1532033834

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The Last Place God Made

By: Michael M. Alvarez

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The Last Place God Made

By: Michael M. Alvarez

Nicholas Madrid, Tucson private investigator, thought he had seen it all, but his most bizarre case yet begins when dark-haired, long-legged Lucia Calderon asks Nick to find her missing little brother. What Nick ultimately finds, will change the "Old Pueblo" forever. The puzzling mystery begins with a girl who is killed twice! Was Cindy Dexter killed during a cult ritual, or was she murdered to cover up an even more heinous crime? Cindy's murder also triggers a macabre chain of events that include: - the murders of three innocent people; - the discovery of an efficient, high-profit drug smuggling ring; - the unholy activities of a Satanic cult linked directly to organized crime; - and the shattering revelation that some of the city's most powerful and influential businessmen belong to a secret society of pedophiles. On the trail of a frightened teenager, coerced into participating in a ritualistic murder, Nick delves deeper and deeper into a labyrinthine cobweb of treacherous lies, deception, and brutal murders. Before he can prove a naive boy's innocence, Nick must first unravel a nightmarish maze that stretches from the mayor's office to the seedy back alleys of Tucson--the sunshine land of saguaros, roadrunners, and retirees. After Lucia Calderon is kidnapped, Nick is forced into a violent confrontation with one of the drug world's most ruthless and deadliest drug emperors, a Colombian named Santiago Robles. In order to save his beautiful client's life, Nick Madrid must journey to a desolate, forgotten Arizona town, Ultimo Lugar, perched on the Mexican border--a forbidden drug smuggler's haven that lies between heaven and hell and is sagely referred to by the locals as...THE LAST PLACE GOD MADE.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462825117

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Not on Speaking Terms: Clinical Strategies to Resolve Family and Friendship Cutoffs

By: Elena Lesser Bruun,Suzanne Michael

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Not on Speaking Terms: Clinical Strategies to Resolve Family and Friendship Cutoffs

By: Elena Lesser Bruun,Suzanne Michael

How significant relationship rifts affect people in therapy, and how therapists can help. Scratch the surface of almost any family and you will undoubtedly find a significant cutoff. Nearly everyone has someone in their lives with whom they stopped speaking for one reason or another, or someone who abruptly cut them off. Often these severed ties are forever unresolved, and the emotional strain and upset they cause—even if seemingly in the background of one’s life—never go away. Here, Elena Lesser Bruun and Suzanne Michael have gathered many stories about emotional cutoffs from psychotherapists, and personal stories from a host of laypeople they encountered in the course of writing this book. Based on their collective clinical experience spanning decades of work with clients, the authors identify basic themes, categories, and cutoff types. They then offer a set of guidelines to facilitate a deeper understanding of the dynamics of cutoffs, suggesting strategies for clinicians to use as they work with clients to overcome the emotional devastation that this sort of relationship breach can cause. Given the magnitude of the problem, its ubiquity, and the psychological complexity associated with it, this book is sorely needed. Each chapter addresses a particular cause for cutoffs, such as abandonment, jealousy, betrayal, matters of principle, and mental illness or substance abuse. All types of relationships are considered: parent-child, other relatives, siblings, former spouses, colleagues, and friends. Close analysis of all these scenarios led the authors to reach many conclusions about cutoffs and how to address them in therapy, including: • Cutoffs are common experiences—prevalent, sometimes embarrassing, and thus an elephant in the therapy room. • Cutoffs are extremely damaging even though people often tell themselves the other person is expendable. They induce involuntary suppression of feelings. • The aftermath of cutoffs can include depression, devastation, dismay, shock, isolation, as well as work problems and physical/psychosomatic issues. • Cutoffs, even decades old, are not always clients’ presenting problem; however, they often surface in the course of therapy.. • Clinicians often fail to identify cutoffs in their clients’ lives, or encourage clients to explore what happened, and to consider taking steps towards reconciliation. The author’s hypothesize reasons for therapists’ hesitancy and suggest ways to overcome it. Helping clients to successfully deal with emotional cutoffs will lead to reduction in self-blame for any lost relationships, less reactivity, and lower anxiety in general. No therapist dealing with this all-too-common, challenging issue should be without this book.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393709698

