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The Hunting and Fishing Camp Builder's Guide

A Complete Guide to Building Your Own Outdoor Lodge

By: Monte Burch

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The Hunting and Fishing Camp Builder's Guide

A Complete Guide to Building Your Own Outdoor Lodge

By: Monte Burch

There cannot be a hunter and angler who has not, at some time or other, daydreamed about building his or her own camp. Hunting & Fishing Camp Builder's Guide provides the concepts, plans, and know-how to turn a daydream into a reality. Monte Burch applies decades of how-to skills to describe the "ins and outs" of design and construction. From the cabin to the furniture inside, you can do it all yourself and create the camp or lodge of your dreams. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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1616084669

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9781616084660

Knowledge-Driven Profit Improvement

Implementing Assessment Feedback Using PDKAction Theory

By: Monte Lee Matthews

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Knowledge-Driven Profit Improvement

Implementing Assessment Feedback Using PDKAction Theory

By: Monte Lee Matthews

This book presents an innovative and radically logical way of thinking about organizational knowledge and competition that centers on discipline, integration and focus. By tapping into the previously unrealized strengths that lie in all companies, the author suggests that it is possible for companies to move beyond informational chaos to create focused and enticing new opportunities. The 12 step method presented in the first five chapters show you how to take information from feedback from assessments, surveys and audits, convert it into usable knowledge and get bottom line improvements. The strategy expands the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) model into a Plan-Do-Knowledge-Act (PDKA) process. The case studies provided reinforce the principles and the theory behind them. Significant challenges face any organization intent on becoming world-class by managing knowledge effectively. They can be classified into four types: making use of your information by integrating it, organizing the different forms of information into a manageable framework, focusing equal attention on your strengths and your weaknesses, developing decision-making criteria based on key company drivers. The12 steps outlined in Knowledge-Driven Profit Improvement: Implementing Assessment Feedback Using PDKAction Theory will show you how to make your company into a world-class organization. Features Assists companies in becoming more competitive Serves as a guide for companies to use when taking their feedback from assessments, surveys, and audits, then integrating the feedback, and prioritizing it so that financial and operational improvements can be made Allows companies to use the information they have been accruing for years Helps companies establish better business priorities for the purpose of better planning Demonstrates the significance of improvements made by using the information gained from assessments.

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CRC Press

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0429605684

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9780429605680

Blab! Volume 1

By: Monte Beauchamp

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Blab! Volume 1

By: Monte Beauchamp

BLAB!—the Harvey Award-winning anthology of cutting-edge comics, art, and culture—has returned to its comics roots with a stellar lineup of contributors. Noah Van Sciver depicts the tragic demise of Crime Does Not Pay editor Robert Wood. Ryan Heshka recounts the rise and fall of Superman creators Siegel and Shuster. Sasha Velour portrays the making of film director F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu. Children’s book illustrator Giselle Potter examines Peter Rabbit author Beatrix Potter’s passion as a naturalist. Illustrated articles include the history of the gorilla and a report on UFOs. All this and much more in Comics and Stories That Will Make You BLAB!

