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Cracking Baseball's Cold Cases

Filling in the Facts About 17 Mystery Major Leaguers

By: Peter Morris

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Cracking Baseball's Cold Cases

Filling in the Facts About 17 Mystery Major Leaguers

By: Peter Morris

This book is the result of one man's twenty-year quest to solve some of baseball's most enduring mysteries--the "cold cases" of major leaguers about whom virtually nothing is known. (In many instances, the various baseball encyclopedias list only their names and one other word: "deceased.") Some of these mysterious players had negligible professional careers and their time on a major league diamond was more the result of good fortune than anything else; others were stars in their day and then vanished. The Biographical Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research is committed to finding them and award-winning researcher Peter Morris tells the story of some of the most remarkable of the searches that resulted, many of which featured twists so surprising no mystery writer could have invented them.

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McFarland

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0786475455

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9780786475452

The Diary of a Professional Experiencer

An Autobiographical Journey Into the Evolution of an Acting System

By: Eric Morris

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The Diary of a Professional Experiencer

An Autobiographical Journey Into the Evolution of an Acting System

By: Eric Morris

The Diary of a Professional Experiencer is the sixth in a series of books written by Eric Morris. Unlike his other books, this is a very personal account of his frustrations and struggles as he strives to discover how the actor creates reality on the stage or in film. Though the style is autobiographical, this is, nevertheless, a book about acting. It details the specific discoveries and breakthroughs in the evolution of what Morris believes is the most complete acting system to date. The old adage, Necessity is the mother of invention, truly describes his drive to discover, explore, and experiment with incredible techniques for liberating the actor so that acting goes beyond the conventional into the experiential. The book also chronicles Morris' encounters with many famous teachers, actors, directors, producers, and writers, as well as not-so-famous people, who influenced, challenged, and inspired him on his journey. It starts with Morris' early childhood and growing-up years in Chicago and goes on to describe the trials and tribulations of pursuing a career in Hollywood, as well as the fulfillment that comes from creating a truly life-changing approach to living and acting.

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SCB Distributors

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0983629927

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9780983629924

American Catholic

The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church

By: Charles Morris

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American Catholic

The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church

By: Charles Morris

A cracking good story with a wonderful cast of rogues, ruffians and some remarkably holy and sensible people." --Los Angeles Times Book Review Before the potato famine ravaged Ireland in the 1840s, the Roman Catholic Church was barely a thread in the American cloth. Twenty years later, New York City was home to more Irish Catholics than Dublin. Today, the United States boasts some sixty million members of the Catholic Church, which has become one of this country's most influential cultural forces. In American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church, Charles R. Morris recounts the rich story of the rise of the Catholic Church in America, bringing to life the personalities that transformed an urban Irish subculture into a dominant presence nationwide. Here are the stories of rogues and ruffians, heroes and martyrs--from Dorothy Day, a convert from Greenwich Village Marxism who opened shelters for thousands, to Cardinal William O'Connell, who ran the Church in Boston from a Renaissance palazzo, complete with golf course. Morris also reveals the Church's continuing struggle to come to terms with secular, pluralist America and the theological, sexual, authority, and gender issues that keep tearing it apart. As comprehensive as it is provocative, American Catholic is a tour de force, a fascinating cultural history that will engage and inform both Catholics and non-Catholics alike. "The best one-volume history of the last hundred years of American Catholicism that it has ever been my pleasure to read. What's appealing in this remarkable book is its delicate sense of balance and its soundly grounded judgments." --Andrew Greeley

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Vintage

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0307797910

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9780307797919

Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019

By: Susan Morris

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Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019

By: Susan Morris

Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage is the only up-to-date printed reference guide to the United Kingdom's titled families: the hereditary peers, life peers and peeresses, and baronets, and their descendants who form the fascinating tapestry of the peerage. This is the first ebook edition of Debrett's Peerage &Baronetage, and it also contains information relating to:The Royal FamilyCoats of ArmsPrincipal British Commonwealth OrdersCourtesy titlesForms of addressExtinct, dormant, abeyant and disclaimed titles.Special features for this anniversary edition include:The Roll of Honour, 1920: a list of the 3,150 people whose names appeared in the volume who were killed in action or died as a result of injuries sustained during the First World War.A number of specially commissioned articles, including an account of John Debrett's life and the early history of Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, a history of the royal dukedoms, and an in-depth feature exploring the implications of modern legislation and mores on the ancient traditions of succession.

