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Sociology

By: John E. Farley,Michael W. Flota,J. Scott Carter

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Sociology

By: John E. Farley,Michael W. Flota,J. Scott Carter

This best-selling textbook returns for an eighth edition with material on the most fundamental issues in sociology today. The authors continue their tradition of focusing on the big picture, with an emphasis on race, class, and gender in every chapter—building on the seventh edition’s discussion of reproductive justice after the revocation of Roe v. Wade, social movements such as Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, a discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic and Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The text frames sociological debates around the major theoretical perspectives of sociology and focuses on capturing students’ imaginations with cutting-edge research and real-world events. The hallmark of the book continues to be clear writing that helps students understand the intricacies of the discipline like no other textbook on the market. New to the eighth edition Thinking outside the box (or inside it...) Selected chapters contain thematically linked boxed inserts aimed at bringing analytical and expositional focus to certain issues, as follows: Sociological Insights: These boxes focus on how sociology can help us better understand a variety of issues and how examples from everyday life can help us to understand sociological principles, illustrating how topics are carefully linked to that material. Global Sociology: One of the most pronounced social changes of the past century has been globalization—a transition from the dominance of nation-states and national economies to global interactions. These boxes examine how social change moves around the world. Sociological Surprises: One common criticism of sociologists is that we sometimes expend a great deal of effort to prove things that are obvious. On the contrary, the reality is that what we find often goes against what people commonly believe and even against what sociological researchers expect to find. These boxes focus on such unexpected findings, analyzing why the social reality turns out to be something different from what is expected. Understanding Race, Class, and Gender: These boxes give added emphasis to the book’s focus on race, class, and gender inequality. In every issue that sociologists study, race, class, and gender play a key role—and these boxes provide students with clear and concrete examples of how this occurs. Student Life: These boxes, which discuss student life from a sociological viewpoint, show how sociology is relevant to students in their everyday lives, covering race relations to dating to paying for college, and draws out their sociological implications. Putting Sociology to Work: These boxes focus on application: How can sociology be used to solve a social problem or to make an important decision?

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Taylor & Francis

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1040102786

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Crime Prevention

Programs, Policies, and Practices

By: Steven E. Barkan,Michael Rocque

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Crime Prevention

Programs, Policies, and Practices

By: Steven E. Barkan,Michael Rocque

In Crime Prevention: Programs, Policies, and Practices, criminologists Steven E. Barkan and Michael Rocque present a well-rounded exploration of evidence-based policies, programs, and practices. Grounded in criminological theory and emphasizing the social, psychological, and biological roots of crime, this text presents current research, perspectives, and examples that capture the key crime prevention concepts students should understand, including the public health model for crime prevention. Highlighting the importance of applying theory to real-world solutions, the authors′ discussion of crime prevention strategies integrates theory and practice throughout the text.

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SAGE Publications

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1483375072

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9781483375076

The Taxation of Companies 2018

By: Michael Feeney

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The Taxation of Companies 2018

By: Michael Feeney

This key book provides the most comprehensive analysis and commentary available on the taxation of companies in Ireland. This new edition is updated to the Finance Act 2017. An extremely practical book, it features detailed worked examples and extensive references to case law throughout the work. The guidance and advice outlines how to successfully apply the new tax reliefs, keeping your clients' tax liabilities as low as possible. Contents Chapter 1 Introduction & Outline Chapter 2 Interpretation Chapter 3 Charge to Corporation Tax Chapter 4 Losses, Collection of Tax at Source and Charges on Income Chapter 5 Capital Allowances Chapter 6 Transfer Pricing Chapter 7 Corporation Tax Incentive Reliefs Chapter 8 Group Relief Chapter 9 Companies' Capital Gains and Company Reconstructions Chapter 10 Close Companies Chapter 11 Distributions, Buy-back of Shares Chapter 12 Special Types of Companies Chapter 13 Special Types of Business Chapter 14 Double Taxation Relief Chapter 15 Self-Assessment and Administration

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526502836

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Feeney: The Taxation of Companies 2019

By: Michael Feeney

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Feeney: The Taxation of Companies 2019