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Dark Horse Comics

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1506736572

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Lords of the Fly

Madness, Obsession, and the Hunt for the World-Record Tarpon

By: Monte Burke

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Lords of the Fly

Madness, Obsession, and the Hunt for the World-Record Tarpon

By: Monte Burke

From the bestselling author of Saban, 4th and Goal, and Sowbelly comes the thrilling, untold story of the quest for the world record tarpon on a fly rod—a tale that reveals as much about Man as it does about the fish. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, something unique happened in the quiet little town on the west coast of Florida known as Homosassa. The best fly anglers in the world—Lefty Kreh, Stu Apte, Ted Williams, Tom Evans, Billy Pate and others—all gathered together to chase the same Holy Grail: The world record for the world’s most glamorous and sought-after fly rod species, the tarpon. The anglers would meet each morning for breakfast. They would compete out on the water during the day, eat dinner together at night, socialize and party. Some harder than others. The world record fell nearly every year. But records weren’t the only things that were broken. Hooks, lines, rods, reels, hearts and marriages didn’t survive, either. The egos involved made the atmosphere electric. The difficulty of the quest made it legitimate. The drugs and romantic entaglements that were swept in with the tide would finally make it all veer out of control. It was a confluence of people and place that had never happened before in the world of fishing and will never happen again. It was a collision of the top anglers and the top species of fish which would lead to smashed lives for nearly all involved, man and fish alike. In Lords of the Fly, Burke, an obsessed tarpon fly angler himself, delves into this incredible moment. He examines the growing popularity of the tarpon, an amazing fish has been around for 50 million years, can live to 80 years old and can grow to 300 pounds in weight. It is a massive, leaping, bullet train of a fish. When hooked in shallow water, it produces “immediate unreality,” as the late poet and tarpon obsessive, Richard Brautigan, once described it. Burke also chronicles the heartbreaking destruction that exists as a result—brought on by greed, environmental degradation and the shenanigans of a notorious Miami gangster—and how all of it has shaped our contemporary fishery. Filled with larger-than-life characters and vivid prose, Lords of the Fly is not only a must read for anglers of all stripes, but also for those interested in the desperate yearning of the human condition.

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Simon and Schuster

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1643135597

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9781643135595

Flames After Midnight

Murder, Vengeance, and the Desolation of a Texas Community, Revised Edition

By: Monte Akers

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Flames After Midnight

Murder, Vengeance, and the Desolation of a Texas Community, Revised Edition

By: Monte Akers

What happened in Kirven, Texas, in May 1922, has been forgotten by the outside world. It was a coworker's whispered words, "Kirven is where they burned the [Negroes]," that set Monte Akers to work at discovering the true story behind a young white woman's brutal murder and the burning alive of three black men who were almost certainly innocent of it. This was followed by a month-long reign of terror as white men killed blacks while local authorities concealed the real identity of the white probable murderers and allowed them to go free. Writing nonfiction with the skill of a novelist, Akers paints a vivid portrait of a community desolated by race hatred and its own refusal to face hard truths. He sets this tragedy within the story of a region prospering from an oil boom but plagued by lawlessness, and traces the lynching's repercussions down the decades to the present day. In the new epilogue, Akers adds details that have come to light as a result of the book's publication, including an eyewitness account of the burnings from an elderly man who claimed to have castrated two of the men before they were lynched.

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University of Texas Press

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0292726333

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9780292726338

Invisible Men

Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues

By: Donn Rogosin,Monte Irvin

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Invisible Men

Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues

By: Donn Rogosin,Monte Irvin

On Feb. 13, 1920, a group of independent black baseball team owners held a meeting at a YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri. While they couldn't have known at the time that they were about to change the course of American history, it was out of that meeting that the Negro National League was born. The league flourished throughout the 1920s and beyond, becoming the first successful, organized professional black baseball league in the country. By providing a playing field for African American and Hispanic baseball players to showcase their world-class baseball abilities, it became a force that provided cohesion and a source of pride in black communities. Among them were the legendary pitchers Smokey Joe Williams, whose fastball seemed to "come off a mountain top," Satchel Paige, the ageless wonder who pitched for five decades, and such hitters as Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, and Oscar Charleston, whose talents as players may have even been surpassed by their total commitment to their profession and hardiness. Leading the leagues were memorable characters like Gus Greenlee of the Pittsburgh Crawfords and Effa Manley of the Newark Eagles. Although their games were ignored by white-owned newspapers and radio stations, black ballplayers and their teams became folk heroes in cities such as Chicago, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, and Washington DC, where the teams drew large crowds and became major contributors to the local community life, with influence extending far beyond the baseball fields. This memorable narrative, filled with the memories of many surviving Negro League players, pulls the veil off these "invisible men" who were forced into the segregated leagues. What emerges is a glorious chapter in African American history and an often overlooked aspect of our American past.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496224248

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9781496224248

Building Small Barns, Sheds & Shelters

By: Monte Burch

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Building Small Barns, Sheds & Shelters

By: Monte Burch

Build your own outbuildings and enjoy the space to do more of what you love. From simple toolsheds and animal shelters to smokehouses and low-cost barns, Monte Burch guides you through everything you need to know to make your small building projects a reality. Detailed blueprints, easy-to-follow instructions, and expert advice are suited to even the first-time builder. Discover how easy it is to create your own customized spaces that will allow your passions to grow.