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eBook Partnership

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1999767055

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9781999767051

Transdiagnostic Group Therapy Training and Implementation

The Take Control Course

By: Lydia Morris,Phil McEvoy,Tanya Wallwork,Rachel Bates,Jody Comiskey,Warren Mansell

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Transdiagnostic Group Therapy Training and Implementation

The Take Control Course

By: Lydia Morris,Phil McEvoy,Tanya Wallwork,Rachel Bates,Jody Comiskey,Warren Mansell

Transdiagnostic Group Therapy Training and Implementation provides clinicians with a user-friendly roadmap for delivering a brief, transdiagnostic group therapy that can be used for patients suffering from stress, depression, anxiety, and a range of other related mental health problems. This is supplemented by over an hour of training videos hosted on the book's companion website, visually demonstrating how to effectively implement the therapy. The book introduces the empirical research that has led to a greater emphasis on transdiagnostic treatment approaches, and details how to implement each phase of the therapy, supported by clinical examples to make practical application easier. - Presents therapy suitable for a variety of mental health problems - Outlines how to adapt therapy for different patient populations - Includes Method of Levels transdiagnostic cognitive therapy - Features video demonstrations, worksheets, slides, and more on companion website

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Academic Press

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0128139900

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9780128139905

History of Japanese Economic Thought

By: Tessa Morris Suzuki

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History of Japanese Economic Thought

By: Tessa Morris Suzuki

Economics, in the modern sense of the word, was introduced into Japan in the second half of the nineteenth century. However, Japanese thinkers had already developed, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a variety of interesting approaches to issues such as the causes of inflation, the value of trade, and the role of the state in economic activity. Tessa Morris-Suzuki provides the first comprehensive English language survey of the development of economic thought in Japan. She considers how the study of neo-classical and Keynesian economics was given new impetus by Japan's 'economic miracle' while Marxist thought, particularly well established in Japan, was developing along lines that are only now beginning to be recognized by the West. She concludes with an examination of the radical rethinking of fundamental economic theory currently occuring in Japan and outlines some of the exciting new approaches which are emerging from this 'shaking of the foundations.

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Routledge

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100015405X

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9781000154054

Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi

By: Tiyi Makeda Morris

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Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi

By: Tiyi Makeda Morris

Morris provides the first comprehensive examination of the Jackson, Mississippi-based women's organization Womanpower Unlimited. Originally instated in 1961 to sustain the civil rights movement, the organization also revitalized black women's social and political activism in the state through its diverse agenda and grassroots approach.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820347310

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9780820347318

Fanny Wright

Rebel in America

By: Celia Morris

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Fanny Wright

Rebel in America

By: Celia Morris

Frances Wright dared to take Thomas Jefferson seriously when he wrote, ' All men are created equal, ' and to assume that 'men' meant 'women' as well. Born in Scotland in 1795, she came to the United States in 1818, and spent half her adult life here, she died in Ohio in 1852, ending a lifetime devoted to promoting equality among the races and the sexes. The Marquis de Lafayette called her his adored Fanny and paid court so openly that he scandalized even his own family. The first woman to act publicly to oppose slavery. The pampered daughter of a highly stratified class society, she cast her lot with the working people, risking her health, her fortune, and her good name to realize the promise of the Declaration of Independence. With a boldness rare in women of her day, she attacked in print and in lecture halls throughout the country an economic system that allowed not only black slavery in the South but what she called wage slavery in the North. With the exception perhaps of Walt Whitman, she wrote more powerfully of sexual experience than any other American the nineteenth century.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252062493