By: Michael Feeney

This key book provides the most comprehensive analysis and commentary available on the taxation of companies in Ireland. Now in its 23rd year of publication, this extremely practical book features detailed worked examples and extensive references to case law throughout the work. The guidance and advice outlines how to successfully apply the new tax reliefs, keeping your clients' tax liabilities as low as possible. This new edition has been updated to the Finance Act 2018 and incorporates the many substantive legal changes that have taken place in the last year, including: - The new controlled foreign companies legislation: whereby, for Irish tax purposes, undistributed income of controlled foreign subsidiaries may be attributed to an Irish controlling company of those subsidiaries. - The capital gains tax exit charge legislation, which has been completely re-written and substituted for the existing legislation. - Film relief, which has been extended for another four years, to 31 December 2024, but which has also been extensively amended There have also been numerous legal smaller changes that have been addressed and incorporated into this new edition, such as the technical change in specified tangible assets to the 80% restriction on allowable capital allowances, the extension of accelerated capital allowances to expenditure on energy-efficient equipment, the accelerated capital allowances for equipment and buildings for childcare centres or fitness centres for employee and the extension of relief for start-up companies.

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1526506920

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The Harry Bosch Novels

The Black Echo, The Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde

By: Michael Connelly

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The Harry Bosch Novels

The Black Echo, The Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde

By: Michael Connelly

For the first time in one volume, the three novels that introduced Michael Connelly's great LAPD homicide detective, maverick Hieronymous (Harry) Bosch. The Black Echo (Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel) For Harry Bosch-hero, loner, nighthawk-the body stuffed in a drainpipe off Mulholland Drive isn't just another statistic. This one is personal. Billy Meadows was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat," fighting the VC and the fear they used to call the Black Echo. Harry let Meadows down once. He won't do it again. The Black Ice The corpse in the hotel room seems to be that of a missing LAPD narcotics officer. Rumors abound that the cop had crossed over-selling a new drug called Black Ice. Now Harry's making some dangerous connections, leading from the cop to a string of bloody murders, and from Hollywood Boulevard's drug bazaar to Mexico's dusty back alleys. In this lethal game, Harry is likely to be the next victim. The Concrete Blonde When Harry Bosch shot and killed Norman Church, the police were convinced it marked the end of the hunt for the Dollmaker-L.A.'s most bizarre serial killer. But now Church's widow is accusing Harry of killing the wrong man-a charge that rings terrifyingly true when a new victim is discovered with the Dollmaker's macabre signature. For the second time, Harry must hunt the murderer down, before he strikes again. Together, these three novels are the perfect way to discover, or rediscover, the sleuth the New York Times Book Review called a "wonderful, old-fashioned hero who isn't afraid to walk through the flames.

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Little, Brown

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0759526281

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9780759526280

Spiteful Jack

By: Michael Foxx

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Spiteful Jack

By: Michael Foxx

Since the day they were sent plummeting from Heaven, the fallen angel Lorelei and her twisted lover Sycanthus have had only one aim, to find thirteen ancient and hidden relics that will enable the pair to become the masters of Hell and Earth. Sycanthus, AKA Spiteful Jack, uses the vilest men in history to achieve this terrible goal, possessing the bodies of Vlad the Impaler, Jack the Ripper and John Wayne Gacy among many, many others. And today his quest is almost complete... Lowly museum worker Chloe Tynan and her band of ill-prepared friends must embark upon a journey that will take them across the world; London, New York, Chicago, Germany, Palestine and Egypt...but can they stay one step ahead of the vile demons? Can they possibly stop the cruel and sadistic creatures before it's too late..? Before all Hell is literally let loose?

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Paragon Publishing

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1782223754

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Families of Co. Donegal Ireland

From the Earliest Times to the 20th Century : Irish Family Surnames with Locations & Origins Including English, Scots, & Anglo Norman Settlers and Settlements

By: Michael C. O'Laughlin

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Families of Co. Donegal Ireland

From the Earliest Times to the 20th Century : Irish Family Surnames with Locations & Origins Including English, Scots, & Anglo Norman Settlers and Settlements

By: Michael C. O'Laughlin

This work represents the largest compilation of Irish family names and Irish coats-of-arms ever bound together under one cover."--Jacket.