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Storey Publishing, LLC

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161212318X

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9781612123189

Taking Stock

Life in NASCAR's Fast Lane

By: Monte Dutton

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Taking Stock

Life in NASCAR's Fast Lane

By: Monte Dutton

NASCAR's Winston Cup Series has become one of America's fastest-growing spectator sports, with nationwide television coverage, custom-built race cars, and superstar drivers. Yet the sport's roots are grounded in the moonshiners and farm boys who raced souped-up family cars every weekend on the dirt tracks of the Southeast. The evolution of stock car racing from a band of regional weekend warriors into a billion-dollar industry sponsored by some of the nation's largest corporations is explored by eight of the sport's most respected and experienced chroniclers. Taking Stock includes previously unpublished stories about the past and present of racing, and it provides a close-up look at the characters, rich and poor, prominent and obscure, who possess the stuff of legends. This collection features racing stories by award-winning motorsports journalists Monte Dutton of the Gaston(GASTONIA, N.C.) Gazette, Kenny Bruce of NASCAR Winston Cup Scene, Mike Hembree of the Greenville (S.C.) News, Jim McLaurin of the State (Columbia, S.C.), Jeff Owens of NASCAR Winston Cup Scene, David Poole of the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, Thomas Pope of the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer, and Larry Woody of the Tennessean (Nashville).

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1612342337

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Wildlife and Woodlot Management

A Comprehensive Handbook for Food Plot and Habitat Development

By: Monte Burch

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Wildlife and Woodlot Management

A Comprehensive Handbook for Food Plot and Habitat Development

By: Monte Burch

Combining today’s issues of creating self-sustaining environments with the age-old sports of hunting, shooting and trapping, Wildlife and Woodlot Management is the ultimate guide to attracting game to your property. Expert outdoorsman Monte Burch teaches a wide variety of techniques based on his own land management practices. Learn to match the vegetation of your land to the type of wildlife you need to attract. Hundreds of diagrams and photographs as well as Burch’s charming, instructional tone make woodlot management easy even for those who lack a green thumb. Wildlife and Woodlot Management offers expert tips on such topics as: Choosing the right piece of land for your needs Maintenance and management practices Improving natural vegetation Attracting bucks, wild turkey, waterfowl, and small game How to love working and helping your land With over 330 pages crammed full of information and chapters covering topics ranging from timber stands to trespassers, Wildlife and Woodlot Management includes all the know-how you need to make your land into a hunting destination. Packed with pertinent details and accurate, easy-to-follow advice, this is a book no land-owning outdoorsman should miss.

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Simon and Schuster

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1626365326

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9781626365322

Fresh out of High School into the Workforces

By: O Monte

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Fresh out of High School into the Workforces

By: O Monte

This book was developed to inspire the spirited working professionals, those leaders in the workplace, and those becoming leaders in the workplace. Fresh Out of High School into the Workforces is a book that is part autobiography and employment guide. This book highlights one mans personal workplace experiences that spanned over thirty-five years from army to civilian and federal government jobs. The authors stories have valuable workplace lessons at the end of each story. They are engaging stories that let the reader form their own opinions and overall stories that will improve associations between managers and employees.

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1524625167

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Complete Guide to Building Log Homes

By: Monte Burch

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Complete Guide to Building Log Homes

By: Monte Burch

Discusses floor plans, building lots, log styles, joinery, log house building techniques, insulation, and alternative energy sources.

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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0806974869

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9780806974866

Traditional Crafts and Skills from the Country

By: Monte Burch,Joan Burch

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Traditional Crafts and Skills from the Country

By: Monte Burch,Joan Burch

Time-honored practices for a more self-reliant and satisfying lifestyle. Ever have the urge to raise your own chickens, grind your own flour, or start your own compost pile? If any of these ideas sound appealing, this is the book for you. A growing number of people are intrigued by the "homesteader" experience and the idea of doing things themselves, whether they own a big spread in the wilderness or live on a small plot of land in the suburbs. Traditional Crafts and Skills from the Country presents the practical information necessary to become more self-reliant at home, pick up a new hobby, or even learn a skill that may provide a secondary income. The authors' crafts and skills include: beekeeping; raising sheep and goats; starting seeds; composting; felling trees; building split-rail fences; making soap and candles; drying and preserving foods; laying stone; making butter and cheese; reading the weather; and much more. From raising livestock to woodcrafting, from the garden to the kitchen, Monte and Joan Burch have a fresh and easy-to-follow approach to country wisdom that is sure to win over even the most die-hard city dweller.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493061992

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9781493061990

War at the Speed of Light

Directed-Energy Weapons and the Future of Twenty-First-Century Warfare

By: Louis A. Del Monte

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War at the Speed of Light

Directed-Energy Weapons and the Future of Twenty-First-Century Warfare

By: Louis A. Del Monte

War at the Speed of Light explores the revolutionary role of directed-energy weapons in warfare and their threat to disrupting the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction.