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9780252062490

American Thought

A Critical Sketch

By: Morris Cohen

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American Thought

A Critical Sketch

By: Morris Cohen

What constitutes American thought is obviously too elusive to be encompassed by any one writer or group of writers. The best that any attempt at intellectual history can achieve is to indicate some of its traces in written records. This volume represents the eff orts of one of America's leading philosophers to do just that. He is uniquely qualified to do so, as his contemporary Sidney Hook well understood.As Cohen noted, most of what people say and write is dominated by linguistic forms or habits. Thus the dominance of the traditions and habits that make up the English language has been the strongest single infl uence in fashioning American thought as very largely a province of British thought - despite the Declaration of Independence and two wars. Cohen describes how American thought developed from its British roots. It deals with reflective thought, i.e. with thought that is conscious of its problems, of its methods and of the widest general bearings of the results obtained so far. The diverse subjects discussed range from religious thinking to the scientific, and from the legal tradition to literary criticism.Among the important figures Cohen assesses are Dewey, Santayana, Holmes, Brandeis, Whitehead, James, and Royce as well as those of men less well-known but sometimes equally influential. In its scope and insight, this book takes its own unique and important place in American thought.

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Routledge

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1351532294

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9781351532297

Under Household Government

Sex and Family in Puritan Massachusetts

By: M. Michelle Jarrett Morris

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Under Household Government

Sex and Family in Puritan Massachusetts

By: M. Michelle Jarrett Morris

Seventeenth-century New Englanders were not as busy policing their neighbors’ behavior as Nathaniel Hawthorne or many historians of early America would have us believe. Keeping their own households in line occupied too much of their time. Under Household Government reveals the extent to which family members took on the role of watchdog in matters of sexual indiscretion. In a society where one’s sister’s husband’s brother’s wife was referred to as “sister,” kinship networks could be immense. When out-of-wedlock pregnancies, paternity suits, and infidelity resulted in legal cases, courtrooms became battlegrounds for warring clans. Families flooded the courts with testimony, sometimes resorting to slander and jury-tampering to defend their kin. Even slaves merited defense as household members—and as valuable property. Servants, on the other hand, could expect to be cast out and left to fend for themselves. As she elaborates the ways family policing undermined the administration of justice, M. Michelle Jarrett Morris shows how ordinary colonists understood sexual, marital, and familial relationships. Long-buried tales are resurrected here, such as that of Thomas Wilkinson’s (unsuccessful) attempt to exchange cheese for sex with Mary Toothaker, and the discovery of a headless baby along the shore of Boston’s Mill Pond. The Puritans that we meet in Morris’s account are not the cardboard caricatures of myth, but are rendered with both skill and sensitivity. Their stories of love, sex, and betrayal allow us to understand anew the depth and complexity of family life in early New England.

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Harvard University Press

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0674071417

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9780674071414

The Rose Man of Sing Sing

A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism

By: James McGrath Morris

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The Rose Man of Sing Sing

A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism

By: James McGrath Morris

This biography of the early 20th-century newspaper giant who became news after killing his wife “has the pace and detail of an engrossing historical novel” (Boston Herald). As city editor of Joseph Pulitzer’s New York Evening World, Charles E. Chapin was the quintessential newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlessly, setting the pace for evening press journalism with blockbuster stories from the Harry K. Thaw trial to the sinking of the Titanic. At the pinnacle of his fame in 1918, Chapin was deeply depressed and facing financial ruin. He decided to kill himself and his wife Nellie. But after shooting Nellie in her sleep, he failed to take his own life. The trial made one hell of a story for the Evening World’s competitors, and Chapin was sentenced to life in Ossining, New York’s, infamous Sing Sing Prison. In The Rose Man of Sing Sing, James McGrath Morris tracks Chapin’s journey from Chicago street reporter to celebrity New York powerbroker to infamous murderer. But Chapin’s story is not without redemption: in prison, he started a newspaper fighting for prisoner rights, wrote a best-selling autobiography, had two long-distance love affairs, and transformed barren prison plots into world-famous rose gardens. The first biography of one of the founding figures of modern American journalism, and a vibrant chronicle of the cutthroat culture of scoops and scandals, The Rose Man of Sing Sing is also a hidden history of New York at its most colorful and passionate.

