Mike Miner's Books

The Underminer

The Best Friend Who Casually Destroys Your Life

By: Mike Albo,Virginia Heffernan

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The Underminer

The Best Friend Who Casually Destroys Your Life

By: Mike Albo,Virginia Heffernan

Successful, gorgeous, and beloved by everyone you know, the Underminer remembers your every foolish ambition and humiliating mistake-and never fails to remind you. The Underminer makes you feel suicidal. But the Underminer is your friend. Mike Albo and Virginia Heffernan do us all a public service by capturing the elusive evils of an age-old archetype. To understand and resist your toxic friend, you need The Underminer. Who is the Underminer? "An insincere, name-dropping predator with a rise so meteoric that you feel like crawling into your sad little apartment and eating gallons of ice cream right out of the carton while sniffling over reruns of old Bette Davis movies."-New York Times Book Review "A character that is so malicious, so insensitive and sadistic, that we can only gape horror-struck as every venomous phrase rolls off her tongue."-Rocky Mountain News "A psychological predator of the highest order. A viper cloaked in velvet. The Shaquille O'Neal of schadenfreude."-Boston Globe "An ego-skewering, passive-aggressive blowhard of indeterminate gender, surfing annoyingly along the breaking waves of pop and consumer culture-from dot-com to New Age, from hip-hop to a yurt in Afghanistan-always on top and armed with a put-down."-New York Times "The 'friend' who somehow manages to turn every compliment into an incredibly subtle insult, thus making you wonder whether you are truly the most neurotic person in all of Manhattan-or if your friend is just, well, evil."-New York Post

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1596917075

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Disability in industrial Britain

A cultural and literary history of impairment in the coal industry, 1880-1948

By: Kirsti Bohata,Alexandra Jones,Mike Mantin,Steven Thompson

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Disability in industrial Britain

A cultural and literary history of impairment in the coal industry, 1880-1948

By: Kirsti Bohata,Alexandra Jones,Mike Mantin,Steven Thompson

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. An electronic version of this book is also available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) license, thanks to the support of the Wellcome Trust. Coalmining was a notoriously dangerous industry and many of its workers experienced injury and disease. However, the experiences of the many disabled people within Britain’s most dangerous industry have gone largely unrecognised by historians. This book looks at British coal through the lens of disability, using an interdisciplinary approach to examine the lives of disabled miners and their families. A diverse range of sources are used to examine the economic, social, political and cultural impact of disability in the coal industry, looking beyond formal coal company and union records to include autobiographies, novels and existing oral testimony. It argues that, far from being excluded entirely from British industry, disability and disabled people were central to its development. The book will appeal to students and academics interested in disability history, disability studies, social and cultural history and representations of disability in literature.

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Manchester University Press

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1526124335

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The Origins of Television News in America

The Visualizers of CBS in the 1940s

By: Mike Conway

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The Origins of Television News in America

The Visualizers of CBS in the 1940s

By: Mike Conway

This is the first in-depth look at the development of the television newscast, the most popular source of news for over forty-five years.During the 1940s, most journalists ignored or dismissed television, leaving the challenge to a small group of people working above New York City's Grand Central Terminal. Without the pressures of ratings, sponsors, company oversight, or many viewers, the group refused to recreate newspapers, radio, or newsreels on the new medium. They experimented, argued, tested, and eventually settled on a format to exploit television's strengths. This book documents that process, challenging common myths - including the importance of a popular anchor, and television's inability to communicate non-visual stories - and crediting those whose work was critical in the formation of television as a news format, and illustrating the pressures and professional roadblocks facing those who dare question journalistic traditions of any era. -- Publisher.