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164012330X

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The Soldier and the Citizen

The Role of the Military in Taiwan's Development

By: Monte R. Bullard

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The Soldier and the Citizen

The Role of the Military in Taiwan's Development

By: Monte R. Bullard

One critical facet of Taiwan's extraordinary development is conspicuously absent from nearly all studies of its recent history: the role of the military in the nation-building process. In this important study, a soldier-citizen describes the role of the Republic of China's military in the political socialization of Taiwan's citizens during the first two decades after the Nationalists' defeat on the Chinese mainland. The book describes in detail how the military was used by the government to promote patriotic values throughout the society, often going beyond what is considered part of the military-commission. Colonel Bullard coins the term "allegiance warfare" to describe the politically neutral involvement of the military in creating and maintaining nationalistic citizen values throughout the society.

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M.E. Sharpe

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1563249790

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9781563249792

Kincheloe

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) The Demise of ISIS Brothers in Combat

By: Monte Quist

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Kincheloe

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) The Demise of ISIS Brothers in Combat

By: Monte Quist

Based on real events, the story begins during the Cold War era, with the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Northern Air Defense Command (known as NORAD), the primary deterrent to a Russian bomber attack. Sabotage nearly disables NORAD. One man, Marty, discovers the sabotage and restores NORAD, possibly preventing World War III. The second part of the story is about the Mideast war and ISIS, the known terrorist radical Muslim outlaw army. ISIS arose in a part of the world that was a center of enormous oil-based wealth. Despite the increased efforts of those who opposed ISIS, the outlaw army did not fail. ISIS then did the unthinkable and shoot down a civilian Russian airliner with a super weapon. Two Fighters, one Russian and the other American, are also shot down by the ISIS super weapon. The two pilots meet, hide in a cave, and, risking their lives, find vital information about the ISIS weapon. This information allowed Russian and US forces to find and capture the ISIS weapon. The free world comes together and eliminates ISIS and other rogue religious radicals. The two pilots become lifelong friends and, allowed by their governments, tour the free world. With the true story of the Cuban Missile Crisis, they find and introduce to each other the major players of both the Russian and the American sides of the missile crisis.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1638143196

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9781638143192

Year of Desperate Struggle

Jeb Stuart and His Cavalry, from Gettysburg to Yellow Tavern, 1863-1864

By: Monte Akers

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Year of Desperate Struggle

Jeb Stuart and His Cavalry, from Gettysburg to Yellow Tavern, 1863-1864

By: Monte Akers

By the summer of 1863, following Chancellorsville, it was clear to everyone on both sides of the Civil War that the Army of Northern Virginia was the most formidable force Americans had ever put in the field. It could only be ÒtiedÓ in battle, if against great odds, but would more usually vanquish its opponents. A huge measure of that armyÕs success was attributable to its cavalry arm, under Major General J.E.B. Stuart, which had literally Òrun ringsÓ around its enemies. But Northern arithmetic and expertise were gradually catching up. In this work, the sequel to his acclaimed Year of Glory, author Monte Akers tracks Stuart and his cavalry through the following year of the war, from Gettysburg to the Overland Campaign, concluding only when Jeb himself succumbs to a gunshot while fending off a force three times his size at the very gates of Richmond. Gettysburg put paid to the aura of unstoppable victory surrounding the Army of Northern Virginia. But when Grant and Sheridan came east they found that Lee, Stuart, Longstreet, and the rest still refused to be defeated. It was a year of grim casualties and ferocious fightingÑin short, a year of Òdesperate struggleÓ with the gloves off on both sides. This work picks up where Year of Glory left off, with a minute examination of StuartÕs cavalry during the controversial Gettysburg campaign, followed by the nine months of sparring during which the Army of Potomac declined to undertake further major thrusts against Virginia. But then the UnionÕs western chieftains arrived and the war became one huge Òfuneral procession,Ó as Grant and Sheridan found that their prior victories had by no means prepared them for meeting the Army of Northern Virginia. In this work Akers provides a fascinating, close-in view of the ConfederacyÕs cavalry arm during this crucial period of the war. After StuartÕs death the Army of Northern Virginia would eventually be cornered, but while he was alive it was often the Northerners who most needed to look to their security.