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Backing into the Spotlight

A Memoir

By: Michael Whitehall

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Backing into the Spotlight

A Memoir

By: Michael Whitehall

Backing into the Spotlight is a hilarious and an unashamedly non-PC memoir . . . Now in his eighth decade, Whitehall is a fine raconteur, gloriously unreconstructed and still deeply suspicious of modernity' Daily Mail Standing in front of a full-length mirror in my dressing room at ITV studios, waiting to go on to the set of Backchat, I had a brief conversation with my reflection. 'Michael, what the f*** do you think you're doing?' Theatrical agent Michael Whitehall spent a career pushing others into the spotlight. He had been involved behind the scenes with the careers of many prominent actors, including Colin Firth, Richard Griffiths, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tom Courtenay, Ian Ogilvy, Judi Dench, Edward Fox, Michael Fassbender, Angela Thorne and Nigel Havers. But then, much to his surprise, his son Jack becomes a successful comedian and actor and decides that his new comedy partner should be his father. Whitehall Snr. finds himself reluctantly appearing on stage and then television, cast as the archetypal grumpy old man and thrust, in his early seventies, into a whole new career in front of the camera. Minor fame comes at a sedate pace: one of the highlights being a record £300,000 win for charity with Jack on Channel 4's The Million Pound Drop. In this enchanting memoir Whitehall looks back on his life, from growing up in suburban London in the 1940s and '50s with his saintly father and social climbing-mother, who coined the phrase 'à la carte' to describe people who were posher than she was and whose company she craved, to falling into a career as a successful theatrical agent and producer. As he says, 'Actors can be egotistical, greedy and vain, but they're not half as bad as agents and producers.' Charming, gossipy and above all very funny, Backing Into The Spotlight is no ordinary show business memoir.

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Constable

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1472127072

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House of M

By: Brian Michael Bendis

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House of M

By: Brian Michael Bendis

The Avengers and the X-Men are faced with a common foe that becomes their greatest threat: Wanda Maximoff! The Scarlet Witch is out of control, and the fate of the entire world is in her hands. Will Magneto help his daughter or use her powers to his own benefit? Starring the Astonishing X-Men and the New Avengers! You know how sometimes you hear the phrase: and nothing will ever be the same again? Well, this time believe it, buster! Nothing will ever be the same again! Collects House of M (2005) #1-8.

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Marvel Entertainment

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078517057X

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Unreasonable!

The Power of Expectations

By: Michael Kies

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Unreasonable!

The Power of Expectations

By: Michael Kies

Michael Kies is proof that when life presents us with challenges its the unreasonable person who makes progress and thrives. This book will show you how to take control and be in charge of your life. History is filled with people who had the courage to have unreasonable expectations, to do the unusual and the unexpected. The power of unreasonable is the single most important galvanising force on the planet. If you feel you are not living to your full potential, get a little unreasonable and invest in this book; it may be the trigger you are looking for to step outside your comfort zone and create a better life.

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Balboa Press

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1452584974

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A Desert Calling

Life in a Forbidding Landscape

By: Michael A. Mares

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A Desert Calling

Life in a Forbidding Landscape

By: Michael A. Mares

For most of us the word "desert" conjures up images of barren wasteland, vast, dry stretches inimical to life. But for a great array of creatures, perhaps even more plentiful than those who inhabit tropical rainforests, the desert is a haven and a home. Travel with Michael Mares into the deserts of Argentina, Iran, Egypt, and the American Southwest and you will encounter a rich and memorable variety of these small, tenacious animals, many of them first discovered by Mares in areas never before studied. Accompanying Mares on his forays into these hostile habitats, we observe the remarkable behavioral, physiological, and ecological adaptations that have allowed such little-known species of rodents, bats, and other small mammals to persist in an arid world. At the same time, we see firsthand the perils and pitfalls that await biologists who venture into the field to investigate new habitats, discover new species, and add to our knowledge of the diversity of life. Filled with the seductions and trials that such adventures entail, A Desert Calling affords an intimate understanding of the biologist's vocation. As he astonishes us with the range and variety of knowledge to be acquired through the determined investigation of little-known habitats, Mares opens a window on his own uncommon life, as well as on the uncommon life of the remote and mysterious corners of our planet.