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Peter Lang

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1433106027

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9781433106026

Adventurers in Faith

Memoirs of an Appalachian Ministry Two People – One Vision – Faith Practical Actions and a Farm

By: Mike Smathers

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Adventurers in Faith

Memoirs of an Appalachian Ministry Two People – One Vision – Faith Practical Actions and a Farm

By: Mike Smathers

At the beginning of his working life, a man is told that he is wasting his life by following the path he has chosen. Moreover, it is 1932, the midst of the Depression, and he cannot find a position in his chosen field. Finally, one solitary position in the whole United States opens up, and he is able to snag it. The corporation he works for is national in scope, but the division in which he has chosen to work is one of the corporations smallest. At the same time, he is desperately trying to get the woman he has been courting by mail for two years to marry him. She is resisting. He is broke and in debt, but he somehow gets money to travel the five hundred miles to see her. It is only the third time they have been together in the two years they have been writing love letters to each other. He convinces her to marry him (the best decision he ever made), and they head out on a journey to a place they have never seen and know little about. It is in the remote hills of Tennessee. Two years later, the family moves to an even more remote outpost. He has a vision of creating something that neither anyone in his corporation, nor any similar corporation, has ever achieved before. For thirty-five years, the couple labors in relative obscurity working on their vision. He refuses promotion to a more prestigious and lucrative position in his corporation. Near the end of his life, he is suddenly and surprisingly elected to the highest office in his corporation. This is their story.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1499060157

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250 Indie Games You Must Play

By: Mike Rose

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250 Indie Games You Must Play

By: Mike Rose

This book is a guide to the expanding world of indie gaming. It helps readers to understand why indie games are so important to so many people in the entertainment industry. The book covers puzzlers, platformers, beat 'em ups, shoot 'em ups, role-playing, and strategy.

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CRC Press

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1466503173

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The Red Water

By: Mike Bartholomees

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The Red Water

By: Mike Bartholomees

The Red Water is a tale of courage and perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Khoto Wilstock embarks on a dangerous journey to learn the truth that could save his people, his home and his way of life. The Red Water has not visited his land for four generations and legend has replaced fact. Water, the life blood of the ancient Chartoc Mountains and all it's inhabitants, has mysteriously turned bitter. The spring thaw has raised the level of the majestic Crystal river to near flood stages over a month early. Trees are suddenly dieing in Middle Country and the Lotbar are unable to stop the devastation. The cry of war has plunged both Lotbar and Thomlin into terror and unstoppable destruction. Khoto believes all these events are somehow intertwined. Together with a small human, Khoto attempts the impossible. It is a powerful and complusively readable story about how a tiny, average creature can make a difference when willingness is combined with action to overcome fears.

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1479727784

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My Brave Boys

To War with Colonel Cross and the Fighting Fifth

By: Mark Pride,Mike Pride,Mark Travis

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My Brave Boys

To War with Colonel Cross and the Fighting Fifth

By: Mark Pride,Mike Pride,Mark Travis

A lost New Hampshire story comes to life.

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UPNE

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1584652810

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9781584652816

Council's Quest

By: Mike Crossley

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Council's Quest

By: Mike Crossley

This is the 1st book in a trilogy about Lestor Stewartson; a Trainee Doctor and a Spirit Singer capable of temporarily removing a person's living essence to enable him and others to carry out medical procedures. His ambition was, simply, to become a successful doctor; until fate stepped in! Two thousand years ago the known world was devastated by a catastrophic earthquake - known as The Sundering - which changed the geography of the world forever. The cause of the upheaval, if it was ever known, was lost to modern society, but when a relic from the distant past is unearthed events are set in motion which changes people's lives forever!

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Lulu.com

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1326346059

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9781326346058

The Great American Turquoise Rush, 1890-1910

By: Philip Chambless,Mike Ryan

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The Great American Turquoise Rush, 1890-1910

By: Philip Chambless,Mike Ryan

The Great American Turquoise Rush was the period of the largest concerted effort to mine, process and market turquoise in the history of the United States. It started when traditional markets for the clear sky blue Persian turquoise closed and the east coast jewelers, who controlled the jewelry trade in the United States, were forced from necessity to reappraise the quality of turquoise from the southwest. The efforts to control this new market were begun in New Mexico but would expand into other states. This is the true story of that time, largely forgotten or remembered only from oral tradition.

