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Ologies and Isms

A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and Endings

By: Michael Quinion

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Ologies and Isms

A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and Endings

By: Michael Quinion

Provides entries that contain the meanings of prefixes, suffixes, and other types of affixes that form parts of English words.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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ISBN 10

0192806408

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9780192806406

Why is Q Always Followed by U?

Word-Perfect Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Language

By: Michael Quinion

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Why is Q Always Followed by U?

Word-Perfect Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Language

By: Michael Quinion

Long-time word-detective and bestselling author of Port Out, Starboard Home, Michael Quinion brings us the answers to nearly two hundred of the most intriguing questions he's been asked about language over the years. Sent to him by enquiring readers from all around the globe, Michael's answers about the meanings and histories behind the quirky phrases, slang and language that we all use are set to delight, amuse and enlighten even the most hardened word-obsessive. Did you know that 'Blighty' comes from an ancient Arabic word? Or that Liberace cried his way to the bank so many times people think he came up with the phrase? That 'cloud nine' started out as 'cloud seven' in the speakeasies of '30s America? And that the first person to have their thunder stolen was a dismal playwright from Drury Lane? Michael Quinion's Why is Q Always Followed By U? is full of surprising discoveries, entertaining quotations and memorable information. There are plenty of colourful stories out there, but Michael Quinion will help you discover the truth that lies behind the cock-and-bull stories and make sure you're always linguistically on the ball.

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315

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Penguin UK

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014195969X

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9780141959696

Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods

Integrating Theory and Practice

By: Michael Quinn Patton

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Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods

Integrating Theory and Practice

By: Michael Quinn Patton

Drawing on more than 40 years of experience conducting applied social science research and program evaluation, author Michael Quinn Patton has crafted the most comprehensive and systematic book on qualitative research and evaluation methods, inquiry frameworks, and analysis options available today. Now offering more balance between applied research and evaluation, this Fourth Edition illuminates all aspects of qualitative inquiry through new examples, stories, and cartoons; more than a hundred new summarizing and synthesizing exhibits; and a wide range of new highlight sections/sidebars that elaborate on important and emergent issues. For the first time, full case studies are included to illustrate extended research and evaluation examples. In addition, each chapter features an extended "rumination," written in a voice and style more emphatic and engaging than traditional textbook style, about a core issue of persistent debate and controversy.

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1172

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SAGE Publications

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1483376052

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9781483376059

Flash

A Novel

By: Michael Cadnum

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Flash

A Novel

By: Michael Cadnum

A bungled bank robbery by two teen brothers unexpectedly intertwines the lives of four California kids and an Iraqi war vet over the course of one long, dangerous summer day. When two teenage brothers bungle a bank robbery, their attempt to hide the evidence is witnessed—aurally—by Terrence, a legally blind neighbor. Terrence tells his girlfriend, Nina, and her brother, who then disappears with a handgun. Nina is afraid of what he might do to the brothers. But she also has every reason to fear what the brothers will do to Terrence. Flash ingeniously interweaves the stories of two who are hellbent on a destructive path, two who stand in their way, and one whose actions may be the spark to set the whole thing off.

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253

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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1429947896

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9781429947893

Iron Empires

Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America

By: Michael Hiltzik

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Iron Empires

Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America

By: Michael Hiltzik

From Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Hiltzik, the epic tale of the clash for supremacy between America's railroad titans.

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453

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Houghton Mifflin

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0544770315

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9780544770317

Dickens and Women

By: Michael Slater

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Dickens and Women

By: Michael Slater

This brilliant, classic and scholarly study provides the fullest treatment of a key subject. It is one of the essential works on Dickens's work and life. Dickens's treatment of women is a central aspect of his artistic achievement. Professor Slater examines the novelist's experience of women - as son, brother, lover, husband, and father, and as it affected the deepest emotional currents in his life. His perception of female nature and his conception of women's role in the home and outside it - and the ways in which these found expression in his art - are pivotal topics. Professor Slater has sifted the mass of legends and doubtful traditions about Dickens's private life to present a close examination of his relations with women, and of his views of woman's nature and the womanly ideal.