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Irish Roots Cafe

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0940134756

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9780940134751

Darby's Bar and Grill

By: Michael Bridges

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Darby's Bar and Grill

By: Michael Bridges

Darby's Bar & Grill" is "Cheers" written on twenty cups of Fuego de Machala and a Tamada's napalm pizza. Nobody knows for sure what keeps Darby's from collapsing into rubble, unless it's the building's fear of Lorenzo, World's Angriest Short-Order Cook. Through its doors pass Harry Kell, arch-intellect; ace pizza driver Kirby Dzerzhinsky and Melody, his biker-chick girlfriend; Beans Donovan, cemetery salesman extraordinaire; and Kathryn Vosjoli, who is what Scarlett O'Hara would have been like had she been raised by Mother Teresa. And this is not to mention (until now) the Vigilante, the Yellow Dumpster Rats, and the Giant, cockroach from Hell. From these ingredients, the author has created a world that's slightly west of wacky, hilarious, and ultimately touching, with a happy ending yet.

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Virtualbookworm Publishing

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1589398254

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Virgin, Mother, Queen

Encountering Mary in Time and Tradition

By: Robert L. Fastiggi,Michael O'Neill

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Virgin, Mother, Queen

Encountering Mary in Time and Tradition

By: Robert L. Fastiggi,Michael O'Neill

Winner of a 2020 Catholic Press Association book award (second place, theology-morality, ethics, Christology, Mariology, and redemption). The earliest of Mary’s apparitions can be traced back to the first century of the Church and have continued into modern times, inspiring the faithful to devotion to her and to a deeper love of Christ her son. In Virgin, Mother, Queen, popular radio and television host Michael O’Neill gathers fascinating details from Mary’s mystical appearances around the world. Robert Fastiggi, professor of systemic theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, answers questions about the historical and theological development of Marian teachings throughout Church history. The ten, Church-sanctioned apparitions and their corresponding titles of Mary are: Virgin: Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico, 1531) Mediatrix of Grace: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Rue du Bac, France, 1830) Mother of Sorrows: Our Lady of La Salette (France, 1846) Immaculate, All-Holy: Our Lady of Lourdes (France, 1858) Advocate: Our Lady of Hope (Pontmain, France, 1871) Blessed: The Knock Apparition (Ireland, 1879) Mother of the Church: Our Lady of the Rosary (Fatima, Portugal, 1917) Queen of Heaven: The Virgin of the Golden Heart/Our Lady of Beuraing (Belgium, 1932) Mother of Mercy: Virgin of the Poor/Our Lady of Banneaux (Belgium, 1933) Mother of God: Our Lady of Sorrows/Our Lady of Kibeho (Rwanda, 1981) Virgin, Mother, Queen includes full-color illustrations and recounts in story and teaching why the apparitions and titles of Mary continue to be relevant today. Each chapter contains traditional prayers associated with these historic Marian shrines.

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Ave Maria Press

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1594719306

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Death in Uptown

By: Michael Raleigh

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Death in Uptown

By: Michael Raleigh

Death in Uptown is the first book in Michael Raleigh's widely praised Paul Whelan series. In this novel, a killer is loose in Chicago's colorful and racially-diverse Uptown neighborhood, and Paul Whelan finds himself drawn in for personal reasons. His search for the killer is complicated by the arrival of a client, an attractive young woman seeking her lost brother, and Whelan soon realizes that the woman's brother is somehow involved in his search, a search which does not end till five men are dead.

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iUniverse

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0595093418

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The Jews-Harp in Britain and Ireland

By: Michael Wright

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The Jews-Harp in Britain and Ireland

By: Michael Wright

The jews-harp is a distinctive musical instrument of international importance, yet it remains one of those musical instruments, like the ocarina, kazoo or even the art of whistling, that travels beneath the established musical radar. The story of the jews-harp is also part of our musical culture, though it has attracted relatively little academic study. Britain and Ireland played a significant role in the instrument‘s manufacture and world distribution, particularly during the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries. Drawing upon previously unknown written sources and piecing together thousands of fragments of information spanning hundreds of years, Michael Wright tells the story of the jews-harp‘s long history in the Britain and Ireland. Beginning with an introductory chapter describing the instrument, Part One looks at the various theories of its ancient origin, how it came to be in Europe, terminology, and its English name. Part Two explores its commercial exploitation and the importance of the export market in the development of manufacturing. Part Three looks the instrument‘s appearance and use in art, literature and the media, finally considering the many players who have used the instrument throughout its long history.

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Routledge

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1351543318

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The Black Echo

A Novel

By: Michael Connelly

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The Black Echo

A Novel

By: Michael Connelly

An LAPD homicide detective must choose between justice and vengeance as he teams up with the FBI in this "thrilling" novel filled with mystery and adventure (New York Times Book Review). For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal . . . because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit. Pitted against enemies inside his own department and forced to make the agonizing choice between justice and vengeance, Bosch goes on the hunt for a killer whose true face will shock him.