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Casemate

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161200282X

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9781612002828

190 Letters

A Soldier's Story of World War II

By: Monte L. Ball

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190 Letters

A Soldier's Story of World War II

By: Monte L. Ball

World War II was not always about guts, glory and heroics. It was about the men and women who, without hesitation, answered their country's call to arms. It was about orders, good buddies, lonely hours, fear of a faceless enemy, and an intense desire to make it back home. 190 Letters: A Soldier's Story of World War II tells how one soldier, through his letters, made the life of an Army infantryman become real to his family, eased their fears for his safety and kept them hopeful for his eminent return home. With obvious pride, Elvin Ball often regaled his family with innumerable tales of his service in World War II. Inspired by his father's service and courage in the face of combat, Monte Ball offers readers a real glimpse of war through one soldier's eyes. Through Elvin's letters, readers of all generations will gain a deeper appreciation for anyone in the military whose sacrifices ensure and protect our great liberty. Elvin's story mirrors those of countless soldiers, all of which testify to the endurance of the human spirit. Though their lives may not have been particularly glamorous, their actions—facing various hardships and even death for their beloved country—were heroic and should never be forgotten. From April 18, 1941 to June 13, 1945, Elvin dutifully wrote his parents 190 letters. These letters relate every soldier's longing for home and the hope of going home that so often preserved them.

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Tate Publishing

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1622957040

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Papias and the New Testament

By: Monte A. Shanks

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Papias and the New Testament

By: Monte A. Shanks

Who was Papias, who did he know, and what did he believe about the writings that now comprise the canonical New Testament? Very little can be objectively known about him, his ministry, and his work, and yet he demands the attention of any scholar, student, or layperson who desires to understand the origins of the New Testament. This book explores Papias as a source and what he wrote about the origins of certain New Testament books. It also analyzes what other patristic and medieval authors understood about him. Shanks argues that the surviving "Fragments of Papias" are indeed a valuable resource because they document a very early Christian belief that certain books of the New Testament originated from some of the original followers of Jesus Christ. This evidence cannot be quickly dismissed in proposals about the origins of these books.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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163087051X

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9781630870515

Catherina

Mennonite Pioneer

By: Monte C. Fast

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Catherina

Mennonite Pioneer

By: Monte C. Fast

This book leads one through a great odessy of faith and the immigration of a persecuted people, who without a land, followed the teaching of Father Menno Simon, founder of the Dutch Anabaptist movement. Their history is filled with persecution, hardships, and blessings upon their work. The historic episodes prior to the immigration to Canada are largely fictional. Many of those stories are presented to allow the reader to understand the serious trials that Mennonites endured. Catheriina's children, my uncles and aunts told me of things like the stories in the first part of the book. They probably did not happen to one family, but they truly did happen to many of the early Anabaptists. For the sake of focus, they are grouped togather around the Fast family. Catherina, the title charactter of the book, her husband and all of her children are carefully drawn figures built on oral histories, memoirs, family records, and research in archives, cemetaries, and visiting places that were a part of the author's childhood. It hs been a inspiration to live through the lives of these generations.

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1467845779

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9781467845779

Crossing Eden

By: Monte Schulz

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Crossing Eden

By: Monte Schulz

This omnibus collects Monte Schulz’s Jazz Age Trilogy of historical fiction novels, which follows various family members on the eve of the Great Depression to the circus, through bank robberies, underneath front porches and big city skyscrapers, and much more. Crossing Eden is the story of an American family in the summer of 1929, when a failed businessman divides himself from his wife and children, and a troubled farm boy runs away from home in the company of a gangster. It’s also the tale of a nation in the last months of the Roaring Twenties, a glittering decade of exuberance and doubt, optimism and fear. Set equally among the states along the Middle Border, in a small East Texas town, and in a great gleaming metropolis, Crossing Eden chronicles the Pendergast family of Farrington, Illinois, cast apart by circumstance into the early 20th century landscape of big business, tent shows, speakeasies, séances, bank robberies, lynchings, murder, romance, circuses, and skyscrapers. It’s a grand tapestry of the American experience in an age of transition from rural to urban, with our nation perched on the precipice of the Great Depression.