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Harvard University Press

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0674040589

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INSIDE HEAVEN’S DOOR

The True Life Story of One Woman’s Journey into Her Extraordinary Spiritual Awakening

By: Shirley St. Michael

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INSIDE HEAVEN’S DOOR

The True Life Story of One Woman’s Journey into Her Extraordinary Spiritual Awakening

By: Shirley St. Michael

Inside Heaven’s Door is an extraordinary story- the remarkable and inspirational journey of an average American housewife and mother, whose life and that of her family are catapulted into paranormal and spiritual experiences that challenges the very beliefs they had built their life on. Her journey from self-denial to self-discovery almost cost her everything: her marriage, her children, even her sanity. This is a true story about miracles, healings and a spiritual awakening where she, her family and a community, are affected by a series of bizarre experiences, which forces her to fight for her truth; a choice that reveals her ultimate betrayal. Journey with her in finding that we are greater than what we think ourselves to be; that we have an incredible power which resides within us and that we too, can prevail over adversity.

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1504358392

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The Russian Refugees

A Family's First Century in Canada

By: Michael Andruff

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The Russian Refugees

A Family's First Century in Canada

By: Michael Andruff

A sweeping family history, chronicling the journey of a group of Russian refugees who settled in rural Alberta in 1924, this book pays tribute to countless people who have found a safe haven in Canada over the past 100 years. Every refugee has a story. This book follows the life of Nikifor Andriev, driven from his homeland in 1924, to settle in Canada as part of a group of 116 privately sponsored Russian refugees. Their new home, the aptly named Homeglen, Alberta, was a symbol of promise and prosperity. With a newly Anglicized name, Nikifor—now Michael—embarked on the Canadian dream, raising a family and eventually leaving Alberta for a better-paying industrial job in BC. Like countless other refugees and immigrants, Nikifor faced the obstacles and opportunities of life in Canada with a determination to succeed against all odds. Reinventing himself time and again following numerous setbacks and tragedies, he watched his family grow and disburse to pursue their own dreams, with the hope that each succeeding generation would have an easier life than the one that came before it. Nearly a century after Nikifor’s arrival in Homeglen, his son and namesake Michael Andruff, reflects upon his family’s history, the legacy of the refugee experience, and the parallels of his father’s generation of refugees with people fleeing conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan, and, most recently, Ukraine, today. As the son of a refugee who has benefitted from the stability and prosperity of life in Canada, Andruff shares this story as a call to action. The descendants and friends of the original group of 116 refugees who settled in Homeglen are asked to contribute to the Homeglen Legacy Fund, with the goal of raising $30,000 to privately sponsor a refugee family of four prior to June 2024 (the hundred-year anniversary of the original group’s arrival in Canada). Andruff is donating his royalties from the sale of this book to the Homeglen Legacy Fund.

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Heritage House Publishing Co

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1772034207

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America's Favorite Radio Station

WKRP in Cincinnati

By: Michael B. Kassel

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America's Favorite Radio Station

WKRP in Cincinnati

By: Michael B. Kassel

Discusses the creation, production, characters, and the 90 episodes of the comedy program.

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0879725842

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George III's Illnesses and his Doctors

A Study in Early Psychiatry

By: Michael Ramscar

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George III's Illnesses and his Doctors

A Study in Early Psychiatry

By: Michael Ramscar

In the late eighteenth century mental illness was treated with brutal and inhumane methods by ‘mad-doctors’, and the treatment of George III was no exception. George III’s Illnesses and His Doctors provides an insightful, forensic and sympathetic picture of how and why members of the royal family turned in desperation to an unqualified quack practitioner, James Lucett, in the hope of finding a cure for the king’s ‘insanity’. Much has been written in the past about ‘Mad King George’. This book brings fresh evidence and new understanding to the case of the ‘mad’ king. Lucett’s claims were tested in psychiatry’s first ‘therapeutic trial’ and science was invoked in an attempt to improve understanding of the roots of insanity. The results were mixed but nevertheless George III’s case and the subsequent career of the deeply flawed Lucett were important elements in the revolutionary change in attitudes to the treatment of the insane which came about as the nineteenth century progressed. Based closely on primary source material, George III’s Illnesses and His Doctors is a moving story of human suffering but also of efforts to challenge medical orthodoxy and to improve understanding of mental illness. Some of the issues raised in the early nineteenth century remain to be resolved now.