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Little, Brown

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0759525773

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Mind, Body, World

Foundations of Cognitive Science

By: Michael R. W. Dawson

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Mind, Body, World

Foundations of Cognitive Science

By: Michael R. W. Dawson

Cognitive science arose in the 1950s when it became apparent that a number of disciplines, including psychology, computer science, linguistics, and philosophy, were fragmenting. Perhaps owing to the field's immediate origins in cybernetics, as well as to the foundational assumption that cognition is information processing, cognitive science initially seemed more unified than psychology. However, as a result of differing interpretations of the foundational assumption and dramatically divergent views of the meaning of the term information processing, three separate schools emerged: classical cognitive science, connectionist cognitive science, and embodied cognitive science. Examples, cases, and research findings taken from the wide range of phenomena studied by cognitive scientists effectively explain and explore the relationship among the three perspectives. Intended to introduce both graduate and senior undergraduate students to the foundations of cognitive science, Mind, Body, World addresses a number of questions currently being asked by those practicing in the field: What are the core assumptions of the three different schools? What are the relationships between these different sets of core assumptions? Is there only one cognitive science, or are there many different cognitive sciences? Giving the schools equal treatment and displaying a broad and deep understanding of the field, Dawson highlights the fundamental tensions and lines of fragmentation that exist among the schools and provides a refreshing and unifying framework for students of cognitive science.

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Athabasca University Press

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1927356172

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Reunion Without Compromise

The South and Reconstruction: 1865-1868

By: Michael Perman

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Reunion Without Compromise

The South and Reconstruction: 1865-1868

By: Michael Perman

A study of the political leadership of the Southern States during the decisive three years immediately after the American Civil War. This was the crucial moment when the terms and shape of the post-war sectional settlement were being deliberated and determined and its outcome depended on the policy pursued by the Federal government towards the leaders of the Confederacy as well as on the Southerners' response to whatever course was adopted. Consequently, the Southern politicians were at the centre of the whole problem of reunion. It is very surprising, therefore, that until this study there has been virtually no analysis by historians of the goals, strategies and priorities of the Confederates. Yet without this, the struggle over Southern readmission cannot properly be understood.

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Cambridge University Press

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052120044X

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Steve Hannagan

Price of the Press Agents and Titan of Modern Public Relations

By: Michael Townsley

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Steve Hannagan

Price of the Press Agents and Titan of Modern Public Relations

By: Michael Townsley

Steve Hannagan was a highly-successful pioneer of public relations who built ground-breaking publicity campaigns for the Indianapolis 500, Miami Beach, Sun Valley, Las Vegas, the 1940 Presidential Campaign, and Coca Cola. He developed, tested, and refined many of the press and publicity principles commonly used today. Along the way, Steve Hannagan knew or worked with most major figures and celebrities of his era. His colleagues and friends spanned business, Hollywood, Broadway, New York’s Café Society, the news media, politics, and sports. Hannagan was a garrulous, charming, whip-smart press agent who never pulled a phony deal. His honesty and charm opened doors to the powerful. His press campaigns were sensational or subtle and always caught the eye of the intended audience. His success always brought him coverage in major news media like: Life Magazine, Fortune, Look, Colliers, Scribner’s, New York Times, and Movietone News.

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Gatekeeper Press

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1662907222

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Crimes Against The State

From Treason to Terrorism

By: Michael Head

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Crimes Against The State

From Treason to Terrorism

By: Michael Head

In the post-2001 context of economic and political conflict, this book presents a timely and detailed examination of the role of the criminal law in the protection of the existing order from political dissent and destabilization. It reviews offences such as rebellion, treason, mutiny, espionage, sedition, terrorism, riot and unlawful assembly in the UK, US, Canada and Australia from a comparative perspective and investigates leading cases in their historical and political contexts. Also examining the impact on human rights and civil liberties, this book covers a neglected area of English-derived law and will encourage debate about crimes against states and governments.