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Sunstone Press

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1611394988

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The Crackerjacks

By: Mike Dupont

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The Crackerjacks

By: Mike Dupont

crack•er•jack (ˈkræk ərˌdʒæk) n. a person or thing that shows marked ability or excellence. The Knoxgold mining company has cheated Joe McDonald and his crew out of their hard-earned bonus, and there’s nothing that they can do about it — until they discover an unknown gold-vein deep inside the mine. Together, they devise a plan to get it past security. The Crackerjacks are mining experts, but do they have what it takes to deal with the world of illicit gold trading? www.authormikedupont.com

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FriesenPress

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1460261860

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(ISC)2 SSCP Systems Security Certified Practitioner Official Study Guide

By: Mike Wills

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(ISC)2 SSCP Systems Security Certified Practitioner Official Study Guide

By: Mike Wills

The only SSCP study guide officially approved by (ISC)2 The (ISC)2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) certification is a well-known vendor-neutral global IT security certification. The SSCP is designed to show that holders have the technical skills to implement, monitor, and administer IT infrastructure using information security policies and procedures. This comprehensive Official Study Guide—the only study guide officially approved by (ISC)2—covers all objectives of the seven SSCP domains. Access Controls Security Operations and Administration Risk Identification, Monitoring, and Analysis Incident Response and Recovery Cryptography Network and Communications Security Systems and Application Security If you’re an information security professional or student of cybersecurity looking to tackle one or more of the seven domains of the SSCP, this guide gets you prepared to pass the exam and enter the information security workforce with confidence.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119542944

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9781119542940

Haunting British Columbia

Ghostly Tales from the Past

By: Mike McCardell

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Haunting British Columbia

Ghostly Tales from the Past

By: Mike McCardell

Broadcaster and bestselling author Mike McCardell haunts British Columbia’s past in order to summon spellbinding tales of Western Canada. Reprising his 2013 bestseller Haunting Vancouver, Mike McCardell summons the ghost of real-life pioneer Jock Linn to provide hair-raising and humorous versions of what really happened during some of the formative events that shaped British Columbia. McCardell’s ghostly narrator explains how Victoria became BC’s capital (spoiler, it’s all because Governor James Douglas couldn’t stand waiting for a ferry); how Gassy Jack gave birth to Vancouver by running a beloved saloon, and more importantly how gassy he really was; and much much more. As the thousands who follow McCardell’s long-running human-interest features on the evening news know, he has a fascination with the provincial past as well as an uncanny ability to unearth captivating and forgotten stories. Richly illustrated with archival photos AND ghostly doodles, Haunting British Columbia is as fun to read as it is a revealing tour of what really happened in those bygone days. And it's all true... well almost.

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Harbour Publishing

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155017956X

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Finding the Wild West: The Pacific West

California, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska

By: Mike Cox

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Finding the Wild West: The Pacific West

California, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska

By: Mike Cox

From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the American West where visitors can relive the great Western migration that helped shape our history and culture. This guide to the Pacific West states of California, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska--one of the five-volume Finding the Wild West series--highlights the best preserved historic sites as well as ghost towns, reconstructions, museums, historical markers, statues, works of public art that tell the story of the Old West. Use this book in planning your next trip and for a storytelling overview of America’s Wild West history.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493064185

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9781493064182

Hand Troller

By: Mike McConnell

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Hand Troller

By: Mike McConnell

HAND TROLLER is a look into a vanishing lifestyle that many dream of but few ever experience. Join Mike and his running partner, Dick Upward, as they troll for King and Coho salmon in the icy waters of Southeast Alaska. Travel from Ketchikan to the small fishing village of Port Alexander on Baranof Island, where you will meet many interesting characters and experience day-to-day life on a small commercial salmon troller. Feel the thrill of hooking and landing King Salmon so big they shake the whole boat and the exhaustion of a fast and furious Coho bite at Cape Ommaney. Come aboard, grab a cup of coffee and let's go fishing!