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Casemate Publishers

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1399060317

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The World's Fastest Man

The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero

By: Michael Kranish

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The World's Fastest Man

The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero

By: Michael Kranish

In the tradition of The Boys in the Boat and Seabiscuit, a fascinating portrait of a groundbreaking but forgotten figure--the remarkable Major Taylor, the black man who broke racial barriers by becoming the world's fastest and most famous bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era"--

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Simon and Schuster

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1501192604

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Reading Lessons in Seeing

Mirrors, Masks, and Mazes in the Autobiographical Graphic Novel

By: Michael A. Chaney

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Reading Lessons in Seeing

Mirrors, Masks, and Mazes in the Autobiographical Graphic Novel

By: Michael A. Chaney

Literary scholar Michael A. Chaney examines graphic novels to illustrate that in form and function they inform readers on how they ought to be read. His arguments result in an innovative analysis of the various knowledges that comics produce and the methods artists and writers employ to convey them. Theoretically eclectic, this study attends to the lessons taught by both the form and content of today's most celebrated graphic novels. Chaney analyzes the embedded lessons in comics and graphic novels through the form's central tropes: the iconic child storyteller and the inherent childishness of comics in American culture; the use of mirrors and masks as ciphers of the unconscious; embedded puzzles and games in otherwise story-driven comic narratives; and the form's self-reflexive propensity for showing its work. Comics reveal the labor that goes into producing them, embedding lessons on how to read the "work" as a whole. Throughout, Chaney draws from a range of theoretical insights from psychoanalysis and semiotics to theories of reception and production from film studies, art history, and media studies. Some of the major texts examined include Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis; Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth; Joe Sacco's Palestine; David B.'s Epileptic; Kyle Baker's Nat Turner; and many more. As Chaney's examples show, graphic novels teach us even as they create meaning in their infinite relay between words and pictures.

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The Unusual Cure and Untold Story of Dr. John Langone, Dr. of Psychiatry

By: Vernon Michael dechastaigne Craig

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By: Vernon Michael dechastaigne Craig

This work of fiction, entitled The Unusual Cure and Untold Story of Dr. John Langone, Dr. of Psychiatry, tells the story of a depressed psychiatrist who contemplates suicide. He falls in love with the heroine of the story, and his life changes from that moment on. It is a true tragedy with an extensive cast of characters involved.

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A Separate Space

Creating a Military Service for Space

By: Michael Spirtas,Yool Kim,Frank Camm,Shirley M. Ross,Debra Knopman,Forrest E. Morgan,Sebastian Joon Bae,M. Scott Bond,John S. Crown,Elaine Simmons

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A Separate Space

Creating a Military Service for Space

By: Michael Spirtas,Yool Kim,Frank Camm,Shirley M. Ross,Debra Knopman,Forrest E. Morgan,Sebastian Joon Bae,M. Scott Bond,John S. Crown,Elaine Simmons

As the United States creates the Space Force as a service within the Department of the Air Force, RAND assessed which units to bring into the Space Force, analyzed career field sustainability, and drew lessons from other defense organizations. The report focuses on implications for effectiveness, efficiency, independence, and sense of identity for the new service.

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1977404103

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Mallard Lake

By: Michael W. Burns

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Mallard Lake

By: Michael W. Burns

Lucas Grundy tires of the larger world hes lived in for over thirty years where he was so successful and has sought relief for a summer in the place he was bornthe Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Its sparse population, woods, wildlife, and lakes provide an escape, a peacefulness to think of what he wants to do with the rest of his life. To his surprise, he finds that the place offers him surcease from his complicated life, a place to live now in the contemplation he seeks. He moves to the edge of Mallard Lake, a place of solitude, good fishing, and abundant wildlife. It is also a place of violent weather, brutal winters, and long idyllic summer days that provide escape from the aggravations that drive his migraines and the discontent of his second marriage. He finds here too, Annie Fallon, twenty years his junior, the daughter of his late fathers companion, who is as displaced as he is and who, after caring for her dying mother, needs to escape the harsh life and her loneliness on the Upper and get back to the world Lucas has left behind. Lucas helps her grieve and find a new life in the larger world. While he does, they form an uncommon love for each other. Annies need to leave and Lucass need to stay makes her leaving emotionally difficult and confusing for both.