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Fordham Univ Press

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0823222667

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9780823222667

The Life of William Wilberforce

By: Caspar Morris

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The Life of William Wilberforce

By: Caspar Morris

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3375163754

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9783375163754

The Classic Collection of Fantasy. 45 novels, stories and poems. Illustrated

The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Conan the Barbarian, The Princess and the Goblin and others

By: J. R. R. Tolkien,C. S. Lewis,William Morris,James Branch Cabell,Robert E. Howard,George MacDonald,Lewis Carroll,Charles Kingsley,Lord Dunsany

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The Classic Collection of Fantasy. 45 novels, stories and poems. Illustrated

The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Conan the Barbarian, The Princess and the Goblin and others

By: J. R. R. Tolkien,C. S. Lewis,William Morris,James Branch Cabell,Robert E. Howard,George MacDonald,Lewis Carroll,Charles Kingsley,Lord Dunsany

The Classic Collection of Fantasy" is a comprehensive anthology featuring 45 novels, stories, and poems from the realm of fantasy literature. This illustrious collection includes iconic works such as "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis, "Conan the Barbarian" by Robert E. Howard, "The Princess and the Goblin" by George MacDonald, and many more. Readers will be transported to fantastical realms filled with epic quests, mythical creatures, and magical adventures as they journey through the pages of this anthology. From the sweeping landscapes of Middle-earth to the enchanted land of Narnia, each story offers a unique and captivating glimpse into the boundless imagination of the fantasy genre. Illustrated with enchanting artwork that brings the fantastical worlds and characters to life, this collection is a treasure trove for fans of fantasy literature. Whether rediscovering beloved classics or diving into new and exciting tales, readers of all ages will find themselves enthralled by the timeless magic and wonder of "The Classic Collection of Fantasy." Contents: J. R. R. Tolkien • The Hobbit • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King • The Adventures of Tom Bombadil C. S. Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe • Prince Caspian • The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ • The Silver Chair • The Horse and His Boy • The Magician’s Nephew • The Last Battle William Morris • The Wood Beyond the World • The Story of the Volsungs James Branch Cabell Jurgen A Comedy of Justice Robert E. Howard Conan the Barbarian • The Phoenix on the Sword • The Scarlet Citadel • The Tower of the Elephant • Black Colossus • The Slithering Shadow • The Pool of the Black One • Rogues in the House George MacDonald The Princess and the Goblin Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Charles Kingsley The Water-Babies Lord Dunsany • The King of Elfland's Daughter • The Gods of Pegāna • The Book of Wonder

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Andrii Ponomarenko

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6178398220

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9786178398224

Prime Time Network Serials

Episode Guides, Casts and Credits for 37 Continuing Television Dramas, 1964-1993

By: Bruce B. Morris

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Prime Time Network Serials

Episode Guides, Casts and Credits for 37 Continuing Television Dramas, 1964-1993

By: Bruce B. Morris

On September 15, 1964, ABC launched a programming experiment--a prime time series similar to the daytime soap operas that were so successful. Peyton Place became a fixture on the network's schedule for the next five years. The success of Dallas in the early 1980s made the prime time soap opera a staple of television programming. From Bare Essence through The Yellow Rose, this reference work details the successes and failures of 37 prime time serials through 1993. For each show, a lengthy history covers the character development and provides production details, and season-by-season data provide start and end of the season, time slot, comprehensive cast and credits, and an episode guide.

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McFarland

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1476609888

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9781476609881

Acorns: Windows High-Tide Foghat

By: Joshua Morris

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Acorns: Windows High-Tide Foghat

By: Joshua Morris

Acorns delineates the future of humanity as a reunification of intellect with the Deep Self. Having chosen to focus upon ego (established securely by the time of Christ), much more beta brain wave development will destroy our species and others, which process has already begun. We create our own realities through beliefs, intents and desires and we were in and out of probabilities constantly. Feelings follow beliefs, not the other way around.

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iUniverse

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1475966911

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9781475966916

The Soviet Economy

Continuity And Change

By: Morris Bornstein

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The Soviet Economy

Continuity And Change

By: Morris Bornstein

The economic system of the Soviet Union is of vital interest not merely because the USSR is a world superpower but also because the Soviets offer their economic development strategy and system as a model to Third World nations seeking rapid development and social change. This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the evolution and operation of the Soviet economy, its external economic relations, and the challenges it faces in the next decade. The selections describe the nature and difficulties of Soviet economic planning and the wide range of legal and illegal unplanned activities in the Soviet economy today. They examine also the involvement of citizens as both producers and consumers. The closing section looks at prospects for the future in the areas of agriculture, energy, and technological development.