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iUniverse

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0595214266

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Dead Reckoning

By: Mike Blakely

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Dead Reckoning

By: Mike Blakely

After a botched confidence scam, swindler Dee Hassard begins a killing spree that covers half of the Colorado Territory. His first victim is the brother of rustler-turned-preacher Carrol Moncrief. Now Carrol must fall back on his former outlaw savvy to track the murderer down. As the manhunt drifts mysteriously toward a legendary wilderness landmark known as the Mount of Snowy Cross, it embroils a number of men and women whose lives it will change forever. In the final reckoning, either the preacher or the killer must go to his dusty death.

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Macmillan

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0812548302

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Network Security

Private Communication in a Public World

By: Charlie Kaufman,Radia Perlman,Mike Speciner,Ray Perlner

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Network Security

Private Communication in a Public World

By: Charlie Kaufman,Radia Perlman,Mike Speciner,Ray Perlner

The classic guide to cryptography and network security – now fully updated! “Alice and Bob are back!” Widely regarded as the most comprehensive yet comprehensible guide to network security and cryptography, the previous editions of Network Security received critical acclaim for lucid and witty explanations of the inner workings of cryptography and network security protocols. In this edition, the authors have significantly updated and revised the previous content, and added new topics that have become important. This book explains sophisticated concepts in a friendly and intuitive manner. For protocol standards, it explains the various constraints and committee decisions that led to the current designs. For cryptographic algorithms, it explains the intuition behind the designs, as well as the types of attacks the algorithms are designed to avoid. It explains implementation techniques that can cause vulnerabilities even if the cryptography itself is sound. Homework problems deepen your understanding of concepts and technologies, and an updated glossary demystifies the field's jargon. Network Security, Third Edition will appeal to a wide range of professionals, from those who design and evaluate security systems to system administrators and programmers who want a better understanding of this important field. It can also be used as a textbook at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. Coverage includes Network security protocol and cryptography basics Design considerations and techniques for secret key and hash algorithms (AES, DES, SHA-1, SHA-2, SHA-3) First-generation public key algorithms (RSA, Diffie-Hellman, ECC) How quantum computers work, and why they threaten the first-generation public key algorithms Quantum-safe public key algorithms: how they are constructed, and optimizations to make them practical Multi-factor authentication of people Real-time communication (SSL/TLS, SSH, IPsec) New applications (electronic money, blockchains) New cryptographic techniques (homomorphic encryption, secure multiparty computation)

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Addison-Wesley Professional

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0136643523

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9780136643524

Principles of Horticulture: Level 2

By: Charles Adams,Mike Early,Jane Brook,Katherine Bamford

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Principles of Horticulture: Level 2

By: Charles Adams,Mike Early,Jane Brook,Katherine Bamford

This colourful guide will introduce you to the fundamentals of horticulture, whether you are taking a Level 2 RHS, City and Guilds or BTEC course, are a keen amateur or seasoned gardener. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book covers the principles that underpin growing plants for the garden and allotment; with reference to how these are tackled by professionals. With highlighted definitions, key points, and illustrated in full colour, this book will be a useful companion as you progress in the study and practice of horticulture.

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Routledge

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1317937767

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Secure Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and Sensors

First International Workshop, MADNES 2005, Singapore, September 20-22, 2005, Revised Selected Papers

By: Mike Burmester

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Secure Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and Sensors

First International Workshop, MADNES 2005, Singapore, September 20-22, 2005, Revised Selected Papers

By: Mike Burmester

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the First International Workshop on Secure Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and Sensors, MADNES 2005, held in Singapore, in September 2005.The 12 revised full papers presented together with 5 keynote papers and 1 invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 33 submissions. The papers address current topics of all security aspects of constrained network environments with special focus to mobile agents, sensor networks and radio frequency (RF) devices.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540366466

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9783540366461

Hollywood North

The Feature Film Industry in British Columbia

By: Mike Gasher

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Hollywood North

The Feature Film Industry in British Columbia

By: Mike Gasher

British Columbia’s billion-dollar film industry trails behind only those of California and New York. This book recounts the story of British Columbia’s rapid rise from relative obscurity in the film world to its current status as " Hollywood North." Gasher positions the industry as a model for commercial film production in the twenty-first century -- one strongly shaped by a perception of cinema as a medium, not of culture, but of regional industrial development. He addresses the specific economic and geographic factors that contribute to the province’s success, such as the low Canadian dollar and BC’s proximity to Los Angeles. Hollywood North is an important book that brings into focus the tension between globalization and localization in the film industry.