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The Real Story

By: Michael Bowman

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The Real Story

By: Michael Bowman

The Second Coming is unfolding in Tennessee, where intelligent design is a fact of life, and evolutionary science a lie. This is local reporter Laurie Hendricks' account of events, told through the lives of a small circle of disciples. We learn that a Second Coming does not signal the end of the world in a literal sense; it is a metaphor for our responsibility to create a better world. But first we must recognize that, as consciousness, we are infinitely more than these material bodies; they are simply our access to the material world. In allowing ourselves to be controlled by them, in struggling to satisfy their urges and demands, we create the divisive self-interest behind ALL of our problems. Laurie's story echoes the words of enlightened thinkers through the ages: The world only changes for the better when we do. First we must see through material illusions and recognize our Real nature as consciousness.

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John Debell

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1409202496

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Alien Quartet

Albert Samson Stories

By: Michael Z Lewin

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Alien Quartet

Albert Samson Stories

By: Michael Z Lewin

These four Albert Samson short stories are linked by one unusual client. The first story, “Who I Am,” begins when LeBron James climbs Albert’s stairs. He wants Samson to investigate a burglary at his Indianapolis home. This is not an everyday event for this PI: having a new client. Who I Am won the Shamus Award for best PI Story of 2011. In “Good Intentions,” a genuinely well-meaning man has been beaten so badly he needs hospital treatment. But he insists that he doesn’t want police to become involved. “Extra Fries” opens when a man has been caught cheating by his wife. Unusually, it’s the cheater who is the detective’s client, not the wife. Extra Fries was nominated for the Shamus of 2013. “A Question of Fathers” sees Albert search for a man due to inherit millions of dollars. The investigation helps him find a new level of understanding with his daughter, his mother, and himself. But what about his father?

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1532061102

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Haunted Wisconsin

By: Michael Norman,Beth Scott

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Haunted Wisconsin

By: Michael Norman,Beth Scott

Retold from personal interviews, newspapers, archives, and other sources, stories of ghosts, apparitions and othe supernatural occurences ranging from historical tales embedded in 19th century superstition to contemporary accounts of strange occurences in modern-day homes. This revised edition includes new stories and revisions to some of the tales original to the first edition. In addition, a few stories have been dropped for various reasons.

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1931599041

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The Transhuman Antihero

Paradoxical Protagonists of Speculative Fiction from Mary Shelley to Richard Morgan

By: Michael Grantham

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The Transhuman Antihero

Paradoxical Protagonists of Speculative Fiction from Mary Shelley to Richard Morgan

By: Michael Grantham

Advances in science and technology no longer change how we live, they determine it. In the not-too-distant future, techno-scientific developments may make individuals stronger, smarter, healthier and more productive--but to what end? Addressing this question, speculative fiction has created an abundance of transhuman characters, protagonists with extraordinary strength, intelligence or abilities. Often they are antiheroes, openly rejecting--or rejected by--society and acting on immoral or extreme principles that challenge readers to approve, condemn, excuse or explain. This study explores the antihero of speculative fiction as a paradoxical blend of human and transhuman. These protagonists illustrate the dynamics of individual, techno-scientific and societal norms, and blur distinctions between human and machine, biology and technology, right and wrong. Fictional works covered include Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818), Olaf Stapledon's Odd John (1935), Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination (1956), William Gibson's Neuromancer (1986), Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen (1986-1987), Richard Morgan's trilogy (Altered Carbon, 2001, Broken Angels, 2003 and Woken Furies 2005) and Black Man (2007).

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1476619557

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Dissention From Above

By: David Michael Zink

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Dissention From Above

By: David Michael Zink

*Sexually explicit content* After winning a cruise on The Wheel of Fortune show, Janet Sessions met a young ship's doctor named Brent Francis. Now with both trapped in a love affair he has to find a way to tell her he's a married man with two children. Meanwhile being a nurse and all, Janet tends to a comatose patient in her hospital they named Paul due to his Paul Bunion enormous appearance. When Paul finally awakens it seems that he is curse by amnesia, where regardless, is discharged into society to fend for his self. As a volunteer nurse, Janet eventually comes across Paul in a homeless shelter as she administers flu shots. Tucking Paul under her wings she fights two elements. One, to find someone to help Paul regain his memory, and two, get Brent out of her heart, or her mind.

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1300260610

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Focus in Generative Grammar

By: Michael Shaun Rochemont

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Focus in Generative Grammar

By: Michael Shaun Rochemont

The topic of this book is the notion of focus and its linguistic characterization. The main thesis is that focus has a uniform grammatical identification only as a syntactic element with in English at least a certain systematic phonological interpretation and presumably universally a range of semantic interpretations. In broad respects, the framework within this investigation is conducted is that of Chomsky & Lasnik (1977) and the subsequent Government and Binding framework. After considering defining the location of prominence in a focused phrase in terms of constituent structure, the author argues that an argument structure approach to the focus phrase/prominence relation is more promising. This is then exemplified in analyses of cleft focus and constructional focus.