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Fantagraphics Books

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1606998919

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9781606998915

Harry S. Truman Versus the Medical Lobby

The Genesis of Medicare

By: Monte M. Poen

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Harry S. Truman Versus the Medical Lobby

The Genesis of Medicare

By: Monte M. Poen

“I have some bitter disappointments as President,” reflected Harry Truman after leaving office, “but the one that has troubled me the most , in a personal way, has been the failure to defeat organized opposition to a national compulsory health-insurance program.” Harry S. Truman versus the Medical Lobby is a study of one aspect of Harry Truman’s domestic leadership and the political conflict it produced. In the book, author Monte Poen examines Truman’s quest for national health insurance in the light of the ongoing debate on the subject in this century. It reveals why Truman was the first president to advocate government-financed health care and why he repeatedly took the idea to Congress, despite insurmountable political obstacles.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826210864

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9780826210869

Wide Hips, Narrow Shoulders

A Bike Touring Adventure Story

By: Monte Lowrance

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Wide Hips, Narrow Shoulders

A Bike Touring Adventure Story

By: Monte Lowrance

This is a story about a 45-year-old man who simplifies his life by getting rid of his material possessions and then sets off around America on a bicycle to discover new ideas about his country and himself. The journey takes him through all 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C.

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iUniverse

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1469760118

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9781469760117

Hubert Invents the Wheel

By: Monte Montgomery,Claire Montgomery

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Hubert Invents the Wheel

By: Monte Montgomery,Claire Montgomery

Is Hubert on a roll, or is his invention spinning toward disaster? Hubert loves to think, and not only does that distinguish him from his father, Gorp, and everyone else in ancient Sumeria, but it leads to the greatest invention of all time-the wheel. It takes a while for his neighbors to see the wheel as a major technological advancement rather than a newfangled coffee-table top, but eventually they do, and life is great. Well, life is great until the Sumerians' archenemies, the Assyrians, find out about the wheel and use it to plan their destruction. Now the question is not whether Hubert's invention is ahead of its time, but whether he should have stuck to designing living room furniture instead of causing civilization's demise. Hilarious and profound, Hubert's adventure brings the ancient world to life.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0802721486

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9780802721488

Perils of Empire

The Roman Republic and the American Republic

By: Monte Pearson

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Perils of Empire

The Roman Republic and the American Republic

By: Monte Pearson

In Perils of Empire: The Roman Republic and the American Republic, the author traces how the Roman Republic gained an empire and lost its freedoms, and he ponders the expansionist foreign policy that has characterized the American Republic since Teddy Roosevelt led the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill. This well-researched study of both long-term trends and current events highlights the difficulties of balancing the demands of ruling an empire and protecting democratic political institutions and political freedoms."--Publisher's website.

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0875866123

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It's Not All About Me

By: Elvio Del Monte

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It's Not All About Me

By: Elvio Del Monte

Part One: Describes the structure and culture of an Italian-American family during the depression years. The market crash of 1929 triggered the depression that lasted approximately four years. The conditons during this period are reflected by what the author and his family experienced during this period. Part Two: U.S. Army, 10th Mountain Division Describes Camp Hale which was constructed in 1942 as the location for the formation and training of the United States 10th Mountain Division. The Division was established to specialize in winter and mountainous warfare during World War II. We trained in the Colorado Rockies and fought in the Apennine Mountains of Itally. The author, a member of the 10th Mountain Medical Battalion arrived at Camp Hale September 1943. He relates his training and experiences during his time in the service.