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UBC Press

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077480968X

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9780774809689

Introducing Phonetics and Phonology

By: Mike Davenport,S.J. Hannahs

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Introducing Phonetics and Phonology

By: Mike Davenport,S.J. Hannahs

Intended for the absolute beginner, Introducing Phonetics and Phonology requires no previous background in linguistics, phonetics or phonology. Starting with a grounding in phonetics and phonological theory, the book provides a base from which more advanced treatments may be approached. It begins with an examination of the foundations of articulatory and acoustic phonetics, moves on to the basic principles of phonology and ends with an outline of some further issues within contemporary phonology. Varieties of English, particularly Received Pronunciation and General American, form the focus of consideration, but aspects of the phonetics and phonology of other languages are discussed as well. This new edition includes revised exercises and examples; additional coverage of typology, autosegmental phonology and articulatory and acoustic phonetics; broader coverage of varieties that now features Australian English; and an extended Chapter 7 that includes more information on the relationship between phonetics and phonology. Introducing Phonetics and Phonology, 4th Edition remains the essential introduction for any students studying this topic for the first time.

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Routledge

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1351042769

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Wrestling's Greatest Moments

By: Mike Rickard

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Wrestling's Greatest Moments

By: Mike Rickard

Brings readers the most memorable (and controversial) moments from the world of modern wresting.

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ECW Press

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1554903319

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The Only One Living to Tell

The Autobiography of a Yavapai Indian

By: Mike Burns

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The Only One Living to Tell

The Autobiography of a Yavapai Indian

By: Mike Burns

Mike Burns--born Hoomothya--was around eight years old in 1872 when the US military murdered his family and as many as seventy-six other Yavapai men, women, and children in the Skeleton Cave Massacre in Arizona. One of only a few young survivors, he was adopted by an army captain and ended up serving as a scout in the US army and adventuring in the West. Before his death in 1934, Burns wrote about the massacre, his time fighting in the Indian Wars during the 1880s, and life among the Kwevkepaya and Tolkepaya Yavapai. His precarious position between the white and Native worlds gives his account a distinctive narrative voice. Because Burns was unable to find a publisher during his lifetime, these firsthand accounts of history from a Native perspective remained unseen through much of the twentieth century, archived at the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott. Now Gregory McNamee has brought Burns's text to life, making this extraordinary tale an accessible and compelling read. Generations after his death, Mike Burns finally gets a chance to tell his story. This autobiography offers a missing piece of Arizona history--as one of the only Native American accounts of the Skeleton Cave Massacre--and contributes to a growing body of history from a Native perspective. It will be an indispensable tool for scholars and general readers interested in the West--specifically Arizona history, the Apache wars, and Yavapai and Apache history and lifeways. Ê

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University of Arizona Press

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0816501203

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First Casualty

By: Mike Moscoe

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First Casualty

By: Mike Moscoe

FOUR SOLDIERS. ONE WAR. Asteroid miner Mary Rodrigo and freighter owner Mattim Abeeb are green draftees of the Society of Humanity, forced to fight for Earth—a planet they’ve never even seen. Major Ray Longknife and his lover, Senior Pilot Rita Nuu, are career soldiers, invested with the cause of the Unity Party—and its ambitious new president. These four soldiers on opposing sides of the battle are about to discover the true nature of this terrible war: a quest for profit—from the high command of both sides. What they will risk is nothing less than their lives. For although truth may be the first casualty of war, it’s not going to be the last…

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Penguin

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1101617667

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The Secret of Bell Island

By: Mike Phelan

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The Secret of Bell Island

By: Mike Phelan

When Matt McCarty travels five thousand miles to Newfoundland, his only intention is to put the ghosts of his past to rest along with his estranged, recently deceased alcoholic father. Instead, he will be drawn into danger and the adventure of a lifetime, unknowingly continuing the taciturn mystery man’s unfinished, clandestine wartime mission from 1942. U-boats have already torpedoed shipping within sight of Bell Island’s shore, but now, seventy-five years later, something terrible left behind by the enemy threatens a cataclysm that could destroy the peaceful existence of everyone in Conception Bay. As father and son’s stories weave back and forth in time, the present will collide with the past as Matt discovers both beautiful and deadly secrets above and deep below in the long abandoned iron ore mines of Bell Island.