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Stanford University Press

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0804711801

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9780804711807

Charles Dickens on the Screen

The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations

By: Michael Pointer

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Charles Dickens on the Screen

The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations

By: Michael Pointer

This comprehensive survey of the screen adaptations of the works of Charles Dickens covers the worldwide film, television and video dramatizations from 1897-1993. It contains a catalog of more than 350 TV productions with cast lists and credits.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810829606

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9780810829602

Anglo-Latin Literature

By: Michael Lapidge

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Anglo-Latin Literature

By: Michael Lapidge

The essays collected in the second volume are concerned principally with the tenth-century renaissance of English learning, largely in response to the initiatives of a small number of energetic scholars and teachers, such as Dunstan and Ethelwold. In combination these studies illustrate the idiosyncratic, but advanced, state of Anglo-Saxon learning.

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530

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A&C Black

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1852850124

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9781852850128

Delivering the Framework for Teaching English

By: Michael Ross,Keith West

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Delivering the Framework for Teaching English

By: Michael Ross,Keith West

Responding to the demands of the Framework for Teaching English, Years 7-9, within the context of the revised National Curriculum, the Level Best series offers a carefully structured and motivating approach to English for Key Stage 3.

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Nelson Thornes

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0748762620

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9780748762620

Abeloff's Clinical Oncology E-Book

By: John E. Niederhuber,James O. Armitage,James H Doroshow,Michael B. Kastan,Joel E. Tepper

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Abeloff's Clinical Oncology E-Book

By: John E. Niederhuber,James O. Armitage,James H Doroshow,Michael B. Kastan,Joel E. Tepper

Easily accessible and clinically focused, Abeloff's Clinical Oncology, 6th Edition, covers recent advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of cancer, cellular and molecular causes of cancer initiation and progression, new and emerging therapies, current trials, and much more. Masterfully authored by an international team of leading cancer experts, it offers clear, practical coverage of everything from basic science to multidisciplinary collaboration on diagnosis, staging, treatment and follow up. - Includes new chapters on Cancer Metabolism and Clinical Trial Designs in Oncology and a standalone chapter on lifestyles and cancer prevention. - Features extensive updates including the latest clinical practice guidelines, decision-making algorithms, and clinical trial implications, as well as new content on precision medicine, genetics, and PET/CT imaging. - Includes revised diagnostic and treatment protocols for medical management, surgical considerations, and radiation oncology therapies, stressing a multispecialty, integrated approach to care. - Helps you find information quickly with updated indexing related to management recommendations, focused fact summaries, updated key points at the beginning of each chapter ideal for quick reference and board review, and algorithms for patient evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment options. - Offers more patient care coverage in disease chapters, plus new information on cancer as a chronic illness and cancer survivorship. - Discusses today's key topics such as immuno-oncology, functional imaging, precision medicine, the application of genetics in pathologic diagnosis and sub-categorization of tumors as well as the association of chronic infectious diseases such as HIV and cancer. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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2648

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323568157

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9780323568159

Good Ideas

How to Be Your Child's (and Your Own) Best Teacher

By: Michael Rosen

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Good Ideas

How to Be Your Child's (and Your Own) Best Teacher

By: Michael Rosen

We live in a world surrounded by all the stuff that education is supposed to be about: machines, bodies, languages, cities, votes, mountains, energy, movement, plays, food, liquids, collisions, protests, stones, windows. But the way we've been taught often excludes all sorts of practical ways of finding out about ideas, knowledge and culture - anything from cooking to fixing loo cisterns, from dance to model making, from collecting leaves to playing 'Who am I?'. The great thing is that you really can use everything around you to learn more. Learning should be much more fun and former children's laureate, million-selling author, broadcaster, father of five and all-round national treasure, Michael Rosen wants to show you how. Forget lists, passing tests and ticking boxes, the world outside the classroom can't be contained within the limits of any kind of curriculum - and it's all the better for it. Long car journeys, poems about farting, cake baking, even shouting at the TV can teach lessons that will last a lifetime. Packed with enough practical tips, stories and games to inspire a legion of anxious parents and bored children, Good Ideas shows that the best kind of education really does start at home.