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1463467877

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A Bumpy Ride to the Top

A Memoir of a Journey from the Late 40’S Through the 80’S

By: Elvio Del Monte

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A Bumpy Ride to the Top

A Memoir of a Journey from the Late 40’S Through the 80’S

By: Elvio Del Monte

The depression years and his tour of duty in the United States Army during World War II prepared the author for the journey into the business world. The transistion of re-entering civilian life and its experiences required a physical and mental adjustment. This memoir relates the author's personal, educational and professional experiences during his journey to climb to the top. The author encountered a series of events that created the challenges that prepared him for each stopover and provides managerial guidance that ultimately stimlulates the reader's motivation. It was an incredible journey. His experiences denote that losing a skirmish must feed the desire to move forward. Each set-back must incite the force for the forward thrust to stay focused. A steadfast determination facilitates the journey to the top.

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1449017460

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Barack Obama is Brazilian

(Re)Signifying Race Relations in Contemporary Brazil

By: Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte

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Barack Obama is Brazilian

(Re)Signifying Race Relations in Contemporary Brazil

By: Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte

This book examines US President Barack Obama’s characterizations in the Brazilian media, with a specific focus on political cartoons and internet memes. Brazilians celebrate their country as a racial democracy; thus the US works as its nemesis. The rise of a black president to the office of the most prominent country in the global, political, and economic landscape led some analysts to postulate that the US was living in a post-racial era. President Obama’s election also had a tremendous impact on the imaginary of the African Diaspora, and this volume investigates how the election of the first black US president complicates Brazilians’ own racial discourses. By focusing on three events—Barack Obama's election in 2008, his visit to Brazil in March 2011, and the aftermath of the US espionage on the Brazilian government in 2013—Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte analyzes Barack Obama's shifting portrayals that confirm and challenge Brazilian racial conceptions projected upon his figure.

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Springer

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1137583533

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The Top 10 Dumbest Christian Beliefs

By: La Monte McNeese

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The Top 10 Dumbest Christian Beliefs

By: La Monte McNeese

The Top Ten Dumbest Christian Beliefs" is a witty, easy to read, thought provoking, soft cover manuscript that readers will not want to put down. It is a concise and refreshing challenge to the learned ignorance commonly preached and taught from today''''s pulpits. "The Top Ten Dumbest Christian Beliefs" is surprisingly non-judgmental and not heavy on theological jargon. It cuts through the psycho babel, enlightening the reader with objective views that will strengthen their faith and cause them to become critical thinkers. "The Top Ten Dumbest Christian Beliefs" is a life changing walk through the Christian no spin zone that will arouse the intellect, stimulate emotions and cultivate a desire to study and learn more about God''''s word.

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1418448052

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China's Political/military Evolution

The Party And The Military In The Prc, 1960-1984

By: Monte R. Bullard

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China's Political/military Evolution

The Party And The Military In The Prc, 1960-1984

By: Monte R. Bullard

In recent years the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has relinquished much of its political power to China's civilian leadership and has turned to the task of professionalizing the military. The transition of the PLA into a relatively apolitical force in Chinese society has occurred alongside great progress toward military modernization, with the foundation now laid for the PLA to become one of the world's most powerful military forces. Dr. Bullard traces the PLA's extremely important and almost revolutionary transition, examines the structural changes associated with it, and assesses current military policies and trends. He discusses in detail the political commissar system, the key institution for all political-military relationships in the Chinese military system.

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Routledge

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0429711514

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9780429711510

The Evaluation And Application Of Survey Research In The Arab World

By: Mark Tessler,Monte Palmer,Tawfic E Farah,Barbara Ibrahim

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The Evaluation And Application Of Survey Research In The Arab World

By: Mark Tessler,Monte Palmer,Tawfic E Farah,Barbara Ibrahim

At a time when survey research is increasingly being conducted in the Arab world, there is also growing concern about the degree to which research assumptions and methods developed in the West are appropriate for use in the study of Arab society. This book assesses the application and limits of survey research performed in the Arab world, reviews the surveys currently being used to study public attitudes and behavior patterns, and discusses epistemological, methodological, and ethical issues associated with these studies. Readers are alerted to normative and empirical considerations bearing on the quality of survey research and given practical suggestions for innovation in the design and execution of survey research and in the analysis of survey data. The book raises intellectual issues of concern to all who seek to better understand Arab society and provides extensive information about attitudes and behavior in the Arab world.