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FriesenPress

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1039127312

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Dead Reckoning and The Last Chance

Two Tales of Murder and Revenge in the Old West

By: Mike Blakely

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Dead Reckoning and The Last Chance

Two Tales of Murder and Revenge in the Old West

By: Mike Blakely

This volume contains two classic novels of murder and revenge in the Old West from Spur Award-winning author Blakely: "Dead Reckoning" and "The Last Chance." Tall Premium Edition. Original.

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Forge Books

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0765393530

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Birthright

The Book of Man

By: Mike Resnick

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Birthright

The Book of Man

By: Mike Resnick

The epic story of humanity writ large across the galaxy: “A tour de force . . . an award caliber novel . . . a profound contribution to science fiction” (Barry Malzberg, author of Beyond Apollo). In the twenty-fifth century, settlements are established on Mars and the inner planets, but the stars are still light-years away, just a twinkle in humanity’s eyes. Hyperspace is a myth—until it’s not. A young scientist devises a theory for an engine that propels a ship at faster-than-light speed—and suddenly the galaxy is there for the taking. It’s a story that’s been told before in the annals of human history. And here, Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Mike Resnick has it all covered, from our first alien contact and the colonization of new planets to the exploitation of resources by miners and merchants and the politicians who pave the way. Here is humanity in all its glory, its rise and inevitable fall as power and oppression give way to defiance and anarchy. Ambitious in scope, Birthright shows that the nature of humans doesn’t change, just the size of the playing field . . .

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Open Road Media

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1504077253

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Down in the Dark

By: Mike Tweddle

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Down in the Dark

By: Mike Tweddle

When he hits the school bully (and the son of the Town Mayor Harry Spindle) fifteen year old Nelson Burns is excluded from school and quickly heading for the scrapheap. Nelson lands himself a part time job at the scrapyard owned by the infamous Tommy Ratson and his three legged, one eyed yard dog Zombie, who strikes up an instant friendship with Nelsons pet mongrel, Kickstart. When Nelsons best friend Sparky suggests they can make their fortune digging fluorspar out of a local deserted mine the temptation for some adventure proves too strong. The only trouble is the mine is owned by Harry Spindle, who also happens to own the waste company that collects the towns rubbish. When people in the town start acting more and more bizarrely Nelson starts to realise that it may have something to do with Harry Spindle, his menacing hench man, Cold Eyes, his recycling facility and the towns water supply. Nelson realises that, although he has to turn his life around, its down to him alone to prevent a huge environmental disaster from taking place.

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1450253903

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The Happy Hack - A Memoir of Fleet Street in its Heyday

By: Mike Molloy

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The Happy Hack - A Memoir of Fleet Street in its Heyday

By: Mike Molloy

Today, Fleet Street is just a term for the newspaper business. But not so long ago it was a real place. Each paper had its own favourite pubs, its own extraordinary characters, and its own stock of legendary tales about the triumphs and disasters that had befallen friends and enemies. It was the Street of Dreams; the Street of Adventure; the Street of Disillusion and, in the end, sadly, the Street of Profits. But once upon a time it was a place of magic. Mike Molloy began in Fleet Street as a messenger boy on the Sunday Pictorial, and subsequently worked as a cartoonist, page designer, feature writer, and features executive. Eventually he was appointed the thirteenth and youngest editor of the Daily Mirror, a post he held for ten years. To his surprise, as he had opposed the take-over, when Robert Maxwell bought the Mirror, Maxwell made him editor-in-chief of the group. This is Molloy’s spellbinding, and often hilarious, account of his years working with some of the giants, and pygmies, who produced the nation’s daily papers. Along the way he tells of his encounters with politicians, prime ministers, rock stars, American presidents, trade union leaders, members of the royal family, and some of the legendary figures of show business. In the final sector of the book he charts his astonishingly surreal five years with Robert Maxwell, whose chaotic reign brought new heights of blundering absurdity to the role of the tyrannical ‘press lord’.