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9027227918

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Beating Guns

Hope for People Who Are Weary of Violence

By: Shane Claiborne,Michael Martin

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Beating Guns

Hope for People Who Are Weary of Violence

By: Shane Claiborne,Michael Martin

★ Publishers Weekly starred review Parkland. Las Vegas. Dallas. Orlando. San Bernardino. Paris. Charleston. Sutherland Springs. Newtown. These cities are now known for the people who were shot and killed in them. More Americans have died from guns in the US in the last fifty years than in all the wars in American history. With less than 5% of the world's population, the people of the US own nearly half the world's guns. America also has the most annual gun deaths--homicide, suicide, and accidental gun deaths--at 105 per day, or more than 38,000 per year. Some people say it's a heart problem. Others say it's a gun problem. The authors of Beating Guns believe it's both. This book is for people who believe the world doesn't have to be this way. Inspired by the prophetic image of beating swords into plows, Beating Guns provides a provocative look at gun violence in America and offers a clarion call to change our hearts regarding one of the most significant moral issues of our time. Bestselling author, speaker, and activist Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin show why Christians should be concerned about gun violence and how they can be part of the solution. The authors transcend stale rhetoric and old debates about gun control to offer a creative and productive response. Full-color images show how guns are being turned into tools and musical instruments across the nation. Charts, tables, and facts convey the mind-boggling realities of gun violence in America, but as the authors make clear, there is a story behind every statistic. Beating Guns allows victims and perpetrators of gun violence to tell their own compelling stories, offering hope for change and helping us reimagine the world as one that turns from death to life, where swords become plows and guns are turned into garden tools.

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149341707X

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From Burnt Out to Fired Up

Reigniting Your Passion for Teaching

By: Morgane Michael

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From Burnt Out to Fired Up

Reigniting Your Passion for Teaching

By: Morgane Michael

Overwhelmed teachers, this book is for you. The truth is that you can be remarkable without burning out. Drawing from the latest research and her own teaching experiences, author Morgane Michael delivers doable strategies to reignite your passion and replenish your well-being. Make a commitment today to begin a new chapter--one where you continue to make a difference while maintaining a deep sense of wellness, worthiness, and wholeheartedness. Learn why burnout happens and what you can do to thrive once again. Explore the five Rs--reflect, reframe, refocus, reconnect, and reveal--and understand how each can help counter burnout. Acquire a clear road map for reigniting your love for teaching. Inspire others to reignite their own passion for education. Discover how to sustain your passion and avoid burnout going forward. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Reflect--How to Tune In and Check Up on Yourself Chapter 2: Reframe--How to Be Resilient in the Face of Adversity Chapter 3: Refocus--How to Harness Intentionality to Reach Your Goals and Dreams Chapter 4: Reconnect--How to Boost the Quality of the Social Connections in Your Life Chapter 5: Reveal Your True Self--How to Embrace Creativity as an Expression of Your Humanity Chapter 6: Reignite--Craft Your Own Roadmaps to Go From Burnt Out to Fired Up! References and Resources Index

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195281264X

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Winifred Black/Annie Laurie and the Making of Modern Nonfiction

By: Katherine H. Adams,Michael L. Keene

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Winifred Black/Annie Laurie and the Making of Modern Nonfiction

By: Katherine H. Adams,Michael L. Keene

Winifred Black worked in journalism from 1888 to 1936, often writing under the pseudonym Annie Laurie. Her work appeared in the Hearst papers--especially the San Francisco Examiner--and in fifty additional newspapers weekly through syndication. Black wrote 10,000 short pieces, as well as three books, a nonfiction oeuvre that combined quasi-autobiographical details with characters and scenes to provide cultural analysis for a nationwide audience. She wrote about the realities facing modern women--their work, their marriages and divorces, the violence they endured, their need for independence. Contemporary praise for Black named her "the world's most famous feature writer" and "one of the world's most successful reporters," while her critics affixed the pejorative labels "stunt girl" and "sob sister." This study covers her influential career and gives the first serious attention to her journalism and nonfiction.

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