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John Murray

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1444796437

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9781444796438

The Dickens Index

By: Nicolas Bentley,Michael Slater,Nina Burgis

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The Dickens Index

By: Nicolas Bentley,Michael Slater,Nina Burgis

An excellent guide not only to topical, historical, geographical and other references and allusions, but to plot, theme, characters, and publications. One can turn from a recipe for sherry-cobbler, to a full account of Dicken's use of Shakespeare, all in a lucid and graceful prose. It is not an index, but an encyclopaedia.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0192827812

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9780192827814

Colossians and Philemon

A New Covenant Commentary

By: Michael F Bird

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Colossians and Philemon

A New Covenant Commentary

By: Michael F Bird

Michael Bird's commentary on Colossians and Philemon in the New Covenant Commentary Series pays close attention to the socio-historical context, the flow and dynamics of the text, their argumentative strategy, theological message, and the meaning ofColossians and Philemon for the contemporary church today. Bird situates Colossians in the context of Paul's Ephesian ministry and describes how Paul attempts to persuade a congregation in the Lycus Valley to remain firm in the gospel and to grasp the cosmic majesty of Jesus Christ over and against the views of certain Jewish mystics who have thrown the Colossians into confusion. He shows how, in the letter to Philemon, Paul intercedes for a slave estranged from his master through a carefully crafted feat of pastoral persuasion from a missionary friend of Philemon. The commentary combines exegetical insight, rhetorical analysis, theological exposition, and practical application all in one short volume. Bird shows Paul at work as a theologian, pastor, and missionary in his letters to the Colossians and Philemon.

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Lutterworth Press

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0718842812

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9780718842819

Biblical Antidote

The Battle in My Mind

By: Michael Angelo Castoro Jr.

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Biblical Antidote

The Battle in My Mind

By: Michael Angelo Castoro Jr.

Caption My principal of study was manufacturing. My faith is Christianity. I fell from grace. Jesus spoke to me, so I do faith and commandments. No longer do I have existential anxiety. I accept the loss of existence. I dwell in Holy Jerusalem amongst my people. I AM is transparent. Summary Michael in a long line-up to come, would have been ashamed if his false image of himself were found out by others. He was losing ground and feared seeing the handwriting on the wall. This led to mental illness called schizophrenia. Michael Angelo Castor Jr in a long line up to come. He of authors writes of his mental illness experience using I. This to set him as the antagonist to poke the reader to distasteful writing and a put down of the book. Yet the all encompassing book details the ends of trials and tribulations with God to go along with his website. This book offers the biblical antidotes the ancient medicine most fondly, to me as ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, and Israel. They didnt have medications to walk away from it all, but those men and women used something called faith and commandments and may have tapped into the living God.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1469131153

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Book's by Michael Quinion

Ologies and Isms

Ologies and Isms

Why is Q Always Followed by U?

Why is Q Always Followed by U?

Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods

Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods

Flash

Flash

Iron Empires

Iron Empires

Dickens and Women

Dickens and Women

Charles Dickens on the Screen

Charles Dickens on the Screen

Anglo-Latin Literature

Anglo-Latin Literature

Delivering the Framework for Teaching English

Delivering the Framework for Teaching English

Abeloff's Clinical Oncology E-Book

Abeloff's Clinical Oncology E-Book

Good Ideas

Good Ideas

The Dickens Index

The Dickens Index

Colossians and Philemon

Colossians and Philemon

Biblical Antidote

Biblical Antidote

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