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Kings Road Publishing

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1786060515

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Everything Happens in Chillicothe

A Summer in the Frontier League with Max McLeary, the One-Eyed Umpire

By: Mike Shannon

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Everything Happens in Chillicothe

A Summer in the Frontier League with Max McLeary, the One-Eyed Umpire

By: Mike Shannon

One thing about Max was that he was about as well-adjusted to his disability, if you want to call it that, as anyone could be... He even used his eye once to shut up an obnoxious high school coach. After he'd heard all the complaining he wanted to hear, Max took his eye out of the socket and handed it to the stunned coach, saying, 'You want to umpire this game? Here, be my guest.'" Everything Happens in Chillicothe is an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at the lowest rung of professional baseball, and a biography of Max McLeary, the one-eyed umpire and a most intriguing individual. Author Mike Shannon spent the 2000 Frontier League season attending games with McLeary and gives his account of the season here. The book speaks volumes about umpiring as a profession, relationships (particularly between Max and his estranged son, a minor league player; between Max and his long-suffering wife Patty; and between Max and his umpiring partner Jim Schaly), life in small-town America, and the various people connected with the Chillicothe Paints and other teams in the Frontier League. Many humorous and poignant stories, are told here for the first time, by McLeary, Schaly, and others.

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McFarland

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0786416947

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Finding the Wild West: The Mountain West

Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana

By: Mike Cox

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Finding the Wild West: The Mountain West

Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana

By: Mike Cox

From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the American West where visitors can relive the great Western migration that helped shape our history and culture. This guide to the Mountain West states of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana--one of the five-volume Finding the Wild West series--highlights the best preserved historic sites as well as ghost towns, reconstructions, museums, historical markers, statues, works of public art that tell the story of the Old West. Use this book in planning your next trip and for a storytelling overview of America’s Wild West history.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493064169

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Cornish Folk Tales

By: Mike O'Connor

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Cornish Folk Tales

By: Mike O'Connor

The ancient land of Cornwall is steeped in mysterious tradition, proud heritage and age-old folklore. Before books were widely available, wandering ‘droll tellers’ used to spread Cornish insight and humour to all parts of the Duchy – exchanging their tales for food and shelter. Anthony James was one such droll teller, and this collection follows him as he makes his way around Cornwall one glorious summer. Richly illustrated with hand-drawn images and woodcuts, Cornish Folk Tales will appeal to anyone captivated by this beautiful land and its resident kindly giants, mischievous piskeys, seductive mermaids, bold knights and barnacle-encrusted sea captains.

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The History Press

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0752470299

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Reflections…On Being a Gospel for Today

By: Mike Macauley

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Reflections…On Being a Gospel for Today

By: Mike Macauley

Beginning with a bold affirmation that the "good news" embodies the reality that each and every one of us is a living gospel, the author explores, in over 70 reflections, many of the challenges that life presents to us as we journey to realize and affirm that gospel message. Drawing on his Catholic upbringing, but incorporating learned truths from many of the great religions and spiritual systems of the world, the author invites the reader to both question and validate deep seated beliefs, and, in the process arrive at an authentic understanding and celebration of self. Reflections...On Being a Gospel for Today compels the reader to summon to courage to explore beyond doctrine, beyond tradition, beyond institutional and hierarchical dictates to arrive at a more expansive, inclusive, and compassionate world view.