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Routledge

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1317157923

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Heroes & Ballyhoo

How the Golden Age of the 1920s Transformed American Sports

By: Michael K. Bohn

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Heroes & Ballyhoo

How the Golden Age of the 1920s Transformed American Sports

By: Michael K. Bohn

A handful of star athletes, along with their promoters and journalists, created America's sports entertainment industry during the 1920s, the Golden Age of American sports. The period had an extraordinary impact, profoundly changing individual sports, establishing the secular religion of sports and sports heroes, and helping bond disparate social and regional sectors of the country. It's when sports became a cornerstone of modern American life. Heroes and Ballyhoo profiles the ten most prominent Golden Age heroes and describes their effect on sports and society. Babe Ruth saved baseball after the Black Sox Scandal. Boxer Jack Dempsey made the “sweet science” a respectable sport. Red Grange single-handedly set professional football on a path to eventual success. Knute Rockne helped transform college football from a game to a colossal enterprise. Bobby Jones changed golf into a spectator sport, and Walter Hagen sparked the first national interest in professional golf. Bill Tilden put tennis on the front of the sports section. Tennis player Helen Wills Moody joined swimmer Gertrude Ederle in empowering women athletes. Johnny Weissmuller astonished international swimming before becoming Tarzan. The book also explores the ballyhoo artists—sportswriters, promoters, and press agents—who hyped the stars to a receptive public. Simultaneously, the spectators established themselves as the focus of popular sports. The personalities and events of the 1920s thus created today's entertainment conglomerate of heroes, promoters and advertisers, fans, arenas—and money. Sports as a profit center started with the Golden Age's heroes and PR artists, and the public's obsessive interest in sports helped shape America's emerging mass society. Heroes and Ballyhoo tells the story of what was both a symptom and a cause of modern America.

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1597974129

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The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small

By: Michael C. O'Laughlin

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The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small

By: Michael C. O'Laughlin

This is the master volume to the 28 book set on Irish Family History from the Irish Genealogical Foundation. The largest and most comprehensive of the series, this volume includes family histories from every county in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It also has, for the first time, the complete surname index for the entire series. The 27 other books which are indexed in this volume will provide additional information on even more families.

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Irish Roots Cafe

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0940134098

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9780940134096

Murder on Theatre Row

By: Michael Jahn,Mike Jahn

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Murder on Theatre Row

By: Michael Jahn,Mike Jahn

The historic Knickerbocker Theatre is about to present a new musical, but murder threatens to derail the show, produced by the famous Sir John Holland. Captain Bill Donovan searches for a killer who's prepared to bring down the house. Martin's Press.

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Worldwide Library

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0373263465

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The Federalist Society

How Conservatives Took the Law Back from Liberals

By: Michael Avery,Danielle McLaughlin

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The Federalist Society

How Conservatives Took the Law Back from Liberals

By: Michael Avery,Danielle McLaughlin

Over the last thirty years, the Federal Society for Law and Public Policy Studies has grown from a small group of disaffected conservative law students into an organization with extraordinary influence over American law and politics. Although the organization is unknown to the average citizen, this group of intellectuals has managed to monopolize the selection of federal judges, take over the Department of Justice, and control legal policy in the White House. Today the Society claims that 45,000 conservative lawyers and law students are involved in its activities. Four Supreme Court Justices--Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, and Samuel Alito--are current or former members. Every single federal judge appointed in the two Bush presidencies was either a Society member or approved by members. During the Bush years, young Federalist Society lawyers dominated the legal staffs of the Justice Department and other important government agencies. The Society has lawyer chapters in every major city in the United States and student chapters in every accredited law school. Its membership includes economic conservatives, social conservatives, Christian conservatives, and libertarians, who differ with each other on significant issues, but who cooperate in advancing a broad conservative agenda. How did this happen? How did this group of conservatives succeed in moving their theories into the mainstream of legal thought? What is the range of positions of those associated with the Federalist Society in areas of legal and political controversy? The authors survey these stances in separate chapters on regulation of business and private property; race and gender discrimination and affirmative action; personal sexual autonomy, including abortion and gay rights; and American exceptionalism and international law.