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1000301184

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The Big Town

By: Monte Schulz

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The Big Town

By: Monte Schulz

A Great Gatsby for the 21st century. A novel of the Jazz Age, The Big Town is the story of a failed businessman whose dreams of prosperity hinge on the secret proposition of a millionaire industrialist and a dangerous relationship he finds with a poor orphan girl chasing love in the great American metropolis. Harry Hennesey’s hopes of success, both in his household and the world, have driven him to sell his home in an Illinois small town and take his chances in the big city. He rents a room in a run-down hotel. He deals in wholesale items scavenged from yard sales and close-outs. One night at a movie theater downtown, he meets a teenage flapper named Pearl who latches onto him and won’t let go. For several years now, Harry has threatened his marriage and self-esteem with innumerable infidelities. Now he finds himself falling in love with a girl less than half his age. But that’s not all. Charles A. Follette, chairman of the board of the American Prometheus Corporation, comes to him with a slick proposition: find Follette’s missing niece, and the road to riches shall be his. Soon, though, Harry discovers a darker secret to the identity of the missing niece and what lies behind the urgency for her detection. It’s this revelation that leads him to a closer examination of what it means to the life he’s known since the birth of his children and that life he believes awaits him if he can only reach the top of the ladder. Harry’s story in The Big Town is set against a fantastic backdrop of an archetypal 1920s American big city. We see speakeasies, sanitariums, skyscrapers, and a glittering Gatsby-like party high atop the metropolis. Lost in his own moral confusions, we watch Harry try to reform his young lover and uncover the secret of her own past in a small canal town miles beyond a city where gangsters murder ordinary citizens and everyone seems to have a get-rich scheme as the Roaring ’20s come to a thunderous close. The Big Town evokes a lost era through language and flamboyant characters reminiscent of Fitzgerald, Dos Passos, Ring Lardner, etc. Yet it’s also eerily relevant to our own time with its study of the role of business, crime, morality, and love in our lives.

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Fantagraphics Books

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1606995030

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Southern Colorado

O.T. Davis Collection

By: Mike Butler,Monte Vista Historical Society

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Southern Colorado

O.T. Davis Collection

By: Mike Butler,Monte Vista Historical Society

When the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad laid narrow-gauge tracks into La Veta in southern Colorado in July 1876, it preceded Colorado statehood on August 1 by about one month. The southern Colorado frontier from Walsenburg west to Wolf Creek Pass had only a few scattered villages at this time, but silver mines in southwestern Colorado lured the railroad ever westward to haul out the riches. On the scene to photograph these developments was Iowan Ory Thomas (O.T.) Davis, who moved to Colorado in 1885 to work in the copper mines northwest of La Veta. Davis, backed by corporate sponsors from the mines and railroads, opened a commercial photography business in the WalsenburgLa Veta area in 1888 and, later, in Alamosa in 1906. The photographs of O.T. Davis collected in this book vividly capture a bygone era, documenting the frontier history of southern Colorado in the early years of statehood.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439645531

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Caribou and the North

A Shared Future

By: Monte Hummel,Justina C. Ray

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Caribou and the North

A Shared Future

By: Monte Hummel,Justina C. Ray

If the caribou die, then we die." These few words speak eloquently to the significanceof caribou for northern peoples. They were spoken not by a wise old chief, but by a 13-year-old Dene youth in 2007 during a hearing regarding uranium exploration on the caribou wintering grounds. Right now there is urgent, widespread concern about the future of the most centralof species: caribou. Caribou and the North brings both the facts and the feelingsof the current situation to a North American readership. The writers look at why we need to conserve the caribou, the threats that have faced caribou in the past, present, and future, and the actions that we can take. Also included is an appendixwith up-to-date information on the range, movements, habitats, numbers, population trends, and key threats to caribou in North America.

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Dundurn

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1770703470

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9781770703476

Making Native American Hunting, Fighting, and Survival Tools

The Complete Guide to Making and Using Traditional Tools

By: Monte Burch

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Making Native American Hunting, Fighting, and Survival Tools

The Complete Guide to Making and Using Traditional Tools

By: Monte Burch

Here is the most comprehensive guide to making your own Native American tools and weapons. This reference takes you through the steps of the basic flint-knapping of arrowheads and scrapers to the most complex decorating and finishing techniques of painting and fletching. Fully illustrated with photographs and line illustrations, this is the perfect book for the survivalist, historian, student, or Native American enthusiast.

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1599217287

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