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Mira Digital Publishing

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1631101951

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CompTIA CySA+ Practice Tests

Exam CS0-002

By: Mike Chapple,David Seidl

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CompTIA CySA+ Practice Tests

Exam CS0-002

By: Mike Chapple,David Seidl

Efficiently prepare yourself for the demanding CompTIA CySA+ exam CompTIA CySA+ Practice Tests: Exam CS0-002, 2nd Edition offers readers the fastest and best way to prepare for the CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst exam. With five unique chapter tests and two additional practice exams for a total of 1000 practice questions, this book covers topics including: Threat and Vulnerability Management Software and Systems Security Security Operations and Monitoring Incident Response Compliance and Assessment The new edition of CompTIA CySA+ Practice Tests is designed to equip the reader to tackle the qualification test for one of the most sought-after and in-demand certifications in the information technology field today. The authors are seasoned cybersecurity professionals and leaders who guide readers through the broad spectrum of security concepts and technologies they will be required to master before they can achieve success on the CompTIA CySA exam. The book also tests and develops the critical thinking skills and judgment the reader will need to demonstrate on the exam.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119684048

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The Horror Show Guide

The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies

By: Mike Mayo

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The Horror Show Guide

The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies

By: Mike Mayo

This cinefile’s guidebook covers the horror genre monstrously well! Find reviews of over 1,000 of the best, weirdest, wickedest, wackiest, and most entertaining scary movies from every age of horror! Atomic bombs, mad serial killers, zealous zombies, maniacal monsters lurking around every corner, and the unleashing of technology, rapidly changing and dominating our lives. Slasher and splatter films. Italian giallo and Japanese city-stomping monster flicks. Psychological horrors, spoofs, and nature running amuck. You will find these terrors and many more in The Horror Show Guide: The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies. No gravestone is left unturned to bring you entertaining critiques, fascinating top-ten lists, numerous photos, and extensive credit information to satisfy even the most die-hard fans. Written by a fan for fans, The Horror Show Guide helps lead even the uninitiated to unexpected treasures of unease and mayhem with lists of similar motifs, including ... Urban Horrors Nasty Bugs, Mad Scientists and Maniacal Medicos Evil Dolls Bad Hair Days Big Bad Werewolves Most Appetizing Cannibals Classic Ghost Stories Fiendish Families Guilty Pleasures Literary Adaptations Horrible Highways and Byways Post-Apocalyptic Horrors Most Regrettable Remakes Towns with a Secret and many more. With reviews on many overlooked, underappreciated gems, new devotees and discriminating dark-cinema enthusiasts alike will love this big, beautiful, end-all, be-all guide to an always popular film genre. With many photos, illustrations, and other graphics, The Horror Show Guide is richly illustrated. Its helpful appendix of movie credits, bibliography, and extensive index add to its usefulness.

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Visible Ink Press

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1578594596

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The Age of Persuasion

How Marketing Ate Our Culture

By: Terry O'Reilly,Mike Tennant

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The Age of Persuasion

How Marketing Ate Our Culture

By: Terry O'Reilly,Mike Tennant

Stop to consider the culture of the 21st century: Each morning, you might hear a half–dozen ads on the radio before your feet touch the floor. Staggering out of bed, you'll pass brand logos on your clothing and in your bathroom. By the end of the day, hundreds — perhaps thousands — of marketing messages have targeted you. And yet so little is understood about how marketing affects our lives, our society, and our world. Enter Terry O'Reilly and Mike Tennant, the ad men behind The Age of Persuasion, the popular radio show broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Sirius Radio. They have made it their mission to share the back–room story of modern marketing, entertaining asides and all. "Think of advertisers as millions of ants in a colony, each working hard and each with its own objective. Except that in this colony, every single ant is competing against the others. That's the ad business. Almost every ad you see, hear, and otherwise experience is competing for a piece of your imagination. And like any cross–section of humanity, the vast, worldwide advertising community is diverse: composed of geniuses and idiots, saints and buffoons, and everything in between." From the early players to the Mad Men of the 1960s and beyond, O'Reilly and Tennant offer insights into a rapidly evolving industry. Smart and funny, The Age of Persuasion provides an entertaining — and eye–opening — look at a world driven by marketing.

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Catapult

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1582436606

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