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Vanderbilt University Press

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0826518796

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9780826518798

Evolution of the Insects

By: David Grimaldi,Michael S. Engel

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Evolution of the Insects

By: David Grimaldi,Michael S. Engel

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the 3 billion-year history of life on Earth, and the most ecologically dominant animals on land. This book chronicles for the first time the complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships and 400 million years of fossils. Whereas other volumes have focused on either living species or fossils, this is the first comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of insect evolution. The book is illustrated with 955 photo- and electronmicrographs, drawings, diagrams, and field photos, many in full colour and virtually all of them original. The book will appeal to anyone engaged with insect diversity: professional entomologists and students, insect and fossil collectors, and naturalists.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521821495

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9780521821490

Cinderella Man

The James J. Braddock Story

By: Michael C. DeLisa

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Cinderella Man

The James J. Braddock Story

By: Michael C. DeLisa

In 1934, Jim Braddock was down and out. His boxing career blighted by broken hands, the New Yorker of English parentage had lost most of his previous twenty-one bouts and been forced to quit. Then came a visit from his old manager, asking if he wanted one more fight. Desperate for money, Braddock had no choice. Four wins later, he was the heavyweight champion of the world. His story captivated the nation in the way the racehorse Seabiscuit's would a few years later. Braddock's rags-to-riches success led Damon Runyon to call him 'the Cinderella Man'.

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Milo Books

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1903854377

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9781903854372

Don Rickles

Merchant of Venom

By: Michael Seth Starr

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Don Rickles

Merchant of Venom

By: Michael Seth Starr

Considered the world’s greatest insult comic, Don Rickles was a legendary comedy giant, honorary Rat Pack member, and “equal opportunity offender” who defied political correctness, transcended every medium, entertained, influenced and insulted generations of comedians and fans over his six-decade career. Now in the first-ever biography and in-depth portrait of Don Rickles, New York Post television editor and celebrity biographer Michael Seth Starr delivers a hilarious, moving, and long-overdue look at the real man behind the sting. Riding a wave of success that lasted more than sixty years, Don Rickles is best known as the “insult” comic who skewered presidents, royalty, celebrities, and friends and fans alike. But there was more to “Mr. Warmth” than a devilish ear-to-ear grin and lightning-fast put-downs. Rickles was a loving husband, an adoring father who suffered a devastating loss, and a loyal friend to the likes of Bob Newhart and Frank Sinatra. Don was also a young student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with future stars Jason Robards, Jr., Don Murray, and Grace Kelly, and intended to become a seriously committed actor. But it was in small nightclubs where Rickles found success, steamrolling hecklers, honing his acerbic put-downs, and teaching the world to love being insulted. Sex, race, religion, nationality, physical appearance, political leanings—nothing and no one was safe from the “Planned Parenthood Poster Boy,” as Johnny Carson referred to him. The Merchant of Venom traces Don Rickles’ career from his rise in the 1950s to a late-in-life resurgence thanks to the Toy Story franchise, his role in Martin Scorsese’s Casino, and scores of TV appearances from Carson to Seth Meyers. In the intervening decades, Rickles conquered every medium he worked in, including film, television, and on stage, where the Vegas legend was still performing at the age of eighty-five. In his highly memorable career, he was idolized by a generation of younger comedians including Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Jay Leno, and performed in the shadow of a shocking open secret: he was the nicest man in town. An in-depth portrait of the personal and singular professional life of Don Rickles, The Merchant of Venom delivers a hilarious, moving, and long-overdue look at the real man behind the sting.

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Citadel

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0806541725

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Dominic Ignatius Ekandem 1917-1995

Volume 1

By: Michael I. Edem CM

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Dominic Ignatius Ekandem 1917-1995

Volume 1

By: Michael I. Edem CM

A phenomenon seldom recognized in the media of Western Europe and North America is the extraordinary growth of the Catholic Church of South America and sub-Saharan Africa during the last five decades, and nowhere more than in Nigeria. A key figure in that country and in that growth, up to his death in 1995, was Cardinal Ekandem, the first Anglophone West-African bishop - the first of many - and an outstanding churchman of the 20th Century. Fr. Michael Edem’s scholarly biography of the Cardinal is a fascinating account of a journey from life in a traditional African village to the consistory of cardinals of the Catholic Church in Rome. It will be of enormous interest to a wider public for the author’s personal knowledge of the cardinal and of the Efik/Ibibio culture in which they both grew up.

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Reno and Lake Tahoe - Insiders' Guide

By: Jeanne Walpole,Michael Carrigan

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Reno and Lake Tahoe - Insiders' Guide

By: Jeanne Walpole,Michael Carrigan

A mecca for visitors from all over the globe, Reno and Lake Tahoe offer matchless outdoor recreation and nonstop casino fun against a backdrop of one of the most gorgeous mountain settings in the world. With its burgeoning arts community, diverse culture, rich history and comfortable climate, it's not hard to understand why it's a premier retirement and relocation area. Explore the region with our Insiders' authors whose firsthand experience will make you feel like a local.

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