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Routledge

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1000305686

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9781000305685

The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

By: Aldon D. Morris

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The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

By: Aldon D. Morris

An account of the origins, development, and personalities of the Civil Rights movement from 1953-1963.

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Simon and Schuster

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0029221307

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9780029221303

A Guide to Newport's Cliff Walk

Tales of Seaside Mansions & the Gilded Age Elite

By: Ed Morris

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A Guide to Newport's Cliff Walk

Tales of Seaside Mansions & the Gilded Age Elite

By: Ed Morris

A revealing tour of the opulent Newport Mansions where the Astors, Vanderbilts, and other Gilded Age families spent their summers. At the turn of the twentieth century, the wealthy families of New York would vacation at their summer homes in Newport, Rhode Island. Where the salty air once mingled with the laughter of society women in ball gowns, the houses of the Newport Cliff Walk still preside in grandeur over the crashing waves below. From the grand majesty of the Breakers to the beautiful proportions of Rosecliff, these houses are enduring reminders of the architectural flowering of the Gilded Age. Walking along the paved trail, it's easy to imagine the faintest hint of a waltz coming from the windows of Beechwood, or to envision the Duchess of Windsor’s carriage arriving for a visit at Fairholme. Ed Morris takes you on a tour of twenty-four historic mansions and landmarks, entertaining along the way with tales of splendor and style, social maneuvering and matchmaking.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614236038

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9781614236030

Science and the End of Ethics

By: S. Morris

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Science and the End of Ethics

By: S. Morris

Science and the End of Ethics examines some of the most important positive and negative implications that science has for ethics. On the basis of strong scientific reasons for abandoning traditional notions of right and wrong, it endorses a new ethical approach that focuses on achieving some of the key practical goals shared by ethicists.

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Springer

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1137499826

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9781137499820

Slave-Wives, Single Women and “Bastards” in the Ancient Greek World

Law and Economics Perspectives

By: Morris Silver

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Slave-Wives, Single Women and “Bastards” in the Ancient Greek World

Law and Economics Perspectives

By: Morris Silver

Greek scholars have produced a vast body of evidence bearing on nuptial practices that has yet to be mined by a professional economist. By standing on their shoulders, the author proposes and tests radically new interpretations of three important status groups in Greek history: the pallakē, the nothos, and the hetaira. It is argued that legitimate marriage – marriage by loan of the bride to the groom – was not the only form of legal marriage in classical Athens and the ancient Greek world generally. Pallakia – marriage by sale of the bride to the groom – was also legally recognized. The pallakē-wifeship transaction is a sale into slavery with a restrictive covenant mandating the employment of the sold woman as a wife. In this highly original and challenging new book, economist Morris Silver proposes and tests the hypothesis that the likelihood of bride sale rises with increases in the distance between the ancestral residence of the groom and the father’s household. Nothoi, the bastard children of pallakai, lacked the legal right to inherit from their fathers but were routinely eligible for Athenian citizenship. It is argued that the basic social meaning of hetaira (companion) is not ‘prostitute’ or ’courtesan,’ but ‘single woman’ – a woman legally recognized as being under her own authority (kuria). The defensive adaptation of single women is reflected in Greek myth and social practice by their grouping into packs, most famously the Daniads and Amazons.

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Oxbow Books

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178570866X

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9781785708664

One Chance

By: Mary Finnerty-Morris

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One Chance

By: Mary Finnerty-Morris

The story revolves round a girl named June, her everyday ups and downs, her romance and how tragedy changed her life forever. June, raised from a very young age by her grandparents, lived a sheltered life, abandoned by her mother, who had tried to make contact down through the years, only to be ignored by June's grandmother, who had held a grudge from days gone by. Meeting Matt brought her such joy, the seas that brought them together would one day divide them. Exhilarating joy...only to end in tragedy. Why didn't she grasp her opportunity with both hands? What was it that was holding her in this place?

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1528956958

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9781528956956

Scotland and the Caribbean, c.1740-1833

Atlantic Archipelagos

By: Michael Morris

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Scotland and the Caribbean, c.1740-1833

Atlantic Archipelagos

By: Michael Morris

This book participates in the modern recovery of the memory of the long-forgotten relationship between Scotland and the Caribbean. Drawing on theoretical paradigms of world literature and transnationalism, it argues that Caribbean slavery profoundly shaped Scotland’s economic, social and cultural development, and draws out the implications for current debates on Scotland’s national narratives of identity. Eighteenth- to nineteenth-century Scottish writers are re-examined in this new light. Morris explores the ways that discourses of "improvement" in both Scotland and the Caribbean are mediated by the modes of pastoral and georgic which struggle to explain and contain the labour conditions of agricultural labourers, both free and enslaved. The ambivalent relationship of Scottish writers, including Robert Burns, to questions around abolition allows fresh perspectives on the era. Furthermore, Morris considers the origins of a hybrid Scottish-Creole identity through two nineteenth-century figures - Robert Wedderburn and Mary Seacole. The final chapter moves forward to consider the implications for post-devolution (post-referendum) Scotland. Underpinning this investigation is the conviction that collective memory is a key feature which shapes behaviour and beliefs in the present; the recovery of the memory of slavery is performed here in the interests of social justice in the present.

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Routledge

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1317675851

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9781317675853

Bubble

By: Jordan Morris,Sarah Morgan

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Bubble

By: Jordan Morris,Sarah Morgan

Based on the smash-hit audio serial, Bubble is a hilarious high-energy graphic novel with a satirical take on the “gig economy.” Built and maintained by corporate benevolence, the city of Fairhaven is a literal bubble of safety and order (and amazing coffee) in the midst of the Brush, a harsh alien wilderness ruled by monstrous Imps and rogue bands of humans. Humans like Morgan, who’s Brush-born and Bubble-raised and fully capable of fending off an Imp attack during her morning jog. She’s got a great routine going—she has a chill day job, she recreationally kills the occasional Imp, then she takes that Imp home for her roommate and BFF, Annie, to transform into drugs as a side hustle. But cracks appear in her tidy life when one of those Imps nearly murders a delivery guy in her apartment, accidentally transforming him into a Brush-powered mutant in the process. And when Morgan’s company launches Huntr, a gig economy app for Imp extermination, she finds herself press-ganged into kicking her stabby side job up to the next level as she battles a parade of monsters and monstrously Brush-turned citizens, from a living hipster beard to a book club hive mind.

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First Second

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1250846471

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9781250846471

In the Footsteps of the Six Wives of Henry VIII

The visitor’s companion to the palaces, castles & houses associated with Henry VIII’s iconic queens

By: Sarah Morris,Natalie Grueninger

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In the Footsteps of the Six Wives of Henry VIII

The visitor’s companion to the palaces, castles & houses associated with Henry VIII’s iconic queens

By: Sarah Morris,Natalie Grueninger

The visitor's companion to the palaces, castles and houses associated with Henry VIII's six wives

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445643049

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9781445643045

The Rough Guide to Tunisia

By: Daniel Jacobs,Peter Morris

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The Rough Guide to Tunisia

By: Daniel Jacobs,Peter Morris

A comprehensive guide to North Africa's most popular destination, this text features coverage of the resorts - Hammamet, Sousse, Port el Kantaoui - and their beaches, with details of excursions, including trips to the Star Wars film set; recommendations of places to eat and stay for all budgets; accounts of all the sights; advice on getting around the country; and background on Tunisian history, culture and society, wildlife, and the country's passion for football.

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Rough Guides

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1858287480

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9781858287485

Naval General Service Medal Roll 1793-1840

By: Kenneth Douglas-Morris

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Naval General Service Medal Roll 1793-1840

By: Kenneth Douglas-Morris

Captain Douglas Morris's classic Medal Roll. Recipients are listed by bar entitlement, then alphabetically. This book is a fine tribute to a great researcher whose tenacity and precision are unequalled in the field of naval medal research.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1781505012

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9781781505014

The Runes of Evolution

How the Universe became Self-Aware

By: Simon Conway Morris

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The Runes of Evolution

How the Universe became Self-Aware

By: Simon Conway Morris

How did human beings acquire imaginations that can conjure up untrue possibilities? How did the Universe become self-aware? In The Runes of Evolution, Simon Conway Morris revitalizes the study of evolution from the perspective of convergence, providing us with compelling new evidence to support the mounting scientific view that the history of life is far more predictable than once thought. A leading evolutionary biologist at the University of Cambridge, Conway Morris came into international prominence for his work on the Cambrian explosion (especially fossils of the Burgess Shale) and evolutionary convergence, which is the process whereby organisms not closely related (not monophyletic), independently evolve similar traits as a result of having to adapt to similar environments or ecological niches. In The Runes of Evolution, he illustrates how the ubiquity of convergence hints at an underlying framework whereby many outcomes, not least brains and intelligence, are virtually guaranteed on any Earth-like planet. Conway Morris also emphasizes how much of the complexity of advanced biological systems is inherent in microbial forms. By casting a wider net, The Runes of Evolution explores many neglected evolutionary questions. Some are remarkably general. Why, for example, are convergences such as parasitism, carnivory, and nitrogen fixation in plants concentrated in particular taxonomic hot spots? Why do certain groups have a particular propensity to evolve toward particular states? Some questions lead to unexpected evolutionary insights: If bees sleep (as they do), do they dream? Why is that insect copulating with an orchid? Why have sponges evolved a system of fiber optics? What do mantis shrimps and submarines have in common? If dinosaurs had not gone extinct what would have happened next? Will a saber-toothed cat ever re-evolve? Cona Morris observes: “Even amongst the mammals, let alone the entire tree of life, humans represent one minute twig of a vast (and largely fossilized) arborescence. Every living species is a linear descendant of an immense string of now-vanished ancestors, but evolution itself is the very reverse of linear. Rather it is endlessly exploratory, probing the vast spaces of biological hyperspace. Indeed this book is a celebration of how our world is (and was) populated by a riot of forms, a coruscating tapestry of life.” The Runes of Evolution is the most definitive synthesis of evolutionary convergence to be published to date.

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Templeton Foundation Press

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1599474654

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9781599474656

The Washing of the Spears

A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879

By: Donald R. Morris

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The Washing of the Spears

A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879

By: Donald R. Morris

A complete history of the mighty Zulu empire, which rose to power under Shaka & clashed in numerous battles with armies from Europe.

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708

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Touchstone

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0671628224

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9780671628222

Home Maintenance for Dummies?

By: James Carey,Morris Carey

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Home Maintenance for Dummies?

By: James Carey,Morris Carey

Having a house can be a hassle. But thanks to timesaving, trouble-preventing strategies from these nationally recognized experts, now anyone can keep his or her palace in regal repair and have plenty of time left over for the fox hunts. This friendly book covers everything from plumbing to painting, with handy calendars to ensure nothing falls through the cracks -- including the cracks!

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For Dummies

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0764552155

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9780764552151

The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781-1784

November 1, 1782 - May 4, 1783

By: Robert Morris

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The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781-1784

November 1, 1782 - May 4, 1783

By: Robert Morris

Although Robert Morris (1734-1806), "the Financier of the American Revolution," was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, a powerful committee chairman in the Continental Congress, an important figure in Pennsylvania politics, and perhaps the most prominent businessman of his day, he is today least known of the great national leaders of the Revolutionary era.This oversight is being rectified by this definitive publication project that transcribes and carefully annotates the Office of Finance diary, correspondence, and other official papers written by Morris during his administration as superintendent of finance from 1781 to 1784.

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822970260

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9780822970262

My Hollywood Stories

By: Eric Morris

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My Hollywood Stories

By: Eric Morris

My Hollywood Stories is a collection of informative, historical, educational, funny, exciting, entertaining, sexy, shocking, and tragic stories and anecdotes about famous and not-so-famous Hollywood people--actors, directors, producers, writers, and studio moguls. While it is not a book about acting, it is written by an actor with contributions from various actors, all of whom are writing about other actors. Older readers will take a trip down memory lane, remembering many of the celebrities mentioned, while younger readers will discover Hollywood history from its earlier years to the present. They will learn about the people who were part of the building blocks of the film industry: the highs, the lows, the successes, the failures, and the tragedies.

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SCB Distributors

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0983629951

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9780983629955

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